35:53 Listen closely when the famous phrase is used. Al Michaels was brought in to re-record his commentary but he couldn’t reproduce the emotion of his “Do you believe in miracles ? Yes!” so the producers cleaned up the original as best they could and cross faded from the new recording to the original
I could tell later that it was a different quality but in the moment I didn’t notice, I was too wrapped up 😂 I was surprised that he re-recorded it but not that he couldn’t do that moment 💜
Fun bit of trivia: Other than Jim Craig (Eddie Cahill) all of the actors that played team USA were hockey players. They figured it would be easier to teach hockey players how to act than to teach actors how to realistically play hockey.
Believe it or nor I remember watching this game back in my country in black and white TV and I was cheering for US, although we were part of USSR at that time, I still remember that joy and happiness when US won the game, oh what a game, what a moment!!!!!!!!!
ESPN did a really good documentary called "Of Miracles and Men" where they interviewed to some of the players of Russian team that lost in these Olympics. And talked about how of few of them ended up leaving the Soviet Union and came to the USA to play in the NHL. It might be on Disney plus but if definitely on ESPN plus streaming services.
Another awesome reaction. Our 8th grade basketball team watched the USSR game at a teammates house. We were spending the night, so we got to drink beer. Lol. There wasnt a dry eye in the room because as you saw, it was more than a game. We had those stupid nuclear drills at the time where our desk was supposed to protect us being 15 miles from a primary target. Growing up win that environment made us stronger, if not too cynical, in the future world. I had a brush with one of the players, Bill Baker, in the mid-90s. His Oral and Maxillofacial Associates was my client when I worked at Charles Schwab. I flew out and got to meet him, and I gotta say, I had to hold back tears when I shook his hand. He was a huge hero and the nicest guy you'll ever meet. He showed me his gold medal and pics that were framed. That was 17 years after the game, but it was still fresh in my mind. Sorry I had to chg my Patreon status..life's a little rough but I'll be back. Can't keep me down forever! Keep up great reactions!
Thank you! That’s a great story - I told my boy if Detroit makes the Super Bowl he can skip school the day after 😂 And you never have to apologize for that, life is messy and just clicking these UA-cam videos is more than I could ask of anyone 💜
I love this movie. I seen it at the theater when I was a teen. At the end of the game I was glued to my seat. The ending of the film was filmed exactly like the real game footage
One of the most inspirational movies of all time. Having lived through this period of time, I remember how down and out the country felt at the time. The country was starving for some kind of success. Another movie that has the same feel is the original "Red Dawn". That movie was actually written by people who wanted to make America feel even worse than they already did. Some conspiratory actions by the cast members and director caused the writer's plans to backfire on them. It instead spawned a wave of patriotism that lifted us out of that funk.
Brooks had a policy against facial hair on his teams, but was afraid if he tried to enforce it with Morrow, that Morrow would simply take off for the Islanders a few months early. He decided that Morrow's beard would be grandfathered in. And that's how Morrow took home a gold medal and a Stanley Cup.
Herb Brooks was of the school where you hated him for 364 days out of the year and on the 365th day you picked up your championship ring. I have had coaches like this and it ended up being the most difficult and successful season that those teams had. I actually got to watch this live as I lived in upstate New York and had access to the CBC. Most of the country had to watch it on tape delay.
I bet with the right group of players this approach pays off the bulk of the time. Any plan that focuses on the fundamentals and overall team cohesion has the right mindset.
The sign of how great this movie (and this moment) is: You are on the edge of your seat during the entire USSR game, even though you know how it is going to end.
I was stationed in South Korea when this happened. I grew up as a kid with ice hockey in the 60s and 70s just south of Boston. I can still hear Al Michael's say " Do You Believe in Miracles" ?
I was a senior at Notre Dame when this happened; all of us watched the delayed broadcast. I had season tickets to ND hockey games and I got to see many of the Team USA players from U of Minnesota, U of Wisconsin and Minnesota-Duluth play against the Irish over the previous 2-3 seasons. The great ABC broadcaster Jim McKay summed it up later on when he said something along the lines of “ it’s like a group of College Football All-Stars beating the Pittsburgh Steelers; it’s that big an upset” (a few weeks earlier, the Steelers had won their 4th Super Bowl in 6 seasons).
