@@AwesomeUSMovies …he was a recurring cast member on Will & Grace, playing Grace’s boyfriend. Recently he was Daddy Warbucks on a LIVE television production of Annie, just this past year. He’s got 37 acting credits for television and films on IMDb.
@@brandimurray1984 Calling Harry Connick, Jr. a singer is a vast understatement. He is an *incredibly* accomplished musician who primarily plays the piano, but can handle just about any instrument.
DUDE, HAPPY JULY 4TH! Saw this in the theater with my brother and sister and I was blown away by how fun this movie was! It made $880 million dollars against a $75 million dollar budget and won Best Visual Effects at the 1997 Academy Awards.
That first act, as it closes out July, 2. Garnered cheers in theaters. Some thought it was because the White House is blown up. However, being there, I believe it was because the act was so well executed and put the audience in the moment. We also cheered when Randy Quaid sacrifices himself and blows up the first ship.
Because people love to pick this detail apart, I just wanted to mention, there is a deleted scene from this movie where they explain that all modern technology, including computers and computer chips, were created based off of the alien space ship from the 60's. While there's still a lot of "movie hacking" going on, they at least did try to account for this in the original storyline. I wish they had kept it over some of the scenes, but it was cut for time. Glad you seemed to have fun with it.
This is my favorite movie. I seen it ten times when it came out in the theaters, and I bought it every time a new format came out (VHS, DVD, BluRay, Digital). It's also my go to movie when I am setting a home theater system out. Great sound affects in this.
Goldblum's line "Must Go faster! Must go faster!!!!" he said in both this film and the first Jurassic Park. FYI.. .Bill Pullman is a very good, often underated actor. While You Were Sleeping, The Virginian, and The Equalizer 2 are a few of his better films, along with this one. Robert Loggia (the general here) has graced many fine films in his lengthy career.
Only a very select few (about half a million Germans) will appreciate Pullman's speech moment as it was the inspiration for the android candidate for the presidency in the country "Qualityland" in the novel/audionovel "Qualityland" by Marc-Uwe Kling. It's a comedy/dystopia novel where everything is decided and provided to everybody through modern tech, delivery drones and in-ear personal devices. The Shop sends you what you want (because they know what you want), ones social and working class status, even the partners you date, are dictated by a social level status from 1 to 100, and our robot scrapper hero Peter Jobless (kids are named after their parent's profession at their moment of conception), who is level 10, is on a quest to return an unwanted item. The presidential race in the background makes it necessary for John of Us, the android candidate (whose "likeness in appearance in the old movie, "Independence Day" was a deliberate design feature), to even recite the ID Pullman speech at a campaign dinner. The book is very scary. And hilarious.
Interesting note: according to the 3 part comic series based around this movie, including a part 0 which takes place before the film, Randy Quaid's character actually was abducted by these aliens at one point. He wasn't insane.
Like the video as soon as I saw your shirt. As someone who has family in Law Enforcement, I appreciate the callout as they have such a difficult job. Much respect!
Well if it’s any consideration, I grew up in a military family (air force) where we were stationed in Germany where there was only one channel and the only commercial was a recruiting one that’s lyrics (yes I still remember since it was burned into my brain FOREVER) was, “Be, all that you can be. In the army reserves.” Luckily my father got pirated copies of a lot of movies (because in Germany new movies were about 6 to 9months delayed in getting to us) from friends and family, so we got to see lots of them.
15:41 This shot was used as an ad for the Apple Powerbook 5300. "You have 30 minutes to save the world. What kind of computer are you going to use?" It could also readily interface with alien tech. It was not a very good computer at all but people bought it. By a wild coincidence the custom computer company Alienware was founded at that time and took off like a rocket, thanks to this movie's alien computer interface.
You cracked me up when you said that Jasmine was a pretty name but you didn’t think you could pick It (the flower) out of a line up. 😅😅😅 I just got this image of a bunch of different types of flowers behind the one-way glass at a police station holding number signs in front of them. Hahahaha.
I’m from Imperial Valley and when I was a kid watching this in theaters, the whole theater erupted in cheers when it showed the name of our area on the screen! 😆
@@DazzleThemForMe Oh I remember that old place, my grandparents used to take us there. We watched Ghost Dad twice in a row because we were the only people in that theater. Fun times.
I'm so happy you recognized Brent Spiner! I used to watch Next Gen with my dad as a kid and he was absolutely my favorite character ♥️ Also, as a parent, the line "...is Mommy sleeping now?" breaks my heart 😭
21:05 If you ever parachute: broaden your canopy to slow your descent, and hit the ground running. You can land at over 20mph. Legs would definitely break on this touchdown.
This was Will Smith when he begun to take off, & hit it big. I watched this in a sold out theater, & it was a fantastic experience. This was a true blockbuster.
33:31 One of the best inspirational speeches in movies, second to Captain America’s speeches in the MCU and Mikey’s “it’s our time” speech from The Goonies.
