*HIDDEN FIGURES* is an INSPIRING story about three BRILLIANT WOMEN!!! (Movie Reaction/Commentary) 

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So my old school was named and built after Katherine Johnson and I pretty much spent 5th-8th grade learning about her. When she died it lowkey shook the school. None of us knew her personally but her story and legacy was something a lot of us wanted to achieve or looked up to. Especially being a predominantly black and brown campus. Thanks for the reaction today guys!

As a black female engineering student and the first in the family, this was a huge movie for me and so many other girls. Their story is only now coming out, which is sad, but it’s the greatest motivation to keep persevering no matter what. Thanks guys for watching!❤

"I like her numbers." - John Glenn. I don't see that as a one-liner. I see it as a white man in a room full of white men - and here is this Black woman - the only woman, the only minority - and he is of course super impressed with her skills but also recognizes the position she's probably in -he can FEEL it - and so he puts himself out there, in front, as a leader, with his words, to support her. John Glenn really was like that - and trusted her calculations so completely he requested her specifically to double check the numbers on launch day (as seen later in the film). So I feel like him making that little joke in a charming way was a way of using his position to support her. If anyone was going to doubt/dismiss her, they'd have to come through him., It's a very SOFT use of his obvious power. imo.

I read somewhere that said the real Katherine Johnson didn’t run half a mile to the colored restrooms. She basically said fuck it and used the white ones 🤣

i really appreciate this channel because you guys aren’t afraid to watch movies that arent about you. many reaction channels that are run by straight white men dont watch these types of movies and i dont know why. especially movies where the main character is a woman. they either dont watch it, completely misunderstand her character, sexualize every thing she does, or completely cut out all the important scenes in the youtube cut. and i really appreciate this channel cuz you can watch a movie where the main is a woman, a poc, or a queer person and still have a genuine reaction to the movie without minimizing its importance. idk ive just been thinking about this for a while and thought this was a good opportunity to say this.

The term computers just means "to compute (numbers)". The women computed numbers, hence they were computers. Since machines came along to compute numbers, but faster, they just also called them computers. So computers as we know them, are named after the human computers they replaced.

“You can’t trust her with pie” 😂

this is one of my favorite movies of all time! and I'm with Zuff; while all three of them were queens in their own right, Taraji absolutely slayed and rose above in her role as Katherine Johnson. thanks for the reaction guys! ❤

the scene discussing the bathroom will have me in tears EVERY time. i have *NO* idea how she did not win an oscar for that. it was fantastic.

I was so pissed that I had never heard of these women and their stories until this movie. These amazing women were truly hidden and are such a HUGE important part of our history. This is such a great film and one that everyone should watch.

If you guys are interested, you can watch an actual interview with katherine! A lot of the stuff in the movie is dramatized, like Mr. Harrison breaking down the sign. Katherine just went in the white bathroom!

Grissom did die, but not during his Mercury flight. He and his crew were tragically killed during a test on the launch pad (for the first manned Apollo mission) when a fire sparked in their capsule and they couldnt get out before asphyxiating (the door was too complicated to open quickly-- it was redesigned before the next Apollo flight). The crew with the teacher that you mentioned wasnt part of the Apollo program, that was the Challenger disaster, which was part of the space shuttle program (they went: Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, shuttle). Apollo 11 was the first moon landing.

This is one of my favorite films of all time. These three women inspire me to step out and step up everyday. I was SO happy for the cast when they won the SAG-AFTRA award. It was the most meaningful nomination and the most meaningful win.

THE MUSIC IN THIS MOVIE IS ALL ORIGINAL ! Ferrell did the music and he was inspired because he grew up near this base in Virginia and he wanted to be an astronaut as a kid. He did such a great job making the music feel like the music of that generation.

One of the things I love about this movie is the costume design. For the three leads but especially with Katherine/Taraji. She’s always in Jewel tones while in a room full of white men in neutrals ❤

“ 🤔I didn’t know the first man went to space when JFK was-- 😨 OH NO IS HE GONNA GET-- Oh, no it’s not an assassination attempt. 😆” Zuff went through so many thoughts and emotions during that 10 second clip 😭🤣🤣

If you wanna watch another historical movie real life about Alan Turing, who invented computers, you should totally watch the Imitation Game!

Z: What’s Glen Powell? B: He’s an actor. Z: Oh, I thought you were callin him by his nickname. WAAAT!? 🤣😂

Just know, the real Catherine didn't go through the bathroom thing. She never asked she just used the bathroom 😊.