@@RhetoricalThrill The game was played at 5pm EST and it wasn't televised. Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News gave the score after two periods nearly ruining it for everyone when the game was broadcast later at 8pm
Al Michaels did rerecord all his calls for the movie. But if you listen hard at the end you can hear them switch over to the actual call for the "Do you believe in miracles!"
In 2002 the NHL All Star Game was in Los Angeles. The day before the game, I watched the 1980 US Olympic Team play against a team of LA Kings former players in the LA Convention Center on a temporary rink. So glad I could see them play again that day.
Back in the day, Hockey at the Olympics didn't have a Gold medal game, everybody played against everybody and the team with most wins, get the gold medal. USA vs USSR was the second to last game, in the final day USA beats Finland and got the most wins and got the gold medal.
Jim Craig did in fact end up in the NHL unfortunately for him he didn't last that long. But having the game of his life against the Soviets isnt a bad legacy to leave behind.
I was 18 when this happened and i still remember the thrill. I was a southern kid growing up in Louisiana and didn't know a thing about hockey but loved this team and love this movie!! Thank you for reacting to this amazing and inspirational movie.
I love that you wore your Lions jersey for this, there is some similarity (to a lesser extent) to what this USA hockey team did for the country and what the Lions are doing for Detroit and Michigan.
The actor who plays the Goalie Jim Craig is Eddie Cahill who you more than likely know from either Friends as Tag Jones or CSI:NY as Detective Don Flack.
@@RhetoricalThrill Idk if you’ve ever seen it but since you liked Miracle a lot I bet you would absolutely love both Invincible starring Mark Wahlberg and 61* starring Thomas Jane and Barry Pepper. Invincible is about Vince Papale who would become a Philadelphia Eagle and 61* is about the Home Run chase of 1961 where Roger Maris would try to break Babe Ruth’s home run record of 61 and he went through a lot of shit! It’s a great movie by Billy Crystal.
Great review and great synop at the end. The biggest sporting event I witnessed (on tv unfortunately) was when the Springboks beat the All Black in the world cup in 1995 here in South Africa. It was the first time the whole nation put aside all our differences and celebrated the win like never before. It brougnt us together as 1 nation. Sport and food brings people together and makes everything better
They really do! I think with sports for me it’s the chance to see the impossible be possible, or people going past the limits. It’s just…people at their best I guess 💜
Watching the Olympics this past summer was amazing if you had the streaming service. You could pick and choose what you wanted to watch. I saw so many sports that doesn't get the spotlight. And new ones at that. I can't wait to watch the Winter Olympics in the same manner.
It’s so different now! As a kid I was stuck with the prime time coverage, I also had the daytime block if it was summer. Then DVR helped me to get a lot more. But now I can watch alllll of it! I especially love getting to watch full events start to finish. Looking forward to next year too!
back in the day, there were no playoffs, no medal games, just x number of games, who took the most points (wins), got the medals; gold, silver, bronze.
Olympic ice hockey wouldn't adopt a group stage/knockout format until the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville. The format here, was different. Without getting too far into the weeds, if Team USA had lost to Finland in the final game, there was a mathematical but very real possibility that they could have finished 4th, and beating the Soviets would have ended up as little more than a historical quirk.
This movie was important to me. I missed those Olympics. I was doing a patrol in the middle of the Pacific aboard a ballistic missile submarine. If we were lucky, we got one page of news a day while we were underway. For 60-70+ days, we were essentially cut off from the world. We might as well be living on the moon. Entire fashion trends came and went. Popular movies completely missed us. Being a big sci-fi fan, I managed to see the very first Star Trek movie in a little theater in Guam shortly before we went to sea. Needless to say, we didn't get much coverage of the Olympics with everything else going on in the world. Watching this movie let me know what I missed. You mentioned the history they covered at the beginning of the movie, and yes, there wasn't a lot we could feel good about. So if someone tells you that Carter was not a good president, it's probably coming from someone like me who lived through it. It was a time when feeling good about America had all been squeezed out of us.
@@RhetoricalThrill I'm sure it's better now, but at that time, we could only send and receive when we were on the surface, and since our mission required us to hide, obviously the longer we were on the surface, the more likely we were to be found. There were times when we didn't even get that full page of news because we had to submerge early. It was aggravating to be reading the news and realize it had been cut off mid sentence. Likewise, subs allowed messages from family called "familygrams." Three times each patrol, family could send a 15-word message to a loved one. Usually, it was something like "It's a girl!" or "Billy broke his arm. He's fine." or "Merry Christmas, Bob."
