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Rest in peace, Raul Julia (the man who played Gomez Addams in the first two Addams Family movies) and Judith Malina (who played Grandmama Addams in the first film (she was recast in the sequel)).
Actually for many Psychologists the Mortitia-Gomez relationship is one of the best representation of how a relationship should be, as they and their family are everything for each other and they keep showing to them with all their passion and love and that's how they keep the spark alive. And even on UA-cam you might find some interesting videos about that, specially since you are studying Psychology.
@@shinrapresident7010 or maybe You would be just an asshole and don't care about them cause You know...they're immortal and rich...what else they need right?
@@shinrapresident7010 Those aren't relatable. A person's love shouldn't revolve around the things they have. You completely missed the point just to come up with an unrelated excuse for a person to not be infatuated with their spouse and loving to their family.
Well, if the Addams Family is too rich 🤑, you can go with the Munsters. 😉 They Are more down to Earth, even if they are „old Blood“ 😅☺️😂😄😁 Money 💴 is not the Reason for Happiness.
@@rubydragon1034 "My husband drives a truck for a living and has essentially been away from our daughter's entire 7 year life. He didn't get to hear her first words, see her first steps, misses birthdays and Christmases, all so that he can put a roof over our heads and pay for her future." What kind of idea of parenthood is that? Are we in the 1950's? I'll never understand why fathers decide to have children in the first place when they can't actually be around to see them grow up.
@@rubydragon1034 So? The issue remains. Absentee fathers who do nothing more than provide and leave nurturing and raising to the mothers are fathers only by name. Children need both parents. Look I'm not trying to rattle your cage personally I just have my opinion about certain constellations of parenthood. Absentee fathers on the one hand, maybe because the financial situation necessitates, or because they are content with not being there. On the other hand familys of the upper crust, where both parents work because they draw more self-worth from their position at work, than from their life as parent, and leave the children in care of nannies and boarding schools. Both are equally unideal for children. In both examples I ask myself: Why do these people even have children?
The Adam's Family always meant a lot to me. An example of people being who they are, and not compromising. They teach acceptance, and thinking outside the box. A great thing for those of us that often feel out of place. I highly recommend the original show. It was very good.
The casting choices for these movies was just amazing. I don't think they could have picked anyone better for any of the roles! Addams Family Values is a rare actually great sequel. Maybe not fully as good as the first, but _very_ close. Absolutely worth the watch. My favorite line from the whole movie: "Are they made with real girl scouts?"
Most people including myself felt that Values was better than the first one. The characters are more fleshed out and, there's a much more developed plot and the humor was a lot more developed too.
Gomez and Morticia were a hot couple in the original 1960s TV series too, and there's a genuinely romantic/tragic reason for it. The actors who played them were actually in love, but they were both married to other people and they'd made a pact never to betray their spouses by doing anything about it, so when they were kissing & canoodling on set, playing their roles, that was the only chance they had. Of the two actors and the two spouses, the one who played Gomez lived the longest, and only after the other three were dead did he tell the story.
Carolyn Jones (Morticia) wasn't married when the Addams Family was being produced (1964-66). She was married four times in her life, but not then: marriage #2 ended with a separation in 1963 and a finalized divorce in 1964, meaning she was newly single. John Astin (Gomez) was indeed married during the show's run -- the first of three marriages for him -- so IF there was anything to this narrative it could have been for the sake of Astin's marriage, but Jones had no spouse to betray. That said, I suppose it's possible there were lingering feelings that were never acted upon. The pair were supposedly good friends all the way until Jones' death in 1983, and despite the many marriages and divorces they were never both single simultaneously in Jones' lifetime. Perhaps a case of the timing just never being quite right? I don't know. I'd be interested to read/watch whatever interview Astin said this in, because I'd never heard this before.
@@venividiarrevederci4461 That's interesting: cheers. I remember seeing Astin tell this story in a TV interview sometime in the 1990s (I think), but I must admit that after I posted, I went looking for the interview and/or the story on the internet and I couldn't find it. Maybe Jones wasn't married in '64-'66 but she did have a 'significant other'? I did find other interviews about the Addams Family in which a very old Astin didn't outright say what I remembered, but did seem to be hesitating and picking his words with extreme care, so maybe he got flak for the original interview?
The Addams Family (1960) was also one of the first TV-shows broadcast to a wider audience where a romantic couple actually acted romantically towards each other on screen - prior to that any intimacy between a married couple on TV had been, at most, implied through dialogue and fade-to-black. Even married couples (even when the actors were married to each other) displays of affection were not commonly shown on screen. Whether the Addams Family really did lead the way on this, or it was just coincidental that showing intimacy became more accepted in the 60s, I couldn't say. But the Addams Family never shied away from showing how much Morticia and Gomez loved each other.
One has to remember that despite modern parlance assigning only the erotic meaning on word "romantic" the romanticism as a literary movement included also quite a fascination with death for the right causes and the melodramatic as well dueling to the death. So the whole vibe you get from the Adamses fits it like a glove.
The thing I ❤ about the "Addamses" is that they are so BLISSFULLY, PASSIONATELY HAPPY with who they are and they don't care how the rest of the world is or what it thinks of them. They embrace their creepy, kooky mysterious, spooky and altogether ooky ways 💯% I strive to live like the way they do 😍😍😍. The sequel is even better 😀
The Addams Family is an awesome movie! The entire cast was terrific, but Raul Julia, Angelica Huston, Christina Ricci, and Christopher Lloyd were all standouts in this one. Those are iconic performances, and they all bring their A-game to the sequel as well. Really glad you liked this! I think the Wednesday series looks pretty fun, so I will be checking that out!
