@@soulreaperiix_x8477 I thought his last movie was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Which I was very excited for but when I saw the beginning and the editing they had to do in his first fight...it took me out of the movie and never won me back. Shame. If Connery would have been a few years younger, that might have worked.
The transition from Russian to English is actually quite brilliant. Since the word "Armageddon" is the same in both languages, it makes sense to have that be the point where the switch takes place.
Agreed. The political officer reading from the Book of Revelations hits ... kind of close to the bone right now. Especially when you know what his name is.
@@Freakears Give me a break! What would the USA do if China built missile bases in Mexico or Canada? Putin just did the exact same thing that the USA would do if China flexed its muscles like NATO has been doing in Ukraine. Putin did nothing while Trump was in office, because he knew that Rump wouldn;t let him get away with it, just like he didn’t let Kim Jong whatsisname get away with threatening war either. The reason Putin wnet into Ukraine is because the US President of today is Joe Biden, one of the most corrupt and dishonest people in US politics and now a senile liability. The VP is a train-wreck waiting to happen and anyone with any sense would be terrified at that prospect, foreign leaders especially. No wonder Putin invaded Ukraine! If China was to do in Mexico what NATO is doing in Ukraine, the USA would invade Mexico in a heartbeat! It would be the only sensible thing to do! Putin does that and he’s the bad guy. According to the media who told us all that the vaccines are safe and will kill the virus. Why do people still take theeir word for anything?
Two times I felt physical pain while watching this: when she said she only knew Sean Connery from the SNL skit and when she asked if James Earl Jones was "the Sandlot Guy."
This was Tom Clancy's first book, and the start (not chronologically) of the Jack Ryan series. It was so well researched and detailed that the US government called him in to find out what he actually knew. He started the techno-thriller genre, and was one of the best authors of the 20th century, in my opinion. Great reaction!
He was in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! :O Sad that was his last live action role, but even sadder that he kind of faded away for an entire generation once he retired. I even liked him in this indie film called Playing by Heart from around....1998?
@@CaturdayNite haha "faded away". He was cancelled by the moron mob that is twitter for something he said nearly 50 years ago. That's the world we live in now.
Let me tell you, I LOVED your reaction to this movie. There is no way my daughter would sit down, watch this movie and enjoy it. For fathers everywhere, “you made us happy.”
I remember being able to see directly after my honorable discharge, at one of the last drive-in theaters in the country. Wow, what an experience in 1990.
When this movie came out my father was home on leave. One of the very few times I saw him. He was on submarines in the Navy. We went to see this and I was wearing a USS Atlanta SSN 712 hat. The Dallas hats in the movie are SSN 700 and upon walking out people kept asking where I got the movie hat. I told them from him, pointing to my father in his uniform. Good times.
I saw this with my dad, who was a Navy vet who served on the very first nuclear powered boomers. Admiral Rickover personally interviewed every single officer who put in for the nuclear-powered boats. All my dad ever said was, when he left Rickover's office, the petty officer serving as the Admiral's yeoman asked "How did it go, Sir?" My Dad, a Lieutenant, answered, "I don't think he likes me very much." The yeoman smiled. "I wouldn't worry, Sir. Yesterday a Lieutenant Commander left here in tears." My father loved this movie, grumbling a bit about the unrealistic amount of space there was on the sets. We both laughed hardest when Van Pelt, Secretary of State, I guess? Defense Secretary? Anyway, he tells the Soviet ambassador "You've lost *another* submarine?" And the ambassador just sits looking like a kid telling his mom he lost his jacket *again*.
And Tim freaking Curry, one of the best comic actors ever, in possibly the only straight role he's ever done. No mischievous grin, no one liners, no comedy whatsoever. I thought I was in the freaking Twilight Zone when I saw that. :-o
@@jayeisenhardt1337 I had forgotten that role, though I haven't seen Legend since it first came out on video so that's been a while ago, and it didn't stick in my mind since I thought it was a meh movie. I also haven't seen 'It' as David references above, so almost all my experiences with Tim Curry's characters are him being comedic. Even in his dark turn as Cardinal Richeleu in The Three Musketeers there was still some of the well recognized comedic antics in his portrayal.
Sean Connery didn't do accents Sean Connery just played Sean Connery in every movie he was in and the movie adapted to fit him he was so legendary that it didn't matter, to have his name on your movie was a licence to print money
‘Scuttling’ means intentionally sinking a ship, usually a warship, to prevent it falling into the hands of an enemy although it’s also used at the end of a ship’s service life, to, for instance, allow the hulk to become the basis for a new coral reef.
The greatest 1day loss of naval power in history was on 21 June 1919 when 54 ships of the German Imperial navy were deliberately scuttled by their own crews at the British navy base of Scapa Flow. They were being held there by the Royal Navy awaiting the signing of the final peace treaty that ended World War I. Fun facts: While most of the ships were salvaged over the past 100 years, there are still a few at the bottom. These are not only popular locations for scuba divers but a rare source of uncontaminated metal since they were made of high grade steel and sank before the first atomic bomb. This makes their hulls one of the few sources in the world of steel with no exposure to nuclear radiation.
@@Surfbird11 The demand for pre-nuclear steel isn't actually that high, which suppresses the value. What's being stripped in the past few years has mostly been the brass, which generally means cutting off the props (commonly 15 tonnes apiece on a battleship) and blasting into the engineering spaces.
I remember seeing a video documentry they did as a us carrier was scuttled to create a new reef and to later be used as a public diving training site. The preparations and removal of everything that could have caused harm to the sea and later be dangerous to future divers was enormous. Somehow they also managed to sink it pretty mutch straight down and have it sit almost perfectly upright on the ocean floor. They even hade cameras left inside the carrier as they sunk it to capture the water rushing in to diffrent parts of the ship.
Shiftry If you enjoyed that there’s a Discovery Channel special about sinking a Canadian missile cruiser at the end of its service life. Different branches took turns shooting at it. Another cruiser or destroyer used its main guns. 2 Canadian F/A 18s gave it a pass or two. An American sub was waiting confidently in the wings guaranteeing its torpedoes would break the proud ships back. It was sunk in an area where a reef was desirable. Crewmen who had served aboard the old ship saluted her as she slipped beneath the waves and it never failed to bring a tear to my eye, but the American cruiser unfurled an absolutely massive Stars and Stripes Battle Ensign to show respect. The thing was affixed amidships and the ends almost touched the water off the stern past the helicopter pad. I thought it was an absolutely classy move. It’s on YT, search ‘Discovery Canadian Cruiser,’ should pop up.
I give her a break for not knowing a lot. We have a whole generation who never knew a world with Cold War. The movie was based on the Tom Clancy book of the same name. Clancy in turn based ot upon an incident in 1975 where a Soviet frigate tried to initiate a revolution to overthrow the Soviet government. The political officer of the frigate felt that Breshinev had betrayed the ideals of the revolution. A combined fleet of Russian Naval and air forces stopped the ship before it reached its destination. The political officer was executed and other officers served prison terms for their participation in the incident. Clancy ended up being debfiered by the Pentagon and CIA because his book was so close to real operational details. However, all of his sources were open sources available to the public, so he ended up starting a revolution in publishing and wrote the Jack Ryan series of books.
27:00 To "scuttle" a ship means to deliberately sink her, either by opening valves to let seawater in, or setting off small explosive charges that blow holes in the hull.
One of my favorite little unsung scenes in this movie is the part where Admiral Padorin is walking into his office that morning, and everything his orderly says to him is met with "Ya ya" as if Padorin just doesn't care at all. He's in a completely zoned out mood. But then his orderly tells him that there's a letter from Ramius for him, and when he finds the letter, his entire demeanor changse immediately, and suddenly it's "Ahh! Marco!" It's so subtle, but it really does so much to show how fond of Ramius he is, and how much he misses him... which makes it all the more powerful when he realizes what Ramius is up to, and the spilled tea. Such a good movie overall though. The moment I saw you had it in your list, I had to check out your reaction immediately! Scott Glenn got to spend time on an actual Navy submarine shadowing the captain to research his role as American Captain Bart Mancuso of the USS Dallas. He said he mostly just imitated the captain he was shadowing as the character, and he comes off so well in the role. I like Scott Glenn anyway, but this is one of my favorite roles of his, especially in his scene where Jonesie is playing the tape of the Red October for him and suggesting he's headed for Red Route One. (Courtney B. Vance is great as Jonesie too!)
Haha. Red October has always been the ultimate Dad flick. Serious, important men, having serious, important discussion about serious, important things... and gunfights... and explosions. Long-time favorite of mine, filled with a lot of great character actors. And you not really knowing anything about Connery made me feel very, VERY old...
My dad was definitely into Red October, and he got me (female) into Tom Clancy through this movie. It was the first action/war/spy type movie I ever enjoyed. I read the book, and Patriot Games, some years later, but it was only a considerable few years later that I read most of the others. Tom Clancy and John Le Carre together got me into the whole Cold War spy/thriller/technothriller genre(s), including such writers as Forsyth, MacLean, MacInnes, and Michael Crichton. Thanks, Dad.
October is the 'month' of the Russian revolution, hence 'Red October' The 'sandlot guy' is the voice of Darth Vader 'Scuttle' is to deliberately let water into the boat to make it sink. Submarines are called boats Ryan's wife was played by Gates McFadden; she plays Dr Crusher in Star Trek Next generation
I get a kick out the name “October Revolution” Russia was using an older calendar system that was behind the time. So the “October Revolution” actually happened in November for the rest of the world. Later Russia updated to the western calendar.
And submarines were invented in Ireland. Not many people know that (see also, hot air balloons, rippable stamps, hypodermic needles, flavoured crisps/chips, and many other things).
The officer in the helicopter telling Ryan what to do on the way to get him on the Dallas was David Graf, who played the gun-loving Tackleberry in the "Police Academy" films.
In the book, we get vital backstory. Ryan had been in the military and had received back injury (and extensives operations) from an air crash. For him to sleep, in the closing credits, means TOTAL exhaustion.
Some things kinda hurt though..."I only know him from (a parody) SNL". I mean...ouch? No 007? No Rock? Nothing? I mean, yeah, it happens but still. You are right though, at least the reactions are genuine and entertaining.
I've read some of the Jack Ryan series and kind of.... got the impression that Tom Clancy secretly wants to be Jack. Lol. I mean the guy becomes president. The Rock is awesome. I dont even like Nicholas Cage but it's one movie that I'll always watch if i see it on.
Sam Neil is incredible actor: Dead Calm with Nicole Kidman, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Event Horizon, Jurassic Park, he replaced sir Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder, and lot more roles. He even appears in Peaky Blinders.