Great reaction RT. This movie really captured the feel. If you want another fun Olympic movie, I, Tonya is great. Very different from this but another memorable moment that captured the public's attention.
I'm sorry but I can't help but laugh at the end of the inspiring speech that the coach does right before the game with the Soviets. Because right at the end they go to a wider shot and show the coach wearing those plaid pants. I can't help but laugh, even though it his historically accurate. 28:51
Technically not many people saw this live. The game started at 5 pm and unless you had the CBC feed you didn't watch this until the 7 or 8 pm ABC tape delay.
I'm with you 100% on the Olympics. The stories you get from it are so inspiring and remarkable. You know I'm also a huge fan of yours. I love your channel, and your reactions. This was perfect. Everything you said was absolutely dead on. Can't wait till 2028 when the Olympics will be in my backyard.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate all the support from you over here 🥹 And I’m so jealous you get to have one local, even though it’s probably a huge pain in the butt too 😂
@RhetoricalThrill well when we had it here in 1984, I actually got to go to one of the events! I was excited, but it ended up being a preliminary round basketball game between Italy and Greece. I didn't know any of the players, or understand the international rules, and ended up being bored out of my mind.
I don't really get into sports movies, especially hockey. I just don't know a lot about it. But man, does this movie pull you in. It's just such a great story.
The film is great, but it doesn't fully show how much Herb Brooks did for Jim Craig's dad. He paid for him to attend the Olympics and also helped keep him on his feet while Jim was training. He was a huge benefactor to Jim's family.
Well the only people who saw it live were in the arena. USA TV and ABC did not think USA had a chance so this game was NOT broadcast live. We were getting updates via radio and other sources and the longer the game went and USA was still in it was shocking but exciting. Eventually they did air the game after the fact, but this is one time TV dropped the ball.
Not completely accurate. The actual game took place during the day when most people were at work. ABC wanted to air the game during prime time to get the best ratings. This was common practice at the time.
@@ronnix23 It started at 5PM EST so could have been aired but they chose not to. Tape delay yes, but that must mean you were a fan of NBA Finals in 70s which did the same thing.
Another underdog sports movie you’d really enjoy is Glory Road. It’s about the Texas Western basketball team that came out of nowhere to win the NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament in the 60s.
@@toddfuresz462 Correct, and since most people are just getting off work at that time and still traveling home they chose to air the game when most people could see it.
First off, I knew I subscribed for a good reason... Go, Lions!!!! For 35 years I've being wanting to sue Barry for making me a fan. It may be time to drop the suit. 😁 I was only ten when this happened, but even then, I knew the cultural significance. No one could beat the Russian Juggernaut until we did. What a great time.
This is one of the absolute best sports movies ever made. My only problem is that Kurt Russell was robbed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Acting arm did NOT nominate Kurt for Best Actor. A travesty. This was one of his best roles in a resume of impressive performances in serious films and popcorn movies. The man is like a ninja, killing every role he takes on and doing it so that you don't question it. He is a stealthy actor, one of the best. And he did not get a Best Actor nomination. It was a great reaction and commentary!!! Thanks!
Thanks for watching it! I’m not surprised they ignored his performance, the Oscars have been out of touch for decades as far as I’m concerned. He’s fantastic in everything I’ve seen him in!
if you like this movie, you might also like these movies. Remember the Titans, Ali, A League of Their Own, and Cinderella Man.. all of these movies are basic on true story.
I like a good sports movie. I'm a Canadian, but I still like this one. I pretty much grew up on the sport, even if it meant frequently seeing the Leafs every week on Hockey Night in Canada. I'm not sure what to make of your jersey though, as when it comes to football, I'm a Vikings fan. 🙂#skol
Good reaction....a BIT less talking maybe....A reaction is a short snippet in time not a 4 minute long commentary....Spoke through a lot of the great moments in the film. Just an observation. I still enjoyed it.