Fun... maybe, but let me remind you, it's Tim Burton _using_ other's people fame for his own gain. I really enjoy Tim Burton when he does his *_Own Material_* but pretty much hate everything he's done to other's people's work, I.E. Alice, Willy Wonka, etc, etc. And to give an example of just how bad he's *_Already_* screwed up the Addams family with the wednesday show.... watch the first trailer for it again, and note how Gomez says he met Mortica there.... at "Nevermore" school... which directly contradicts the whole Funeral dialogue they had in this movie. In my opinion, Tim Burton wanted to do a "Hogwarts for weirdos" so he could push out a bunch of his smaller ideas that weren't big enough for a movie/show on their own, and he's _using_ the "Addams Family" as a way to tie all his little concepts together... while giving very *LITTLE* if any concern to source material. Furthermore... if this school for weirdos *_has_* existed... *WHY IN THE FUCK* are they only *NOW* sending wednesday there? Why send her to "normal school" for long? As much as I love Wednesday, and believe me... I adore her, "I'd worship the ground she walks upon" and consider myself lucky for her to "pity me" (2nd movie references) and I *WANT* to see more of her... I really get the feeling the show will be more about "School" and *LES* about Her. However, have you seen the "Adult Wednesday Addams" shorts that ran for a bit that had to be stopped cause it wasn't done with approval? Sounds messed up, but the girl who played her there *ABSOLUTELY NAILS* an Adult Wednesday, the writing, wit, attitude, *EVERYTHING* .... I still don't know why they didn't say... "okay stop... you didn't get permission to do this... *_But_* you are doing such an awesome job, we're gonna take over and make this into a *FULL* show, instead of just making her stop. In case you haven't, here's a link: ua-cam.com/video/UD5fBjKwgEQ/v-deo.html
@@James-iu2km To be fair, I wouldn't compare Addams Family lore between this movie and anything else, honestly. This movie doesn't follow the original comic or even parts of the TV show (which the style is based off of). In the show, Gomez and Morticia's mothers (Grandmama Addams and Hester Frump, respectively) tried to set Gomez up with Morticia's sister, Ophelia, but Gomez fell in love with Morticia at first sight. They just brought them over to the house, there was no funeral (the episode is called Morticia's Romance's pt. 1 and 2, it's on youtube). I'm not sure how they met in the comics, but apparently none of the characters even HAD names until the TV show was made, so it may have never even been addressed. Also: Tim Burton directed the two Michael Keaton Batman films, which were excellent, and Sweeney Todd was also quite enjoyable IMO... and I tend to hate musicals, lol.
@@vodengc520 first of all, I commend you on your knowledge of the family. I will admit I've been aware that the movies and the show and the cartoons did not share a very strong canonical bond in the minor details, (location of the house, ares of characters, etc). So I will also admit that I *_would_* have been willing to ignore minor inconsistencies in this new show.... *_IF_* it felt like it was actually focused on Wednesday.... instead of how prominent and *obvious* it is that she really isn't the focus the of the show, more so just the main character and from who's eyes we are meant to be seeing the focus of the show... "Nevermore". I may retract my fangs some should the show prove me wrong in my estimations, but let me ask you, given the trailers so far... does it *_really_* seem like he had a desire to write more content *about* Wednesday and from that built the rest of this... _OR_ does it feel more like he wanted to make the "Hogwarts for Freaks" and built the rest from that... cause that's how it feels to me. As for the Batman/Sweeny Todd... I must admit, those are my Favorite Batman movies. Granted having Jack Nicholson playing the Joker.... helps immensely, as well as Micheal Keaton playing Batman. I think Keaton was the best combination of Bruce/Batman. There have been Better "Bruces" and Better "Batmans" but I think Keaton played them both to about an 8/10 where others did a 9/10-10/10 on one but not the other. It also helped that I was a child and was pretty much my intro to the series. That being said... watch them again and count the number of guys Batman *MURDERS* lol... he's not supposed to do that. I think Tim has always a bit of problem sticking to the canon. I also loved Sweeny Todd, but am totally ignorant of the source material and therefore cannot judge it's authenticity. But I must also ask, have you seen the Adult Wednesday Addams I referenced in my previous comment? I'd be quite curious to hear your take on it.
@@vodengc520 Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow was enjoyable as well. Is it sacrilage that I don't really have too many feelings about the canon? I'm OK with this show being its own thing. It's been 30 years since these movies. I'm gonna keep an open mind, and give it a fair try. If it's good, great, if not, we can always disavow its existance. Wouldn't be the first time. It is a shame they just never made a 4th Indiana Jones film, isn't it? 😬
@@matthewjordan7297 Yeah, I forgot about Sleepy Hollow actually. Couldn't remember if that was a remake of a movie or his own take on the story though. I do remember enjoying it, though I only saw it once all the way through.
Glad you liked it. Hope you enjoy the sequel. There was a little confusion that you expressed concerning their mortality. To clear things up: They're oddities. In this case, the family of oddities have higher tolerances of pain than your average person, including a borderline toughness in resistance to mortality. They're not immortal, but they're tougher to kill, than any ordinary method. Hope this helps, and hope to see Wedsnday reaction. ❤
There's another channel that did a video, "7 tips from The Addams Family to keep your marriage alive." Seeing Blue love the way Gomez and Morticia love each other really reinforces how great a couple they are. That is something I totally missed when I first saw this movie but am totally on board with now.
Funny thing. I read an article a while ago about how, when you look at all the TV families from the time, the Adams Family had the healthiest family relationships and were the best, most functional family of them all.
This movie rules. I love how they just do every joke. Like it wasn’t enough that the girlfriends were conjoined twins, they were also insane. You must watch the sequel. It’s just as funny.
Everything about the movie is perfect. The relationship goals of the family, the casting, the dark humor. Everyone is so unashamedly true to themselves.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. My wife and I saw this in the theater when it first came out on our first date. On Friday the 13th. All these years later, still going strong. Mi amoré.
Fester/Gordon wasn’t originally going to be the real fester he was just going to be adopted into the family but when the cast saw him (Christopher Lloyd) in the make up and costume they banded together to get the scrip rewritten to make him the real fester with memory loss. The Girl Scout (Mercedes McNab) is also well know as Harmony Kendall the longest reoccurring character in Buffy the vampire slayer and it’s spin off Angel.
Mercedes is awesome. Got to hang out with her and Charisma, who got along annoyingly well with my older sister, at the beach. I was fourteen, my sis was nineteen and a huge Buffy fan that was pretty much the Cordelia of our hometown; only with the biggest, baddest motherfucker at Fort Benning as her father. Mercedes was so cool that I literally forgot to blush, stutter, and be shy because she had me laughing and joking with her for hours. Cured my shyness around girls my own age, that's for sure.
