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I once dumpstered a cd wallet and this DVD was in it, along with Uptown Girls, the two Hobbit animated movies, Bound, and some weird Crow porn parody with a woman as Draven that turned into a cat.
It's always so interesting learning about what was going on in an actor's personal life that informs their performances. Like how in the Princess Bride the actor playing Inigo Montoya, Mandy Patinkin, father had died of cancer and he treated his final dual as though he fighting the cancer that killed his father.
I never knew that! Reminds me of Ray Liotta (RIP) dealing with his mother's slow, painful death from cancer throughout the filming of _Goodfellas..._ I heard he'd just received really bad news about her condition right before they filmed the scene where he walks across the street and pistol whips the neighbor who'd come on to and assaulted his girlfriend. You can see genuine rage and sadness there, for sure. Such an amazing performance in that film - I can't imagine what he was going through!
as someone who had a parent and other family members in scientology I'm glad you didn't focas on the "THESE PEOPLE BELIEVE IN SOMETHING WEIRD!" part of it and actually address the abuses that go on with it, because it's design to be abusive and too encourage abusive behavior.
Totally. There's nothing that weird in Scientology compared to any of the other ridiculous cults, regardless how long-lived some of them are - and they're _at least_ as coercive, corrosive, and evil as each other.
so happy Nicole had her parents to rely on at this period. The things I have learnt about this cult make my skin crawl. a superior person and a superior actor than Tom.
While Tom Cruise is a dedicated entertainer - it's good to get the occasional reminder that he's also an actual bad person. I feel bad for Nicole Kidman, that was an awful situation for anyone to go through but I'm glad she came out the otherside.
Loved The Others when it came out and agree it only gets better with age. Her performance really is phenomenal. Fascinating take in regards to her marriage to Tom Cruise! Never thought about that movie in that context before.
“Acting isn’t about truth, it isn’t about creating humanity from the words on the page. It’s about enacting petty revenge on the people around you that you just can’t stand for some unexamined reason!” I feel personally attacked by this relatable content.
Kidman was always too good for him. She always had more substance, far more intellect, more depth, and more stability. Look how his life changed when she was out of it and no longer an influence.
When I was younger (early 20s), I was conventionally attractive but was very insecure and didn't realize it. I started dating a guy who was similarly conventionally attractive, and I gradually realized he just wanted me as a trophy, not a partner. He would say something, some random fact, and I would ask how he knew that--what were his sources? He'd reply, "None of my ex girlfriends ever asked that, they just said, 'Wow, you're so smart.'" And he only liked that I was smart because it looked good on paper. I had one college degree and was in grad school. It made me more impressive/valuable as a trophy. He didn't like me having my own thoughts and opinions. Or feelings and personality. He would have been happier dating a mannequin.
This is a great video! I want the entire VHS series. I first watched The Others on TV late one night when I was up with a fussy newborn baby. Nicole Kidman's performance as an anxious mother who makes a lot of horrible choices in spite of her love for her children was particularly scary to me in that moment.
I bought this movie at a flea market, where I bought everything from movies to clothes because I was poo...er...not well off, 2yrs after it released and I loved it. Everyone I knew hated it, but I loved it. It was a gem I found and, at the time, I very much saw it as Cinema! Anyway, as I have now come to expect, your taste seems to come from my personal cookbook if you will. Love the movie. Love your video. Love the happiness your analysis always brings me and for that I thank you. By the way, my son said "tell her I like her too because she makes you smile" so you've been told 😊. Thanks for another banger!
When I watched The Others for the first time (as a snarky teenager) I was somewhat disappointed as I had hoped for more explicit horror. But somehow it stuck with me anyhow and I developped a deep love for movies that create this gloomy, dreary atmosphere.
I really should watch this movie again. I was spoiled for the ending just before seeing this and the movie still really worked for me. I was so caught up in what was happening with Kidman's character that as each element clicked into place confirming the ending, that I was able to enjoy the tone that the director was so masterfully setting.
I saw the others when I was about 12 and that twist still sticks with me 20 years later. Nicole Kidman is an amazing actor and I’m so glad she got out of that cult
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I love this movie and Kidman was a revelation. Her series of early aughts performances should be the blueprint for all actors looking to move into the new phase of their career.
i watched the others with my father when i was 8, i was so scared but i loved the movie, the scene about the pictures of dead people stuck with me, and i later found out why, how and when they did that trough an "Ask a mortician" (love her channel) video. The video was so good i watched a ton of her videos and bought her books and that made me understand my panick attacks and over the top fear of death and of the book "the fault in your stars". (read it in a very deadpan tone)
This one was kind of a big deal in its time, and even got referenced in one of the Scary Movies, but I feel like it's more or less forgotten today. Glad to hear you giving it a bit of love.
