@@PetraDarklander Not sure I met any, the furthest I got in to Montana was Wolfs Point (Nothwest ) on Big Drilling rig, but i think it was a Souix Reservation, I felt bad for them there was nothing there for them, no work, nothing., but their homes were painted the color of Easter eggs, very bright, pastel colors.
Nicely done. Be sure to check out Costner's _Open Range_ (2003) - one of the best American Westerns ever made. Some dismiss _Dances With Wolves_ (because _Goodfellas_ ) but the film won Best Picture for a reason: _Dances_ is an epic masterwork of the great American cinematic canon. Costner was recognized by Sioux Nation for _Dances_ & it's tough to describe how uniquely impactful & important the film was when released in 1990.
When Kevin Coster waved "Hi" to the two men when they approached the fort, they looked behind him because they thought he knew Plains Sign Language. When working with vast distances on the plains, hand signals were used and understood between many tribes that didn't even speak the same language family. I never noticed this but this time it did and it cracked me up. Btw, Americans didn't want to interact with Indians, but the French did, and formed a version of sign language from the Plains Sign. Americans then used the French version to make today's American Sign Language.
I'm sooo happy to have found someone reacting to this beautiful movie which is on the top of my list of all those I have seen through the 50 years I have lived. I have lost the count of how many time I have seen it, and it have been a great friend to come back to through the years when things have been a bit dark, it always have reminded me about who I truly am. I'm not a native American, but I'm a norwegian Sami, the indigenous people in Norway, Sweden, Finland and a small part of Russia. The similarities between the Sami and the Native American culture is striking, from style of living, through the way of thinking about nature, the spiritual feelings and the chanting which is very similar to the Sami joik tradition.
I've been anxiously awaiting this reaction! One of my favorite films...based on Michael Blake's masterpiece. He actually wrote the novel while staying with Cosner and his wife who were newly married at the time. Blake would read passages to them as the two lay in bed at night. They both fell in love with the story, and Cosner took it upon himself to see it adapted for the big screen. He said he felt so protective of the material that he simply didn't trust it in anyone else's hands and decided to direct it himself, as well as co-produce (and star in) it. He fought for not only the usage of the Sioux language but, also, for final cut authority (quite a big deal, to say the least). With a budget of only 12 million dollars, Dances With Wolves was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won 7 of them. The shot choreography, costuming, music, and performances (along with the wonderfully written story) make this an experience not to be missed.
I highly recommend Waterworld again. Its Mad Max on the ocean. Super cool world building and some excellent sets, and stunts. Costner has a thing for the 3 hour 'epic.' Love or hate him for it, he always seemed to pour himself into his work.
Winner of 7 Oscars including Best Picture. This was the third film in the western Genre to win. The first being Cimmaron in 1931 and the third being Unforgiven in 1992.
This was filmed in South Dakota, my home state. I love the movie for all the reasons you have listed, but also, whenever I feel homesick (I've lived all over the country and currently in Alaska) I watch this movie so my eyes can feast on "home". I often say SoDak is one of the best kept secrets in America. It is, at least, if you love wide open spaces. I have several friends who worked on this movie, but two that were invaluable to the production deserve mention. Doris Leader Charge translated the script to Lakota and was on set to ensure it was spoken properly....she is also in several scenes. Larry Belitz created the breast plate worn by Wind In His Hair, many of the authentic Lakota artifacts as well as the eagle feathers (they could not use actual eagle feathers so they were all dyed to look like them).
The reason I watch reaction channels is watching the younger generations be blown away by landscapes and real things being caught on camera, instead of everything digitally drawn. I guess it's all too expensive these days to actually shoot things with a camera, but there really is nothing else like it. As much as I love "Goodfellas", I don't think the Academy made the wrong choice that year.
The problem isn't the expense so much as you're at the mercy of the weather. Movies are shot on a tight timetable, they only have so many days to shoot and do all the editing, etc. That's why so many films also split their time between sound stages on the days they can't film on location. Many of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit were shot on location throughout New Zealand.
Digital effects actually costs WAAAAAY more than shooting on location, building actual sets and shooting real things. It's just that it takes way more time to shoot real things and the studios prefer the controlled environments on CGI productions.
@@jeffburnham6611 Hence Los Angeles being the capital of American film rather than its original capital, Fort Lee, New Jersey. Not sure exactly where this was filmed - Montana? Dakotas? - but yeah, most of the filming would've had to take place during summer (skipping around tornadoes and smaller summer storms).
@@rustincohle2135 I might remove several "A"'s from your WAY, but you're probably right in general, given that digital animation teams are massive and expensive, now that I consider it. But it also depends - something blended with digital and on location/set location like Lord of the Rings will be more expensive than anything. Honestly, I'm a little shocked at how expensive digital animation STILL is - I guess it takes 150 people to make those orange and/or blue smeary images pop. The point is, nothing made today for mainstream consumption looks as good as "Dances with Wolves". This movie is over 30 years old.
@@classiclife7204 "The point is, nothing made today for mainstream consumption looks as good as Dances with Wolves." Yea, I don't disagree with that at all. "I might remove several "A"'s from your WAY, but you're probably right in general" No, not probably right. It is right. Big budget studio movies nowadays are always made between at least $150 million to $250 million. "Dances with Wolves" budget in 1989 was only $22 million, which was a big budget studio film at the time. But that only inflates to $49.5 million in 2021. $49.5 million is certainly WAAAAAY less expensive than $150 million to $250 million studio movies today. In fact, a budget of less than $50 million for an epic film like "Dances with Wolves" if it was made today would be considered a small budget.