Great review. Fun Fact I was on the USS Enterprise when they filmed this. There is scene at 19:52 - 20:04 of which most was cut, where a plane crashes on the Flight Deck which was actual old footage, they used a smoke generator to simulate the fire, ironically the smoke generator actually caught on fire and we had a real fire on the flight deck which was put out quickly.
The smoke machine caught fire... That's ironic! In the book, they were on the Kennedy (CV-67), and the guy who "crashed" was actually Jack's friend Robbie (who survived), but neither knew the other was on board. I'm not sure why they chose to film on the Enterprise. "Yours, Mine, and Ours, Star Trek IV, Top Gun, Hunt for Red October, and a few others I don't remember off the top of my head. Big-E always gets the screen time for some reason.
Also funnily enough that wasn't the Enterprise in Top Gun... It was super to be... But they used another ship for filming, the Ranger I think? I'll have to ask my buddy who was on it at the time.
Yes it was the Enterprise as VA-22 was assigned to it and I have a friend who was in it at the end when they Land he was a brown shirt with 3P on helmet. In the crowd.
I served in the Navy, on submarines, in San\ Diego, where this movie was largely filmed. My watch station was helmsman...means I actually drove the sub. Just watching you watch this is nostalgic for me.
Hey! Me Too! I was stationed in San Diego on the USS DRUM (SSN 677) and I was also a helmsman. We used to watch this movie all the time while out at sea, plus Das Boot of course.
Get this: The Red October is a modified Typhoon class submarine. (It's somewhat larger than a standard of the class) That class is the largest submarine type ever built, so if Red October were real, it would hold the record for being THE largest submarine ever built.
It's funny because according to the plot, Red October is bigger than other typhoons (3 meters wider and 26 meters longer). But Its film version is 30% smaller than real ships of this class and therefore almost 40% smaller than the described Tk-210.
For apparently not having seen very many films, Cassie is very intuned. I have seen a lot of films and I can predict quite a lot of the story and even complete writer's sentences. Film class in college was a breeze, for example. I hadn't met someone else as good at it until this channel. She asks good questions, connects the dots well, catches the important details. She is very good at this.
@@oldfrend I'm definitely younger than Mrs. Popcorn, and I'm not a native English speaker - but I know the word "defect". It's not a generational thing, it's a timeless word. I've never known anyone that has ever defected, during a war or otherwise, but it's just a word you know. If nothing else, you should have heard the word several times in school during history classes. But now that Mrs. Popcorn is seeing this many war/military movies and tv shows, her "war vocabulary" is surely increasing, lol.
"Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only, please." I think the Soviets should have twigged that Ramius would defect because both his Russian and his English carried a noticeable Scottish accent.
The Caterpillar drive is a theory. It is called The MHD drive and uses superconducting magnets to accelerate water passing through it using a magnetic field, which is similar to how a caterpillar moves. The drive is often described as a jet engine for water that has no moving parts, making it very quiet. But it is not yet possible. We simply need stronger magnets and a TON more electricity.
Can't believe I had to scroll so far for this comment. Das Boot is the submarine-film to watch, HfRO is the Hollywood massacre of the submarine war film.
As a German I second this comment. You should take the time for the directors cut. I consider a must-see movie for any movie-enthusiast's bucket list :)
There is also Crimson Tide. In that same vein with Jame Earl Jones and Powers Boothe, By Dawns Early Light. Those all about when ya trained to kill, how it takes on an entirely different meaning when it's just the button to end the world. Do you press it or not even if ya been trained to take that order. Like how Sean Connery had both keys, just trying to understand what "all the power" as she said actually means.
The cast of this movie is so good. My favorite scene is James Earl Jones flipping his badge….’and I was never here.’ Also…’you lost another one?’ The unspoken snark! They both know what’s going on. Two diplomatic/spy masters budding heads.
On the language switching scene it showed them speaking Russian. Then it zoomed in to the actor's mouth and switched to English and zoomed back out. You're too assume they're still speaking Russian but for us watching the movie and made it English so we could understand it easier.
@@cardiac19 I've heard that apparently their Russian speaking was the equivalent of saying a word backwards, and then playing it in reverse. If you speak Russian, how good or bad was their Russian?
Well, now that you've heard Sean Connery as a Russian with a Scottish accent, it's time to hear him as an Ancient Egyptian who became Spanish with a Scottish accent playing opposite a Frenchman playing a Scotsman with no effort by either of them to do an accent properly. You need to watch Highlander.
Yes!! And she will get to watch two and a half love stories. "From the dawn of time we came... No one has ever known we were among you.......until now.
@@3Rayfire She does movies, but perhaps we could suggest a few TV episodes. Perhaps the comedy caper - "Stone of Scone" or the touching - "Saving Grace", or the adventure "Patient Number 7", or a moral dilemma one like "The Valkyrie."
It's funny. I've seen this movie so many times that I genuinely forgot that it wasn't self-evident that Ramius is defecting. But watching it through Cassie's eyes, I gained a renewed appreciation for the suspense.
I grew up falling asleep to this movie so many times, I'm surprised the VHS didn't wear out. Don't ask why a kid wanted to watch a submarine movie, but I loved it.
I read the book a few months before starting Law School and realy enjoyed it. Once I started class there was no time for pleasure reading. The pressure gets pretty high in grad school and the week before quarterly finals my nerves were shot so I tooks some time to relax with a book, Red October. I did well that quarter and continued the reading policy. Law students become somewhat suspicious and don`t want to make any changes in their routines so I read R.O. again. I continued that practice for the next 3 years. I got to where I could speed read the book in one evening. b
Sorry for your loss. I learned the song, too, and used to sing it semi-regularly HYMN TO RED OCTOBER Words and Music by Basil Poledouris Russian Translation by Herman Sinitzen ------------------------------------------------- Holodna hmoora Eemruchnoh v'doosheh Kak mohg znat ya shtoh tee oomriosh? >> Cold, hard, empty >>Light that has left me >>How could I know that you would die? Do svidonia, byehreg rodnoy Kak nam troodnag pridstahvit shtoh eto nyeh sohn Rodina, dom radnoy Do svidonia Rodina >>Farewell again, our dear land >>So hard for us to imagine that it's real, and not a dream >>Motherland, native home >>Farewell, our Motherland Ay. Avepakhod, avepakhod, nass val nahmarskaya zhdyot nyehdazh dyotsyah >>Let's go; the sea is waiting for us Nass zah vootmarskaya dah, ee preeboy! >>The vastness of the sea is calling to us, and the tides! Salute otsam ee nashem dedum Zahvietum eekh fsigdah vierney Tepierre nichtoh, nee astanoivit, Pabiedney shark, radnoy straney >>Hail to our fathers and forefathers >>We are faithful to the covenant made with the past. >>Now nothing can stop >>Our Motherland's victorious march. Tiy pliyvee, pliyvee bestrashna, Gordest say viernykh marieye. Revoluytziye nadezhdah sgoostk vierif sekh luydeye. >>Sail on fearlessly, >>Pride of the Northern Seas. >>Hope of the Revolution, you are the burst of faith of the people. Tiy pliyvee, pliyvee bestrashna, Gordest say viernykh marieye. Revoluytziye nadezhdah sgoostk vierif sekh luydeye. >>Sail on fearlessly, >>Pride of the Northern Seas. >>Hope of the Revolution, you are the burst of faith of the people. Salute otsam ee nashem dedum Zahvietum eekh fsigdah vierney. Tepierre nichtoh, nee astanoivit, Pabiedney shark, radnoy straney. >>Hail to our fathers and forefathers. >>We are faithful to the covenant made with the past. >>Now nothing can stop >>Our Motherland's victorious march. Tiy pliyvee, pliyvee bestrashna, Gordest say viernykh marieye. Revoluytziye nadezhdah sgoostk vierif sekh luydeye. >>Sail on fearlessly, >>Pride of the Northern Seas. >>Hope of the Revolution, you are the burst of faith of the people. V'oktyabreh, v'oktyabreh, Rahpar tu ium miy nashe pabiediy. V'oktyabreh, v'oktyabreh, Novie meeir fahli numnashy dehidiy. >> In October, in October, >>We report our victories to you, our Revolution. >> In October, in October, >>And to the heritage left by you for us Tiy pliyvee, pliyvee bestrashna, Gordest say viernykh marieye. Revoluytziye nadezhdah sgoostk vierif sekh luydeye. >>Sail on fearlessly, >>Pride of the Northern Seas. >>Hope of the Revolution, you are the burst of faith of the people. Salute otsam ee nashem dedum Zahvietum eekh fsigdah vierney. Tepierre nichtoh, nee astanoivit, Pabiedney shark, radnoy straney. >>Hail to our fathers and forefathers. >>We are faithful to the covenant made with the past. >>Now nothing can stop >>Our Motherland's victorious march. V'oktyabreh, v'oktyabreh, Rahpar tu ium miy nashe pabiediy. V'oktyabreh, novie meeir . . . >> In October, in October, >>We report our victories to you, our Revolution. >> In October, a new peace . . ..
@@kenkonwick6660 that casino royal guy hadly counts , and if we are going all the way back what about the radio bond . He wasn't even British in that jimmy bond .no way
Scott Glenn who played the Captain of the Dallas played Alan Shepherd in "The Right Stuff". He was the astronaut who did the impression of Jose Jimenez.
I've watched a couple of other reactions to red October, the thing they all have in common is how upset everyone gets when Sam Neals character dies, he just wanted a pickup truck and to live in Montana, so sad
The movie is based on Tom Clancy's first book, Jack Ryan is the protagonist of most of his books. There are a few other movies based on Clancy's books and an amazon series "Jack Ryan". Tom Clancy was probably the most known political thriller novelists.
As mentioned is this an adaptation of Tom Clancys book. There are others as well with various actors portraying Jack Ryan: *Clear and present danger* (Harrison Ford) *Patriot Games* (Harrison Ford) *The sum of all fears* (Ben Affleck) *Shadow Recruit* (Chris Pine) It is arguably a matter of taste whether or not one would like these films. Personally I find Red october an Sum of all fears, to be the best of them. I’m sure others will disagree.
@@muhest It think both Ford movies are equal. I wish they continued making them with Ford. The Amazon streaming show, and With Out Remorse movie is limp. They just use the IP to old onto the rights.
Scott Glenn the actor modeled his character, Bart Mancuso, after the Navy sub captain he observed for a week. The US Navy allowed Scott Glenn to observe as preparation for the movie.
Hunt for Red October was huge when it came out. Big enough to spawn more Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan movies as well as a TV show. Harrison Ford takes over the role of Jack Ryan in the second film Patriot Games . We should do a live twitch stream of Jack Ryan on Amazon.