As an Spaniard, I can tell you that the movie really resonated with more than the current state of things at the time, but with a whole lot of directors with enormous talent that were relegated to second line only cause of their origins. Many good films followed up, and sadly very few of them crossed the frontier of the country. It was a renaissance that has mostly died, but can still be sparsely found in some series like La Casa de Papel, that sadly only get mainstream traction when they are remade in Hollywood, same as The Ring revitalized the Japanese horror opera.
@@helenl3193 Sure. I don't know your taste, so I'm gonna list some good ones in all genres. Relatively recent ones you have Fernando Colomo, Isabel Coixet, Julio Medem, Pedro Almodovar or Fernando Trueba. Some influential in the development of the Spanish cinema are Luis Buñuel, Luis García Berlanga, Carlos Saura, Bigas Luna, and Jose Luis Cuerda. As a side note, J. A. Bayona, the one from "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom", is Spanish too, and had some interesting movies before moving to Hollywood, but IMO he has lost the touch that he had in "El Internado". Probably the most interesting ones, IMO, are Buñuel (surrealism) and Coixet (nouveau). Many people have spoken about them, but very few have seen their movies, and that's a pity. If I was for a couple movies, "El Evangelio según San Mateo" and "La Comunidad" are very fine films that really don't let unprovoked. They are pure art, and as such they can make you feel things to love them, or to hate what you feel from them.
@@josecorchete3732 great, thank you! Almodovar and Bunuel are the only ones whose work I'd previously seen/remember, so this seems like a great list for a jumping off point. Gracias! 😁
The Others has a very weird, special attachment in my life. When I was in high school, sophomore or junior year I think, we were taking our state standardized test. When the room is finished, the people in it have to sit silently and just kill time until the whole school is finished before you can go anywhere else or do anything that involves noise of any kind. The teacher of the room I was in decided that when the room was done she was going to put this on, which was… a choice. Every time I see clips of it I am transported back to a crappy classroom desk with attached chair, straining to listen because she had this already quiet movie turned down low enough to not get busted by the administrators. Edit: but somehow I NEVER NOTICED CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON PLAYED HER HUSBAND???
I always laugh when people bring up The Others because it reminds me of the first time I watched it. My older sister brought it to watch with my twin and I, and she was like, "Omg this is such a good movie! It has one of those endings you don't see coming!" And then the movie started and within the first five minutes I was like, "Oh they're all dead," and my twin was like, "Oh for sure," lol. She wasn't pleased at all.
Dang dude I forgot how often I used to watch The Others. I just love me some dreamy, suspenseful slow burns. And of course Nicole. Imma watch it after this and then rewatch this 😂 thank you Maggie ♥️
I saw the Others in class during high school and I definitely didn't understand the depth it had then, whether because it was broken up into 3 sittings or because I was 16, but this was such an interesting look at the movie
I do appreciate that you take the time to make those surreal framing devices for your essays. Its such a treat to have that silliness _as well_ as your interesting analyses.
This video is like being blasted into a volcano by an ancient alien overlord and then being charged monthly for the cost of the lava. Another banger, as always Maggie.
1:11 Oh shit, yes! YES! Fucking _loved_ The Others. Y'all, don't let nobody spoil the ending. If you watch it before learning _anything_ about it, it'll be significantly enhanced (and frightening).
I love your witty humor and your insight as an actress. The video has such a great quality in comparison to stuff that's on TV right now. You for sure got my subscription.
I haven’t subbed to a channel this quickly in a long time. Hilarious, entertaining, insightful.. not to mention pulling at my nostalgia strings.. I absolutely love this video. Absolutely amazing ❤
Extremely glad to see The Innocents get some love and recognition from a person with a dignified taste such as yours, it is easily one of the best horror films which dabbles with the "haunted house" trope
Saw The Others in a theatre where the projector wasn't oriented correctly, and you could see Nicole wearing sneakers in scenes. It was funny hearing her 1920's hard leather soled footsteps coming from white Reebok's. XD
Wow you're digging deep with Ron Howard's Far and Away, Maggie. The whole world forgot about this movie. I only know about it because I wrote an article about Howard a few years back and watched all of his films for it.