19:57 "Many times I had felt alone, but until this afternoon I had never felt completely lonely." . That is the line I remember the most about this movie after first time watching it. :)
I LOVE that you reacted to this great movie. It was nominated for 12 Oscars and won 7 including Best Picture and Best Director (Kostner). I saw it first time in the theatre and several times at home. I've never seen the extended version so those added clips are a joy. Thank you so much. Looking forward to part 2.
And yes they should bring back intermissions especially with so many long movies and they could sell more snacks especially drinks before and during the intermission, thanks again
Yes!!!!! You’re the first reactor I’ve seen react to this movie. I have recommended this movie to at least 5 other reactors. I’m gonna join your Patreon as a thank you for being the first one on my sub list to watch this! Great reaction!
Oh, Dances With Wolves. This movie is one of my all time favorites even though it made me cry buckets several times. All those open vistas were so magnificent on the big screen.
This is one of the best western movies ever made and i think Kevin Costner's best movie , his other movies that are great are Perfect World 1993 directed by Clint Eastwood and JFK 1991 directed by Oliver Stone .
Although the extended cut was somewhat approved by Costner, he didn't directly work on it and said that the story didn't need to be longer. Personally, I think it messes up the great pacing of the theatrical version. Which is still one of the most continuously engaging 3-hour films I've ever seen. A lot of people hate on this movie due to winning Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, & Editing over Goodfellas. Definitely check out Edward Zwick's The Last Samurai (2003) since it utilizes many of the same concepts.
I only saw the extended cut now, but I loved all the new scenes. They all added a lot to the movie even if it makes sense they had to be cut for length
It's not quite a movie, more of a 4-part miniseries, but Lonesome Dove is full of excellent performances from big-name actors. It's a cult favourite and was probably responsible for the relaunch of the gritty western in the late 80s, early 90s. Robert Duval, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston. All practical effects and location filming. A real masterpiece.
The cinematography and score of this film remind me of what classic filmmakers were trying to accomplish. It was and still is, an amazing piece of art.
Great reaction to Dances. Considering that it is a multi Oscar winner and an amazing film, I'm surprised that this film is not as well known as it should be with later generations. It's a Phil Alden Robinson film, but I think, Field Of Dreams, is another of the high points of Kevin Costner's carreer. Bull Durham is also a fun comedic sports film of his.
I love this masterpiece, impact on my childhood. This film changed not only the history of cinema, but how we saw the story until then. Westerns showed Indians as the fearsome bad guys, when reality was just the turn of the way. What they did with the Indians was a Holocaust, an abominable extermination. Dances with wolves is not a western, is a traditional movie, it is realism.
You are the perfect person to react to this movie. You understand everything that is going on, but what's better is ... you feel and appreciate it !!! Thanx for that !!!
@@ShanWatchesMovies Also all the people who played the Native Americans had to learn the Sioux language,that lead to a resurgence of Native Americans learning the language and being proud of their heritage!
@wolfchild Apparently, because she's a woman, she speaks the "feminine form" of the Sioux language, and that's what she taught to everyone in the film. So, when actual native Sioux speakers saw the movie and heard everyone, including the old men, speaking feminine Sioux, they thought it was hilarious.
@wolfchild Thank you so much for the info!!!! I love anything to do with Native Americans!! They have been wronged all through history and today!! We owe a lot to these amazing people!!
I read somewhere that the dialogue coach who was hired for the movie was an instructor in Lakota at the nearby community college. She was also given a bit part in the movie and was seen walking next to Costner’s character as the tribe was moving to a new place. When interviewed , she was asked how she liked being in the movie and she replied she was very excited, she and her husband could now by the refrigerator that they wanted to get.
Great movie, one of the greatest westerns. You need to watch The Searchers with John Wayne. Again considered to be one of the greatest westerns ever to be made
The Searchers is based on a true story that is worth looking into also. Cynthia Ann Parker was a young child when Comanche raided her family's homestead, and she was taken while most of her family were killed. Similar to Stands with a Fist in this movie, she was then raised as one of their own, and eventually was the mother of their last war chief, Quanah Parker. Their's is an amazing story.