Clear & Present Danger, Patriot Games are MUST watches if you enjoyed this one... Alex Baldwin was great but Harrison Ford has an intensity that really suits the material.
25:05 - "How are they communicating?" Consider: Both submarines are near surface, and both captains see the periscope of the other submarine. Now, in this exact scene (not in the reaction), you can see a light going on and off at the periscope. This is a message in Morse Code, sent by Captain Mancuso, turning the lights on and off (you can also hear the click-click of him turning lights on and off, on the background, as Ryan dictates the message). In the soviet submarine, Captain Ramius is reading the morse code message from the lights.
I am 53 and when you first started mentioning your dad's favorite movies. I felt a stab in heart. They are all my favorite movies!! What I can tell you is trust your dad's list. You're in for a lot of fun. I think you mentioned Lethal Weapon. Good movie. You dad clearly has a great list and you're in for a lot of fun, action and just plain old awesome!! I did roll my eyes when you said you hadn't heard of Sean Connery. It seems unbelievable to us... ahem.... older people. But then I realize that my 20 year old kids don't know either. Enjoy the fact you're young. I have subscribed, so go and watch some old classics and I'll be back.
This book by Clancy, that this movie is based from, was so well researched by Tom that the FBI questioned him about where he got his info. Caterpillar drive is real.
I think the was the best adaption of a book to a movie I've seen. The combined a character and dropped a bit about maintaining the ruse that Red October sunk, but it works great. A former boss of mine said he knew somebody who's work in the Navy was classified and he could not talk about it. After the book came out, he told people who asked which page of the book to read.
The other Jack Ryan films are "Patriot Games", " Clear and Present Danger" and "Sum of All Fears" Harrison ford plays jack in Patriot games and Clear and present danger and Ben Afleck plays jack in the last one. There is another movie called Jack Ryan Shadow recruit that was ok and There is a series on Amazon Prime called Jack Ryan with John Krazinski as Jack that is great.
All the comments above mine show that all of this is so very subjective. I'm going to recommend *Patriot Games* and *Clear and Present Danger.* Not primarily because of what I think of the films, but rather her love for *Harrison Ford,* and the atypical action hero. *Edit:* I swear talk-to-text can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. Interpreting _plural_ as _possessive_ as a default is ridiculous. And has anyone else encountered that random _"oh"_ inserted after a comma?
Patriot Games is both an awesome movie and book. Clear And Present Danger is an awesome book, but a feeble movie. I felt as cheated by Hollywood with C&PD as I did by their version of John Grisham’s The Firm and Bryce Courtenay’s The Power Of One. Incredible books with awful film adaptations.
@JSB Question of taste. It's like making a comparison of the Sean Connery's James Bond movies with the Pierce Brosnan's James Bond movies. Patriot Games and Clear And Present Danger might be good books, the movies were OK and it lets the viewer to know more about Ryans family, but the IRA and drug Cartels theme bores the hell of me. I prefer spy movies with global conspirations.
I got to see this in the theater when it came out, watching the subs sliding silently past each other on the big screen was absolutely intense. I really enjoy rewatching these movies with you, your excitement and anxiety is contagious like it's also my first time as well.
I watched it with my best high school friends opening night…the prime 9PMish showing too. We ate pizza and drank beer in my friend’s van and then we used our sneaky opening night trick to get the best seats….7 rows forward from the last row dead center. While everyone else waited outside for an hour+ to get good seats, we waited until just before they opened the doors for the screening, went to different doors and asked to use the bathroom. We’d wait inside and then merge right to the front of the line and grab our seats.
Fun fact for you, they were a little closer than 100 miles to the nearest Naval base in Maine. The Penobscot River where they hide the Red October wasn’t far from Winter Harbor, Maine which was home to the Naval Security Group which operated from 1935-2002.
"To Defect": when a member of a hostile nation wants to leave an opposing nation and come to the U.S. it is referred to as "Defecting". Usually made in by those who will have valuable intelligence.
Alexander Gudonov didn't have any valuable intelligence: he just wanted the f#$k out, as did many others, and we kept the welcome mat out for anybody that escaped communist countries. There's video abound of East Germans trying to flee into West Germany: many made it, many were executed before making it over the second wall.
@@Britcarjunkie You may be right. But bear in mind that Godunov was enough of a celebrity to make a media splash. Others were famous enough in Soviet Union (Savely Kramarov for example was one of top Comedy stars) to possibly make a psychological impact.
I loved watching this movie with you. It's been one of my "if it's on TV I'm watching it" films for the last 30ish years. But watching with you brought back that excitement and tension and emotional investment that one can only have when the whole story is new. Thank you. Also, I'd just like to thank you for stepping out of your movie comfort zone to watch different stories like this. Your innocence is refreshing, and I mean that with all sincerity. I find myself a bit jaded towards certain movies and genres and you've brought some of that joy and honest emotion, even the fear and horror and sadness that we, as a society, have become too immune to. So thank you.
Is it really Enterprise? Often they used any CV that was handy and just slapped the Enterprise hull number on it. Same way they used the Ranger in Star Trek 4.
20:00: "Did he eject in time?" That's actual footage of an F9F Panther piloted by Cdr. George Duncan crashing on the USS Midway in June, 1951. Cdr. Duncan did not eject but did survive the crash (the cockpit section remained intact), going on to be promoted to Captain in the Navy and becoming a lawyer following his retirement from service.
THE best submarine movie ever made is Das Boot. Germany's WWII submarine fleet almost won the war for the Axis. This film even in German is captivating and was heavily nominated for Academy Awards.
True, but this movie is also extremely good. The great performances make it appealing for people not ready for a long, hard war movie. This could be the perfect gateway to a later Das Boot viewing!
No!!!! He was going to get a pickup truck! - He writes books-he just writes books! - I love Jack Ryan!! It's so much fun to watch a classic like this with this very young-yet very invested woman (her naïveté make it charming - her emotions makes it even more charming). Such an enjoyable reaction!
Cassie, Harrison Ford took over the Jack Ryan role in two subsequent movies, “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger.” Good thrillers, you would enjoy.
I actually find it underrated.. And I know some people hated the updating.. But I thought Affleck was a good mash up of Baldwin and Ford.. plus one of the greatest "Sneakers" gags in "The Sum of All Fears". I'd skip "Shadow Recruit" though.
I'm not a huge fan of Alec Baldwin, but he did a great job in this movie. What's funny is that even though I've seen this film a half-dozen times, I always remember Harrison Ford in the role until I'm a few minutes in (Mandela-effect) due to the follow-up movies with him in the title role.
When the book came out Ronald Reagan said that it was the greatest book he’s ever read. So they put that little homage in the movie because obviously they were his favorite.
@@JonNo86 It is an outstanding book. There was a dog eared copy of it in our breakroom back in the mid 1980s. I started reading it on break and had to take it home. Don't worry, it was back in the break room in just a couple of days.
"Multiple, Independant Warheads" are basically this: a single large warhead that, shortly after launch, it breaks open and launches a number of smaller nuclear weapons. its nearly impossible to target/stop.
That it is impossible to stop is a benefit as it makes it so scary no one wants to use it. What makes it truly dangerous is the ease with which a madman can launch it.
It's a single missile which instead of carrying a single large warhead carries 4 to 6 smaller warheads each of which go after different targets. That way they can hit multiple targets . Multiple independent reentry vehicle.
"Defect" means abandoning your own country without warning and going to live in another one. Back in the day, it was forbidden for a citizen of the Soviet Union to leave the country. But some of their best musicians and dancers "defected" when they went on tour in the USA ... they simply stayed in the USA, and were given asylum.
Which is why the sub had a "political officer" on board to prevent that very thing, and also why the captain had to get rid of him. What do you call the Stalingrad Symphony Orchestra after a world tour? The Stalingrad String Quartet.
Red October is a fiction based off of that very incident. An American sub and Destroyer encounter a Russian sub that surfaced due to a radiation leak. Then a second Russian sub arrives at the scene.
I adore this movie. I saw this very young and it was my first exposure to a lot of more mature subject matter. I’m so glad it’s getting some play in the reactor scene. Despite his Jurassic Park fame, Sam Neill will forever and always be “I would like to have seen Montana.”
Sir Sean Connery is a SCOTTISH legend who sadly passed away 31st October 2020. Some of his best movies include, this one, The Untouchables, The Rock, Finding Forrester, Indian Jones & The Last Crusade, Medicine Man, and of course his portrayal of JAMES BOND in 7 bond movies. Greetings from Glasgow, Scotland Also, if you enjoyed JACK RYAN, you should check out the other movies HARRISON FORD played him 2 times, Patriot Games & Clear and Present Danger.. BEN AFFLECK played him in SUM of all Fears, and Chris Pine played him in Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit. and finally John Krasinski plays Jack in the Amazon Prime series JACK RYAN, 2 seasons so far...
One of Tom Clancy’s best books. Read it back in the late 80’s then the movie came out in 1990. Like most books to movies the book was a lot better but still liked the movie. Clancy went into a ton of detail into the technology of the subs, American and Soviet.
Personally my favorite is Red Storm rising. It is so detailed and has action taken place in so many places it is hard to keep track of it when you're reading it but it is an excellent book. You have submarine versus submarine, Russian air power versus carriers, Marines landing to retake an island, air versus Air and a ever loving Land Battle. Russia and Warsaw pact kicks off against NATO
I toured a Russian destroyer from this era years ago and I am consistently impressed by how well they set designers did getting the details right on the Russian sub. I’m aware that destroyers and boomers are very different boats, but the things that would be consistent like the lettering styles and locations are spot on.
@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer And the very few if any to have WW3 to be entirely conventional, though the Soviets were close to launching nukes. One of my favorite story arcs in the book is when the Air Force weather officer has to lead a group of Marines on Iceland. And The Hunt for Red October is the best of all the movies. Imo
nah the book was tedious and jargonistic. and normally i like tedious and full of military jargon, but not in this case, esp. how the climax was split into several difference scenes in the book. the movie version was 100% superior storytelling.
@@chasecreamer727 in my honest opinion almost all of the story arcs could have been expanded into their own books. The weatherman one of the better developed characters.
"Scuttle" means to self-destruct the ship. It doesn't work like a self-destruct mechanism like in Star Trek or other sci-fi. The crew basically has to start tearing apart the ship from the inside to sink the ship. There are serveral procedues how to do this. This will prevent the ship from being captured by the enemy.
@@petermirtitsch1235 For war ships classified information and equipment has to be destroyed so that it is totally unrecognizable for what it was. Simply allowing sea water in does not accomplish this goal. Divers would be able to get the equipment before it could disintegrate.