22:12 Isn't it interesting how we immediately feel the toxicity of the physically abusive relationship of the bad mother when all this time there was torture and deadly violence inflicted upon in the Addams household daily yet it is warm and beautiful.
“Gordon” being shown as miserable the longer it went on to the point he was pretty much pleading for “forgiveness” was what gave it away. How her rage had him cowering and hiding away and then needing to sneak out just so he could see the kids perform. While the dark talk and violent games were always treated as something the family enjoyed and none were miserable about it. Like when Morticia gave Wednesday the larger cleaver like “here, this is better suited for your game” or how both kids were laughing while standing out in the storm with the antenna or Gomez playfully chuckling about Pugsley attempting to stab Wednesday at the seance. There’s definitely a contrast in how the scenes were portrayed, and serious kudos to the actors and directing staff for ensuring it was conveyed exactly as it should be - the Addamses enjoying their darkness as their light, while “Gordon” was trapped in a darkness that needed light.
I love everyone in this...but I must admit that my heart will always belong to Carolyn Jones, who originally played Morticia in the TV series...that lady flung me headfirst into puberty.
I hear a lot of people say, with some justification, that the sequel is the superior entry in the series, but I still maintain that seeing the ballroom scene, and the Mamushka on the big screen is possibly the greatest cinematic moment of my life.
I was very lucky to have a nice family growing up, but the Addams will always be my "dream family" as a kid haha. I remember wishing they were our neighbours. They single-handedly got me interested into gothic themes and horror as a 6 years old, and they really got me into thinking what a healthy family life was supposed to actually mean. My birthday party after watching the movie was completely Addams themed. Everyone loved it. I made paper bats and fake spiderwebs with cotton and decorated the entire house ceiling with them haha. It was really fitting too, my mom went into labour on a friday the 13th haha!
Charles (chas) Addams drew a whole bunch of these great black&white single page comics, not just starring "the Addams Family" but all kinds of fun dark humor scenes. Like the couple who ordered 2 tickets to the "bottomless pits" but only one ticket is a return one. Or the picture of a movie watching audience where they are all sad & crying .. untill you spot that one who isnt. Sometimes it VERY subtle & it takes a while you just notice something is "off". Highly reccomended. Always cheers me up :)
Morticia and Gomez's relationship is the GOAT and it's clear as day that they are banging on the hour. The only real question I have is how the hell do they only have two, later three, children? There should be a damn army with how much those two dig each other!
By the way, do you know why the hand us named Thing? The Addams Family started as comic stripes and featured many of their quirky relatives, including a mysterious shadow-like creature nicknamed Thing that could be seen under tables, behind curtains or corners, etc. and only its hand was out. Eventually, the hand was all that left
Excellent. I love how you really related to and appreciated that which is Addams! And yes, the second is as good as the first. In a different way but I am confident you will appreciate and understand it! Well done Trixy Blue!
"I would die for her...I would kill for her...either way, what bliss!" One of the most romantic lines I ever have heard! I should have known this movie (and the sequel) would be perfect for you.
Almost every reactor to this movie, especially the younger generation, has the same reaction. There is as lot of confusion at the start, but at about the halfway point everyone, REALLY, gets into Gomez and Mortishia's relationship and is captivated and entralled by it. Despite their morbid and kinky demeanor, there is something, genuinely, wholesome about their marriage and family. They love each other and celebrate each other's passions. They never try to change one another for the other, rather nurture each other.
The Addams Family were Goth before there was a Goth movement. One of the things I regret most in life is not seeing Raul Julia as the lead in Man of La Mancha when I had the chance.
Yes go right ahead and do Addams Family Values next. It’s just as good as the first one. Christina Ricci who plays Wednesday in this movie will be on the new Netflix Wednesday series playing one of Wednesday’s teachers.
When i was 9 the movie came out and i adored it. Due to distribution rights issues it was unavailable for decades in Germany. Until a few weeks ago. I instantly bought the blu-ray and had the best time of my life again. Wonderful movie. Fun fact. The person sitting in Gomez´s toy train is the movie director Barry Sonnenfield.
Great reactions to the very enjoyable Addams Family film, Blue!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽You are uploading reactions pretty quick lately. "Addams Family Values" (1993) is very good too. I actually like it more than the original.🙂
I didn't see it in the comments, they cast a stage magician for Thing. They would have him lying on a board with wheels that could be pushed along. Apparently the scene where he rushes to the door to let Fester in and slams into the wall, he was actually going quite fast and bruised his knuckles.
The Adams Family was originally a cartoon that first appeared in The New Yorker back in like 20's or 30's (can't remember which). The scene dousing the carolers with is a scene straight out of the cartoon and is the Adams family in a nut shell.
I love this movie, I love Gomez and Morticia (aka the best screen couple in history), glad it vibes so well with you. To answer an early question you had, they cast a sleight of hand artist to play Thing since magicians have to have very dexterous fingers.
Charles 'Chas' Addams drew comic illustrations for the New Yorker Magazine, and was slightly spoofing the 'old money' families in their old mansions who read that magazine. Over the years several characters developed into the 'Addams' Family'. The look of the characters went into horror movies (Morticia was spoofed by 'Vampira' who introduced horror films on US TV early on, and others copied her in the 1980s), and when the Addams Family TV series was on US TV, other TV companies joined in with 'The Munsters' and a few lesser copies. One that lasted well was a daytime soap called 'Dark Shadows' that was eventually made into a movie starring Johnny Depp as Barnabus. There are a few CGI movies of the Addams Family, but only the first is really in the mood, as it were.
I liked watching it with you TrixyBlue; you're very funny! (You also look very nice for Hallow's Eve.) Your deep devotion toward Gomez&Morticia is exactly how we kids all felt when the tv show came out in the '60s...
They started out as characters that would show up once in awhile in one-panel comics drawn by Charles Addams. None of them even had names for a long time, except Morticia. They were just called 'the family' or 'Addams' family'. They didn't get names until the TV series was developed in the 60s-- HIGHLY recommend it, it's a classic.
I'd call the pumpkin Bruce. I dunno why. Just looks like a Bruce. The second one exceeds the first, knocked it out of the park upping the standard on an already perfect movie, it won't disappoint.