There is a CZcams channel called history Buffs and he reviews the film and give you information about the Indians to see if it's accurate of the real times of Indians history and also talks about how they treated now
@@lectornox the natives did it before the Europeans here are some accounts from time periods where European interactions would be so alien that it would be impossible for it to have been influenced by them Jacques Cartier sailed down the St. Lawrence to what is now Quebec City in 1535, he met the Stadaconans, who showed him “the scalps of five Indians, stretched on hoops like parchment.” Twenty-nine years later, another Frenchman, artist Jacques Ie Moyne, witnessed the Timucuans’ practice of scalping on the St. Johns River in Florida: They carried slips of reeds, sharper than any steel blade … they cut the skin of the head down to the bone from front to back and all the way around and pulled it off while the hair, more than a foot and a half long, was still attached to it. When they had done this, they dug a hole in the ground and made a fire, kindling it with a piece of smoldering ember. … Over the fire they dried the scalps until they looked like parchment. … They hung the bones and the scalps at the ends of their spears, carrying them home in triumph. In 1608 Powhatan launched a surprise attack on a village of “neare neighbours and subjects,” killing twenty-four men. When the victors retired from the scene of battle, they brought away “the long haire of the one side of their heades [the other being shaved] with the skinne cased off with shels or reeds.” The prisoners and scalps were then presented to the chief, who hung “the lockes of haire with their skinnes” on a line between two trees. “And thus,” wrote Captain John Smith, “he made ostentation … , shewing them to the English men that then came unto him, at his appointment.” The first Dutchmen to penetrate the Iroquois country of upstate New York also found evidence of native scalping. When the surgeon of Fort Orange (Albany) journeyed into Mohawk and Oneida territory in the winter of 1634-35,ne saw atop a gate of the old Oneida castle on Oriskany Creek “three wooden images carved like men, and with them … three scalps fluttering in the wind.” On a smaller gate at the east end of the castle a scalp was also hanging, no doubt to impress white visitors as well as hostile neighbors. The single most important picture in this regard is Theodore de Bry’s engraving of Le Moyne’s drawing of “How Outina’s Men Treated the Enemy Dead.” Based on Le Moyne’s observations in 1564-65, the 1591 engraving was the first pictorial representation of Indian scalping, one faithful to Le Moyne’s verbal description and to subsequent accounts from other regions of eastern America. The details-sharp reeds to extract the scalp, drying the green skin over a fire, displaying the trophies on long poles, and later celebrating the victory with established rituals by the sorcerer-lend authenticity to De Bry’s rendering and support to the argument for the Indian invention of scalping. Drawings reveal yet another piece of evidence damaging to the new theory of scalping, namely scalp locks. A small braid of hair on the crown, often decorated with paint or jewelry, the scalp lock was worn widely in both eastern and western America. Contrary to the notion of scalping as a recent and mercenary introduction, the scalp lock originally possessed ancient religious meaning in most tribes, symbolizing the warrior’s life-force. For anyone to touch it even lightly was regarded as a grave insult. If the white man had taught the Indians to scalp one another for money, it is highly unlikely that the Indians were also hoodwinked into making it easier for their enemies by growing hairy handles. Something far deeper in native culture and history must account for the practice The final and most conclusive evidence of scalping in pre-Columbian America comes from archaeology. Since Indian skulls of the requisite age can be found to show distinct and unambiguous marks made by the scalping knife, the Indians must have known of scalping before the arrival of the white man. A wealth of evidence, particularly from prehistoric sites along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and in the Southeast, indicates just such a conclusion. In the light of such evidence, it is clear that Indians, not white men, introduced scalping to the New World. At the same time, it cannot be denied that the colonists encouraged the spread of scalping to many tribes unfamiliar with the practice by posting scalp bounties. Nor can it be forgotten that Americans of every stripe-from frontiersmen to ministers-were tainted by participating in the bloody market for human hair. Yet in the end, the American stereotype of scalping must stand as historical fact, whether we are comfortable with it or not.
I bought the soundtrack on CD a long time ago because I was struck by how beautiful the music was. It's such a magical soundtrack to me. Keep smiling 🤘 🙂
Pawnee Tribe's are from Nebraska. The Sioux Tribe's are from South Dakota up to North Dakota. There was battle's between the two. Costner was learning from the Sioux Tribe.
This is among Kevin Costner's best movies. Other great ones are "The Untouchables"(1987), "Field of Dreams"(1989), "JFK"(1991), "A Perfect World(1993) and "Open Range"(2003). Most of Costner's movies are good and worth watching but too many to list here. Leave it up to your list of suggestions
This movie was filmed largely in South Dakota, where I live. It does have beautiful scenery. So much so, that just this morning I call my wife during my drive into town to make sure she came out to take in how beautiful the sky looked. I love where I live.
I remember when this movie was filmed and released. It was a BIG DEAL in South Dakota, especially on the Pine Ridge Reservation where my family is from.
Not sure where this was shot either, but at times it looks a lot like where I live--the Drumheller area of southern Alberta. That would be where Eastwood's Unforgiven and Costner's latest project (Let Him Go) have both been filmed, along with plenty of others (the original Superman, the yet-to-be-released Ghostbusters, etc.)
Hey Shan, FYI Mary Mcdonnell's character is based on a real woman named Cynthia Ann Parker who was captured by the Commanche and was mother to one of the last Chief's of the tribe. This is covered in the novel 'Empire of the summer Moon.'
Dances With Wolves is the original Avatar, only longer and in the past, instead of the future. My cousin's wife is full-blooded Lakota Sioux, which is the same tribe in this movie.
Great movie, but the theatrical version was much better. These extra scenes were not necessary…and I’m happy that my impression of the movie, which I’ve watched dozens of times since it’s release, has not been tainted. This is the first time I’ve seen these extra shots and I’m thrilled they were left on the cutting room floor where they belonged and I’m old enough to brush them aside and STILL love the original.
Very good that you went as a director cut, whenever you see a famous movie, go directly to the director cut, which is the real vision of the director and not the studio that cuts them a lot for their passage through the cinema.
A short article I read in Readers' Digest when this movie first came out told about how Kevin Costner got the buffalo to turn and charge the Indian youth at the exact moment was by using a stunt buffalo. It turns out the herd that was used is the world's largest privately owned herd. The buffalo that turned and charged the youth is named Cody; and Cody has a fondness for Oreo cookies. So, to get Cody to turn and charge in the right direction at the right time, they put a big pile of Oreo cookies just outside of camera range and then put the boy they wanted Cody to charge between the buffalo and the cookies. In other words, Cody, the buffalo, was charging the cookies and not the boy.
Yes! I had hoped you would react to this. The Directors cut is the best version. An amazing movie with an astonoching soundtrack by John Barry (who did many James Bond movies as well) Really looking forward to this reaction and how much you'll hopefully like it.
