Re:View reminds you of the reasons you love movies, then a new episode of Half in the Bag makes you hate them and wanna tear down every screen nearby again.
to be fair, the Picard Re:Views were soul crushing. I didn’t even watch the damn show, but it hurt me. Pretty sure those episodes were just a reason for him to torture Rich tho
This was my Dad's favorite movie. He passed away in 2015. I hesitantly clicked this video hoping you guys wouldn't trash, but was pleasantly surprised by "this is one of my favorite films of all time." I know it shouldn't matter to me what you guys think about it, but I felt a little vindication for my Dad when I saw this video. Thank you
I am married 35 years as of this response...My wife and I love this movie and saw it in the theater. Our kids love it as well. I just watched it again tonight. The chemistry between Tom and Meg was hopeful. We thought there was another Spencer and Tracy here. Both showed an amazing range. I love your synopsis of this movie. I encourage others to watch it. There are so many Easter eggs in it. You can definitely see the Spielberg influences in it. Thank you for your synopsis and review.
Jim is probably my favorite RLM guest. Sure he's pretty quiet during BOTW but he's that kind of guy who says little but when he's funny, he's hilarious and this video is a great example that his insight about movies and various other things shines a lot when in a slower paced environment. As much as I absolutely enjoy Mike and Rich doing their stuff, these videos are a very welcome breath of fresh air every once in a while.
We have the 3rd stringer and some goddamn Canadian on this one.. but it worked quite well. You can tell that both guys really appreciated the movie and honestly they made me want to go revisit it. I haven't seen Joe vs The Volcano since it's first cable TV run.... which was probably 27 years ago by now. I remember thinking of it as a hit and miss kind of thing at the time.... but this re:View definitely put things into a different perspective... that there was probably stuff there that I didn't pick up on when I was 17 years old.
Great to see this beautiful film get some long-overdue critical appreciation. "My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake, and they live in a state of constant, total amazement."
The art direction going from gray, smoggy and bad fluorescent bulbs to bright, shiny and alive AFTER his terminal diagnosis is just freaking brilliantly executed and extremely underrated in film history. Cowboy under the moon is finally getting its due!
I went to see this in the theatre against my will with three people that wanted to see it. When we walked out I was the only one who liked it and they all hated it.
Josh is actually one of my favorite RLM guys. He seems like the kinda guy you can just chill with and talk about movies with (and judging from his tee shirts and references he also has great taste in music).
I didn't know anybody loved that movie as much as I did. When I saw it, I was working in a place just as oppressive to my soul as the home of the rectal probe. There were maybe three other people or couples in the theatre and they turned, stared, and muttered to themselves repeatedly because I couldn't help crying, laughing, and applauding. God! I love this movie. It touched my heart like no other before or since.
This space isn't for discussing an interesting film. It's for regurgitating memes. Please move along. At first glance Joe reminded me of Henry Spencer. But yeah it kind of went way more Brazil. The set design really contributes to it.
I also saw this movie when it came out in theaters and I loved it; never understood why it flopped and so many critics trashed it. It's always been a gem to me.
This program is underrated. I think it's because all of your content is amazing. But re:view is amazing. I love a whole episode with just Jim and Josh or Jack and so on.
I'm so glad that I took the time to watch this movie. I had never known of it's existence before this Re:View. It hit pretty close to home for me, like a lot of other people in the comment section. I had been treading water for so long, and still feel like that from time-to-time. But I'm aware of it and I try my best to break out of my shell of self-doubt and self-loathing to reach for things that I think I'm not worthy of. The guys at RLM have been a huge inspiration to me and I'm so happy that I stumbled on you guys! Keep up the great work! And anyone else who happens to read this, you are worth it. Keep taking those leaps of faith, even if it's gonna hurt like hell when you land, you'll know that you've grown better for it.
Thanks for the inspiration, fellow UA-cam commenter. I'm 40 and feel pretty stuck, needing a big change in life. I've carved a career path in which I've lost interest, but changing would be difficult and I don't really know how to change it.
One of my all time favorite movies. I learned a lot from watching this video but something you missed was when Joe was quitting his job and mentioned three book titles....The Odyssey, Robinson Carusoe, and Romeo and Juliet. These are 3 titles that foreshadow the adventure that lies just ahead for him.
I remember seeing this in the theater as a kid and loving it, but I haven't seen it even once in the 27 years since. I think I'll pick it up now that it's on Blu-ray. Thanks, guys.
Thanks Josh and Jim. I love this movie. It's such a spiritual movie, with Tom Hanks expressing gratitude and accepting death. Jim surprised me during this video, I enjoyed seeing him more eloquent and sober ;)
I just watched this movie (watched this video first forever ago) and came back to rewatch this and comment. I loved this movie and I love this episode of re:View! Josh and Jim really delved in to the symbolism and themes of the movie in a way that only people who love the source material can. My absolute favorite bit of the movie is the part where the typhoon is coming. Jim described it as "green gel." For some, that scene with Meg Ryan looking out on to the water with mist all around her is so spooky and beautiful to me. Hopefully, Jim and Josh come back for another re:View soon!
This film is brilliant. I've watched it so many times and there's always something new to discover. Hell, you guys pointed out some stuff I never even noticed. That whole thing with the ducks, I never noticed before, lol.
Kinda late, but this is actually one of my favorite episodes of re:View. You can really feel how they both feel about that movie and bring forward so many details and interesting facts. It's really a step-up compared to the other episodes. Not that they were bad, but in this case they were just more prepared or passionate.
