I've just decided I love you for calling out EEAAO. For going on nearly a year now I've felt like some sort of outcast for DARING not to like this movie. A close friend actually tried to start a big fight with me about it! I don't even hate it! I just think it shows its hand too early and once you see where it's all going, you still have a whole damn hour left to go, and it takes FOREVER to wrap up! But because I wasn't loaded with praise for it, I offended her somehow!
Totally agree on Everything Everywhere. As far as Nope goes I liked it quite a bit more the second time I saw it. I think it’s one of the more compelling alien summer blockbusters that I’ve seen in a while, and the cinematography is absolutely stunning.
The most recent version of A Star is Born. The dialogue is unintentionally funny. I could feel Gaga and Cooper trying to act and felt embarrassed for them. I felt like I was watching a high school play.
For me it’s Forrest Gump - it’s not that I dislike it, it’s just I couldn’t understand what the appeal was - it just left me indifferent and mildly bewildered.
For me, I get what you are saying about Matthew Broderick not being cool like Ferris and feeling he was miscast. I think that was the brilliance in that casting. He looks and acts like an average Joe, but somehow was exalted to this legendary status. I think if you took someone who seemed cool (like the Charlie Sheen character) it wouldn't have worked. There's a quirkiness to Broderick's characterization that makes the idea more surprising and fun.
I did mention this. That he was chosen because he doesn't fit into the stereotypical "cool jock" stereotype, which is great in theory. He isn't Charlie Sheen. He isn't Judd Nelson, and I wouldn't want him to be. I think there are other actors who could capture what you are saying, in a way that doesn't feel so unconvincing, in my opinion.
@@deepfocuslens Perhaps. It would be interesting to see, but being of age in the John Hughes era it is hard for me to picture anyone else. Perhaps that is the reason for my particular bias. That said, I do love Cameron and it is his transformation that gives the movie weight.
@@deepfocuslens I hear that. I remember being the only one in class who didn't like ferris as a kid. I might've found him pompous. It's aged ok by contrast but I remember that 1st impression
I think Ferris Bueller peaks comedically in the first 30 minutes and never reaches that level again. You can turn it off before the halfway mark and not miss much
Fair enough. I mean, even Ferris himself, in the post-credits scene, breaks the fourth wall for about the ten millionth time and says to the viewer in bewilderment, 'You're still here? It's over! Go home. Go!'
Cameron needed the day off, not Ferris. Ferris, in fact, had about a dozen days off already. He pretended to take the day off for Cameron, but it was really an excuse to justify his shenaniganry. Broderick got the part because he had a lot of experience doing Neil Simon plays, where he has to address the audience directly, which is what Ferris had to do. In fact, he almost turned the role down because he was getting tired of playing that kind of part.
A case has been made that Ferris was staging an intervention to prevent Cameron from committing suicide. But John Hughes was a National Lampoon writer so the slapstick/satire stuff was where he came from.
Forgive me if this is 'off-topic' or whatever, but venerable actor Treat Williams ( _Hair, Prince of the City, Once Upon a Time in America, Deep Rising_ ) has just been struck and killed while riding his motorcycle on Vermont Route 30. He was 71 years old. No joke, I was _just_ watching another of his films, the criminally underrated zombie buddy-cop comedy _Dead Heat,_ co-starring Joe Piscopo, Darren McGavin, and Vincent Price. Rest in Peace, Mr Williams. You were indeed a Treat.
The analogy on "EEAAO" about college students that have never taken lsd ... and all of a sudden they do and they think they know the meaning of the universe was so funny and so on point... I love this woman. She is a goddess . I would kill just to have a conversation with her... even if it's about twinkies I'm sure it will be interesting
I agree with all of these except for Interstellar. I’m generally very put off by saccharine, sickly sweet, lowest common denominator, jack of all trades movies. And movies like Titanic, Forrest Gump, and Shawshank Redemption fit this bill.
I agree with all you choices but for Avatar 2 since I haven't seen it. Of that list the one I hate most is Interstellar. Just a bunch of philosophical and scientific claptrap.
@@lorcan8484 I can like what I like, and you can dislike what you dislike. I’m sure there are many that love the three movies I mentioned, and that’s completely fine. What’s not so fine is propagating logical fallacies in the pursuit of some smug sense of superiority in your taste in films. It’s a drastic over generalization to claim that all film buffs do not like Interstellar just because a few snooty people dislike the movie. Many people enjoy it for its grand scale visuals and ideas surrounding time. Many people dislike it for reasons that are completely valid for them (perhaps the paradox at the end ruined it for them or the story didn’t resonate with them, etc). My point is that it’s completely unwarranted and asinine to claim no film buffs could enjoy this movie when there are certainly many that enjoy it for a wide variety of reasons.
I'm wondering how many people that have a problem with Matthew Broderick as Ferris actually saw the movie in the year it was released. I thought Broderick was perfect as Ferris Bueller when I saw the movie in a theater in 1986. But it was a different time and here are some TV shows that were popular in 1986: ALF, Head of the Class, Designing Women and Matlock. I think the same thing can said about the movie Grease, which road on the coat tails of the immensely popular TV show Happy Days. And people back then were into wholesome TV shows. Other popular TV shows from the 70's were The Brady Bunch, The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie. Grease was actually a little edgy in its time. So was saying "damn glad to meet you", back when Animal House was released.
Perhaps the takeaway is that there are many, many movies that were a tempest at the time and were a reflection of contemporary culture when they were released, but don’t hold up over time.
I've never had an issue with Matthew Broderick as Ferris, he made that role an iconic 80's role, but when you look at the rest of his filmography it always felt a bit odd for me. Because he was so charismatic as Ferris, I always wondered why he wound up getting or taking on shlubby or nerdy roles post-Ferris.
Yeah it was an 80s movie. The zeitgeist was part of it. Today, the movie WOULD be about Cameron, and would be 3 hours long. I tried to watch the newest Bill & Ted, and within 2 scenes they're sitting in a therapist's office talking about whatever, and I turned it off and will never see it again. Hopefully Beverly Hills Cop 4 doesn't fall into that trap. Probably (and hopefully) it won't.
Spike Lee will tell/yell/preach at you once. Then again. And again. And again.
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It took me a while to get that "Sorry to bother you" was the name of the film, not part of the comment. 🙂 As for "Ferris Bueller", I think the movie IS about Cameron too (as it is about Ferris sister). It´s true that the character of Ferris could have had more depth to it, but I really like Broderick´s performance. TENET: I completely agree... I think this movie is Nolan´s way of being "funny". The main character has no name ("I am the Protagonist" hahaha) and Elizabeth Debicki is really just playing the same character she played in "The Night Manager". "Evrything Everywhere ETC"... I am surprised by how few people have noticed that this film is really "Matrix: The Remake". The mother is Neo. The husband is Morpheus. The daughter is Agent Smith. The "multiverse" is The Matrix. It´s waaaaaaay too long. With 30 minutes less it would´ve been better.
Thank you, I'm no longer confused. I felt like she changed movies but couldn't figure out where. I watched it over and over then decided to check the comments to see if there was some kind of editing error. I've never heard of "Sorry to bother you" so I really had no chance. Hah!
I kinda feel like the problem with Everything Everywhere All At Once isn't quite so much the movie itself as much as it is the overinflated response to it. It's a really good movie that just Isn't quite as transcendentally great as everyone says it is. With that said, I am not upset that it won Best Picture in the slightest. I haven't seen every Best Picture nominee yet, but of the majority that I have seen, I think Everything Everywhere All At Once was deservedly closer to the front of the pack by my estimation. One movie that everyone seems to love that I just can't (other than Titanic and the Avatar movies) is Napoleon Dynamite. To be fair, i saw it when I was a kid once it hit home release, but I would say that I had a fairly sophisticated eye for quality at my age. I will grant you that I may just need to see it again now that I'm older, but at the time, I did not find it funny, hardly at all. I don't even remember if I finished it. I was in upper elementary school and middle school in the mid-00s, so 00s comedies were things I was exposed to (and deliberately not exposed to when it came to the raunchier variety until later), and as my friends and I got older, we had a small debate over what the best comedies of that time were. Suffoce it to say I did not root for Napoleon Dynamite. I was a much bigger fan of movies like The School of Rock and Nacho Libre were much funnier movies. I do intend to go back to it in hopes that my opinion of it changes.
