October Sky (1999) FIRST TIME WATCHING!!!
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Gerard, Mike, and Ray watch and react to October Sky (1989). First Time Watching this 80s movie Chevy Chase. First time Reacting
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00:00 Intro
04:25 Reaction
46:30 Final Thoughts and Review
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One of the most wholesome movies ever. If you're inspired by true stories about space, there are several must-sees: "The Right Stuff" (1983) about the first US astronauts, "Apollo 13" (1995), "First Man" (2018) about Neil Armstrong, and the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" about the whole Apollo program.
Might have to look into these. I've never seen any of these and I am sure the guys haven't either. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@RKnights Good list and if I could add one more, "Hidden Figures". "the incredible untold story of Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe)-brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big." Trailer: czcams.com/video/5wfrDhgUMGI/video.html
@@andystewart581 YES to "Hidden Figures" (2016). Excellent movie and a great companion piece to "October Sky."
Rearrange the letters of "October Sky" and you get "Rocket Boys," the title of the book it was adapted from. BTW, in interviews for the extras on the DVD, Homer said his dad was very supportive and the tension between them was fictionalized to give the movie some conflict. Loved this movie and glad you did, too.
As someone who remembers when we sent monkeys not men into space this was very nostalgic when it came out.
Did the hobby rocket thing (one time) with my daughter.
I was just about to turn 13 and saw this movie in theaters. It left that much of an impression, one of my favorite, and can't believe I remember so much, even my friends I went with, we thought it was awesome, in Jr. High.
Great reaction, perfect amount of content and reaction so we can still be immersed in the movie with you.
"Get in the car with Homer son" That whole scene and others get me teary-eyed every time.
Love love love this movie! Bought it on DVD when it was available. Glad one of your Patrons loves it too
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I get the father/son bit, my father wasn't educated but respected, and I completed college in engineering. And I was a rocket scientist (2nd gen) when I was young.
One of my all time favorite movies...thanks for the reaction and trip down memory lane.
Enjoyed it guys!! I was a young boy on the Oklahoma prairie when Sputnik went up. With no towns around, the nights were black and the stars looked so close. Many nights my whole family would go out in the yard and watch it go across the sky. You felt somehow vulnerable. Remember at that time the possibility of nuclear war was heavy across the world. Decades later I am working at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, looking at photos of Von Braun, seeing the display missiles and initial launch areas where we first began our own space race with the captured V-2's and German scientists. What a history in such a short time! President Kennedy issued the challenge in 1961 to, within the decade, put a man on the moon and return him safely. In 1969 the U.S. made it happen. Rising to challenges - that's what we do.
Some of my favorite Chris Cooper movies/series: "Lonesome Dove," "Lone Star," and "August - Osage County." As another guy - "The Bourne Identity" trying to have Jason killed.
This movie was a blast! I'm glad that my guys enjoyed it as well.
Yeah, the father, Chris Cooper is an amazing actor. This is one of my personal favorite movies ever. And even though it's about West Virginia, it was actually filmed close to where I live in Tennessee. (There are number of old mining towns close by. Some are quite historical as well.) I recognized some of the places that were filmed. Like where they hold the final science fair is at a place called the Jacob Building. I think it's changed some since it was filmed, but usually it's a place that you'll see a lot of conventions. It's right beside the Knoxville Zoo. The mayor of my town, at the time, was in the movie when Homer is talking to the people there about his project.
The town Coalwood is now a ghost town; the mine closed in 1986. I think the father knew the mine was running out, was upset over all the change and upheaval, but, in the back of his mind, realized his younger son was right that there is no future.
