Spies like Us (1985) - Reaction and Review - Is this a Comedy Sleeper?

[@sergiodavila5269]

That exact drive inn theater where they went was in Lancaster, California & I saw Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977….it was the first memory I had as a human being 🤩

[@vintagemovienights]

That is soooo cool! A great movie to have as your first memory!

[@sideshowrod1312]

Did you spot all the cameos? Directors Terry Gilliam, Sam Raimi, Costa-Gavras, Martin Brest, Frank Oz, and Joel Coen, musician B.B. King and visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen.

[@brianvernon249]

And due to this movie, the first act of Mommy Dearest I just kept on laughing. The redhead general is the one who shakes her and then shakes her again, while breaking up. Naked Gun made fun of it.

[@vintagemovienights]

I did not catch all of those! I rely on Ryan to be better...lol!!! I will tell him to step up his game!

[@jamielandis4308]

You guys are the first reactors to watch this that I know of. We loved this back in the day. The theme song was a hit.

[@vintagemovienights]

I (Joe) still really like this movie....I think Ryan was a little bored. LOL.

[@tempsitch5632]

Use the search function.

[@shallendor]

The 80's were the best time to be a teen! Vanessa Angel was the Russian woman that slept with Milbarge!

[@vintagemovienights]

It really was a great era of film! Lucky Milbarge!

[@tempsitch5632]

She gets real screen time in Kingpin.

[@LordVolkov]

Another weird 80s gem with Dan Aykroyd and his wife Donna Dixon (and a theme song by a famous band) is Doctor Detroit. Wacky movie, but worth a watch if you can find it.

[@vintagemovienights]

INTERESTING!!! Will have to add it to the list!!! We like Wacky Movies.

[@shallendor]

I so love Doctor Detroit!, it is such a crazy fun movie!

[@jek4837]

Two sleeper comedies, one of which I'm going to expect Ryan to have seen 1. "Swingers" - It was the huge breakthrough and helped launch careers for Jon Favreau (also written by Favreau), Vince Vaughn (who got a job from Spielberg because of this), and Doug Liman directed (and he also directed movies such as The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow). 2. "Clay Pigeons" - It's a dark comedy which stars young Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix. It's completely slept on.

[@vintagemovienights]

We will have to put these on our list!

[@tempsitch5632]

You’re understating the massive impact Swingers had on a)the world, b)cinema.

[@stevenspringer1599]

"The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) - a seriously excellent crime caper "The Red Badge of Courage" (1951) American Civil War film "The Horse Soldiers" - (1959) American Civil War, one of John Ford/John Wayne's best "Ice Station Zebra" (1968) - a '60s blockbuster action/thriller "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972) - the best mountain man movie "Scarecrow" (1973) starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino.

[@vintagemovienights]

Excellent suggestions. We will have to add a few of these to our lists!

[@brianvernon249]

There is a Family Guy episode that is an homage to this movie. You should react to it, and then tack it on the end of this reaction. “I have a picture of my sister!” “I hear she’s pretty good!” “Ooh! You have a tent” “Can I borrow your tent” Every member of the drive in mercenaries is a famous person. 3 of them are behind the camera. The other had a famous guitar named Lucile and never strummed a chord in his life. All single notes of brilliance.

[@vintagemovienights]

I have seen parts of that episode!!!! May have to do that! LOL.

[@sergiodavila5269]

Damn this flick still makes me cry laughing especially the scene where where they’re cheating on the civil service exam….the joke today with Russia invading Ukraine is “these are the only guys that can stop Russia” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vintagemovienights]

The cheating is absolutely the best!!!! I (Joe) Love that scene!

[@menolikey_]

Great editing. Great personalities and chemistry. Good reactions. You guys picked a heavily sourced genre. Avoid following the algorithm. Give reacting to Career Opportunities (1991) a shot. Subbed.

[@vintagemovienights]

Thanks for the sub and kind words! We are excited for the Journey!

[@tempsitch5632]

I F’N love Career Opportunities. It’s john hughes without dripping in hallmark/spielbergian moments. Very cynical yet good feeling. Insular and tight. Whaley is sublime.

[@pauljackson2409]

10:58 Brilliant! White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre should try this trick, she might just survive a press conference without embarrassing herself.

