Apollo 13 (1995) Full Movie Reaction

oh yess we did! believe me, we are waaay too far with Patreon... i will make a list one day and post all the movies that we watched.. here's the link for Apollo 13 https://www.patreon.com/posts/apollo-13-1995-66076523?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

a question. Why is there a reaction from Apollo 13 on Youtube this week? According to Patreon, did you already see this film on May 6th, 2022?

Daniel Fuchs

oh i see, haha funny story when u were a kid! i thought humans are filled with skin like outside even on the inside when I was like 6 or so.. but

You mean whether it is real or not? I think we can safely say it is real, if only for the fact that of the hundreds of thousands of people who worked on the space program, not one of them came forward to say it was faked. Also if Russia, who was America's strong enemy at the time got even the smallest idea it was faked, they would have said so, but they never did.

JD Nevesytrof

Please to ignore previous comments, as I thought I was on a completely different group....anyway. No talking squirrels in this one. I love this movie! Jim Lovell actually makes a cameo . He's the naval commander welcoming them back to Earth and I thought that was awesome. But it's also anecdotally why, when my parents took me to see it in theaters, I asked them why Forrest Gump had been allowed to drive the plane

Alyson Addington

makes sense. and i wonder what ''Real Tech they are hiding'' comparing to what they reveal to us

i see, i think i watched something like that waaay back. there is many questions that cannot be answered though.. and sometimes I wonder too much.. but that's another topic

oh and imagine if they never come back.. but u wait there for them hoping they will make it... ughh

i see, well i still wonder ''how the heck they could pull something like this in 69?'' but what do I know right? can't wait to see what they gonna do in 2025 being sponsored by Elon Musk

Are you commenting on the wrong patreon?

JD Nevesytrof

I second this recommendation. Every episode is different and interesting.

Els

Great reaction! Joy, your question to why America raced the Russians to the moon, instead of working with them, had to do with the Cold War. Both countries were trying to achieve superior space-flight capabilities in fear of each other’s nuclear arms advancement. America and Russia weren’t friendly back then. And nothing has changed these days, it would seem.

Mr. Writhms

Goodness. Better get a faster right lthat is much much safer. Have you seen the documentery about Desmond Doss? (Hacksaw Ridge is the movie) but the mini-doc narrating his life hits most, if not all, of the feats Gibson haad cut out already but still. And Almost everyone in this movie but I'm coming right in. Don't even get me going about that damned horse. Part of the Trifecta of the actors

Alyson Addington

12 people have walked on the moon, all Americans, and no one has gone back since although it is planned. If you are curious about the space program, after making this movie, Tom Hanks made a very excellent documentary drama series called "From the Earth to the Moon", it covers all the moon missions based on fact but is very well made and entertaining to watch.

JD Nevesytrof

One of the great things about this way is the many different ways it gives you technical and historical explanations without slowing the story down. Like Jim Lovell's talk with his son about how the mission is going to work.

Els

I always thought command module pilot was the loneliest job in the world. Especially on the back side of the moon, when your crewmates are on the surface. You are completely alone and cut off from everyone.

Els

The Apollo crews were always three people. If Apollo 13 had not had the malfunction, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise would have gone to the lunar surface in the spidery thingy while Jack Swigert would be alone in the command module, to meet them again on the way back. Gene Krantz always wore a white vest because his Mission Control team was the "white" team. There was also a "red" team and a "blue" team. When Jim Lovell traveled around the moon on Apollo 8 they had no spidery thingy. If they had had the same malfunction as Apollo 13 they would have been doomed. On that mission Lovell had the command module pilot's job (Swigert's job for Apollo 13). That's why at the end when he gets into Swigert's seat he excuses himself and says it was "old habit".

Els

Thank you!!

Ellie Miller

oh wow!! now, this is how someone shows love for a movie! is our pleasure Heidi to watch this great movie! and thank you once again for supporting us!

scary times, i wonder what other things we don't know...

can't wait to see how that one goes!