Since I was a kid and this came to video stores (so, 1991, I was 10) I always wanted to watch it but had the feeling that I too young to get it at the time. Then I heard it was a dumb comedy. Now, I'm going to watch it tonight, thanks to this re:View. I think I'll enjoy it, given I've gotten a background in basic film history in college since I was a kid. I was sold the moment I saw the Metropolis reference. So thanks for reminding me to check it out, guys!
Shannon Ongley I did the exact same thing from just seeing part of this video was watched the movie. I was 10 too in 91 and remembered random stuff from the trailer as a kid and never gave it a chance. Seeing it yesterday I loved it
I'm a bit younger, but had similar experiences seeing this in video stores. I stopped this re:view and watched it immediately. I definitely had the right idea as a kid. I wouldn't have got it, but where I am as an adult it resonated with me deeply. Incredible movie.
That jagged shape is all over the place in this movie. It symbolizes the path we take in life. It isn't straight it is winding and complex and takes needless turns just to get back to where we would have gone if we just went straight. It symbolises the complexity of life the challenges and setbacks we face. The pattern is everywhere from the logo of the business. To Joe's walls which have the same jagged cracks in them. Even the lightning strike that hits the boat is hand drawn to look like the logo.
i really enjoyed the comments here. let me add my own. i posit that the entire movie is nothing but a daydream. our first clue? if you look at Joe's desk lamp, you see the Big Woo on its shade. really, this story is so incredibly ridiculous that it could never be believed or taken literally. i think Joe has this daydream after coming back from the doctor. he actually got a terminal diagnosis, and now he's sitting at his desk imagining some crazy fantasy--all the things that could have been. all his fantasies. - telling off his boss. - walking out. - asking Deedee out. - opening the Main Drain. - getting rich. - having an amazing adventure in that far-off tropical paradise in his lampshade. - meeting yet another interesting, attractive woman. - taking an ocean voyage. - meeting yet another interesting, attractive woman--the one he's going to marry. - becoming a hero yet again. - all ending in a crazy, completely unbelievable miracle. i mean, come ON. hebrew islanders who love orange soda? getting shot out of a volcano? c'mon. there are weird key points in the movie that seem to be reality trying to break through. i think these are real-life distractions attempting to push into his concentration. like the guy with the pepper shaker. why does joe double-take and give him that weird look? or when joe hugs the dog outside the doctor's office. later on, going to get his luggage, he pauses and looks at the dogs outside the shop--the same type of dogs as the woman was walking outside the doctor's office. strange little things like that. and those are just a few. if you watch the movie carefully, you'll see all sorts of bizarre little things that point to this being a fantasy, a daydream, or a dream. like meeting the same woman three times. there's a whole lot more here than meets the eye. JVTV truly is a forgotten masterpiece of film.
Mike is too loud and opinionated for an interesting Re:View discussion. These guys fit the part , they like to geek out and analyse rather than crack jokes constantly. Mike is for HitB and BotW.
this was GREAT. I will quibble with the classification of Meg's characters as fitting the "maiden mother crone" archetype, though. this wasn't written by neil gaiman after all, not all women are the furies. My theory has always been that they represent the stages of life that Joe is rapidly progressing through (and in turn drags each one forward to the next stage, as he shoots through their lives like a comet). Didi is wide-eyed childhood wonder and naivete. She has never questioned the world around her, and when Joe is suddenly forced to confront all the BS around him, it astonishes her -- she thinks he's the most profound and interesting person she's ever met, but when he hits her with the full brunt of his situation, she cannot handle it. she is a child, after all. it's simply beyond her. but as she walks out of his place that night, she's been awakened from the innocence and naivete of childhood into a form of emotional adolescence. Next we meet Angelica -- stalled out in that nihilist faux-rebel goth stage of adolescence where you write bad poetry and fantasize about killing yourself. she's wise enough to know it's all bullshit, but unable to make anything better out of her life, and for all her eye-rolling and fashion savvy, she's still 100% dependent on her dad for survival -- and hates herself for it. you guys got the end of her arc right: on that dock, looking out at Joe in his goofy hat, by not sleeping with her, he has dragged her into the next phase of her life: one of increased agency and less time spent wallowing in self-loathing. and finally Angelica. Joe falls for her harder than he did the other two, because she is an adult. She dresses like an adult and talks like an adult and knows adult things like how to run a boat. she's not a destination, though. she still has room to grow. she's got that distinctly adult combination of cynicism and hypocrisy -- she makes assumptions about people and thinks less of them for working for her dad, yet she herself works for her dad when the price is right. She's not blindsided by small doses of reality like Didi, and she's not paralyzed by self-loathing and infinite mirrors of introspection like Patricia. But she still has room to grow, and Joe, as he's done to each woman he's encountered since his diagnosis, drags her forward as well, into the next phase of her life, perhaps? Whatever it means to be spit out of the volcano, stranded at sea without food or water, but chuckling and in love at least.
My grandpa had Joe versus the Volcano in his huge vhs collection back in the day. I found it randomly as I often did just looking for something to watch, I was left by myself a lot back when I was young, and it quickly became one of my favorites. Must have watched it 15 times. But that was years ago. Thanks for bringing back the memories. It's a total classic!!!
1) Josh et Jim are great 2) I enjoyed the film when I last saw it when I was very young. I think I rented it for a birthday. This makes me think I'd enjoy it again. 3) I'd love to see RLM review something like Les 400 coups.
