As a Southerner, the biggest issue I have with any of these films is when already Southern actors do exaggerated Hollywood southern accents. I understand the non-southerners not knowing any better, but if you were born and raised here just speak like you did before Hollywood beat your accent out of you. Be like Dolly and just be yourself. You don't hear her putting on a bad Cajun/deep South accent, and her East TN/Appalachian accent was the most realistic accent in Steel Magnolias. Remember our accents are not just regional, but are a blend of what region we're from, the accents of our parents and grandparents, our peers vernacular and family history, and general upbringing and activities growing up. Be yourself Southerners!
An authentic Southern accent is not easily done by non-Southerners. I was born in Ohio where I learned how to talk, but I've been in the South since I was a boy in 1978. I still don't have a good Southern accent. Otherwise, I embrace being Southern, love my Southern neighbors, and am glad to have raised my kids here.
@@jimpemberton I give non-southerners a fully pass when it comes to accents. I just hate when real southerners turn a "Hollywood southern" accent up to an 11.
Among older rural folks in my area, there's a strong accent that comes out when they talk to each other. My father-in-law spoke this way when he would talk with his Uncle James. They had kept cattle together since back in the day when the extended family all lived together on an agrarian farm. To be sure, this is nothing like the exaggerated Hollywood Southern accent, and it's not fit for film because it was hard even for my wife to understand. We lost Uncle James years ago and I kind of miss hearing that old Southern speak. I'm definitely not going to hear it from Hollywood.
@@rosemorris7912 I'm in Iredell County, NC. There are at least three different ways people born and raised here pronounce the name of the county and most people pronounce it more than one way depending on their context.
I absolutely agree and I absolutely love this movie. No idea how many times I've seen it. I have the DVD, plus I watch it every time I see it on my viewing guide. And i still cry every single time. Plus, Olympia Dukakis and Shirley MacLaine are fabulous!
I'm pretty sure I've read every Fannie Flagg book. At least twice. Making a movie out of any of them would be a colossal challenge, but this worked for me. Now, movies of Stephen King's work...well, yuck
Let's counterbalance this by giving our fav quotes from Steel Mags. Here are my top favs 1. "The nicest thing I can say about her is all her tattoos are spelled correctly" -Dolly's character speaking about her sons' gf's tattoos. 2. "they look like they are carved out of cream cheese." -Olympia Dukakis character about her kin folk at the xmas party 3. "If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit next to me" OD at the same xmas party 4. "well, Im not as sweet as I used to be." Ouiser, when an old classmate said she looked the same as she did when the were younger. 5. "Im pleasant! Damn it! I saw Brum Eaton at the Piggly Wiggly and I smile at the son of a bitch! I couldn't help myself."
I’m expecting a little girl and we are naming her Shelby Magnolia. Everyone things we named her after Steel Magnolias but I had never watched it. I decided to finally watch it and cried my eyes out. 😭
Hi, straight white male here. I've seen and love "Steel Magnolias". It's one of the best casts ever assembled and it's an incredible story! 5 glasses of sweet tea out of 5.
@@paulsoldner9500 the response is directed at the straight white males who gave the movie bad reviews because it was about women and emotions. But thanks for your virtue signaling
There have been a few movies that I've watched and enjoyed only to see them get abysmal reviews. It always makes me wonder A) Did the reviewer actually watch the same movie I did? or B) Was the reviewer suffering from hemorrhoids and thus in a crappy mood anyway?
@@NoThankUBeQuiet Taste is subjective, dear. Reviews are merely value judgments, and many reviewers are puffed up with their own sense of self importance.
My local paper used to have a reviewer who constantly trashed everything. If he liked it, I knew to skip it. If he hated it, I knew I'd probably enjoy it.
Wow the critiques of Steel Magnolias? I mean a movie that has scenes that can make you cry in true heartache and laugh and have it timed perfectly to where it doesn't feel awkward or forced... I believe Steel Magnolias is a masterclass in screenwriting and acting.
I've been watching Steel Magnolias since I was little. I called it the "Shelby" movie. So I've seen it dozens of times in my 35 years. I just realized something last year: the scene that's the night before the transplant when everyone but Tom Skerrit is making jokes. He gets pissed and says this isn't funny. Of course he ends up being correct, but I never noticed that the jokester was so serious in that scene.
" Steel Magnolias " is a classic ! Great storylines well interwoven , a rollercoaster of emotions , an amazing cast that blended well & played off each other's characters' personalities to give us iconic characters . My gal pals & I agree that SM has lines that can be quoted everyday for every occasion - words to live by ! 😂 ( My personal favorite Mz. Ouiser quote : " I am not crazy ... I've just been in a bad mood for forty years ! " 🤣🤣🤣 )
I'm a heterosexual man and I bloody loved Steel Magnolia's. It made me laugh and cry, likewise Fried Green Tomatoes.... Which I suppose makes me a heterosexual male old lady.
Yes! And I am a ( no kidding) old heterosexual lady and wanted to be THE Lady Chablis after watching Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. No kidding ( I guess "shade") and I wanted to be a drag queen 🤩
Sweet Home Alabama & Forrest Gump -- good but once was enough. But Steel Magnolias. You cannot CANNOT say anything bad about that movie. I start crying at the wedding because I know what's coming. And if Sally Field didn't win an Emmy for the funeral, Emmys mean nothing. And the best line in any movie from all time: Weeza saying she goes to church but to go to Annelle's church, they'd probably make her eat snakes or something. Annelle: Not on your first visit. Clairee: well done, annulled. Spoken like a true smart a*$.
Thank you SO MUCH for your kind words about my Instagram drawings! The book is either a masterpiece or shit -- I'm on the fence about that as well. The movie is hands-down amazing.
Alright, Ryan! Loved your view on reading. Reading is terrific & imagination when reading a book allows the reader to see characters, scenes...everything. Y'all's reviews of these reviews & movies were funny & enlightening.