@@ShanWatchesMovies It's a personal favorite of mine. It's simply amazing. Fun Fact: The old woman who plays "Ten Bears" wife was the one who could speak Lakota and pawnee. So she would teach the rest of the cast between scenes. Costner insisted on the Indians speaking their real language in the movies! Costner was accepted into the Sioux tripe as a thank you for the movie. The wolf was played by two trained wolves. The theme of "two socks" by John Barry never fails to make me cry
I only realised later you were watching the extended version. I've not seen this before. the cut version has a slightly different feel. there was no intermission in the theatrical cut.
I saw this in the cinema when it came out and had never seen an Intermission before. I think I just ended up sitting there in the dark until the movie started again lol.
Looks like Costner's including an homage to John Ford with those breathtaking, lush, landscape wide-shots. Once more into the breach: Wes Studi as the first aborigine seen! I've read that the "natives" are speaking the genuine Lakota Sioux language; the actress who plays Kicking Bird's wife translated the screenwriters' lines and the actors delivered their parts as actual Lakota tribespeople would. Costner was lauded for his authentic reproduction of clothing, camp equipage, hair styles and face/pony paint patterns and, again, language.
Young Christy in the flashback was played by Kevin Costner’s daughter. The skinned Buffalo looked so real people passing by the set called the police who actually came in force ready to arrest poachers. This is such a great movie, looking forward to your reaction to the second half.
The US Army was chronically understaffed in the west during this time period. Even after the Civil War, troop drawdowns affected the US's ability to patrol the western United States. Many settlers took advantage of this and settled in Indian Territory that had already been allocated to the Indians via treaty.
Water World is very much worth watching/reviewing! It has cheesy and corny aspects, but it is 90s GOLD. Dances with wolfes, is pure movie magic though.
YES!…so glad you got to this one……We saw it on first release in a wide-screen cinema with surround sound ( I have forgotten the musician’s name🥴 but I have lots of his music in my collection now! This is a Masterpiece IMHO for so many reasons. Thanks for sharing 🤗
Sometimes an extended cut just isn’t the best way to see a film. Costner poured his soul into this film, and the theatrical release was perfect - without doubt, the best version.
I know I've just commented, but! The old woman who plays the Chief's wife was the language consultant on the film and is one of the last native Sioux speakers still living. *Please* First Nations, keep your cultures alive. You have much to teach the world.
One of my favorites...met the cast long time ago....I am Sioux from North Dakota...great movie
Them Dakotas filled with bunch republicans, that is.
My ex-wife's grandparents were Lakota Souix from ND and I worked out in the Oil patch in North Dakota and Montana many years ago.
I hope you don't have anything against the Blackfeet in Montana. I spent a lot of time up there.
@@PetraDarklander Not sure I met any, the furthest I got in to Montana was Wolfs Point (Nothwest ) on Big Drilling rig, but i think it was a Souix Reservation, I felt bad for them there was nothing there for them, no work, nothing., but their homes were painted the color of Easter eggs, very bright, pastel colors.
Sioux from alberta
I appreciate the real film appreciation and depth of the analysis.
Nicely done. Be sure to check out Costner's _Open Range_ (2003) - one of the best American Westerns ever made.
Some dismiss _Dances With Wolves_ (because _Goodfellas_ ) but the film won Best Picture for a reason: _Dances_ is an epic masterwork of the great American cinematic canon.
Costner was recognized by Sioux Nation for _Dances_ & it's tough to describe how uniquely impactful & important the film was when released in 1990.
I think Open Range is an even better film.
Goodfellas is a fine movie, but Dances with Wolves is superior in my opinion.
When Kevin Coster waved "Hi" to the two men when they approached the fort, they looked behind him because they thought he knew Plains Sign Language. When working with vast distances on the plains, hand signals were used and understood between many tribes that didn't even speak the same language family. I never noticed this but this time it did and it cracked me up. Btw, Americans didn't want to interact with Indians, but the French did, and formed a version of sign language from the Plains Sign. Americans then used the French version to make today's American Sign Language.
This is some James-Burke-Connections level info-- thank you for this. You made my day! :)
@@anniethenonnymouse Oh heavens, and a James Burke "Connections" reference! That takes me back.
I'm sooo happy to have found someone reacting to this beautiful movie which is on the top of my list of all those I have seen through the 50 years I have lived. I have lost the count of how many time I have seen it, and it have been a great friend to come back to through the years when things have been a bit dark, it always have reminded me about who I truly am.
I'm not a native American, but I'm a norwegian Sami, the indigenous people in Norway, Sweden, Finland and a small part of Russia. The similarities between the Sami and the Native American culture is striking, from style of living, through the way of thinking about nature, the spiritual feelings and the chanting which is very similar to the Sami joik tradition.
12:48, That cavalry officer's uniform he wears bespeaks of a style and elegance that I feel the modern world lacks.
Let your freak flag fly, brother.
I've been anxiously awaiting this reaction! One of my favorite films...based on Michael Blake's masterpiece. He actually wrote the novel while staying with Cosner and his wife who were newly married at the time. Blake would read passages to them as the two lay in bed at night. They both fell in love with the story, and Cosner took it upon himself to see it adapted for the big screen. He said he felt so protective of the material that he simply didn't trust it in anyone else's hands and decided to direct it himself, as well as co-produce (and star in) it. He fought for not only the usage of the Sioux language but, also, for final cut authority (quite a big deal, to say the least). With a budget of only 12 million dollars, Dances With Wolves was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won 7 of them. The shot choreography, costuming, music, and performances (along with the wonderfully written story) make this an experience not to be missed.
Thanks for the trivia!
This film never fails to take my breath away :)
I highly recommend Waterworld again. Its Mad Max on the ocean. Super cool world building and some excellent sets, and stunts.