Gomez and morticia are the perfect couple, totally devoted to one another, loving caring, suportive but not smothering. When i was a kid i had the biggest crush on wednesday there was just something about that sarcastic little psychopath lol
you should watch Adams family values. This is based on an older series you may want to watch. Also you should try rechargeable batteries for your stuff
If it's not too intimidating, you can look up videos of taking apart a battery box to make it accept a power plug, either usb or barrel terminal, or direct wired. These would involve drilling/cutting and soldering yet well worth it in reducing the waste of used batteries to landfills.
There was a really funny Adult Wednesday Addams channel on UA-cam. I think the episodes are still up, but the creator was pretty much copyright forced to stop making any more. Worth checking out.👍
Gomez and Morticia are relationship goals. In the 1964 series Gomez was one of the only husbands on television at the time who ACTIVELY lusted after his own wife (the censors at the time wouldn't even allow married couples to share one bed!). The two Addams Family movies, along with Mermaids the year before, were the films that put Christina Ricci on the map in the 90s. The judge's decision would have been overturned on appeal REALLY quick because of his massive conflict of interest in rendering his judgment.
If you use a lot of batteries I'd recommend getting rechargeable batteries. You can plug them into a wall outlet charger to fill them back up. Just don't try putting regular batteries in the charger as they can't handle it.
It does a fairly good job at taking a crazy and cooky 1960's tv show, and bringing it into modern times. By the way, the being covered in hair from its head to its feet, is called cousin, "It".
The original Gomes and Morticia on TV were amazing as well. I always found him to be a very funny actor. He showed up a few times in Night Court as well. The hand (Thing) is the hand of Lerch, the tall buttler. Did you recognize Cristopher Lloyd (Back to The Future) as Uncle Fester? He is also a very amazing actor and comedian.
Thing is its own thing (entity). Not even related to Lurch. Or Cousin Itt (the one with the hair). Fun trivia: Both actors who played Lurch in the old show and the movie were on Star Trek, Ted Cassidy on TOS (Ruk) and Carel Struycken on TNG (Mr. Homn). Struycken also played the Dream Giant in Twin Peaks.
A new Netflix show directed by Tim Burton about "Wednesday" Addams will be starting on November 23, I'm looking forward to that, hopefully it has the same dark, and quirky humor as this. It follows Wednesday as she goes to college,, and like Harry Potter there are several mysteries, and dark shenanigans. I'm also looking forward to Enola Homes 2,. Perhaps someday they'll have a cross over episode, 'Wednesday, and Elona Meet the Hell Hounds'. ;)
I think the Addams are enchanted to be invulnerable to their own, but vulnerable to to people who openly oppose them (and they seem to be supernaturally lucky in the face of danger). So Wednesday can electrocute Pugsley all day if they want, but when Tully was fighting Gomez after turning on them fully, and outing himself as betraying them, he was able to injure Gomez.
Rest in peace, Raul Julia (the man who played Gomez Addams in the first two Addams Family movies) and Judith Malina (who played Grandmama Addams in the first film (she was recast in the sequel)).
You forgot about M. Bison. I guess you didn't SEE THAT, DID YOU?!?!?
@@solongdentahlplaan7975 I know he was in the Street Fighter movie, but I recognize him the most from The Addams Family movies.
@@EntertainmentFan11 He plays a very entertaining psychopath in Moon Over Parador.
@@Bfdidc Again, I only know him from the first two Addams Family movies.
@@solongdentahlplaan7975 "But for me... It was Tuesday."
Actually for many Psychologists the Mortitia-Gomez relationship is one of the best representation of how a relationship should be, as they and their family are everything for each other and they keep showing to them with all their passion and love and that's how they keep the spark alive. And even on UA-cam you might find some interesting videos about that, specially since you are studying Psychology.
@@shinrapresident7010 or maybe You would be just an asshole and don't care about them cause You know...they're immortal and rich...what else they need right?
@@shinrapresident7010 Those aren't relatable. A person's love shouldn't revolve around the things they have. You completely missed the point just to come up with an unrelated excuse for a person to not be infatuated with their spouse and loving to their family.
Well, if the Addams Family is too rich 🤑, you can go with the Munsters. 😉 They Are more down to Earth, even if they are „old Blood“ 😅☺️😂😄😁 Money 💴 is not the Reason for Happiness.
@@rubydragon1034 "My husband drives a truck for a living and has essentially been away from our daughter's entire 7 year life. He didn't get to hear her first words, see her first steps, misses birthdays and Christmases, all so that he can put a roof over our heads and pay for her future."
What kind of idea of parenthood is that? Are we in the 1950's? I'll never understand why fathers decide to have children in the first place when they can't actually be around to see them grow up.
@@rubydragon1034 So?
The issue remains.
Absentee fathers who do nothing more than provide and leave nurturing and raising to the mothers are fathers only by name.
Children need both parents.
Look I'm not trying to rattle your cage personally I just have my opinion about certain constellations of parenthood.
Absentee fathers on the one hand, maybe because the financial situation necessitates, or because they are content with not being there.
On the other hand familys of the upper crust, where both parents work because they draw more self-worth from their position at work, than from their life as parent, and leave the children in care of nannies and boarding schools.
Both are equally unideal for children.
In both examples I ask myself: Why do these people even have children?
The Adam's Family always meant a lot to me. An example of people being who they are, and not compromising. They teach acceptance, and thinking outside the box. A great thing for those of us that often feel out of place. I highly recommend the original show. It was very good.
To me they represent the ultimate American Dream. To be so rich you don't have to give a fk what anyone thinks and you can live however you want.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 😆 You know you don't need money for that right?
@@epicmage82To have a house and cool stuff like the Addamses you kinda do.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 That "stuff" doesn't have anything to do with living the way you want.
@@epicmage82 Living the way I want would involve a LOT of stuff.😁
The casting choices for these movies was just amazing. I don't think they could have picked anyone better for any of the roles! Addams Family Values is a rare actually great sequel. Maybe not fully as good as the first, but _very_ close. Absolutely worth the watch. My favorite line from the whole movie: "Are they made with real girl scouts?"
Most people including myself felt that Values was better than the first one. The characters are more fleshed out and, there's a much more developed plot and the humor was a lot more developed too.
@@proteusblack8913 Not to mention that Values actually stayed even closer to the source material, at least in terms of character and set design.