Fun fact, most of Sweet Home Alabama was filmed in Georgia. 😊 And, Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed in my home town of Newnan, Georgia. One more thing, did that one reviewer know what Big Fish means? Like the phrase “big fish” literally refers to a tall tale or embellishment of the truth. 🤦🏼♀️
Some parts of SHA was filmed in Alabama, notably the Coon Dog cemetery. And the town scenery for Big Fish was built on, and still stands today, in Millbrook. There was a film crew shooting for a movie on the campus of Athens State University, but I never knew the details of who/what. Many films shot in Alabama, but most are in Georgia these days because of the incentives, the talent who has moved there, etc. My former boss does hair work for the likes of Hunger Games, Jumanji, Stranger Things, etc. there.
I'm south of the ATL..several yrs ago a friend and myself decided to drive down and visit The Whistle Stop Cafe..we found it..but we couldn't get in..we guessed ppl had rented it out for a get together..we were sooo bummed...might try to go back someday..🙂
I’m from temple Georgia we went to berry college to see it but couldn’t go in because it was closed so we left if you ever seen footloose the one with Julianne hough it was filmed in Hiram and Covington which is cool
All these movies are classics. I played Shelby in a production of Steel Magnolias and I loved being a part of such a wonderful piece of writing. So many classic, hysterical lines in the movie and what wonderful rich characters portrayed by an extremely talented cast. 5 stars all the way!!!!!
@@Khaleesi_Jack All I know is Matt seems to be focusing more on his solo work. I haven't heard anything official, it's just what I gather from his other content.
I am not a southerner, and I loved all these movies (other then Big Fish which I have not seen)! What is wrong with these people!!??? Also, I own Fried Green Tomatoes, and Fanny Flag was involved with the re-write for the movie, and you can watch it on the DVD, and she did come to like it! So, the truth is, you all rock, and thank you for being so kind to these silly people!
I remember Fanny Flag on the game show " Match Game"! Fried Green Tomatos was filmed 20 miles from me and the " set" was the real reaustrant! Plus there is really nothing around it, except an old gray metal building that hosts a gigantic yard sale once a year!
My wife asked me to take her to see "Steel Magnolias" when it came out in 1989 for our 7 year wedding anniversary. Told her I would if she watched "Dawn of the Dead". 33 years later and I'm still waiting to see it and yes we are still married.
@@HariSeldon913 I have most of the Romero movies. She has all of the movies they talked about in the video. It's become one of the running jokes between us.
It wasn't the movies that made these reviewers angry. They were angry. They saw the movie. They were still angry. They wrote the review. They are likely still angry.
I absolutely loved all of these movies. I can just about quote Steele Magnolias. That movie put you on an emotional roller-coaster that left you exhausted at the end. That is what I love about a movie. Fried Green Tomatoes put Alabama on the map!! Fannie Flagg is one of my top authors. The story of Fried Green Tomatoes shows what true love and friendship is all about. Forest Gump was sweet, heart warming, and heartbreaking all together. Another emotional roller-coaster that left you exhausted in your feelings. Sweet Home Alabama was hilarious!! It just shows what real life is everywhere, not just in the South. Big Fish, I agree was weird. But it was funny and charming. You can't enjoy a movie if you go into it already thinking you are going to hate it. Most of these reviews were done by men who acted like they were too Macho to like movies like these. I would at least think they would really like Forest Gump!
And do all the Southern movies like: - My Cousin Vinny (1992) - Fletch Lives (1989) - Cast Away (2000) (What? The main character is from Memphis and the island he was stranded on is in the SOUTH Pacific.) - McHale's Navy (1997) (What? It took place on a fictional US Navy base on a fictional US territory that doesn't exist but you could sort of guess it was in the Gulf of Mexico like Puerto Rico.)
Husband: I can proudly give Steel Magnolia no star as I've never watched it. When it came out, my real-estate license classmate was raving about it. His wife must have made him go with her so many times for him to get such a brainwash. Wife: Tonight is our Movie Friday, let's watch Steel Magnolia together ❤️.
I love Steel Magnolias. I have a large extended family and many of my female relatives are present in this movie and even some of my male relatives too. It is obvious to me that the reviewers of this movie are not from the south at all and so cannot relate. Favorite scene…weeza…I’m not crazy Melynn I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years. So like my auntie.
I'm so glad Ryan said that about the books going to be better than the film. Every time a review said the book was better all I wanted to say was "Well, duh!"
Steel Magnolias is one of my favorite movies of all time and has been ever since I saw it for the first time, over two decades ago. It does amuse me that the fake Southern accents are all over the place, but not enough to make me not like the film or anything crazy like that. "Are you speaking of our Lord?! Is that whose name you're taking in vain?" LOLOL I love Forrest Gump but the insertion of Forrest into every major cultural, social, and political event during his lifetime got too ridiculous to handle after a while. The one that really does me in, for better or for worse, is him wiping his muddy face on a yellow t-shirt and it turning into the classic smiley face. I think it's just because it is SO stupid and contrived. The rest are contrived, but could be believable if you wanted to make an argument for them. That one is just an insult to intelligence LOL. The main characters in Forrest Gump are absolutely phenomenal - as are the actors playing them - and I think of various scenes often.
Steele Magnolias and Olympia Dukakis’ character are the best part of the movie, and her interactions with Weeza are just priceless! For fried green tomatoes, visit Irondale, AL!
I loved My Cousin Vinny and Oh Brother Where Art Thou. All of these were great movies. Maybe it’s because they don’t live here and don’t understand southern ways. I think plenty of movies are sh$t, but maybe I just don’t understand yankee ways. To each his own.😊😉
Maybe quit using insulting terms. I mean I'm not originally from the south I'm just here to laugh at the weird people I encounter. I'm gonna vote for bringing Dixiecrat back.
I have watched Forrest Gump once, shown on TV, and early into when my wife and I were dating. We were pretty crazy about each other, and ended up missing a good portion of the film.
I've seen part of Steel Magnolias (including the end). I thought the character that died was being stupid. I can't say I want to watch the earlier parts of the it. It didn't make me cry, want to cry, or anything like that. I prefer Fried Green Tomatoes. My Grandmother introduced me to it and we got the giggles when we went to the store and saw ribs on sale ("the secret's in the sauce...). Forest Gump was interesting.
"Sweet home Alabama* was an okay movie that I personally didn't like. It wasn't for my age range. On the other hand "Steele Magnolias" was an excellent film.