What I prefer in that type of movies, it's when they tell us in the end, what happened to the protagonists after the events and they show pictures of them. I don't know if you knew it but the real Katherine Johnson was the last Hidden Figure who was still alive when the movie came out. She died three years ago at 101 years old. Now guys, you have to watch the series " Self-made " inspired of the life of Madam CJ Walker, with Octavia Spencer in the main role. As a french, I advice you to watch " Intouchables " and " Chocolat " two movies inspired of real french stories

Neil Armstrong was first to step on the moon followed by Buzz Aldrin.

Don’t be hesitant to introduce some more black films to the channel. If you want something more lighthearted but still entertaining The Best Man/The Barbershop/Bad Boys/Creed films are pretty good.

For someone from Asia like me, this movie help giving me a much more clearer picture and understanding of what African-American has been through, I'm glad the world have come so far from that time, but hope we can go to the point where everyone view each other as human equally soon💪

Katherine Johnson died in Feb 2020 at 101 and a half years old. Her husband (the same one) died in 2019.

To touch on the “We probably didn’t go to the moon” conspiracy. The movie & film industry debunked the conspiracy because the technology to do a fake live continuous film broadcast for the 11 hours did not exist and wouldn’t exist for decades. They also said that just the film alone would have required multiple football arenas to store it. It was a very fascinating deep dive on all aspects of the conspiracy.

20:40 yes, on April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in world history to fly into outer space. Since then, April 12, 1961 was declared a holiday in the USSR (later in Russia and other post-Soviet countries) - Cosmonautics Day. Fun fact: he met with Queen Elizabeth II, and the Queen, contrary to etiquette, took a souvenir photo with him, citing the fact that he was not an ordinary, earthly person, but a heavenly one, and therefore there was no violation of etiquette.

22:01 Getting life insurance for the Apollo 11 crew was far too expensive, so a couple months before the launch, the crew signed hundreds of autographs. The autograph covers were postmarked in the post office on the days of important events - the day of the launch, the day of the moon landing. Then they were distributed to the families, so if they did not return from the mission, the families could sell the autographs.

Guys (what is with education?) in 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon. Buzz Aldrin was he second. Michael Collins was also in their module but he basically stayed on the ship while the other two went out and bounced around.

If Zuff’s relationship philosophy is true, Zuff needs to drop the addy already and we’ll bring you some soup LOL Hot meal for the boys

Omg I'm so excited 😊 this is my favorite movie I still remember going to the theaters with my grandma, Great Grandma, and grand aunt to watch this the say it released(all black women). Now everytime I see her she asks me to put it on and we watch it all over again. its honestly such a comfort movie at this point and I'm so glad y'all are watching this ❤

Calling them a computer wasn't an insult. They computed. People who computed for a living were computers. Later we took that name and applied it to the machines we now use. But the humans came first.

Octavia Spencer… UNDERrated! “Snowpiercer”, “the Shape of Water”, “Hidden Figures”, etc…

Lmaooooo “do they go to the moon in this movie?” “Idk let’s watch it” 😭😭

If I'm not mistaken, NASA did de-segregate the bathrooms (and every other space) long before the rest of the country did.

Aldis Hodge, the actor who played Mary Jackson's husband, was in a series called Leverage , that ran for 5 seasons and recently had a 2 season sequel run, and the latest movie he was in was Black Adam. The shuttle that the teachers died on was the Challenger and it happened in 1986. Kids all over the country were watching the launch broadcast live when it exploded.

I'm an aerospace engineer and its was so funny o me hearing how little you guys know about the Space Race lmao

I think computers sounds dehumanizing because of what we know them to be nowadays, however, I don’t think that was the case back then. ComputER just meant a person that computes (they had white computers too). A lawyER is a person that practices law. A supervisOR is a person that supervises….etc.

If you're into the space race - and want to get familiar with all these guys (Neil was the first man on the moon) - Gus Grissom, John Glenn - all the rest - you should watch The Right Stuff. Great movie!

“Radium Girls” is also a movie based on historical events

To be fair computers were a thing long before actual the computer machine. So being a computer was on par as being called a doctor or and engineer or a librarian. We than took the human job title and called the machine a computer. It is just so synonymous with the machine we don’t realize computers predate the machine.

It's amazing to me that the astronauts who went to the moon had less computing power on their rocket than we have on our phones in our pockets. Talk about brave!

Hidden Figures and The Help are two of my all time favorite movies that I could never get tired of watching.

You guys have become my new favorite reaction channel!!!