@Mary Harrison Historical accuracy in movies was less scrutinized in the 90s. It shows that some of these things happened (land grants, discrimination against Irish), and that was good enough for the high school history classes of the 90s. Btw I saw this on cable with my grandfather. At the land grant scene, he said his grandfather had participated in two of those. The first time, after he staked a claim, he was told he was too young to keep the land. The second time, he was told he’d staked the plot of land dedicated for the town school and they didn’t let him keep it. The moral of the story for me: people like Tom Cruise are the beneficiary of history. People like me are not.
I loved Abre Los Ojos and found Vanilla Sky just annoying for many reasons. Among them, the title. It didn't mean anything, the director just liked the phrase. He almost used it as the title of his previous film, Almost Famous. Also, among the biggest changes in the unnecessary remake of the great original was the emphasis of the mole on Penelope Cruz's left breast, which hurt the great ambiguity of the original because then you would notice later when there were different breasts. It was... a choice. And not a good one.
The only good thing Vanilla Sky has over Abre Los Ojos is a short but fascinating performance by Tilda Swinton and then it goes back into 'ugh can I please watch the original?' mode again.
I remember watching this film when i was a child. I went looking for it as an adult bc all I remembered about it was the lines of Nichole kidman hiding her children and both kids being absolutely convinced they had a sun allergy.
The Others is a very underrated old school gothic ghost story with a twist and yes, Nicole's performance is mesmerising and she carries the whole believability and tension of the story beautifully.
Excellent! First time viewer. This vid does many things, comments intelligently on how art is made, addresses fanatism... And is Yet another Well documented Take Down of those evil scientology fools. Breaking up a husband and wife is terrible, alienating children from either parent but perhaps especially their mother, Is UNFORGIVABLE.
As always, great post. I wonder if anyone's ever talked about the issue of religiosity when trying to split the hair of religious/morereligious. Most people (at least in the u.s.) seem to accept that there is some imaginary difference between levels of religion, and don't notice the elephant in the room that is being avoided.
I never felt like Thanos deserved forgiveness. The fact that he has some semblance of a point, regarding the disease of "endless growth" is actually what makes his actions all the more damning. It shows that he's smart enough to know better. The fact that he truly loves Gamora, makes his abuse all the more unforgivable. It's already a terrible thing for someone to abuse their child as a way of releasing their own unresolved trauma and resentment. But what he did to Gamora is a whole other level cursed. He genuinely values his bullshit plan SO much that he is willing to abuse and eventually kill someone he truly loves. That level of deeply rooted arrogance is almost unparalleled in all of cinema. I've always felt that Thanos's relatability is intended to damn him all the more in our eyes. It certainly did in mine.
The dialogue in this was the funniest thing I've seen from Maggie so far, topping even the sponsored breakdown from the Junify video. That Jared Leto joke made me spit out my coffee
Really liked Kidman as the femme fatale in To Die For. But ultimately once you spot it she has about as much emotional depth in a lot of her performances as Cruise.
I watched this movie when I was 11 with my sister. I absolutely adored it and have never stopped thinking about it since. So happy to see you cover it in this way.
Am I the only person who gets EXTREME Parker Posey vibes from Maggie? I could never put my finger on what it was that always made it seem like I've seen Maggie somewhere before and only now I realize. Like manerisms, way of talking, she even looks like she could be her sister. It is a compliment, by the way. Parker is the best! Indie comedy queen!
sooo... uh... Tom Cruise is totally uncredited in the Wikipedia article for The Others? I just fixed it then but that really threw me, I had to open my actual movie file and find the credit still that is used in this essay. Thanks Maggie for helping me fix encyclopedic issues!
The Others is one of my all time favorite movies. Being a horror buff it's hard to be scared these days, but with a good performance, feeling stress, anxiety, and like walls are closing in on me? Oh yes. I can still feel that and The Others makes me feel like I can't escape what's happening even though I wish it wasn't happening.
This was a great video to watch after recently watching Going Clear. I randomly watched The Others a looong time ago and was expecting it to be a mid-tier horror movie, but was really pleasantly surprised by the aesthetics, the genuine creepiness (which is hard for me to feel when I watch most horror movies, though they are my favorite genre), and the twist was actually pretty unexpected. I didn't think of connecting it to Nicole's marriage to Cruise and scientology. It's awful what they did to her, and I'm really glad she got out. No wonder she was so happy to divorce him. I would be, too. it can't be said enough: scientology is a dangerous cult that gets people killed, at worst, and abused at best. Tom Cruise is talented, but my lord, he is *fucking crazy,* I'm sorry.
I feel like this is a good companion to The Shining video. There's fascinating real-life horror stories behind so many cinematic ones, arguably more chilling ones
Wait...why did you include Anton Chigurh as one of the "complicated daddy's who get redemption"...? That dude was literally an embodiment of death and was purposefully one-note lol
Didn't get that at all either. I think maybe she means that he breaks his arm in the very last scene?? But if you read that scene as like a redemption or cry of sympathy for Chigurh, then... well... you're wrong, lol.