Everything Everywhere All at Once will be like Slumdog Millionaire in 5 years, it will be mostly forgotten and most people will never bother watching it a 2nd time.
Nah, I can geneuinely say that it's one of the better examples of events dovetailing into its themes so beautifully. If it didn't resonate with you then it didn't resonate with you, but this notion that anyone who says so is essentially lying is just bogus. Different people come from different perspectives that affects what speaks to them on a visceral level
@@elbowjuice2627 Yeah as a rule, only grope people more attractive than yourself. If you grope someone less attractive, you are groping down. Groping someone equally attractive is a philosophically grey area, as partisan as it was two millennia ago.
On Tenet - i think the initial reception to the movie was to do with the pandemic release - it was my first time back in a cinema, and you could feel the anxiety at the screening i went to. I viscerally HATED it after seeing it that night, and the sound mixing (a known Nolan problem) was horrendous. However, there was something that kept saying to me to watch it again and I did so on a train to London with my nose pressed up against a large ipad screen...and i fucking LOVED it. I've now seen it around 5 times, the last time shall we say 'not in my right mind' and it was one the wildest cinematic experiences I've ever had, and every time I watch it now more layers reveal it'self. It's a true mystery box of a movie, and possibly the one film i've done the biggest 180 on since seeing it the first time.
I keep on saying this to people. Tenet is such a cinematic achievement that needs multiple viewing to appreciate the sheer masterpiece itis . however people judge it from their first viewing, understandably so as the plot can be very overwhelming.
The first time I tried to watch the movie, I couldnt get into it and turned it off before even reaching 20 minutes. The second time, I was hooked right from the opening scene and loved it enough to revisit it twice, and I will definitely watch it again at some point. There are still things that confuse the heck out of me, like the last sequence, which I doubt will ever make sense to me, but overall it is Such a wild and mesmerizing ride that i cant help but see it as one of Nolans best movies, and I prefer it to almost anything he has done, save for "Batman Begins", "The Prestige" and "Interstellar".
I liked Tenet the first time, but it took me looking at it as a scifi Bond film to truly love it. It's not as complex as a lot of people make it out to be
Anyone who prefixes their opinion on a movie with "as a social Democrat" (or any other economic theory) call 911, you're dealing with a level 4 sex pest
Although I actually loved NOPE and it is one of my favorite movies from 2022, I was actually expecting a new retake of the little green men story, although I wasn’t disappointed, I felt he somehow needed to subvert expectations. I really hope he finds his way in Hollywood without getting polluted by media pressure, critics and the audience favor. I think its too soon to start being harsh with him, he still has plenty of of room to get creative and original and honest. Ever since Shyamalan, people and critics have this tendency of destroying every promising career from their third movie.
My issue with Nope is the same as Us... I think there's a much stronger version of the film in the editing room. The first act of Us feels like it's on its way to being a masterpiece then falls, while Nope's third act is a spectacle to watch yet much that comes before it drags for me personally
Fantasy like Hobbit, Avengers, Marvel. Maybe Star Wars (especially anything after 1st 3), Lord of Rings too (especially 2nd one), although hate is strong word it's just not my thing.
Ferris Bueller was made at a time when good teenagers in good schools were expected to perform and conform to succeed as adults. Nerds weren’t cool because people didn’t praise social dysfunction and poor mental health was a problem to be solved (Ordinary People), not an identity. Broderick embodied the wry ironic distance with which young people in the ‘80s viewed this social conformity. FBDO was just what the title says- a *day* off from a serious world that revolved around working and after which all the characters would go back to the grindstone. Ferris is not just Cameron’s mentor in being naughty, he’s ours.
Matthew Broderick got the part of Ferris because Anthony Michael Hall turned it down. Hall had already been in three John Hughes movies and wanted to do something different.
@@bryangarcia5599 Don't laugh, but Anthony Michael Hall was almost Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick reached out to him and very much wanted him for that part.
I never felt like Ferris was even supposed to be a character or necessarily be likeable. I always felt that he was just this force of nature that didn’t really care about the laws of being human and would simply will things into existence and cause change around him as a result.
I agree with alot here. I think a lot of these films offered something unique but once we absorbed the quirk we see clearly the lack of a great the story and characters.
Hate is a strong word, but extremely overrated movies considered great... 1. The Dark Knight 2. E.T. The Extraterrestrial 3. West Side Story 4. Tootsie 5. All about Eve 6. Rebel without a Cause
One movie I hate that everyone seems to love is Goonies. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, but never saw it as a kid. Watching it as an adult, its just 2 hours of kids yelling at each other and its grating on my ears. I even live in Oregon and not even the Oregon coast can save it for me..
It's definitely a kids movie. Very much like an old adventure tale that was a staple of kids books when I was younger. Indiana Jones is similar. And Star Wars. All great when you are young. Later on....some people still like those kind of movies but other people's tastes change. I saw The Goonies when it came out at the cinema (I was 8) and it was very popular with people my age at the time. I haven't felt any need to see it since.
Interestingly - talking about movies aimed at kids - I feel as though far more movies are aimed at kids nowadays than there were pre-'80s. I think that's the Lucas and Spielberg effect mixed with Hollywood being far more interested in making movies for existing markets or franchises (from books or comics) rather than taking a chance on original ideas without that existing fanbase. The success of anything tends to lead to production houses doubling down on the same idea and reducing the output or budgets of everything else.
If I saw it as a kid I don’t remember but same experience. Also, even if it’s good as a kid I’m not going to stick with it if I outgrow it. Like Christmas Story. Me and my siblings had fun with “you’ll shoot your eye out” but I saw it as an adult and was unimpressed. I will always recommend Black Christmas as the superior Bob Clark Christmas movie (he directed both)
Regarding EEAAO, even though I disagree with a lot of your opinions, you do explain them well enough to I can see your viewpoint. Michelle Yeoh was comparatively weaker than Key Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu but I didn't think she was flat. Her winning best actress probably was more of a political statement. But to say the academy latched itself on to the film to seem hip is a completely off take. It was one of the better Oscar years in recent memory.
'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and 'The Batman' Both movies have a really solid idea that I'm completely game for. I love their premises, and thoroughly enjoyed their first acts. After that both movies seem to buckle under their own weight. At first gradually, then suddenly. It's during the final 30 minutes where both films have completely lost me, I no longer respect what's on screen and feel betrayed by the awful and worse dull execution of their exciting idea. Everyone sings the praises of both movies, and I'm genuinely glad for the fans of both movies, but I was so let down. While I don't think Everything devolves into a very stupid movie like The Batman, it still left me cold and gave me no reason to care at all bout the fate of any of its characters. It might has well have been fun visual wall paper to have on in the background as I go about chores.
I would also like to submit every live-action Wes Anderson film post 'The Darjeeling Limited'. Darjeeling is Wes' final great live-action movie. I love Wes' animated work and think it's a much better vehicle for his borderline oppressive twee aesthetic. His live action films have moved beyond self-parody and I can't withstand his movies anymore. Everyone loves his current work; good for them.
@@redpepper7181 yeah, I think nearly all my praise and criticism of The Batman also applies to Everything Everywhere. I was into their premise and ready to love it, but somewhere after the first act, both films buckle and eventually free fall into a bunch of whatever. Though, I was a bit more cautious with The Batman as I wasn’t sold on him being chosen as director to begin with. He lacks the chops to rip off the David Fincher and Coppola (most filmmakers do) and most of that just seems copy/pasted.