Speaking of Kevin Coastner y’all should watch The Bodyguard staring him and Whitney Houston it’s so good 👌🏾

Absolute inspiration. Several years ago, I took my young daughter to our local museum with an exhibit about these women. Then we read about them and watched the movie. Then we got figurines of all three for her dresser. My daughter is white and things are better than they were for women of any color now, but these three amazing women have been continued inspiration to keep working and trying for your passions and talents. And it’s “ok” that math homework can be hard! 😉

4:23 My daughter is in 6th grade Advanced Math and she asked me for help on a problem. We went over it together... I do not miss math in school. I do enough math at work, but her homework gives me anxiety.

Great review of a great movie. John Glenn, from Wapakoneta, Ohio, served as a senator later on. In elementary school we watched John Glenn go into space on little televisions in our classrooms. My husband and I were atop Pike's Peak when the moon landing occurred, and we watched it later on television. Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon, as he said , "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

“The dad from Man of Steel” WHAT!? You mean KEVIN COSTNER!!

A landmark moment in NASA history and an excellently acted monologue and these three; "Is that Shoop?" "That's Shoop".

When this movie released in theaters all the girls/women in my entire extended family went to see it together. It was about 25-30 of us. After that first watch it became a comfort movie for me. Whenever I put it on I know I’m gonna enjoy it

It is so crazy that I never learnt about this in the history of space exploration what a amazing film with amazing performances by all loved the reaction

Bryce, the space race was to successfully put a manned spaceship in orbit (I think) rather than a race to land on the moon - that’s a little later in the race 15:22

Kevin Costner was THE MAN in the 90s. You've gotta do the list. Dances With Wolves. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The Bodyguard. Field of Dreams.

I love Taraji henson as an actor, another good movie she played in “The best of enemies” the rage I felt watching it 😭

Have you guys already watched "Apollo 13"? If not, I think you'd love it.

"Were you in the intro" had me dying😂😂😂

This movie is what inspired me to pursue engineering in college. I love your guys’ reactions.

I love this movie! I watch it like once every three months haha. Thanks for reacting to it!

Yay, I’m so glad you guys watch movies like this! So important and informative, glad you liked it!! 🥰

Kirsten Dunst also has a great cinematography. She has done so much more than what she's classically known more, I recommend all her movies !

Harrison never did that in real life they just added that to the film. This is American history sadly our country today doesn't want people to learn history like this.

The space stuff in the 1960s was three programs, one after the other: Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. Mercury, which is what this movie is about, was the one that figured (ha!) all the basic stuff out and got the first Americans up. Then Gemini did a bunch of proof-of-concept experiments with two astronauts per mission. Then Apollo did the moon stuff. More questions you guys asked: Grissom did die, but he first flew on Mercury and Gemini. He died in the Apollo 1 fire, which happened during a test, on the ground, a month before the planned launch. Buzz was the second person to walk on the moon, about 15 minutes after Neil Armstrong's "One small step..." All the moon landings were Apollo. Six landings in total. Two people walking on the moon per mission (and the third dude remaining in moon orbit.) So, 12 people in total have walked on the moon. And the main reason we haven't gone back in 50 years is because it's freakin' expensive and there's no oil or Unobtainium on the moon it seems.

Loved this reaction! You guys should react to “42” about Jackie Robinson if you haven’t it’s such a underrated movie.

Maybe fortunately, the part about Harrison, Katherine, and the bathrooms isn't true. In reality, Katherine just started using the unlabeled (taken as white) bathrooms without much fuss. In fact, Katherine said she didn't feel the segregation as much in NASA

The challenger was a space shuttle that exploded in January 1986. 7 people on board including a school teacher, Sharon was from New Hampshire. They blamed the cold weather, but they were informed multiple times about the faulty seals on the fuel line. The rubber was cheap asf and would freeze during cold launches. It broke and fuel spilled into the rockets and exploded 73 seconds after takeoff.

The sport ones you were talking about may be “McFarland” where he’s a coach. I recommend it🙏🏽

Found your channel along with Arron and Jo when my great grandmother was dying and two days after my great grandfather died as well. You guys really helped to escape ❤

I LOVE THIS MOVIE! I cannot wait to see your reaction!