Honestly, sometimes I feel her critic is a little... quick. Like, you can't make a statement that broad (and miss that hard, IMO) without at least giving it a little explanation. She might have an interesting point, but if she's going to make comparative critic (which in itself is a problematic technique) I wish she would flesh out those opinions more instead of letting them stay in meme shorthand. No Country and Chigurh are a little more interesting than just "haha lol daddy" In this case it ended up not really adding anything to the point of the essay and just kinda became a "men, amirite?"-joke.
"or a way for us to excuse what we've seen them do" Anton is the worst extent of someone who just follows orders. Anton is one-note but the way he thinks isn't limited to him. As with Scientology, a lot of religions justify horrible things by appealing to a greater sense of morality that most humans don't reason/logic themselves into, like flipping a coin. Thanos does the same thing with the whole "it's for the good of the universe" shtick. Thanos is more altruistic in his argumentation but no one with a working brain should think either has a functioning external source for morality. The excuse for Anton is already an operating principle for millions it's just an uncommon one. Also she uses Daddy in the sense of a patriarch. What she says in the video doesn't address Anton but that's the way I view it.
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Never thought about it that way, woah.
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UH ACKSHUALLY! You forgot to add the DOUBLE YOU, DOUBLE YOU, DOUBLE YOU, DOT! first!!!
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I hope this video was a bit lighter (work wise, not tone wise as you're killing it as always!) after your recent stress sitches.
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Save Martha.
I once dumpstered a cd wallet and this DVD was in it, along with Uptown Girls, the two Hobbit animated movies, Bound, and some weird Crow porn parody with a woman as Draven that turned into a cat.
It's always so interesting learning about what was going on in an actor's personal life that informs their performances. Like how in the Princess Bride the actor playing Inigo Montoya, Mandy Patinkin, father had died of cancer and he treated his final dual as though he fighting the cancer that killed his father.
And it's such a great scene
Which is how real method acting was meant to be, not the bullshit other people project into it.
KNEW there was a reason that scene always put a tear in my eye.
*duel
I never knew that! Reminds me of Ray Liotta (RIP) dealing with his mother's slow, painful death from cancer throughout the filming of _Goodfellas..._ I heard he'd just received really bad news about her condition right before they filmed the scene where he walks across the street and pistol whips the neighbor who'd come on to and assaulted his girlfriend. You can see genuine rage and sadness there, for sure.
Such an amazing performance in that film - I can't imagine what he was going through!
"It wasn't a contest, but she WON." Amazing line!
as someone who had a parent and other family members in scientology I'm glad you didn't focas on the "THESE PEOPLE BELIEVE IN SOMETHING WEIRD!" part of it and actually address the abuses that go on with it, because it's design to be abusive and too encourage abusive behavior.
Totally. There's nothing that weird in Scientology compared to any of the other ridiculous cults, regardless how long-lived some of them are - and they're _at least_ as coercive, corrosive, and evil as each other.
I forgot Tom was so into scientology even then. My dad dabbled in it back in the 70s. Glad Nicole got out and I hope she's doing well.
yeah, she just into satanism now #fionabarnett
Our little BMX Bandit is much better off without Mr. Crazypants.
Glad your father only dabbled.
so happy Nicole had her parents to rely on at this period. The things I have learnt about this cult make my skin crawl. a superior person and a superior actor than Tom.
I've literally never heard Kidman's natural voice before and her accent is really nice! Also I love the grey suit look, so class
While Tom Cruise is a dedicated entertainer - it's good to get the occasional reminder that he's also an actual bad person.
I feel bad for Nicole Kidman, that was an awful situation for anyone to go through but I'm glad she came out the otherside.
I can never watch anything with him on it because I know he’s a bad person. Don’t want to give him more power
He's an actual bad actor too. He's just Tom Cruise in every movie he's ever in, with the exception of Tropic Thunder.
@@rivertam7827 ok Mickey Rourke. Thanks for the stupid comment.
@@rivertam7827 idk, he did good in Interview with the Vampire. Didn't know it was Tom Cruise until after watching the movie.
She chose to marry him. She chose to be a Scientologist. She chose. She's just as bad as him.
Loved The Others when it came out and agree it only gets better with age. Her performance really is phenomenal. Fascinating take in regards to her marriage to Tom Cruise! Never thought about that movie in that context before.
