No one else is reacting to this movie, and it’s one of my absolute favorites from this era.
@PhilipManzano
Жыл бұрын
I was surprised by it! Definitely one of the more enjoyable ones on our run so far!
@im-gi2pg
Жыл бұрын
I have been requesting this movie so much!!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
@im-gi2pg
Жыл бұрын
@@PhilipManzano You are the first!!!!!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@meganx6726
Жыл бұрын
There are so many times when you both missed the point of so many scenes. Also you both not understanding "entry level" for her at the end. (she thought she was the secretary and happy) but she was instead, entry level with her own private office with a secretary in a multi-million dollar company that - given her business smarts...she will climb. Also, please turn your movie sound up. Viewers want to hear the film as well as your reactions. If you did that I would subscribe.
@Jasoux
9 ай бұрын
You're damn right - audio too quiet in the playback, and yes, so many points of the movie LOST - especially from the snobby female on the right hand side of picture on the sofa - no disrespect to her, Erika, but honestly...SO condescendingly dismissive from the get go, and all the way thru...as if the 1980's were nothing or whatever...
@macc.1132
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it was a lot tougher for women to navigate the sexism in the '80's and '90's. Most college educated adults were men, and it's only been fairly recent that women have started to attend secondary education more then men. That chase-your-secretary-around-the-desk scenario, open discussion about your looks, and general disdain for female leadership was way more evident in the 1980's and 1990's than even today. And hell, it still exists. I also like that her friend (played by Joan Cusak) gives her shitty advice that she doesn't listen to. While her friend has good intentions, her wisdom stinks and so Tess follows her gut. Some people don't like that her main adversary was her female boss. I don't get that criticism since there are plenty of instances in which the men in her life are consistently worse: her boyfriend cheats, her male coworkers used her to try and get their buddy laid.
@PhilipManzano
Жыл бұрын
Really great perspective here! Appreciate that. Yeah, I really loved that she didn’t follow the advice either. But I guess the advice was coming from the best of what she knew. And I can’t knock her for that.
@SpectacleDifficulty
10 ай бұрын
There's also a major element of classism at play in this film -- being born and raised in Staten Island at that time (or in Brooklyn, Queens, or the Bronx) often meant being working class and not deemed sophisticated enough, intelligent enough, or simply worthy of a white collar position higher than secretary. All of the Staten Island characters have local accents, while Jack, Tess's boss, and all the other corporate bigshots in Manhattan speak "standard" American english. Tess is coming home late all the time because she's going to language classes to learn to lose her accent, because otherwise, she will never be taken seriously and given a shot at advancement. Of course, being a woman is a huge obstacle as well. Notice how there are only men (white men) in the executive meetings. This film is rich in socio-economic subtext.
@chefskiss6179
Жыл бұрын
Lol... I could write an essay, but I'll just say this... having/getting your own desk is one thing... a windowed office... well, you just won the lottery. Now, CORNER office, well...! And speaking of office culture... please keep in mind this is YEEEEARS before Bill Gates would show up and shatter/blow up the suit and tie office mentality, much less the introduction of freelance and out of office workers. This flick was kinda, basically a Pygmalion/ ugly duckling tale, in the 'modern' world. Now, as for "come back and hit me", lol... my old hands can't keep typing on this contraption the size of a deck of cards, lol. So now u see 'kinda' why Melanie's daughter, Dakota Johnson, was kinda cute meta casting in 50 Shades ;)
@PhilipManzano
Жыл бұрын
Haha I know what you mean. Definitely coming to it with different perspectives and experiences. Just so interesting how drastically things have shifted. But great call out about Dakota haha. Didn’t even make that connection!
@denanebergall5514
Жыл бұрын
What Cyn meant at the end by "She made it!" was that she broke the glass ceiling. This really is a different era. I have always loved this movie.
@im-gi2pg
Жыл бұрын
Requests: Baby Boom Kate and Leopold (Hugh Jackman, Meg Ryan) Moonstruck (Cher, Nicholas Cage) Bridget Jones diary (Rene zellwegger, Colin firth) The enchanted April The family man (Nicholas cage, tea leoni) Oldies but goodies: The yellow rolls Royce (Ingrid Bergman Omar sharif Rex Harrison Shirley MacLaine Alain delon, Art carney…) Indiscreet (Cary grant, Ingrid Bergman) Some like it Hot (Marilyn Monroe) The Birdcage Above are all rom coms.👆🏾 Also drama romance: the fisher king (Robin Williams) THE CRYING GAME movie!!!!!!!!!!! No spoilers!!!!!!!!!! Do not read any spoilers!!!!!!! Drama: The Grifters (John cuzak) Other: War Dogs 😂
@carolinewooden1311
Жыл бұрын
You guys are too young to appreciate what it was like for working women before diversity and inclusion, where sexual harassment was commonplace, expected, and even rewarded. It was very hard for secretaries to get out of that title/career track. I had a Master's Degree and still was a secretary for the first 7 years of my work career and then I had to change jobs/careers entirely to get out of that track. There was no internet only corporate intranet so you found out about jobs through personal connections. Once your credibility was questioned, your career in that industry was over. At the beginning of the movie, when one of her bosses tricked her to going out with Kevin Spacey's character, Tess was lucky she worked for a corporation that could find her another job within the company. When this film came out in 1988, I was 29 and a secretary, I completely related to this character in her work struggles. What I found interesting was Sigourney Weaver's character not wanting to help Tess get ahead - she wanted to be the only woman at the top ("Can't busy the quarterback with passing out the Gatorade"). That attitude is still around, too.