For movies shot in that style, there are also the epics like 'Laurence of Arabia', 'Ben Hur' and "Khartoum'. Or going with WWII bridges, there is 'A Bridge too Far' and 'The Bridge at Remagen'. Though for fun, there is 'Where Eagles Dare'. A movie where Clint Eastwood is so young he isn't listed as a star.
Also, the magazine in Jack's briefcase in the beginning, that's Proceedings. The monthly magazine of the U.S. Naval Institute. When Red October's author, Tom Clancy couldn't get his story published anywhere else, the USNI published it. I have a signed first edition. A gift from my wife. So, the magazine being in there, while definitely something someone in Ryan's position would read, was also a nod to the origins of the book.
"I only know Sean Connery from that SNL sketch. What else has he been in?"
Suddenly I'm feeling very old.
if i remember, he retired quite a few years back, last movie was the rock if im not mistaken sad
@@soulreaperiix_x8477 I thought his last movie was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Which I was very excited for but when I saw the beginning and the editing they had to do in his first fight...it took me out of the movie and never won me back. Shame. If Connery would have been a few years younger, that might have worked.
Well, he was one of the better James Bonds in multiple Bond films.
@@topomusicale5580 The Original Bond! LOL
@@gregmikk And the BEST!
Where women cried: "I'll never let go Jack"
Where men cried "I would have liked to have seen Montana"
Connery should have replied with, "Aye shall bury you there myshelf."
Then we smile again when we see him digging up fossils in Montana in Jurassic Park
My mom and I choked up every time we heard this line, and quoted it everafter. Chalk it up to Sam Neill; he’s so great.
Where men cried "I would have liked to have seen Montana"
And when Jim Brown died in The Dirty Dozen.
😭
I love how Sam Neill's last words were "I would love to have seen Montana" and his character first appears on Jurassic Park in Montana
Spielberg must’ve loved this one
😂😂
That's great!!!
In the book he survives 😊
@@MudderShmuckerHe must have!
The transition from Russian to English is actually quite brilliant. Since the word "Armageddon" is the same in both languages, it makes sense to have that be the point where the switch takes place.
Agreed. The political officer reading from the Book of Revelations hits ... kind of close to the bone right now. Especially when you know what his name is.
And I wouldn't be surprised if the current situation snowballs into WWIII, all because of the guy the political officer shares his name with.
Wow, I didn't know that about "Armageddon." Brilliant indeed! 👍
My ex husband was on the Enterprise flight deck when they filmed Top Gun
@@Freakears Give me a break! What would the USA do if China built missile bases in Mexico or Canada? Putin just did the exact same thing that the USA would do if China flexed its muscles like NATO has been doing in Ukraine. Putin did nothing while Trump was in office, because he knew that Rump wouldn;t let him get away with it, just like he didn’t let Kim Jong whatsisname get away with threatening war either. The reason Putin wnet into Ukraine is because the US President of today is Joe Biden, one of the most corrupt and dishonest people in US politics and now a senile liability. The VP is a train-wreck waiting to happen and anyone with any sense would be terrified at that prospect, foreign leaders especially. No wonder Putin invaded Ukraine! If China was to do in Mexico what NATO is doing in Ukraine, the USA would invade Mexico in a heartbeat! It would be the only sensible thing to do! Putin does that and he’s the bad guy. According to the media who told us all that the vaccines are safe and will kill the virus. Why do people still take theeir word for anything?
Two times I felt physical pain while watching this: when she said she only knew Sean Connery from the SNL skit and when she asked if James Earl Jones was "the Sandlot Guy."
And, one moment of pure happines for me, is reading this comment before viewing, yet having no doubt at all to which SNL skit you are referring.
That was painful! She doesn’t know either James Bond or Darth Vader? Obviously she’s an agent from some other galaxy!
Ikr. How can anyone NOT know James Bond and/or Darth Vader. Both actors have decades of film work under their respective belts.
@@jean-paulaudette9246 And what "SNL skit" is that? Please tell us.
@@chadbattman6677 Celebrity Jeopardy. Will Ferrell plays Alex Trebek. One of many Celebrity Jeopardy skits. ruclips.net/video/ImaYMoTi2g8/видео.html
This was Tom Clancy's first book, and the start (not chronologically) of the Jack Ryan series. It was so well researched and detailed that the US government called him in to find out what he actually knew. He started the techno-thriller genre, and was one of the best authors of the 20th century, in my opinion. Great reaction!
It's an amazing book. One of my favorites that he has written. Another one being Red Storm Rising
The Sum of All Fears is incredibly good as well
@@D4rkn3ss2000 don't forget Without Remorse
Yes, they wanted to know how a civilian got such an intimate knowledge of US and Russian nuclear submarines.
Jack Ryan is a character in a few movies that were books, i belive the next in the series is 'The sum of all fears'...
"Sean Connery, what else has been in? " he's frikkin James Bond!!!!
He was in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!
:O
Sad that was his last live action role, but even sadder that he kind of faded away for an entire generation once he retired. I even liked him in this indie film called Playing by Heart from around....1998?
@@CaturdayNite haha "faded away". He was cancelled by the moron mob that is twitter for something he said nearly 50 years ago. That's the world we live in now.
YES... he's friggin JAMES BOND!!! Sigh.
Ramirez.
@@mil2k11 I think you meant he was held accountable for hitting women. Fixed it for you.
"what else is he in?" ... *collective gasp of entire audience haha
Scott Glenn, Sam Neil, James Earl Jones, Tim Curry, Stellan Skarsgard, Courtney B. Vance. What a great supporting cast!
You soon won’t forget Skarsgard. He was in ‘Thor’, ‘Chernobyl’ and in the upcoming ‘Dune’ as Vladamir Harkonen.
You are very correct, great supporting cast!!
@@campagnollo He could read a cookie recipe and make it sound intense.
Wilderness Girls
Actually I would call it ensemble cast.
Let me tell you, I LOVED your reaction to this movie. There is no way my daughter would sit down, watch this movie and enjoy it. For fathers everywhere, “you made us happy.”
Lol, my daughters nor my wife. I am alone when I watch this.
@@DocMicrowave That's sad. They are missing a great story. Love Tom Clancy.
@@susanalexander6721 Sub Love. There's nothing like it.
True
I remember being able to see directly after my honorable discharge, at one of the last drive-in theaters in the country. Wow, what an experience in 1990.
If you liked Sean Connery in "The Hunt For Red October" you'll love him in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
True that
Junior!
Don't call me that, please!
@@williamellis8593 Lol
I didn't know u could fly a plane, fly yes, land no 😂
When this movie came out my father was home on leave. One of the very few times I saw him. He was on submarines in the Navy. We went to see this and I was wearing a USS Atlanta SSN 712 hat. The Dallas hats in the movie are SSN 700 and upon walking out people kept asking where I got the movie hat. I told them from him, pointing to my father in his uniform. Good times.
I saw this with my dad, who was a Navy vet who served on the very first nuclear powered boomers. Admiral Rickover personally interviewed every single officer who put in for the nuclear-powered boats. All my dad ever said was, when he left Rickover's office, the petty officer serving as the Admiral's yeoman asked "How did it go, Sir?" My Dad, a Lieutenant, answered, "I don't think he likes me very much." The yeoman smiled. "I wouldn't worry, Sir. Yesterday a Lieutenant Commander left here in tears."
My father loved this movie, grumbling a bit about the unrealistic amount of space there was on the sets.
We both laughed hardest when Van Pelt, Secretary of State, I guess? Defense Secretary? Anyway, he tells the Soviet ambassador "You've lost *another* submarine?" And the ambassador just sits looking like a kid telling his mom he lost his jacket *again*.
Great memories for you. God bless!
Jeffrey Pelt is the advisor to POTUS-Nat Sec Advisor, I think
And Tim freaking Curry, one of the best comic actors ever, in possibly the only straight role he's ever done. No mischievous grin, no one liners, no comedy whatsoever. I thought I was in the freaking Twilight Zone when I saw that. :-o
is just a push to the left is int "it" but he is a treasure in the Muppet s :)
Yo wasn't he in Legend with Tom Cruise? That didn't seem like a comedy to me.
@@jayeisenhardt1337 I had forgotten that role, though I haven't seen Legend since it first came out on video so that's been a while ago, and it didn't stick in my mind since I thought it was a meh movie. I also haven't seen 'It' as David references above, so almost all my experiences with Tim Curry's characters are him being comedic. Even in his dark turn as Cardinal Richeleu in The Three Musketeers there was still some of the well recognized comedic antics in his portrayal.
People mentioning Tim Curry.
Me: "Wilderness Girls"
I see him here, and keep remembering the role he played in Red Alert 3.
Sean Connery didn't do accents Sean Connery just played Sean Connery in every movie he was in and the movie adapted to fit him
he was so legendary that it didn't matter, to have his name on your movie was a licence to print money
Even Sean Connery couldn't save the 1998 "The Avengers" movie with Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes.
‘Scuttling’ means intentionally sinking a ship, usually a warship, to prevent it falling into the hands of an enemy although it’s also used at the end of a ship’s service life, to, for instance, allow the hulk to become the basis for a new coral reef.
The greatest 1day loss of naval power in history was on 21 June 1919 when 54 ships of the German Imperial navy were deliberately scuttled by their own crews at the British navy base of Scapa Flow. They were being held there by the Royal Navy awaiting the signing of the final peace treaty that ended World War I.
Fun facts: While most of the ships were salvaged over the past 100 years, there are still a few at the bottom. These are not only popular locations for scuba divers but a rare source of uncontaminated metal since they were made of high grade steel and sank before the first atomic bomb. This makes their hulls one of the few sources in the world of steel with no exposure to nuclear radiation.
@@Surfbird11 I saw a video on how many old warship wrecks of WW1 & WW2 vintage are being stolen in their entirety even though they are war graves.
@@Surfbird11 The demand for pre-nuclear steel isn't actually that high, which suppresses the value. What's being stripped in the past few years has mostly been the brass, which generally means cutting off the props (commonly 15 tonnes apiece on a battleship) and blasting into the engineering spaces.
I remember seeing a video documentry they did as a us carrier was scuttled to create a new reef and to later be used as a public diving training site. The preparations and removal of everything that could have caused harm to the sea and later be dangerous to future divers was enormous. Somehow they also managed to sink it pretty mutch straight down and have it sit almost perfectly upright on the ocean floor. They even hade cameras left inside the carrier as they sunk it to capture the water rushing in to diffrent parts of the ship.