Christina Ricci who plays Wednesday, does several nude scenes when she is older.
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The actress who played the girl scout also played Amanda in the sequel.
Gomez and Morticia were a hot couple in the original 1960s TV series too, and there's a genuinely romantic/tragic reason for it. The actors who played them were actually in love, but they were both married to other people and they'd made a pact never to betray their spouses by doing anything about it, so when they were kissing & canoodling on set, playing their roles, that was the only chance they had. Of the two actors and the two spouses, the one who played Gomez lived the longest, and only after the other three were dead did he tell the story.
Carolyn Jones (Morticia) wasn't married when the Addams Family was being produced (1964-66). She was married four times in her life, but not then: marriage #2 ended with a separation in 1963 and a finalized divorce in 1964, meaning she was newly single. John Astin (Gomez) was indeed married during the show's run -- the first of three marriages for him -- so IF there was anything to this narrative it could have been for the sake of Astin's marriage, but Jones had no spouse to betray.
That said, I suppose it's possible there were lingering feelings that were never acted upon. The pair were supposedly good friends all the way until Jones' death in 1983, and despite the many marriages and divorces they were never both single simultaneously in Jones' lifetime. Perhaps a case of the timing just never being quite right? I don't know. I'd be interested to read/watch whatever interview Astin said this in, because I'd never heard this before.
@@venividiarrevederci4461 That's interesting: cheers. I remember seeing Astin tell this story in a TV interview sometime in the 1990s (I think), but I must admit that after I posted, I went looking for the interview and/or the story on the internet and I couldn't find it. Maybe Jones wasn't married in '64-'66 but she did have a 'significant other'? I did find other interviews about the Addams Family in which a very old Astin didn't outright say what I remembered, but did seem to be hesitating and picking his words with extreme care, so maybe he got flak for the original interview?
John Astin is still around at 92, and still working.
The Addams Family (1960) was also one of the first TV-shows broadcast to a wider audience where a romantic couple actually acted romantically towards each other on screen - prior to that any intimacy between a married couple on TV had been, at most, implied through dialogue and fade-to-black. Even married couples (even when the actors were married to each other) displays of affection were not commonly shown on screen.
Whether the Addams Family really did lead the way on this, or it was just coincidental that showing intimacy became more accepted in the 60s, I couldn't say. But the Addams Family never shied away from showing how much Morticia and Gomez loved each other.
One has to remember that despite modern parlance assigning only the erotic meaning on word "romantic" the romanticism as a literary movement included also quite a fascination with death for the right causes and the melodramatic as well dueling to the death. So the whole vibe you get from the Adamses fits it like a glove.
Even though their interests are darker, their joy for life and family is enviable. Always adored this film and the one that followed it.
"How did they cast for that?"
There was no audition. They really just handed him the part.
@@robertwilson2007 yup, clearly. But thanks for the concern.
The thing I ❤ about the "Addamses" is that they are so BLISSFULLY, PASSIONATELY HAPPY with who they are and they don't care how the rest of the world is or what it thinks of them. They embrace their creepy, kooky mysterious, spooky and altogether ooky ways 💯% I strive to live like the way they do 😍😍😍.
The sequel is even better 😀
Adams Family Values is on the short list of sequels that might be better than the original, it is a must watch. Also great reaction!!!!
i always loved the momen when wednesday smiled....
I only really like the Camp scenes from "Values".
@@Deathbird_Mitch seriously? To me funniest line does not even involve canp..."you made him your slave and i respect it, but Debbie...pastels?"
it's good but it isn't better, it doesn't have the gothic atmosphere of the first so it loses some of the mood that the first movie set
The Addams Family is an awesome movie! The entire cast was terrific, but Raul Julia, Angelica Huston, Christina Ricci, and Christopher Lloyd were all standouts in this one. Those are iconic performances, and they all bring their A-game to the sequel as well. Really glad you liked this! I think the Wednesday series looks pretty fun, so I will be checking that out!
Fun... maybe, but let me remind you, it's Tim Burton _using_ other's people fame for his own gain. I really enjoy Tim Burton when he does his *_Own Material_* but pretty much hate everything he's done to other's people's work, I.E. Alice, Willy Wonka, etc, etc. And to give an example of just how bad he's *_Already_* screwed up the Addams family with the wednesday show.... watch the first trailer for it again, and note how Gomez says he met Mortica there.... at "Nevermore" school... which directly contradicts the whole Funeral dialogue they had in this movie.
In my opinion, Tim Burton wanted to do a "Hogwarts for weirdos" so he could push out a bunch of his smaller ideas that weren't big enough for a movie/show on their own, and he's _using_ the "Addams Family" as a way to tie all his little concepts together... while giving very *LITTLE* if any concern to source material. Furthermore... if this school for weirdos *_has_* existed... *WHY IN THE FUCK* are they only *NOW* sending wednesday there? Why send her to "normal school" for long?
As much as I love Wednesday, and believe me... I adore her, "I'd worship the ground she walks upon" and consider myself lucky for her to "pity me" (2nd movie references) and I *WANT* to see more of her... I really get the feeling the show will be more about "School" and *LES* about Her.
However, have you seen the "Adult Wednesday Addams" shorts that ran for a bit that had to be stopped cause it wasn't done with approval? Sounds messed up, but the girl who played her there *ABSOLUTELY NAILS* an Adult Wednesday, the writing, wit, attitude, *EVERYTHING* .... I still don't know why they didn't say... "okay stop... you didn't get permission to do this... *_But_* you are doing such an awesome job, we're gonna take over and make this into a *FULL* show, instead of just making her stop.
In case you haven't, here's a link:
ua-cam.com/video/UD5fBjKwgEQ/v-deo.html
@@James-iu2km To be fair, I wouldn't compare Addams Family lore between this movie and anything else, honestly. This movie doesn't follow the original comic or even parts of the TV show (which the style is based off of). In the show, Gomez and Morticia's mothers (Grandmama Addams and Hester Frump, respectively) tried to set Gomez up with Morticia's sister, Ophelia, but Gomez fell in love with Morticia at first sight. They just brought them over to the house, there was no funeral (the episode is called Morticia's Romance's pt. 1 and 2, it's on youtube).
