Heads up! Couldn't really keep much of the soundtrack audible in this for KZread Reasons! Want to vote on what I should watch next? Click here! www.patreon.com/jamesvscinema RE-WATCHING ARRIVAL Thursday! Enjoy the day!

@coryH420

2 жыл бұрын

Hey James that movie Iceman came out in 2019 don't mistake it for the movie about the famous Mafia Hitman also called The ice man, Just wanted to clear that up.

@robertjewell9727

2 жыл бұрын

Dear James, Sioux is pronounced Soo. Beautiful film that I fond so hard to watch and yet it's an education as well as emotional epiphany. Mr. Costner's direction is perfect.

@Smileybeeblevrox

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately can't do official polls, so how about a twisted period piece set around this time, but it sure isn't Dances with Wolves. Try "Ravenous". Now there is a unique Civil War period film.

@chrisbowling4060

2 жыл бұрын

I don't patreon, but if you want strong follow-ups in the western genre, but with wholly different twists from "Dances" (and each other): "Little Big Man" and "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean." Acting, directing and writing ... hallmarks of the great films of the '70s.

@justinpeck6015

2 жыл бұрын

You ever watch Revolver (2005) its really a great film. One of my favorites. I find its a lesser movie. Jason Statham is in it, Andre 3000, Ray Liotta and Mark Strong.

I fully expect this to die in comment oblivion, but I have say why this movie is so close to my heart. My maternal grandfather was a teenager in the 1930s in South Dakota. When I was a kid we went to see this together and my gramps walked out. He had puffy eyes and had obviously been crying. He told me about how he recognized those plains and bluffs. He told me about growing up in the country and attending school with the Souix. About his friends teaching him Souix so he could ask out a girl. He later married an Irish woman after the war. He said that it broke his heart to watch this movie. He never finished it. I really miss him, and I hope he gets to see those old friends again.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@clearsmashdrop5829

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this story. I got to visit family in Souix Falls back in the 80s for a funeral. It was nice country..

@BigChiefBrotha

2 жыл бұрын

Your grandpa was a good man. I hope his Lakota friends miss him too. Or their all in the spirit world having fun! I'm Lakota from South Dakota. This a favorite childhood movie of mine as well.

@msdarby515

2 жыл бұрын

I'm South Dakota native and I understand how your grandfather felt. Whenever I'm homesick I watch this movie and the prairie, the Badlands, the stormy sky all sooth my soul. I still have family there and visit every year, but the country helps. Thank you for sharing your granddad's story. I picture him trying to haltingly speak to a sweet, smiling, shy Sioux girl. Do you know what area of SoDak he lived?

@TheSmitj167

2 жыл бұрын

@@msdarby515 I dont know exactly, but it was a farm near Union Center where he was born, and then as a teenager lived just north of Rapid City

I loved the friendship of Dances with Wolves and Wind in his Hair build throughout the film and at the end when he shouts that they will always be friends. So powerful. I can't help but get watery eyed. This movie is sad and beautiful at same time.

@erakfishfishfish

2 жыл бұрын

And he’s shouting in the same way he did to Dunbar at the beginning when he says he’s not afraid of him.

@sherrysink3177

2 жыл бұрын

It's been years since I've seen this film, so I've forgotten a lot of details from it, but one thing I will NEVER forget is Wind in His Hair shouting at Dances With Wolves at the end about how they are friends and will always be friends. That is an epic moment that always makes me cry. It's so beautiful.

I just love the character of Wind in His Hair. He knows his flaws, even if he can't necessarily overcome them. The relationship between him and Dances with Wolves and how it changes as they come to understand each other just breaks me every time. With Kicking Bird and even Ten Bears it leans more to philosophy, but Wind/Dances is kind of just two guys who fear and mistrust each other at first coming to realize all those qualities that they like about each other. So much that is beautiful and positive about this movie.

@jmwild1

2 жыл бұрын

When I was younger, I identified more with Kicking Bird and enjoyed him most as a character. But as I've gotten older I have gravitated toward Wind in his Hair and the beats of his arc, making his final cry at the end all the more heartwrenching.

