THE JERK (1979) wasn’t really a Jerk… - FIRST TIME WATCHING Movie Reaction!!
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The man was nice for like 85% of the movie
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Yep, I can attest to witnessing the shift in definition of "jerk". It happened sometime between the late 1970s and late 1980s. It originally meant "idiot, buffoon, or moron". But by the end of the 1980s it lost all relationship to low intellect and instead meant "a-hole, bully, inconsiderate person". Anyone in the 70s when this came out, would have thought "the idiot" when they read this title. Once you know this, you'll start to notice its older use in a LOT of other movies and films before the late 80s.
Hey, whattaya take me for? Some kinda jerk? Which kind? 😉
100% accurate, thank you for saving me the time of explaining it. I'm sure that mine wouldn't have been as youtube-sensitive as yours and would have probably been removed anyway hahahah.👍
I've seen a few reactions to this movie, and the title seems to be lost on most viewers simply because the term "jerk" is rarely used nowadays the way this movie uses it. These days, calling someone a jerk usually means they're some combination of rude, obnoxious, mean, or disagreeable. In the 70s, it could mean that too, but calling someone a jerk could also simply have meant that person was plain stupid. The title could just as easily have been _The Fool_ or _The Pinhead_ or _The Numbskull_ and any of those would have aged better because those terms haven't shifted in meaning since 1979.
I was 14 in 1979. I've never seen anyone refer to a jerk as anything but being an asshole.
@@firebird7479 Perhaps in your area or social circle, "jerk" had already lost the connotation of stupidity or never carried it to begin with. Wiktionary lists the definition most people think of as meaning #3 on its entry for "jerk":
3. (Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
However, meaning #4 is as follows:
4. (US, slang, derogatory) A dull or stupid person.
In any case, the recurring theme of _The Jerk_ is that an ignorant fool of a man keeps landing himself in silly dilemmas due to his ignorance and foolishness. The things he says and does throughout the film are the words and actions of a stupid person -- that kind of "jerk" rather than the mean, disagreeable kind.
@@firebird7479 -- According to every dictionary, it absolutely means a dumb or foolish person. And dictionaries are not prescriptive. They show common usages, which means a lot of people are, or have used that definition.
@@trekkiejunk Maybe where you come from but around here, it means "asshole".
@@firebird7479 -- Well, i'm younger than you are, and when i was growing up, it also meant asshole. I was merely pointing out that neither your childhood nor mine are the "correct" answer. But obviously, to many others, the definition meant something a bit different. Otherwise, they wouldn't have chosen that title.
"I was born a poor black child."
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Fun Fact: Stanley Kubrick was a big admirer of this film. He would often recite lines from the film to cast and crew on his films and he once invited Steve Martin over so they could play chess.
Lost In Translation Fact: When Marie (Bernadette Peters) is applying the face mask treatment to the older gentleman, she mentions that it will make the customer look years younger. At that moment his wife exclaims "ahlevai" which means "I wish" in Hebrew.
Location Location Fact: The gigantic house shown in the film is the infamous Sheik Al-Fassi mansion in Beverly Hills, the first time the residence appeared in a major motion picture. The property was selected over about a half-dozen contenders, which included the former Harold Lloyd and Marion Davies estates. One reason this abode was chosen was because its very large and spacious rooms meant that any filming done in one part of the dwelling allowed great vista shots of adjoining areas at the same time. The mansion also had its own basement disco, where the dance scene was filmed. The 38-room mansion no longer exists; it was torched by an arsonist in 1980, and the building was demolished with the site becoming a vacant lot.
"It would have been so embarrassing to go home without Billy." Bernadette Peters is amazing.
Steve Martin’s done so many character roles, there are only a few early movies he wrote and starred in that show off his own style-This was from his wild, spastic, over-the-top 70’s standup days, before his comic style refined into the more straightfaced silliness of 1983’s “The Man With Two Brains”or 1986’s “The Three Amigos”, and then into his funny screenwriting for 1988’s “Roxanne”.
i think The Man With Two Brains is an underrated early SM comedy.
Hey Ollie! If you like Steve Martin, his best/funniest film is *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels* which also stars Michael Caine. I highly recommend it. Keep up the great work!
Solid film.
Directed by Yoda and Emperor Palpatine plays a part in it!
I’m so happy you laughed at my favorite line!! “Hey, you’re not carnival personnel!!” 😂😂
I think my favorite line is, "Throw 'em good and hard so they stick."
Jerk has gone through quite a few definition changes over the years. My dad told me that for awhile jerk didn't necessarily mean someone who does it on purpose. And it you remove the intent from Navin, he definitely does things other people might refer to him as jerk.
This was one of the first movies Steve was in and it was during the time when he was the biggest thing in stand up ( top selling comedy albums and selling out arenas and the most hilarious interviews on TV shows everywhere). A good amount of the jokes in this were taken directly from his stand up routine and his whole persona was pretty much the crazy idiot that was his standup "character". Another silly but hilarious movie from this version of Steve is "The Man With Two Brains".
After a while he showed he had much more depth as an actor and started making great movies but sadly gave up the stand up thing. Two great moves that I think really show off how good he is all around are "Parenthood" and "Leap of Faith" .
Calling someone a Jerk used to mean being dumb. Like Calling someone a spaz
Some of my favorite, early Steve Martin performances are from SNL. And they vary too. His King Tut dance, his banjo playing, his opening monologues, they all show his range from early on in his career.
All of Me with Steve Martin
He gives a great performance in that film as he struggles to control his body.
I absolutely adore this movie. Aside from Michael Mckean, Steve Martin is one of my all time favorite comedic actors.
