THE EMPTY MAN Movie Review **SPOILER ALERT**
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- Gay homosexuals Nick and Joseph spoil The Empty Man - a 2020 American supernatural horror thriller film written, directed, and edited by David Prior, based on Cullen Bunn and Vanesa R. Del Rey's graphic novel of same name published by Boom! Studios.
Premise: On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.
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Joseph (@joroyolo)
Fish Jelly (@fishjellyfilms)
Nick is also the Lead Film Critic at Ioncinema (www.ioncinema....) and a Tomatometer-approved critic on Rotten Tomatoes (www.rottentoma....
Cast:
James Badge Dale as James Lasombra
Marin Ireland as Nora Quail
Stephen Root as Arthur Parsons
Ron Canada as Detective Villiers
Robert Aramayo as Garrett
Joel Courtney as Brandon Maibum
Sasha Frolova as Amanda Quail
Samantha Logan as Davara Walsh
Aaron Poole as Paul
Adam Ferguson as The Tulpa
Owen Teague as Duncan West
Evan Jonigkeit as Greg
Tanya van Graan as Allison Lasombra
Robert Coutts as The Empty Man
Music by Christopher Young Lustmord
Cinematography by Anastos N. Michos
Keywords: Men on Film, reaction video, trailer, The Bye Bye Man, The Slender Man, The Craft Legacy, Mickey and the Bear
![The Empty Man EXPLAINED [Breakdown & Analysis]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2qjTFaR8n78/mqdefault.jpg)
"What's his name, Nathan?"
"Greg"
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"Helen?"
"Amanda"
"Helen is the mother"
"Nora"
"Well, who's Helen??"
"Helen's from the Craft Legacy"
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I'm sure Joseph's first Thanksgiving meeting Nick's extended family was a helluva time!
"Auntie?"
"Grandma"
"Sister?"
"Mother"
"Cousin?"
"Next door neighbor"
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How Joseph just throws out a guess on every character name and Nick deadpan fact-checks w/ his cheeky smile (cause he literally knows everything) is giving me life!😍💓🥰
the scene with the members of the pontifix society running around the fire was bone-chilling. especially when they all stopped to stare at james in silence. that was one scene from the movie that was thoroughly scary.
Agree ! I remember watching this laying on my couch, and when this scene popped up I straight sat like closer to the screen, in silence and eyes wide open like WTF IS THIS !!
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Between Nicks face gestures and Josephs mixing names it’s so hilarious 😂
Did you guys know that his last name "Lasombra"
Means "the shadow"?
So thats a kind of foreshadowing of James not being real, more like a shadow of a person. Nice. Great video guys.
Y'all 2 are so funny.....the way you 2 bounce off each other is adorable. ❤❤ I luvvvvvvvv listening to your reviews
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When rolling stone magazine wants to review say a death metal album from some spooky Norwegian band, they don’t ask their resident new country music writer to review it.
That same standard should apply to horror films. I don’t understand why so many of my favourite horror films are given such horrible reviews by the critical community, but I imagine it has something to do with the majority of people in general not really loving or getting what Horror is really all about.
The empty man is a great example of this. I’m a huge fan of Lovecraft and horror in general, and this is one of the best films within the genre that I have seen in years.
Great video guys.
A suprisingly metaphysical and puzzling film. The cave scene was extremely effective and well acted!
Pleasantly surprised by this one. I've been recommending it to everyone
Firstly, I am a fan of you guys and horror!! With this I was surprised by the creepy scenes the woods being my favorite...the pause...the chase it was awesome! Not scary to me but fun...I love to be surprised by a movie...I often guess the end. It was a fun watch. I love the review and how you two compliment each other! Thank you for your reviews I am always delighted. I am always looking forward to the next one. I often spend my break watching you'll....love it❤
Thank you!
I legit told my partner that guy looks like Aaron Paul!! Then you said that!
I really liked this film. It was so interesting to watch, the camera work was incredible.
Love the Janet Jackson shirt, Joseph! Interesting review, as you're the first one I've seen that gave it a decent rating.
I saw the movie , it was so good to me, but the ending was confusing, someone explain to me that how Paul was empty man the whole time ?? And how was James at end was empty man ?? How Amanda mom couldn’t remember James ?? Someone plz explain to me???