I grew up with Fried Green Tomatoes so the nostalgia and love I have for this film is too strong for me to give it less than a 4.8 .🥰 Lol, I showed it to my friends and though the reviews were mostly good one of them basically went away saying, "Nuh uh! Cannibalism is NOT ok!" 🤣
Born and raised in the north, western PA to be precise. I was raised on these movies. I love them all, although I do prefer the first 3 then the last 2. I would give the first 3 5/5, and the last 2 4.5/5. Other superb movies would be Coal Miners Daughter, The Blind Side, and Divine Secrets of the YaYa sisterhood. Some people just have no taste 💁🏻♂️
I'd add Hope Floats. As a younger woman I thought Birdie was a mess and weak. As a "more mature" one I watch it so I can cry with her. Watch when you're over 50 and have watched friends hurt. So cathartic!!
Disclaimer, I've never seen Sweet Home Alabama so I can't comment. How dare they talk bad about those fine Southern Steel Magnolias!!!! That movies has many classic lines!!!! I'm a man and I love this movie! Fried Green Tomatoes is a great movie! Remember, the secret's in the sauce! Everybody loves Forrest, 'nuf said! Big Fish? Wonderful story telling!
Eh. Forrest Gump is overhyped. It's worth watching once for the cultural aspect but there is 0 reason to ever rewatch it. Just in the same as there is no reason to watch Field of Dreams.
I think your first mistake was trusting an RT review for anything. Everyone knows that site has devolved into two sides just shitposting each other using film reviews
Anyone who gives Steel Magnolias or Forest Gump a bad review needs to immediately report to the nearest psych hospital because there's something VERY wrong with you.
Let me just say if you like the film Forrest Gump, NEVER read the book, because you most likely will hate Forrest. Though, I do like book Jenny better.
Forrest Gump, as well as some of the other movies, can be seen on multiple levels, some very deep, some ironic. If the viewer is not mature enough to discern those deeper levels, well, that would explain their ratings.
Forest Gump is the only one of those I've watched, and will probably be the only one I watch. I'm southern, just not a fan of dramas, but then again I don't watch a lot of movies in the first place.
Southern-raised girl; mama is from SC. Here are my favorites in order, I will watch the top 5 multiple times: To Kill a Mocking Bird (1962) Time to Kill Steel Magnolias Fried Green Tomatoes The Client Sweet Home Alabama Forest Gump Big Fish - never saw it
Could y'all please cut down the cussing? Adam with bouts of damn, and now throwing in the s***? My 12 and 11 year old daughters have been big fans. Please keep your content family-friendly so they can keep watching. Y'all are really funny without expletives. ❤️
I think some people don't understand the Southern way of life sometimes. They are 4 different slices of Southern living. Being from the South and an actor, I view the work on its own merits and how the people lived their lives during the situations. When a book is being adapted for a movie. The individuals/writers have to approach it very carefully to make sure when selecting the right scenes to help tell the book's story. This will be the determining factor in whether the author will or will not support the movie. Though some buy the rights and haphazardly take the end and modify how the story is told on the screen. Some directors have been known to take liberties with a story by either trying to combine book sections to help the story or rewriting those scenes to create a new direction that will lead to the same ending. To sum this up, the reviews that were read make me think the person watching the movie or not finishing it was watching with a bit of a biased attitude from something they perceived to be. If I watch a movie in the theater or video, I do a mental critique then if it keeps me interested, I'll watch it a few more times. I will end up seeing something I missed the last time.
OMG... Steel Magnolias is one of my absolute favorite movies ever. The last third of the movie is meant to make people cry, slap Wheezer then let Truvy do your hair!!
Forrest Gump is fine. But I wouldn't call it a classic by any means. It's culturally an important movie but for a time period so were Twilight and Harry Potter so that doesn't say much about quality. The issue with Forrest Gump is a lot of scenes aren't actually needed. You can argue all you want but you could easily cut at least 30 minutes out of the film and tell the same story with the same character progression
@@NoThankUBeQuiet You know this isn’t twitter right? I won’t argue because don’t care. All I know is people often quote is so… meh. 🤷♀️ Have nice day though. 👍
I watched Steel Magnolias for the first time on a work night. Cried myself to sleep because nobody warned me and I didn’t see the ending coming. 5 stars, very cathartic experience
I’m with Liz on stopping Steel Magnolias after the first 2/3. (I’ve never watched Bambi because I know what happens.) “Love you ya more’n my luggage” Edit: Big Fish, that is a FAN 👏🏼TAS👏🏼TIC👏🏼 It’s such a great movie. I love the musical, too. It makes you laugh, cry, and laugh again.Absolutely 5 stars.
I'm non southerner and have watched almost all of the movies reviewed on this video. I don't think I've heard of "Big Fish" until today and with the exception of " Sweet Home Alabama", the other three, "Forrest Gump', Fried Green Tomatoes " and Steel Magnolias" were all Oscar nominated movies , and while; being nominated for an Oscar doesn't always mean a movie's particularly good, these were. My favorite scenes of "Steel Magnolias" were the reception scene, Clairee's interviewing the football player after the high school game, the Christmas fair and when Clairee held Ouiser and told M'Lynn to take a whack @ Ouiser to relieve some stress at the cemetery after Shelby's service just to nane a few.
Sweet Home Alabama: 4 Steel Magnolias: 4 Fried Green Tomatoes: 5 Forest Gump: 3.5* Big Fish: Haven't Seen It Others y'all should hunt down reviews for: Smokey & The Bandit Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil To Kill A Mockingbird Driving Miss Daisy The Best Little (You Know What) In Texas A Time To Kill *Forest Gump gets an extra 0.5 from me for being better than it's book, but the gag of him coincidentally being at so many major historical events in an impactful way gets a little worn out about halfway though. At least they didn't have him accidentally wander onto the space shuttle and get put into orbit like the book, tho'.
Manipulative issue: Gonna steal how Liz started and take it in another direction. If you are a fan of the Avengers and all of the movies connected to it - tell me you did not "Oh no.... no no no...." when your fave character was dusted. Tell me you did not shout "YES!!!!" when they appeared for the last battle. I know I shouted "YES!" when Spidey swung into view. Every movie, every tv show, every play, every book (see a theme there? It's called entertainment) you have ever seen or read will manipulate the audience. EVERY SINGLE ONE Shoot , even music will manipulate the listener. The question is this: Do you really want to watch, read, or listen to something that never moves you? You must be fun at a concert when the ballad starts and people lift their lighters.