Costner has a thing for the 3 hour 'epic.' Love or hate him for it, he always seemed to pour himself into his work.
Winner of 7 Oscars including Best Picture. This was the third film in the western Genre to win. The first being Cimmaron in 1931 and the third being Unforgiven in 1992.
How hypocrite Hollywood is... Sergio Leones movies should have 10 oscars each
This was filmed in South Dakota, my home state. I love the movie for all the reasons you have listed, but also, whenever I feel homesick (I've lived all over the country and currently in Alaska) I watch this movie so my eyes can feast on "home". I often say SoDak is one of the best kept secrets in America. It is, at least, if you love wide open spaces.
I have several friends who worked on this movie, but two that were invaluable to the production deserve mention. Doris Leader Charge translated the script to Lakota and was on set to ensure it was spoken properly....she is also in several scenes. Larry Belitz created the breast plate worn by Wind In His Hair, many of the authentic Lakota artifacts as well as the eagle feathers (they could not use actual eagle feathers so they were all dyed to look like them).
The reason I watch reaction channels is watching the younger generations be blown away by landscapes and real things being caught on camera, instead of everything digitally drawn. I guess it's all too expensive these days to actually shoot things with a camera, but there really is nothing else like it. As much as I love "Goodfellas", I don't think the Academy made the wrong choice that year.
The problem isn't the expense so much as you're at the mercy of the weather. Movies are shot on a tight timetable, they only have so many days to shoot and do all the editing, etc. That's why so many films also split their time between sound stages on the days they can't film on location. Many of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit were shot on location throughout New Zealand.
Digital effects actually costs WAAAAAY more than shooting on location, building actual sets and shooting real things. It's just that it takes way more time to shoot real things and the studios prefer the controlled environments on CGI productions.
@@jeffburnham6611 Hence Los Angeles being the capital of American film rather than its original capital, Fort Lee, New Jersey. Not sure exactly where this was filmed - Montana? Dakotas? - but yeah, most of the filming would've had to take place during summer (skipping around tornadoes and smaller summer storms).
@@rustincohle2135 I might remove several "A"'s from your WAY, but you're probably right in general, given that digital animation teams are massive and expensive, now that I consider it. But it also depends - something blended with digital and on location/set location like Lord of the Rings will be more expensive than anything. Honestly, I'm a little shocked at how expensive digital animation STILL is - I guess it takes 150 people to make those orange and/or blue smeary images pop. The point is, nothing made today for mainstream consumption looks as good as "Dances with Wolves". This movie is over 30 years old.
@@classiclife7204 "The point is, nothing made today for mainstream consumption looks as good as Dances with Wolves."
Yea, I don't disagree with that at all.
"I might remove several "A"'s from your WAY, but you're probably right in general"
No, not probably right. It is right. Big budget studio movies nowadays are always made between at least $150 million to $250 million. "Dances with Wolves" budget in 1989 was only $22 million, which was a big budget studio film at the time. But that only inflates to $49.5 million in 2021. $49.5 million is certainly WAAAAAY less expensive than $150 million to $250 million studio movies today. In fact, a budget of less than $50 million for an epic film like "Dances with Wolves" if it was made today would be considered a small budget.
So happy to see someone finally reacting to this. Big props to you, Shan👍
I love your intellectual and thorough reactions. Such a welcoming change from other reactors on CZcams.
The music of this film gives me shivers. I've loved it since I first saw this film as a kid. It's just such a beautiful film.
19:57 "Many times I had felt alone, but until this afternoon I had never felt completely lonely."
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That is the line I remember the most about this movie after first time watching it. :)
Finally someone reacting to this epic western. It´s a beautiful movie.
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!! You should also watch “Last of the Mohicans “
I LOVE that you reacted to this great movie. It was nominated for 12 Oscars and won 7 including Best Picture and Best Director (Kostner). I saw it first time in the theatre and several times at home. I've never seen the extended version so those added clips are a joy. Thank you so much. Looking forward to part 2.
And yes they should bring back intermissions especially with so many long movies and they could sell more snacks especially drinks before and during the intermission, thanks again
And intermissions are perfect for phone addicts
I hope they have Icee's!
@@jackburton3701 Don't forget about bathroom breaks. Let's just say it was a photo finish getting through The Hobbit
@@rovhalt6650 this cracked me up! Wee-oooweeooo!
Theaters don’t want them, it cuts the number of showings they can have in a day
One of the most beautiful movies ever made, it's in my top 5 for sure!
Cold Mountain with Nicole Kidman and Jude Law I think you would enjoy
@@AsylumSaint I'm guessing maybe copyright issues.
all native americans shown are actually native american. love to see it ❤️
"Skins"(2002) is a powerful movie about reservation life and starring Graham Green and Eric Schweig. Great performances by all!
the soundtrack is amazing
Yes!!!!! You’re the first reactor I’ve seen react to this movie. I have recommended this movie to at least 5 other reactors. I’m gonna join your Patreon as a thank you for being the first one on my sub list to watch this! Great reaction!
Oh, Dances With Wolves. This movie is one of my all time favorites even though it made me cry buckets several times. All those open vistas were so magnificent on the big screen.
This is one of the best western movies ever made and i think Kevin Costner's best movie , his other movies that are great are Perfect World 1993 directed by Clint Eastwood and JFK 1991 directed by Oliver Stone .
Bull Durham is my favorite of his.
The Untouchables & Field of Dreams.
I had forgotten how much I absolutely adore this film and all of it's nuances and beauty.
Yay.. you Definitely made my day reacting to one of my favorite movies of all time. Thank you so much.. Woo Hoo !!!