The cult made him.. So he is only 3 days old... His memories and experienced are created by the cult.. He was created, so he can replace the old man who is in coma at the hospital because he was dying.someone correct me if I am wrong.so almost the whole movie he was chasing nothing.. because he was the new empty man... And his memories are not real... So he never even meet the mother etc. . This movie was weird for sure.. Not smart.. Just weird
Paul came into contact with an entity that can use Paul's mind to transmit (like a radio) thoughts to members of the cult. However the strain of housing the entity is killing his body, so the cult needed a new vessel.
Enter the main character, James. He was a tulpa created by the cult and his memories were fabricated and scripted by the cult. His ultimate purpose was to replace the dying Paul as the vessel for the entity. This is why Amanda's mom didn't remember him. She never met him before. It was all an illusion for James as the cult led him down his scripted rabbit hole.
@@kimsaabani2600 Its pretty smart. You just need to be open to and have some spiritual, non-Christian knowledge. Tulpas are a real-world concept you can look up. Not saying they are real but the spiritual belief originated long ago in Tibetan Buddhism. The movie has heavy psychological and philosophical themes. Including Nihilism.
The t-shirts today are legit amazing! Love you guys!
I thought the opening stuff before the title card was really good but the movie kind of lost me be the end..not bad though for a film that was just dumped into theaters.
I'm pretty sure they completely created him - she basically said he was born 3 days ago.
They wouldn't have had to create her or her mother - they wove her into his script, and when he calls the real Nora at the end she has no idea who James is, so his memory of her is false. If you take a look at the pictures of Amanda's dead father at the funeral that James remembers, it's a picture of the man in the coma a representation for the way they all feel about the Empty Man.
They also said that it was manifestation + time = flesh she makes a point of quoting that and saying "your flesh".
The last name is a foreshadowing of him being a manifestation.
"La Sombra"=The Shadow.
@@strategicpr8293 Being a longtime VTM fan - I picked up on LaSombra and the meaning but hadn't made that exact connection, thank you for making it for me.
So his whole life had been a lie? What about his wife and son, what about the cops that he used to work with? None of them were real & just a figment of his imagination implanted by the cult?
What I don't understand is if they made him just 3 days ago and planted those memories into him, then why did the girl said to him that she knew of his indiscretions with her mom?
@@Minami9714 now I understood the ending somehow, in the end Amanda says to James you are our tupla. So basically James was a tupla created just 3 days ago. He was born out of meditation, his wife,child,Nora,job, police, suicide kids all are illusion, whole reality experienced by James was created by Amanda's sosiety. Tupla is a buddist tiberitan concept where u create physical beings by meditation,these guys hv tr own free will,tr is short film explaning this, see th-cam.com/video/hoaj2I0p0hg/w-d-xo.html
I saw the movie , it was so good to me, but the ending was confusing, someone explain to me that how Paul was empty man the whole time ?? And how was James at end was empty man ?? How Amanda mom couldn’t remember James ?? Someone plz explain to me???
Watched this last night and like Joseph, I was drawn in and engaged though the whole thing. I was _really_ rooting for James, and wanted him to be OK. The end was therefore a _bit_ of a let down for me, but a good watch, well done, worth it. Creepy and atmospheric from the start. The Neal Cassady jokes were great 🤗
A lot of attention and care went into it, and I'm going to have to watch it again -- probably tonight. I reckon the whole town and certainly I got the vibe that the police dept. were _definitely_ in on it.
Glad y’all give the horror genre its deserved love! This was a really interesting, and convoluted picture. After it sank in, I ended up loving it. It’s like if The Bye Bye Man was actually good, while also being Hereditary. Y’all did a great job condensing this crazy plot into concise points.
Side note, I’m very envious of y’all! I wish I had a partner, or friend even, to regularly discuss horror movies with via video. I’m sure y’all have a lot of fun doing it. Keep up the good work, dudes. Awesome shit! Ok, I’m done kissing ass now. My bad.