Apollo 13- Thank you both very much for this fabulous reaction for Apollo 13, Marian and Joy! I absolutely love this movie!! It's so brilliantly acted by everyone, the intensity and emotions are so powerful, the music is just phenomenal, and the entire movie is beautifully written and directed by Ron Howard. I love that this movie is based on a true story, and as far as I've heard, this movie is very accurate. Even a majority of the news footage coverage shown throughout this movie was actual news footage from the time of this spectacular event, which is really impressive. Bravo to Ron Howard! Apollo 13 became known as the "Successful Failure", because while these three astronauts didn't get their chance to walk on the moon as planned, they all made it home alive after their spacecraft malfunctioned due to technical failures in the machinery that occurred two years before Jim Lovell was even named flight commander, that were of no fault of anyone's. Tom Hanks like always, is absolutely phenomenal! And I love how he plays Jim Lovell, an astronaut that is loved and known as a hero to many people who admire those who have gone above and beyond to explore space. Someone whom I admire as well. And Tom Hanks is perfect for this role. Jim was not only the perfect man to lead the team, and he helped to keep his men working together when they were at the most on edge. I admire him greatly for keeping everyone together. I also really love Gary Sinise in the role of Ken Mattingly, the astronaut who was bumped from flying the Apollo 13 mission by the team's medic simply because they feared he might catch the measles while on their mission due to one of the backup astronauts getting the measles. Which of course... Ken never did. The medical team only feared he might catch the measles upon him possibly being exposed to them by a backup pilot who had caught it. This is the reason for him being axed from the team. However, while Ken was robbed of flying this mission, I can imagine how grateful each of those who did fly the mission were that everything worked out as it did involving Ken getting bumped from the mission, given that it is because of Ken who greatly made it possible for these heroes to return home alive. Mission control of course did a lot as well. This was in no way a one man job, nor was Ken the only hero who helped make this possible. But Ken was the one who solved the biggest problem standing in the way of them surviving and fought to save them in spite of lack of sleep, etc... He made it possible for them to find the power needed to get them home. Ken Mattingly is a hero as well, especially to those who survived and who worked with him to bring these astronauts home. He is a hero of mine as well, and I love Gary Sinise in the role. He's a phenomenal actor. I also admire astronauts, Fred Haise played by Bill Paxton and Jack Swigert played by Kevin Bacon too. Fred Haise was even very sick through most of the mission. They are good, brave men who worked impossibly hard along with Jim Lovell to make it home. And both actors played these roles well. Like I said above... everyone in Mission Control during this mission were heroes, and they all worked incredibly hard to bring these men home. I can only imagine how difficult their jobs were, and how agonizing as well. The pressure and boy... do these actors do a phenomenal job at portraying what the real men really must have felt. Bravo to them all! Jim's wife, Marilyn is played by actress, Kathleen Quinlan and I love how she plays this amazing woman who stood with her husband and fought so hard to remain strong when her husband was in danger. I admire Marilyn's strength she shows when things were most dire, and the love she shows for her husband. I also really love Gene Kranz, head of Mission Control who is played by Ed Harris... another brilliant actor I've seen in a number of movies and roles I love very much. And yes... he is definitely one of the strongest performances throughout this movie for sure. I love Gene Kranz's determination to bring his men home in spite of the odds against them and appreciate the man's positivity and strength. And bravo to him for maintaining such composure under as much pressure as he was under, especially knowing that had these astronauts died, the entire failure would have been blamed mostly on him because he was the head of Mission Control. It would have been unfair, because no one was really at fault at all, given that the problems came from equipment failure within the oxygen tanks. I don't even believe those who built the equipment or parts that failed were to blame either. In regards to the importance of Gene getting the vest he wears throughout the movie for the mission... Gene's wife knitted or made her husband a new vest for every mission that he was ever involved with, and Gene always considered her gifts to bring him luck. I love a number of the other actors playing the men in Mission Control. So many talented actors including Clint Howard (Ron Howard's brother), Joe Spano from NCIS, Xander Berkeley from a number of shows such as Nikita and Being Human (US version) and movies like Air Force One, Ray McKinnon from The Blind Side, and Brett Cullen who plays Nathan Ingram in one of my absolute favorite shows... Person of Interest. As for the music... I absolutely love the score for this movie, written and composed by James Horner who is known for creating the music for so many other big movies such as Titanic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Mask of Zorro, An American Tail, Field of Dreams, Braveheart, The Rocketeer, Willow, Avatar, Troy, Love Actually, A Beautiful Mind, etc... His music is known for being ethereal and sometimes even eerie in the best sense of the word. It's absolutely beautiful and powerful. And lastly... Ron Howard is the director of this powerful movie that is directed and written brilliantly. I've always loved Ron Howard's films and the directions he takes his movies in are unlike anyone else. Movies such as... Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Inferno, In the Heart of the Sea, Rush, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Cinderella Man, Backdraft, A Beautiful Mind, Willow, Splash, etc... If I see a movie attached to his name, I already want to see the movie simply knowing he is the one behind a movie's creation. I just absolutely love his directing style, and even as an actor too. Ron Howard started acting when he was a little boy in one of my favorite musicals... The Music Man, as well as starred in The Andy Griffith Show along with Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, back when he was known as Little Ronny Howard, he starred a little later on in the sitcom... Happy Days, and has since become more of a director than actor. Fantastic!! Apollo 13 is emotional, powerful, intense, and it makes me cry every time I watch it. Especially in the ending while everyone is waiting for the astronauts to re-enter the atmosphere... alive or dead. "Our finest hour" indeed. I always feel knots in my stomach in this moment and I can only imagine how everyone in real life must have felt during these four minutes... what had to have felt like the longest four minutes for these men at Mission Control and for the families and loved ones. And seeing the relief on everyone's faces, especially the emotion and relief we see and feel from Gene Kranz, Ken Mattingly, and Marilyn Lovell... so powerful and absolutely beautiful. I love it!! With all that goes wrong on this mission, and everything that could go wrong does... it's a miracle that these men survive and make it home. I believe God was certainly looking after these men and helped to guide everyone in the right directions to solve all of these problems. This whole mission is absolutely incredible. And I love this movie so, so much! Thank you once again for your amazing reaction for this incredible and beautiful movie, dear friends! I absolutely loved watching this movie again with you, and I am so happy that you really enjoyed it too. I look forward to watching many more movies with you to come! Until your next movie reactions... Sincerely, Heidi

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

This was a true story -- most of the news broadcasts there were showing during the movie were the actual news broadcasts while it was happening. There were several missions to the moon.

Nanette Davis

The plan is to return to the moon in 2025, delayed from 2024 due to Covid and other conditions.

David Martin