That's totally fair, but I find the anti-Marvel folks to be paradoxical in the sense that they have a strong opinion about a series that they probably don't even watch, or they continue to watch these movies even though they hate them, neither of which makes a lot of sense.
Nomadland. It's competently made Oscar bait with a ridiculous premise, where Frances McDormand cosplays as a homeless person. Not to mention Chloe Zhao's background in a prosperous corporate household. Every scenario seemed like a chore for me, and Fern was not a compelling enough character for me to identify with. If you need an example of how out of touch this movie is just rewatch the sequences where Fern works for amazon. This is another one of those films that appears to be saying a lot bc of the events of its release but really says nothing. Just more pandering poverty tourism.
Oh, he's _very_ popular. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wasteoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a _righteous dude._
Agree wholeheartedly about Everything Everywhere Everyone, Every...whatever. Cate Blanchett's performance in TÁR was by far the best performance of last year. Who can say Ms. Yeoh's performance here was better than Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon? I think, as English is her second language that she sometimes struggles to flesh out her characters. But, I can't blame her for winning awards, the problem is the Academy. The Academy is now all about pandering under the banner of inclusivity, trying to seem progressive, forgetting that awards are to celebrate films what actually makes them great. Sorry, I can get on a soapbox sometimes...
Thank you for mentioning Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon! Such a good movie, such a good performance, and a much better portrayal of a complex “mother figure” (with better fight scenes too). I really hope history remembers Yeoh primarily for Crouching Tiger, not EEAAO.
La La Land is that one film that is so wildly praised and I could not stand watching it. It is a musical with completely forgettable songs and with actors that can neither sing or dance to save their lives. My ears didn't bleed as profusely as they did in Tom Hooper's Les Miserables but it was more than a aural papercut.
It’s the Daniels sense of humor that loses me. In an interview for Swiss Army Man they said the idea of a farting corpse juxtaposed against dramatic music was inherently funny. I think it could be amusing in a 3 minute Key and Peele skit, but not a full length movie. Same thing with the Ratatouille bit in EEAAO. They just kept going back to the well over and over again
I'll agree that EEAAO's humor is its weakness for me personally. I couldn't look pass the silliness of it the first time around... But on the second and third viewing, I was increasingly in awe at the themes reflected in various ways and how emotional of a character study it was. A lot of people were struck by that film because of how relatable that parent-child experience was *and* found the humor hilarious on top of that. The humor still doesn't do it for me, but doesn't take away from everything the film has to say.
14:20 I think that looking at a movie like Everything Everywhere All At Once as an interpersonal drama to provide commentary on the human condition with the multiverse stuff as a framing device is missing the point. Or, rather, reversing the point and the framing. I think it is a science fiction film. That is to say, that the core of it is “what if something about [our] reality were fundamentally different? What would be different about society or people or how we live our lives or…?” Seen as a scifi story, the _point_ of the movie is “what if every possible version of us existed, in infinite parallel universes, and you could connect with those other selves?” and the _framing device_ is the intrafamily conflicts and struggles of an immigrant family, which artfully provides metaphorical parallels to help with comprehension of the core ideas of the film.
I mean Ferris Bueller's Day Off - I don't neccesarily think we are supposed to like Ferris. I mean we could identify with his sister and think he is not worth the love he gets - which in itself makes the movie somewhat work in a sense.
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was one for me, so I laughed when it was the first one mentioned. I just found the character to be a prick who cared more about himself than those around him. I could only hope that his shenanigans post-graduation would fail to have the same results once he had to face the world as an adult. I don’t hate “The Goonies,” but I don’t share the overwhelming love that many have for it. “Stand by Me” is closer to what I enjoy as far as that sort of film goes. I’m sure there are plenty of others, but that’s all that comes to mind at the moment.
EEAAO was too overwhelming for me, the same I can say about Spiderman Across the Spiderverse (I'm sorry, I know people love it), they're too convuluted and so much flashiness makes me feel disengaged. On the other hand, last night I was watching ´"Are you there God, It's Me Margaret", and I found myself enthralled and moved with that movie more than the other two. I'm sorry, I guess I'm more old fashioned?
Napoleon Dynamite is a movie that I despised from day one mostly because all the people I worked with were idiots and thought it was so funny and cool, and they'd already proven themselves to have terrible taste in just about everything, and were annoying theater type people, who also liked things like Cats and going the Ren Fair and playing in an ironic dodgeball league and that kind of thing. There was no way I could ever like that movie. It represented everything that was bad about kitschy/absurd/nostalgia/irony nerds like my co-workers.
Compared to something like The Bikeriders which wants to be Scorcese so bad, American Hustle is an absolute masterpiece. But, I agree, in general it is a solid movie.
The funny thing was that I was talking about this with my friend. For me it had to be Everything Everywhere... you know the rest and also I agree about the Ferris comment I think he was miscast for that part. I think Maybe because he is monotone.
Ferris was a comedy. It was hilarious. "The Party" with Peter Sellers. The "Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral" scene in "Housesitter." Some people don't get the humor. It's not your fault. There are differences in what people appreciate.
EEAAO was a miss for me. It gave me a headache. It was Jackie Chan swallows a bag of shrooms and makes a film about existentialism through the eyes of immigrants. It’s one of those emperors new clothes kind of movies. In a few years time anyone watching it will say in a matter of fact way - it’s not very good.
Oppenheimer. I feel like the public finally caught up to the Nolan craze and with the whole Barbenheimer shtick I feel like everyone just got caught up. I love Nolan. Hell I even really enjoy Tenet. As soon as Oppenheimer ended I said "thank God that's over" and haven't thought about it for a single second since. I honestly feel like eventually the love for that film will peter out.
Disagree with Nope and Everything Everywhere, also thank you A24. Shazam. Social Network. Batman and Superman, First movie and Snyder cut. Fast an Furious Franchise.
For me it would be the Dark Knight, as I really don’t understand all the accolades it receives. One of my favorite actors, Christian Bale is hamstringed by that ridiculous voice. The practical effects were hit & miss and the often shown 18-wheeler flipping over was just laughable and physics defying. But the worst for me, was the way way way over the top performance of Heath Ledger. The man can act, all you have to do is look at Brokeback Mountain as evidence, but his Nick Cage-esque, playing to the cheap seats style has me slapping my head wondering what everyone else sees in this caricature of a performance. I LOVE Christopher Nolan films, and must admit that I typically loath “super hero” and existing IP films (looking at you Star Wars universe), but to me the greatest tragedy is what great films could have been made while working on his Batman trilogy? You take one of the select handful of directors who are making thoughtful, mind-bending original concept films, and take him out of commission for years making those 3 films. Sad.
A Quiet Place. Both films. The concept for me only works for a limited time, then it's kind of predictable and, well, just a little boring I have to say. Just found myself not really being that scared through most the running time. And I am a big horror fan so it's not that I just don't like horror films.
I think John Cusack would’ve been way better as Ferris. He has that chameleon like quality to be both boyish and edgy (I think it’s his gravely voice lol)
Speaking of John Cusack, "Better Off Dead" is leaps and bounds better and more iconic for that time period than Ferris Bueller. When I go back to 80's teen films, Better Off Dead is the one that never fails to impress me, emotionally touch me and make me laugh from my gut.
One thing I hear repeated and I also feel about films today is they're too forced. Forced and contrived in a way that doesn't feel risky. Even innovative films feel overwrought. There's simply too much effort put in lol. We need more laid back films. Not like going back to Dogme 95 or Mumblecore or even Verite, but something new for this time and place. There's just too much perfectionism in modern cinema. I can't tolerate the seamlessness. Disney/Marvel have ruined films. You can have spectacle without it feeling so overpolished. That's how the best of classic Spielberg or James Cameron films were. They weren't so overcooked. There were raw or unfinished feeling moments. I wonder if anyone knows what I'm talking about.