A. You're a freaking genius.
B. Nichole Kidman is a Goddess in every way possible.
C. You're a freaking genius 🖤
“Acting isn’t about truth, it isn’t about creating humanity from the words on the page. It’s about enacting petty revenge on the people around you that you just can’t stand for some unexamined reason!”
I feel personally attacked by this relatable content.
'Vanilla Sky asks the question - what if a super hot rich guy got ugly for a minute'... bahahah
I laughed really hard when she said that! 😂
Kidman was always too good for him. She always had more substance, far more intellect, more depth, and more stability. Look how his life changed when she was out of it and no longer an influence.
When I was younger (early 20s), I was conventionally attractive but was very insecure and didn't realize it.
I started dating a guy who was similarly conventionally attractive, and I gradually realized he just wanted me as a trophy, not a partner.
He would say something, some random fact, and I would ask how he knew that--what were his sources?
He'd reply, "None of my ex girlfriends ever asked that, they just said, 'Wow, you're so smart.'"
And he only liked that I was smart because it looked good on paper. I had one college degree and was in grad school. It made me more impressive/valuable as a trophy.
He didn't like me having my own thoughts and opinions. Or feelings and personality. He would have been happier dating a mannequin.
Silly intro 😜
@heddah2305 She’s an Academy Award Winner and a respected actor.
I'm pretty sure EVERYONE here agrees with you to the dot🙂
@heddah2305 lol, bet you think elon musk is really cool too. Dork.
This is a great video! I want the entire VHS series. I first watched The Others on TV late one night when I was up with a fussy newborn baby. Nicole Kidman's performance as an anxious mother who makes a lot of horrible choices in spite of her love for her children was particularly scary to me in that moment.
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I bought this movie at a flea market, where I bought everything from movies to clothes because I was poo...er...not well off, 2yrs after it released and I loved it. Everyone I knew hated it, but I loved it. It was a gem I found and, at the time, I very much saw it as Cinema! Anyway, as I have now come to expect, your taste seems to come from my personal cookbook if you will. Love the movie. Love your video. Love the happiness your analysis always brings me and for that I thank you. By the way, my son said "tell her I like her too because she makes you smile" so you've been told 😊. Thanks for another banger!
Proof number 457 of Maggie being a person of taste and refinement: The Innocents being one of her favorite horror films.
Absolutely, The Innocents is probably my favourite movie.
It’s a masterpiece!
It's an amazing movie!
The Innocents is by itself reason enough for Gothic horror to be celebrated and respected.
great movie
When I watched The Others for the first time (as a snarky teenager) I was somewhat disappointed as I had hoped for more explicit horror. But somehow it stuck with me anyhow and I developped a deep love for movies that create this gloomy, dreary atmosphere.
I really should watch this movie again.
I was spoiled for the ending just before seeing this and the movie still really worked for me. I was so caught up in what was happening with Kidman's character that as each element clicked into place confirming the ending, that I was able to enjoy the tone that the director was so masterfully setting.
Yeah! Some movies are so good they're un-spoilable
I saw the others when I was about 12 and that twist still sticks with me 20 years later. Nicole Kidman is an amazing actor and I’m so glad she got out of that cult
Fuck, this video is brilliant and funny. “Who’s your favourite actor? - Jared Leto - *reaches for the remote*” killed me
LOVED this video!! I was sure this video was gonna be about eyes wide shut, nice surprise that it was about one of my fav horror movies!
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I loved the interview with Kidman quoted here. She sounds very introspective and prone to reflection. It's always nice to see that in actors!
New Maggie drop 🙌🏾😮💨 I'm gassed
I love this movie and Kidman was a revelation. Her series of early aughts performances should be the blueprint for all actors looking to move into the new phase of their career.
Admitting awkward eye contact with Topher Grace shows a level of honesty, self-awareness and inner peace that forces me to respect you even more
Last time I was at an AMC, it was probably the dirtiest, filthiest theater I had been to in a long time, lol.
7:12 - That OT Levels chart and animation reveal is insane! Good job!
Stella Stainsberg is almost a perfect impersonation of Desiree Gould playing Aunt Martha in the intro to sleepaway camp
i watched the others with my father when i was 8, i was so scared but i loved the movie, the scene about the pictures of dead people stuck with me, and i later found out why, how and when they did that trough an "Ask a mortician" (love her channel) video. The video was so good i watched a ton of her videos and bought her books and that made me understand my panick attacks and over the top fear of death and of the book "the fault in your stars". (read it in a very deadpan tone)
This one was kind of a big deal in its time, and even got referenced in one of the Scary Movies, but I feel like it's more or less forgotten today. Glad to hear you giving it a bit of love.