Having lost a child, when Sally Field lashed out after the funeral being angry was exactly how I felt. I am a grief counselor and you obviously have never faced grief or death.
Sweet Home Alabama is a terrible movie. Thin story. Bad accents (outside of Reese). Formulaic. Big Fish is amazing. I will not hear or read one bad thing about this film.
Never seen Big Fish. But all those other movies are 4-5 star movies. And Forrest Gump doesn’t fit on the scale. Not funny? All I have to say to that is “your momma must really value your schoolin’”.
I'm gonna say it: Forrest Gump is an overrated movie with a horribly thought out plot and a bit of a "self-fellating" problem. I'd give it 3 stars at MOST...if I was being generous.
About Steel Magnolias - When I saw this, at first I thought Olympia Dukakis was completely over the top, and then I realized she was essentially playing my Grandmother.
I must have been an old lady from the first time I watched Fried Green Tomato's when I was a child. Forrest Gump does have an awesome soundtrack! Robin Wright is better as Butter Cup than as Jenny.
As a Southerner, the biggest issue I have with any of these films is when already Southern actors do exaggerated Hollywood southern accents. I understand the non-southerners not knowing any better, but if you were born and raised here just speak like you did before Hollywood beat your accent out of you. Be like Dolly and just be yourself. You don't hear her putting on a bad Cajun/deep South accent, and her East TN/Appalachian accent was the most realistic accent in Steel Magnolias. Remember our accents are not just regional, but are a blend of what region we're from, the accents of our parents and grandparents, our peers vernacular and family history, and general upbringing and activities growing up. Be yourself Southerners!
An authentic Southern accent is not easily done by non-Southerners. I was born in Ohio where I learned how to talk, but I've been in the South since I was a boy in 1978. I still don't have a good Southern accent. Otherwise, I embrace being Southern, love my Southern neighbors, and am glad to have raised my kids here.
@@jimpemberton I give non-southerners a fully pass when it comes to accents. I just hate when real southerners turn a "Hollywood southern" accent up to an 11.
Among older rural folks in my area, there's a strong accent that comes out when they talk to each other. My father-in-law spoke this way when he would talk with his Uncle James. They had kept cattle together since back in the day when the extended family all lived together on an agrarian farm. To be sure, this is nothing like the exaggerated Hollywood Southern accent, and it's not fit for film because it was hard even for my wife to understand. We lost Uncle James years ago and I kind of miss hearing that old Southern speak. I'm definitely not going to hear it from Hollywood.
It always cracks me up that five women who live in the same small town (two in the same household) have five very different accents.
@@rosemorris7912 I'm in Iredell County, NC. There are at least three different ways people born and raised here pronounce the name of the county and most people pronounce it more than one way depending on their context.
Extra points to Matt for mentioning another Reese Witherspoon in a critique of a Reese Witherspoon movie.
We see what you did there.
Anyone who doesn't like Steel Magnolias has their own issues, and I don't need that kind of toxicity in my life.
Great answer as a kid I hated it but I was an 80s baby born to a diabetic mother so it hit home
Exactly!
I absolutely agree and I absolutely love this movie. No idea how many times I've seen it. I have the DVD, plus I watch it every time I see it on my viewing guide. And i still cry every single time. Plus, Olympia Dukakis and Shirley MacLaine are fabulous!
Amen
People who don't like Steel Magnolias love unsweet tea.
“i think he’s angry because steel magnolias made him cry” damn that’s too accurate
Or maybe he just hated the movie??? I'm a female. Never cried once. Hated the movie. Found it sappy, predictable and boring.
For the Fried Green Tomatoes review. Fannue Flagg WROTE the screenplay. I am pretty sure she is fine with the movie.
I love LOVE the movie but saw it before I read the book. I read the book. I felt so BETRAYED!
I'm pretty sure I've read every Fannie Flagg book. At least twice. Making a movie out of any of them would be a colossal challenge, but this worked for me. Now, movies of Stephen King's work...well, yuck
She did over 500 episodes of Match Game. Fried Green Tomatoes was a cakewalk for her. 😺
@@lynnhawkins952 It was a product of its time. I have no doubt the movie would be handled differently today.
She did a cameo appearance too. She was one of the life coach ladies in the classes Evelyn attended.
Let's counterbalance this by giving our fav quotes from Steel Mags. Here are my top favs
1. "The nicest thing I can say about her is all her tattoos are spelled correctly" -Dolly's character speaking about her sons' gf's tattoos.
2. "they look like they are carved out of cream cheese." -Olympia Dukakis character about her kin folk at the xmas party
3. "If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit next to me" OD at the same xmas party
4. "well, Im not as sweet as I used to be." Ouiser, when an old classmate said she looked the same as she did when the were younger.
5. "Im pleasant! Damn it! I saw Brum Eaton at the Piggly Wiggly and I smile at the son of a bitch! I couldn't help myself."
I love Ouiser so much. Yeah she's a grumpy old crank, but she's got a good heart under all that grump and enough sass the kill an elephant.
I’m five minutes into this and I’m afraid that Talia’s head is going to explode with righteous anger. You go girl!
I’m expecting a little girl and we are naming her Shelby Magnolia. Everyone things we named her after Steel Magnolias but I had never watched it. I decided to finally watch it and cried my eyes out. 😭
Do you just say "yes" now?
My 4 year old granddaughter is named Magnolia.
@@the3nder1 no. She’s named after Carroll Shelby.
"There's a war Stephen" Absolutely lost it at the amount of sassy sarcasm from that 🤣
Hi, straight white male here. I've seen and love "Steel Magnolias". It's one of the best casts ever assembled and it's an incredible story! 5 glasses of sweet tea out of 5.
Don't have to be a "straight white male" to love Steel Magnolias....just a REAL man!! Like "real men" wear pink and eat quiche!💗
Thanks for the virtue signal. I hope she sees this, bro
Same, I love this movie too! It’s hilarious, especially Shirley Maclaine.