@@NounOzlos Come to think of it, that "stalker who is actually the love of my life" twist from Ryan's Babe is actually kind of similar to Sleepless in Seattle... hmmm... Ryan's Babe & Meg Ryan crossover?! I smell an extended universe opportunity!
Ever since it came out, all my friends would just roll their eyes when I said it's one of my favourites. I had never felt so alone until now. Thanks for posting this. "I know he can get the job but can he do the job … I'm not arguing that with you". I can listen to this a hundred more times and it's still funny.
I've never heard of this movie before but decided to check it out after watching the video. I was still blown away and I wanted to say thanks for bringing this to my attention. I loved it and its definitely in my Top 10.
Heh, it's been such a long time since I heard about this movie and I never knew what it was about so was never interested. Thanks a lot for this review! Putting it on my watchlist. Love you guys! *hugs*
So glad to see this movie finally getting the respect it deserves. I saw it when it first came out and left the theater thinking I had just come face to face with greatness, but until the last couple years, I never found anyone else who agreed with me. The film was universally panned, mocked, and excoriated when it came out.
I had to see this multiple times in the theater. I still don't exactly know why, it was a somatic need for the performances, I don't think these two ever had this quality of chemistry again
Also one of my top 5 favorites and heartbreakingly underrated. I watch this movie whenever I need chicken soup for the soul. I know that it’s cherished by a few but I am so glad to see it getting the attention it deserves.
1. At the end before they jump Joe says, "It's been a long crooked road". The company logo is seen in the entrance to the factory, in the crumbling wall in Joe's house, in the shape of the lightning bolt that sinks the boat, in the way up to the volcano, and, in the film's trailer (included on the DVD) is the lightning bolt that travels up the film's title and strikes the top. 2. If you don't love Meg Ryan after this it's on you.
That was some great editing. I remember hearing about the movie but I never saw it, and like always, RLM has a way of making me want to watch movies both good and bad, so I'm gonna go watch this.
I loved this movie as a kid because it was silly and fun and hilarious... When I watched it again a few years ago, I was seriously blown away by how amazing it really is. With all the underpinnings of the day to day grind, the rat race, etc. I found myself relating a lot to Joe as a character, but I was totally floored by Patricia's comment about being 'soul sick'. It was the first time I'd heard put into words what I had been feeling at that time in my life. Still hits me pretty hard, to this day, to think about it.
I love this movie too; every time I watch it I fall in love with Meg Ryan again. (And it's great to see Jim be passionate about something; most of the time on Best of the Worst he seems like he's not sure he wants to be there). (To be fair, most of time it seems like none of them want to be there... but in a good way :-) )
This has been in my top ten for a long time. I always wanted to see it again but it wasn't available for streaming anywhere. I put it on my Google Play wishlist a few years ago and a few days ago I got a notification that it was now available for purchase. I was overjoyed. It's a timeless classic.
I saw that movie in theaters when I was 9, and to this day whenever im in a building with florescent lights, I think of the scene there where he says they are sucking the life out of his eyeballs.
Thank you so much for calling attention to this seriously underrated movie. When I saw this episode on my subscriptions, I had to stop everything and check it out! In all truth, this is the film that kind of changed my life. That's not a joke! When I was in sixth grade I had the most boring teacher on earth, who just had so little interesting to say. Except... this film was our end-of-the-year treat. And when we started I thought it was just one of those dull films teachers used as an excuse to go grab a smoke. Except he hung around, and talked to us during the film, pointing out reoccurring themes and visuals. He kept saying "pay attention to this" and "remember that line" in a startlingly lively, excited way. It was perhaps the first time I sat up and took real notice of a film; I even stayed after school to talk to him about things I had spotted, and details that stood out. It was the first time I ever recognized the real artistry of a film, and it stuck with me. So, yeah. I can say without a doubt that this film, along with an otherwise boring teacher, was the start of my real appreciation of film. It led me to pay closer attention, and to start taking film apart.
I do have to wonder, however, if any footage of the original ending survived. I doubt WB cared enough to check it out for their blu-ray release, but I've always been curious on that...
I was 7 when this movie came out. I knew the title, that Hanks and Ryan were in it, and that there was a volcano involved. But I'd never seen it. Watched it on Jim and Josh's recommendation, and slowly fell in love with it. "Magical realism" is the perfect term for this. I was thinking throughout (and it really hits home at the end) that there's a lot of fairytale structure under everything. The "but your timing stinks" exchange has officially usurped "I love you, I know" for me. Such a great moment. Also, do any other 80s/90s babies still get PTSD from Robert Stack's voice alone? Unsolved Mysteries still scares the shit out of me.
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The Volcanco-, which in the film iis called the big Wu, is Fear. The central thesis of the movie is about overcoming fear of failure.
It’s also about destiny and the unpredictability of fate. “The twisted path” symbolism and multiple roles played by Ryan hint at some hidden overriding cosmic pattern which asserts itself regardless of our actions. This film is an existential fairy tale for the ages and John Patrick Shanley wrote and directed a masterpiece. Hanks couldn’t have been better.
I pick up something new from it every time I watch it - not many movies I can say that about - that I watch multiple times in the first place and that still intrigue me when doing so. 👏
Awesome episode. I can really feel the passion Josh and Jim have for this film. I honest don't know if I would've had the same insight by just watching the movie.