Shiftry If you enjoyed that there’s a Discovery Channel special about sinking a Canadian missile cruiser at the end of its service life. Different branches took turns shooting at it. Another cruiser or destroyer used its main guns. 2 Canadian F/A 18s gave it a pass or two. An American sub was waiting confidently in the wings guaranteeing its torpedoes would break the proud ships back. It was sunk in an area where a reef was desirable. Crewmen who had served aboard the old ship saluted her as she slipped beneath the waves and it never failed to bring a tear to my eye, but the American cruiser unfurled an absolutely massive Stars and Stripes Battle Ensign to show respect. The thing was affixed amidships and the ends almost touched the water off the stern past the helicopter pad. I thought it was an absolutely classy move. It’s on YT, search ‘Discovery Canadian Cruiser,’ should pop up.
I give her a break for not knowing a lot. We have a whole generation who never knew a world with Cold War. The movie was based on the Tom Clancy book of the same name. Clancy in turn based ot upon an incident in 1975 where a Soviet frigate tried to initiate a revolution to overthrow the Soviet government. The political officer of the frigate felt that Breshinev had betrayed the ideals of the revolution. A combined fleet of Russian Naval and air forces stopped the ship before it reached its destination. The political officer was executed and other officers served prison terms for their participation in the incident. Clancy ended up being debfiered by the Pentagon and CIA because his book was so close to real operational details. However, all of his sources were open sources available to the public, so he ended up starting a revolution in publishing and wrote the Jack Ryan series of books.
James Earl Jones, while in many films and plays, is none other than the voice of Darth Vader.
Shut the front door....really?
@@OllieW501 and Mufasa of Lion King fame
Don't forget "This, is CNN."
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@@Wirenfeldt1990 I'm learning a lot today
The actor that played Darth Vader physically (ie. not his voice), died after getting COVID-19 last year… 😔
Cassie: "If Dr Ryan dies..."
LOL, Jack Ryan has the best plot armor of all fictional characters of all time.
He really does. 🤣
This statement doesn't begin to adequately describe its power.
He eve becomes POTUS.
Equalled only by Batman
Well, how is he supposed to be President if he dies?
27:00 To "scuttle" a ship means to deliberately sink her, either by opening valves to let seawater in, or setting off small explosive charges that blow holes in the hull.
Thankyou comerade book'a'nov :)
One of my favorite little unsung scenes in this movie is the part where Admiral Padorin is walking into his office that morning, and everything his orderly says to him is met with "Ya ya" as if Padorin just doesn't care at all. He's in a completely zoned out mood. But then his orderly tells him that there's a letter from Ramius for him, and when he finds the letter, his entire demeanor changse immediately, and suddenly it's "Ahh! Marco!" It's so subtle, but it really does so much to show how fond of Ramius he is, and how much he misses him... which makes it all the more powerful when he realizes what Ramius is up to, and the spilled tea. Such a good movie overall though. The moment I saw you had it in your list, I had to check out your reaction immediately!
Scott Glenn got to spend time on an actual Navy submarine shadowing the captain to research his role as American Captain Bart Mancuso of the USS Dallas. He said he mostly just imitated the captain he was shadowing as the character, and he comes off so well in the role. I like Scott Glenn anyway, but this is one of my favorite roles of his, especially in his scene where Jonesie is playing the tape of the Red October for him and suggesting he's headed for Red Route One. (Courtney B. Vance is great as Jonesie too!)
The Los Angeles class attack sub that Scott Glenn studied on was the USS Salt Lake City which I only mention because Cassie is in Provo.
"Is that the Sandlot guy?" Yeah. Also, Darth Vader!
"... 's voice!"
Alex Haley ;-)
"You heard it hit the hull and the Galactic Empire was never here."
... and Mufasa...
And King Mufasa !!! And the King of Zamunda
Haha. Red October has always been the ultimate Dad flick. Serious, important men, having serious, important discussion about serious, important things... and gunfights... and explosions. Long-time favorite of mine, filled with a lot of great character actors. And you not really knowing anything about Connery made me feel very, VERY old...
For my friends and I, all women, we think of it as a scenery movie.
Serious, important... serious, important.... and gunfights, and explosions! Dad flick. Ha!
@@rabidsamfanSean Connery as scenery?😂
My dad was definitely into Red October, and he got me (female) into Tom Clancy through this movie. It was the first action/war/spy type movie I ever enjoyed. I read the book, and Patriot Games, some years later, but it was only a considerable few years later that I read most of the others. Tom Clancy and John Le Carre together got me into the whole Cold War spy/thriller/technothriller genre(s), including such writers as Forsyth, MacLean, MacInnes, and Michael Crichton. Thanks, Dad.
But women loved it too! Not sure why it succeeded, where other action films failed. The eye candy didn't hurt, lol.
October is the 'month' of the Russian revolution, hence 'Red October'
The 'sandlot guy' is the voice of Darth Vader
'Scuttle' is to deliberately let water into the boat to make it sink. Submarines are called boats
Ryan's wife was played by Gates McFadden; she plays Dr Crusher in Star Trek Next generation
So, I see you are a man of refined taste also...
I get a kick out the name “October Revolution” Russia was using an older calendar system that was behind the time. So the “October Revolution” actually happened in November for the rest of the world. Later Russia updated to the western calendar.
And submarines were invented in Ireland. Not many people know that (see also, hot air balloons, rippable stamps, hypodermic needles, flavoured crisps/chips, and many other things).
Also, Captain Tupolev of the Alfa-class submarine hunting Red October is Stellan Skarsgård, aka Erik Selvig in Thor and Avengers.
The officer in the helicopter telling Ryan what to do on the way to get him on the Dallas was David Graf, who played the gun-loving Tackleberry in the "Police Academy" films.
In the book, we get vital backstory. Ryan had been in the military and had received back injury (and extensives operations) from an air crash.
For him to sleep, in the closing credits, means TOTAL exhaustion.
in Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit it is even seen. except it happens in post 9-11 Aafghanistan
I was on the USS Enterprise when they filmed this movie.
Under Kirk or Picard? Lol
@@kennethtilton6137 pike
@@Scoobydcs "Don't tell them your name Pike"
@@kennethtilton6137 Robert April.
It's always the Enterprise, it seems to be the one they allow filming on.
This girl is so cute. She's completely invested in the story and is so vulnerable that it's a joy to watch her reactions.
Some things kinda hurt though..."I only know him from (a parody) SNL". I mean...ouch? No 007? No Rock? Nothing? I mean, yeah, it happens but still. You are right though, at least the reactions are genuine and entertaining.
@@calibre97 "The Rock", really? Why not Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Untouchables, The Name of the Rose or The Longest Day?
@@scipioafricanus5871 Uh, because I didn't mention them. You did. So there's that.
@@scipioafricanus5871 HIGHLANDER!
Wish I could go back to watching all of these classics for the first time and experiencing this. It's why I watch her watch them. :D
Tom Clancy book. There's a whole Jack Ryan series. Sean Connery is always like that, you'd probably like The Rock.
There is a great RUclips video by a guy with a convincing theory that the guy Sean Connery is playing in The Rock is . . . James Bond.
LOVE The Rock.
I've read some of the Jack Ryan series and kind of.... got the impression that Tom Clancy secretly wants to be Jack. Lol. I mean the guy becomes president.
The Rock is awesome. I dont even like Nicholas Cage but it's one movie that I'll always watch if i see it on.
21:00 The actor, Sam Neill, later starred in Jurassic Park as a dinosaur expert in Montana.
Sam Neil is incredible actor: Dead Calm with Nicole Kidman, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Event Horizon, Jurassic Park, he replaced sir Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder, and lot more roles. He even appears in Peaky Blinders.
Good call there 👍
Great review. Fun Fact I was on the USS Enterprise when they filmed this. There is scene at 19:52 - 20:04 of which most was cut, where a plane crashes on the Flight Deck which was actual old footage, they used a smoke generator to simulate the fire, ironically the smoke generator actually caught on fire and we had a real fire on the flight deck which was put out quickly.
The smoke machine caught fire... That's ironic!
In the book, they were on the Kennedy (CV-67), and the guy who "crashed" was actually Jack's friend Robbie (who survived), but neither knew the other was on board. I'm not sure why they chose to film on the Enterprise. "Yours, Mine, and Ours, Star Trek IV, Top Gun, Hunt for Red October, and a few others I don't remember off the top of my head. Big-E always gets the screen time for some reason.
Also funnily enough that wasn't the Enterprise in Top Gun... It was super to be... But they used another ship for filming, the Ranger I think? I'll have to ask my buddy who was on it at the time.
Yes it was the Enterprise as VA-22 was assigned to it and I have a friend who was in it at the end when they Land he was a brown shirt with 3P on helmet. In the crowd.
Here's to the Big E. She was a beauty .
@@generalgrievous696 Looking forward to the next one!
“Nooo, he was going to get a pickup truck”. My kind of lady 😀
I liked that, coupled with skimming right over having a summer wife and a winter wife.
@MrMpa31 she shares your last name, huh?
@@chrisbloomfield3350 Not yet 😉
I served in the Navy, on submarines, in San\ Diego, where this movie was largely filmed. My watch station was helmsman...means I actually drove the sub. Just watching you watch this is nostalgic for me.
Cool! I was based in Norfolk, and all of us forward folk took turns as helmsman.
Hey! Me Too! I was stationed in San Diego on the USS DRUM (SSN 677) and I was also a helmsman. We used to watch this movie all the time while out at sea, plus Das Boot of course.
"plus Das Boot of course" well that's a motivational one when you're on a sub😬
@@eltorrente1021 USS Sand Lance SSN 660
Thank you for your service, sir
Get this: The Red October is a modified Typhoon class submarine. (It's somewhat larger than a standard of the class) That class is the largest submarine type ever built, so if Red October were real, it would hold the record for being THE largest submarine ever built.
It's funny because according to the plot, Red October is bigger than other typhoons (3 meters wider and 26 meters longer). But Its film version is 30% smaller than real ships of this class and therefore almost 40% smaller than the described Tk-210.
"In the sea this is the equivalent of two cars rolling down the windows to talk to each other"........ Best analogy I've heard for this scene..😊
For apparently not having seen very many films, Cassie is very intuned. I have seen a lot of films and I can predict quite a lot of the story and even complete writer's sentences. Film class in college was a breeze, for example. I hadn't met someone else as good at it until this channel. She asks good questions, connects the dots well, catches the important details. She is very good at this.
Sean Connery is the OG James Bond, and to this day, probably the best one.
His friend Ian Fleming, who created Bond, did not want him to play him at all. After the first movie all he said was, “I’m sorry, I was wrong.”
He is the original, and best, James Bond, and that isn’t just my opinion.
Even though, he was the 2nd actor to play Bond he is still the original Bond.
@@CorneliusSchwarzenstein, now you've piqued my curiosity. Who played James Bond before Sir Sean?
@@LeeCarlson Barry Nelson in "Casino Royale" (1954)
I feel old... the word “defect” was a term everyone in my generation knew.