I always saw Ferris as less of a character and more of a force of nature or an idea: he’s the stand-in for all of the things teenagers wish they could do or be. He is the “Id” personified. While Cameron is the more relatable character because he must deal with real-world consequences that chasing your every immediate whimsy can beget.
I felt let down by Nope because I really rated Get Out and Us, and because the trailer made it look far more exciting than the actual movie. It was filled with vividly ingenious sequences that don't hang together as a satisfying whole. The pacing sputters and stumbles, never amounting to the suspenseful Spielbergian thrill-ride that it seems to aspire to be. There were enough flashes of greatness to make it a worthwhile watch, but I was hoping for a magnum opus that I didn't get.
I can't agree at all about your take on either Ferris Buehler or Matthew Broderick. Cameron goes nowhere and would still be pretending to be sick. He would have had no growth or confrontation with his father. I saw it when it first came out and have seen it many times since and it remains great fun. However here are my contributions to the conversation - Fight Club - I have tried probably 3-4 times to watch it and have fallen asleep each time. I honestly don't get its appeal at all. Power of the Dog - Loved the performances and the look but I think something was lost in the making of the screenplay. Necessary connections were left off that I thought greatly diminished what should have been a very good movie.
@@davidnaja Bullcrap; she was in _Timecop, The Pompatus of Love,_ AND _The Impossible Elephant!_ Who else has got a trifecta like _that_ in their CV? No one, that's who.
The problem with tenet Was Nolan had a this inversion concept And was like “let’s do it” Than they were like “So what’s the plot” And Nolan was like: “Oh…..the plot….”
The plot is there. All of the information needed to understand it is most definitely there. Ultimately, it's not that complicated if you actually take the time to experience it and think it through. Tbh pretty much everything in it has an explanation except for who some of the characters are in the intro, which is ultimately unimportant because the main point of the intro was to introduce, test, and recruit the hero.
Wow, you and the person who wrote in are SO young. I have to disagree on SO many levels. I feel you have missed the point of Ferris and thought Broderick did it perfectly. I think you missed the point entirely about his character.
Nah I think she's right. I'm a little young for Ferris, it came out when I was too young to have seen it in the theater but I saw it as an older kid and again many times. Broderick is too hammy and self-conscious. It kind of goes with the part, since he's always breaking the 4th, but even still her points resonated with me because I always felt that there was something about Ferris that I didn't trust. She nailed it.
At the time that it came out everyone was losing their heads over for the Blair Witch Project. I hated it! Dejavu when Paranormal Activity came out. Awful movies, lol!
I think the point of Ferris Bueller is that he’s more of a character that you wish you could be. Probably not as much nowadays. But let’s be honest this movie is very white. So if you were a white guy growing up in the 80’s, you probably wished you were Ferris. He’s cool, popular, clever, maybe somewhat insightful. He gets along with most people and those he doesn’t get along with, he outwits. Plus he has a pretty sweet life. I think that’s more so the point. Not to be a well rounded protagonist, but someone who’s shoes you put yourself in for a day and live an 80’s fantasy.
What is so dangerous about a character like Ferris Bueller is he gives good kids bad ideas. That is why I have got to catch him this time - to show these kids that the example he sets is a first-class ticket to _NOWHERE!_
Top Gun2 . I watched quite a big chunk of it before i fell asleep and i can't remember anything about it. Not that the first Top Gun was so great, but.... Kelly Mcgillus was so beautiful and the buddy love story/heartbreak kinda sweet.
Nope worked for me; and it continued working for me after I had left the theatre; and the following day too. Its ideas and themes kept bubbling up into my consciousness over and over; and the response for me was not at all Spielbergian but Tarkovskian, if I may be permitted to make such an allusion
Since so many people are revising history and pretending Avatar was a masterpiece, I’ll go with that one.
Avatar IS a masterpiece. and only God can forgive you
I’ve never fidgeted in my seat as much waiting for a movie to be over as I did seeing Avatar.
Same thing with Avenger's Infinity Bore.
FernGully > avatar 😴
@@miquebts Exactly. Avatar is Ferngully meets Starship Troopers.
I've just decided I love you for calling out EEAAO. For going on nearly a year now I've felt like some sort of outcast for DARING not to like this movie. A close friend actually tried to start a big fight with me about it! I don't even hate it! I just think it shows its hand too early and once you see where it's all going, you still have a whole damn hour left to go, and it takes FOREVER to wrap up! But because I wasn't loaded with praise for it, I offended her somehow!
Well, that’s the way it goes.
That movie is disgusting
Totally agree on Everything Everywhere. As far as Nope goes I liked it quite a bit more the second time I saw it. I think it’s one of the more compelling alien summer blockbusters that I’ve seen in a while, and the cinematography is absolutely stunning.
Felt cheap
Wrong
Nope was terrible. EEAAO was a bit more entertaining
I liked Nope a lot. EEAAO I found VERY disappointing.
Peele just isn't that talented and even Get Out was a Stepford Wives knock off.
The most recent version of A Star is Born. The dialogue is unintentionally funny. I could feel Gaga and Cooper trying to act and felt embarrassed for them. I felt like I was watching a high school play.
Whoa, that’s heavy duty. And that was so hyped up. I was expecting, “Been Her.”
For me it’s Forrest Gump - it’s not that I dislike it, it’s just I couldn’t understand what the appeal was - it just left me indifferent and mildly bewildered.
For me, I get what you are saying about Matthew Broderick not being cool like Ferris and feeling he was miscast. I think that was the brilliance in that casting. He looks and acts like an average Joe, but somehow was exalted to this legendary status. I think if you took someone who seemed cool (like the Charlie Sheen character) it wouldn't have worked. There's a quirkiness to Broderick's characterization that makes the idea more surprising and fun.
This.
I did mention this. That he was chosen because he doesn't fit into the stereotypical "cool jock" stereotype, which is great in theory. He isn't Charlie Sheen. He isn't Judd Nelson, and I wouldn't want him to be. I think there are other actors who could capture what you are saying, in a way that doesn't feel so unconvincing, in my opinion.
@@deepfocuslens Perhaps. It would be interesting to see, but being of age in the John Hughes era it is hard for me to picture anyone else. Perhaps that is the reason for my particular bias.
That said, I do love Cameron and it is his transformation that gives the movie weight.
Broderick was a genius casting imo. But I understand the sentiment that Cameron is the vastly more interesting character.
@@deepfocuslens I hear that. I remember being the only one in class who didn't like ferris as a kid. I might've found him pompous. It's aged ok by contrast but I remember that 1st impression
Broderick’s best is Election. Brilliant casting top to bottom.
I think Ferris Bueller peaks comedically in the first 30 minutes and never reaches that level again. You can turn it off before the halfway mark and not miss much
Fair enough. I mean, even Ferris himself, in the post-credits scene, breaks the fourth wall for about the ten millionth time and says to the viewer in bewilderment, 'You're still here? It's over! Go home. Go!'
Cameron needed the day off, not Ferris. Ferris, in fact, had about a dozen days off already. He pretended to take the day off for Cameron, but it was really an excuse to justify his shenaniganry.
Broderick got the part because he had a lot of experience doing Neil Simon plays, where he has to address the audience directly, which is what Ferris had to do. In fact, he almost turned the role down because he was getting tired of playing that kind of part.
A case has been made that Ferris was staging an intervention to prevent Cameron from committing suicide. But John Hughes was a National Lampoon writer so the slapstick/satire stuff was where he came from.
Forgive me if this is 'off-topic' or whatever, but venerable actor Treat Williams ( _Hair, Prince of the City, Once Upon a Time in America, Deep Rising_ ) has just been struck and killed while riding his motorcycle on Vermont Route 30. He was 71 years old. No joke, I was _just_ watching another of his films, the criminally underrated zombie buddy-cop comedy _Dead Heat,_ co-starring Joe Piscopo, Darren McGavin, and Vincent Price.