@msdarby515

2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said. ❤️. People talk about how they cry when Wind shouts to Dances at the end. But I start crying when Wind gets upset in the teepee after Dances says he has to go, shouting and then leaving. 😢 And then when Kicking Bird is desperate to find the pipe, so angry, and his wife touches him with understanding. The emotions in his eyes destroy me. Then Wind up on the mountain because he just can't do it in person... so he does it in warrior fashion. 💔

My dad was always checking out the VHS from the library. He passed away from cancer when I was 13, so this is a special movie to me. Watching it (and reactions to it) is a way of connecting with him as an adult.

James Iv watched this movie about once a year for over 20 years now. I’m happy to see that you enjoyed it,now all you need is LEGENDS OF THE FALL to round it out.

@northernpunx1978

2 жыл бұрын

I watch it every year too. It never gets old too me. 👍🇨🇦

@Bill_pierre

2 жыл бұрын

This 100%!!! Such a powerful movie, way up on my fav. list

@liasunshine7470

2 жыл бұрын

Legends of The Fall for sure! And The Revenant!

@carcharodoncarcharias9462

2 жыл бұрын

Same

The Oscars that it won: Best Picture Best Director Best Sound Mixing Best Film Editing Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Score Best Cinematography.

1.) Thank you for being only the 3rd person to react to this masterpiece... and thank you so much for including your reaction to the wolf howling at the end. No one else included that part. And yes, chills every time. 2.) This was Kevin Costner's directorial debut, if you can believe that. The fact that he was able to make such an epic film with the confidence of a 30+ year veteran filmmaker is simply astonishing. He's also the only person to direct an epic film as their first movie-- and he made one of the greatest ever. 3.) The surprise success of this film (that no studio wanted to make) started a wave of films about Native American culture including "The Last of the Mohicans" (1992) and "Smoke Signals" (1998), and it also inspired thousands of Native Americans to learn to speak Sioux and rediscover their culture. 4.) John Dunbar's relationship with the wolf Two Socks was actually symbolism, representing his relationship with the Sioux. Each relationship is similar in how they progress. They first observe each other from a distance, then a bit closer when Dunbar gives each a gift. Dunbar then receives gifts from the Sioux and from Two Socks. Dunbar and the Sioux bond while Dunbar and Two Socks play with each other, which the Indians just happen to observe. Seeing a wild wolf demonstrate that he trusts Dunbar, at a certain level, was extremely significant to the Indians, thus Dunbar's true identity is born as "Dances With Wolves". The Union soldiers killing Two Socks is symbolic of what they will surely do to the Indians and their way of life, in the very near future. It's such a fantastic screenplay. 5.) "Dances With Wolves" was technically based on the novel by Michael Blake but it was actually an original screenplay at first. But since the western genre at this point in Hollywood was virtually dead, it was definitely a hard sell to get a 3 hour+ long epic western made, not to mention a third of the movie was in subtitles. It was actually Kevin Costner who urged Michael Blake to get his script published as a novel first, because it was a lot easier in Hollywood to get funding for a movie if it was based on a book, rather than an original script. But getting it published as a novel was an uphill battle in of itself. Also, if it was a book first, it'd be easier to maintain the original artistic vision of the story, without the studio demanding constant changes to the script in order to "appeal to a wider audience". So, god bless Michael Blake and Kevin Costner for all they did to preserve their original vision of this beautiful story.

People get mad that this won best picture that year. I don't know what they are mad at, this movie is amazing. And I've re-watched it way more than any other film that year.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I wasn’t alive around then but I really dug it lol

@maxis5650

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesVSCinema Ppl are mad about this one winning at the Oscars, because it beat Goodfellas in every way. Joe Pesci was the only Oscar win for Goodfellas that year.

@jobertdumale872

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesVSCinema please react to green inferno. It is very exciting film and will leave you breathless. Two thumbs up.

@erakfishfishfish

2 жыл бұрын

Though I believe Goodfellas should’ve won Picture and Director, I can’t be mad about about a great film losing to another great film.