Although the extended cut was somewhat approved by Costner, he didn't directly work on it and said that the story didn't need to be longer. Personally, I think it messes up the great pacing of the theatrical version. Which is still one of the most continuously engaging 3-hour films I've ever seen. A lot of people hate on this movie due to winning Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, & Editing over Goodfellas. Definitely check out Edward Zwick's The Last Samurai (2003) since it utilizes many of the same concepts.
I only saw the extended cut now, but I loved all the new scenes. They all added a lot to the movie even if it makes sense they had to be cut for length
The last samurai is good, but my main issue with it is it paints the samurai as the good guys, who almost seem oppressed.
The soundtrack is phenomenal! Great Cinematography too!
It's not quite a movie, more of a 4-part miniseries, but Lonesome Dove is full of excellent performances from big-name actors. It's a cult favourite and was probably responsible for the relaunch of the gritty western in the late 80s, early 90s. Robert Duval, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston. All practical effects and location filming. A real masterpiece.
Best western ever. The book is magnificent, too.
One of my favorite movies ever. I'm very happy you watched this. The cinematography and score are iconic
The cinematography and score of this film remind me of what classic filmmakers were trying to accomplish. It was and still is, an amazing piece of art.
Such a glorious film!!! I often listen to the soundtrack...as you said, so soothing!
This an amazing film! I think top 10 films made. Love love LOVE that you’re reacting and to the directors cut. So awesome! Love your reactions. ❤️🤓
definitely watch waterworld. massively underrated
I always enjoy Kevin Costner. One of my favorites of his, that is not huge, is No Way Out.
excellent surprise ending.
Then we could watch Shan mispronounce Hackman, again.
Great reaction to Dances. Considering that it is a multi Oscar winner and an amazing film, I'm surprised that this film is not as well known as it should be with later generations.
It's a Phil Alden Robinson film, but I think, Field Of Dreams, is another of the high points of Kevin Costner's carreer.
Bull Durham is also a fun comedic sports film of his.
This is one of my favorite films. I wish it would come back to the theaters. The cinematography is amazing!
1990. That year have so many great film. Goodfellas, Dances with Wolves, Home Alone, Ghost, Die Hard 2 and The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
Jacob's Ladder, Hunt for Red October, and Goodfellas
I love this masterpiece, impact on my childhood. This film changed not only the history of cinema, but how we saw the story until then. Westerns showed Indians as the fearsome bad guys, when reality was just the turn of the way. What they did with the Indians was a Holocaust, an abominable extermination.
Dances with wolves is not a western, is a traditional movie, it is realism.
You are the perfect person to react to this movie. You understand everything that is going on, but what's better is ... you feel and appreciate it !!! Thanx for that !!!
Just think somebody back east right now is saying, "Why don't she write?"
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Yes Waterworld is worth watching on the channel! Some people love it and some people hate it... What could be better?!
The commander had syphilis that's why he was acting crazy!
That makes sense!
@@ShanWatchesMovies Also all the people who played the Native Americans had to learn the Sioux language,that lead to a resurgence of Native Americans learning the language and being proud of their heritage!
@wolfchild was that awesome!! I love that this movie inspired so many people!
@wolfchild Apparently, because she's a woman, she speaks the "feminine form" of the Sioux language, and that's what she taught to everyone in the film. So, when actual native Sioux speakers saw the movie and heard everyone, including the old men, speaking feminine Sioux, they thought it was hilarious.
@wolfchild Thank you so much for the info!!!! I love anything to do with Native Americans!! They have been wronged all through history and today!! We owe a lot to these amazing people!!
FYI. 10:50 is a Sioux Tribe (Lakota). 8:35 is a Pawnee Tribe. Good Reaction.
I read somewhere that the dialogue coach who was hired for the movie was an instructor in Lakota at the nearby community college. She was also given a bit part in the movie and was seen walking next to Costner’s character as the tribe was moving to a new place. When interviewed , she was asked how she liked being in the movie and she replied she was very excited, she and her husband could now by the refrigerator that they wanted to get.
This movie was so brilliantly done the music the scenery the acting everything about it the history.
one of my all time favorites. an absolute classic.
Great movie, one of the greatest westerns. You need to watch The Searchers with John Wayne. Again considered to be one of the greatest westerns ever to be made
The Searchers is based on a true story that is worth looking into also. Cynthia Ann Parker was a young child when Comanche raided her family's homestead, and she was taken while most of her family were killed. Similar to Stands with a Fist in this movie, she was then raised as one of their own, and eventually was the mother of their last war chief, Quanah Parker. Their's is an amazing story.
The Cowboys is my favorite Wayne western. It doesn't get a lot of play on TV because, kids with guns.
There is a CZcams channel called history Buffs and he reviews the film and give you information about the Indians to see if it's accurate of the real times of Indians history and also talks about how they treated now
History Buffs is a great channel, if somewhat infrequent in its uploads due to all the research required.
I've seen that episode. It's soooo good.
Did they happen to mention that white people we're the ones who started scalping the native's and then the native's picked up the habit?
@@lectornox Why don't you just go watch it, instead of trying to impress people with some salient point of yours?
@@lectornox the natives did it before the Europeans here are some accounts from time periods where European interactions would be so alien that it would be impossible for it to have been influenced by them
Jacques Cartier sailed down the St. Lawrence to what is now Quebec City in 1535, he met the Stadaconans, who showed him “the scalps of five Indians, stretched on hoops like parchment.”