19:49 The best is when they say it on Star Tek TNG because Will Riker is a major character in that series. Sometimes Will would give the order to fire at will.
I think it's great that the one guy who they thought was looney, a little off his rocker, is the one who delivered the crippling blow. That was Randy Quaid in this movie he is the unexpected hero. In another pretty famous movie I wouldn't exactly say he was so revered. lol
Bill Pullman in Lost Highway, Igby Goes Down (though it's a more minor role), and Zero Effect are his most standout performances, definitely give them a watch if you like him Zero Effect is a modern day Sherlock Holmes story and he plays the Holmes character, but, it's totally different than Holmes Ben Stiller plays Watson
@@zerpblerd5966 He was also great in While You Were Sleeping. One of my personal favorite Christmas and romantic movies. He's just a solid actor and easy on the eyes too.
There was a bit from the original script that explained that our computer tech was based on the ship from Roswell - and that’s why the virus thing was able to work
20:45 You may notice that in firing on this airfield, the aliens blow up everything EXCEPT the planes, this because the aliens know the planes are very expensive and that destroying any one would swallow the movie's entire budget, thereby defeating them.
My favorite Harry Connick Jr performance is Memphis Belle. About a bomber crew in World War 2. I also liked him in the Dolphin Tale movies, as corny as they are.
no, it's not an old movie, you have to go with 'relativity' in the age of movies, not your own personal exposure/experience in life or what someone's age would be 1970 and earlier are 'older' movies, 1900-1940 are 'old', but 1970-2001 are 'modern' movies and 2002-now are 'contemporary'
Originally (and you can watch the deleted scenes online), Russell got rejected because he was drunk when he tried to volunteer as a fighter pilot, and when the president asks "Doesn't anyone have any missiles left?" Russell shows up in his crop duster biplane with a missile strapped to it already intending to sacrifice himself by ramming the alien ship's primary weapon. However, the sight of the slow biplane keeping pace with the F-18s that were protecting it looked ridiculous, so it was changed. Also, in the final version, the audience gets that dramatic punch of seeing Russell going from triumphant as he tells the president that he's got a missile to tragic as he makes the choice to sacrifice himself while looking at the photo of his children.
@@AwesomeUSMovies The director said it got a great laugh from the test audience. As I mentioned you can watch it online, but because it wasn't used, the special effects are kind of rough. The different take on the scene is worth checking out.
You need to see "Copycat", and really appreciate Harry Connicks acting as a serial killer and Sigourney Weaver in a fantastic role. Well worth a look, I promise.
Have you seen this Harry Connick Jr. bit where he changes the metre in his solo (by throwing in one 5/4 bar) to get the d*mn audience to clap on 2 and 4 instead of 1 and 3? You can see him cringe and die a little on the inside during the first verse and chorus until he goes and fixes that song for everybody. And it totally goes over their heads!! 🤣 The drummer jumps for joy in the background. No? Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/mI-CU2VTVic/v-deo.html
@@AwesomeUSMovies Contact is based on a Carl Sagan book. Of course that are a lot of changes, otherwise the movie would have 2 weeks duration, but Carl wrote a sci-fu novel based on scientific principles, so that a whole other point of view on this genre.
I suggest that's better to watch after things like, 2001, 2010 (The Year We Make Contact), Solaris (remake is excellent) and maybe a couple other 'older' spiritual-alien encounter movies, but agree it is quite good.
President Thomas J. Whitmore is the best president the USA ever got (or never got, whatever). It’s just a fun alien invasion movie. Characters are enjoyable, the action is fast paced, no real downtime. The whole computer virus plot is silly, but it works for this movie. Happy 4th of July from a neighbour up north.
...also, a computer virus will only work on a system that's compatible with the viruses, for example, a virus written for Windows won't work on a Russian computer system.
Fun fact: On the behind-the-scenes bonuses they made an alternative ending. In that the jet fighter that goes up against the ship is switched to the crop duster.
David’s father was Leonard’s father from The Big Bang Theory. It IS fun to make connections. The secretary from Ghostbusters is Meemaw from Young Sheldon. Kevin’s mother from Home Alone is the mother from Beetlejuice.
30:39 When asked how he did that, David is actually being asked how he made the Coke can catch the bullet instead of allowing the bullet to pass through and ricochet, again.
Happy Belated Independence Day, James! I hope you and yours had a wonderful 4th. Love the shout out to all 1st responders, they and our military deserve our thanks for sacrifices.
Well, not centuries, but almost one century, depending how you count it. The first big, critically acclaimed, special effects laden, sci-fi film, Metropolis, the first Oscar-winning Best Picture, Wings, and the first movie with sound, The Jazz Singer, all came out in 1927. That's when I'd say motion pictures had come into their own. At the time of writing, we're only about five years from the centennial anniversary of a major new art form.
