Real Magician Reacts to Movie Magic!!

[@WesBarker]

How good is that Brother's Bloom scene?!?

[@LEGITBOSSS]

Guessing that was how TELLER decided to become a Magician 🤔 When he was young and could speak He felt in love with magic thanks to Big Bang Theory 😂 Nice video 👍 Love you Wes 😊✌️

[@PoserDoser]

I joined you on that rollercoaster of emotions during that scene.

[@Trigun99]

Brothers Bloom is one of my favorite movies, love the 'trick' of think of a card, he flips a card "is this your card?" 'No' "but one day it's gonna work and be the greatest trick in the world"

[@tomdoublier4691]

Content idea, you and your friends try to reproduce the bullsht Hollywood magic scenes :) I would love to see that!

[@jaunusender6166]

She learned a few things, but it was a loaded deck for her parts, the cutting was made simpler by the aces being slightly larger than the other cards. She commented on how she spent all this time learning the trick s best she could but having to do so so that the transition between her and the hand double would be "seamless". Even though you can also tell by her long gentle hands and the double's most muscular ones.

[@crazejen727]

David Bowie admits to the hand double in an interview. And he said he didn't really like it lol because he felt bad for the guy doing it. I really enjoy watching you break these scenes down though lol it's so fun

[@johanwilhelmsson1199]

To be fair to Labyrinth, Bowie's character is the Goblin King and capable of real magic.

[@timojoke1]

The whole video is like so full of that time cgi,that it doesnt even mather wich parts are real and wich ones aint. Loved it so much

[@Burn77oas7]

Ya dude, labyrinth is the shit, and Dark Crystal 🔮. Dude Wes, you don't know what your missing. Of course I was born in 1980 and saw the movie first when I was like 5 or 6 .... but still an all time epic watch the remastered version if possible

[@TheClassicWorld]

@@Burn77oas7 I was born in 1995, and I grew up on Labyrinth. Great film.

[@jerrodbrown5597]

Jim Henson is great, the dark crystal when ur on lsd is life changing

[@koreancanuck]

How about Joker’s pencil trick in The Dark Knight? LOl

[@SomenathGarai]

Lol!

[@ttlbig]

That's some real magic there.

[@FhangMedia]

Only took 1 take

[@DreamApostle128]

Pls don't share the secret on that one let it be a legend

[@alexh7140]

lol super visual vanish.

[@Clownin]

The hand double in The Labyrinth was the same guy that pioneered contact juggling in the 80s. Michael Moschen is the name of the guy if you'd like to read more about him.

[@UpcomingStorm]

With the Now you see me integration room scene, it makes more since when you know that the guy who brought them in is also a magician and is working with them.

[@bjam89]

Yeah i would not be shocked if that was part of the plan they were given

[@dylanboots9714]

Hey man, I think you really struck gold with these reaction videos. Theses have been some of the most entertaining and enjoyable videos you've made lately and they've really been making my day!

[@WesBarker]

Thanks Dylan!

[@pacman52280]

Michael Moschen did the contact juggling in Labyrinth.

[@mirasbrush4607]

And in case Wes sees this and is unaware, Michael essentially invented almost all the modern contact juggling moves (in fact, it's unlikely a period character such as the magician in The Illusionist) would know that move before Michael pioneered it in the 80's. There were ball and other types of contact jugglers in that time, but the butterfly is very much Michael's baby (in fact, he was frequently enraged to see other people doing the move - mostly because he's a testy fellow). Michael earned a Macarthur Genius grant for his juggling creations and made this slightly pretentious video full of excellent and inventive juggling: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmXcd3qjaq6Nlas

[@craigtaco9875]

Totally missed the mark on the Labyrinth comment. It wasn’t Bowie’s arm, but it wasn’t CGI, either.

[@willmorton8006]

@@craigtaco9875 The 'ballography' was real and a hand double, but the appearance of the ball and the snake transfiguration are CGI

[@GuukanKitsune]

The real magic trick, is how the filmmakers about SEAMLESSLY made it look like David Bowie was the one doing the contact juggling. That was a brilliantly done illusion through purely practical effects and zero editing tricks worthy of any true magician.