@carolinewooden1311
Жыл бұрын
Also, when Katherine interrupts the meeting, she takes credit for the work. She intimated that Tess stole the idea from her and wrongfully took credit. Who would they believe - the person with the degree, connection and the corner office (position). I think Katherine was always a user and relied on her network of friends and her parents money (what a great townhouse). About the painting, it's a faux Andy Warhol to solidify the character's wealth and status (and ego).
@AlisonRISD
5 ай бұрын
Academy Award winning movie. Love Carly Simon.
@janb200
Жыл бұрын
You need to turn the volume of the movie you are reacting to up so people can hear what you are reacting to.
@hollytooker507
9 ай бұрын
How sad that you think a fine movie like this “drags.” Get to the point? It’s not a memo! The director was Mike Nichols. You don’t seem to know who that is or his body of work. Has it occurred to you that this 80s movie doesn’t drag? It’s your attention that flagged, conditioned by the pace of current movies. I’d be afraid to come back and find you think CASABLANCA is boring. Please stick to current films if you can’t appreciate older movies.
@PhilipManzano
9 ай бұрын
Haha calm down. People can have their own opinions. It doesn’t attack yours. An individual’s experiences shape their reactions and expectations. And everyone is different. If you can’t respect opinions that differ from your own, you’re going to be angry. A lot. Happy holidays! ✌🏼
@im-gi2pg
Жыл бұрын
I love love love love your wheel spinner!!!!!!!! Smart!!!!!!!!! The cutting edge is awesome!!!!!! I love working girl!!!😂
@DFProductionsNow
11 ай бұрын
Your age shows how you see things. Nothing wrong with it. For a man was hard to get higher positions with so many suitors but for a woman was even harder. It is a classic movie, a statement of how strong, intelligent and powerful women and men can be when they have a clear goal to achieve.
@Jasoux
9 ай бұрын
They missed most of it. Especially Erika - she never gave it a chance
@markwang77
Жыл бұрын
GenZ reacting to a GenX movie - loved it! 😁
@PhilipManzano
Жыл бұрын
Haha I really enjoyed this one!
@hollytooker507
9 ай бұрын
Those are Warhols of her image- worth gazillions!
@SCharlesDennicon
8 ай бұрын
"Movies nowadays are so concise, they get to the point" => That's a little condescending... and untrue? Movies are longer today than in the 80's, I still see unfocused writing and editing all the time...
@PhilipManzano
8 ай бұрын
Haha fair. Runtimes for movies are getting ridiculous.
@davidmarroquin2694
Жыл бұрын
You guys are way too analytical-- suspension of disbelief is what movies are about.. you guys question every little thing… I m moving on
@PhilipManzano
Жыл бұрын
Aw, that’s actually part of the fun for us. But I see how that might not be everyone’s cup of tea. Thanks for the watch! 🙏
@im-gi2pg
Жыл бұрын
@@PhilipManzano I really enjoyed it. Shows you are involved with the movie. Noticing the details.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@SpectacleDifficulty
10 ай бұрын
I don''t mind analytical... but the plot holes they mentioned were not really plot holes.... Tess passes out because she combined tequila with valium; Jack wouldn't know Katherine's work team because she just transferred from an office in Boston.
@Jasoux
9 ай бұрын
I understand what u mean of excess analytical in this reaction. So dismissive and frowning at tiny things that slightly jar from 1988 etc. Exactly - what happened to ENJOYING A GOOD MOVIE before jumping on every APPARENTLY slightly socially annoying wrinkle from a 2023 standpoint... f**king h*ll...where's your historical intellectual rigour and agililty to get over minor stuff like that in the long term FILM HISTORY scheme of things?...
@SCharlesDennicon
8 ай бұрын
@@im-gi2pg I guess whining because Harrison Ford didn't wash his hands in the bathroom is "noticing the details"...
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