There is a funny charity scene right after the cat juggling that the guy wants new seat covers for his airplane
First off, I love Bernadette Peters in this and Pennies from Heaven. But I would strongly recommend her in the recording of the Broadway musical Into the Woods (1991). Its awesome.
As for Steve Martin, he has an abundance of gems to watch. These include team ups and starring roles in Three Amigos, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, All of Me, LA Story, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Man with Two Brains, My Blue Heaven, and plenty more. Enjoy. Hope you have with any of these. :)
My Blue Heaven is the unofficial sequel to "Goodfellas".
Thanks, Oliver! 🪑 I love this one soooooo much. I got to see it in the cinema when I was 11 (permissive parents). If you'd like to see *Steve* *Martin* and *Bernadette* *Peters* team up again, please catch PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1981), a twist on the old Hollywood musical... a supreme blend of humor and pathos. #RolyPolyOllieReactions #CarlReiner #TheJerk
17:47 Bernadette Peters was biting her cheeks to stop laughing during this scene. 🤣
Great movie. One of the funniest movies I ever saw. I love that song on the beach. You should also watch another great Steve Martin movie The Lonely Guy. I love the part om the Gus station bathroom with "I could not afford this anyway :) "
1970s Steve Martin was the best standup comic ever.
And his portrayal of King Tut
It was sort of dated even by the time the movie came out, but I do remember sometimes people would say things like “hey you’re not talking to some jerk, you know,” meaning more of a “don’t be so surprised I said / did something that was good”.
More of a “hayseed” thing. But yes by then most people seemed to be using “jerk” to mean obnoxious/rude.
22:59 Yes, it is! Everyone misses that. 👏
Like someone said, Jerk changed meanings. Kind of.
a. A jerk is an annoyingly stupid, or foolish person.
b. An unlikable person, especially rude and cruel.
That is from the Merriam Webster Dictionary.
Annoyingly stupid and foolish was Steve Martin.
Today if people use the word jerk, someone is usually doing something annoyingly stupid which seems cruel and most people don't like them.
This one is my favorite. Always will be.
His best stint on snl - king tut. A must watch
Ok yes - have to add the three amigos
13:13 Jerk definition number 1 from merriam webster is "an annoyingly stupid or foolish person". Definition number 2 is "an unlikable person, especially one who is cruel, rude, or small-minded". Navin falls into the first category.
On the subject of Steve Martin, I have to recommend "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" It is classic Steve Martin to me.
I think this movie didn't age well for a lot of younger audiences, largely because of the style of comedy. To me, this is the funniest Steve Martin film, and is easily in my top 5 comedy films i've ever seen. I was born right around the time it came out, so i only watched it years later. But the comedy is so clever, with constant gags, and barely a chance to breathe. Martin's delivery is so unique, you can't imagine anyone else delivering like he does. Not surprising that a lot of the gags came right from his stage act.
Steve Martin has been in a lot of great films, but by the late 80's, he doesn't really add much to the comedy in most of his films. "Planes..." is a great film of his, but his performance isn't really anything special. He's mostly a straight man for John Candy, and the greatness of that film comes out of the writing and the heart. There are exceptions, where his performance is key (like My Blue Heaven), but so often he's just a straight man, living in a comedy world. I miss his early years of goofiness.
Back then, a jerk meant an idiot.
That's the playboy mansion
Actually the back yard is the William Randolph Hurst mansion in Beverly Hills, which also stood for Jack Woltz's mansion in The Godfather.
Steve Martin's great in: The Man with Two Brains" 1983 🧠🧠
27:35 Funnily, this is my favourite, closely followed by _Three Amigos._
Jerk wasn't necessarily synonymous with a-hole. It was also synonymous with idiot. Still is, according to Hoyle.
1. Steve Martin had his heyday in the 80s after he left SNL. IMVHO this was his best movie.
2. Regarding Bernadette Peters, As long as I have a face...😍🥰😜
3. Roger Ebert has said that M. Emmet Walsh/madman always makes anything he's in better.
Steve Martin was never in SNL….Just that his guest episodes are so often quoted.
He hosted numerous times. That's what kickstarted his career.@@ericjanssen394
So "jerk" used to mean a pathetic fool and not so much an a-hole as it does now, hence the title.
Weirdly Stanley Kubrick loved this movie. 🤔
You’ve never had a Twinkie? You should try one. While making a video about it, of course.
Thank you Oliver great reaction excellent. I hope you will reacts this movies: Chariots of Fire (1981) Out of Africa (1985) Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Innerspace (1987) All of Me (1984) Midnight Cowboy (1969) The Crying Game (1992)
$1.10 an hour ... omg how did we ever survive the '70s? 😂
It isn't the best of his movies overall but the first 10 minutes or so now is great for showing to people who have never seen it and watch them all look at each other wondering if they are allowed to laugh at it now.
There are not any episodes of lassie where tiny fell down the well i have no clue where that saying came from but it has nothing to do with lassie
Fun reaction, Oliver, but you really should learn the difference between _that_ and Shinola. Trust me, it’s important. 😄
you might like Father of the Bride.
If you want to see rude, watch Bad Santa. Rated R.
I feel like the 80s was the hight of uncensored movies that had no limits. The 90s was very politically correct the 2000s controlled by woke people who were too respectful of others to say mean things the 30s , 40s and 50s were too old fashioned and conservative and moral to use profanity and violence. the 60s and 70s was when movies experimented with what they could get away with. The 80s was a time when you could get naked, say cuss words, tell sex jokes and it was all acceptable and they could still slip in morals like don't do drugs. Over the years we gained a lot, but we lost some thing along the way.
17:52 you have a girlfriend???