Heat (1995) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2022-01-11 18:46:20 +0000 UTC
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Pacino and DeNiro later worked together in Righteous Kill and The Irishman, with the former being just okay and the latter being pretty good as it was directed by Martin Scorsese. And Jackie Brown is, in my opinion, Tarantino's best film. So many great actors and tremendous script. Based on Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch
Mike Tocci
2022-01-22 09:46:19 +0000 UTCSea of Love isn't talked about enough. It's like a modern day film noir, great performances too.
Mike Tocci
2022-01-22 09:43:08 +0000 UTCYeah I wouldn't worry. Tombstone is still on the horizon.
Scott Kerr
2022-01-16 02:02:22 +0000 UTCI'm so glad you guys watched this one. Full disclosure: I re-subscribed to your patreon so I could watch this one. Some thoughts/notes: 1. best cops and robbers film ever made. 2. a solid two-hour cops-and-robbers movie with an extra hour of characterization added. 3. this is literally the first (and only?) time Pacino and DeNiro worked together in a film (They had both been in the same film before, but never in the same scene together), so that scene of them "getting coffee" was layered with the two great actors' own rivalry-and-mutual-respect for each other; I saw it in the theater in 1995 and remember the energy in the auditorium when that scene came on. 4. it's about these highly-skilled, chaotic men, but it's also really about the toll their choices make on the women and children in their lives - the women who suffer for choosing to love them/get involved with them. (Pacino's wife says she just can't understand why she can't get herself to leave him - it's like the wives and girlfriends are addicted to these men the way the men are addicted to their destructive actions. ("For me," says Tom Seizmore, "the work is the juice.") This includes Natalie Portman, who is abandoned by her father - he's "somewhere in the Sierras" when she's in the hospital, so maybe he's an adrenaline-junkie-with-no-time-for-family type himself, Justine did pick him after all - and his abandonment drives her to attempt to destroy her own life, in the hotel of the other absent, destructive man in her life. The little girl the bank robber grabs as a hostage, the 16 year old girl that Waynegro hires as a hooker - these are all girls and women traumatized/destroyed by these men. That montage of the wives and girlfriends learning about the deaths of their men randomly on television, couldn't make this any clearer. And yes, Val's girlfriend, as much as she hates her life - and has police all around her - risks her own custody of her son to warn Chris, she just can't stand to give him up. (P.s. I suspect the talk of how reformed Val's character is in the end is overblown: remember he'd been shot that day, dragged to a back-room surgical operation, and is now on morphine for the pain. I don't think he was "calm" as much as he'd just had the shit completely kicked out of him by the day's events.) The next most interesting cops-and-robbers film I can think of is Jackie Brown from two years later in 1997 - Quintin Tarantino's best film if you ask me - that isn't as powerful nor as meaningful as this one, but a good cops and robbers chess game, and some very well developed, fascinating characters. Please check it out.
Mark
2022-01-14 03:31:05 +0000 UTCGreat reaction! I could feel the tension coming through
Mark M
2022-01-13 22:07:49 +0000 UTCI just realized... Al Pacine plays Vince. Robert De Niro plays Neal. And they both have motley crews.
Jason Dolan
2022-01-13 16:27:49 +0000 UTCLots of fun watching this one again. Such a great cast in Heat. Al Pacino goes for it in this one, but I'm more a fan of his subtler acting from the 70's. Check him out in classics Dog Day Afternoon, And Justice For All and Serpico.
Mike Tocci
2022-01-13 15:57:35 +0000 UTCThat's how I've always understood it, Neil is a guy who does the calculations first. But there are a few critical decisions he makes that are based on something other than the math I think. Going back for Waingro when he was basically home free was definitely not the logical thing to do, but it adds another dimension to the character, and it's just for us that Waingro also happens to be this serial rapist/murderer that Neil doesn't even know about but we the audience are shown. I agree he seemed to have a plan and a specific monetary goal in mind, but it's just that incongruity, "to me it's worth the stretch," but also "I'm never going back", he talks about the discipline, but he technically slips when he lets Edie into his life, and then at the end he chooses to run, leaving Edie, I think to avoid implicating her when it gets too risky, I mean he's at the car, but knowing Hanna is on his heels he bolts. And that's what I'm saying, in the end his decisions would be considered mistakes from a purely logical perspective, but really there's something deeper going on, he was a cold blooded killer, but also a deeply human character who went out of his way to protect Chris and Edie, but also had a sort of code by which Waingro needed to die before he, Neil, could be free. I don't know, that's just what's so great about this movie, the more I watch it the more I notice things I hadn't noticed before, the more interesting the characters become. Movie gets better the more times I watch it.
