I was in the Marine Corps when this came out. Stationed at Camp Pendleton, the wife and I went to a Blockbuster in Oceanside one night to rent a flick and there were two women literally fighting over the last copy of Uncle Buck. Pushing, shoving, neither of which would let go of the case. One of those moments you just can't forget.
More great John Candy: The Great Outdoors (with Dan Aykroyd), Summer Rental and Stripes (smaller role but still a great performance...Bill Murray & Harold Ramis starred). There is also Splash. He plays Tom Hanks' brother. It was one of Ron Howard's first directing jobs.
I was going to recommend The Great Outdoors. Not only is John Candy fabulous in it, Dan Aykroyd is incredible, I'm pretty sure that's Annette Bening's first movie role, and again, it's written by John Hughes, so I can't imagine that Shanelle wouldn't enjoy it. It's also one of my favorite childhood movies (my sister and I still gasp, "Big bear chase!" when we get out of breath, then laugh like hyenas).
@@laurachamberlain6864 Oh, hell yeah. But that was more a Richard Pryor movie that featured John Candy than a collaboration, similarly to Stripes, just with more John Candy.
I like that you actually do commentaries on the movies since you do have a film making background. It’s interesting knowing about the little things that go into these movies.
I remember thinking it was such a funny premise for a movie, then learning that it was loosely based on actual events, which makes it that much funnier. I say loosely based because apparently the original script was meant to be a serious sports drama, but the script had a bunch of problems and wound up getting completely overhauled to something a little more enjoyable.
Cool Runnings, the movie of 3 lies: 1- the Jamaicans were welcomed with open arms, they weren't shunned. 2- what John Candy's character did, putting weights in his sled, is not a felony, it's a perfectly normal thing to do. 3- the best: John Candy's character is complete fiction.
No kidding. The guy wasn't just a big Canadian goofball. He could really act and give you a range of emotions from his performances. He was really underrated in, believe it or not, Cool Runnings, too.
"Candy was also slated to collaborate with John Hughes again in a comedy opposite Sylvester Stallone titled Bartholomew vs. Neff. Candy and Stallone were to have portrayed feuding neighbors." I so wish this had been made, it sounds like it would have been hilarious.
This movie always completely rips me apart at the end, and I always get teary-eyed because it always feels like John is waving goodbye for real. We got another few films from him but we lost him so very early. Never been another actor quite like him. Instantly likeable no matter what antics he was up to in his films. Always and forever a John Candy fan.
Fun fact, the same year Uncle Buck came out, Amy Madigan who played Chanice and Gaby Hoffmann who played Maizy appeared as mother and daughter in Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner
Candy is beloved and has so many unforgettable characters, and is one of the most likable people in Hollywood. He could play the "every man" with heart, tenderness, silliness, and had great comedic delivery and timing. One of his underrated gifts is how well he could play supporting characters, having chameos and smaller roles, and often stole the movie/outshined the leads because he was so good. The original script/shooting by Hughes was twice as long, and wished Hughes would've kept some of the scenes in the final cut. Of note is Mile's character arc, which is flushed out more as he doesn't have any friends in school and through Buck's lunches and other antics, Miles gains friends. He has a heart to heart moment in the film with Buck, which should've been kept in. Part of the reason I love this film is how Hughes portrayed how out of touch the parents are in their kids lives (Tia's rebelliousness and anger with moving the family away from friends/family, Miles having no friends, getting beat up, and quitting hockey, etc) and how Buck (the screwup Uncle that the family wants nothing to do with) is able to connect with the kids and form a bond their parents could not in only a matter of weeks. Buck's struggles (relationships, drinking, gambling, unemployment) and his pain are finally pushed the surface and brought to life through caring for the kids, which finally brought his maturation and tranformation that he was avoiding his entire life (and how it transformed the kids too). Great heartfelt scenes are when Candy is despairing when he drinks with the dog, and when he sees the wedding photo with his picture hidden/tucked underneath. Candy had a knack for feeling his pain and really caring about all the character's he portrayed. What a gift John Candy gave us.
yah, nicely said..... I think John went supernova when he did the mud wrestling scene in Stripes..... but he had been crafting characters with future comedy gods for over a decade by then.... definitely no overnight success.... as Van Morrison once sang..... "he paid his dues in Canada" nice to see another Candy fan and read some kind remembrances..... thx and have a Happier one eh.
Beautifully said. John Candy movies always make me smile and then cry like a baby whenever the credits role and i have to come back to the reality that took that great human being from us way too early. There will never be another actor like him.