Rest in Peace, Mr Williams. You were indeed a Treat.
My father used to ask the same thing. He loved Treat Williams.
The analogy on "EEAAO" about college students that have never taken lsd ... and all of a sudden they do and they think they know the meaning of the universe was so funny and so on point... I love this woman. She is a goddess . I would kill just to have a conversation with her... even if it's about twinkies I'm sure it will be interesting
You must have a very lonely life having wishes like that
Titanic, Avatar 1,2, Forrest Gump, Interstellar (Nolan in general) only to name a few.
I agree with all of these except for Interstellar. I’m generally very put off by saccharine, sickly sweet, lowest common denominator, jack of all trades movies. And movies like Titanic, Forrest Gump, and Shawshank Redemption fit this bill.
I agree with all you choices but for Avatar 2 since I haven't seen it. Of that list the one I hate most is Interstellar. Just a bunch of philosophical and scientific claptrap.
@@PhoenixRiseinFlame Interstellas was lame no movie buff actually think it's entertaining. Also it's a space propaganda
Disagree with everything except Interstellar . You're just an edgelord
@@lorcan8484 I can like what I like, and you can dislike what you dislike. I’m sure there are many that love the three movies I mentioned, and that’s completely fine.
What’s not so fine is propagating logical fallacies in the pursuit of some smug sense of superiority in your taste in films. It’s a drastic over generalization to claim that all film buffs do not like Interstellar just because a few snooty people dislike the movie. Many people enjoy it for its grand scale visuals and ideas surrounding time. Many people dislike it for reasons that are completely valid for them (perhaps the paradox at the end ruined it for them or the story didn’t resonate with them, etc). My point is that it’s completely unwarranted and asinine to claim no film buffs could enjoy this movie when there are certainly many that enjoy it for a wide variety of reasons.
I'm wondering how many people that have a problem with Matthew Broderick as Ferris actually saw the movie in the year it was released. I thought Broderick was perfect as Ferris Bueller when I saw the movie in a theater in 1986. But it was a different time and here are some TV shows that were popular in 1986: ALF, Head of the Class, Designing Women and Matlock.
I think the same thing can said about the movie Grease, which road on the coat tails of the immensely popular TV show Happy Days. And people back then were into wholesome TV shows. Other popular TV shows from the 70's were The Brady Bunch, The Waltons, Little House on the Prairie. Grease was actually a little edgy in its time. So was saying "damn glad to meet you", back when Animal House was released.
Perhaps the takeaway is that there are many, many movies that were a tempest at the time and were a reflection of contemporary culture when they were released, but don’t hold up over time.
I've never had an issue with Matthew Broderick as Ferris, he made that role an iconic 80's role, but when you look at the rest of his filmography it always felt a bit odd for me. Because he was so charismatic as Ferris, I always wondered why he wound up getting or taking on shlubby or nerdy roles post-Ferris.
Yeah it was an 80s movie. The zeitgeist was part of it. Today, the movie WOULD be about Cameron, and would be 3 hours long. I tried to watch the newest Bill & Ted, and within 2 scenes they're sitting in a therapist's office talking about whatever, and I turned it off and will never see it again. Hopefully Beverly Hills Cop 4 doesn't fall into that trap. Probably (and hopefully) it won't.
Anything by Spike Lee. He can keep his joints.
Damn straight. You can say that again, Holmes.
Disagree
Word
Spike Lee will tell/yell/preach at you once. Then again. And again. And again.
It took me a while to get that "Sorry to bother you" was the name of the film, not part of the comment. 🙂 As for "Ferris Bueller", I think the movie IS about Cameron too (as it is about Ferris sister). It´s true that the character of Ferris could have had more depth to it, but I really like Broderick´s performance. TENET: I completely agree... I think this movie is Nolan´s way of being "funny". The main character has no name ("I am the Protagonist" hahaha) and Elizabeth Debicki is really just playing the same character she played in "The Night Manager". "Evrything Everywhere ETC"... I am surprised by how few people have noticed that this film is really "Matrix: The Remake". The mother is Neo. The husband is Morpheus. The daughter is Agent Smith. The "multiverse" is The Matrix. It´s waaaaaaay too long. With 30 minutes less it would´ve been better.
Thank you, I'm no longer confused. I felt like she changed movies but couldn't figure out where. I watched it over and over then decided to check the comments to see if there was some kind of editing error. I've never heard of "Sorry to bother you" so I really had no chance. Hah!
I kinda feel like the problem with Everything Everywhere All At Once isn't quite so much the movie itself as much as it is the overinflated response to it. It's a really good movie that just Isn't quite as transcendentally great as everyone says it is. With that said, I am not upset that it won Best Picture in the slightest. I haven't seen every Best Picture nominee yet, but of the majority that I have seen, I think Everything Everywhere All At Once was deservedly closer to the front of the pack by my estimation.
One movie that everyone seems to love that I just can't (other than Titanic and the Avatar movies) is Napoleon Dynamite. To be fair, i saw it when I was a kid once it hit home release, but I would say that I had a fairly sophisticated eye for quality at my age. I will grant you that I may just need to see it again now that I'm older, but at the time, I did not find it funny, hardly at all. I don't even remember if I finished it. I was in upper elementary school and middle school in the mid-00s, so 00s comedies were things I was exposed to (and deliberately not exposed to when it came to the raunchier variety until later), and as my friends and I got older, we had a small debate over what the best comedies of that time were. Suffoce it to say I did not root for Napoleon Dynamite. I was a much bigger fan of movies like The School of Rock and Nacho Libre were much funnier movies. I do intend to go back to it in hopes that my opinion of it changes.
Everything Everywhere All at Once will be like Slumdog Millionaire in 5 years, it will be mostly forgotten and most people will never bother watching it a 2nd time.
Nah it's pretty terrible.
It's terrible and it just shows that most people can't make an opinion of their own to save their lives.
Nah, I can geneuinely say that it's one of the better examples of events dovetailing into its themes so beautifully. If it didn't resonate with you then it didn't resonate with you, but this notion that anyone who says so is essentially lying is just bogus. Different people come from different perspectives that affects what speaks to them on a visceral level
TENET and Ad Astra were two of my worst movie going experiences.
I was the only one in my theater watching ad astra, and even i walked out
i got hearing damage from TENET. going to oppenheimer with ear plugs
@@keight999 hahah
@@frankiecommisso48 “growp up” grope up???
@@elbowjuice2627
Yeah as a rule, only grope people more attractive than yourself. If you grope someone less attractive, you are groping down.
Groping someone equally attractive is a philosophically grey area, as partisan as it was two millennia ago.
On Tenet - i think the initial reception to the movie was to do with the pandemic release - it was my first time back in a cinema, and you could feel the anxiety at the screening i went to. I viscerally HATED it after seeing it that night, and the sound mixing (a known Nolan problem) was horrendous.
However, there was something that kept saying to me to watch it again and I did so on a train to London with my nose pressed up against a large ipad screen...and i fucking LOVED it.
I've now seen it around 5 times, the last time shall we say 'not in my right mind' and it was one the wildest cinematic experiences I've ever had, and every time I watch it now more layers reveal it'self.
It's a true mystery box of a movie, and possibly the one film i've done the biggest 180 on since seeing it the first time.
I keep on saying this to people. Tenet is such a cinematic achievement that needs multiple viewing to appreciate the sheer masterpiece itis . however people judge it from their first viewing, understandably so as the plot can be very overwhelming.
The first time I tried to watch the movie, I couldnt get into it and turned it off before even reaching 20 minutes. The second time, I was hooked right from the opening scene and loved it enough to revisit it twice, and I will definitely watch it again at some point.
There are still things that confuse the heck out of me, like the last sequence, which I doubt will ever make sense to me, but overall it is Such a wild and mesmerizing ride that i cant help but see it as one of Nolans best movies, and I prefer it to almost anything he has done, save for "Batman Begins", "The Prestige" and "Interstellar".