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2022-01-12 11:55:10 +0000 UTCFun fact: I'm surprised no one mentioned it yet, but those gunshot sounds were from the original audio recording on location. Normally gunshots are added in post using pre-recorded sound effects, but Michael Mann realized it wasn't going to cut it in this case, because the sound of the shots reverberating from the buildings added something really special to the scene and gave it a lot more weight than anything could do in post. IIRC, they actually tried to use the normal process, but Mann said it sucked and made them revert to the original. That shootout is absolutely legendary for those building echoes. I don't know of another movie that's famous for realistic gun sounds, but this is widely regarded as the best way to do it, if you have the ability. The problem, as I understand it, is that it does impose a lot of limitations on the director, the set, and everyone working on the movie... because you need everyone to be disciplined enough to not be noisy in the background, and you have to be careful that your ambient/background sound between takes sounds the same so it isn't jarring when you edit clips together. For time, money, resources, and ease of editing, they just don't do it this good in any other movie that I know of. So Heat is really something unique. Such a masterpiece.
Dan
2022-01-12 09:46:47 +0000 UTCMy understanding was that Neil wanted the bank heist because it was going to be one of his last. Not that he had a romantic notion of giving up the criminal life, but more just that he had smartly positioned himself to be able to move somewhere exotic and not have to work again. And, being on his own, he probably wouldn't trust a different crew to do anything big in the future. So, any large chunk of cash he could acquire in the short term would help him with his long term goals. And he probably figured his expenses would be higher when he added Eady to his future life plans. As much as it sucks that he lost it all going after Waingrow, that guy needed to get got for reasons that Neil didn't even know about. Dude was a f'n serial killer, killing unarmed security guards and murdering destitute teens. And that was on top of ruining their first heist together, ruining their final heist as a crew, and torturing their boy Trejo to death (played by Danny Trejo). It's always satisfying seeing him dead on the couch with a surprised look on his face. Fuck that guy.
Dan
2022-01-12 09:28:27 +0000 UTCNeil could have left with his girlfriend. Instead, he stayed with his brother. Love that last shot.
Dan
2022-01-12 09:16:13 +0000 UTCYeah, the characters were amazingly well developed, which is such a testament to the writing. And Natalie's cries for help were literally setup in one of the first scenes in the movie.
Dan
2022-01-12 09:15:29 +0000 UTCYeah I was living in LA and watching that on the news as it happened. Made me think of the movie, too. What a crazy day that was.
Dan
2022-01-12 09:14:00 +0000 UTCThe Negotiator is super under-rated. One of the first times I really got to appreciate Spacey's performances.
Dan
2022-01-12 09:12:48 +0000 UTCThis movie becomes more epic the more you watch it, f*@kin Shakespearean. This watch I really loved the subplot of Chris and Charlene, they definitely have an entire backstory that could be a whole other movie. And one thing that trips me up is how many times Neil (De Niro) says, "It's worth the stretch." Meaning he's willing to do the time if they get caught. Then he's like, "I'm never going back" and he proves it. And then I think, he probably could have "retired" a long time ago. I think he was still doing it for his friends, and that's what makes it even more a Shakespearean tragedy, it was just when he found his own love that everything collapses. And if only he could just forgive that asshole, but then again that Waingrow character deserved to die. It's really a movie that gets better on multiple watches
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2022-01-12 06:34:49 +0000 UTCWhen it comes to violence, action, or swearing, you can't go wrong with Al Pacino or Robert DeNiro. ;)
Scott Kerr
2022-01-12 03:30:37 +0000 UTCOooh The Ghost and the Darkness is soooo good!! Oh man I LOVE that movie!
Scott Kerr
2022-01-12 03:29:26 +0000 UTCTerrific reaction as usual. More Michael Mann would be appreciated. Collateral, Thief and Miami Vice
Arya Amirsoleimani
2022-01-12 03:26:28 +0000 UTCThe cast is incredible in this movie, Michael Mann is a master. Check out Collateral if you havenโt seen it yet, Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx are insanely good together.๐๐ฅ
Jim Tatro
2022-01-12 03:24:39 +0000 UTCThe Natalie Portman scene gets me every time and I've seen this movie upwards of 20 times. Yeah there wasn't a lot of buildup, but she's clearly crying for help throughout the movie. I also believe that even though Vincent took off after Neil, he would have stayed at the hospital if Justine wouldn't have told him to go. I think in that moment she finally accepted who he was and didn't fight it. Love your reaction as always guys!
Marty McGee
2022-01-12 02:43:18 +0000 UTCGreat reaction like always.
Joseph Tamburo
2022-01-12 02:21:17 +0000 UTCHave you guys heard of the North Hollywood shootout? It was 2 guys who decked themselves out in body armor and automatic weapons to rob a bank like in this movie. it was one of the biggest shootouts with the police ever! it didn't go well for those guys either! Crime never pays in the end
Terry Lee
2022-01-12 01:12:42 +0000 UTCIt's not like it's written all over the movie synopsis, but hey, I have edited the comment, so we're cool.
David Lengyel
2022-01-12 01:09:18 +0000 UTCWhy would you spoil something so major about the film? Think you should edit your post ASAP
Shehab Dawoud
2022-01-12 01:06:06 +0000 UTCLast of the Mohicans (1992). - Not a crime drama but has one of the best 10 minute sequences of filmmaking I've ever seen!