Twenty-nine years later, another Frenchman, artist Jacques Ie Moyne, witnessed the Timucuans’ practice of scalping on the St. Johns River in Florida:
They carried slips of reeds, sharper than any steel blade … they cut the skin of the head down to the bone from front to back and all the way around and pulled it off while the hair, more than a foot and a half long, was still attached to it. When they had done this, they dug a hole in the ground and made a fire, kindling it with a piece of smoldering ember. … Over the fire they dried the scalps until they looked like parchment. … They hung the bones and the scalps at the ends of their spears, carrying them home in triumph.
In 1608 Powhatan launched a surprise attack on a village of “neare neighbours and subjects,” killing twenty-four men. When the victors retired from the scene of battle, they brought away “the long haire of the one side of their heades [the other being shaved] with the skinne cased off with shels or reeds.” The prisoners and scalps were then presented to the chief, who hung “the lockes of haire with their skinnes” on a line between two trees. “And thus,” wrote Captain John Smith, “he made ostentation … , shewing them to the English men that then came unto him, at his appointment.”
The first Dutchmen to penetrate the Iroquois country of upstate New York also found evidence of native scalping. When the surgeon of Fort Orange (Albany) journeyed into Mohawk and Oneida territory in the winter of 1634-35,ne saw atop a gate of the old Oneida castle on Oriskany Creek “three wooden images carved like men, and with them … three scalps fluttering in the wind.” On a smaller gate at the east end of the castle a scalp was also hanging, no doubt to impress white visitors as well as hostile neighbors.
The single most important picture in this regard is Theodore de Bry’s engraving of Le Moyne’s drawing of “How Outina’s Men Treated the Enemy Dead.” Based on Le Moyne’s observations in 1564-65, the 1591 engraving was the first pictorial representation of Indian scalping, one faithful to Le Moyne’s verbal description and to subsequent accounts from other regions of eastern America. The details-sharp reeds to extract the scalp, drying the green skin over a fire, displaying the trophies on long poles, and later celebrating the victory with established rituals by the sorcerer-lend authenticity to De Bry’s rendering and support to the argument for the Indian invention of scalping.
Drawings reveal yet another piece of evidence damaging to the new theory of scalping, namely scalp locks. A small braid of hair on the crown, often decorated with paint or jewelry, the scalp lock was worn widely in both eastern and western America. Contrary to the notion of scalping as a recent and mercenary introduction, the scalp lock originally possessed ancient religious meaning in most tribes, symbolizing the warrior’s life-force. For anyone to touch it even lightly was regarded as a grave insult. If the white man had taught the Indians to scalp one another for money, it is highly unlikely that the Indians were also hoodwinked into making it easier for their enemies by growing hairy handles. Something far deeper in native culture and history must account for the practice
The final and most conclusive evidence of scalping in pre-Columbian America comes from archaeology. Since Indian skulls of the requisite age can be found to show distinct and unambiguous marks made by the scalping knife, the Indians must have known of scalping before the arrival of the white man. A wealth of evidence, particularly from prehistoric sites along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and in the Southeast, indicates just such a conclusion.
In the light of such evidence, it is clear that Indians, not white men, introduced scalping to the New World. At the same time, it cannot be denied that the colonists encouraged the spread of scalping to many tribes unfamiliar with the practice by posting scalp bounties. Nor can it be forgotten that Americans of every stripe-from frontiersmen to ministers-were tainted by participating in the bloody market for human hair. Yet in the end, the American stereotype of scalping must stand as historical fact, whether we are comfortable with it or not.
I bought the soundtrack on CD a long time ago because I was struck by how beautiful the music was. It's such a magical soundtrack to me. Keep smiling 🤘 🙂
You should also watch "Open Range", another one with Kevin Costner.
Graham Green (Kicking Bird) is one of my favorite actors. You might enjoy to see he and Val Kilmer team up in "Thunderheart" (1992).
Oh my God. I love the image on the screen behind you. I would give quite a lot to have that painting on my walls!
Pawnee Tribe's are from Nebraska. The Sioux Tribe's are from South Dakota up to North Dakota. There was battle's between the two. Costner was learning from the Sioux Tribe.
This is among Kevin Costner's best movies. Other great ones are "The Untouchables"(1987), "Field of Dreams"(1989), "JFK"(1991), "A Perfect World(1993) and "Open Range"(2003). Most of Costner's movies are good and worth watching but too many to list here. Leave it up to your list of suggestions
you forgot the postman
And “Bull Durham”. One of his best.
This movie is pure gold.
Perfect World is my favorite with him as the lead.
5:17 This is the pinnacle of epic cinema, love the music, the landscape......
Another interesting, enjoyable reaction! Looking forward to Part 2.
This movie was filmed largely in South Dakota, where I live. It does have beautiful scenery. So much so, that just this morning I call my wife during my drive into town to make sure she came out to take in how beautiful the sky looked. I love where I live.
That south dakota governor on fire, she is.
I grew up in Hill City, in the Black Hills. God I miss that place.
@@cbmx1x1 Hill City and Keystone (that whole area) is just amazing! Western South Dakota is really a feast for the eyes..
You got to see The Untouchables and The Postman with Costner. Dances with Wolves is an epic movie.
I'm glad you watched the Extended Cut. Both are great films, but this adds a lot more texture to the overall experience.
I remember when this movie was filmed and released. It was a BIG DEAL in South Dakota, especially on the Pine Ridge Reservation where my family is from.
So glad you watch this :3 it was my grandparents favorite movie i miss them everyday ;-;
Another heartfelt, sensitive, & open & inquisitive reaction
Not sure where this was shot either, but at times it looks a lot like where I live--the Drumheller area of southern Alberta. That would be where Eastwood's Unforgiven and Costner's latest project (Let Him Go) have both been filmed, along with plenty of others (the original Superman, the yet-to-be-released Ghostbusters, etc.)