Bravo for being the first reactor I have seen to recognize Data from Star Trek next generation in the movie and even more Bravo from recognizing the guy from The Game (Rip he was a good actor). ) . Another great movie for you to see with the actor who plays Data (Brent Spiner) in a small role from the 90 no body reacted to is Phenomenon 1996 and another great movie with the guy from The Game (James Rebhorn Rip ) in a small role is Lorenzo's Oil which is a really great drama based on a true story
10:12 - You're the second reactor who commented on that. It's still a thing, if you want it to be. My father still gets the paper "delivered" (thrown) on his driveway. Sunday mornings, like clockwork. 14:09 - Yep. That's my town, I'm from LA. -_-
"I didn't know Harry Connick Jr. did acting". Two words, Memphis Belle. He has done a bit of acting. But I like this and Memphis Belle best. Have a great day.
@@AwesomeUSMovies definitly! If you have not seen harry potter or the lord of the rings or hobbit. Those movies might be something. I dont know if you only take recomendstions on patreon. But i just wright here and hope for the best! Stay safe
@ 25:10 If it's the legendary Roswell crash, that happened just after after the 4th of July 1947. There's a TV movie made in 1994 about the incident called "Roswell" with Martin Sheen, Kyle MacLachlan, Dwight Yoakum, you might find interesting; as well as several documentaries on that one. Although in Independence Day they kept referring to the alien crash in the '50s, back in '96 we thought they were referencing the '47 crash. There was a very recent and historic Congressional hearing on the UFO topic, the first in 50 years, that you should check out. It's about an hour and half, and very interesting and very different approach to the topic. It was open, and they had a closed hearing right after. 🖖😎
I just think it would be super stupid to make this huge system of stars with 1000's of billions of planets and we are the only intelligent life in all of it?
@@AwesomeUSMovies It's a topic I've follow most of my life. It was very refreshing the committee pretty much echoed your thoughts (and mine) too! They are also looking into other nations, and our own gov, possibly attaining this huge tech advantage encountered by our military in the last 20 years or so (Russian, Chinese, etc)... BUT they weren't outright dismissing ET either, and announced the gov will not "stigmatize" those reporting sightings/encounters any longer to encourage more reporting. By chance have you seen the UFO Disclosure Project, a May 2001 successful press conference at the National Press Club in DC (rather historic too)? It was put together by Dr. Steven Greer with MANY credible government, military & civilian witnesses in an effort to prompt Congress into having hearings with their witnesses. Of course Congress didn't bite... then! To make sure you find the right video its full title is "THE DISCLOSURE PROJECT UFO TRUTH MAY 9, 2001 NATIONAL PRESS CLUB CONFERENCE WASHINGTON DC" and is 1 hour 55 minutes. It's very worth it if you have an interest in the subject, and very worth it to hear all these witnesses stories. 👍
I've watched this movie a number of times over the years. Certain movies are just so well done and acted, they are a pleasure to watch. Great story and acting. It was a masterpiece of its time.
I can’t imagine that the time zone would actually make any difference at all. He’s not saying the countdown is going to happen at 7 PM. He is saying it’s going to happen in seven hours. Seven hours from whatever time it is in California is still seven hours, from whatever time it is in New York. The time on the clock may be different but the time on the stopwatch/timer will still be the same. Does that make any sense?
6:51 i just noticed that is sergeant cotrair from CHiPs. John Pine I think his name is. Didn't recognize his face but the voice. 30 years later he still looked the same.
I think your channel should be growing quickly. I hope it is. You are a reaction watcher’s dream. We all know that it’s not plausible for thousands of reaction channels to have never seen any movies let alone the huge movies the whole world knows. So we all just pretend the lie of “first time watching” isn’t what’s really going on because we have no other choice but to pretend. But you sir….you are someone who really has never watched movies at all in your life because of your career circumstances previously. That’s impossible to find. Someone who sincerely has never seen any movies in their life?! Wow! You are a rare find and a gem! I think we like watching reactions because it’s as close as you can get to seeing iconic stuff for the first time yourself. There’s only one first time so it’s fun to watch other’s first times. Your reactions are wonderful. You immerse yourself into the plots and it’s fu to see. You also have a very infectious laugh and your enjoyment really shows through. Keep it up. Cant wait to see what you do next. Good luck with your channel!
Here's how I think about it. 1. No we are not the only intelligent being in all of creations. That's just silly. 2. If there was a more intelligent being that could travel to space. Would you go to some other planet the has dinosaurs as foes vs beings with nuclear bombs. That just seems really stupid for an intelligent life form.
Oh wow James... you didn't know Harry Connick jr. was an actor as well?! Oh yeah.. and he is a damn good actor too!! One of my favorites of his is the 1998 classic Hope Floats!
Yeah, I love how they look at the crop dusting dude like he's nuts for mentioning he was abducted by aliens... while it is now known that not only do aliens exist but they are currently and have in the past visited earth, with hostile intentions.