Right?! That and when she didn't know who Sean Connery was... blew my mind!!
I had to read your comment twice- the first time I read it as DEfect. Then I thought--OH!! it's deFECT!!
i think it's a buzzword for anyone that grew up in the constant menace of the cold war, so our leading lady is probably innocent of those times.
@@oldfrend I'm definitely younger than Mrs. Popcorn, and I'm not a native English speaker - but I know the word "defect". It's not a generational thing, it's a timeless word. I've never known anyone that has ever defected, during a war or otherwise, but it's just a word you know. If nothing else, you should have heard the word several times in school during history classes. But now that Mrs. Popcorn is seeing this many war/military movies and tv shows, her "war vocabulary" is surely increasing, lol.
Right? I know people who actually escaped from the Soviet Union.
Nothing you are about to see “ever happened”.
Classified.
Sean Connery and Kevin Costner in The Untouchables. His Oscar winning performance.
Great movie. I'm throwing in my James earl jones favorite.... Field of Dreams
Eh....It was good. But not close to Connery's best. I mean, Come on.
Highlander is another classic with Sean Connery.
Here endeth the lesson.
Connery playing an Irishman with a Scots accent. :-)
"Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only, please."
I think the Soviets should have twigged that Ramius would defect because both his Russian and his English carried a noticeable Scottish accent.
Naahh, don't you know Scots and certain Lithuanian areas have exactly the same accent ;->
“Of coursh I’m Russian! Why do you ashk?”
"Give me a ping, Vashily. One ping only, pleash" There you go. Fixed it for you. :)
@@slugerama - LOL
The Soviet Union was very diverse.
They wouldn't suspect a thing
"I would like to have seen Montana..."
...sniff sniff... too soon...
:(
He did. Just in a different movie.
but he met dinos
and became a demon in space, but that was after the he did the best scream in film.
"hoooooaaaaaaAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
Bummer Sam Neill was killed before reaching the new world.
The Caterpillar drive is a theory. It is called The MHD drive and uses superconducting magnets to accelerate water passing through it using a magnetic field, which is similar to how a caterpillar moves. The drive is often described as a jet engine for water that has no moving parts, making it very quiet. But it is not yet possible. We simply need stronger magnets and a TON more electricity.
Probably nuclear fusion and room temperature superconductors
Same principle as a particle accelerator
You really should watch " Das Boot" If this gives you the creeps, that will give you goose bumps all day long.
Also, Run Silent, Run Deep.
Can't believe I had to scroll so far for this comment. Das Boot is the submarine-film to watch, HfRO is the Hollywood massacre of the submarine war film.
As a German I second this comment. You should take the time for the directors cut. I consider a must-see movie for any movie-enthusiast's bucket list :)
Das Boot is a great film. I never knew of it until U-571 was in theaters and all the debate back and forth to which is better.
There is also Crimson Tide. In that same vein with Jame Earl Jones and Powers Boothe, By Dawns Early Light. Those all about when ya trained to kill, how it takes on an entirely different meaning when it's just the button to end the world. Do you press it or not even if ya been trained to take that order. Like how Sean Connery had both keys, just trying to understand what "all the power" as she said actually means.
The cast of this movie is so good. My favorite scene is James Earl Jones flipping his badge….’and I was never here.’
Also…’you lost another one?’ The unspoken snark! They both know what’s going on. Two diplomatic/spy masters budding heads.
"butting" heads. As in two rams smashing (or butting) against each other. :)
@@jakehawke8196 Not necessarily. Hail, Hydra!
@@Boomerbox2024 XD
It was a brilliant mental chess game.
@@trhansen3244 understatement. He was brilliant in this
On the language switching scene it showed them speaking Russian. Then it zoomed in to the actor's mouth and switched to English and zoomed back out. You're too assume they're still speaking Russian but for us watching the movie and made it English so we could understand it easier.
And it changes on the word “Armageddon” because it’s the same in Russian and English.
@@cardiac19 I didn't pick up on that when it happened and I didn't know that about the word.
@@cardiac19 I'd have accepted it switching from any one word to the next but if that's deliberate, that's an excellent detail.
@@cardiac19 I've heard that apparently their Russian speaking was the equivalent of saying a word backwards, and then playing it in reverse.
If you speak Russian, how good or bad was their Russian?
@@notsureyou I don't know - ask Beth of Family Guy
As a former US Navy sailor, I can says with certainty I can neither confirm nor deny that this is based on a true story.
Thanks for your service Shipmate. OS1 USN Retired here
@@RetiredSailor60 BM 2 thanks ya both
As they say on Family Feud, "good answer, good answer!" - and also, thank you for your service, even though I'm Canadian.
Thank you for your service. ET1 (SS). Silent Service.
It is, not a submarine but a cruiser.
Well, now that you've heard Sean Connery as a Russian with a Scottish accent, it's time to hear him as an Ancient Egyptian who became Spanish with a Scottish accent playing opposite a Frenchman playing a Scotsman with no effort by either of them to do an accent properly. You need to watch Highlander.
There can be only one
Yes!! And she will get to watch two and a half love stories.
"From the dawn of time we came... No one has ever known we were among you.......until now.
Ahem....."HEEEEERRRE WE ARE! BORN TO BE KINGS! WE'RE THE PRINCES OF THE UNIVERRRRSE!"
You left out the part where the Egyptian spent a lifetime in Japan.
@@3Rayfire She does movies, but perhaps we could suggest a few TV episodes. Perhaps the comedy caper - "Stone of Scone" or the touching - "Saving Grace", or the adventure "Patient Number 7", or a moral dilemma one like "The Valkyrie."
It's funny. I've seen this movie so many times that I genuinely forgot that it wasn't self-evident that Ramius is defecting. But watching it through Cassie's eyes, I gained a renewed appreciation for the suspense.
I grew up falling asleep to this movie so many times, I'm surprised the VHS didn't wear out. Don't ask why a kid wanted to watch a submarine movie, but I loved it.
I kind of wish I’d seen it cold, with that uncertainty, but I’d already read the book earlier that year.
It's only self-evident on the first viewing because it's Sean Connery. :)
I read the book a few months before starting Law School and realy enjoyed it. Once I started class there was no time for pleasure reading. The pressure gets pretty high in grad school and the week before quarterly finals my nerves were shot so I tooks some time to relax with a book, Red October. I did well that quarter and continued the reading policy. Law students become somewhat suspicious and don`t want to make any changes in their routines so I read R.O. again. I continued that practice for the next 3 years. I got to where I could speed read the book in one evening. b
My late brother loved this movie. He was a exceptional tenor and learned the Russian anthem, just because he thought it was a great sounding song
sorry for the loss of you brother, it's nice that seeing this movie being reacted to brought up fond memories of him
R.I.P. 😢🙏 sorry for your loss
@@browniewin4121 he also got me hooked on The Phantom of the Opera
Sorry about your loss.
I’m the same, hate communism but must admit that national anthem is bangin’
Sorry for your loss. I learned the song, too, and used to sing it semi-regularly
HYMN TO RED OCTOBER
Words and Music by Basil Poledouris
Russian Translation by Herman Sinitzen
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Holodna hmoora
Eemruchnoh v'doosheh
Kak mohg znat ya shtoh tee oomriosh?
>> Cold, hard, empty
>>Light that has left me
>>How could I know that you would die?
Do svidonia, byehreg rodnoy
Kak nam troodnag pridstahvit shtoh eto nyeh sohn
Rodina, dom radnoy
Do svidonia Rodina
>>Farewell again, our dear land
>>So hard for us to imagine that it's real, and not a dream
>>Motherland, native home
>>Farewell, our Motherland
Ay. Avepakhod, avepakhod, nass val nahmarskaya zhdyot nyehdazh dyotsyah
>>Let's go; the sea is waiting for us
Nass zah vootmarskaya dah, ee preeboy!
>>The vastness of the sea is calling to us, and the tides!
Salute otsam ee nashem dedum
Zahvietum eekh fsigdah vierney
Tepierre nichtoh, nee astanoivit,
Pabiedney shark, radnoy straney
>>Hail to our fathers and forefathers
>>We are faithful to the covenant made with the past.
>>Now nothing can stop
>>Our Motherland's victorious march.
Tiy pliyvee, pliyvee bestrashna,
Gordest say viernykh marieye.
Revoluytziye nadezhdah sgoostk vierif sekh luydeye.
>>Sail on fearlessly,
>>Pride of the Northern Seas.
>>Hope of the Revolution, you are the burst of faith of the people.
Tiy pliyvee, pliyvee bestrashna,
Gordest say viernykh marieye.
Revoluytziye nadezhdah sgoostk vierif sekh luydeye.
>>Sail on fearlessly,
>>Pride of the Northern Seas.
>>Hope of the Revolution, you are the burst of faith of the people.
Salute otsam ee nashem dedum
Zahvietum eekh fsigdah vierney.
Tepierre nichtoh, nee astanoivit,
Pabiedney shark, radnoy straney.
>>Hail to our fathers and forefathers.
>>We are faithful to the covenant made with the past.
>>Now nothing can stop
>>Our Motherland's victorious march.
Tiy pliyvee, pliyvee bestrashna,
Gordest say viernykh marieye.
Revoluytziye nadezhdah sgoostk vierif sekh luydeye.
>>Sail on fearlessly,
>>Pride of the Northern Seas.
>>Hope of the Revolution, you are the burst of faith of the people.
V'oktyabreh, v'oktyabreh,
Rahpar tu ium miy nashe pabiediy.
V'oktyabreh, v'oktyabreh,
Novie meeir fahli numnashy dehidiy.
>> In October, in October,
>>We report our victories to you, our Revolution.
>> In October, in October,
>>And to the heritage left by you for us
Tiy pliyvee, pliyvee bestrashna,
Gordest say viernykh marieye.
Revoluytziye nadezhdah sgoostk vierif sekh luydeye.
>>Sail on fearlessly,
>>Pride of the Northern Seas.
>>Hope of the Revolution, you are the burst of faith of the people.
Salute otsam ee nashem dedum
Zahvietum eekh fsigdah vierney.
Tepierre nichtoh, nee astanoivit,
Pabiedney shark, radnoy straney.
>>Hail to our fathers and forefathers.
>>We are faithful to the covenant made with the past.
>>Now nothing can stop
>>Our Motherland's victorious march.
V'oktyabreh, v'oktyabreh,
Rahpar tu ium miy nashe pabiediy.
V'oktyabreh, novie meeir . . .
>> In October, in October,
>>We report our victories to you, our Revolution.
>> In October, a new peace . . ..
There's little room in Tupalov's heart for anyone but Tupalov.