@lauce3998

2 жыл бұрын

For me it is the best of that year by far, and of the movies of my life. It was the one that made me love cinema.

I sobbed at the death of Two Socks. I feel like he was acting like a dog trying to see where his buddy was going and if he was ok. I appreciate the contrast of how Dances With Wolves behaved towards the wolf and how the other soldiers did, and how it illustrates what a unique person on the path of a true human being John is.

One of the actresses in the long house scene is actually the last native Souix speaker, she made sure to speak her own language on film so it would always be remembered.

@joshgoodman5667

2 жыл бұрын

Lakhota is a seriously endangered language. It is estimated that only around 2,000 people still speak it to any degree. I think there needs to be a concerted effort to save and teach indigenous languages. Language is integrally connected to culture, and every culture, whether major civilizations like Greece, Rome, China, or India, or tribes like Lakota, Guarani, Ashanti, or Yakut, is part of the human identity. Every people group, every culture, every language that fades away is a tragic and irretrievable loss to all of the human race. It would behoove us to jump on trying to save each one that still exists. Immediately, before it's too late.

@msdarby515

2 жыл бұрын

This is horribly incorrect. That lady is Doris Leader Charge and she is far from the last Lakota speaker. She translated all the Lakota dialog. She was also the Lakota language tutor and advisor for the movie. While the use of the Lakota language is dying, it is spoken in many homes and is still taught in school. It's just that there are fewer and fewer people who speak it as their primary language.

When you get your farmhouse version, grab the extended edition. SIOUX is pronounced 'sue'.

@MrRyguy2112

2 жыл бұрын

Yes this! Also Lakota and Dakota in the native language depending on the region.

This movie is so underrated just cuz hollywood keep hatin on Kevin Costner This is a masterpiece

@cluster_f1575

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say it's underrated; this film cleaned house at the Oscars, winning 7 including best Picture & Director. I think a lot of people were resentful it won over Goodfellas. As a fan of both, I would've been fine with either winning.

I’ll always hold the opinion the Academy indeed made the right choice in giving this the Best Picture Oscar over Goodfellas. And this was a debut directorial effort no less.

One of the greatest movies ever. I even seen the Extended Cut version. That is 4h long. Pure awezomeness!

@lastzeit2251

2 жыл бұрын

John Wick 4 hours yeah but it's to short. I could watch such good movie forever.

@danballe

2 жыл бұрын

WOWZA!! Well Epicness +1

I'm not a big Costner fan, but this is pretty close to a perfect epic movie.

@lauce3998

2 жыл бұрын

This was the first of the great epics. Without Dance with wolves have not come The Last Mohican, Unforgiven, Braveheart ... Even Avatar.

@jp3813

2 жыл бұрын

@@lauce3998 First? Were the likes of Gone with the Wind, The Ten Commandments, Lawrence of Arabia, Spartacus, Ben-Hur, Bridge on the River Kwai, Seven Samurai, etc... not considered epics? Glory came out just a year before this.

@cynthianavarro4316

2 жыл бұрын

@@jp3813 I agree. There's great films (epic and otherwise) in EVERY decade going back to the silents! Keep watching James VS Cinema!

The bison/kid scene was a trained bison (Oreo) running to get a cookie, hidden from the camera, in the kids hand. Touching an enemy without killing them was a show of bravery and brought great respect on the warrior. The opposing tribe were supposed to be the Pawnee tribe. You'd probably like The Outlaw Josey Wales. Great video.

@richardrobbin2225

2 жыл бұрын

Also "Little Big Man" but I love "Josey Wales"😉👍

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, it was called ‘counting coup’ (pronounced ‘coo’). This comment isn’t for the OP, I’m sure they know this. It was just to further elaborate on that post.

@msdarby515

2 жыл бұрын

The bison's name was Cody. He loved oreos and his trainer would have been holding the cookies. They wouldn't allow a 2,000 pound animal to run at 35 MPH up to an actor. 🙃.