I think this is my favourite re:View mainly because it's nice to see Jim the Canadian (from Canada) talk about something with so much genuine enthusiasm. Usually we see him drinking and mumbling while Colin from Canada (A Canadian) takes point. He's a very funny man and it's really enjoyable to watch him talk about this movie I've never seen Thanks RLM :)
Honestly this was a great review episode, kinda surprised and impressed by Jims enthusiasm about this movie. Shows that while he often is quiet on other episoded when its a movie that matters to him he certainly knows how to showcase it.
It's been my favorite movie since I originally saw it in theatres after Siskel & Ebert claimed it maybe the worst movie they had seen. Point by point they described why they didn't like it and what made it a poorly made film and I thought to myself that those points seemed intentional. After seeing it, I love the heavy handed application of bold choices. It's a heavy movie that takes itself lightly. "May you live to be a thousand years old, sir!"
The insight y'all bring to this movie is great. I always thought this was a funny movie, but you guys really showed me that there's a lot more just below the surface.
I love this channel and a comment is a comment, who cares. But thanks for this. Growing up this was and is my favorite Hanks movie. It profoundly affected me as a kid and I believe had me take an existential view of life for better or worse. Well done job on a COMPLETELY underrated piece of art. Now I know I'm not crazy. ..that crazy
Nothing, but growing up, there were local "movie channels" that I think were probably just public broadcast channels that people bought out. Because they only ran late at night, I'd be watching stuff exhausted, and usually fell asleep at like 2 AM during some weird garbage film or another. This led to me remember approximately half of every movie, but never the titles, and never any substantial information aside from the sleep deprived vague memories I have of whatever could possibly be called a "plot" in any of these things, lmao. I thought I had made this one up, just from being tired and not remembering, but nope! Real movie!
I remember seeing this on TBS daytime rerun as a kid and it didn't mean anything to me. After a friend had me watch it, I realized how much it resonated with me and how unique it was. It isn't just a rom-com, in terms of the more contemporary films of that kind. I love the movie. Give it a shot, even if you usually hate these kinds of films.
Re:View reminds you of the reasons you love movies, then a new episode of Half in the Bag makes you hate them and wanna tear down every screen nearby again.
simplydotjc that is very fucking accurate
to be fair, the Picard Re:Views were soul crushing. I didn’t even watch the damn show, but it hurt me. Pretty sure those episodes were just a reason for him to torture Rich tho
_"The Cycle Continues..."_
@@monsieurcondottiero2685 discovery too
Best of the Worst makes you feel both at the same time
This was my Dad's favorite movie. He passed away in 2015. I hesitantly clicked this video hoping you guys wouldn't trash, but was pleasantly surprised by "this is one of my favorite films of all time." I know it shouldn't matter to me what you guys think about it, but I felt a little vindication for my Dad when I saw this video. Thank you
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Was my dad's favorite too. He would always quote it like randomly and it was such a good time!
My favorite as well. Sounds like your old man had good taste
Same with my dad too! He passed in 2014. He had a no homo crush on Tom Hanks and a crush on Meg Ryan so I grew up with all their movies.
I am married 35 years as of this response...My wife and I love this movie and saw it in the theater. Our kids love it as well. I just watched it again tonight. The chemistry between Tom and Meg was hopeful. We thought there was another Spencer and Tracy here. Both showed an amazing range. I love your synopsis of this movie. I encourage others to watch it. There are so many Easter eggs in it. You can definitely see the Spielberg influences in it. Thank you for your synopsis and review.
Jim is probably my favorite RLM guest. Sure he's pretty quiet during BOTW but he's that kind of guy who says little but when he's funny, he's hilarious and this video is a great example that his insight about movies and various other things shines a lot when in a slower paced environment. As much as I absolutely enjoy Mike and Rich doing their stuff, these videos are a very welcome breath of fresh air every once in a while.
We have the 3rd stringer and some goddamn Canadian on this one.. but it worked quite well. You can tell that both guys really appreciated the movie and honestly they made me want to go revisit it. I haven't seen Joe vs The Volcano since it's first cable TV run.... which was probably 27 years ago by now. I remember thinking of it as a hit and miss kind of thing at the time.... but this re:View definitely put things into a different perspective... that there was probably stuff there that I didn't pick up on when I was 17 years old.
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Great to see this beautiful film get some long-overdue critical appreciation.
"My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake, and they live in a state of constant, total amazement."
Josh and Jim aren't the funniest guys from RLM, but they're really good at actually discussing movies. Liked this a lot.
jim is actually really funny sometimes
@@StrikeWarlock Whatever entity has sucked out all the moisture from Mike's humour had a promotion before taking on Jim.
i would like to thumbs up this comment but it's at 420 likes and i can't bring myself to change it
Jim and Josh are good at their own stuff.
I love Mike's dark humor, but I think Jim is the funniest guy involved with RLM.
Wow. Best episode yet. I've loved the movie ever since HBO had it on regular rotation and Josh and Jim are a delightful combo.
Agreed. I like this duo a lot.
You can just hear the passion in Jim and Josh’s voices, it’s really heartwarming.
The art direction going from gray, smoggy and bad fluorescent bulbs to bright, shiny and alive AFTER his terminal diagnosis is just freaking brilliantly executed and extremely underrated in film history.
Cowboy under the moon is finally getting its due!
I don't know if you read these, but I really think you guys should do a Re:View of Galaxy Quest.
Jim is Great, he has a much deeper knowledge of film then I thought, I hope he's on more RLM stuff in the future
That's what is so good about RLM. You just drop a Jim, Colin or even Macauley into the conversation.
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Spoiler: Colin literally killed and ate him.
I went to see this in the theatre against my will with three people that wanted to see it. When we walked out I was the only one who liked it and they all hated it.