I liked Tenet the first time, but it took me looking at it as a scifi Bond film to truly love it. It's not as complex as a lot of people make it out to be
Anyone who prefixes their opinion on a movie with "as a social Democrat" (or any other economic theory) call 911, you're dealing with a level 4 sex pest
it was relevant to the movie. don't get so triggered by other peoples poltiical stance.
A Beautiful Mind always rises to top for me on lists like this. I also find Ron Howard to be one of most overrated directors.
Also, Russel Crowe does not in any way resemble the real life person he is playing.
Although I actually loved NOPE and it is one of my favorite movies from 2022, I was actually expecting a new retake of the little green men story, although I wasn’t disappointed, I felt he somehow needed to subvert expectations. I really hope he finds his way in Hollywood without getting polluted by media pressure, critics and the audience favor. I think its too soon to start being harsh with him, he still has plenty of of room to get creative and original and honest. Ever since Shyamalan, people and critics have this tendency of destroying every promising career from their third movie.
The Sixth Sense destroyed his career? That’s M Night Shyamalan’s 3rd film
@@RobbieSkyeHamilton You know what I meant. 6th sense was his breakthrough film.
My issue with Nope is the same as Us... I think there's a much stronger version of the film in the editing room. The first act of Us feels like it's on its way to being a masterpiece then falls, while Nope's third act is a spectacle to watch yet much that comes before it drags for me personally
Fantasy like Hobbit, Avengers, Marvel. Maybe Star Wars (especially anything after 1st 3), Lord of Rings too (especially 2nd one), although hate is strong word it's just not my thing.
Only the hobbit is a bad movie in all of that movie list. The others are above the line. Well Star Wars is highly overrated overall.
ari aster and jordan peele movies.
this comment made me cry and pee a little
Ferris Bueller was made at a time when good teenagers in good schools were expected to perform and conform to succeed as adults. Nerds weren’t cool because people didn’t praise social dysfunction and poor mental health was a problem to be solved (Ordinary People), not an identity. Broderick embodied the wry ironic distance with which young people in the ‘80s viewed this social conformity. FBDO was just what the title says- a *day* off from a serious world that revolved around working and after which all the characters would go back to the grindstone. Ferris is not just Cameron’s mentor in being naughty, he’s ours.
Okay grandpa
Matthew Broderick got the part of Ferris because Anthony Michael Hall turned it down. Hall had already been in three John Hughes movies and wanted to do something different.
Well, _A Gnome Named Gnorm_ was certainly... 'different'.
@@bryangarcia5599 hahahahaha
@@bryangarcia5599 Don't laugh, but Anthony Michael Hall was almost Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick reached out to him and very much wanted him for that part.
@@danielreid3476 Well, that settles it, then: Kubrick really _was_ mad! Utterly, irretrievably *_MAD!_*
I never felt like Ferris was even supposed to be a character or necessarily be likeable. I always felt that he was just this force of nature that didn’t really care about the laws of being human and would simply will things into existence and cause change around him as a result.
Everything Everywhere ALL AT ONCE.
Decision To Leave.
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I agree with alot here. I think a lot of these films offered something unique but once we absorbed the quirk we see clearly the lack of a great the story and characters.
I’m sure I’ll receive a thrashing, “Citizen Kane.” And more recently, “Oppenheimer.” Thanks for your analysis.
Hate is a strong word, but extremely overrated movies considered great...
1. The Dark Knight
2. E.T. The Extraterrestrial
3. West Side Story
4. Tootsie
5. All about Eve
6. Rebel without a Cause
Except for the first two- the others have a historical greatness.
One movie I hate that everyone seems to love is Goonies. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, but never saw it as a kid. Watching it as an adult, its just 2 hours of kids yelling at each other and its grating on my ears. I even live in Oregon and not even the Oregon coast can save it for me..
It's definitely a kids movie. Very much like an old adventure tale that was a staple of kids books when I was younger. Indiana Jones is similar. And Star Wars. All great when you are young. Later on....some people still like those kind of movies but other people's tastes change.
I saw The Goonies when it came out at the cinema (I was 8) and it was very popular with people my age at the time. I haven't felt any need to see it since.
Interestingly - talking about movies aimed at kids - I feel as though far more movies are aimed at kids nowadays than there were pre-'80s. I think that's the Lucas and Spielberg effect mixed with Hollywood being far more interested in making movies for existing markets or franchises (from books or comics) rather than taking a chance on original ideas without that existing fanbase. The success of anything tends to lead to production houses doubling down on the same idea and reducing the output or budgets of everything else.
If I saw it as a kid I don’t remember but same experience. Also, even if it’s good as a kid I’m not going to stick with it if I outgrow it. Like Christmas Story. Me and my siblings had fun with “you’ll shoot your eye out” but I saw it as an adult and was unimpressed. I will always recommend Black Christmas as the superior Bob Clark Christmas movie (he directed both)
Here's a suggestion for a topic I thought might be interesting :)
Good actors that pick bad movies/projects
Fassbender is one for sure
Two words: Johnny Depp.
Spike Lee ran out of money while shooting. He spent too much on shoes.
@deepfocuslens really enjoy the content, would be great if you were able to timestamp these type of videos so we can jump to certain content
Tenet had that heart warming chunk, which was like the heart warming chunk in Interstellar.
ah yes, the old "college student taking LSD" conundrum
Regarding EEAAO, even though I disagree with a lot of your opinions, you do explain them well enough to I can see your viewpoint. Michelle Yeoh was comparatively weaker than Key Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu but I didn't think she was flat. Her winning best actress probably was more of a political statement. But to say the academy latched itself on to the film to seem hip is a completely off take. It was one of the better Oscar years in recent memory.
Thanks for another great video. I really appreciate your insight and analysis.
Anything by Wes Anderson. I can't stand movies that are quirky for the sake of it and are just so proud of it.
If you hate his films that much, how many have you actually seen?
I pretty much agree. I loved “Rushmore,” but anything else by Anderson is rather banal.
ecclectic opinion but ill have to disagree, only because his brand of quirkiness is something i really fucks with
'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and 'The Batman'
Both movies have a really solid idea that I'm completely game for. I love their premises, and thoroughly enjoyed their first acts. After that both movies seem to buckle under their own weight. At first gradually, then suddenly. It's during the final 30 minutes where both films have completely lost me, I no longer respect what's on screen and feel betrayed by the awful and worse dull execution of their exciting idea.
Everyone sings the praises of both movies, and I'm genuinely glad for the fans of both movies, but I was so let down.
While I don't think Everything devolves into a very stupid movie like The Batman, it still left me cold and gave me no reason to care at all bout the fate of any of its characters. It might has well have been fun visual wall paper to have on in the background as I go about chores.
I would also like to submit every live-action Wes Anderson film post 'The Darjeeling Limited'. Darjeeling is Wes' final great live-action movie. I love Wes' animated work and think it's a much better vehicle for his borderline oppressive twee aesthetic. His live action films have moved beyond self-parody and I can't withstand his movies anymore.
Everyone loves his current work; good for them.
The Batman was ok but way to long!
@@redpepper7181 The first hour was ok, them it devolved into a cheaper and dumber episode of Gotham. Terrible writing and editing.
@@cambodianz I tried Everything Everywhere and lost interest, they set the bar pretty low at the oscars this year
@@redpepper7181 yeah, I think nearly all my praise and criticism of The Batman also applies to Everything Everywhere. I was into their premise and ready to love it, but somewhere after the first act, both films buckle and eventually free fall into a bunch of whatever.
Though, I was a bit more cautious with The Batman as I wasn’t sold on him being chosen as director to begin with. He lacks the chops to rip off the David Fincher and Coppola (most filmmakers do) and most of that just seems copy/pasted.
Anything from Marvel.
Lazy opinion
Martin scorsese is that u?