@regularguy8110

2 жыл бұрын

@@msdarby515 You are correct! Thanks!

@joseywales8498

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I love the Outlaw Josey Wales!

It still amazes me that Costner somehow pulled off being a first time director, while also starring in the thing, and made this awesome of a film. Some people are just good at everything it seems, lol

The Revenant is a must for the explorer collection.

@jasonstehlick452

2 жыл бұрын

YES

"This could have been the vibe" 100%, could have been a beautiful merging of cultures, a new appreciation of nature and life, it's such a shame what happened to the native peoples in this country. Saw this in the theater with my dad and remember thinking 3 hours - wow this is going to be boring, then coming out amazed at such a wonderful movie.

I always tear up at the end, when Wind In His Hair proclaims his friendship from the top of that rock. Incredible soundtrack, amazing actors. A film with soul.

Smoke Signals should go on the list for Native American movies!

@alliandrablack7751

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

This movie is a masterpiece in the most literal sense of the word. No two ways about it. But I simply have to skip the scene with Two Socks in the end, because it completely destroys me every time. (There is a directors cut that's almost 4 hours long. I recommend you watch it on your own time if you get the chance)

Wind in His Hair is my favorite character. Such a story arc. And his speech at the ending brings tears to my eyes. Graham Green (Kicking Bird) has had so many great roles. Including the Twilight movies. Dean Semler won an Oscar for his cinematography. The buffalo slaughter was intentional, it was a war crime intending to starve the Native Americans.

@ranger-1214

2 жыл бұрын

And those depicted had been killed by hide hunters; one was Wyatt Earp before he decided being a marshal and saloon-keeper/gambler paid better. They would cut around the hide and use horses or mules to pull it off the carcass. Later after the carcasses had rotted, others would come along and collect the bones to be ground up for fertilizer.

I really appreciate you doing watching this one. An absolute masterpiece.

One of the few movies that deserve the epic title, sadly they dont make movies like these anymore

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

So damn good. Had a great watch with this one

This is the first film I remember going to see with my parents. I was 9 years old. I remember being absolutely blown away by the Buffalo hunt scene. My parents and I loved the film so much that the next summer, before we drove back to Texas from visiting family in Minnesota, we drove through South Dakota, and the Black Hills (where they shot this movie). It’s so vast and empty there. It truly feels like one of the last frontiers in this country.

You may not know it but you've seen some of the Native actors before. Graham Greene portrayed Kicking Bird and he also portrayed one of the main characters in Wind River (he was also one of the prisoners in The Green Mile). Also, you already recognized Wes Studi from The Last of the Mohicans. Wes Studi was the very first Native American to win an Oscar. Thanks for reacting to this tho! I'd never thought I'd see someone react to a film portraying my tribe.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Yup! I do remember some of them!

@mitchclement3773

2 жыл бұрын

Graham Greene is a legend, he was great in a show called northern exposure as well

@erakfishfishfish

2 жыл бұрын

Graham Greene was hilarious in Maverick.

@slipstreammonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Thunderheart with Val Kilmer

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

2 жыл бұрын

@@mitchclement3773 Northern Exposure is a legendary show! Would love to see someone react to it. I wonder if it holds up still?

For a more modern take on Native Americans, I highly recommend the new show Reservation Dogs. It’s about 4 teens growing up on an Oklahoma reservation. It’s very funny and heartfelt, but also told in a very low-key, almost disarming tone. (Bonus: it’s produced by Taika Waititi. The tone and humor is similar to his film The Hunt for the Wilderpeople.)

@darylobey8867

2 жыл бұрын

Sup fok :)

@dat1ndnguy

8 ай бұрын

There's actually no official "reservations" in Oklahoma. It's widely known as just Native country.

One of the best movies of all time.

More Costner classics to hit: _Open Range_ _The Untouchables_ _Bull Durham_ Some have dismissed _Dances_ over the years - because _Goodfellas_ - but the film swept Best Director & Best Picture for a reason. It's a masterpiece. If you liked _Dances,_ hit 1972's classic epic Western _Jeremiah Johnson_ with Robert Redford. Every man needs to see it at least once.