I love it when that happens.
This is one of the best Re:views. It was really interesting to hear Jim's response. Very good stuff
took me 25 minutes to realise it's Metallica on his Fugazi shirt
Same here. I can't figure out the story behind the shirt, though. Just weird irony for irony's sake?
@@blair9056 It's a mash-up gag on the fact/legend that Fugazi didn't do t-shirts, or merch at all.
@@markstafford2127 obscure AF. I like it.
@@blair9056 A fugazi is a fake diamond. (See Johnny Depp in Donnie Brasco) The picture is of Metallica with Robert Trujillo...
Wanted to hit Like but it was at 23...
Josh is actually one of my favorite RLM guys. He seems like the kinda guy you can just chill with and talk about movies with (and judging from his tee shirts and references he also has great taste in music).
except that's not the band on the shirt, which is a very fugazi thing to do
Jim Maxwell should be in more of these. I like someone in these being insightful and sincere about a movie that's actually good.
Josh and Jim are great together! Would love to see more stuff with this pair.
I didn't know anybody loved that movie as much as I did. When I saw it, I was working in a place just as oppressive to my soul as the home of the rectal probe. There were maybe three other people or couples in the theatre and they turned, stared, and muttered to themselves repeatedly because I couldn't help crying, laughing, and applauding. God! I love this movie. It touched my heart like no other before or since.
This was maybe my favorite re:view yet! Thanks guys!
One of my favorite movie lines: "may you live to be a thousand years old"
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Does anyone else get "Brazil" vibes, when they watch this film??
It feels like a Terry Gilliam movie stumbled into a Woody Allen movie.
This space isn't for discussing an interesting film. It's for regurgitating memes. Please move along.
At first glance Joe reminded me of Henry Spencer. But yeah it kind of went way more Brazil. The set design really contributes to it.
I can sort of see a bit of David Lynch in there now that I think about it. It's an odd movie, which is why it's so great.
Maybe, though it reminds me of some Wes Anderson films even more.
Brazil is this, but with a completely fucking deppresing ending
Jim is my favourite second tier RLM member because of his raging alcoholism hidden behind a satire of alcoholism - this is so relatable to me!
As far as 2nd tier goes, I'd say Jim, Colin, Jack and then Josh (no diss to Josh he's still cool)
@@richevansringtone what about tim
Scotch makes me forget where I put my non-scotch drink, too.
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His name is Rich Evans
awwww
I hope they like their jobs.
I just realized, Josh gave the most sincere intro to any video on this channel.
I also saw this movie when it came out in theaters and I loved it; never understood why it flopped and so many critics trashed it. It's always been a gem to me.
Josh and Jim are a Hollywood power couple.
Quentin Tarantino calls them the better Newman & Redford...
sorry.
This program is underrated. I think it's because all of your content is amazing. But re:view is amazing. I love a whole episode with just Jim and Josh or Jack and so on.
I'm so glad that I took the time to watch this movie. I had never known of it's existence before this Re:View. It hit pretty close to home for me, like a lot of other people in the comment section. I had been treading water for so long, and still feel like that from time-to-time. But I'm aware of it and I try my best to break out of my shell of self-doubt and self-loathing to reach for things that I think I'm not worthy of. The guys at RLM have been a huge inspiration to me and I'm so happy that I stumbled on you guys! Keep up the great work! And anyone else who happens to read this, you are worth it. Keep taking those leaps of faith, even if it's gonna hurt like hell when you land, you'll know that you've grown better for it.
Thanks for the inspiration, fellow UA-cam commenter. I'm 40 and feel pretty stuck, needing a big change in life. I've carved a career path in which I've lost interest, but changing would be difficult and I don't really know how to change it.
One of my all time favorite movies. I learned a lot from watching this video but something you missed was when Joe was quitting his job and mentioned three book titles....The Odyssey, Robinson Carusoe, and Romeo and Juliet. These are 3 titles that foreshadow the adventure that lies just ahead for him.
I remember seeing this in the theater as a kid and loving it, but I haven't seen it even once in the 27 years since. I think I'll pick it up now that it's on Blu-ray. Thanks, guys.
Thanks Josh and Jim. I love this movie. It's such a spiritual movie, with Tom Hanks expressing gratitude and accepting death. Jim surprised me during this video, I enjoyed seeing him more eloquent and sober ;)
lol yeah, never seen him so sober.
I just watched this movie (watched this video first forever ago) and came back to rewatch this and comment. I loved this movie and I love this episode of re:View! Josh and Jim really delved in to the symbolism and themes of the movie in a way that only people who love the source material can. My absolute favorite bit of the movie is the part where the typhoon is coming. Jim described it as "green gel." For some, that scene with Meg Ryan looking out on to the water with mist all around her is so spooky and beautiful to me. Hopefully, Jim and Josh come back for another re:View soon!
This film is brilliant. I've watched it so many times and there's always something new to discover. Hell, you guys pointed out some stuff I never even noticed. That whole thing with the ducks, I never noticed before, lol.
Getting drunk and analyzing a comedy from 1990: a Jay Bauman joint
I am astonished that there literally is an actual volcano in this movie. I always thought it was like a metaphorical title about a boxing match.
Kinda late, but this is actually one of my favorite episodes of re:View. You can really feel how they both feel about that movie and bring forward so many details and interesting facts. It's really a step-up compared to the other episodes. Not that they were bad, but in this case they were just more prepared or passionate.
I spent a good five minutes at the start thinking "I didn't know Robert Trujillo was in Fugazi."