[@Laggyxtreme]

Aww labyrinth with Bowie the guy is basically hugging Bowie from behind doing that blind. It's fantastic

[@RantVoidTiggs]

I’ve just found your reaction videos and what I love about them is that you don’t just dismiss a scene is effects or hand doubles are used, if it serves the scene. Also, when they are done well, when the join is smooth, you call it out as being well done.

[@DatLomma]

According to wikipedia: "The card trick was the most difficult for Weisz and took her a month of practicing every day to learn.[14] The shot itself took 11 or so takes, but the one continuous shot in the film is not enhanced in any way.[15]" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Bloom)

[@JamesRMagic]

David Merlini is credited as the Magic Consultant on Houdini.... cracking name!

[@Joxman2k]

Just a note. In Labyrinth they didnt have CGI, it was traditional optical effects.

[@Jacksonm325]

Wes your shirt game almost as good as Chris’s puzzle videos

[@gimpleg9913]

Labyrinth is such an amazing movie. It is a must see for anyone as far as 80s movies go!

[@connerpeterson1119]

Magicians: Magicians never reveal their secrets Also Magicians: Here's how you learn the card trick in ten minutes!

[@DanielRobertKane]

In theory. If no one ever shared we'd never have new magicians. Very few to none teach 4000 and up stage props. Especially one that's been used on multiple talent shows. Blackboard anyone?

[@malachikofi7914]

Genuinely only watch these vids for the Now You See Me clips. Love that film!

[@dash-x]

The BTS of labyrinth is really neat. They show the poor guy behind Bowie with his paws through his cape. Its really beautiful what he can do IRL though.

[@NelielSugiura]

Cannot think of any movies off the top of my head, but I watched The Prestige last week because of you. I think I saw it when I was younger and nothing made sense... now it did, prolly from watching so much of you and Chris.

[@gutzi_muc8396]

I love these videos! 😍 But I can’t make any suggestions because I probably oversee the magic in movies and tv shows. But I think I remember there is a better scene in Labyrinth where Bowie looks like he is „juggling“ with more of these glass balls.

[@Astereux]

The coin and card tricks in The Magicians (Tv Show) interested in whether they’re real of CGI. 1st episode has quite a few

[@Wecoc1]

Magicians in movies are like: - Is that your card? - Wait... of course, the whole deck is mine - Not anymore! [disappears with a smoke bomb and appears instantly in his house]

[@ewendavidhendrymcgregor1920]

''With Adrien Brody, not the houdini one the other one'' as though he has more than one persona on film xD

[@greyman003]

Now you see me and the sequel are two of my favourite movies. Even I knew there was Hollywood magic involved but still very entertaining. I do like how they explain the tricks in different parts of the movie.

[@StijnHommes]

Teller can ACT! He knows how those tricks are done and yet he still looks genuinely amazed.

[@sircaran]

Teller's whole silent bit on stage relies on him acting, it is basically his job to begin with

[@sinandcyanide7505]

No, it wasn't Bowie's hands. The guy who did it is really good with them.

[@Madkangaroo]

Wait WES, you're not familiar with the ball to snake turn? yeah, it turns a little to the left... or is it just me?

[@thefancystache3793]

People don't realize if they can do the fruit basket or bat wing, they already know how to do the balls to snake control. Well... I do the marbles to worm control but it's the same method

[@ZasarLeNoir]

That Michael Moschen's hands in Labyrinth, master juggler, ``invented`` a bunch of new types of juggling and playing with shapes, movement and sometimes even sound.

[@cyrilmedel4371]

Suggestion: Cyril Takayama in Redbelt (2008) The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Sleight (2017) Thor: Ragnarok with Doctor Strange especially the Tea/Beer Scene The Magnificent Seven (2016) Magic Trick Scene

[@jaapsch2]

There's a neat little trick in the movie Sneakers, where Ben Kingsley gets Robert Redford to choose which hand something is in, and (in a single shot) later shows both hands empty.