I am a 70 YO straight white male and was going to make this comment also, thanks for giving me a place to agree.
@@paulsoldner9500 the response is directed at the straight white males who gave the movie bad reviews because it was about women and emotions. But thanks for your virtue signaling
There have been a few movies that I've watched and enjoyed only to see them get abysmal reviews. It always makes me wonder A) Did the reviewer actually watch the same movie I did? or B) Was the reviewer suffering from hemorrhoids and thus in a crappy mood anyway?
Or C) do you just have crappy taste.
@@NoThankUBeQuiet Taste is subjective, dear. Reviews are merely value judgments, and many reviewers are puffed up with their own sense of self importance.
My local paper used to have a reviewer who constantly trashed everything. If he liked it, I knew to skip it. If he hated it, I knew I'd probably enjoy it.
We read the reviews. If the reviewers hate it. We love it.
Wow the critiques of Steel Magnolias? I mean a movie that has scenes that can make you cry in true heartache and laugh and have it timed perfectly to where it doesn't feel awkward or forced... I believe Steel Magnolias is a masterclass in screenwriting and acting.
Agree. I wonder how many of these are actually troll reviews.
I've been watching Steel Magnolias since I was little. I called it the "Shelby" movie. So I've seen it dozens of times in my 35 years.
I just realized something last year: the scene that's the night before the transplant when everyone but Tom Skerrit is making jokes. He gets pissed and says this isn't funny. Of course he ends up being correct, but I never noticed that the jokester was so serious in that scene.
" Steel Magnolias " is a classic ! Great storylines well interwoven , a rollercoaster of emotions , an amazing cast that blended well & played off each other's characters' personalities to give us iconic characters . My gal pals & I agree that SM has lines that can be quoted everyday for every occasion - words to live by ! 😂 ( My personal favorite Mz. Ouiser quote : " I am not crazy ... I've just been in a bad mood for forty years ! " 🤣🤣🤣 )
That really is a great line! 😆
I'm a heterosexual man and I bloody loved Steel Magnolia's. It made me laugh and cry, likewise Fried Green Tomatoes.... Which I suppose makes me a heterosexual male old lady.
And we heartily welcome you! 😄❤️
I love both of those movies and I still cry every time.
Honey, that works. You can do that in the South. 😘❤
Chris, you and me both, maybe they need some special B-B-Q
Yes! And I am a ( no kidding) old heterosexual lady and wanted to be THE Lady Chablis after watching Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. No kidding ( I guess "shade") and I wanted to be a drag queen 🤩
Sweet Home Alabama & Forrest Gump -- good but once was enough. But Steel Magnolias. You cannot CANNOT say anything bad about that movie. I start crying at the wedding because I know what's coming. And if Sally Field didn't win an Emmy for the funeral, Emmys mean nothing. And the best line in any movie from all time:
Weeza saying she goes to church but to go to Annelle's church, they'd probably make her eat snakes or something.
Annelle: Not on your first visit.
Clairee: well done, annulled. Spoken like a true smart a*$.
My favorite part was "Here! Hit this!" Poor Weezer 😂
@@stacyrussell460 OMG! That was priceless...but at Weezer's expense.
I love that line!!
Or: “Anyone old enough to’ve reached puberty is old enough to have a past.”
You don't get Emmys for films.
Thank you SO MUCH for your kind words about my Instagram drawings! The book is either a masterpiece or shit -- I'm on the fence about that as well. The movie is hands-down amazing.
Do a part two for: My Cousin Vinny, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Driving Miss Daisy, Doc Hollywood, A Time to Kill and The Notebook.
All of the above rate a 5 out of 5. The acting in OH BROTHER is fantastic!!!
"Nothing beats imagination" Now there is a T-shirt that should be in the It's a Southern Thing store!
Anyone who doesn’t like Fried Green Tomato’s, Steele Magnolias, The Help and Gone with the Wind has issues bc those are the best movies
Gone With the Wind is not a bad movie by any measure but I would never choose to watch that movie.
@@the3nder1 why? Been around since 1939. It's here to stay.
@@the3nder1 Awesome film.
I would slap everyone in an orphanage just to watch Fried Green Tomatoes.
Alright, Ryan! Loved your view on reading. Reading is terrific & imagination when reading a book allows the reader to see characters, scenes...everything. Y'all's reviews of these reviews & movies were funny & enlightening.
Can you review reviews for classic southern movies like Walking Tall, Smokey and the Bandit, Coal Miner's Daughter, In The Heat of The Night ?
Love Walking Tall, it really made an impression on me as a kid (yeah, I was probably too young to watch it).
Fun fact, most of Sweet Home Alabama was filmed in Georgia. 😊 And, Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed in my home town of Newnan, Georgia. One more thing, did that one reviewer know what Big Fish means? Like the phrase “big fish” literally refers to a tall tale or embellishment of the truth. 🤦🏼♀️
Steel Magnolia was filmed in Nachodiches, LA (I think I butchered the spelling…. Soooo sorry my fellow northern Louisianans )
Some parts of SHA was filmed in Alabama, notably the Coon Dog cemetery. And the town scenery for Big Fish was built on, and still stands today, in Millbrook. There was a film crew shooting for a movie on the campus of Athens State University, but I never knew the details of who/what. Many films shot in Alabama, but most are in Georgia these days because of the incentives, the talent who has moved there, etc. My former boss does hair work for the likes of Hunger Games, Jumanji, Stranger Things, etc. there.
I'm south of the ATL..several yrs ago a friend and myself decided to drive down and visit The Whistle Stop Cafe..we found it..but we couldn't get in..we guessed ppl had rented it out for a get together..we were sooo bummed...might try to go back someday..🙂
I’m from temple Georgia we went to berry college to see it but couldn’t go in because it was closed so we left if you ever seen footloose the one with Julianne hough it was filmed in Hiram and Covington which is cool
@@lesilemccravy5172 Where was the Kevin Bacon one filmed, do you know?
All these movies are classics. I played Shelby in a production of Steel Magnolias and I loved being a part of such a wonderful piece of writing. So many classic, hysterical lines in the movie and what wonderful rich characters portrayed by an extremely talented cast. 5 stars all the way!!!!!