Well, at least he made it all the way to Chernobyl.
Connery was the original james bond . He has tons of great movies
Not the original, just the best. (Barry Nelson was the first, 8 years before Dr. No came out)
Yea so many movies she got to choose from.
She likes the military moves, but with a happy ending…. Sean Connery was great in “The Presidio” plus Mark Harmon and Meg Ryan…. Great movie.
He was not the original James bond. He was the second
@@kenkonwick6660 that casino royal guy hadly counts , and if we are going all the way back what about the radio bond . He wasn't even British in that jimmy bond .no way
That is the largest submarine that exists. Soviet Typhoon Class.
Sean Connery: "What else was he in?"..... OhdearGod.
@@Bothorth NO! NO! NO GOD NO!
Time Bandits?? 🤔 😄
@@mattj2081 Time Bandits and Zardoz it is!
@@RideAcrossTheRiver AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
@@mattj2081 Robin and Marian?
Scott Glenn who played the Captain of the Dallas played Alan Shepherd in "The Right Stuff". He was the astronaut who did the impression of Jose Jimenez.
and he played Denzel Washington's Creasy character in the original Man on Fire.
One of my all time favourites. Sean Connery rest in peace. ( legend)
Still hard to believe he's gone. Time Bandits and Highlander are 2 roles he played I will never forget.
@@TedBrogan yes , great movies ( thete can be only one ) i loved him in the untouchables and his bond movies were just magic
I've watched a couple of other reactions to red October, the thing they all have in common is how upset everyone gets when Sam Neals character dies, he just wanted a pickup truck and to live in Montana, so sad
Yes, Americans do love their pickup trucks (I laughed when she said that).
Not that I can argue, I have two of them.
You should watch that Russian girl Dasha, who comments on how they speak Russian. But she didn't know what buckaroo meant.
The movie is based on Tom Clancy's first book, Jack Ryan is the protagonist of most of his books. There are a few other movies based on Clancy's books and an amazon series "Jack Ryan". Tom Clancy was probably the most known political thriller novelists.
As mentioned is this an adaptation of Tom Clancys book.
There are others as well with various actors portraying Jack Ryan:
*Clear and present danger* (Harrison Ford)
*Patriot Games* (Harrison Ford)
*The sum of all fears* (Ben Affleck)
*Shadow Recruit* (Chris Pine)
It is arguably a matter of taste whether or not one would like these films.
Personally I find Red october an Sum of all fears, to be the best of them.
I’m sure others will disagree.
Yeah, shame they butchered the movies though. Too much deviation w/out any thought to how the changes mesh.
I've read most of them along with a Tom Clancy personally autographed hard cover book given to me by my brother as a present. He is also a Clancy fan.
@@MatthewPettyST1300 -- Very nice! 👍
@@muhest It think both Ford movies are equal. I wish they continued making them with Ford.
The Amazon streaming show, and With Out Remorse movie is limp. They just use the IP to old onto the rights.
This is my mom’s favorite movie. She stops everything and tunes in whenever it’s on TV.
Scott Glenn the actor modeled his character, Bart Mancuso, after the Navy sub captain he observed for a week. The US Navy allowed Scott Glenn to observe as preparation for the movie.
I think they actually treated Scott Glenn as an XO and gave him "authority" on the bridge from time to time to really let him feel like a captain.
Glenn has been a favorite of mine since I saw him in The Right Stuff.
That explains why he sounds so damn salty.
@@TedBrogan See the film _The River_ where he plays the villain!
“What else is Sean Connery in...I don’t know.” Oh, bless your heart. 😅
It's sad, really.
🤣😂🤣
There can be only one.
Hunt for Red October was huge when it came out. Big enough to spawn more Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan movies as well as a TV show. Harrison Ford takes over the role of Jack Ryan in the second film Patriot Games . We should do a live twitch stream of Jack Ryan on Amazon.
Clear & Present Danger, Patriot Games are MUST watches if you enjoyed this one... Alex Baldwin was great but Harrison Ford has an intensity that really suits the material.
The book is better.
nickma71 fan of General Sherman? That’s cool.
The Sum of all Fears is pretty good as well.
@@jaybird4038 they offered the second one to ford without consulting Baldwin. They just didn't think he was famous enough. I actually prefer him
Fun Fact, the mystic is the actual name of one of the two US rescue subs in service at the time.
Sean Connery was James Bond and if you enjoyed Raiders of the Lost Ark he was also in the third and best Indiana Jones movie The Last Crusade
@UCmjW598kvn37S8gGrZeBa6g Not till after she seems some Bond films. :D
Cassie should watch The Untouchables and The Rock.
@@GopherBaroque61 definitely Untouchables
Temple of Doom #1
@@diggerdog9205 Temple of doom #1? How dare you sir.
"Noooo - he was gonna get a pick-up truck!" Ahh, I just love watching Cassie watching this stuff!
"This business will get out of control. It'll get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."
I reference this line all the time to insane world events.
@@djsmith2871
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I can’t wait to see Cassie watch “Dr.Strangelove”, “Dr.No” and all the other Jones and Connery films for the first time. Pure joy!
Does anyone remember Sean Connery in A Bridge Too Far or The Longest Day
"Lets hope that History never forgets the name... ENTERPRISE."
Yesterday’s Enterprise.
@@emilymcplugger So true... a ship that has now passed into History. RIP CVN-65.
@@emilymcplugger proper Trek. Not that Kurtzman bollox
"Enterprise, surrender and prepared to be boarded."
"That'll be the day."
@@cleekmaker00 I think there’s going to be another one(CVN-80) built and launched by 2028. Enterprise lives on!
Sean Connery is "that guy lampooned on SNL", and James Earl Jones is "that one old dude from The Sandlot"? lol Girl, we got a lot of work to do! xD
Check out James Earl Jones as himself on "Big Bang Theory" he is hilarious.
@@charlesmills8712 "THATS NOT FUNNY, JAMES!!!"
"THEN WHY AM I LAUGHING??"
@@petermirtitsch1235 "Tijuana! Bang! Bang!"
Honestly, that's a big plus of this trend: People being introduced to a lot of great old movies.
25:05 - "How are they communicating?" Consider: Both submarines are near surface, and both captains see the periscope of the other submarine. Now, in this exact scene (not in the reaction), you can see a light going on and off at the periscope. This is a message in Morse Code, sent by Captain Mancuso, turning the lights on and off (you can also hear the click-click of him turning lights on and off, on the background, as Ryan dictates the message). In the soviet submarine, Captain Ramius is reading the morse code message from the lights.
Yeah no idea why she didn’t show that part
I am 53 and when you first started mentioning your dad's favorite movies. I felt a stab in heart. They are all my favorite movies!!
What I can tell you is trust your dad's list. You're in for a lot of fun. I think you mentioned Lethal Weapon. Good movie.
You dad clearly has a great list and you're in for a lot of fun, action and just plain old awesome!!
I did roll my eyes when you said you hadn't heard of Sean Connery. It seems unbelievable to us... ahem.... older people.
But then I realize that my 20 year old kids don't know either. Enjoy the fact you're young.
I have subscribed, so go and watch some old classics and I'll be back.
Ouch, it’s almost like hearing some kid/young adult asking “who is John Wayne?” Or “Who is robin Williams?” 😖😖
Cassie not knowing that James Bond is a good guy and that Jack Ryan might die and not make a few sequels made this a great reaction video.
The way McTiernan is switching from russian to english is pure cinema.
I wonder how many takes that took, or if it was done in one? So flawless.
This book by Clancy, that this movie is based from, was so well researched by Tom that the FBI questioned him about where he got his info. Caterpillar drive is real.
I think the was the best adaption of a book to a movie I've seen. The combined a character and dropped a bit about maintaining the ruse that Red October sunk, but it works great.
A former boss of mine said he knew somebody who's work in the Navy was classified and he could not talk about it. After the book came out, he told people who asked which page of the book to read.
The jellybeans he's eating at the end were a hallmark of the Reagan years.
The other Jack Ryan films are "Patriot Games", " Clear and Present Danger" and "Sum of All Fears" Harrison ford plays jack in Patriot games and Clear and present danger and Ben Afleck plays jack in the last one. There is another movie called Jack Ryan Shadow recruit that was ok and There is a series on Amazon Prime called Jack Ryan with John Krazinski as Jack that is great.
I love Amazon Prime Jack Ryan, Can't wait for a new season!
Sum of All Fears is one of the good ones.
All the comments above mine show that all of this is so very subjective. I'm going to recommend *Patriot Games* and *Clear and Present Danger.* Not primarily because of what I think of the films, but rather her love for *Harrison Ford,* and the atypical action hero.
*Edit:* I swear talk-to-text can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. Interpreting _plural_ as _possessive_ as a default is ridiculous. And has anyone else encountered that random _"oh"_ inserted after a comma?
Patriot Games is both an awesome movie and book.
Clear And Present Danger is an awesome book, but a feeble movie.
I felt as cheated by Hollywood with C&PD as I did by their version of John Grisham’s The Firm and Bryce Courtenay’s The Power Of One. Incredible books with awful film adaptations.
@JSB Question of taste. It's like making a comparison of the Sean Connery's James Bond movies with the Pierce Brosnan's James Bond movies. Patriot Games and Clear And Present Danger might be good books, the movies were OK and it lets the viewer to know more about Ryans family, but the IRA and drug Cartels
theme bores the hell of me. I prefer spy movies with global conspirations.
"A slow burn of stress" is an excellent way to put it! Great movie, thanks for your reaction. I'm glad you liked it. :)
I got to see this in the theater when it came out, watching the subs sliding silently past each other on the big screen was absolutely intense.
I really enjoy rewatching these movies with you, your excitement and anxiety is contagious like it's also my first time as well.
I watched it with my best high school friends opening night…the prime 9PMish showing too. We ate pizza and drank beer in my friend’s van and then we used our sneaky opening night trick to get the best seats….7 rows forward from the last row dead center. While everyone else waited outside for an hour+ to get good seats, we waited until just before they opened the doors for the screening, went to different doors and asked to use the bathroom. We’d wait inside and then merge right to the front of the line and grab our seats.
Fun fact for you, they were a little closer than 100 miles to the nearest Naval base in Maine. The Penobscot River where they hide the Red October wasn’t far from Winter Harbor, Maine which was home to the Naval Security Group which operated from 1935-2002.
"To Defect": when a member of a hostile nation wants to leave an opposing nation and come to the U.S. it is referred to as "Defecting". Usually made in by those who will have valuable intelligence.
@Jordan Powell interesting. I was not aware of the terminology used by other nations. Ty! Cheers!
Speaking of terminology: "Intelligence" stands for Information.