[@vintagemovienights]

HAHAHAHA....It would be a first. LOL!

[@adampare8088]

As a kid growing up in the 80's my favorite was Neverending Story. I've seen lots of reaction vids and they all loved it. That might be one he hasn't seen. If he did, well dang, maybe Dark Crystal would be another good choice.

[@vintagemovienights]

I asked Ryan; he has seen both, however is not familiar with Dark Crystal. Joe's wife says you have a great taste in movies! Those are her favorites!! LOL.

[@adampare8088]

@@vintagemovienights Well get to it fellas. You don't want to disappoint me and Joe's wife.

[@vintagemovienights]

@@adampare8088 Definitely don't want to do that!

[@Dreamfox-df6bg]

Cold War movie suggestion 'Meteor' (1979) with a similar premise like 'Armageddon', but I prefer 'Meteor'. The effects might not be anything to talk about in comparison, but it's more realistic, if you can even use the word, but the Cold War humour is great.

[@vintagemovienights]

I added it to our list of suggested movies!

[@joerexhausen8897]

Family Guy did a fun parody to this movie w/ Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd guest starring.

[@vintagemovienights]

I did not know that! I will have to check that out!

[@jimilemons7680]

First time watching you guys - would suggest piping down and not talking over/missing all the dialogue.

[@vintagemovienights]

LOL!!! Yeah Joe talks a lot. LOL. With that though we edit out a lot of the "just watching" parts due to copyright. Occasionally they do shut up! LOL

[@mildredpierce4506]

I suggest you react to Ace In The Hole (1951). I saw this many years ago and recently summarized that it may have been based on a true event.

[@vintagemovienights]

I will add this to our list! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@SportsNutter133]

I C BM, lol not IBM great movie loved seeing this on the channel. keep up the good work

[@vintagemovienights]

LOL!!!!! Dang it!

[@Kickerboy117]

Chevy Chase is hilarious…

[@vintagemovienights]

He is very funny for sure!

[@breawhite6]

Can you react to the Selena movie from 1997

[@vintagemovienights]

I will add it to the list....have a few more years before it qualifies.

[@Lunarbob19]

When you are saying that you don't know really what is going on, that should be a sign that you were talking too much over the scenes where things get talked about or explained. It wasn't like small 10 second asides, you were having minutes long discourse and therefore completely ignoring the film. I say this because I recall having seem it long long ago, and don't remember ever being confused. I disagree with your verdicts. I'm not a graphics snob, so the effects being from that time doesn't bother me. And I like when things are slowly developed and given time to sink in for the viewer to experience, or as you call it 'drag'. I wouldn't say it's like a 9 or 10, but 7 or 8 or high 6.

[@vintagemovienights]

Probably didn't help Ryan that he was falling asleep! LOL. I (Joe) have always like Spies like Us, its not a laugh a minute comedy but it does make me laugh! I told Ryan his energy was off after watching it back...maybe he came in tired. LOL. We are working on making sure we watch more of the films and get better with our editing and reacitons!

[@yournamehere6002]

It's one of the weaker efforts of the Aykroyd/Chase vehicles (and certainly not excruciating like Nothing But Trouble, which inexplicably has its fans), but drag it does NOT. It moves along at a very quick pace, and I can only assume your attention spans are shorter than the ones we had in the 80's. Of course, we were in a theater, not watching it on a laptop and giving a simultaneous reaction. It was just a Saturday night's entertainment out, and we were all about it.

[@vintagemovienights]

Joe Here....I think my point to dragging, is more that in the 80's we could get away with slower humor as you mentioned......attention spans have certainly decreased...mine included. LOL.

[@jaydouglas8845]

you guys talk too much during the movie.

[@vintagemovienights]

We are working on finding our style and groove. We tend to have to edit around the parts where we are not talking do to copyright. But we appreciate the feed back!

[@brianvernon249]

Now that Run-DMC song will be worming my brain for the next few days.

[@Turtle-ii2zt]

It’s kind of sad and pathetic that you’re 30 years late to the party

[@vintagemovienights]

Right! Ryan really needs to get with the program.....Sadly it is Joe who has missed most of the great films!