Happy to see Matt back one last time! Good luck and we'll seriously miss you!!! You were the key part of It's a Southern Thing for me!!
What do u know that they haven't made public yet?
You know he has his own channel?
Excuse me, what's happening?
@@Khaleesi_Jack All I know is Matt seems to be focusing more on his solo work. I haven't heard anything official, it's just what I gather from his other content.
@@beckyowens2586; understood. But he can do both, right?
I am not a southerner, and I loved all these movies (other then Big Fish which I have not seen)! What is wrong with these people!!??? Also, I own Fried Green Tomatoes, and Fanny Flag was involved with the re-write for the movie, and you can watch it on the DVD, and she did come to like it! So, the truth is, you all rock, and thank you for being so kind to these silly people!
I remember Fanny Flag on the game show " Match Game"! Fried Green Tomatos was filmed 20 miles from me and the " set" was the real reaustrant! Plus there is really nothing around it, except an old gray metal building that hosts a gigantic yard sale once a year!
My wife asked me to take her to see "Steel Magnolias" when it came out in 1989 for our 7 year wedding anniversary.
Told her I would if she watched "Dawn of the Dead".
33 years later and I'm still waiting to see it and yes we are still married.
They're both good movies.
Did you get the chance to watch Dawn of the Dead, or are you still waiting until she will go with your?
Both great movies. Cant believe she wouldnt watch that with you.
She if she'll watch, "Shawn of the Dead" with you. That one is at least funny.
@@HariSeldon913 I have most of the Romero movies.
She has all of the movies they talked about in the video.
It's become one of the running jokes between us.
It wasn't the movies that made these reviewers angry.
They were angry.
They saw the movie.
They were still angry.
They wrote the review.
They are likely still angry.
Angry and SAD!
@@artfuldodger870 They're SANGRY!
🤣🤣🤣
Ya'll are great but Talia is absolutely hilarious!! Talia, so emotional...
Liz & Talia on fire 🔥🔥🔥Awesome rebuttals. 👏🏻
I absolutely loved all of these movies. I can just about quote Steele Magnolias. That movie put you on an emotional roller-coaster that left you exhausted at the end. That is what I love about a movie. Fried Green Tomatoes put Alabama on the map!! Fannie Flagg is one of my top authors. The story of Fried Green Tomatoes shows what true love and friendship is all about. Forest Gump was sweet, heart warming, and heartbreaking all together. Another emotional roller-coaster that left you exhausted in your feelings. Sweet Home Alabama was hilarious!! It just shows what real life is everywhere, not just in the South. Big Fish, I agree was weird. But it was funny and charming. You can't enjoy a movie if you go into it already thinking you are going to hate it. Most of these reviews were done by men who acted like they were too Macho to like movies like these. I would at least think they would really like Forest Gump!
Love to see ya'll commentate a bad southern movie mystery science theater style!
Yes! Yes! Please!!!!
And do all the Southern movies like:
- My Cousin Vinny (1992)
- Fletch Lives (1989)
- Cast Away (2000) (What? The main character is from Memphis and the island he was stranded on is in the SOUTH Pacific.)
- McHale's Navy (1997) (What? It took place on a fictional US Navy base on a fictional US territory that doesn't exist but you could sort of guess it was in the Gulf of Mexico like Puerto Rico.)
I am not even southern but these reviews are making me mad. Love these movies especially steel magnolias and fried green tomatoes.
Husband: I can proudly give Steel Magnolia no star as I've never watched it. When it came out, my real-estate license classmate was raving about it. His wife must have made him go with her so many times for him to get such a brainwash.
Wife: Tonight is our Movie Friday, let's watch Steel Magnolia together ❤️.
I love Steel Magnolias. I have a large extended family and many of my female relatives are present in this movie and even some of my male relatives too. It is obvious to me that the reviewers of this movie are not from the south at all and so cannot relate. Favorite scene…weeza…I’m not crazy Melynn I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years. So like my auntie.
Secondhand Lions is one of my favourites
Me too!🐝❤️🤗
Such a good movie.
Try,The Book Thief, it was very good.
I'm so glad Ryan said that about the books going to be better than the film. Every time a review said the book was better all I wanted to say was "Well, duh!"
I LOVE Sweet Home Alabama! ❤️❤️❤️
It’s a full on 10 for me!
I could watch it a million times. It’s hilarious❣️
I thought Matt no longer worked with y’all? I’m glad to see him.
Probably recorded weeks ago. Editing can take a while
What happened?
No, he's just not full time. He still contributes.
@@booboojeffries279; that's what I was thinking on another comment.
if you add 2nd hand lions we have a full pile of great southern movies
@Laura have a great holladay realy enjoy you guys
True ! Great movie - storyline & cast !
There's a reason why these movies are well loved classics. Enough said.
I loved all of these movies. Big Fish was the one that I wasn’t sure about when I watched it…until the ending. The ending makes the movie y’all!
Best channel on ALLLLLL of RUclips!! I mean ALLLLLLL of RUclips.
Gump is finest southern movie, BTW I lived through all the events Forrest portrayed. So much truth in it too.
Steel Magnolias is one of my favorite movies of all time and has been ever since I saw it for the first time, over two decades ago. It does amuse me that the fake Southern accents are all over the place, but not enough to make me not like the film or anything crazy like that. "Are you speaking of our Lord?! Is that whose name you're taking in vain?" LOLOL
I love Forrest Gump but the insertion of Forrest into every major cultural, social, and political event during his lifetime got too ridiculous to handle after a while. The one that really does me in, for better or for worse, is him wiping his muddy face on a yellow t-shirt and it turning into the classic smiley face. I think it's just because it is SO stupid and contrived. The rest are contrived, but could be believable if you wanted to make an argument for them. That one is just an insult to intelligence LOL. The main characters in Forrest Gump are absolutely phenomenal - as are the actors playing them - and I think of various scenes often.
Steele Magnolias and Olympia Dukakis’ character are the best part of the movie, and her interactions with Weeza are just priceless!
For fried green tomatoes, visit Irondale, AL!
Who would want to go to Alabama. Pass.
@@NoThankUBeQuiet, I had a blast in Birmingham - the food, people, culture, and history were amazing!