*****40:58** You Miss a Big one!!! You missed Eddie from the Vacation Movies(Randy Quaid)! lol... He's the drunk pilot that saves the day by destroying the alien ship kamikaze style.****
Ive seen this movie at least 50 times and the “I could’ve been at a bbq” still gets me every single time 😂
Welcome to Earth
Welcome to Earth. 🤣
You recognized Harry Connick Jr.
Yeah I'm a fan. One of my favorite moments in my entire life was listening to him while sleeping in an aquarium tube surrounded by sharks and turtles.
When you asked if he was an actor it threw me because I didn't realize he was a singer haha
@@brandimurray1984 he's a judge on American Idol.
@@AwesomeUSMovies …he was a recurring cast member on Will & Grace, playing Grace’s boyfriend. Recently he was Daddy Warbucks on a LIVE television production of Annie, just this past year. He’s got 37 acting credits for television and films on IMDb.
@@brandimurray1984 Calling Harry Connick, Jr. a singer is a vast understatement. He is an *incredibly* accomplished musician who primarily plays the piano, but can handle just about any instrument.
this is one of those movies you could watch a hundred times and not get bored of them. 90s movies hit different.
DUDE, HAPPY JULY 4TH!
Saw this in the theater with my brother and sister and I was blown away by how fun this movie was!
It made $880 million dollars against a $75 million dollar budget and won Best Visual Effects at the 1997 Academy Awards.
This movie was bad ass in the theaters! I was 9 when it came out, loved it! Happy Independence Day 🦅🇺🇸🦅
I really enjoyed it
817 million
@@ryanbuckley5529 I was also 9 and still remember when the ships first showed up
That first act, as it closes out July, 2. Garnered cheers in theaters. Some thought it was because the White House is blown up.
However, being there, I believe it was because the act was so well executed and put the audience in the moment.
We also cheered when Randy Quaid sacrifices himself and blows up the first ship.
Loved it
Because people love to pick this detail apart, I just wanted to mention, there is a deleted scene from this movie where they explain that all modern technology, including computers and computer chips, were created based off of the alien space ship from the 60's. While there's still a lot of "movie hacking" going on, they at least did try to account for this in the original storyline. I wish they had kept it over some of the scenes, but it was cut for time.
Glad you seemed to have fun with it.
I love that you didn't know Harry Connick Jr acted but instinctively recognised DATA! :D
That was one hell of a speech. NIce you noticed the guy from Mrs Doubtfire. Russel's daughter was Lydia from Mrs Doubtfire
That's cool
This is my favorite movie. I seen it ten times when it came out in the theaters, and I bought it every time a new format came out (VHS, DVD, BluRay, Digital). It's also my go to movie when I am setting a home theater system out. Great sound affects in this.
I thought I was so lucky because I found it on BR for $0.50 right before the holiday.
I really enjoyed it
When I was a kid, my dad would put this movie or The Fifth Element on when showing off his new big screen tv or sound system 😂😂
@@Momo_0_o Oh, Fifth Element has great theme music. Especially when Chris Tucker comes on screen.
Yess this movie is AWSOME, still remember in 1996 when those ships showed up 💪💪💪 only warm memories from this movies
Thank you for honoring our first responders. They are a blessing to this country , and they deserve to be honored for their sacrifices and dedication.
agreed
not the ones in Uvalde! smfh
Goldblum's line "Must Go faster! Must go faster!!!!" he said in both this film and the first Jurassic Park. FYI.. .Bill Pullman is a very good, often underated actor. While You Were Sleeping, The Virginian, and The Equalizer 2 are a few of his better films, along with this one. Robert Loggia (the general here) has graced many fine films in his lengthy career.
Thanks, I've added all these to my list. It's appreciated
Only a very select few (about half a million Germans) will appreciate Pullman's speech moment as it was the inspiration for the android candidate for the presidency in the country "Qualityland" in the novel/audionovel "Qualityland" by Marc-Uwe Kling. It's a comedy/dystopia novel where everything is decided and provided to everybody through modern tech, delivery drones and in-ear personal devices. The Shop sends you what you want (because they know what you want), ones social and working class status, even the partners you date, are dictated by a social level status from 1 to 100, and our robot scrapper hero Peter Jobless (kids are named after their parent's profession at their moment of conception), who is level 10, is on a quest to return an unwanted item.
The presidential race in the background makes it necessary for John of Us, the android candidate (whose "likeness in appearance in the old movie, "Independence Day" was a deliberate design feature), to even recite the ID Pullman speech at a campaign dinner.
The book is very scary. And hilarious.
i liked him in lake placid
26:51 EVERY time you see this close-up of a hand that starts to move in a movie, it is an homage to Frankenstein:
"It's ALIVE!"
"Fire at Will" ----"Poor Will. everybody's firing at him" I LOLed . Did'nt knew this one and I'm definitely gonna Steal that Joke :D
Dad jokes
Any time I hear someone in a movie say "Fire at will" my go-to response is "What did will do to get fired at?" Lol
WELCOME TO EARTH....TODAY WE CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDANCE DAY
YEAH!