One of my favorite films of all time. Classic Joseph Campbell Hero's Journey.
Since I was a kid and this came to video stores (so, 1991, I was 10) I always wanted to watch it but had the feeling that I too young to get it at the time. Then I heard it was a dumb comedy. Now, I'm going to watch it tonight, thanks to this re:View. I think I'll enjoy it, given I've gotten a background in basic film history in college since I was a kid. I was sold the moment I saw the Metropolis reference. So thanks for reminding me to check it out, guys!
Shannon Ongley I did the exact same thing from just seeing part of this video was watched the movie. I was 10 too in 91 and remembered random stuff from the trailer as a kid and never gave it a chance. Seeing it yesterday I loved it
I'm a bit younger, but had similar experiences seeing this in video stores. I stopped this re:view and watched it immediately. I definitely had the right idea as a kid. I wouldn't have got it, but where I am as an adult it resonated with me deeply. Incredible movie.
Yup. Saw it last night. Really liked it.
That jagged shape is all over the place in this movie. It symbolizes the path we take in life. It isn't straight it is winding and complex and takes needless turns just to get back to where we would have gone if we just went straight. It symbolises the complexity of life the challenges and setbacks we face. The pattern is everywhere from the logo of the business. To Joe's walls which have the same jagged cracks in them. Even the lightning strike that hits the boat is hand drawn to look like the logo.
Seen this several times, great movie. That moonrise scene still slays me.
Same! Its my fav!
i really enjoyed the comments here. let me add my own.
i posit that the entire movie is nothing but a daydream. our first clue? if you look at Joe's desk lamp, you see the Big Woo on its shade.
really, this story is so incredibly ridiculous that it could never be believed or taken literally.
i think Joe has this daydream after coming back from the doctor. he actually got a terminal diagnosis, and now he's sitting at his desk imagining some crazy fantasy--all the things that could have been. all his fantasies.
- telling off his boss.
- walking out.
- asking Deedee out.
- opening the Main Drain.
- getting rich.
- having an amazing adventure in that far-off tropical paradise in his lampshade.
- meeting yet another interesting, attractive woman.
- taking an ocean voyage.
- meeting yet another interesting, attractive woman--the one he's going to marry.
- becoming a hero yet again.
- all ending in a crazy, completely unbelievable miracle.
i mean, come ON. hebrew islanders who love orange soda? getting shot out of a volcano? c'mon.
there are weird key points in the movie that seem to be reality trying to break through. i think these are real-life distractions attempting to push into his concentration.
like the guy with the pepper shaker. why does joe double-take and give him that weird look?
or when joe hugs the dog outside the doctor's office. later on, going to get his luggage, he pauses and looks at the dogs outside the shop--the same type of dogs as the woman was walking outside the doctor's office.
strange little things like that.
and those are just a few.
if you watch the movie carefully, you'll see all sorts of bizarre little things that point to this being a fantasy, a daydream, or a dream.
like meeting the same woman three times.
there's a whole lot more here than meets the eye. JVTV truly is a forgotten masterpiece of film.
Jay really let himself go
Anthony Zambai plus he's cut down on his drinking.
Hahaha that's not Jay hahahahahHHHaaaahahaa
Hahahahahahahaa
HahahHahhahahaLololoXDXDXDXD
I guess by that logic, Jack did too. The beards an improvement! XD
he's never looked better
Where's Mike Stoklasa and the other guy that's not Mike Stoklasa
The other girl is Susan
The fat one or the other fat one?
Wait... this is other-other guy with the beard right? And he has a canadian clone? Or is Josh the clone... I am so confused.
Mike (the obvious leader) can't be bothered with movies like this.
Mike is too loud and opinionated for an interesting Re:View discussion. These guys fit the part , they like to geek out and analyse rather than crack jokes constantly. Mike is for HitB and BotW.
this was GREAT. I will quibble with the classification of Meg's characters as fitting the "maiden mother crone" archetype, though. this wasn't written by neil gaiman after all, not all women are the furies. My theory has always been that they represent the stages of life that Joe is rapidly progressing through (and in turn drags each one forward to the next stage, as he shoots through their lives like a comet).
Didi is wide-eyed childhood wonder and naivete. She has never questioned the world around her, and when Joe is suddenly forced to confront all the BS around him, it astonishes her -- she thinks he's the most profound and interesting person she's ever met, but when he hits her with the full brunt of his situation, she cannot handle it. she is a child, after all. it's simply beyond her. but as she walks out of his place that night, she's been awakened from the innocence and naivete of childhood into a form of emotional adolescence.
Next we meet Angelica -- stalled out in that nihilist faux-rebel goth stage of adolescence where you write bad poetry and fantasize about killing yourself. she's wise enough to know it's all bullshit, but unable to make anything better out of her life, and for all her eye-rolling and fashion savvy, she's still 100% dependent on her dad for survival -- and hates herself for it. you guys got the end of her arc right: on that dock, looking out at Joe in his goofy hat, by not sleeping with her, he has dragged her into the next phase of her life: one of increased agency and less time spent wallowing in self-loathing.
and finally Angelica. Joe falls for her harder than he did the other two, because she is an adult. She dresses like an adult and talks like an adult and knows adult things like how to run a boat. she's not a destination, though. she still has room to grow. she's got that distinctly adult combination of cynicism and hypocrisy -- she makes assumptions about people and thinks less of them for working for her dad, yet she herself works for her dad when the price is right. She's not blindsided by small doses of reality like Didi, and she's not paralyzed by self-loathing and infinite mirrors of introspection like Patricia. But she still has room to grow, and Joe, as he's done to each woman he's encountered since his diagnosis, drags her forward as well, into the next phase of her life, perhaps? Whatever it means to be spit out of the volcano, stranded at sea without food or water, but chuckling and in love at least.