Scott Kerr
2022-01-12 00:38:07 +0000 UTCTombstone won a western poll on here last month,so it will be on the agenda
Duncan
2022-01-12 00:38:00 +0000 UTCNothing to do with this movie or reaction,but I am just going to recommend "The Negotiator (1998)" staring Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey,it's one hell of a fun ride
Duncan
2022-01-12 00:35:16 +0000 UTCCollateral (2004) is absolute fire ๐๐ฅ
Duncan
2022-01-12 00:30:57 +0000 UTCPhenomenal film, great reaction guys!
Fraser
2022-01-12 00:12:55 +0000 UTCHuge fan of The Town! Great movie and no one reacts to it. That and Gone Baby Gone
f hf
2022-01-11 23:24:11 +0000 UTCGreat reaction, Sam and Dan! Michael Mann is the master of the crime drama, IMO. Two others of his you need to see is: "Thief" (1981) "Collateral" (2004)
Mr. Writhms
2022-01-11 23:16:33 +0000 UTCWhat a treat! I've enjoyed the ride with you guys. Now I wish you could react to Collateral (2004) with Tom Cruise and Miami Vice (2006) with Foxx and Farrell. Thank you for watching ๐ค๐ผ
David Lengyel
2022-01-11 23:11:34 +0000 UTC+1000 for Collateral. I'd love to see Miami Vice (2006) as well.
David Lengyel
2022-01-11 23:10:27 +0000 UTCGreat reaction! So many fantastic scenes!! I must've seen this film 30x already. But it just occurred to me this time that the one "attachment" Neil couldn't walk away from (in 30 seconds flat) was Waingro, not Eady. An "attachment" based on hate, not on love. Says a lot about his character, I suppose.
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2022-01-11 22:56:24 +0000 UTCOr they could just do the Burton Batmans and forget about the rest since they're a waste of time? No one needs to see the Bat nipples again.. EVER.
Shehab Dawoud
2022-01-11 22:37:21 +0000 UTCEver since I first saw you two as reactors on YT, I've been waiting and praying for you to get to Heat, unlike so many other reactors, you two pay very close attention to what you're watching, which is a huge payoff with a movie like Heat. Great reaction, 10/10 :)
Sarah
2022-01-11 22:36:17 +0000 UTCyeah The Town is very good.. imo the best cops/robbers movie since Heat
24fps_
2022-01-11 22:34:44 +0000 UTCSEA OF LOVE is ammmmmaaaaazing
Jason Dolan
2022-01-11 21:50:39 +0000 UTCI think you saw Val Kilmer in TOMBSTONE but now I can't remember if you reacted to that one or not, or if that was another reactor... at any rate, other than Heat, Tombstone and Top Secret, the Top 5 Val Kilmer are: TOP GUN REAL GENIUS THE DOORS KISS KISS BANG BANG WILLOW I also LOVE him in SPARTAN but that's like a WAY down the road watch when you've gone through a lot of the more popular fare! And of course the documentary VAL, but you should watch his movies before that, and probably also react to his BATMAN FOREVER turn. Speaking of which, would be GREAT for you to do the Burton BATMAN movies and even both of the Schumacher Batman movies which would cross off that Arnold performance as well.
Jason Dolan
2022-01-11 21:48:33 +0000 UTCAnother Great Thriller with Al Pacino is "Sea of Love" from 1989 With John Goodman as Co Star .. Also You Have to Watch Another Val Kilmer Movie "The Ghost and the Darkness" from 1996 with Michael Douglas !! Great African Adventure Thriller
Florian Meier
2022-01-11 21:25:58 +0000 UTCAnother Great Reaction ... Love it !! I like Michael Mann since Miami Vice !!!
Florian Meier
2022-01-11 21:24:55 +0000 UTCI saw this in a big theatre with an (at the time) cutting edge Dolby stereo system, which wasn't common in most places. You thought the gun shots are loud on video...I almost got PTSD just from sitting in the theatre! Seriously, though, what a terrific film, and that shootout scene is a textbook example of how to put the audience in the middle of the action.
Steven Montano
2022-01-11 21:02:20 +0000 UTCAwesome! So happy you guys are getting into Michael Mann. Highly recommend Collateral (2004) with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. You guys are THE best!
Ellie Miller
2022-01-11 20:27:29 +0000 UTCMichael Mann is one of the most underappreciated directors ever. You've already seen Manhunter. You need to check out Collateral with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx, it has some similarities to Heat, you could call it a spiritual sequel. Some other great Mann films are Thief, The Last of The Mohicans, The Insider, and Miami Vice. He was also the executive producer of the Miami Vice TV show, the most popular show of the 80s. He has a very distinct style and aesthetics to his films that you can't help but pick up on. Another great heist film you need to watch is The Town, starring and directed by Ben Affleck. It borrows a few things from Heat but is in no way a copy. Good job!
Shehab Dawoud
2022-01-11 20:25:04 +0000 UTC
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