[@billgreen4003]

Yep on labyrinth movie it is a professional doing the clear ball juggling he was on Jerry Lewis Telethon

[@fatal_sightxgaming4842]

What's funny is Bowie really tried to learn the contact juggling for Labyrinth....but something happened with his hand(can't remember if he messed up his wrist or his finger) and they didn't have the time to for him to heal and still learn. He did in fact learn how to do alot of contact juggling after the movie.

[@AlexBoyer]

Love Smokin’ Aces!!!! Great video bro 🔥🔥🔥

[@WesBarker]

Xoxox thanks buddy

[@itaialter]

You should do a reaction to the movie "Penn & Teller Get Killed" (1989)

[@luanamartinez8873]

Ohh that would be great!!

[@DaddyBeanDaddyBean]

David Bowie's hand double is Michael Moschen. Your criticism of Labyrinth is valid, but Moschen in straight performance is *FANTASTIC*.

[@carolinehaf21]

"Hot Hot garbage!" 🤣 Loving these Wes, keep em coming sir!

[@SpiderSparta56]

Wes, oh man I have to tell you that these reaction videos are Fucken genius. That video was the most entertaining video I've seen all week bro. Your on to something here. I can't wait to you do another one. I'm loving your content. It's getting better and better.

[@christopherschweighofer8017]

Deception (2018) series where a magician helps a detective solve crimes and stuff. I remember the magic being good!

[@christopherschweighofer8017]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3a4hoCAisZqnac

[@CraigBoudreaux]

Francis Menotti did the consultant work on that series.

[@christopherschweighofer8017]

Craig Boudreaux ehh! Cool! Didn’t know that👍🏻

[@Nueztoy]

It’s funny how young generations use the term “CGI” for visual effects, even though computers weren’t use for that, not even digital cameras, it was literally film, so how do you do a visual effect with just film and no computers? it was all a made by painstaking photochemical process.

[@WesBarker]

Yeah, I totally get that. Just a lazy way of speaking.

[@high62609]

Yes Wes, seem to recall the guy from Big Bang did magic as a young person

[@coryd951]

The ball trick is real... Bowie actually learned how to do the ball movements

[@tlgeros1]

The ball juggler was on David Letterman in the 80's. His name is Michael Moschen.

[@rays5163]

The Bowie scene is fake? I just assumed they got a contact juggler to do it.

[@Barakulka]

looks like you a not big fan :) if you don't saw "Inside the Labyrinth"

[@sircaran]

the funny part with Teller and the rings is that it is the one trick Teller has spent the most time with, Penn on the other hand hates the rings

[@thejordanbrooks4893]

David Merlini and Jason Latimer did a lot of consulting for Houdini. Really enjoying what you've been doing as of recent with your magic content and keeping your channel active! Much

[@buzzkillroza499]

Adrien Brody is so and I mean SO TALLENTED!

[@captainscentsible1811]

The consultant was Williamson. And also Daryl

[@WesBarker]

That’s fantastic

[@JordanCrowderFilms]

Rian Johnson FTW, Brothers Bloom is still one of his best films.

[@a.s4899]

The contact juggling in Labrynth is real, but the juggler was stood behind him.

[@KalRandom]

Was about to say the same thing, and the dude is awesome.

[@DavidFlagg202]

The juggler is Michael Moschen he was amazing, you should check out his videos.

[@iamdeadsilence]

5:42

[@jyack275]

Your comment @10:30 blew my mind. Trippy

[@mikaharris1040]

Really loving this series Wes! Keep it up!