27:40 With Mother's day upon us, it's a strange coincidence that I stumbled upon your video today as I remember my Mother's life. My mother grew up in Coalwood, West Virginia. Her brother, Billy Rose, was one of the Rocket Boys, not named in the movie as some characters were condensed. In reality, the abusive town drunk, "Arnie", was Arnold B. Rose, the father of Billy and my mother Christine Rose. I only met Arnie B once, when I was very young. He was very old then, skinny, frail, but still a drunk and mean as hell. I know my mother suffered an abusive childhood, telling me stories of how she had to hide from Arnie, or go to a neighbor's house to avoid him. She would take her own life many years later. In retrospect, I wish I knew more about her childhood, but I know enough to blame Arnie B., and the trauma he caused her at such a young age. Billy Rose has given a couple of interviews that can be found on CZcams, but you'll have to hear his interview on the October Sky DVD extras to hear him talk about Arnie B.
Thank you for the tidbit :-)
Hodgkin's Lymphoma is a variety of cancer of the lymphatic system (blood) and interferes with white blood cells (the immune system). In the late-1950s cancer was not really understood so it was called Hodgkin's Disease. This was before chemotherapy, and radiation therapy was pretty much experimental concepts and only attempted by embedding a chunk of uranium near tumors. So for the most part by the time they detected it with 1950s medical science it was pretty much fatal.
If you want to see a modern success story from lymphoma check out Hank Green's recent battle with lymphoma.
It's a shame that no one has done a reaction to HBO's From The Earth To The Moon. Guys, you could be groundbreakers. You did Band Of Brothers and The Pacific. From The Earth To The Moon was Tom Hanks' first big miniseries and stars some of the actors from BoB and Apollo 13. Great series. 10 episodes.
As someone who kind of grew up with a similar sort of guy, the father is very much like WV coal miners of that generation. My grandad was the same generation. He was retired by the time I came along, but he was a stoic, by the books, didn't show his emotions all that much guy. One difference was he always wanted better for his sons and they both went to college to not work in the mines. The final scene destroys me because, down to way he dresses, I see my Paw Paw. He was rarely ever outwardly emotional with his family, but he loved us and I see that in the final scene. I love this movie so much.
Another WV movie I'll recommend is Matewan. Chris Cooper is a lead in that movie as well and its another based on a true story movie that is excellent.
Great movie and great reactions. Since you mentioned that this is a great family film, you should know that October Sky won the Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Family Film from the Broadcast Film Critics Association in 2000.
The book is wonderful. Homer was Homer Jr and everyone in town called him Sonny. His dad didn’t believe that he would amount to much. His mom supported his rocket building and told him to prove his father wrong. Mrs. Hickam had her own money saved and could afford to send Sonny to college. She knew that football might get her older son out of Coalwood.
The high school football team was suspended for the season so the football fans wound up going to watch the boys’ rocket launches.
I remember having to go through all those little drawers to find a book😂
October Sky! Prodigious!
having read the autobiographical book written by Homer, he had a way with words describing that, for building rockets without any homing devices, certainly seemed to know how to find all the hornets nests in the area and hit it!
I'm from WV and have read the book, the dad was a hard ass at times, but he cared for Homer. He was dealing with being sick and keeping people employed in a state that has very little economically. They make him uninterested in rockets more in the movie then the book.
Great reaction...another top notch bit of content and really enjoyable. Just a couple of notes...
The Outer Space Treaty that covers weapons in space was originally signed by the US, the United Kingdom, and the USSR in 1967...and is currently signed by 113 nations, if I am not mistaken. Its official name is really really long. LOL
Fun Fact: The Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) team that was run by Von Braun was launching Jupiter-C rockets to well over orbital altitudes, and nearly to orbital speeds in 1956. Von Braun requested permission to put a 4th stage on the Jupiter-C so that they could launch the first satellite that year, but President Eisenhower did not want America's first satellite launch to be on a "military" rocket, and did not want it launched by a team led by a former member of the NSDAP. Eisenhower also wanted the Soviets to establish the "Freedom of Space" by sending satellites over the USA first, so that they could not complain when the USA sent spy satellites over the USSR starting in 1959...and he vastly underestimated how much furor there would be over the USSR sending up Sputnik, since he did not see the USA and USSR as being in any kind of a race to get to space. Of course, after the very very public failure of the Vanguard rocket to launch a satellite in December 1957, it ended up being Von Braun's rocket that sent up America's first satellite Explorer 1 anyway. 💯😁
Wow, that is amazing.