I'm not sure how they met in the comics, but apparently none of the characters even HAD names until the TV show was made, so it may have never even been addressed.
Also: Tim Burton directed the two Michael Keaton Batman films, which were excellent, and Sweeney Todd was also quite enjoyable IMO... and I tend to hate musicals, lol.
@@vodengc520 first of all, I commend you on your knowledge of the family. I will admit I've been aware that the movies and the show and the cartoons did not share a very strong canonical bond in the minor details, (location of the house, ares of characters, etc). So I will also admit that I *_would_* have been willing to ignore minor inconsistencies in this new show.... *_IF_* it felt like it was actually focused on Wednesday.... instead of how prominent and *obvious* it is that she really isn't the focus the of the show, more so just the main character and from who's eyes we are meant to be seeing the focus of the show... "Nevermore".
I may retract my fangs some should the show prove me wrong in my estimations, but let me ask you, given the trailers so far... does it *_really_* seem like he had a desire to write more content *about* Wednesday and from that built the rest of this... _OR_ does it feel more like he wanted to make the "Hogwarts for Freaks" and built the rest from that... cause that's how it feels to me.
As for the Batman/Sweeny Todd... I must admit, those are my Favorite Batman movies. Granted having Jack Nicholson playing the Joker.... helps immensely, as well as Micheal Keaton playing Batman. I think Keaton was the best combination of Bruce/Batman. There have been Better "Bruces" and Better "Batmans" but I think Keaton played them both to about an 8/10 where others did a 9/10-10/10 on one but not the other. It also helped that I was a child and was pretty much my intro to the series. That being said... watch them again and count the number of guys Batman *MURDERS* lol... he's not supposed to do that. I think Tim has always a bit of problem sticking to the canon. I also loved Sweeny Todd, but am totally ignorant of the source material and therefore cannot judge it's authenticity.
But I must also ask, have you seen the Adult Wednesday Addams I referenced in my previous comment? I'd be quite curious to hear your take on it.
@@vodengc520 Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow was enjoyable as well. Is it sacrilage that I don't really have too many feelings about the canon? I'm OK with this show being its own thing. It's been 30 years since these movies. I'm gonna keep an open mind, and give it a fair try. If it's good, great, if not, we can always disavow its existance. Wouldn't be the first time. It is a shame they just never made a 4th Indiana Jones film, isn't it? 😬
@@matthewjordan7297 Yeah, I forgot about Sleepy Hollow actually. Couldn't remember if that was a remake of a movie or his own take on the story though. I do remember enjoying it, though I only saw it once all the way through.
Glad you liked it.
Hope you enjoy the sequel.
There was a little confusion that you expressed concerning their mortality.
To clear things up: They're oddities.
In this case, the family of oddities have higher tolerances of pain than your average person, including a borderline toughness in resistance to mortality. They're not immortal, but they're tougher to kill, than any ordinary method.
Hope this helps, and hope to see Wedsnday reaction. ❤
So they're Russian.
There's another channel that did a video, "7 tips from The Addams Family to keep your marriage alive." Seeing Blue love the way Gomez and Morticia love each other really reinforces how great a couple they are. That is something I totally missed when I first saw this movie but am totally on board with now.
ROFL nice try from a scammer there.
I think the channel you're referring to is Cinema Therapy. Love their videos
Funny thing. I read an article a while ago about how, when you look at all the TV families from the time, the Adams Family had the healthiest family relationships and were the best, most functional family of them all.
This movie rules. I love how they just do every joke. Like it wasn’t enough that the girlfriends were conjoined twins, they were also insane. You must watch the sequel. It’s just as funny.
Everything about the movie is perfect. The relationship goals of the family, the casting, the dark humor. Everyone is so unashamedly true to themselves.
Your reaction to the auction scene was *everything,* and my God I want a love like Gomez and Morticia someday.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. My wife and I saw this in the theater when it first came out on our first date. On Friday the 13th. All these years later, still going strong. Mi amoré.
@@robertwilson2007 kinda figured. Joke's on them, I'm not a gamer.
Blue's face at 18:10 😂
Welcome to the world of the Addams Family :)
@@robertwilson2007 T'was fairly obvious :)
Fester/Gordon wasn’t originally going to be the real fester he was just going to be adopted into the family but when the cast saw him (Christopher Lloyd) in the make up and costume they banded together to get the scrip rewritten to make him the real fester with memory loss. The Girl Scout (Mercedes McNab) is also well know as Harmony Kendall the longest reoccurring character in Buffy the vampire slayer and it’s spin off Angel.
Mercedes is awesome. Got to hang out with her and Charisma, who got along annoyingly well with my older sister, at the beach. I was fourteen, my sis was nineteen and a huge Buffy fan that was pretty much the Cordelia of our hometown; only with the biggest, baddest motherfucker at Fort Benning as her father. Mercedes was so cool that I literally forgot to blush, stutter, and be shy because she had me laughing and joking with her for hours. Cured my shyness around girls my own age, that's for sure.
So glad you watched this. The sequel, Addams Family Values, is much better! Highly recommended!
THIS IS A SCAM !!!
22:12 Isn't it interesting how we immediately feel the toxicity of the physically abusive relationship of the bad mother when all this time there was torture and deadly violence inflicted upon in the Addams household daily yet it is warm and beautiful.
“Gordon” being shown as miserable the longer it went on to the point he was pretty much pleading for “forgiveness” was what gave it away. How her rage had him cowering and hiding away and then needing to sneak out just so he could see the kids perform.
While the dark talk and violent games were always treated as something the family enjoyed and none were miserable about it. Like when Morticia gave Wednesday the larger cleaver like “here, this is better suited for your game” or how both kids were laughing while standing out in the storm with the antenna or Gomez playfully chuckling about Pugsley attempting to stab Wednesday at the seance.
There’s definitely a contrast in how the scenes were portrayed, and serious kudos to the actors and directing staff for ensuring it was conveyed exactly as it should be - the Addamses enjoying their darkness as their light, while “Gordon” was trapped in a darkness that needed light.
'The Addams Family' is fabulous, ' Addams Family Values' is even better.
I love everyone in this...but I must admit that my heart will always belong to Carolyn Jones, who originally played Morticia in the TV series...that lady flung me headfirst into puberty.
She was hot.