@kingscorpion7346

2 жыл бұрын

or 1975's Little Big Man with a very young Dustin Hoffman.

@mikhailpersad1208

2 жыл бұрын

i love Open Range

@thechad4485

2 жыл бұрын

And one of his more overlooked and underrated films, The Postman.

@andrewcharles459

2 жыл бұрын

I think "Thirteen Days" - about the Cuban Missile Crisis - is his best work as an actor.

@mikhailpersad1208

2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen Field of Dreams.... it is a masterpiece

29:28 Wind in his hair went from hostile "Do you see how I am not afraid of you?!" into "Do you see how much of a friend I am to you?"

This is by far the most beautiful movie I've ever seen, the breathtaking landscapes, cinematography, and. Kevin Costner the relationships of the characters as they grow and learn together. Kevin Costner directed and acted brilliantly, in my opinion, and during the making of it loads of critics and others were saying what a bomb it was going to be (the budget and sheer hugeness of the whole thing). I really wanted him to say when he gave his acceptance speech at the Oscars for direction, "How do you like me now, bitches?" Fun fact: the little girl who played Stands With A Fist as a child was Costner's daughter.

With the line "Yo, this horse is the best ever! The best ever!" fortold a great suffering ahead for him.

@Bunke09

2 жыл бұрын

My first horse was a 15 year old appaloosa we named killer. He was half blind and a gental giant. We used to go on camping trips in eastern Washington state along the John Wayne trail and got to ride in wagons. I was in a picture sitting next to a camp fire that was put on the cover of Pacific NW Magazine insert in the Seattle Times when I was about 11.

Ive never paid for a Patreon of your full reaction, except for today for Dances w/ Wolves. If you like this, I would recommend "INTO THE WEST", "GERONIMO" and for a modern twist "THUNDERHEART". As a fully blooded/registered Native American with the BIA (within the War Department back in the day), I can mail said DVD's as I have them all. Keep up the tribal reviews as most of America has forgotten us.

@cacatr4495

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't forgotten. Arizona here. Arizona is the home of many nations, 21 tribes.

I'm really glad you watched this. I vaguely remember this movie winning a ton of Oscars and everyone was talking about it, then it felt like people forgot how good it was as the years passed. Happy to see someone enjoying it for the first time!

Directed by Kevin Costner(Dances with Wolves). He was made an honorary member of the Sioux Nation. He hurt his back pretty bad falling off the horse trying to make that buffalo chasing scene you liked so much, if I am not mistaken.

I grew up on Costner, this, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and Waterworld. I love them all and rewatch often, I don't care what people say.

@MoreIrrelevantTwaddle

2 жыл бұрын

I'm much the same way. I don't like Baseball, I respect the crap out of the skill of the athletes but I just don't enjoy watching nor playing the game, but I regularly watch Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, and my personal favourite For the Love of the Game because of how Kevin Costner makes the story impact the watcher.

@osirispluto8782

2 жыл бұрын

I can't watch the scene with the looking glass in this movie without thinking about it's counterpart in Prince of Thieves with Costner whipping out his sword lol

I would love to finally see a reaction to "Little Big Man"(1970). It's kind of like "Dances With Wolves" meets "Forrest Gump". Please make this happen!! 🙂👍

@maineman9447

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

Field of Dreams would be another good Costner flick.

@kbsanders

2 жыл бұрын

If you build it, they will come. If he records it, we will watch.

@gijoey5912

2 жыл бұрын

@@kbsanders "Is this heaven? No, it's KZread."

I fell in love with this movie when it came out & saw it several times on the big screen in the theater because it made me feel like I was standing right there with him seeing all that epic beauty. I remember at Oscar time that year I watched several interviews with people connected with making the film about how much attention was paid to many details & facts about the Native American tribes, their cultures & customs. Graham Green (Kicking Bird) explained that all of the actors had to learn how to ride horses BARE BACK, while shooting arrows, etc. AND to have someone there to teach them all the Souix language. Any one of those things is a major accomplishment just by itself. And I think everyone knows its a given that working with animals, even trained ones, is going to be a challenge (I heard the wolf scenes took weeks). Costner worked some kinda magic here & deserves every accolade.

