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TRADING PLACES (1983) FULL LENGTH MOVIE REACTION - WATCH ALONG (Patreon)

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James Forrest

Hehehe :) Thank you guys for the shout-out and I am glad you enjoyed the movie! Nature vs Nurture has been done a few times but I've still never seen it done so well or with so much fun! When Billy Ray is riding high he even manages to sound like a Reaganite preaching about how working people spend their own money haha! I loved how you picked that up in the comments! It is great the way both men adapt to their environments ... and it's great that Winthorpe finds out what true friendship is when he meets Ophilia. She's a great character, with the right combination of compassion and level-headedness. I like how it comes down on the "nuture" side, which makes it a very socially conscious film. And although the Duke Brothers are racist, you'll notice that they have minorities working in their company and they all treat each other the same way, because the money, of course, cuts through all the boundaries. It's all about the money in that world, and they make that very clear. The train scene is odd and out of place in a way; it's a little dated, but then John Landis directed this and did a little of the writing and his movies do have a madcap edge to them. But I enjoy that Beaks sees through the subterfuge almost from the word go, and he allows it up to a point ... and then no further. They get lucky in that they snatch the report. But they make good on it! I have always enjoyed Eddie Murphy in the movies, and actually the more you watch it the more you realise that it's actually one of his most under-stated performances ... he's much more out there in Beverly Hills Cop but then that is a different type of film (but a really good one.) Akroyd is great in everything. There are some good - really good - but more serious Wall Street movies. The Wolf Of Wall Street is excellent as I am sure you've heard, but so is The Big Short ... Margin Call is better than both of them but it's savage, it's central performances are so on point, especially Jeremy Irons as the Big Boss. He's fantastic. But Wall Street is astonishing; Oliver Stone has never made a more searing movie, and it's just superb. It should be on your list along with Platoon, which is his other great film from that period. On a side note; Charlie Sheen is in both of them and is magnificent in both of them. That makes me sad now considering what he became because he should have been one the great actors of his generation, with the gravitas his dad has. He certainly has the talent, he is phenomenal in those movies. I am so glad you did this film and it was great hearing your comments on it as it was unfolding. It's a smart film as much as anything else; Ebert gave it a great rating and so did a lot of the other critics at the time. It's been retrospectively seen in a slightly less forgiving light, but it was a film of its time and a great showcase for Murphy and Akroyd, with a fine supporting cast, including the late great Denholm Elliot as Coleman the butler. Elliot was to turn in great performances in the Indian Jones movies as well; if you haven't seen those you have to do the first three, they're great. One last point; on John Landis. He was a real wunderkint at the time, and American Werewolf In London is his masterpiece. You need to see that, that's genuinely dazzling even after all these years and it's like The Thing in that the special effects should seem dated and stuff but they still look amazing, which is a triumph for the filmmaking teams behind them. You'll love that movie, it manages to be both scary and funny which is really hard to do but Landis absolutely nails it. Once again, guys, thanks for the shout-out, this has been a tough weekend (I write about football and my team is on a real spiral of bad results and yesterday's was particularly rough) and that really raised my spirits, so I really appreciated it! Total pleasure again, folks. Cannot wait to see what you have up next. I was so, so glad to hear you're going to do Heat, I'm dying to watch that as you guys do ... and great shout out on Rocky, that's a great film, and has such a great story and fab performances from everyone involved, but especially Talia Shire, who played Connie in The Godfather ... she really kills in Rocky as the painfully shy pet-shop girl he falls for. It's amazing.

Joey Cintron

LOL I love this movie so much... "boobies"!!!

Stephen Knueppel

Dan Aykroyd is comedy gold and so is Eddie Murphy. Unfortunately you will not experience the awesome pleasure of Dan Aykroyd as one of the original members of SNL in the 70's. He and the other cast members changed nighttime comedy forever. Another fun movie of his that is underappreciated today is Doctor Detroit. Check it out if you get the chance along with all of Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop series.

Michael G. Munz

"This thing happens to me every week!" Note: After Clarence Beaks failed in his mission, he was disgraced and was forced to take a job as a high school principal.

TheMediaKnights
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Always a pleasure! Thank you for consistently suggesting great films. I loved how this film was laced with commentary throughout. It's always a great time seeing comedy being utilized this way, and with the two leads we had, it's safe to say they absolutely nailed what they were going for. Onto Rocky soon

Einherj

In the train I first thought that they all tried to poison him, because they all offered him different foods or drinks, but then they switch the cases anyway. And then for some reason they switch them again. It makes no sense. The train sequence is something that must be straight from Dan Aykroyd's brain and I bet he fought to keep the whole thing in the movie, even though it makes no sense for pacing. Just my hunch, even though he has no writing credit. He's a great idea man but there always needed to be someone to keep him on the road to get good results. He wrote and directed Nothing But Trouble (1991), and it seems he also had final cut on it. It's a mess, and not a good movie, but creatively very interesting. It's like looking into Dan Aykroyd's mind.