As an Spaniard, I can tell you that the movie really resonated with more than the current state of things at the time, but with a whole lot of directors with enormous talent that were relegated to second line only cause of their origins. Many good films followed up, and sadly very few of them crossed the frontier of the country. It was a renaissance that has mostly died, but can still be sparsely found in some series like La Casa de Papel, that sadly only get mainstream traction when they are remade in Hollywood, same as The Ring revitalized the Japanese horror opera.
Any directors you'd particularly recommend? I'm tempted to do a Spanish movie binge :)
@@helenl3193 Sure. I don't know your taste, so I'm gonna list some good ones in all genres.
Relatively recent ones you have Fernando Colomo, Isabel Coixet, Julio Medem, Pedro Almodovar or Fernando Trueba. Some influential in the development of the Spanish cinema are Luis Buñuel, Luis García Berlanga, Carlos Saura, Bigas Luna, and Jose Luis Cuerda. As a side note, J. A. Bayona, the one from "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom", is Spanish too, and had some interesting movies before moving to Hollywood, but IMO he has lost the touch that he had in "El Internado".
Probably the most interesting ones, IMO, are Buñuel (surrealism) and Coixet (nouveau). Many people have spoken about them, but very few have seen their movies, and that's a pity.
If I was for a couple movies, "El Evangelio según San Mateo" and "La Comunidad" are very fine films that really don't let unprovoked. They are pure art, and as such they can make you feel things to love them, or to hate what you feel from them.
@@josecorchete3732 great, thank you! Almodovar and Bunuel are the only ones whose work I'd previously seen/remember, so this seems like a great list for a jumping off point. Gracias! 😁
@@helenl3193 My pleasure. Hope that you like some of them 😊
@@josecorchete3732 Thanks for this list!
Nicole Kidman’s AMC intro monologue is the best part of any theater experience
I have no idea what movie this is. it's going to drive me insane till the video drops lmao
The Others
It is an excellent mild horror film. VERY well acted. Not very scary.
The Others has a very weird, special attachment in my life. When I was in high school, sophomore or junior year I think, we were taking our state standardized test. When the room is finished, the people in it have to sit silently and just kill time until the whole school is finished before you can go anywhere else or do anything that involves noise of any kind. The teacher of the room I was in decided that when the room was done she was going to put this on, which was… a choice.
Every time I see clips of it I am transported back to a crappy classroom desk with attached chair, straining to listen because she had this already quiet movie turned down low enough to not get busted by the administrators.
Edit: but somehow I NEVER NOTICED CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON PLAYED HER HUSBAND???
I always laugh when people bring up The Others because it reminds me of the first time I watched it. My older sister brought it to watch with my twin and I, and she was like, "Omg this is such a good movie! It has one of those endings you don't see coming!" And then the movie started and within the first five minutes I was like, "Oh they're all dead," and my twin was like, "Oh for sure," lol. She wasn't pleased at all.
I love The Others. Twist got me the first time I saw it when it first came out, and it totally holds up each time since.
Dang dude I forgot how often I used to watch The Others. I just love me some dreamy, suspenseful slow burns. And of course Nicole. Imma watch it after this and then rewatch this 😂 thank you Maggie ♥️
I saw the Others in class during high school and I definitely didn't understand the depth it had then, whether because it was broken up into 3 sittings or because I was 16, but this was such an interesting look at the movie
I do appreciate that you take the time to make those surreal framing devices for your essays. Its such a treat to have that silliness _as well_ as your interesting analyses.
Im freaking out at the intro IS SO COOL OMG
Probably the best rendition of Turn of the Screw there is!
This video is like being blasted into a volcano by an ancient alien overlord and then being charged monthly for the cost of the lava. Another banger, as always Maggie.
1:11 Oh shit, yes! YES! Fucking _loved_ The Others. Y'all, don't let nobody spoil the ending. If you watch it before learning _anything_ about it, it'll be significantly enhanced (and frightening).
I love your witty humor and your insight as an actress. The video has such a great quality in comparison to stuff that's on TV right now. You for sure got my subscription.
I haven’t subbed to a channel this quickly in a long time. Hilarious, entertaining, insightful.. not to mention pulling at my nostalgia strings.. I absolutely love this video. Absolutely amazing ❤
The Others is my Mom's and my favorite movie. Thank you for such a fascinating look at one of the best ever, Maggie!
YOUR MOM HAS GREAT TASTE!
@@MaggieMaeFish Definitely! My mom has the best. 💙
Thanks!
Always a treat to see your creativity and keen media criticism. Save Martha, Maggie.