@@RKnights It is a seriously understudied period of history...Sputnik and all the things that came out of it, both good and very very bad. It led to the myth of the missile gap in favor of the USSR, which was pretty much exactly what Khrushchev planned for, but it all backfired on him because so many people in the US freaked out about Soviet ICBMs that did not exist that the US built thousands and thousands of nukes in the few years after October 1957. In reality, the US always had a massive nuclear superiority over the USSR up until the 1970s, and any missile gap that existed was actually in favor of the US. What happened to Ike after Sputnik in terms of his being essentially forced to spend a lot more money than needed to be spent on nukes and other weapons and space races and all manner of other things is exactly what leads to his warning about the military industrial complex...he knew the Soviets were not really ahead of the US, but he could not stand up against public opinion and other forces.
One of favorite movies. Great reaction. Good job.
Thank you to Rush for recommending "October Sky." This is my second favorite movie of all time, behind only "The Shawshank Redemption," and not very many CZcamsrs have reacted to it. I'm so glad you all enjoyed it! Chris Cooper (who played Homer's father John Hickam) won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in a movie called "Adaptation" (2002). Laura Dern won her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Marriage Story" (2019).
If you enjoy movies about teachers, two of my favorites are "Lean on Me" (1989) starring Morgan Freeman in a true story and "To, Sir With Love" (1967) starring the great Sidney Poitier. I really hope you react to both of these fantastic movies.
Chris Cooper played a similar but darker angry dad type in American Beauty. Great movie that like this has a little bit of everything.
If you want more space stories, the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon is really good.
Love you guys man! I’ve missed y’all! Phone has been messed up for a few weeks and just got it back!
Hey Russ! Thanks for suggesting this awesome movie!
Of course! Knew y’all would enjoy it!!
Sorry it took so long, we had so many technical issues with equipment.
@@RKnights Dude please! You don’t owe me an apology! You guys are amazing! I’ve been so damn busy and tired lately it’s unreal so I understand 💯. I feel bad I been so busy and haven’t been able to get on CZcams.
And man Ray I cry every single time at the end when the whole town is watching the rocket fly and they show the teacher on her death bed. I’m tearing up now as I type this to you lmao!
I enjoyed this movie myself.
Fantastic movie. Great story
Space Camp is an old ‘kids accidentally get sent to space’ movie starring a young Joaquin Phoenix.
@@miller-joel *golf clap*
@@miller-joel Huh ? I gave you applause.
You should read the book and watch some documentaries about the rocket boys. You cam also visit the town in real life today. They have an event each year for the rocket boys there.
It will be interesting to see your reaction to the films Space Truckers and Robocop 3. This is a cool immortal classic 👍
@7:01 Hah. Kid on the Left doing non-verbal emtional karate.
Hi R Knights I just came across your reaction to one of my favorite movies October sky a really great movie I have some movie suggestions I think you’ll enjoy?
1) a perfect world
2) sticks and stones (about bullying)
3) the deep end of the ocean
4) searching for Bobby Fischer
5) the wizard
6) catch me if you can
7) radio flyer
8) miracle in lane 2 ( an old Disney movie it’s based on a true story)
(Not a cartoon)
9) true confessions ( another Disney movie not a cartoon)
10) friendship’s field
Sorry for the long list of movies just thought to give out some suggestions other than that have a great night.
Ray
Thanks for the suggestions :-) We will consider them
@@RKnights alright thanks for the reply back I hope you react to them if not that’s fine.
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"Homer, give me rent!"
You'll get your rent when you weld this damn rocket!
@the_st3poff861 If rockets were rent money, my family would be here with me and my daughter would be fat.
Did you drop Generation Kill?😭
we will never see
Now react to Right Stuff and First Man ;-)
I would look for a different job, that is not coal mine.
What I remember at the time was, 1957 was that it was the International Geophysical Year. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Geophysical_Year "IGY," the song: czcams.com/video/WfHZUS_ju0E/video.html