I just gotta say man, you are one of the few reactors that I watch to the very end. Your sign-off is dope, especially with the music. Don't ever change it.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

My man! Appreciate you

@ChrisHoltDC

2 жыл бұрын

Your commentary is a lot more thoughtful and introspective than the other channels. I appreciate that

@barnstorm91

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesVSCinema I know you probably don’t take random recommendations of KZread, but if you have never seen it you should check out Top Gun. Some of the acting is iffy sometimes, but the cinematography is really interesting. All practical effects, including cameras attached to fighter planes which was hard in 1986, and the lighting is really unique.

Thank you for this reaction 🙏🏼 I’m subscribing to your channel right now bro

A reaction to Gandhi ('82) would be nice :)

Wes Studi is an amazing actor, he did play in Last of the Mohicans and even Cameron’s Avatar. He played opposite of Christian Bale not too long ago as well. They’re amazing together. I would love to see him in more great movies. Graham Greene was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role, but he had to find it out watching TV.

If you like this, then you would like "hostiles" with Christian bale and Wes studi. Great performances and message.

@javix2013

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it goes on the same line as this

@musicaleuphoria8699

2 жыл бұрын

Very underrated film.

@williamshears9953

2 жыл бұрын

I second this but be prepared because that movie is fucking brutal. Do understand, it has a lot of inaccuracies but I don't think that's the point of the film.

@injunuity775

2 жыл бұрын

This has to be one of Christian Bales BEST movies, really good film imo

Great reaction, James. I am so glad this movie is starting to hit KZread. This movie had a big impact in my life.

This was one of my favorite films when I was a young teen. I haven't seen it in years and your review has really made me want to revisit it. Just watching this video has made my heart hurt though and I know I will cry if I watch the movie again.

The Bob Ross comment made my day. Also almost made me spit coffee on my monitor LOL

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfaoooo my bad haha

I would HIGHLY reccomend History Buffs review of this film here on youtube, lots and lots of great info!

This movie is just amazing, a true epic.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

100%

There's a great little-known independent film from the 90's called 'Smoke Signals' that give a more modern insight into Native American culture and the traditions that are still practiced. I think you would most enjoy it. Enjoyed watching you experience this for the first time. Cheers.

another classic that was being forgotten by reaction youtubers, finally starting to react to it.

The important part of this movie, or the Last Samurai, isn't actually the talking... its listening. The wise men in those movies make points, and listen to, then consider all rebuttals before all agreeing together. Nowadays people are still talking, the problem is no one listens to all sides anymore. It's a damn shame.

One of my fave Kevin Costner's movies is Field of dreams... amazing film.... this movie was so great dances with wolves main character was Kevin Costner and he also directed it... he is amazing props.. love this reaction James

@mirasolbalaga5616

2 жыл бұрын

Field of Dreams may be my favorite movie of all time. I’m hoping James will react to it

This reaction video popped up and I'm super happy because it is one of my all-time faves for soooo many reasons. Great acting, awesome score, the scenery just wow and representing as authentically as possible. My understanding is Mr. Costner demanded his actors to speak the native language and basically stated that if you don't learn/speak it then he would find different actors that would! Love this film and it deserved the awards. Thank you for your reaction and commentary!!!☺💚

I saw it twice in theaters. My favorite piece of acting was Kicking Bird's face when Dunbar told him white people would be coming in numbers "like the stars".

One of my all time favorite movies growing up

you have a great heart James. The world could use more like you.