I appreciate you putting it in a nice way, most people don’t. The thing is, I *have* to talk in order to show anything. Copyright is very touchy and generally any footage over 4 seconds gets hit, so I have to say something. The other important rule for copyright is that in order to be legal, I have to be “transformative,” so I try to make there be a reason I’m talking. I find reactions that are just “oooh” “ahhh” “omg” to be very boring. The focus of my videos is always going to be me and what I’m saying about the film, not the film itself. I appreciate that’s not what everyone wants but it a conscious choice, both for my personal preference and copyright compliance. I do thank you for being polite and kind in your criticism and I’m very glad you spent your time to watch my video. I hope you have a great day 😊
Pres. Carter's "Malaise" speech. May not hv bn perfect Pres., but, sometimes things gotta be said. Don't think audience appreciated it. As to '80 team, I think nation really need a win. 70s may hv bn great for music, but wasn't great for country on heels of Vietnam, Watergate, Energy Crisis, Inflation, Hostages, etc. When I was a kid, event & team were huge. Cldn't go anywhere w/o seeing a cardboard cutout advertisement of one of the players at a store, bumper stickers, posters, etc. Not long ago, US boys Hockey Team won World Jr. Championships (somewhere in Europe). Young men represented nation well, sang nat'l anthem w/pride. Hardly a peep abt 'em here. Nation really needs something to unite us & some nat'l pride right now.
we need more coaches that make boys into MEN and Like Herb ! and bobby Knight and dan Campbell of the detroit Lions ! got to be TOUGH! not baby the players
I've seen the movie, and I was 20, when it happened. I like watching younger folks react to things they did not experience. You talked over some of the most important things. Maybe pause the movie and say what you're feeling, and then go back to the movie. Just a thought.
@@RhetoricalThrill I think the point they're trying to make is that there's a difference between reaction and commentary. Reactions are natural and never forced. Commentary is less about watching the video and more about critique. Commentary is best left for before and after the movie, IMHO. Personally, I'm here for the natural reaction stuff. Commentary is interesting but it's not the star of the show.
@TrapperJohn but it is a commentary! It says so right in the description, in the tags, and I even say it in the intro. Clearly this is the way I prefer to do things, and plenty of people seem to enjoy it so I don’t see what the point is other than to be rude.
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35:53 Listen closely when the famous phrase is used. Al Michaels was brought in to re-record his commentary but he couldn’t reproduce the emotion of his “Do you believe in miracles ? Yes!” so the producers cleaned up the original as best they could and cross faded from the new recording to the original
I could tell later that it was a different quality but in the moment I didn’t notice, I was too wrapped up 😂 I was surprised that he re-recorded it but not that he couldn’t do that moment 💜
Fun bit of trivia: Other than Jim Craig (Eddie Cahill) all of the actors that played team USA were hockey players. They figured it would be easier to teach hockey players how to act than to teach actors how to realistically play hockey.
I love that! I’m no expert but I thought the actual play looked really good, and that explains why 😊
It's a Miracle that you've watched this film, RT. The fact that enjoy reacting to classics makes me respect you even more. Keep it up.
Ayyyy thank you!
Believe it or nor I remember watching this game back in my country in black and white TV and I was cheering for US, although we were part of USSR at that time, I still remember that joy and happiness when US won the game, oh what a game, what a moment!!!!!!!!!
I often cheer on teams other than mine because I just really love an underdog story 💜
hey I’m Ryan I have a movie request Austin powers international man of mystery and if you can please wear gloves to
ESPN did a really good documentary called "Of Miracles and Men" where they interviewed to some of the players of Russian team that lost in these Olympics. And talked about how of few of them ended up leaving the Soviet Union and came to the USA to play in the NHL.
It might be on Disney plus but if definitely on ESPN plus streaming services.
Another awesome reaction. Our 8th grade basketball team watched the USSR game at a teammates house. We were spending the night, so we got to drink beer. Lol. There wasnt a dry eye in the room because as you saw, it was more than a game. We had those stupid nuclear drills at the time where our desk was supposed to protect us being 15 miles from a primary target. Growing up win that environment made us stronger, if not too cynical, in the future world.
I had a brush with one of the players, Bill Baker, in the mid-90s. His Oral and Maxillofacial Associates was my client when I worked at Charles Schwab. I flew out and got to meet him, and I gotta say, I had to hold back tears when I shook his hand. He was a huge hero and the nicest guy you'll ever meet. He showed me his gold medal and pics that were framed. That was 17 years after the game, but it was still fresh in my mind.
Sorry I had to chg my Patreon status..life's a little rough but I'll be back. Can't keep me down forever!