OK - Hold up! Apologies if you're both sick of hearing us commenting on your style of clothing but - DAYUM! Both of those T's are KILLING it. Also? After being subbed to many a movie reviewer on this platform - truth is - the standard (in my humble opinion) is white male..(home less/mountain man styled) beard...black T's.....copious amounts of tattoos...looking like their last shower was in March. You get the drift. You both are definitely the most classic, edgy, highly knowledgeable, 'easy on the eyes' , funny-as-hell reviewers I've come across in a damm long time. That being said: Kudos to Nick. Have always loved the original 'Wicker Man'. When will Hollywood learn to stop making these pathetic remakes? Am about to watch this movie and praying that (given your 3.5 score) it will make Halloween week 2020 worthy, as I havn't seen any other kick ass horror movies so far. Thank you, Sirs 💜
Just watched it and liked it also. That skeleton was horrifying! I don’t understand the teenagers getting killed off? You conjure it up and it kills you? So Amanda set up her friends to die? Why not recruit them?
That Janet shirt is dope!
Some of those shirts you guys wear are very cool
I genuinely loved this movie
Me encanta la química de ustedes en esta reseña, se nota que les gusto, I really enjoyed this movie, thanks for this extensive review, I shared your conclusions
Omg , I love you guys!
Imo. The cult is the crew and the main character is being tortured and made self aware of the torture; only to repeat said torture everytime you hit play.
Can u explain, where was amanda then in ending scene? She was in the same room with james before he killed paul right?
I saw the trailer a few weeks ago and really want to see this movie! Do you actually SEE the Empty Man?
I love Nick’s faces, when Joseph says things like, is that who that is? Or gets the main characters names wrong. 🤣
Love both of your shirts guys!
Not really...when he transfers from one body to the other, it looks like black vomit. He does appear as a shape draped in clothing, but we don’t see its face.
@@fishjellyfilmreviews - kind of a bummer, since that giant skeleton looked so freaky!
Thanks for the reply! Love y’all!
The movie is actually a prequel to the Empty Man comic
I come for the reviews I live for the fashions......omgee
Great film! Needs a Blu-ray release!
I too loved the film. The dialogue was not very good and some of the acting was so so. But the horror elements and overall story and twist were really good! 7.5/10 for me!
I saw the movie , it was so good to me, but the ending was confusing, someone explain to me that how Paul was empty man the whole time ?? And how was James at end was empty man ?? How Amanda mom couldn’t remember James ?? Someone plz explain to me???
Great review of an excellent film guys. I think it will end up being a cult classic.
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I like this movie because it's so open to interpretation. For example you might think the emptyman is a spirit, but it could also be interpreted as some form of mass psychosis or the collective subconscious.
I felt this movie was good but majorly inspired and/or copied from the great 80s film by Alan Parker called “Angel Heart” with DeNiro, Lisa Bonet, Mickey Rourke. What do you think?
I really enjoyed this movie. Thanks for doing these reviews because I would never have seen this! I've been a long time fan. I had a old username alprazolam1mgs but it got banned because of my name lol. But again thank you guys.
P. S. You guys are a incredibly cute couple.
Thank you 😉
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Who's Helen!!! Baaaahahah
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I can't find this anywhere!
man it was three movies in one, bye bye man stuff was so out of place, culty and procedural part was ok. it was like thtree man with different ideas made a movie and cram it in 2 hours of mess. it does have good ideas but...bye bye man and teen stuff was horrible.
I need to know where I can grab Joseph's shirt from!
www.redbubble.com
Well Done.
89'...95'...same diff. 😎
Basically
Simplemente Me Encantan!!!!
Hahahahaha laughed too hard every time you got a name wrong!
so
2h15m is NOT a long movie!
How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?
A boring, overlong and unoriginal movie with some laughable scenes and terrible pacing. To each their own.
it was a convoluted mess to me.
These guys know how to empty a man for sure.
You’re funny. Tell another one.
I love how the one who talks the least knows the most and how the other one barely lets him get a word out sheesh. Anywho the movie was definitely entertaining from beginning to end
I’m glad you love it.
I saw the movie , it was so good to me, but the ending was confusing, someone explain to me that how Paul was empty man the whole time ?? And how was James at end was empty man ?? How Amanda mom couldn’t remember James ?? Someone plz explain to me???
Why did you say good..if you cant memorize the name..🤣🤣🤣
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@@fishjellyfilmreviews i saw the devil is the best horror movie..and you dont have to memorize the names of the characters.
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THIS MOVIE WAS 💩 💩 💩!!