[@nicholascouch6371]

the scene with David Bowie was done with a hand double named Michael Motion who is supposed to be the guy that invented contact juggling .That is also the secret behind fushigi balls which at one time were sold at Walmart as a toy.By the way this movie came out in the 80s. If you look on youtube there is also behind the scenes vids of Michael trying to do these scenes while Michael messes up. David Bowie was a good sport and was very patient .Yaaay Bowie

[@jaunusender6166]

David Bowie tried his DAMNDEST to be able to learn to twirl/roll the globe, but he couldn't get consistent enough for it and had to bring in a hand double. The parts where he juggles and spins the orbs were all done by, Michael Moshen. The only part Bowie actually did was the 3 orb toss juggle when he's changing hands. Michael was a gymnast and orb juggler behind him and under his cloaks.

[@espo7182]

The big trick and climax of that interrogation scene in, Now you See Me, you find out later in the movie. He actually swapped the phones with Mark Ruffalo when the soda spills. Therefore him saying "Fisrt rule of Magic, always be the smartest person in the room." He now has the FBIs phone, although in a twist, if you know the movie, it is exactly what Mark Ruffalo's character wanted, hence, he is the smartest in the room.

[@hopsonkim4952]

To be fair though, if someone told you David Bowie pulled off everything in that Labyrinth scene practically in camera by himself, you’d be like, “I’ll buy that.”

[@magicmagicman]

The card 4 king production you see jeremy piven do is called "The Ripper" by Lee Asher

[@wishtribe]

Dude, watch Smokin' Aces. It's an excellent movie and Jeremy Piven kills it.

[@WesBarker]

1000% agreed 👍

[@thefancystache3793]

You're going to wear your ace of spades T- shirt to the Penn and Teller show? Don't be that guy. A PCU crossover joke, prolly not as funny as it was in my head when I cracked myself up.

[@Mezzier]

@@thefancystache3793 PCU Crossover ? not sure if I understand english enough to understand, but someone should find a name for those guys's universe on social media (Xavior, Wes, Alex, Eric, Chris, ...)

[@thefancystache3793]

@@Mezzier PCU is an old movie starring Jeremy Piven. The most quoted line from the movie comes when Jeremy's character runs into one of his friends on his way to a concert wearing a T shirt of the band he's going to see and Piven says "don't be that guy". It's a great movie. You get to see bloody raw meat dumped on mouth foaming vegans 😂 it's the kind of movie that can't be made anymore due to the world losing its mind.

[@seanissomething]

@@WesBarker Pretty sure Dan and Dave Buck were the consultants on Smokin' Aces. I know for a fact they were hand doubles for some of the scenes.

[@Adventuresthroughtime]

House with the clock in its walls features magic tricks

[@WesBarker]

I’ll have a looks! Thanks!

[@rhythm5080]

The show "The Mentalist" has quite a few impressive tricks as well

[@MrTrevMan]

You should break down the big scenes or hell the whole movie of Now You See Me and the sequel

[@Luke-dn4lv]

First rule of magic : know an extra thing

[@Cyba_IT]

That is literally what it is and what Wes meant of course :)

[@jyesucevitz]

knowing Brody is a method actor he's probably a member of the magic castle now.

[@JJDBaca]

If Lex Lothor had leaned in while talking, to control the Hulk's attention while he slipped out of the cuffs, I would think the targeted cuff throw could land at least some percentage of attempts. I'd love to see someone take on that challenge.

[@mikelombard21]

Love you Wes your the best. Love the educational content.

[@Spelitus]

What about the gun malfunction from the Prestige? or well, the whole movie :)

[@JelleJanW]

In the series White Coller, S02E11 (@03:40) The main actor gets tempted to play a round of 3 card monte. What happends next is pretty cool... Not sure if its real or fake, you should review it!

[@wolfsaints]

Now you see me the piranha tank scene

[@sinomical4218]

What’s that 4 jack production move called in brothers bloom?

[@williamwortman3039]

Should Wes’s title be “Pro” Magician. Love all your videos Wes.

[@kyler133]

First rule of magic... Always be the most prepared person in the room?

[@sachasjt7387]

Great vid Wes! Have you seen Sleight? Or one of Ricky Jay's movies?

[@mangjose9303]

More from The Big Bang Theory please. 😊

[@BullScrapPracEff]

Totally not CGI in Labyrinth. Simple edit cut. Not much CGI in the '80s. Digging the content.