Shanelle I would be very interested in your reaction to Only the Lonely. It is my favorite John Candy movie, but I would not call it a typical Candy role. The movie is a straight up Romantic comedy with the twist that Candy's relationship with his mother( played by the great Maureen O'Hara) drives the plot not Candy's love interest. Great empathetic acting on his part but not big on the physical comedy, which makes it different from most John Candy movies. I think he is fantastic in Only the Lonely.
Only the Lonely number 6 says the idiot seconding every suggestion he sees it's not like I'm voting for dead people I'm pretty sure what I'm doing is legal.... I just like that movie too..... and I've got way too much time on my hands apparently.
Is that the music from the Neverending Story playing in the background at the begining of the video. If not, you still get a like! Great movie! And you love John Candy, then consider watching The Great Outdoors. 😁👍
The music is a royalty free track from epidemic sound! Might link it in my description box-lots have asked! I’ll have to watch The Neverending Story and see!
Oh heck yeah!!! *small edit here* I'm just going to say, "just be you. Ppl will either enjoy your insights and personality, or not. Continue to comment, and watch for the first time, movies you want, with and without our input. Be you, and we, your faithful, will also be here."
Fun Fact: In Deadpool 2, there's a scene where Ryan Reynolds is reading "The Canadian Mounted", which is the same book Del Griffith is reading at the airport when he meets Neil for the first time. A homage to John Candy.
The fact that the situation that Buck rescued Tia from wasn't an "earth-shattering event" is very John Hughes. Hughes is a genius at exaggerating the minor things that happen in a teenager's life, and making them seem like the end-of-life events that they feel like to the person who is undergoing them.
Don't put too much energy into the negative comments. Some people think just because you can speak freely, you should. Never mind class or tact. It doesn't exist to them.
You’re so cute. It’s great watching a commentary from someone who’s got an idea about filmmaking. Uncle Buck is such a classic. Another John Hughes cinematic gem.
They try to use Kevin James to fill John Candy rolls, but it doesn’t quite fit. There is a “comfortable in my own skin” quality to all of Candy’s roles that can’t be duplicated.
The teenage girl in The Great Outdoors with John Candy was the female lead in The Boy Who Could Fly, which was played by Bug, the boyfriend in this. Hashtag6degreesofjohncandy
I had fuzzy, loving memories of The Boy Who Could Fly from when I was a kid, so when I watched it last year for the first time in forever, I was surprised to find that they explicitly drove the point home that he was autistic. Of course I had no idea what autism was in 1986, and that's probably why I didn't remember it, but addressing that topic was still super rare for that time.
Even though they’re completely different movies, one movie you might review (or reminisce about) is Adventures in Babysitting. It’s Chris Columbus writing & directing a Hughes-style comedy.
I worked as a delivery driver for a florist in Bel Air in 1990 and was thrilled when I had a delivery for John Candy. He actually answered the door himself and was as nice as you would expect. He was also one of the few (very wealthy) people who tipped me.
The mail slot scene was the inspiration for Home Alone. Oh and yes the exterior filming location was real and the same neighborhood as Home Alone and Ferris Bueller's Day Off!
John Candy is one of my favourite actors. One of my favourite movie that he was in is “Only the lonely” with Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, Kevin Dunn and James Belushi. Yes it was a John Hughes production
I'll second that movie for the second time..... how many times do you think Shanelle will cry? we really need an office pool or something..... I'm betting 30..... pick your number quick before someone else takes it!
Did you know there was an Uncle Buck TV show?? Chris Farley came as close as anyone I know to being on the same level of big loveable buffoon with a heart of gold. Still WAY different actors though. I just don't think John Candy is in any way replacable.
Spaceballs, Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors, Armed & Dangerous, The Rescuers: Down Under, Summer Rental, Nothin But Trouble, Stripes, The Blues Brothers, Brewsters Millions, Who’s Harry Crumb, Only The Lonely, Splash, and Hot To Trot are all my favorite John Candy movies (and in this order too).
I'll add to thumbs up for The Great Outdoors as another great Candy performance -that's another John Hughes written and produced, and directed by Howard Deutch the future Mr. Lea Thompson. Also, for a slightly different performance (a little more adult) from him check out Only The Lonely from 1991. Which was written and directed by Chris Columbus and produced by Hughes and in addition to Candy has Ally Sheedy, James Belushi, Maureen O'Hara and Anthony Quinn as well as Macaulay and Kieran Culkin. It's another Chicago based film
You know uncle buck, the great outdoors, really reminded me of how my family acted too. Regular, genuine people, that's why John candy was so good. Funny, heartfelt, and genuine!