That's totally fair, but I find the anti-Marvel folks to be paradoxical in the sense that they have a strong opinion about a series that they probably don't even watch, or they continue to watch these movies even though they hate them, neither of which makes a lot of sense.
Nomadland. It's competently made Oscar bait with a ridiculous premise, where Frances McDormand cosplays as a homeless person. Not to mention Chloe Zhao's background in a prosperous corporate household. Every scenario seemed like a chore for me, and Fern was not a compelling enough character for me to identify with. If you need an example of how out of touch this movie is just rewatch the sequences where Fern works for amazon. This is another one of those films that appears to be saying a lot bc of the events of its release but really says nothing. Just more pandering poverty tourism.
Requiem For A Dream.
I've seen it twice and I still don't get why people love it so much.
ANY Super Hero movie.
Ya, but Ferris was voted most popular at his school!
Oh, he's _very_ popular. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wasteoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a _righteous dude._
😄by people who "vote"
Agree wholeheartedly about Everything Everywhere Everyone, Every...whatever. Cate Blanchett's performance in TÁR was by far the best performance of last year. Who can say Ms. Yeoh's performance here was better than Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon? I think, as English is her second language that she sometimes struggles to flesh out her characters. But, I can't blame her for winning awards, the problem is the Academy. The Academy is now all about pandering under the banner of inclusivity, trying to seem progressive, forgetting that awards are to celebrate films what actually makes them great.
Sorry, I can get on a soapbox sometimes...
Thank you for mentioning Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon! Such a good movie, such a good performance, and a much better portrayal of a complex “mother figure” (with better fight scenes too). I really hope history remembers Yeoh primarily for Crouching Tiger, not EEAAO.
La La Land is that one film that is so wildly praised and I could not stand watching it. It is a musical with completely forgettable songs and with actors that can neither sing or dance to save their lives. My ears didn't bleed as profusely as they did in Tom Hooper's Les Miserables but it was more than a aural papercut.
Lady Bird and Little Women, or any Greta Gerwig movie for me.
I don't hate Gilliam's BRAZIL, but I just felt that it was about a society that had lost sight of the need to preserve norms.
I would describe it as the Kafkaesque meets the Orwellian.
It’s the Daniels sense of humor that loses me. In an interview for Swiss Army Man they said the idea of a farting corpse juxtaposed against dramatic music was inherently funny. I think it could be amusing in a 3 minute Key and Peele skit, but not a full length movie. Same thing with the Ratatouille bit in EEAAO. They just kept going back to the well over and over again
Random=funny
I'll agree that EEAAO's humor is its weakness for me personally. I couldn't look pass the silliness of it the first time around... But on the second and third viewing, I was increasingly in awe at the themes reflected in various ways and how emotional of a character study it was.
A lot of people were struck by that film because of how relatable that parent-child experience was *and* found the humor hilarious on top of that. The humor still doesn't do it for me, but doesn't take away from everything the film has to say.
14:20 I think that looking at a movie like Everything Everywhere All At Once as an interpersonal drama to provide commentary on the human condition with the multiverse stuff as a framing device is missing the point. Or, rather, reversing the point and the framing. I think it is a science fiction film. That is to say, that the core of it is “what if something about [our] reality were fundamentally different? What would be different about society or people or how we live our lives or…?”
Seen as a scifi story, the _point_ of the movie is “what if every possible version of us existed, in infinite parallel universes, and you could connect with those other selves?” and the _framing device_ is the intrafamily conflicts and struggles of an immigrant family, which artfully provides metaphorical parallels to help with comprehension of the core ideas of the film.
I mean Ferris Bueller's Day Off - I don't neccesarily think we are supposed to like Ferris. I mean we could identify with his sister and think he is not worth the love he gets - which in itself makes the movie somewhat work in a sense.
100% agree with your take on Jordan Peele
Titanic, Avatar, the Fast and Furious franchise, anything by James Gunn, I'm sure theres more but thats all I can think of from the top...
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was one for me, so I laughed when it was the first one mentioned. I just found the character to be a prick who cared more about himself than those around him. I could only hope that his shenanigans post-graduation would fail to have the same results once he had to face the world as an adult. I don’t hate “The Goonies,” but I don’t share the overwhelming love that many have for it. “Stand by Me” is closer to what I enjoy as far as that sort of film goes. I’m sure there are plenty of others, but that’s all that comes to mind at the moment.
I'm SO GLAD someone FINALLY said about Broderick being cast as Ferris that I agree with!!
EEAAO was too overwhelming for me, the same I can say about Spiderman Across the Spiderverse (I'm sorry, I know people love it), they're too convuluted and so much flashiness makes me feel disengaged. On the other hand, last night I was watching ´"Are you there God, It's Me Margaret", and I found myself enthralled and moved with that movie more than the other two. I'm sorry, I guess I'm more old fashioned?
Totally agree.
By far, Princess Bride. I cannot see what is so good in it.
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Napolean Dynamite, the Before trilogy, Indiana Jones.
Napoleon Dynamite is a movie that I despised from day one mostly because all the people I worked with were idiots and thought it was so funny and cool, and they'd already proven themselves to have terrible taste in just about everything, and were annoying theater type people, who also liked things like Cats and going the Ren Fair and playing in an ironic dodgeball league and that kind of thing. There was no way I could ever like that movie. It represented everything that was bad about kitschy/absurd/nostalgia/irony nerds like my co-workers.
Indiana Jones makes sense if u saw it during childhood
Terms Of Endearment
I think American Hustle will hold up for many, many years. Just brilliant screenplay, cast.
Compared to something like The Bikeriders which wants to be Scorcese so bad, American Hustle is an absolute masterpiece. But, I agree, in general it is a solid movie.
A movie that I never cared for that everybody loves is Star Wars.
The funny thing was that I was talking about this with my friend. For me it had to be Everything Everywhere... you know the rest and also I agree about the Ferris comment I think he was miscast for that part. I think Maybe because he is monotone.
U just hate Asians just say it
Other actors who were considered for the role of ferris included Jim Carrey, John Cusack, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, and Michael J. Fox.
Ferris was a comedy. It was hilarious. "The Party" with Peter Sellers. The "Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral" scene in "Housesitter." Some people don't get the humor. It's not your fault. There are differences in what people appreciate.
lol such a condescending comment
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" IS about Cameron.
I'm seriously impressed by your collection of tops.
You're back!
EEAAO was a miss for me. It gave me a headache. It was Jackie Chan swallows a bag of shrooms and makes a film about existentialism through the eyes of immigrants.
It’s one of those emperors new clothes kind of movies. In a few years time anyone watching it will say in a matter of fact way - it’s not very good.
Oppenheimer. I feel like the public finally caught up to the Nolan craze and with the whole Barbenheimer shtick I feel like everyone just got caught up. I love Nolan. Hell I even really enjoy Tenet. As soon as Oppenheimer ended I said "thank God that's over" and haven't thought about it for a single second since. I honestly feel like eventually the love for that film will peter out.
I think there's a decidedly tall Poppy syndrome with Hollywood these days and I think you are spot on
Disagree with Nope and Everything Everywhere, also thank you A24.
Shazam.
Social Network.
Batman and Superman, First movie and Snyder cut.
Fast an Furious Franchise.
LOVED your comments on Nope and Jordan Peele, especially his wardrobe LOL!!!
Wow. Dissing on a director for his wardrobe? Worst part of this video in my eyes. He can dress however he damn well pleases.
For me it would be the Dark Knight, as I really don’t understand all the accolades it receives. One of my favorite actors, Christian Bale is hamstringed by that ridiculous voice. The practical effects were hit & miss and the often shown 18-wheeler flipping over was just laughable and physics defying. But the worst for me, was the way way way over the top performance of Heath Ledger. The man can act, all you have to do is look at Brokeback Mountain as evidence, but his Nick Cage-esque, playing to the cheap seats style has me slapping my head wondering what everyone else sees in this caricature of a performance. I LOVE Christopher Nolan films, and must admit that I typically loath “super hero” and existing IP films (looking at you Star Wars universe), but to me the greatest tragedy is what great films could have been made while working on his Batman trilogy? You take one of the select handful of directors who are making thoughtful, mind-bending original concept films, and take him out of commission for years making those 3 films. Sad.