The reason humans have not been back to the moon is that it's way more expensive than just sending robots so that's what we've been doing waiting for technollogy to be better so it's cheaper as NASA does not have the amount of money it got leading to the moon landing But it seems they're ready to try again, and actually the mission Artemis is scheduled for next year and it will include the first woman to go to the moon

“Now get outta the movie” 😂😂Y’all crack me up. Love you guys

simply an incredible story told and portrayed so fng well. can make you get teary eyed but ends so triumphant.

such a gem of a movie. hats off to these women who paved the way & also the men who supported them.

the book was an interesting read and I think if you want to know more about the other women (along with some inaccuracies) you should check it out

Kevin Costner - Tjn Cup (golf), Dances with Wolves, Waterworld, Bull Durham (baseball), Field of Dreams (baseball), Yellowstone (Paramount+ TV) plus myriad others, including many historical and many westerns. The Bodyguard, with Whitney Houston, and, a favorite of mine, the Upside of Anger.

Probably one of my top 10 fav films of all time. I absolutely love it! Not only does it leave you feeling so inspired but it also just makes you so proud and happy of/for them. They were most definitely hidden figures because I found out who they were through this film, so now I just considered them hidden gems!

That jazz walk edit got me!!!! Y’all are hilarious

The part about John Glenn saying he wouldn't go unless Katherine Johnson agreed with the numbers is true.

One Night In Miami is another great movie! It’s got the guy who played Mary’s husband (aldis hodge) as Jim Brown, and it’s basically a night of him, Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali being friends and talking about their struggles in their respective fields

35:10 had me weakkkkkk😂😂

I remember watching Barack Obama award her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Full body chills!

I am weirdly jealous of Bryce's eyebrows

robs new hair cut slays

Gud Grissom did die... but it was Apollo 1, during a test on the pad when a fire broke out inside the cabin. The bitter irony was that his Mercury capsule was lost when the door prematurely opened, so it was redesigned, one that made it impossible for the Apollo astronauts to open the door during the fure (though they only had maybe 10 seconds).

“Who’s Glenn Powell?? … oh, I thought you were talking about his nickname.” He has said a series of strange things and it seems to be consistent with each reaction 😂😂

I was so excited when i saw the notification, and you guys did not disappoint❤

Nice jazz walk 😂

I get chills every time I see tarajis performance during the bathroom part. You should definitely check out imitation game it's an amazing true story about Alan Turing

Mrs. Katherine and her husband were married up until his death in 2019, she passed away a year later.

Just an FYI: Buzz Aldrin was actually the second, after Neil Armstrong, which is unfortunately for him why everyone remembers Neil's name. Armstrong just happened to be the first to touch foot, but there were 3 men on that mission: Armstrong, Aldrin, and Michael Collins (whom everyone seems to forget).

Finally, so glad you guys react to one of my favorite movies

I loved this film - very entertaining and satisfying. The scene where Mahershala Ali proposes really was heart-touching.

29:00 Zuff thinking JFK was about to get domed in the middle of the movie had me dyin HAHAHA

Great choice to react to. Judging by your reactions to The Help and Hidden Figures, I strongly recommend Fried Green Tomatoes (1991, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary Louise Parker, Kathy Bates, Cicely Tyson, Chris O'Donnell) which was big at the Oscars, and A Time to Kill (1996, Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland) which was based on a fantastic John Grisham novel. If you're willing to explore further, Mississippi Burning (1988, Willem Dafoe, Gene Hackman, Francis McDormand) is another great movie [true story] based on a tragedy that took place in the 60s during the peak of the US civil rights movement.

You must see The Right Stuff to fully understand the space race . Then after that see Apollo 13

After watching your reaction, I realize how blessed I was to be a 7-year-old boy following the space program from the Mercury program (which I started watching in late 1960) thru Gemini (which perfected space walks and docking of two capsules) and ending with Apollo and the moon landing in July 1969. It was a science class that lasted for 9+ years that I followed with great enthusiasm. I had rockets for toys, instead of Sponge Bob. I guess it affected my life more than I thought.

this was early 1960s, I was in grade school and this was just our baby steps off the planet. This was for simply orbiting the planet and returning safely. No one knew what would happen. Those guys had ice in their veins. And those women, holy hell...

If you like Mahershala Ali, I'd STRONGLY suggest you watch Green Book. Vigo Mortenson is in it too. It also is based on a true story and has strong racial undertones like this movie.

So glad you guys reacted to this movie. The only issue I had was the volume of the movie. Was hard to sync with your reaction and what was being said. Your volume was loud and clear. It would be great if you could increase the movie volumn and the size of the movie instead of that little oval. But you all gave wonderful heartfelt insights following the conclusion of the movie; well done. It made me subscribe.

the soundtrack to this movie is criminally underrated