Jim and Josh, please do more of these!! Easily one of the best video reviews I've seen, anywhere
jeeze this was a great review. I never even noticed the duck symbolism.
Have come back to this re:View many a time. Sofa king great. And Jim and Josh just seem like two of the coolest people.
That shark looked like Sloth from the Goonies.
Are josh and jim replacing my fathers ?
I ship it.
two gay, too gay, or to gay? That is the question...
Damn. A lot of introspection and real analysis. Who woulda thought.
My grandpa had Joe versus the Volcano in his huge vhs collection back in the day.
I found it randomly as I often did just looking for something to watch, I was left by myself a lot back when I was young, and it quickly became one of my favorites. Must have watched it 15 times.
But that was years ago. Thanks for bringing back the memories.
It's a total classic!!!
1) Josh et Jim are great
2) I enjoyed the film when I last saw it when I was very young. I think I rented it for a birthday. This makes me think I'd enjoy it again.
3) I'd love to see RLM review something like Les 400 coups.
Something about this re:View really warmed my heart. Thanks, guys! I rarely watch movies anymore, but I may have to make an exception for this one.
Meg Ryan was a total babe.
@@NounOzlos God no
@@NounOzlos Come to think of it, that "stalker who is actually the love of my life" twist from Ryan's Babe is actually kind of similar to Sleepless in Seattle... hmmm... Ryan's Babe & Meg Ryan crossover?! I smell an extended universe opportunity!
Ever since it came out, all my friends would just roll their eyes when I said it's one of my favourites. I had never felt so alone until now. Thanks for posting this. "I know he can get the job but can he do the job … I'm not arguing that with you". I can listen to this a hundred more times and it's still funny.
So can we all agree , Jim did a surprisingly good job!?!
I've never heard of this movie before but decided to check it out after watching the video. I was still blown away and I wanted to say thanks for bringing this to my attention. I loved it and its definitely in my Top 10.
Heh, it's been such a long time since I heard about this movie and I never knew what it was about so was never interested. Thanks a lot for this review! Putting it on my watchlist. Love you guys! *hugs*
So glad to see this movie finally getting the respect it deserves. I saw it when it first came out and left the theater thinking I had just come face to face with greatness, but until the last couple years, I never found anyone else who agreed with me. The film was universally panned, mocked, and excoriated when it came out.
I had to see this multiple times in the theater. I still don't exactly know why, it was a somatic need for the performances, I don't think these two ever had this quality of chemistry again
This is, flat-out, my single favorite re:View
Also one of my top 5 favorites and heartbreakingly underrated. I watch this movie whenever I need chicken soup for the soul. I know that it’s cherished by a few but I am so glad to see it getting the attention it deserves.
1. At the end before they jump Joe says, "It's been a long crooked road".
The company logo is seen in the entrance to the factory, in the crumbling wall in Joe's house, in the shape
of the lightning bolt that sinks the boat, in the way up to the volcano, and, in the film's trailer
(included on the DVD) is the lightning bolt that travels up the film's title and strikes the top.
2. If you don't love Meg Ryan after this it's on you.
That was some great editing. I remember hearing about the movie but I never saw it, and like always, RLM has a way of making me want to watch movies both good and bad, so I'm gonna go watch this.
I loved this movie as a kid because it was silly and fun and hilarious... When I watched it again a few years ago, I was seriously blown away by how amazing it really is. With all the underpinnings of the day to day grind, the rat race, etc. I found myself relating a lot to Joe as a character, but I was totally floored by Patricia's comment about being 'soul sick'. It was the first time I'd heard put into words what I had been feeling at that time in my life.
Still hits me pretty hard, to this day, to think about it.
I love this movie too; every time I watch it I fall in love with Meg Ryan again.
(And it's great to see Jim be passionate about something; most of the time on Best of the Worst he seems like he's not sure he wants to be there).
(To be fair, most of time it seems like none of them want to be there... but in a good way :-) )
This has been in my top ten for a long time. I always wanted to see it again but it wasn't available for streaming anywhere. I put it on my Google Play wishlist a few years ago and a few days ago I got a notification that it was now available for purchase. I was overjoyed. It's a timeless classic.
I saw that movie in theaters when I was 9, and to this day whenever im in a building with florescent lights, I think of the scene there where he says they are sucking the life out of his eyeballs.
Meg and Tom loved making this movie, and I loved working with and getting to know them.
i think this is one of your best videos, guys. i love this chemistry and this detailed examination of the film.
Thank you so much for calling attention to this seriously underrated movie. When I saw this episode on my subscriptions, I had to stop everything and check it out!
In all truth, this is the film that kind of changed my life. That's not a joke! When I was in sixth grade I had the most boring teacher on earth, who just had so little interesting to say. Except... this film was our end-of-the-year treat. And when we started I thought it was just one of those dull films teachers used as an excuse to go grab a smoke. Except he hung around, and talked to us during the film, pointing out reoccurring themes and visuals. He kept saying "pay attention to this" and "remember that line" in a startlingly lively, excited way. It was perhaps the first time I sat up and took real notice of a film; I even stayed after school to talk to him about things I had spotted, and details that stood out. It was the first time I ever recognized the real artistry of a film, and it stuck with me.