I always come back to the president's speech 2 or 3 times a year. Gets me so pumped up.
It's a great speech
Interesting note: according to the 3 part comic series based around this movie, including a part 0 which takes place before the film, Randy Quaid's character actually was abducted by these aliens at one point. He wasn't insane.
Like the video as soon as I saw your shirt. As someone who has family in Law Enforcement, I appreciate the callout as they have such a difficult job. Much respect!
Thanks
"if you don't move now then I'm gonna start to discompose" lol is one of my fav lines.
This was the highest grossing movie of the 1990s ($800 Million) until Titanic ($1 Billion +) came out over a year later.
cool
Well if it’s any consideration, I grew up in a military family (air force) where we were stationed in Germany where there was only one channel and the only commercial was a recruiting one that’s lyrics (yes I still remember since it was burned into my brain FOREVER) was, “Be, all that you can be. In the army reserves.”
Luckily my father got pirated copies of a lot of movies (because in Germany new movies were about 6 to 9months delayed in getting to us) from friends and family, so we got to see lots of them.
Thanks for that, good story
15:41 This shot was used as an ad for the Apple Powerbook 5300.
"You have 30 minutes to save the world. What kind of computer are you going to use?"
It could also readily interface with alien tech.
It was not a very good computer at all but people bought it.
By a wild coincidence the custom computer company Alienware was founded at that time and took off like a rocket, thanks to this movie's alien computer interface.
you should recognize the president he was lone star in spaceballs
You are totally correct.
The movie is 26 years old 😉
I remember when this movie came out....it was big 😊
Happy 4th 😊💕
Yep my mistake. Happy 4th
Same Here Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸
You cracked me up when you said that Jasmine was a pretty name but you didn’t think you could pick It (the flower) out of a line up. 😅😅😅 I just got this image of a bunch of different types of flowers behind the one-way glass at a police station holding number signs in front of them. Hahahaha.
I’m from Imperial Valley and when I was a kid watching this in theaters, the whole theater erupted in cheers when it showed the name of our area on the screen! 😆
loved it!
Same here, I think I saw it at the drive-in in Imperial.
@@chaoticignorant483 I think I saw it at the Fox theater in El Centro.
@@DazzleThemForMe Oh I remember that old place, my grandparents used to take us there. We watched Ghost Dad twice in a row because we were the only people in that theater. Fun times.
It’s such a fun popcorn flick. I won tickets from a local radio station to see see at midnight on it’s opening night.
Nice to see someone recognize Brent Spiner.
Thanks
Always fun to see you have fun. The man who went kamikaze was Clark's cousin in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
OMG, it was cousin Eddie... palm=face
he's in a very good movie with Jack Nicholson called "The Last Detail"
one of the best christmas movies ever, and I don't like christmas!
Scrooged, Die Hard, Christmas Vacation
I'm so happy you recognized Brent Spiner! I used to watch Next Gen with my dad as a kid and he was absolutely my favorite character ♥️
Also, as a parent, the line "...is Mommy sleeping now?" breaks my heart 😭
agreed
Brent Spiner is just one of the greatest character actors. He was awesome as the hillbilly running the news stand in Night Court.
I loved Night Court as well! Bull was my favorite lol
Not a big sci fi guy, but this is one of those movies you just love despite not beeing your genre.
that scene where the dog jumps for his life puts me on edge every time even though i know he survives lol.
and how he ends up being a rescue worker the next day
Love doggies
21:05 If you ever parachute: broaden your canopy to slow your descent, and hit the ground running.
You can land at over 20mph.
Legs would definitely break on this touchdown.
This was Will Smith when he begun to take off, & hit it big. I watched this in a sold out theater, & it was a fantastic experience. This was a true blockbuster.
33:31 One of the best inspirational speeches in movies, second to Captain America’s speeches in the MCU and Mikey’s “it’s our time” speech from The Goonies.
19:49 The best is when they say it on Star Tek TNG because Will Riker is a major character in that series.
Sometimes Will would give the order to fire at will.
I think it's great that the one guy who they thought was looney, a little off his rocker, is the one who delivered the crippling blow. That was Randy Quaid in this movie he is the unexpected hero. In another pretty famous movie I wouldn't exactly say he was so revered. lol
Hey James, if you've ever watched "Spaceballs", Bill Pullman was the actor who played Lonestar
Bill Pullman played a great president in this. His son was in Top Gun Maverick, and looks just like him.
Actually I have already reacted to Spaceballs. Go check it out!