Extremely glad to see The Innocents get some love and recognition from a person with a dignified taste such as yours, it is easily one of the best horror films which dabbles with the "haunted house" trope
Saw The Others in a theatre where the projector wasn't oriented correctly, and you could see Nicole wearing sneakers in scenes.
It was funny hearing her 1920's hard leather soled footsteps coming from white Reebok's. XD
Wow you're digging deep with Ron Howard's Far and Away, Maggie. The whole world forgot about this movie. I only know about it because I wrote an article about Howard a few years back and watched all of his films for it.
I knew about because the film is 30 years old and they talked about it on the 302010 Podcast.
@Mary Harrison you think that's weird, I was shown it in school for some reason. Social Studies class if I remember right
@Mary Harrison Historical accuracy in movies was less scrutinized in the 90s. It shows that some of these things happened (land grants, discrimination against Irish), and that was good enough for the high school history classes of the 90s.
Btw I saw this on cable with my grandfather. At the land grant scene, he said his grandfather had participated in two of those. The first time, after he staked a claim, he was told he was too young to keep the land. The second time, he was told he’d staked the plot of land dedicated for the town school and they didn’t let him keep it. The moral of the story for me: people like Tom Cruise are the beneficiary of history. People like me are not.
I'm getting Prof. Brian O'Blivion vibes from the TV taking head part.
Yes! I knew that Kidman hair style!
I loved Abre Los Ojos and found Vanilla Sky just annoying for many reasons. Among them, the title. It didn't mean anything, the director just liked the phrase. He almost used it as the title of his previous film, Almost Famous.
Also, among the biggest changes in the unnecessary remake of the great original was the emphasis of the mole on Penelope Cruz's left breast, which hurt the great ambiguity of the original because then you would notice later when there were different breasts. It was... a choice. And not a good one.
It was pretentious
The only good thing Vanilla Sky has over Abre Los Ojos is a short but fascinating performance by Tilda Swinton and then it goes back into 'ugh can I please watch the original?' mode again.
8:58 - Kidman is super self aware. Color me impressed.
Great show 🤓✨
How did I miss this one? So good!
Wow! This is a good YT video. Thank you.
I always love the kooky and creative way she presents her movie analysis. It helps it stand out among typical video essays.
I remember watching this film when i was a child. I went looking for it as an adult bc all I remembered about it was the lines of Nichole kidman hiding her children and both kids being absolutely convinced they had a sun allergy.
My mom loved Stella's VHS series! Thanks for reminding me of it!
this was the most creative and interesting video I've watched on youtube in a long time, you're wonderful, Maggie!
Such a great video!!! I need to watch the others now. I thought Nicole was STUNNING in The Northman omg. Hope you're doing well Maggie!
The Others is a very underrated old school gothic ghost story with a twist and yes, Nicole's performance is mesmerising and she carries the whole believability and tension of the story beautifully.
Your Vanilla Sky commentary just made me LOL
Excellent! First time viewer. This vid does many things, comments intelligently on how art is made, addresses fanatism... And is Yet another Well documented Take Down of those evil scientology fools. Breaking up a husband and wife is terrible, alienating children from either parent but
perhaps especially their mother, Is UNFORGIVABLE.
As always, great post.
I wonder if anyone's ever talked about the issue of religiosity when trying to split the hair of religious/morereligious.
Most people (at least in the u.s.) seem to accept that there is some imaginary difference between levels of religion, and don't notice the elephant in the room that is being avoided.
I was just considering a rewatch. Brilliant as always
13:33 I never saw vanilla sky, I did see Abre los ojos and had no idea that it had an American remake.
Fantastic video, as always 🙌🏻
I was lucky to randomly catch Abre Los Ojos on TV one night before Vanilla Sky happened. It's really good. Vanilla Sky is...not.
I never felt like Thanos deserved forgiveness. The fact that he has some semblance of a point, regarding the disease of "endless growth" is actually what makes his actions all the more damning. It shows that he's smart enough to know better. The fact that he truly loves Gamora, makes his abuse all the more unforgivable. It's already a terrible thing for someone to abuse their child as a way of releasing their own unresolved trauma and resentment. But what he did to Gamora is a whole other level cursed. He genuinely values his bullshit plan SO much that he is willing to abuse and eventually kill someone he truly loves. That level of deeply rooted arrogance is almost unparalleled in all of cinema. I've always felt that Thanos's relatability is intended to damn him all the more in our eyes. It certainly did in mine.