Keep up great reactions!
Thank you! That’s a great story - I told my boy if Detroit makes the Super Bowl he can skip school the day after 😂
And you never have to apologize for that, life is messy and just clicking these UA-cam videos is more than I could ask of anyone 💜
I love this movie. I seen it at the theater when I was a teen. At the end of the game I was glued to my seat. The ending of the film was filmed exactly like the real game footage
This is where the USA chant started. If you wish you can find the whole game on UA-cam
NICE
One of the most inspirational movies of all time. Having lived through this period of time, I remember how down and out the country felt at the time. The country was starving for some kind of success. Another movie that has the same feel is the original "Red Dawn". That movie was actually written by people who wanted to make America feel even worse than they already did. Some conspiratory actions by the cast members and director caused the writer's plans to backfire on them. It instead spawned a wave of patriotism that lifted us out of that funk.
Ooh I haven’t seen Red Dawn but you got me intrigued
@@RhetoricalThrill Definitely worth watching!
Kenny Morrow baby!! Came to my New York Islanders and won 4 straight Stanley cups! ☝️😲
Nice!
Brooks had a policy against facial hair on his teams, but was afraid if he tried to enforce it with Morrow, that Morrow would simply take off for the Islanders a few months early. He decided that Morrow's beard would be grandfathered in. And that's how Morrow took home a gold medal and a Stanley Cup.
Herb Brooks was of the school where you hated him for 364 days out of the year and on the 365th day you picked up your championship ring. I have had coaches like this and it ended up being the most difficult and successful season that those teams had.
I actually got to watch this live as I lived in upstate New York and had access to the CBC. Most of the country had to watch it on tape delay.
I bet with the right group of players this approach pays off the bulk of the time. Any plan that focuses on the fundamentals and overall team cohesion has the right mindset.
Great film, I remember it live, was amazing. Fun reaction, glad you enjoyed it so much :)
That must have been just incredible!
The sign of how great this movie (and this moment) is: You are on the edge of your seat during the entire USSR game, even though you know how it is going to end.
💯 exactly! The best movies can get you invested and hyped even when you know
I was stationed in South Korea when this happened. I grew up as a kid with ice hockey in the 60s and 70s just south of Boston. I can still hear Al Michael's say " Do You Believe in Miracles" ?
To this day, the Miracle on Ice is the most impactful sports event of my life. Watching it on tv is something I will never forget.
One of my defining sports moments is still Kerri Strug landing on one leg, but I don’t think that even comes close to what this game must have been!
@ that was something special for sure!
I was a senior at Notre Dame when this happened; all of us watched the delayed broadcast.
I had season tickets to ND hockey games and I got to see many of the Team USA players from U of Minnesota, U of Wisconsin and Minnesota-Duluth play against the Irish over the previous 2-3 seasons.
The great ABC broadcaster Jim McKay summed it up later on when he said something along the lines of “ it’s like a group of College Football All-Stars beating the Pittsburgh Steelers; it’s that big an upset” (a few weeks earlier, the Steelers had won their 4th Super Bowl in 6 seasons).
That’s so exciting! It’s hard to think of another event like that that’s even in the same league as this
I did see it on TV as it happened. So, so exciting. I was jumping up and down and screaming. One of the best Olympic moments ever.
Amazing 🤩
@@RhetoricalThrill The game was played at 5pm EST and it wasn't televised. Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News gave the score after two periods nearly ruining it for everyone when the game was broadcast later at 8pm
Al Michaels did rerecord all his calls for the movie. But if you listen hard at the end you can hear them switch over to the actual call for the "Do you believe in miracles!"
I noticed that on rewatch, you can hear the quality is different, and I love that they recognized they couldn’t replicate it and just left it
In 2002 the NHL All Star Game was in Los Angeles. The day before the game, I watched the 1980 US Olympic Team play against a team of LA Kings former players in the LA Convention Center on a temporary rink. So glad I could see them play again that day.
Oh wow, what a great experience that must have been!
Great to see someone reacting to this. Every time I see this movie it re-ignites my love of hockey!
I’m not even that into hockey but it got me fired up too!
Back in the day, Hockey at the Olympics didn't have a Gold medal game, everybody played against everybody and the team with most wins, get the gold medal. USA vs USSR was the second to last game, in the final day USA beats Finland and got the most wins and got the gold medal.
