A quick explanation for you. Around 4 million years ago an extremely advanced alien civilization, in their travels through the universe comes upon planet earth and sees in the primates on the planet the potential to evolve into an advanced species. SO, they plant a monolith on earth to " help " the apes to evolve by teaching them some basic ideas. Another monolith is planted on the moon. The aliens figure that if the apes evolve enough and reach the moon they will detect and uncover the monolith. After they discover it & uncover it AND the sun hits it the monolith sends a signal to another monolith that is positioned in space near to Jupiter. The earthlings realize this when that deafening signal is sent out. Thus the Jupiter Mission. When Dave reaches that monolith he is transported across a vast area of space THROUGH the floating monolith which serves as a portal leading to the aliens home planet. The reason that he ends up in that room is that the aliens have arranged it that way so that he will feel at home and not be overly culture shocked. Director Kubrick and his co-writer on the film Arthur C. Clarke ( who wrote the original story upon which the movie was based, The Sentinel & then worked out the screenplay for the film with Kubrick and also released a novel version of 2001 ) decided, on the advice of the scientist Carl Sagan, NOT to show the actual aliens feeling that it would be too presumptuous & a distraction. On the alien planet Dave becomes rapidly evolved with their help and reborn as an advanced being...like them...and the rest of humanity will follow...born into a higher state...mankind's next step and destination. Like all of Kubrick's films it is masterfully shot with incredible special effects and incredible use of music. 2001 is 2 hours and 38 minutes long with only 40 minutes of dialogue. No filmmaker has ever used images to convey as much as Kubrick except maybe Bergman, Tarkovsky & Kurosawa...but none have ever made a film with so little dialogue.
1. Joe Turkel/Lloyd plays Tyrell in "Bladerunner" 2. "Here's Johnny" was adlib by Nickelson. 3. It took over 65 takes for Jack to chop through the doors. He used his voluntary firefighting skills to get through all the takes. They had to keep building doors. 4. The reason King didn't like this adaptation of the movie is because he didn't like the changes Kubrick made. This thing was remade just for King and although the remake was more in line with the book IMVHO it wasn't as good at this one. 5. Two of the changes he didn't like were Jack's decent into madness was too rapid, and Wendy wasn't such a patsy in the book. 6. Shelley Duval 😇said making this film was the worst thing she ever experienced in her life. She said she would never do it again. 7. Jack Nicholson and Scatman worked together in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest". 8. The real villain here is the hotel itself. 9. Watch Dr. Sleep. Danny is an adult and many of the loose ends will be cleared up. TUESDAY😱
I had watched this movie a half dozen times and still was unsure what I saw. It was not until I read the book that it all became clear. The Monolith is a gift from an advanced species. When Bowmen enters it near Jupiter and eventually ends up in a Victorian home, they are showing him how his life will basically play out. The Monolith at the foot of the bed is them giving him the choice to ascend to the next level of evolution. 2010 touches a bit more on this (probably as many don't read books)
In the late 1980s I had the rare privilege of seeing this on the big theater screen via a screening at a so called revival or rep house, small theaters that served college communities where there was a strong interest in older, out of mass distribution films, films with an "art" reputation and perennial cult hits like The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Eraserhead. I can hardly express how sorely I miss movie theaters like that now, they are all virtually extinct. Anyway, the print of 2001 that was shown was a badly worn, scratchy (guitar string scratch lines throughput) spliced retread that had probably been screened a million times during it's initial theatrical run. Even under such compromised circumstances I felt like a witness at a rare and beautiful opportunity. 2001 will forever remain one of my favorite films and even today, after countlless home video and streaming views the Starchild ending still puts a lump in my throat. I enjoyed this earnest and open minded reaction very much. Thank you.
The actor who played Michael was Al Pacino and the director fought for him and even for Marlon Brando to play the godfather so the director clearly told the president studio that both actors to appear in movie or he will not make any movie and was a tension between him and the directors somehow he got the green light to make the film
When Vito arrived in New York, he was taken in by the Abbandando family, who were distantly related to Vito’s mother. Mr. Abbandando owned the grocery store Vito worked at, alongside his best friend Genco Abbandando, the son. They eventually started up a business importing olive oil, among other ventures. This is a great film and worthy sequel, although I think the Hyman Roth arc has some pacing issues. I still think the first is best. Enjoyed your reaction, glad you returned to this.
Fun fact - when Vito goes back to get revenge his homie who gets shot (note Vito rescues him - again the importance of "family") was the same guy who then hid Michael in Silicy (in the first film), hence his limp.
I’m not sure why the hit man told Frank Pentangeli “Michael Corleone says hello” - maybe because his affiliation with Michael was the reason he was killed, but the hit came from Roth.