@@AwesomeUSMovies I suspected that you had, or at least, I seemed to recall that you'd reacted to "Spaceballs"
Bill Pullman in Lost Highway, Igby Goes Down (though it's a more minor role), and Zero Effect are his most standout performances, definitely give them a watch if you like him
Zero Effect is a modern day Sherlock Holmes story and he plays the Holmes character, but, it's totally different than Holmes
Ben Stiller plays Watson
@@zerpblerd5966 He was also great in While You Were Sleeping. One of my personal favorite Christmas and romantic movies. He's just a solid actor and easy on the eyes too.
fun watching you enjoy this. Pretty much a yearly tradition to see this at least once this time of yr.
Cool, I hope you enjoyed my reaction
There was a bit from the original script that explained that our computer tech was based on the ship from Roswell - and that’s why the virus thing was able to work
That actually makes sense
20:45 You may notice that in firing on this airfield, the aliens blow up everything EXCEPT the planes, this because the aliens know the planes are very expensive and that destroying any one would swallow the movie's entire budget, thereby defeating them.
My favorite Harry Connick Jr performance is Memphis Belle. About a bomber crew in World War 2. I also liked him in the Dolphin Tale movies, as corny as they are.
Ohhh, I'll add it.
I LOVE Memphis Belle. What a great movie. Great mention
Another good Harry Connick Jr movie is Hope Floats with him & Sandra Bullock.
@@AwesomeUSMovies he also costars with Sandra Bullock in the movie "Hope Floats"
He has an interesting performance in 1995’s “Copycat”.
I love this movie, can't keep track of how many times I have seen it!
I know how you feel. When i find a movie from the 90´s, i say to myself it´s not a old movie. Then i do the numbers and find out it is a OLD MOVIE. :D
Na, it's old
no, it's not an old movie, you have to go with 'relativity' in the age of movies, not your own personal exposure/experience in life or what someone's age would be
1970 and earlier are 'older' movies, 1900-1940 are 'old', but 1970-2001 are 'modern' movies and 2002-now are 'contemporary'
This came out the year I graduated. So doing the math gave me emotional damage!!
I remember watching this when it came out and thinking the President's speech was just incredible.
Agreed, good writing always helps.
Bill Pullman is Lone star from Space Balls
Oh of course
He also was in Lake Placid, definite must add to the list!
Another of one of my nostalgic favorites. LOVE this movie
Hello boys, I'm baaaack.
God speed, Russell Case. God speed 🫡 🇺🇸
Great line
Guy who plays the president was also in Spaceballs as Lonestar
Omg you're so correct
Originally (and you can watch the deleted scenes online), Russell got rejected because he was drunk when he tried to volunteer as a fighter pilot, and when the president asks "Doesn't anyone have any missiles left?" Russell shows up in his crop duster biplane with a missile strapped to it already intending to sacrifice himself by ramming the alien ship's primary weapon. However, the sight of the slow biplane keeping pace with the F-18s that were protecting it looked ridiculous, so it was changed. Also, in the final version, the audience gets that dramatic punch of seeing Russell going from triumphant as he tells the president that he's got a missile to tragic as he makes the choice to sacrifice himself while looking at the photo of his children.
the crop duster would have been funny.
@@AwesomeUSMovies The director said it got a great laugh from the test audience. As I mentioned you can watch it online, but because it wasn't used, the special effects are kind of rough. The different take on the scene is worth checking out.
Judd Hirsch was in Taxi in the '70s.
Alright, time to rewatch this movie. I just spotted Robert Pine.
Yeah sorry I don't know that one.
@@AwesomeUSMovies It's a tv show. It had Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd in it too.
And "Dear John" in the 1980s.
You need to see "Copycat", and really appreciate Harry Connicks acting as a serial killer and Sigourney Weaver in a fantastic role. Well worth a look, I promise.
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
I still remember when I saw this movie in theater, when the alien shell opened, everyone there almost jumped from their seats.
best part of the movie is how the president fights for his country
Agreed
This movie is cheesy as hell, but I get goosebumps every time I hear the President's speech. We had so much hope for our politicians back then. 🤣
It was a great speech
I'm so impressed! You recognized Harry Connick Jr. (Love him.🥰) I haven't encountered any other movie reactors who have. 👏👏👏
Yeah me
Have you seen this Harry Connick Jr. bit where he changes the metre in his solo (by throwing in one 5/4 bar) to get the d*mn audience to clap on 2 and 4 instead of 1 and 3? You can see him cringe and die a little on the inside during the first verse and chorus until he goes and fixes that song for everybody. And it totally goes over their heads!! 🤣 The drummer jumps for joy in the background.
No? Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/mI-CU2VTVic/v-deo.html
Have you seen Contact (1997)? Such a great film with Jodie Foster. Please consider it!
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
@@AwesomeUSMovies Contact is based on a Carl Sagan book. Of course that are a lot of changes, otherwise the movie would have 2 weeks duration, but Carl wrote a sci-fu novel based on scientific principles, so that a whole other point of view on this genre.
@@AwesomeUSMovies , add Stargate to that list.
I suggest that's better to watch after things like, 2001, 2010 (The Year We Make Contact), Solaris (remake is excellent) and maybe a couple other 'older' spiritual-alien encounter movies, but agree it is quite good.