Jim Craig did in fact end up in the NHL unfortunately for him he didn't last that long. But having the game of his life against the Soviets isnt a bad legacy to leave behind.
That’s too bad it didn’t work out in the nhl but you’re right, what a memory!
I was 18 when this happened and i still remember the thrill. I was a southern kid growing up in Louisiana and didn't know a thing about hockey but loved this team and love this movie!! Thank you for reacting to this amazing and inspirational movie.
I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for being here 😊
I love that you wore your Lions jersey for this, there is some similarity (to a lesser extent) to what this USA hockey team did for the country and what the Lions are doing for Detroit and Michigan.
That definitely played into my wardrobe choice 😂 it’s hard to describe if you aren’t here but it feels magical
The actor who plays the Goalie Jim Craig is Eddie Cahill who you more than likely know from either Friends as Tag Jones or CSI:NY as Detective Don Flack.
Yeah, it was Friends 😊
@@RhetoricalThrill Idk if you’ve ever seen it but since you liked Miracle a lot I bet you would absolutely love both Invincible starring Mark Wahlberg and 61* starring Thomas Jane and Barry Pepper. Invincible is about Vince Papale who would become a Philadelphia Eagle and 61* is about the Home Run chase of 1961 where Roger Maris would try to break Babe Ruth’s home run record of 61 and he went through a lot of shit! It’s a great movie by Billy Crystal.
One of my favorite movies as a kid. Thanks for the reaction.
Thanks for watching it!
I remember watching these games on TV. It was just a feeling that anything was possible.
In the Eastern bloc, blood doping was heavily practiced.
Great review and great synop at the end. The biggest sporting event I witnessed (on tv unfortunately) was when the Springboks beat the All Black in the world cup in 1995 here in South Africa. It was the first time the whole nation put aside all our differences and celebrated the win like never before. It brougnt us together as 1 nation. Sport and food brings people together and makes everything better
They really do! I think with sports for me it’s the chance to see the impossible be possible, or people going past the limits. It’s just…people at their best I guess 💜
3:38 the guy on the left is Eddie Cahill and you might know him from CSI new york.
It was Friends for me 😊
You may want to check out the HBO documentary special about this 1980 hockey team is great
Watching the Olympics this past summer was amazing if you had the streaming service. You could pick and choose what you wanted to watch. I saw so many sports that doesn't get the spotlight. And new ones at that. I can't wait to watch the Winter Olympics in the same manner.
It’s so different now! As a kid I was stuck with the prime time coverage, I also had the daytime block if it was summer. Then DVR helped me to get a lot more. But now I can watch alllll of it! I especially love getting to watch full events start to finish. Looking forward to next year too!
back in the day, there were no playoffs, no medal games, just x number of games, who took the most points (wins), got the medals; gold, silver, bronze.
I think I do prefer a tournament style format for team games
@@RhetoricalThrill Indeed, its more exciting.
Olympic ice hockey wouldn't adopt a group stage/knockout format until the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville.
The format here, was different. Without getting too far into the weeds, if Team USA had lost to Finland in the final game, there was a mathematical but very real possibility that they could have finished 4th, and beating the Soviets would have ended up as little more than a historical quirk.
Oh wow 😮
This movie was important to me. I missed those Olympics. I was doing a patrol in the middle of the Pacific aboard a ballistic missile submarine. If we were lucky, we got one page of news a day while we were underway. For 60-70+ days, we were essentially cut off from the world. We might as well be living on the moon. Entire fashion trends came and went. Popular movies completely missed us. Being a big sci-fi fan, I managed to see the very first Star Trek movie in a little theater in Guam shortly before we went to sea. Needless to say, we didn't get much coverage of the Olympics with everything else going on in the world. Watching this movie let me know what I missed. You mentioned the history they covered at the beginning of the movie, and yes, there wasn't a lot we could feel good about. So if someone tells you that Carter was not a good president, it's probably coming from someone like me who lived through it. It was a time when feeling good about America had all been squeezed out of us.
That sounds very hard, but thank you for serving 💜 On a sub especially I would guess news was difficult to come by!