Hey Shan, FYI Mary Mcdonnell's character is based on a real woman named Cynthia Ann Parker who was captured by the Commanche and was mother to one of the last Chief's of the tribe. This is covered in the novel 'Empire of the summer Moon.'
Dances With Wolves is the original Avatar, only longer and in the past, instead of the future.
My cousin's wife is full-blooded Lakota Sioux, which is the same tribe in this movie.
Great great movie. I'm glad you got a chance to see it. I saw it in the theaters first run...yeah...needed the bathroom break.
Awesome job brother. Much love from Oklahoma native country!!!
Great movie, but the theatrical version was much better. These extra scenes were not necessary…and I’m happy that my impression of the movie, which I’ve watched dozens of times since it’s release, has not been tainted. This is the first time I’ve seen these extra shots and I’m thrilled they were left on the cutting room floor where they belonged and I’m old enough to brush them aside and STILL love the original.
Woo-hoo! Finally. Can't wait for your reaction.
Thanks for being one of the few who uploads part 2 the previous day and not a week later! You rock Shan! Great movie!
Costnew did an amazing job directing this. It is a masterpiece.
Very good that you went as a director cut, whenever you see a famous movie, go directly to the director cut, which is the real vision of the director and not the studio that cuts them a lot for their passage through the cinema.
I'm glad your doing this reaction, nobody was reacting to this great movie.
You should totally do Waterworld
A film MASTER PIECE.The score is MAJESTIC.CLASSIC FILM.
By the way, go looking for a bison ranch near you. Seeing bison in person is ... just stunning.
A short article I read in Readers' Digest when this movie first came out told about how Kevin Costner got the buffalo to turn and charge the Indian youth at the exact moment was by using a stunt buffalo. It turns out the herd that was used is the world's largest privately owned herd. The buffalo that turned and charged the youth is named Cody; and Cody has a fondness for Oreo cookies. So, to get Cody to turn and charge in the right direction at the right time, they put a big pile of Oreo cookies just outside of camera range and then put the boy they wanted Cody to charge between the buffalo and the cookies. In other words, Cody, the buffalo, was charging the cookies and not the boy.
I will forever love the way he says "sugar" during that coffee drinking scene
Yes! I had hoped you would react to this. The Directors cut is the best version.
An amazing movie with an astonoching soundtrack by John Barry (who did many James Bond movies as well)
Really looking forward to this reaction and how much you'll hopefully like it.
Thanks Rasmus, this is indeed the 4 hour cut. Loved the film btw!
@@ShanWatchesMovies It's a personal favorite of mine. It's simply amazing.
Fun Fact: The old woman who plays "Ten Bears" wife was the one who could speak Lakota and pawnee. So she would teach the rest of the cast between scenes. Costner insisted on the Indians speaking their real language in the movies! Costner was accepted into the Sioux tripe as a thank you for the movie.
The wolf was played by two trained wolves. The theme of "two socks" by John Barry never fails to make me cry
I only realised later you were watching the extended version. I've not seen this before. the cut version has a slightly different feel. there was no intermission in the theatrical cut.
Me either. Now I have to find the long version. Never seen the forts previous occupants. Stands with fist husband die. The white hunters killed.
I saw this in a theater release, when it came out, and could swear there was an intermission (which my bladder appreciated.)
No waterworld Perfect World Shan!
Goosebumps. Is this the movie with deleted scenes? Seeing a few new clips (?) kinda wowed me. I've never seen the "intermission" before either 😆👍
I saw this in the theater in 70mm, the intermission was at a perfect point.
I saw this in the cinema when it came out and had never seen an Intermission before. I think I just ended up sitting there in the dark until the movie started again lol.
I saw this on the big screen .... maybe thats why I love it!
Looks like Costner's including an homage to John Ford with those breathtaking, lush, landscape wide-shots. Once more into the breach: Wes Studi as the first aborigine seen! I've read that the "natives" are speaking the genuine Lakota Sioux language; the actress who plays Kicking Bird's wife translated the screenwriters' lines and the actors delivered their parts as actual Lakota tribespeople would. Costner was lauded for his authentic reproduction of clothing, camp equipage, hair styles and face/pony paint patterns and, again, language.
Young Christy in the flashback was played by Kevin Costner’s daughter. The skinned Buffalo looked so real people passing by the set called the police who actually came in force ready to arrest poachers. This is such a great movie, looking forward to your reaction to the second half.
The US Army was chronically understaffed in the west during this time period. Even after the Civil War, troop drawdowns affected the US's ability to patrol the western United States. Many settlers took advantage of this and settled in Indian Territory that had already been allocated to the Indians via treaty.
another great western is Open Range.
Water World is very much worth watching/reviewing! It has cheesy and corny aspects, but it is 90s GOLD. Dances with wolfes, is pure movie magic though.
YES!…so glad you got to this one……We saw it on first release in a wide-screen cinema with surround sound ( I have forgotten the musician’s name🥴 but I have lots of his music in my collection now! This is a Masterpiece IMHO for so many reasons. Thanks for sharing 🤗
Such an underrated movie.
Sometimes an extended cut just isn’t the best way to see a film. Costner poured his soul into this film, and the theatrical release was perfect - without doubt, the best version.
Cold Mountain for sure!!!
I know I've just commented, but! The old woman who plays the Chief's wife was the language consultant on the film and is one of the last native Sioux speakers still living. *Please* First Nations, keep your cultures alive. You have much to teach the world.