@@NoThankUBeQuietWe appreciate you not stopping by, Thanks!
My high school did Big Fish as its musical. I loved playing in it, the whole concept of the movie and play was awesome to make come to life
I loved My Cousin Vinny and Oh Brother Where Art Thou. All of these were great movies. Maybe it’s because they don’t live here and don’t understand southern ways. I think plenty of movies are sh$t, but maybe I just don’t understand yankee ways. To each his own.😊😉
Maybe quit using insulting terms. I mean I'm not originally from the south I'm just here to laugh at the weird people I encounter. I'm gonna vote for bringing Dixiecrat back.
best ever Matt quote " I feel that all shit sandwiches would be soggy". you guys are so funny.
I have watched Forrest Gump once, shown on TV, and early into when my wife and I were dating. We were pretty crazy about each other, and ended up missing a good portion of the film.
You probably didn't miss anything
I've seen part of Steel Magnolias (including the end). I thought the character that died was being stupid. I can't say I want to watch the earlier parts of the it. It didn't make me cry, want to cry, or anything like that. I prefer Fried Green Tomatoes. My Grandmother introduced me to it and we got the giggles when we went to the store and saw ribs on sale ("the secret's in the sauce...). Forest Gump was interesting.
"Sweet home Alabama* was an okay movie that I personally didn't like. It wasn't for my age range. On the other hand "Steele Magnolias" was an excellent film.
What, no "Driving Miss Daisy," "The Green Mile," "My Cousin Vinny" or "O, Brother Where Art Thou?"
Maybe we need a Part 2 to this. =)
We definitely need a part 2. I was looking forward to "Sling Blade" and "My Cousin Vinny" in particular.
And Hidden Figures
And how about To Kill a Mockingbird?
@@AmyStamper classic. Long list if you go old school
I grew up with Fried Green Tomatoes so the nostalgia and love I have for this film is too strong for me to give it less than a 4.8 .🥰 Lol, I showed it to my friends and though the reviews were mostly good one of them basically went away saying, "Nuh uh! Cannibalism is NOT ok!" 🤣
Born and raised in the north, western PA to be precise. I was raised on these movies. I love them all, although I do prefer the first 3 then the last 2. I would give the first 3 5/5, and the last 2 4.5/5. Other superb movies would be Coal Miners Daughter, The Blind Side, and Divine Secrets of the YaYa sisterhood. Some people just have no taste 💁🏻♂️
I'd add Hope Floats. As a younger woman I thought Birdie was a mess and weak. As a "more mature" one I watch it so I can cry with her. Watch when you're over 50 and have watched friends hurt. So cathartic!!
Don't forget O Brother Where Art Thou!
Disclaimer, I've never seen Sweet Home Alabama so I can't comment. How dare they talk bad about those fine Southern Steel Magnolias!!!! That movies has many classic lines!!!! I'm a man and I love this movie! Fried Green Tomatoes is a great movie! Remember, the secret's in the sauce! Everybody loves Forrest, 'nuf said! Big Fish? Wonderful story telling!
Eh. Forrest Gump is overhyped. It's worth watching once for the cultural aspect but there is 0 reason to ever rewatch it. Just in the same as there is no reason to watch Field of Dreams.
@@NoThankUBeQuiet I agree.
I think your first mistake was trusting an RT review for anything. Everyone knows that site has devolved into two sides just shitposting each other using film reviews
You know what... this is just a bunch of northerners angry that they don't have such awesome movies
Anyone who gives the horrible reviews for Steel Magnolias are either mad they cried, or are soulless demons.
Anyone who gives Steel Magnolias or Forest Gump a bad review needs to immediately report to the nearest psych hospital because there's something VERY wrong with you.
Let me just say if you like the film Forrest Gump, NEVER read the book, because you most likely will hate Forrest. Though, I do like book Jenny better.
Eh. Forrest Gump is slow paced and could be much better. Like it's fine its no masterpeice.
@@NoThankUBeQuiet I agree.
How could anyone say Steel Magnolias was unfunny? Come on now.
Olympia Dukakis and Shirley MacLaine were the icing on the cake for me!
I need to watch Big Fish again! Love that movie
Y'all are the best. Period!
Fried Green Tomatoes is one of the few book/movie combos where I actually preferred the movie. The book is ok. But the movie is fabulous.
Forrest Gump, as well as some of the other movies, can be seen on multiple levels, some very deep, some ironic. If the viewer is not mature enough to discern those deeper levels, well, that would explain their ratings.
I think these reviewers basically have the mental capacity of Disney movies. Why do people have no emotion?
Are you a trained psychologist or just someone making an ignorant comment?
Or maybe people are actually looking that these movies without rose colored glasses and giving actual unbiased reviews.
I just had to pause this video to watch Steel Magnolias. Now. My eyes are puffy and my nose is running.
Forest Gump is the only one of those I've watched, and will probably be the only one I watch. I'm southern, just not a fan of dramas, but then again I don't watch a lot of movies in the first place.
Southern-raised girl; mama is from SC. Here are my favorites in order, I will watch the top 5 multiple times:
To Kill a Mocking Bird (1962)
Time to Kill
Steel Magnolias
Fried Green Tomatoes
The Client
Sweet Home Alabama
Forest Gump
Big Fish - never saw it
Could y'all please cut down the cussing? Adam with bouts of damn, and now throwing in the s***? My 12 and 11 year old daughters have been big fans. Please keep your content family-friendly so they can keep watching. Y'all are really funny without expletives. ❤️
I think some people don't understand the Southern way of life sometimes. They are 4 different slices of Southern living. Being from the South and an actor, I view the work on its own merits and how the people lived their lives during the situations. When a book is being adapted for a movie. The individuals/writers have to approach it very carefully to make sure when selecting the right scenes to help tell the book's story. This will be the determining factor in whether the author will or will not support the movie. Though some buy the rights and haphazardly take the end and modify how the story is told on the screen. Some directors have been known to take liberties with a story by either trying to combine book sections to help the story or rewriting those scenes to create a new direction that will lead to the same ending. To sum this up, the reviews that were read make me think the person watching the movie or not finishing it was watching with a bit of a biased attitude from something they perceived to be.