@@RhetoricalThrill I'm sure it's better now, but at that time, we could only send and receive when we were on the surface, and since our mission required us to hide, obviously the longer we were on the surface, the more likely we were to be found. There were times when we didn't even get that full page of news because we had to submerge early. It was aggravating to be reading the news and realize it had been cut off mid sentence. Likewise, subs allowed messages from family called "familygrams." Three times each patrol, family could send a 15-word message to a loved one. Usually, it was something like "It's a girl!" or "Billy broke his arm. He's fine." or "Merry Christmas, Bob."
Great reaction RT. This movie really captured the feel. If you want another fun Olympic movie, I, Tonya is great. Very different from this but another memorable moment that captured the public's attention.
Oh yes, I saw I, Tonya. Very sad, and I remember that happening, it was crazy.
I'm sorry but I can't help but laugh at the end of the inspiring speech that the coach does right before the game with the Soviets. Because right at the end they go to a wider shot and show the coach wearing those plaid pants. I can't help but laugh, even though it his historically accurate. 28:51
Technically not many people saw this live. The game started at 5 pm and unless you had the CBC feed you didn't watch this until the 7 or 8 pm ABC tape delay.
That’s crazy!
The first Mighty Ducks was my favorite hockey movie. I'm not a hockey fan. I like football. She looks good in that jersey btw
Football is the only major sport I really get into too, but I love movies about all sports 😂 Hot take, I like D2 more than the first Mighty Ducks 😮
Its always amusing how certain countries send their professionals vs US sending college amateurs for the longest time.
It’s all about the definition I guess 😆
I'm with you 100% on the Olympics. The stories you get from it are so inspiring and remarkable. You know I'm also a huge fan of yours. I love your channel, and your reactions. This was perfect. Everything you said was absolutely dead on. Can't wait till 2028 when the Olympics will be in my backyard.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate all the support from you over here 🥹 And I’m so jealous you get to have one local, even though it’s probably a huge pain in the butt too 😂
@RhetoricalThrill well when we had it here in 1984, I actually got to go to one of the events! I was excited, but it ended up being a preliminary round basketball game between Italy and Greece. I didn't know any of the players, or understand the international rules, and ended up being bored out of my mind.
Oh man 😆
I don't really get into sports movies, especially hockey. I just don't know a lot about it. But man, does this movie pull you in. It's just such a great story.
Sports movies do that somehow, they are so relatable even if you couldn’t care less about the sport itself 💜
The film is great, but it doesn't fully show how much Herb Brooks did for Jim Craig's dad. He paid for him to attend the Olympics and also helped keep him on his feet while Jim was training. He was a huge benefactor to Jim's family.
Aw, really? Thats lovely. I felt like there was so much in that story all by itself.
It’s a shame it’s not on TV every year on the anniversary
Well the only people who saw it live were in the arena. USA TV and ABC did not think USA had a chance so this game was NOT broadcast live. We were getting updates via radio and other sources and the longer the game went and USA was still in it was shocking but exciting. Eventually they did air the game after the fact, but this is one time TV dropped the ball.
Oh man it wasn’t even on tv??? That’s criminal 😩
Not completely accurate. The actual game took place during the day when most people were at work. ABC wanted to air the game during prime time to get the best ratings. This was common practice at the time.
@@ronnix23 It started at 5PM EST so could have been aired but they chose not to. Tape delay yes, but that must mean you were a fan of NBA Finals in 70s which did the same thing.
Another underdog sports movie you’d really enjoy is Glory Road. It’s about the Texas Western basketball team that came out of nowhere to win the NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament in the 60s.
@@toddfuresz462 Correct, and since most people are just getting off work at that time and still traveling home they chose to air the game when most people could see it.
My favorite hockey movies young blood, slapshot and the mighty ducks
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First off, I knew I subscribed for a good reason... Go, Lions!!!! For 35 years I've being wanting to sue Barry for making me a fan. It may be time to drop the suit. 😁
I was only ten when this happened, but even then, I knew the cultural significance. No one could beat the Russian Juggernaut until we did. What a great time.
ONE PRIDE! Let us thank Peyton Manning and Jeff Daniels for breaking the curse and letting us finally be free 💙 And THANK YOU
@@RhetoricalThrill Just for clarification, I'm not related to the curse giver, Bobby Layne
Guy on left is Tag lol (Rachel's assistant)
Eventually I got it 🤣
Casablanca (1942). If you haven't seen it, you should.
I actually have never!