A Quiet Place. Both films. The concept for me only works for a limited time, then it's kind of predictable and, well, just a little boring I have to say. Just found myself not really being that scared through most the running time. And I am a big horror fan so it's not that I just don't like horror films.
Did I miss something about the 2nd movie talked about? You said it was made in 2018 but I never heard the title. What movie were yall talking about?
Sorry to Bother You
@@chrisjfox8715 no, it's okay, you didn't bother me. What was the movie called again?
The jumpscare in Nope scared the crap out of me. It was enjoyable and felt original but a “one and done” overall.
What jumpscare was that?
The kids dressed up as aliens @@LordMalice6d9
I think John Cusack would’ve been way better as Ferris. He has that chameleon like quality to be both boyish and edgy (I think it’s his gravely voice lol)
Speaking of John Cusack, "Better Off Dead" is leaps and bounds better and more iconic for that time period than Ferris Bueller. When I go back to 80's teen films, Better Off Dead is the one that never fails to impress me, emotionally touch me and make me laugh from my gut.
@@pegacorn13 I agree! I recently rewatched Better Off Dead and I think it is very underated. I also love The Sure Thing.
@@pegacorn13 thanks for putting it on my radar! I completely forgot about that film
Better Off Dead was a big cable hit by the time Ferris got to theaters...
@@94TrishBetter off Dead and One Crazy Summer are pure 80s joy.
any movie with tagline "things are not what they seem" is an automatic pass for me
One thing I hear repeated and I also feel about films today is they're too forced. Forced and contrived in a way that doesn't feel risky. Even innovative films feel overwrought. There's simply too much effort put in lol. We need more laid back films. Not like going back to Dogme 95 or Mumblecore or even Verite, but something new for this time and place. There's just too much perfectionism in modern cinema. I can't tolerate the seamlessness. Disney/Marvel have ruined films. You can have spectacle without it feeling so overpolished. That's how the best of classic Spielberg or James Cameron films were. They weren't so overcooked. There were raw or unfinished feeling moments.
I wonder if anyone knows what I'm talking about.
I just read your response and think, hey you're right. I think Hitchcock knew how not to overdo it; and his movies hold together beautifully
I think you’d like the Safdie Brothers, my friend
I always saw Ferris as less of a character and more of a force of nature or an idea: he’s the stand-in for all of the things teenagers wish they could do or be. He is the “Id” personified. While Cameron is the more relatable character because he must deal with real-world consequences that chasing your every immediate whimsy can beget.
I felt let down by Nope because I really rated Get Out and Us, and because the trailer made it look far more exciting than the actual movie. It was filled with vividly ingenious sequences that don't hang together as a satisfying whole. The pacing sputters and stumbles, never amounting to the suspenseful Spielbergian thrill-ride that it seems to aspire to be. There were enough flashes of greatness to make it a worthwhile watch, but I was hoping for a magnum opus that I didn't get.
actually when i hate something that is a good sign
A good sign of terrible movie?
I agree about Ferris Bueller.
I can't agree at all about your take on either Ferris Buehler or Matthew Broderick. Cameron goes nowhere and would still be pretending to be sick. He would have had no growth or confrontation with his father. I saw it when it first came out and have seen it many times since and it remains great fun.
However here are my contributions to the conversation -
Fight Club - I have tried probably 3-4 times to watch it and have fallen asleep each time. I honestly don't get its appeal at all.
Power of the Dog - Loved the performances and the look but I think something was lost in the making of the screenplay. Necessary connections were left off that I thought greatly diminished what should have been a very good movie.
The coldest piece on the internet .
ET and EEAAO.
I love FBDO though, based on style regardless of the main character's appeal.
Any movie where the main character is a comic book superhero.
Slone, in Ferris is
the most beautiful woman
in the world.
Mia Sara! Yeah, she's stunning.
Yeah, she was super-attractive in this, but unfortunately her career never really took off like many were predicting it would back then.
@@davidnaja probably didn't sleep with harvey weinstein
@@davidnaja Bullcrap; she was in _Timecop, The Pompatus of Love,_ AND _The Impossible Elephant!_ Who else has got a trifecta like _that_ in their CV? No one, that's who.
The Trial by Orson Welles. I really want to like it but just can't get into it.
Agreed. I feel the same way about Welles' The Stranger.
The problem with tenet
Was Nolan had a this inversion concept
And was like “let’s do it”
Than they were like
“So what’s the plot”
And Nolan was like:
“Oh…..the plot….”
The plot is there. All of the information needed to understand it is most definitely there. Ultimately, it's not that complicated if you actually take the time to experience it and think it through.
Tbh pretty much everything in it has an explanation except for who some of the characters are in the intro, which is ultimately unimportant because the main point of the intro was to introduce, test, and recruit the hero.
Nope is Peele's masterpiece imo. I don't see him ever outdoing it. Get Out is as overrated as Nope is underrated.
Isn't he just reviving old ideas and getting a lot of credit for obvious reasons?
I've read that Nope steals from an episode of Star Trek the next Generation.
@@fattymcfatso1083 It's not the premise that make Nope a masterpiece, it's the execution.
I hated Get Out. She mentioned Spike Lee, I loved Black Kkklansman, just a terrific movie all around
@@themadmattster9647 I haven't seen Black KKKlansman yet. But yea, Get Out was so overhyped. I watched it and was like..this is it? This was the hype?
Wow, you and the person who wrote in are SO young. I have to disagree on SO many levels. I feel you have missed the point of Ferris and thought Broderick did it perfectly. I think you missed the point entirely about his character.
Nah I think she's right. I'm a little young for Ferris, it came out when I was too young to have seen it in the theater but I saw it as an older kid and again many times. Broderick is too hammy and self-conscious. It kind of goes with the part, since he's always breaking the 4th, but even still her points resonated with me because I always felt that there was something about Ferris that I didn't trust. She nailed it.
At the time that it came out everyone was losing their heads over for the Blair Witch Project. I hated it! Dejavu when Paranormal Activity came out. Awful movies, lol!
I think the point of Ferris Bueller is that he’s more of a character that you wish you could be. Probably not as much nowadays. But let’s be honest this movie is very white. So if you were a white guy growing up in the 80’s, you probably wished you were Ferris. He’s cool, popular, clever, maybe somewhat insightful. He gets along with most people and those he doesn’t get along with, he outwits. Plus he has a pretty sweet life. I think that’s more so the point. Not to be a well rounded protagonist, but someone who’s shoes you put yourself in for a day and live an 80’s fantasy.
What is so dangerous about a character like Ferris Bueller is he gives good kids bad ideas. That is why I have got to catch him this time - to show these kids that the example he sets is a first-class ticket to _NOWHERE!_
you sounded like Dirty Harry just now
@@MathMan271 ...Really?
@@bryangarcia5599 they're both lines from the movie...
@@MathMan271 Mmm-hmm!
i think broderick is perfect ferris. ferris isnt cool but is for a day. hes not spicoli.
Top Gun2 . I watched quite a big chunk of it before i fell asleep and i can't remember anything about it.
Not that the first Top Gun was so great, but.... Kelly Mcgillus was so beautiful and the buddy love story/heartbreak kinda sweet.
And the lead actress in Top Gun Maverick wasn’t? Come on.
Nope worked for me; and it continued working for me after I had left the theatre; and the following day too. Its ideas and themes kept bubbling up into my consciousness over and over; and the response for me was not at all Spielbergian but Tarkovskian, if I may be permitted to make such an allusion
Guys. You know there's nothing new about the "multiverse" right? it's been an element of fantasy literature for decades.