I've got the whole TV series on DVD. 😁
I hear a lot of people say, with some justification, that the sequel is the superior entry in the series, but I still maintain that seeing the ballroom scene, and the Mamushka on the big screen is possibly the greatest cinematic moment of my life.
These 90s Adams family films were so elegantly macabre not even Tim Burton can compete. The addams is the way i wanna raise my dream family. Lol
I was very lucky to have a nice family growing up, but the Addams will always be my "dream family" as a kid haha. I remember wishing they were our neighbours. They single-handedly got me interested into gothic themes and horror as a 6 years old, and they really got me into thinking what a healthy family life was supposed to actually mean. My birthday party after watching the movie was completely Addams themed. Everyone loved it. I made paper bats and fake spiderwebs with cotton and decorated the entire house ceiling with them haha. It was really fitting too, my mom went into labour on a friday the 13th haha!
Charles (chas) Addams drew a whole bunch of these great black&white single page comics, not just starring "the Addams Family" but all kinds of fun dark humor scenes. Like the couple who ordered 2 tickets to the "bottomless pits" but only one ticket is a return one. Or the picture of a movie watching audience where they are all sad & crying .. untill you spot that one who isnt. Sometimes it VERY subtle & it takes a while you just notice something is "off". Highly reccomended. Always cheers me up :)
I thinks the Adamses are the most down to earth family... they literary even enjoy being buried... :)
This had me howling! Nice one!
Love the looks of confusion wonder and curiosity on your face during this reaction. Welcome to the world of the Addams family! :D
"She's a gaslighter and a manipulator and a...a normie!" was sheer perfection!
Rest in peace Raul Julia. You are so missed :,(
Aw....and now i want to watch "Tequila Sunrise" again.
Morticia and Gomez's relationship is the GOAT and it's clear as day that they are banging on the hour. The only real question I have is how the hell do they only have two, later three, children? There should be a damn army with how much those two dig each other!
@25:14 best moment of the movie was that play with Pugsly and Wednesday. Had me rolling. Lol
You've gotta watch the sequel, Addams Family Values.
you gotta watch the sequel Addams Family Values! if you loved this, you will be very happy that everyone returns for that. :)
By the way, do you know why the hand us named Thing? The Addams Family started as comic stripes and featured many of their quirky relatives, including a mysterious shadow-like creature nicknamed Thing that could be seen under tables, behind curtains or corners, etc. and only its hand was out. Eventually, the hand was all that left
Originally played by the same actor who played the butler, Lurch, in the television series.
Full name Thing T. Thing. (The "T" stood for Thing). And Wednesday's middle name is Thursday.
@@stevenlowe3026 Wait, I thought it was Friday
@@CarolinePhoenixMe Definitely Friday.
The Addams may be abnormal, but they all love each other in a way many families wish they could.
Excellent. I love how you really related to and appreciated that which is Addams! And yes, the second is as good as the first. In a different way but I am confident you will appreciate and understand it! Well done Trixy Blue!
Gomez and Morticia = relationship goals
And that's not an idle assessment either.
"I would die for her...I would kill for her...either way, what bliss!"
One of the most romantic lines I ever have heard!
I should have known this movie (and the sequel) would be perfect for you.
Almost every reactor to this movie, especially the younger generation, has the same reaction. There is as lot of confusion at the start, but at about the halfway point everyone, REALLY, gets into Gomez and Mortishia's relationship and is captivated and entralled by it. Despite their morbid and kinky demeanor, there is something, genuinely, wholesome about their marriage and family. They love each other and celebrate each other's passions. They never try to change one another for the other, rather nurture each other.
The Addams Family were Goth before there was a Goth movement.
One of the things I regret most in life is not seeing Raul Julia as the lead in Man of La Mancha when I had the chance.
The girl scout in the parking lot scene in this movie is the same girl that plays Amanda Buckman(the girl who met Wednesday) in the 2nd movie
You should definitely check out the sequel, The Addams Family Values.
Yes go right ahead and do Addams Family Values next. It’s just as good as the first one.
Christina Ricci who plays Wednesday in this movie will be on the new Netflix Wednesday series playing one of Wednesday’s teachers.
That new series does look quite entertaining! You'd think they would have released it before Halloween though.
In some ways, Values is arguably better than the first. The camp scene will forever stick with me lol.
Gomez & Morticia is the absolute peak of relationship achievements
The passenger reading the newspaper on Gomez's train is Barry Sonnenfeld (the director of this movie).
The TV show this is based on was my favorite when I was a child. It's perfect.
Really loved how you reacted to Gomez and Morticia's relationship. :)
I love the part where gomez angrily crashes his trains and everyone has a this look of "oh crap, he's pissed"
When i was 9 the movie came out and i adored it. Due to distribution rights issues it was unavailable for decades in Germany. Until a few weeks ago. I instantly bought the blu-ray and had the best time of my life again. Wonderful movie.
Fun fact. The person sitting in Gomez´s toy train is the movie director Barry Sonnenfield.
Great reactions to the very enjoyable Addams Family film, Blue!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽You are uploading reactions pretty quick lately. "Addams Family Values" (1993) is very good too. I actually like it more than the original.🙂
The Addamses are 100% Family Goals
This movie is... off the wall, off the rails, and off its rocker... but fun.
Loved your reaction. you really got into it. :)
Watching you react to this made my day. Thank you.
same
I didn't see it in the comments, they cast a stage magician for Thing. They would have him lying on a board with wheels that could be pushed along. Apparently the scene where he rushes to the door to let Fester in and slams into the wall, he was actually going quite fast and bruised his knuckles.
Ha ha! I think Blue is in love with Gomez. Morticia will get insanely jealous and be happy about it.
They are such a loving family =D
Having a relationship like that is a worthy goal. I hope you find your Gomez or Morticia.
Gomez and Morticia’s relationship is what I strive for in life.
The Adams Family was originally a cartoon that first appeared in The New Yorker back in like 20's or 30's (can't remember which). The scene dousing the carolers with is a scene straight out of the cartoon and is the Adams family in a nut shell.
I love this movie, I love Gomez and Morticia (aka the best screen couple in history), glad it vibes so well with you. To answer an early question you had, they cast a sleight of hand artist to play Thing since magicians have to have very dexterous fingers.