This is one of the absolute best sports movies ever made. My only problem is that Kurt Russell was robbed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Acting arm did NOT nominate Kurt for Best Actor. A travesty. This was one of his best roles in a resume of impressive performances in serious films and popcorn movies. The man is like a ninja, killing every role he takes on and doing it so that you don't question it. He is a stealthy actor, one of the best. And he did not get a Best Actor nomination.
It was a great reaction and commentary!!! Thanks!
Thanks for watching it! I’m not surprised they ignored his performance, the Oscars have been out of touch for decades as far as I’m concerned. He’s fantastic in everything I’ve seen him in!
Hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤
I hope you are too 😊
if you like this movie, you might also like these movies. Remember the Titans, Ali, A League of Their Own, and Cinderella Man.. all of these movies are basic on true story.
I 💜 League of Their Own, thanks for the suggestions!
I like a good sports movie. I'm a Canadian, but I still like this one. I pretty much grew up on the sport, even if it meant frequently seeing the Leafs every week on Hockey Night in Canada.
I'm not sure what to make of your jersey though, as when it comes to football, I'm a Vikings fan. 🙂#skol
#onepride
See you guys in a couple weeks 😜
Can't go 2 seconds without ruining the movie
Exactly as I promise in my channel description 😁 but good news, you can watch it on Disney+ all by yourself.
Kurt Russell is The Best 💯,Nice Reaction Sweetheart ❤
I adore Kurt Russell! I’ve got at least a few of his yet to come too 😊
Good reaction....a BIT less talking maybe....A reaction is a short snippet in time not a 4 minute long commentary....Spoke through a lot of the great moments in the film. Just an observation. I still enjoyed it.
I appreciate you putting it in a nice way, most people don’t. The thing is, I *have* to talk in order to show anything. Copyright is very touchy and generally any footage over 4 seconds gets hit, so I have to say something. The other important rule for copyright is that in order to be legal, I have to be “transformative,” so I try to make there be a reason I’m talking.
I find reactions that are just “oooh” “ahhh” “omg” to be very boring. The focus of my videos is always going to be me and what I’m saying about the film, not the film itself. I appreciate that’s not what everyone wants but it a conscious choice, both for my personal preference and copyright compliance.
I do thank you for being polite and kind in your criticism and I’m very glad you spent your time to watch my video. I hope you have a great day 😊
This was a great movie so it no surprise the reaction is just as great
Thanks Cody!
i don't like sports but i love me a good sports movie!!
I only really follow football and the Olympics but any sports movie gets me going every time 😂
Pres. Carter's "Malaise" speech. May not hv bn perfect Pres., but, sometimes things gotta be said. Don't think audience appreciated it. As to '80 team, I think nation really need a win. 70s may hv bn great for music, but wasn't great for country on heels of Vietnam, Watergate, Energy Crisis, Inflation, Hostages, etc. When I was a kid, event & team were huge. Cldn't go anywhere w/o seeing a cardboard cutout advertisement of one of the players at a store, bumper stickers, posters, etc. Not long ago, US boys Hockey Team won World Jr. Championships (somewhere in Europe). Young men represented nation well, sang nat'l anthem w/pride. Hardly a peep abt 'em here. Nation really needs something to unite us & some nat'l pride right now.
I agree! Thanks for the comment 😊
Simple rule in hockey. Get the puck out of there.
we need more coaches that make boys into MEN and Like Herb ! and bobby Knight and dan Campbell of the detroit Lions ! got to be TOUGH! not baby the players
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My favorite part is when you tell me what's going to happen right before it happens. Maybe talk a lot less.
It’s a reaction video, hon. The talking is the point. The movie is on Disney+, go watch that instead.
I've seen the movie, and I was 20, when it happened. I like watching younger folks react to things they did not experience. You talked over some of the most important things. Maybe pause the movie and say what you're feeling, and then go back to the movie. Just a thought.
@@RhetoricalThrill I think the point they're trying to make is that there's a difference between reaction and commentary. Reactions are natural and never forced. Commentary is less about watching the video and more about critique. Commentary is best left for before and after the movie, IMHO.
Personally, I'm here for the natural reaction stuff. Commentary is interesting but it's not the star of the show.
@TrapperJohn but it is a commentary! It says so right in the description, in the tags, and I even say it in the intro. Clearly this is the way I prefer to do things, and plenty of people seem to enjoy it so I don’t see what the point is other than to be rude.