What’s great about the message here is that culture plays a huge role in decisions. Now as much as ever. Nothing holds your sway more than group perception

♥ Dances With Wolves! Graham Greene is such a great actor

I'm sooo happy to have found someone reacting to this beautiful movie which is on the top of my list of all those I have seen through the 50 years I have lived. I have lost the count of how many time I have seen it, and it have been a great friend to come back to through the years when things have been a bit dark, it always have reminded me about who I truly am. I'm not a native American, but I'm a norwegian Sami, the indigenous people in Norway, Sweden, Finland and a small part of Russia. The similarities between the Sami and the Native American culture is striking, from style of living, through the way of thinking about nature, the spiritual feelings and the chanting which is very similar to the Sami joik tradition.

Yes, horses will let you know that a threat is approaching. It's their own self-preservation instinct that causes them to demonstrate their concern, such that if one pays any amount of attention, they can learn as much from a nearby horse as they would learn from a dog, and in truth, many animals will give alert to approaching danger. Horses are amazing, and are greatly underestimated by undiscerning people.

Cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed this reaction - you seem to be a true, honest, and intelligent man, and I cannot tell you how much I agree about the fate of the indigenous people of the Americas - I have read that it is estimated that 90% of these people died due to disease, etc. brought to the Americas (note "Americas, not "America") by Europeans. I long for the day we can all live in peace without the juvenile desire for power, wealth, greed, etc. and just enjoy nature and life. I know in my heart this day will not come if left only to man, but I can still dream. Thanks again for your honesty and being a good human.

This was filmed where I lived in South Dakota. There is something to be said about the beauty of the plains.

Amazing choice and reaction! This is a fave of this first nations Canadian. 🇨🇦

James you are a kind and loving soul :) Love your videoes. Cheers from Denmark :)

ayyy no way you watched this! one of my top tens❤️

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Hell to the yes I did! 🙏🏽

Loved the way you let your heart really be moved by this film; it was calming and just really nice 😏

I'd like to see what you make of "The Searchers". It isn't the most erm, "modern" of Westerns (although the facts have _plenty_ of historical basis), and the Comanche make the Pawnee (the antagonist tribe to the Lakotas in this film) look like CND activists. It features some absolutely classic moments of cinema (some in your face and some very subtle) that have been much copied since.

@andrewcharles459

2 жыл бұрын

Or "Ulzana's Raid" with Burt Lancaster.

@Wombatzu

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone serious about film should see The Searchers.

Awesome reaction James

I love this film cause my Grandma is in the part where they are skinning hides and a few other parts. Rest in peace Grandma Lorna!

You are smart as hell man. Enjoy your channel Matt from Australian 🇦🇺

Kevin Costner really put his heart and soul into this film. The guy that wrote the screenplay was actually homeless and stayed with Costner for a while. When Costner read his screenplay finally, he promised him he would make it no matter what.

oh shit. i saw this at work and I had to get myself some wendy's on the way home for this one!! Man, the shots of Costner and the Native's on the Buffalo hunt are amazing. you are so right. on the special edition behind the scenes they show a clip of Costner, riding at high speeds, take a fall of the horse. Gnarly as all hell but he walked away of course. Respect to everyone this film is incredible. "can't you see that you will always be my friend" compared to the beginning "can't you see that I am not afraid of you" (might not be exact quotes, it has been a while) but, that is just simply amazing. If that doesn't touch your soul I say good day to you.

'And he wasn't smiling' Greatt reaction I'm native I like your videos bro

the Native American actor in this you recognized as also being in Last of the Mohicans, also played the tribal chief in James Cameron's Avatar (2009).

@andrewcharles459

2 жыл бұрын

Avatar - Dances with Wolves II.

@kylerobb8066

2 жыл бұрын

His name is Wes Studi.

@erakfishfishfish

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewcharles459 Avatar is Dances With Wolves III. The Last Samurai was Dances With Wolves II.

@andrewcharles459

2 жыл бұрын

@@erakfishfishfish The white guilt trilogy.

@lauce3998

2 жыл бұрын

@@erakfishfishfish I've never seen The Last Samurai because of that. I was offended when I went out. It was an embarrassing copy!

I could watch Dances with Wolves at least twice a week for the rest of my life. You should find the extended edition, SO much more.

one of my favorite movies ever. great review! you're very level. have a sub.