[@WesBarker]

Yeah that’s fair. I guess I was speaking to broadly with the term CGI

[@BullScrapPracEff]

@@WesBarker It's cool man, just giving you some flak.

[@WesBarker]

BullScrapPracEff always welcome when the flak is accurate. Thanks man!

[@lilyyuan8901]

Spoiler alert! To be fair they are on the same side in now you see me, the integrator could technically set it up for them? Tu I do love watching your views on them, one of my fav KZbinr right now

[@C0LDWiR3]

Theres a new disney + movie called "Magic Camp" starring Adam DeVine. Pretty generic Disney movie but they actually use real magic tricks and even cardistry that it actually made the movie somewhat enjoyable

[@JoshHibberd]

Have you seen Paul Newman handling cards in The Sting?

[@yuvrajkhandpur327]

Now you see me mentalism scenes - always wondered about that

[@civlwrbuf]

Please look at Chis Pratt's card scene in Magnificent Seven, if not his Graham Norton appearance card trick

[@johnpratt1661]

In the big bang theory one with the whistle did you notice Teller?

[@robmckennie4203]

For labyrinth they hired the same people who did the disappearing hand in back to the future

[@anonnymous2236]

The Labyrinth crystal ball scene was all legit. Of course it wasn't Bowie's hands, and was a double. That's explained on the DVD bonus features. But there wasn't any CGI. It was done with optical effects, with a real magician's hands. The only CGI was the owl at the beginning. Which was also the first use of photorealistic CGI. So I don't see why that's not real "magic"? Your friend Eric did optical effects too with the packing peanuts as a cloth. How is that any different than optical effects done real time for a movie? Why is Eric's "real magic" and Labyrinth's not?

[@herreragonza5891]

8:01 "I can't tell when they moved the hand double?!?!!?" well, thereis a cut there, that's kinda of a clue ;)

[@deathspawn54]

Check out deception from 2018, its like a detective drama with a magician

[@brennercelegans3689]

Bowie’s hand double is Michael Motion

[@pacman52280]

I Love Trouble. Julia Roberts. Ricky Jay was the magic consultant according to the closing credits.

[@112sebby]

The four jack production is an Eric jones move

[@mentallyhyp2012]

do you have a back log and you are tossing out as you keep building? or just shooting and editing daily?

[@joelsonethridge8814]

I love these videos.

[@SuperToobored]

What's the plant up on your shelf

[@Achack]

Love these videos dude.

[@raghavsareen6793]

Sneaky Pete had a Ricky Jay cameo and the main lead doing some magic if I remember correctly

[@ondrejnemec5756]

Maverick

[@crawdini7641]

Wes , what kind of guitar ?

[@gimlidespain9356]

Couldn't the Rachel Weisz trick just have been a deck change when her hands go off screen?

[@Proximityillusions]

The contact juggling from Labyrinth was actually Michael Moshen (who invented the technique),, yes, standing behind Bowie and manipulating the crystal ball blind. Took lots of takes, according to the documentary. A better Magic shot for you to look at would have been the production of the ball later in the film, which was not CGI but a real magical production.

[@DanielRobertKane]

If anyone is reading this as we speak...October of 2022. Houdini with Adrien Brody is free right here on the KZbins!!!!!!

[@bryanpool4215]

Leslie Nielsens slight of hand in airplane

[@philopharynx7910]

To me smarts is a many-headed beast. There are lots of ways to be smart, and most of them don't work well on a multiple-choice test. Magicians are smart because they have to know their audience and keep up the performance part while doing the "magic" part of it. Admittedly it's a very narrow focus of smartness, but still very cool.

[@christianwendt7852]

I doubt that a church bell would ring if shot by a bullet. You'd have to transfer enough energy to get it moving, and only so much that it rings once. The sound of the round hitting the bell would sound different, I think

[@alecksklar5135]

how did howard do that at 2:10?

[@theeggylegs]

"hot hot garbage" *hits the like button