Love John Candy, but he did usually end up playing the same stereotype. I prefer what he was able to do on the SCTV show back in the 80's. It was a much better display of how great he was. Here's a playlist from SCTV's official YT. ru-vid.com/group/PLv1JzftLEjy2_Bdfn0KwFkr8RhN6QxANB
It's nice having "first time watching" in the title so that we know it is a first watch and not just commentary. The Great Outdoors is another good one.
You hit the nail on the head: there are no comic actors like John Candy, today. No big, affable slobs with hearts of gold. I wish he could have worked with Steve Martin again; their chemistry in 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' really made that movie all that it is.
Very nice Shanelle! One of my all time favorites. And of course, as is the case with most John Hughes movies, the filming locations are all like within a 10-mile radius of where I grew up. Agree with the recommendation for "The Great Outdoors", along with the other suggestions I think I rambled off...including "Risky Business". :)
@@ShanelleRiccio Exited, or excited!? lol Forgive me, I'm a degreed Journalist and writer. Actually, now that I think about it, it's not a movie, but I would LOVE if you would read my book (one of a few, but my main one), and review it. Whether in private to me, or publicly (I'll give you a cut, lol)
@@ShanelleRiccio The mechanics behind the car going boom is long story short called "Dieseling" or "running on" A lot of cars had mechanical fuel pumps, so as long as the engine is turning it is pumping fuel, Car engine can develop hot spots in the combustion chamber (carbon build up etc) which can become a source of ignition, However the "ignition" isn't timed so it happens at the wrong time (combined with it being not as powerful ignition source), And the car will run until either the combustion becomes too weak to turn the engine, or the engine back fires (hence the boom) I hope that this helps :-) It is also seen at the start of the movie "Loaded weapon 1" @ circa the 1:00 mark ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nOXU5W0BLSw.html
My favorite John Candy films: Canadian Bacon. The president declares war on Canada to boost his ratings. Delirious. He's a soap opera writer who after an accident, wakes up in his own soap opera. Nothing But Trouble. I can't even give a synopsis this movie is so weird. But it has Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd and Demi Moore in it.
Thanks for doing this one, its one of my favorites. No one else has done this, so you have a monopoly. Joe Friday gag from kitchen table was great. I enjoyed your selection, thumbs up!
the pancake didn't amaze me as much as..... that oven/stove/grill or whatever that appliance/equipment was, that cooked the big ass pancake..... tell me you've got one or two of those in your kitchen? this movie is mostly responsible for my son never get a normal pancake from me in his life. thanks for the reminder and have a Happier one this year eh.
@@JuandeFucaU Your son is very lucky to have pancakes like that. Oh, and a dad, too. haha Bless parents like you who do cool things like that for your son. Don't forget to introduce him to great movies, TV shows, and music.
@@LA_HA thank you for your kind words.... my son is now about Shanelle's age, loves great movies, TV, and music.... so my pancakes didn't do too much damage, I guess. I'm not sure if it's a blessing or a curse.... to this day, my son's first thought when the subject of pancakes comes up is probably.... are they in they shape of Pikachu taking a pooh?
as a clown myself, yes clowning is an art form, but like most art forms you have hordes of losers that treat it like a quick buck. plenty of jerk clowns out there.
Yay ❤❤ I haven't watched your review yet but will do BUT Uncle Buck is one if my favourite films ever with Loving John Candy in it and the emotional scene and song at the end ❤❤🤗🤗🌈🌈🌟🌟
Another great reaction with commentary! Keep "First time reaction" in the RU-vid line- people search for that. The reactors I watch generally go for a large franchise with multiple movies to really move subscriber growth, think Star Wars, Back to the Future, The Matrix, Marvel movies, Lord of the Rings. I'm not saying that is what you have to do or should do but to first watch a well loved series will bring people in. You are doing better with movie choices and overall production and always the great content- so you will get there in time! I saw Uncle Buck in the theaters in Junior High and really liked it then and still do. Answers to questions: Robes-no,maybe it's a thing when you have kids. Moms hair- yes,we hate it. On location or on lot- on location. Who do we have like john candy--sadly no one :-( The bad clown narrative was pushed with the arrest and reveal of serial killer John Wayne Gacy and his profile of working as a clown for kid parties. Do I have full body chills- Nope. I remember this movie as the first I can remember that had rap music in the background- Wild Thing Tone Loc- as he walks in the school, and Young MC's Bust a Move at the party. When I see John Candy's movies now, I'm amazed at his ability to react to the other actors performances. As you pointed out- the mimic of Bug in the car and of Macaulay's surprise shake when he see Buck are great examples of this. His years doing SCTV honed his skills.