Alexander Gudonov didn't have any valuable intelligence: he just wanted the f#$k out, as did many others, and we kept the welcome mat out for anybody that escaped communist countries.
There's video abound of East Germans trying to flee into West Germany: many made it, many were executed before making it over the second wall.
@@Britcarjunkie You may be right. But bear in mind that Godunov was enough of a celebrity to make a media splash. Others were famous enough in Soviet Union (Savely Kramarov for example was one of top Comedy stars) to possibly make a psychological impact.
not knowing what the term "defect" meant at age 13 when I saw this in theater, really messed with my understanding of what was going on
I loved watching this movie with you. It's been one of my "if it's on TV I'm watching it" films for the last 30ish years. But watching with you brought back that excitement and tension and emotional investment that one can only have when the whole story is new. Thank you.
Also, I'd just like to thank you for stepping out of your movie comfort zone to watch different stories like this. Your innocence is refreshing, and I mean that with all sincerity. I find myself a bit jaded towards certain movies and genres and you've brought some of that joy and honest emotion, even the fear and horror and sadness that we, as a society, have become too immune to. So thank you.
"Hey! The Enterprise!" Finally someone is freaked by seeing her in this movie.
Is it really Enterprise? Often they used any CV that was handy and just slapped the Enterprise hull number on it. Same way they used the Ranger in Star Trek 4.
"Coffee? Cigarette?"
She has found the nuclear wessel.
@@jsharp3165 Yes, it's the real Enterprise.
@@jsharp3165 Going by another comment in this section, it was the real Enterprise. Apparently, he was onboard when they shot.
20:00: "Did he eject in time?"
That's actual footage of an F9F Panther piloted by Cdr. George Duncan crashing on the USS Midway in June, 1951. Cdr. Duncan did not eject but did survive the crash (the cockpit section remained intact), going on to be promoted to Captain in the Navy and becoming a lawyer following his retirement from service.
and that F9F was supposed to look like an F-14 Tomcat!?
THE best submarine movie ever made is Das Boot. Germany's WWII submarine fleet almost won the war for the Axis. This film even in German is captivating and was heavily nominated for Academy Awards.
Agreed. Very sad ending.
Das Boot is different class👌
True, but this movie is also extremely good. The great performances make it appealing for people not ready for a long, hard war movie. This could be the perfect gateway to a later Das Boot viewing!
I think this movie is way more entertaining than Das Boot.
Das boot was originally a mini series in Germany, put together for world wide distribution. The full ( extended) version in German is the best
No!!!! He was going to get a pickup truck! - He writes books-he just writes books! - I love Jack Ryan!!
It's so much fun to watch a classic like this with this very young-yet very invested woman (her naïveté make it charming - her emotions makes it even more charming). Such an enjoyable reaction!
Cassie, Harrison Ford took over the Jack Ryan role in two subsequent movies, “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger.” Good thrillers, you would enjoy.
I actually find it underrated.. And I know some people hated the updating.. But I thought Affleck was a good mash up of Baldwin and Ford.. plus one of the greatest "Sneakers" gags in "The Sum of All Fears". I'd skip "Shadow Recruit" though.
Then there's Ben Aflick also plays Jack Ryan in The Sum Of All Fears.
I would argue the Air Force One with Harrison Ford is a secret Jack Ryan movie. He does become President in the Novels.
i think it's a mini-tragedy that alec baldwin didn't continue as jack. he was the best - the most disarming everyman, unwilling yet capable hero.
I'm not a huge fan of Alec Baldwin, but he did a great job in this movie. What's funny is that even though I've seen this film a half-dozen times, I always remember Harrison Ford in the role until I'm a few minutes in (Mandela-effect) due to the follow-up movies with him in the title role.
34:11 "You arrogant ass, you've killed US" One of the best lines in the movie
Jelly beans were Ronald Reagan's favorite candy. It was an homage to the times.
The only beans that don't give the gas. Aside from cool beans.
When the book came out Ronald Reagan said that it was the greatest book he’s ever read. So they put that little homage in the movie because obviously they were his favorite.
@@JonNo86 It is an outstanding book. There was a dog eared copy of it in our breakroom back in the mid 1980s. I started reading it on break and had to take it home. Don't worry, it was back in the break room in just a couple of days.
"Multiple, Independant Warheads" are basically this: a single large warhead that, shortly after launch, it breaks open and launches a number of smaller nuclear weapons. its nearly impossible to target/stop.
@@kevinpatrickcarey3741 the stuff they have now will have you praying for a MIRV instead of modern weapons.
That it is impossible to stop is a benefit as it makes it so scary no one wants to use it. What makes it truly dangerous is the ease with which a madman can launch it.
It's a single missile which instead of carrying a single large warhead carries 4 to 6 smaller warheads each of which go after different targets. That way they can hit multiple targets . Multiple independent reentry vehicle.
@@kevinpatrickcarey3741 hydrogen bombs are fun that way.
@@Tommy1977777 Nope. Same things in use today that were in use in 1990. They're actually smaller.
"Defect" means abandoning your own country without warning and going to live in another one.
Back in the day, it was forbidden for a citizen of the Soviet Union to leave the country.
But some of their best musicians and dancers "defected" when they went on tour in the USA ... they simply stayed in the USA, and were given asylum.
Which is why the sub had a "political officer" on board to prevent that very thing, and also why the captain had to get rid of him.
What do you call the Stalingrad Symphony Orchestra after a world tour? The Stalingrad String Quartet.
I really appreciate the thoughtful editing it must take to do this !!!
The reactions are genuine and appropriate. One of my favorite movies ever.
K-19 The Widowmaker is another submarine film you should absolutely watch. It is my personal favorite, and it is based off of a true story.
Red October is a fiction based off of that very incident.
An American sub and Destroyer encounter a Russian sub that surfaced due to a radiation leak. Then a second Russian sub arrives at the scene.
"Sean Connery. What else was he in?" Adorable. 😄
Bond. James Bond.
Not to mention,
Highlander
The Rock
Last Crusade
@@jkhoover and who can forget, Zardoz
@@KMS2K Every year on Sean's birthday I try on the old thigh boots and bandolier mankini to see if they still fit. We all dressed like that back then.
@@KMS2K The gentle healing powers of time still haven't erased that one from my memory.
Time Bandits
That Sandlot guy, James Earl Jones, is also the voice of Darth Vader.
And Thulsa Doom in Conan the Barbarian
and the voice of Mufasa in Lion King.
One of my favorite movies and books. The "no tea anyone" is great.
This is such a great movie. A really intelligent plot with twists and tension.
Except when the script forces Alec Baldwin to explain turbulence to a flight attendant.
@@gr1mrea9er82 Yeah, she just might have learned that in training, lol.
@@gr1mrea9er82 She does reply with a motherly tolerant "Oh" like he's a toddler.
I adore this movie. I saw this very young and it was my first exposure to a lot of more mature subject matter. I’m so glad it’s getting some play in the reactor scene. Despite his Jurassic Park fame, Sam Neill will forever and always be “I would like to have seen Montana.”
Sir Sean Connery is a SCOTTISH legend who sadly passed away 31st October 2020. Some of his best movies include, this one, The Untouchables, The Rock, Finding Forrester, Indian Jones & The Last Crusade, Medicine Man, and of course his portrayal of JAMES BOND in 7 bond movies. Greetings from Glasgow, Scotland
Also, if you enjoyed JACK RYAN, you should check out the other movies HARRISON FORD played him 2 times, Patriot Games & Clear and Present Danger.. BEN AFFLECK played him in SUM of all Fears, and Chris Pine played him in Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit. and finally John Krasinski plays Jack in the Amazon Prime series JACK RYAN, 2 seasons so far...
"Two years ago is more history than I can deal with."
-Youth. (True story.)
I have read books about the bronze age civilisations in primary school.
One of Tom Clancy’s best books. Read it back in the late 80’s then the movie came out in 1990. Like most books to movies the book was a lot better but still liked the movie. Clancy went into a ton of detail into the technology of the subs, American and Soviet.
Personally my favorite is Red Storm rising. It is so detailed and has action taken place in so many places it is hard to keep track of it when you're reading it but it is an excellent book. You have submarine versus submarine, Russian air power versus carriers, Marines landing to retake an island, air versus Air and a ever loving Land Battle. Russia and Warsaw pact kicks off against NATO
I toured a Russian destroyer from this era years ago and I am consistently impressed by how well they set designers did getting the details right on the Russian sub.
I’m aware that destroyers and boomers are very different boats, but the things that would be consistent like the lettering styles and locations are spot on.
@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer And the very few if any to have WW3 to be entirely conventional, though the Soviets were close to launching nukes. One of my favorite story arcs in the book is when the Air Force weather officer has to lead a group of Marines on Iceland. And The Hunt for Red October is the best of all the movies. Imo
nah the book was tedious and jargonistic. and normally i like tedious and full of military jargon, but not in this case, esp. how the climax was split into several difference scenes in the book. the movie version was 100% superior storytelling.
@@chasecreamer727 in my honest opinion almost all of the story arcs could have been expanded into their own books. The weatherman one of the better developed characters.
"Scuttle" means to self-destruct the ship. It doesn't work like a self-destruct mechanism like in Star Trek or other sci-fi.
The crew basically has to start tearing apart the ship from the inside to sink the ship. There are serveral procedues how to do this. This will prevent the ship from being captured by the enemy.
They could do it with a torpedo; they could even have done what the GRU agent meant to do, if they were actually trying to scuttle her.
Surely just open the seacocks?
@@petermirtitsch1235 For war ships classified information and equipment has to be destroyed so that it is totally unrecognizable for what it was. Simply allowing sea water in does not accomplish this goal. Divers would be able to get the equipment before it could disintegrate.
@@oscarlinebaugh8930 tell that to the captains if the ships at Scapa Floe
FYI: The most dad-movie movie is probably _The Bridge On The River Kwai._
All I can think of when I hear that is, Billy Joel
For movies shot in that style, there are also the epics like 'Laurence of Arabia', 'Ben Hur' and "Khartoum'.
Or going with WWII bridges, there is 'A Bridge too Far' and 'The Bridge at Remagen'.
Though for fun, there is 'Where Eagles Dare'. A movie where Clint Eastwood is so young he isn't listed as a star.
I'd say "The Dirty Dozen".
Kelly's Heroes
My dad's favorite movie was "Roman Holiday".
Also, the magazine in Jack's briefcase in the beginning, that's Proceedings. The monthly magazine of the U.S. Naval Institute. When Red October's author, Tom Clancy couldn't get his story published anywhere else, the USNI published it. I have a signed first edition. A gift from my wife. So, the magazine being in there, while definitely something someone in Ryan's position would read, was also a nod to the origins of the book.