If I watch a movie in the theater or video, I do a mental critique then if it keeps me interested, I'll watch it a few more times. I will end up seeing something I missed the last time.
OMG... Steel Magnolias is one of my absolute favorite movies ever. The last third of the movie is meant to make people cry, slap Wheezer then let Truvy do your hair!!
How about the original "Walking Tall", "To Kill a Mockingbird" and , oh yes, "Gone With the Wind"?
Fannie Flagg is literally in the movie...
SHE WROTE THE SCREENPLAY!!😂
@@weetduck Right!!
Really Steel Magnolias!!! WTH!!! One of the best Southern movies. I know it by heart since I've seen it over a hundred times. Not an exaggeration.
Wait? People don’t like Forest Gump? I’ve only seen it once or twice. But I see why it’s a classic. 🤷♀️ idk? Never saw the other films.
Forrest Gump is fine. But I wouldn't call it a classic by any means. It's culturally an important movie but for a time period so were Twilight and Harry Potter so that doesn't say much about quality.
The issue with Forrest Gump is a lot of scenes aren't actually needed. You can argue all you want but you could easily cut at least 30 minutes out of the film and tell the same story with the same character progression
@@NoThankUBeQuiet You know this isn’t twitter right? I won’t argue because don’t care. All I know is people often quote is so… meh. 🤷♀️ Have nice day though. 👍
Fried Green Tomatoes has Mary Stuart Masterson, nuff said.
I loved all those movies. ❤❤❤❤❤
Fried Green Tomatoes makes me want to go to a backwoods BBQ restaurant.
I watched Steel Magnolias for the first time on a work night. Cried myself to sleep because nobody warned me and I didn’t see the ending coming.
5 stars, very cathartic experience
One of my favorite parts of Forrest Gump is when my child cried for Bubba dying. "Oh you're gonna love this next part!"
I’m with Liz on stopping Steel Magnolias after the first 2/3. (I’ve never watched Bambi because I know what happens.) “Love you ya more’n my luggage”
Edit: Big Fish, that is a FAN 👏🏼TAS👏🏼TIC👏🏼 It’s such a great movie. I love the musical, too. It makes you laugh, cry, and laugh again.Absolutely 5 stars.
Forest Gump and Sweet Home Alabama five stars plus.
I'm non southerner and have watched almost all of the movies reviewed on this video. I don't think I've heard of "Big Fish" until today and with the exception of " Sweet Home Alabama", the other three, "Forrest Gump', Fried Green Tomatoes " and Steel Magnolias" were all Oscar nominated movies , and while; being nominated for an Oscar doesn't always mean a movie's particularly good, these were. My favorite scenes of "Steel Magnolias" were the reception scene, Clairee's interviewing the football player after the high school game, the Christmas fair and when Clairee held Ouiser and told M'Lynn to take a whack @ Ouiser to relieve some stress at the cemetery after Shelby's service just to nane a few.
Nope. Forrest Gump is overhyped. It's fine and probably worth watching once but there is very little reason to watch it again.
The Forrest Gump soundtrack alone makes me want to watch it again & again. It's. That. Good.
Sweet Home Alabama: 4
Steel Magnolias: 4
Fried Green Tomatoes: 5
Forest Gump: 3.5*
Big Fish: Haven't Seen It
Others y'all should hunt down reviews for:
Smokey & The Bandit
Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil
To Kill A Mockingbird
Driving Miss Daisy
The Best Little (You Know What) In Texas
A Time To Kill
*Forest Gump gets an extra 0.5 from me for being better than it's book, but the gag of him coincidentally being at so many major historical events in an impactful way gets a little worn out about halfway though. At least they didn't have him accidentally wander onto the space shuttle and get put into orbit like the book, tho'.
Is Liz wearing a Dungeons & Dragons t-shirt? Is Liz a fan of the game? Does Liz play? (And if not, we're gonna be rolling initiative.)
😊😊😊😊😊 for Talia, Liz, Matt, and Ryan for the epic reviews of the evil reviews! P.s. my smile faces are my version of five stars!
In America, a stroppy bird is just an angry bird… and there’s a movie for that too 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Also
Mattttt 😭😭😭💖💖💖
Manipulative issue:
Gonna steal how Liz started and take it in another direction.
If you are a fan of the Avengers and all of the movies connected to it - tell me you did not "Oh no.... no no no...." when your fave character was dusted.
Tell me you did not shout "YES!!!!" when they appeared for the last battle.
I know I shouted "YES!" when Spidey swung into view.
Every movie, every tv show, every play, every book (see a theme there? It's called entertainment) you have ever seen or read will manipulate the audience.
EVERY SINGLE ONE
Shoot , even music will manipulate the listener.
The question is this:
Do you really want to watch, read, or listen to something that never moves you?
You must be fun at a concert when the ballad starts and people lift their lighters.
Having lost a child, when Sally Field lashed out after the funeral being angry was exactly how I felt. I am a grief counselor and you obviously have never faced grief or death.
The scene where Forrest beats the hell out of Jenny's bf defending her then apologized to black panthers is the most southern gentleman thing ever!!!
Sweet Home Alabama is a terrible movie. Thin story. Bad accents (outside of Reese). Formulaic.
Big Fish is amazing. I will not hear or read one bad thing about this film.
Never seen Big Fish. But all those other movies are 4-5 star movies. And Forrest Gump doesn’t fit on the scale. Not funny? All I have to say to that is “your momma must really value your schoolin’”.
I'm gonna say it:
Forrest Gump is an overrated movie with a horribly thought out plot and a bit of a "self-fellating" problem. I'd give it 3 stars at MOST...if I was being generous.
Sweet Home Alabama is basically a Hallmark movie
"There's a war, Steven!" lol
About Steel Magnolias - When I saw this, at first I thought Olympia Dukakis was completely over the top, and then I realized she was essentially playing my Grandmother.
OK. Now I'm going to have to find Big Fish and watch it. I'm a big Tim Burton fan and y'alls review makes me really want to see it.
I must have been an old lady from the first time I watched Fried Green Tomato's when I was a child. Forrest Gump does have an awesome soundtrack! Robin Wright is better as Butter Cup than as Jenny.
Part 2 needs to have Bull Durham and My Cousin Vinny.