@@noahzynski That's not why. It wasn't a hit, they (Roth) just wanted Pentangeli to think Michael had put a hit on him so they could get him to turn. It's why Tom says "Roth played this one beautifully"
Just ran across your vids. This reaction is Great! You really need to watch the sequel made in 1984, called 2010: (the year we make contact). Again, an Arthur C. Clark book. The story is quite a bit more developed than the plot of 2001. Many of the old spaceship sets and models were perfectly recreated to make this movie 16 years after the first.
The final scene was supposed to feature Brando linking up the father/son story lines but he wanted to be given a large fee to compensate for the small fee he took to appear in part one but the studio refused so the scene was rewritten to feature Sonny instead.
@@tonygibson5171 With Richard Castellno it wasn't about money. He wanted his associate to write his lines and Coppola refused although Castellano's widow says it was because he had lost weight and refused Coppola's request to gain it back.
The actor playing Don Tommasino in the Sicilian section of part one really was physically impaired so when Francis Coppola agreed to do part two he decided to put in a scene to "explain" the disability which is why we see the young Tommasino get shot in the scene where Vito kills Don Cicci.
Francis Coppola said his development of the character of Fredo was based on an uncle who wasn't considered as bright as this brothers and was treated accordingly by the family.
Fanucci did not mind taking less money from Vito because he figured out that Vito had pocketed the rest from Tessio and Clamenza, hence his complementing Vito on his balls.
Robert DeNiro did not speak Italian (he's only one quarter Italian) so in preparation for the role he went to the region of Sicily where Vito was supposed to be from with a tape recorder in order to master the dialect as well as the language itself.
Roth is played by legendary acting teacher Lee Strasburg, Plantangeine is played by award-winning playwright Michael Gazzo, and the Senate Committee is played by various screenwriter/producer friends of Coppola (e.g. Roger Corman.).
The character of Plantangeline was created because Coppola and the producers refused to grant actor Richard Castellano's request that his dialogue be written by his associate, although his widow (he died in the 80s working as a garage mechanic in New Jersey) claims it was because he he had lost weight and he refused Coppola's request to gain it back.
Unbeknownst to the actor playing the landlord, a nail was put through the door in Vito's office to keep the door from opening so his struggle to open the door was genuine.
When Barack Obama was president he was flying over Nevada in Air Force One. When it was over Lake Tahoe he looked out the window and said, "Poor Fredo."
Just found your channel, love your reactions! Could you please react to Wind River, starring Jeremy Renner ( Hawkeye ) and Elizabeth Olson, ( Scarlett Witch ), based on a true story, also, The Accountant with Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick, and Eagle Eye, starring Shia Labeouf , Michelle Monahan and Billy Bob Thornton!
We can pick either Godfather movie, the original, or Part II. Whichever you pick, you can't lose. BOTH movies are masterpieces with legendary acting performances & film making. You did a great job reacting to both movies, Noah. Thank you, Sir!
Without spoiling, Part 3 is essentially split into two conclusions. The first conclusion is the epilogue that Coppola has been very consistent about from before its release, summarizing the first two films by showing how Michael pays for his sins as King Lear. The other conclusion of the film creatively shows that the Coppolas have become the family that Vito always wanted. The real life success of the Coppolas shatters the stereotype created by mafia films about Italian American families. Coppola shows this by boldly casting several of his very successful family members in this film. Part 3 also has the Corleones torn apart with an Oedipal relationship that is a reference to both King Lear and Coppola family history.
It's a good, not great, film, but it could never live up to its predecessors. Worth watching for closure and for a Pacino scene I love, IMO his best acting of the saga.
@@flarrfan Part 3 grows in popularity as more people understand the comparison between the Corleones and the Coppolas. The Corleones suffer for their sins in Part 3 while the Coppolas continue to thrive in real life by the virtues of their creativity as artists. Part 3 has turned Sofia Coppola into the Mona Lisa of the Godfather films.
Fredo never dies in the book and is described in the book by Sonny as the toughest of Vito's sons. Coppola changed Fredo for the movies, with Puzo's permission, to reflect how Coppola was treated as a child. Coppola had polio as a child and spent about a year in bed. Like Fredo, people ignorantly assumed that Coppola would grow up to be a weakling and a failure because he was a sickly child. Coppolas talents did not show until he went to college and he become the most successful and wealthiest member of his family. Coppola uses this in Part 3 as Michael watches Connie's development and is haunted by the consideration of how Fredo might have developed if he was allowed to live.
So excited that you're doing this series (this season, specifically)! Strap in for some of the best acting and directing you'll ever see from a TV series! Great reaction as always, looking forward to episode 2!
Red light doesn't dilate the pupils like normal light. Red light is used to preserve night vision. You will see astronomers using red light in observatories etc. And intermission just means it's time to go out for a smoke, or bathroom break