Like you said," If people just talked more."...How many battles,deaths, tragedies could have been adverted if people would talk to each other more...and know enough of the "other's language" to communicate. Language Death is such a sad thing...being a language Instructor communication is key to my heart. Your comment really struck a chord with me. Much love from Oregon 💚

Yes, you'll recognise Wes Studi from Last of the Mohicans. Also Heat (he was one of the cops) Great actor.

I like how you were telling us on why we look angry, I'm like bruh we just look like that in general Love your reactions by the way

Thanks for reminding me of the experience of first watching this, James.

"...gift each other with knowledge and culture." Wise words, friend. You should watch Thunderheart another Native American story starring Val Kilmer.

One of my favourite movies of all time.

“I wanna RP RDR right now” Yep, the “Journey To Fort Sedgewick” is one of my all time favorite pieces of music. It’s perfect to express the boundless potential of the west. So much brass.

As a Chinese, I was never into films about the wild west. Even though this movie is 3 hours long, it was so good that I watched it twice in the theater ! It is one of my all time favorites.

Loved your abbreviated reaction, to this movie - just FYI, Sioux is pronounced Sue.

True cinema or a film .. not just a "movie" ... this is what they talk about when they say its an artform ... because this is art. My favorite movie of all time ..

Love your choice for the opening. Laughing with you.

The scenes that really pull on my heartstrings are the ones with "Two Socks"...but I tend to be the person who worries more about the dog or the cat in the movies over the humans😜But I do believe animals can feel our energy and our body language communicates tons! Again...thank you for the great reaction!☺☺💚

This movie everything about it is phenomenal the music the acting the story was all beautifully done

Oh, this should have been a two-part reaction. One of the best cinematic experiences in history deserved a more detailed reaction. Lesson learned, I hope. Continue your journey into the magestic impacts of classic cinema. Regardless, you rock! :)

17:04 - Really, James? Really? I almost choked on my drink when I laughed! To all of your positive comments, there's a reason it won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha that made me chuckle too. Don’t know how my brain even said that

In your free time, you should watch the making of this... He actually broke his back during the bison hunt scene... Kevin's horse hit one of the other riders horse and he fell off at full speed.. There were no doctors out there so he finished filming the scene then went to the hospital... this was crazy to film... Great reaction. Thank you. 😊

Finally. Sioux is pronounced “sue”

If you're looking for films with Native respect I can recommend these films: one of the first films to depict Natives in a positive light was BROKEN ARROW with James Stewart. It does show some of its age and still had white folks play Native, but it did try to show some culture. Then there's Eastwood's OUTLAW JOSEY WALES. He cast Native actors and showed Native plight. Then you had Dustin Hoffman in LITTLE BIG MAN. You also have DEAD MAN with Johnny Depp. And there was a TV mini series called INTO THE WEST that was amazing, heartbreaking, anger inducing, and beautiful. And the show HELL ON WHEELS was really good. That show had one line that I think of often. A Native man was speaking to his adoptive father, a white preacher man, and told him the following,"I don't think I have enough hate in my heart to be a good Christian." That line has stuck with me for a long time.

@littleboxxes

2 жыл бұрын

wow. and now that line will stick with me. Guess it's time to seek out HELL ON WHEELS (Cannot go around quoting things without familiarity with the source material- that's just irresponsible, lol)

@blytheguy7510

2 жыл бұрын

@@littleboxxes I just saw they released HELL ON WHEELS complete series on Blu-ray. I'm just about ready to aquire a copy. It's really good.

Hey James! Amazing film, and great reaction vid, as always. I always enjoy your insights. Case in point, this has been one of my very favorite films since I was a little boy, and I've seen it countless times, but I never once picked up on your observation @5:51. I honestly don't see how I never noticed that before. It seems so obvious now! 😅 Also, you are on point @ 24:05.

Let's do it, brooo!! Gorgeous movie.

@JamesVSCinema

2 жыл бұрын

Hells yeah!

A horse, especially a wild born mustang would absolutely act as an effective lookout.