@@pavanbiliyar yes! excellent suggestion, one I always put in my action sci-fi recommends!
President Thomas J. Whitmore is the best president the USA ever got (or never got, whatever).
It’s just a fun alien invasion movie. Characters are enjoyable, the action is fast paced, no real downtime. The whole computer virus plot is silly, but it works for this movie.
Happy 4th of July from a neighbour up north.
Agreed, Whitmore was the best movie president in my opinion.
I really enjoyed it
...also, a computer virus will only work on a system that's compatible with the viruses, for example, a virus written for Windows won't work on a Russian computer system.
Awesome Movie and Work Bro, Thanks 👍👍😎 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸
Hello Filip, thanks for watching. It's appreciated
@@AwesomeUSMovies Thanks Bro 👍👍😀
Fun fact: On the behind-the-scenes bonuses they made an alternative ending. In that the jet fighter that goes up against the ship is switched to the crop duster.
Love that
my husband considers this movie to have the greatest Presidential speech of all time 😄
David’s father was Leonard’s father from The Big Bang Theory. It IS fun to make connections. The secretary from Ghostbusters is Meemaw from Young Sheldon. Kevin’s mother from Home Alone is the mother from Beetlejuice.
You are totally correct, how didn't I catch that!
Another great movie. The President’s speech was def uplifting.
30:39 When asked how he did that, David is actually being asked how he made the Coke can catch the bullet instead of allowing the bullet to pass through and ricochet, again.
"They should be entering our Atmosphere in within the next 25 minutes".... uuuuuuh Defon 3.... YUP ! XD
Happy Belated Independence Day, James! I hope you and yours had a wonderful 4th. Love the shout out to all 1st responders, they and our military deserve our thanks for sacrifices.
Agreed
Well, not centuries, but almost one century, depending how you count it. The first big, critically acclaimed, special effects laden, sci-fi film, Metropolis, the first Oscar-winning Best Picture, Wings, and the first movie with sound, The Jazz Singer, all came out in 1927. That's when I'd say motion pictures had come into their own. At the time of writing, we're only about five years from the centennial anniversary of a major new art form.
Love it!
James, thanks for the shout out to first responders! My cousin is a San Francisco police officer. It's a tough and dangerous job!
You bet
1st
Happy Independence Day!🇺🇲🦅
Same to you!
Bravo for being the first reactor I have seen to recognize Data from Star Trek next generation in the movie and even more Bravo from recognizing the guy from The Game (Rip he was a good actor). ) . Another great movie for you to see with the actor who plays Data (Brent Spiner) in a small role from the 90 no body reacted to is Phenomenon 1996 and another great movie with the guy from The Game (James Rebhorn Rip ) in a small role is Lorenzo's Oil which is a really great drama based on a true story
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
Glad you enjoyed this film. Just good old fashioned fun.
the shot of the white house being blown up is one of the more famous shots in film, its been parodied an infinite amount of times
Funny
10:12 - You're the second reactor who commented on that. It's still a thing, if you want it to be. My father still gets the paper "delivered" (thrown) on his driveway. Sunday mornings, like clockwork.
14:09 - Yep. That's my town, I'm from LA. -_-
Oh I know but I get all my local and national news delivered to my phone every day. No need to read the paper
Harry Connick Jr. is also in the film "CopyCat". which is a terrific thriller starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter.
Cool thanks
"I didn't know Harry Connick Jr. did acting". Two words, Memphis Belle. He has done a bit of acting. But I like this and Memphis Belle best. Have a great day.
I'll edit to my list. Thanks for the suggestion.
For a movie made 1996 i think it still works today! A lot better than other things that are being put out for the world to see.
I thought the special effects were great
@@AwesomeUSMovies definitly! If you have not seen harry potter or the lord of the rings or hobbit. Those movies might be something. I dont know if you only take recomendstions on patreon. But i just wright here and hope for the best! Stay safe
@@AwesomeUSMovies there is also a independence day 2 maybe that one aswell
@ 25:10 If it's the legendary Roswell crash, that happened just after after the 4th of July 1947. There's a TV movie made in 1994 about the incident called "Roswell" with Martin Sheen, Kyle MacLachlan, Dwight Yoakum, you might find interesting; as well as several documentaries on that one. Although in Independence Day they kept referring to the alien crash in the '50s, back in '96 we thought they were referencing the '47 crash.
There was a very recent and historic Congressional hearing on the UFO topic, the first in 50 years, that you should check out. It's about an hour and half, and very interesting and very different approach to the topic. It was open, and they had a closed hearing right after. 🖖😎
I just think it would be super stupid to make this huge system of stars with 1000's of billions of planets and we are the only intelligent life in all of it?