So, yeah. I can say without a doubt that this film, along with an otherwise boring teacher, was the start of my real appreciation of film. It led me to pay closer attention, and to start taking film apart.
I do have to wonder, however, if any footage of the original ending survived. I doubt WB cared enough to check it out for their blu-ray release, but I've always been curious on that...
this was a really good review, great work
I was 7 when this movie came out. I knew the title, that Hanks and Ryan were in it, and that there was a volcano involved. But I'd never seen it. Watched it on Jim and Josh's recommendation, and slowly fell in love with it. "Magical realism" is the perfect term for this. I was thinking throughout (and it really hits home at the end) that there's a lot of fairytale structure under everything. The "but your timing stinks" exchange has officially usurped "I love you, I know" for me. Such a great moment.
Also, do any other 80s/90s babies still get PTSD from Robert Stack's voice alone? Unsolved Mysteries still scares the shit out of me.
The Volcanco-, which in the film iis called the big Wu, is Fear. The central thesis of the movie is about overcoming fear of failure.
Disagree. It isn't about fear, it's about death.
whats the difference
volcanco
It’s also about destiny and the unpredictability of fate. “The twisted path” symbolism and multiple roles played by Ryan hint at some hidden overriding cosmic pattern which asserts itself regardless of our actions. This film is an existential fairy tale for the ages and John Patrick Shanley wrote and directed a masterpiece. Hanks couldn’t have been better.
I pick up something new from it every time I watch it - not many movies I can say that about - that I watch multiple times in the first place and that still intrigue me when doing so. 👏
I’m halfway through the video and I’ll stop here and watch the movie. Thank you RLM you bring great joy to my life
Thrilled to see other people discovering this movie.
Awesome episode. I can really feel the passion Josh and Jim have for this film. I honest don't know if I would've had the same insight by just watching the movie.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS!!
I applaud it for being different.
I clapped when I saw it
I fapped when I saw it too!
I think this is my favourite re:View mainly because it's nice to see Jim the Canadian (from Canada) talk about something with so much genuine enthusiasm. Usually we see him drinking and mumbling while Colin from Canada (A Canadian) takes point.
He's a very funny man and it's really enjoyable to watch him talk about this movie I've never seen
Thanks RLM :)
Such a great review, I'm so glad Josh keeps appearing. And Jim did a spectacular job too.
Honestly this was a great review episode, kinda surprised and impressed by Jims enthusiasm about this movie. Shows that while he often is quiet on other episoded when its a movie that matters to him he certainly knows how to showcase it.
Jim gets so beautifully drunk and so wrapped up in how much he loves this movie and it's the most wonderful thing
It's been my favorite movie since I originally saw it in theatres after Siskel & Ebert claimed it maybe the worst movie they had seen. Point by point they described why they didn't like it and what made it a poorly made film and I thought to myself that those points seemed intentional. After seeing it, I love the heavy handed application of bold choices. It's a heavy movie that takes itself lightly.
"May you live to be a thousand years old, sir!"
I would happily watch Jim do a Drunk History style thing
Re:View has been a wonderful addition to this program. And I will watch ANYTHING you all do when it involves Meg Ryan, holy mackerel.
Before you dislike for no Mike & Jay, I'm actually impressed by the analysis these two hack-frauds show.
The insight y'all bring to this movie is great. I always thought this was a funny movie, but you guys really showed me that there's a lot more just below the surface.
Man young Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks is cute as hell.
I love this channel and a comment is a comment, who cares. But thanks for this. Growing up this was and is my favorite Hanks movie. It profoundly affected me as a kid and I believe had me take an existential view of life for better or worse. Well done job on a COMPLETELY underrated piece of art. Now I know I'm not crazy.
..that crazy
Discovered it last year, re watched it, love it. Timing sucks for movies sometimes in their first run.
the luggage scene is amazing, I looked up the actor Barry McGovern & he's from my county
The tshirt says Fugazi but shows Metallica. I am confused.
Tony it's a very known music meme
Fugazi never sold or licensed merchandise, they didn't believe. So any Fugazi merchandise you see is fake.
Fugazi is the alternative band name of Metallica.Didn't you know?
My parents have always told me how much they hate this movie, and they bring it up constantly
My parents hate Yes and Rush. Parents aren't always right, lulz
Thank god! I ran out of things to watch and was sitting there hitting refresh like an insane person
How did I miss this beauty?
The title can be about a man discovering masturbation
Funk Cult With that plot they would've needed a big stroke of luck to pull it off.
Watching him pour JB on top of orange soda with no ice gave me a hangover.
I THOUGHT I FUCKING HALLUCINATED THIS MOVIE. IT'S FUCKING REAL! THANK YOU
effluviah What did you smoke?
Nothing, but growing up, there were local "movie channels" that I think were probably just public broadcast channels that people bought out. Because they only ran late at night, I'd be watching stuff exhausted, and usually fell asleep at like 2 AM during some weird garbage film or another. This led to me remember approximately half of every movie, but never the titles, and never any substantial information aside from the sleep deprived vague memories I have of whatever could possibly be called a "plot" in any of these things, lmao. I thought I had made this one up, just from being tired and not remembering, but nope! Real movie!
I remember seeing this on TBS daytime rerun as a kid and it didn't mean anything to me. After a friend had me watch it, I realized how much it resonated with me and how unique it was. It isn't just a rom-com, in terms of the more contemporary films of that kind. I love the movie. Give it a shot, even if you usually hate these kinds of films.