It’s funny how you Quoted the title
If the sequel at the 16:50 mark..Family Values
Charles 'Chas' Addams drew comic illustrations for the New Yorker Magazine, and was slightly spoofing the 'old money' families in their old mansions who read that magazine.
Over the years several characters developed into the 'Addams' Family'.
The look of the characters went into horror movies (Morticia was spoofed by 'Vampira' who introduced horror films on US TV early on, and others copied her in the 1980s), and when the Addams Family TV series was on US TV, other TV companies joined in with 'The Munsters' and a few lesser copies.
One that lasted well was a daytime soap called 'Dark Shadows' that was eventually made into a movie starring Johnny Depp as Barnabus.
There are a few CGI movies of the Addams Family, but only the first is really in the mood, as it were.
I liked watching it with you TrixyBlue; you're very funny! (You also look very nice for Hallow's Eve.)
Your deep devotion toward Gomez&Morticia is exactly how we kids all felt when the tv show came out in the '60s...
They started out as characters that would show up once in awhile in one-panel comics drawn by Charles Addams. None of them even had names for a long time, except Morticia. They were just called 'the family' or 'Addams' family'. They didn't get names until the TV series was developed in the 60s-- HIGHLY recommend it, it's a classic.
The Addams Family is arguably the most wholesome family in television or film
Офигенное кино , последний раз смотрел на кассетах . Спасибо, что воскресили мое детство✌
Adams Family Values to see peak Wednesday. 😄
I'd call the pumpkin Bruce. I dunno why. Just looks like a Bruce. The second one exceeds the first, knocked it out of the park upping the standard on an already perfect movie, it won't disappoint.
So many people hate Fester's bed but I actually think it looks pretty comfy 😅
FUN FACT: The Addams Family are actually immortal and mostly invulnerable, so don't worry that they might die.
In the 1960s tv show it was filmed in black and white but pictures are online of what it really looked like it's a lot of pink
They don't like to hurt anyone.
They just like to have fun.
Gomez and morticia are the perfect couple, totally devoted to one another, loving caring, suportive but not smothering.
When i was a kid i had the biggest crush on wednesday there was just something about that sarcastic little psychopath lol
you should watch Adams family values. This is based on an older series you may want to watch. Also you should try rechargeable batteries for your stuff
I like most of the Addams Family movies and that includes Reunion.
The two Addams family movies were among the funniest comedies I've ever seen. If you're looking a few laughs, you can't go wrong with either of them.
I'm glad you have found the joy of the Addamses! Gomez and Morticia are truly relationship goals ^_^
In the original show Fester was Mortitia's uncle and ma ma was Gomez's mother.
Best lines - "And miss Gilligan?" "You've done this before . . ."
If it's not too intimidating, you can look up videos of taking apart a battery box to make it accept a power plug, either usb or barrel terminal, or direct wired. These would involve drilling/cutting and soldering yet well worth it in reducing the waste of used batteries to landfills.
There was a really funny Adult Wednesday Addams channel on UA-cam. I think the episodes are still up, but the creator was pretty much copyright forced to stop making any more. Worth checking out.👍
The second one (Addams family values) is even better.
It's a must watch
Gomez and Morticia are relationship goals. In the 1964 series Gomez was one of the only husbands on television at the time who ACTIVELY lusted after his own wife (the censors at the time wouldn't even allow married couples to share one bed!).
The two Addams Family movies, along with Mermaids the year before, were the films that put Christina Ricci on the map in the 90s.
The judge's decision would have been overturned on appeal REALLY quick because of his massive conflict of interest in rendering his judgment.
If you use a lot of batteries I'd recommend getting rechargeable batteries. You can plug them into a wall outlet charger to fill them back up. Just don't try putting regular batteries in the charger as they can't handle it.
Couple goals. Family goals. Love em
It does a fairly good job at taking a crazy and cooky 1960's tv show, and bringing it into modern times. By the way, the being covered in hair from its head to its feet, is called cousin, "It".
The name of the pumpkin is Wizkin. A Wizard pumpkin. Whether it is or not, it IS
The original Gomes and Morticia on TV were amazing as well. I always found him to be a very funny actor. He showed up a few times in Night Court as well. The hand (Thing) is the hand of Lerch, the tall buttler. Did you recognize Cristopher Lloyd (Back to The Future) as Uncle Fester? He is also a very amazing actor and comedian.
Thing is its own thing (entity). Not even related to Lurch. Or Cousin Itt (the one with the hair).
Fun trivia: Both actors who played Lurch in the old show and the movie were on Star Trek, Ted Cassidy on TOS (Ruk) and Carel Struycken on TNG (Mr. Homn).
Struycken also played the Dream Giant in Twin Peaks.
@@Cau_No The actor who played Lurch also played Thing, at least in the TV series. I don't know about in these films.
You know, Blue... it's October.. why not just put a jack-o-lantern in the cubby until you get batteries for the hat.
Gomez and Morticia are partner goals... but it does sound like Trixy wouldn't mind having Thing, the hand, for a friend lolz
i recommend you watch the sequel
*Addams Family Values 1993*
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A new Netflix show directed by Tim Burton about "Wednesday" Addams will be starting on November 23, I'm looking forward to that, hopefully it has the same dark, and quirky humor as this. It follows Wednesday as she goes to college,, and like Harry Potter there are several mysteries, and dark shenanigans. I'm also looking forward to Enola Homes 2,. Perhaps someday they'll have a cross over episode, 'Wednesday, and Elona Meet the Hell Hounds'. ;)
Many feel that the second one is better than the first, which is rare. So it is a good watch if you like the first one.
Watch- Addams family values.
I think the Addams are enchanted to be invulnerable to their own, but vulnerable to to people who openly oppose them (and they seem to be supernaturally lucky in the face of danger). So Wednesday can electrocute Pugsley all day if they want, but when Tully was fighting Gomez after turning on them fully, and outing himself as betraying them, he was able to injure Gomez.
hottest extended battery-powered LED-device intro i've ever seen!
18:25-18:47 your reaction! 😆🤣🤣
31:01 Say it louder for the people in the back! Lol 👏
Great film, the sequel is awesome too :)
@@robertwilson2007 Thanks I have seen 3 of these sort of scam messages so far on different channels