Aww the scene where Buck says to the principal 'here'd a quarter, go downtown and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face' was edited out. I love that part lol
my parents wouldn't buy cheese whiz cause it cost too much for a pointless fake cheese :P This is one of my all time favorite comedies. I've seen it a million times.
Not to insult Belushi, but I never really found him as funny as Candy or Farley. Now, his brother James has made quite a few movies I like... "Curly Sue" and "Real Men" spring to mind.
@@Hiraghm hey i did really find him as good either but he did inspire both Candy and Farley Both said they wanted to be like Belushi. Both did allot of coke like Belushi and both died just like Belushi
Need my own notepad next time to keep track of all the questions asked of us to be commented on. The one I really focused on was is there a current day John Candy. I feel like there are actors who can capture what he did for a role in a movie. But only on rare occasions, no one could replicate what he did in movie after movie, role after role. As a side note, after watching this one, I now have the strongest urge to go and binge Camp Candy. Might have to sail the seven seas of the internet to find that one.
I think having Tom Cruise a.k.a to some Lestat would've been weird and if it were Jack Nickleson it would've been a different kind of film all together😂
I enjoy watching reaction videos, that's how the youtube algorithm pointed me here. So, yea! If you're reacting to the classics, it's cool to call it "reaction video" or "first time watching" Keep up the good work!
I would say Bug was scared of Uncle Buck. John Candy was a big guy at 6'2" and over 250. Can you imagine how much fun it was to hang around with John Candy? It would've been great!
My favorite story concerning John Candy was how he indirectly helped start the San Francisco 49ers dynasty back in the 80s. The Niners were trailing the Bengals very late in the Super Bowl and the Niners had the ball. They were starting to panic. So they were in the huddle during a TV timeout (the downtime when the game is in commercial) Joe Montana looked around and pointed out John Candy and said "Hey, isn't that John Candy?" and that calmed down the players, the Super Bowl came back from its commercial break and they went back to the line of scrimmage and started what would become the game-winning drive to win the championship.
The scene between Culkin and Candy was a nice little homage to the TV show Dragnet. I hope it just wasn't editing. The way they did it on the series was to use cue cards so everyone could match Jack Webb's delivery.
There is no one, before or since, like John Candy. One of a kind. I didn't see it when it was in the theaters (I worked at a theater when Planes, Trains and Automobiles was out, so I saw that MANY times and got paid to watch it). But when this one came out, just 2 years later, I was in the Army. In 1989, I was stationed at Fort Hood and while I do remember the summer of 89, I don't remember this movie... that's because I didn't have a TV (so I saw no trailers), and I was far too busy in 89 to go to any movies. The previous summer/fall, I was at Fort Gordon (Georgia), and saw several good movies (at Augusta Mall). Childs Play, Big, Young Guns and Cocktails to name a few.
I love this movie!! What’s your record for consecutive questions asked? You need to see Only the Lonely!! Brewsters Millions is another John Candy classic
"Me attempting to mitigate the amount of negative comments." --- F that. You be you. Your audience will find you and love it, the rest can go pound sand.
Love love your reviews Shanelle 😊 John Candy is so special. I miss the lovely man. He is art! We are so lucky to have in, as part of our growing up and in our life. John Hughes films are just so good and always have an emotional end ❤🌟 this film had so much love and character. Great review again. Love how you analyse the films too
I love your reviews! You’re so right about John Candy. He’s probably my favorite actor ever if I had to pick one. He’s unique in that he’s so funny but also able to come off as so endearing and loveable.
Oh, and as for negativity, just ignore it. Do your thing, it's your channel, let it reflect you. If idiots 'out there' can't accept that, let them start their own channel so that it can reflect them.
You'll really want to watch this little documentary that came out about two weeks ago talking about all of the scenes cut from this movie (like Planes Trains and Automobiles, the original cut was over 3 hours long). There's very little extra that was shot, but he was able to read the original script and describe various cut scenes. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XuWQIIHT4FE.html Also, you are *VERY* good at this.
aint she tho? nice of you to say so. thx for adding that info..... interesting stuff I hadn't seen before..... love that old insider stuff, don't you? would love to be part of a channel where everybody spams the comment section with every last scrap of useless trivia about a good old movie. hope to see you next movie Craig.