@@AwesomeUSMovies It's a topic I've follow most of my life. It was very refreshing the committee pretty much echoed your thoughts (and mine) too! They are also looking into other nations, and our own gov, possibly attaining this huge tech advantage encountered by our military in the last 20 years or so (Russian, Chinese, etc)... BUT they weren't outright dismissing ET either, and announced the gov will not "stigmatize" those reporting sightings/encounters any longer to encourage more reporting.
By chance have you seen the UFO Disclosure Project, a May 2001 successful press conference at the National Press Club in DC (rather historic too)? It was put together by Dr. Steven Greer with MANY credible government, military & civilian witnesses in an effort to prompt Congress into having hearings with their witnesses. Of course Congress didn't bite... then! To make sure you find the right video its full title is "THE DISCLOSURE PROJECT UFO TRUTH MAY 9, 2001 NATIONAL PRESS CLUB CONFERENCE WASHINGTON DC" and is 1 hour 55 minutes. It's very worth it if you have an interest in the subject, and very worth it to hear all these witnesses stories. 👍
I've watched this movie a number of times over the years. Certain movies are just so well done and acted, they are a pleasure to watch. Great story and acting. It was a masterpiece of its time.
The speech is amazing , great reaction!
Hope Floats with HC jr and Sandra Bollock is excellent. I think the little girl who played the president's daughter is in it as well.
Amen to all the first responders. Murica. 🇺🇸
Love Harry Connick Jr's music style, talented guy! Data = Picard.
Agreed he's great
I watch this every 4th! Honestly, there isnt that many 4th of july movies. I can't even think of another.
I can’t imagine that the time zone would actually make any difference at all. He’s not saying the countdown is going to happen at 7 PM. He is saying it’s going to happen in seven hours. Seven hours from whatever time it is in California is still seven hours, from whatever time it is in New York. The time on the clock may be different but the time on the stopwatch/timer will still be the same. Does that make any sense?
6:51 i just noticed that is sergeant cotrair from CHiPs. John Pine I think his name is. Didn't recognize his face but the voice. 30 years later he still looked the same.
Sorry I don't know chips
@@AwesomeUSMovies Surely you jest. Must watch the series. It was super cheesy but good for the 70's
Let's rewatch TNG together 😀😀😀
Lots of awesome things to watch
What a fun reaction on the 4th if July, :) I hope you are enjoying your independence Day, and thank you again for the entertaining reaction,. :)
Glad I can brighten everyone's day
I think your channel should be growing quickly. I hope it is. You are a reaction watcher’s dream. We all know that it’s not plausible for thousands of reaction channels to have never seen any movies let alone the huge movies the whole world knows. So we all just pretend the lie of “first time watching” isn’t what’s really going on because we have no other choice but to pretend.
But you sir….you are someone who really has never watched movies at all in your life because of your career circumstances previously. That’s impossible to find. Someone who sincerely has never seen any movies in their life?! Wow! You are a rare find and a gem!
I think we like watching reactions because it’s as close as you can get to seeing iconic stuff for the first time yourself. There’s only one first time so it’s fun to watch other’s first times.
Your reactions are wonderful. You immerse yourself into the plots and it’s fu to see. You also have a very infectious laugh and your enjoyment really shows through. Keep it up. Cant wait to see what you do next. Good luck with your channel!
Thank you so much for the kind words. It's appreciated. I'm trying to make Awesome content for everyone.
I mean as sifi as this is realistically this could one day happen. We really don't know if we are the only ones.
Here's how I think about it.
1. No we are not the only intelligent being in all of creations. That's just silly.
2. If there was a more intelligent being that could travel to space. Would you go to some other planet the has dinosaurs as foes vs beings with nuclear bombs.
That just seems really stupid for an intelligent life form.
In the language of my times, up yours...
yep
You recognized Data.
For a very different sort of alien movie with Jeff Goldblum, I recommend Earth Girls Are Easy (1988).
Oh wow James... you didn't know Harry Connick jr. was an actor as well?! Oh yeah.. and he is a damn good actor too!! One of my favorites of his is the 1998 classic Hope Floats!
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
@@AwesomeUSMovies Anytime James! :)
I absolutely love the president in this one.
Yeah, I love how they look at the crop dusting dude like he's nuts for mentioning he was abducted by aliens... while it is now known that not only do aliens exist but they are currently and have in the past visited earth, with hostile intentions.
Correct much more playable now
What instances are you referring to that they have visited with hostile intentions?
I'm genuinely asking. Lol it's not a question to start a debate. Just fyi.
*****40:58** You Miss a Big one!!! You missed Eddie from the Vacation Movies(Randy Quaid)! lol... He's the drunk pilot that saves the day by destroying the alien ship kamikaze style.****
Data was with Picard.
oh good thanks I was correct.
And I expect this to happen tomorrow when the CERN supercollider in Switzerland goes full power!
Funny
Surprised Harry Connick Jr. isn't listed...must have been when he was unknown.
Harry Connick, Jr. did a few movies. My favorites are _Memphis Belle_ and _Iron Giant_ which are both fun but very different.
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.