The dialogue in this was the funniest thing I've seen from Maggie so far, topping even the sponsored breakdown from the Junify video. That Jared Leto joke made me spit out my coffee
@1:24 oh the movie my mom and I went to and she was angry that all they did is whisper 🤣🤣
Uhh... Holy hell. This was tremendous. Great work, Maggie Mae Fish!!!
Really liked Kidman as the femme fatale in To Die For. But ultimately once you spot it she has about as much emotional depth in a lot of her performances as Cruise.
I watched this movie when I was 11 with my sister. I absolutely adored it and have never stopped thinking about it since. So happy to see you cover it in this way.
This was so good I was sad when it ended 😊
Amazing, amazing, amazing and .... .... Your amazingness has broken me. LOVE YOU GAL !!!
Am I the only person who gets EXTREME Parker Posey vibes from Maggie?
I could never put my finger on what it was that always made it seem like I've seen Maggie somewhere before and only now I realize.
Like manerisms, way of talking, she even looks like she could be her sister.
It is a compliment, by the way. Parker is the best! Indie comedy queen!
With everything going on in the world, at least we get to exist at the same time as Maggie Mae Fish.
Very interesting! I’ve never heard of that movie.
I'm wondering why would they call her Grace, like the character from Dogville? 🤔
Good one!
Before it jumped into The Others I assumed (hoped) this was somehow going to be about Days of Thunder
I'll have to come back to this one, haven't seen this movie but now i want to.
thank you for this respite from the madness
greetings and well wishes from Oregon
sooo... uh... Tom Cruise is totally uncredited in the Wikipedia article for The Others? I just fixed it then but that really threw me, I had to open my actual movie file and find the credit still that is used in this essay. Thanks Maggie for helping me fix encyclopedic issues!
We did it!
The Others is one of my all time favorite movies. Being a horror buff it's hard to be scared these days, but with a good performance, feeling stress, anxiety, and like walls are closing in on me? Oh yes. I can still feel that and The Others makes me feel like I can't escape what's happening even though I wish it wasn't happening.
This was a great video to watch after recently watching Going Clear. I randomly watched The Others a looong time ago and was expecting it to be a mid-tier horror movie, but was really pleasantly surprised by the aesthetics, the genuine creepiness (which is hard for me to feel when I watch most horror movies, though they are my favorite genre), and the twist was actually pretty unexpected. I didn't think of connecting it to Nicole's marriage to Cruise and scientology. It's awful what they did to her, and I'm really glad she got out. No wonder she was so happy to divorce him. I would be, too. it can't be said enough: scientology is a dangerous cult that gets people killed, at worst, and abused at best. Tom Cruise is talented, but my lord, he is *fucking crazy,* I'm sorry.
i want to buy the behind the performance set so bad !!!!!
a spinoff of this episode about elizabeth holmes, please. some (most) of her role choices have sounded to me like a not so subtle call for help
Ah I love The Others! Thanks for reminding me that I'm due for a rewatch.
Wait this was excellent.
Nicole is amazing. Beautiful vid about her performance ♡
How do you even come up with video ideas like this haha
Can't wait to watch this one
I feel like this is a good companion to The Shining video. There's fascinating real-life horror stories behind so many cinematic ones, arguably more chilling ones
This is my first time seeing your videos, and I'm going to be watching more, you're hilarious
Wait...why did you include Anton Chigurh as one of the "complicated daddy's who get redemption"...? That dude was literally an embodiment of death and was purposefully one-note lol
Didn't get that at all either. I think maybe she means that he breaks his arm in the very last scene?? But if you read that scene as like a redemption or cry of sympathy for Chigurh, then... well... you're wrong, lol.
Honestly, sometimes I feel her critic is a little... quick. Like, you can't make a statement that broad (and miss that hard, IMO) without at least giving it a little explanation. She might have an interesting point, but if she's going to make comparative critic (which in itself is a problematic technique) I wish she would flesh out those opinions more instead of letting them stay in meme shorthand. No Country and Chigurh are a little more interesting than just "haha lol daddy"
In this case it ended up not really adding anything to the point of the essay and just kinda became a "men, amirite?"-joke.
"or a way for us to excuse what we've seen them do"
Anton is the worst extent of someone who just follows orders. Anton is one-note but the way he thinks isn't limited to him. As with Scientology, a lot of religions justify horrible things by appealing to a greater sense of morality that most humans don't reason/logic themselves into, like flipping a coin. Thanos does the same thing with the whole "it's for the good of the universe" shtick. Thanos is more altruistic in his argumentation but no one with a working brain should think either has a functioning external source for morality. The excuse for Anton is already an operating principle for millions it's just an uncommon one.
Also she uses Daddy in the sense of a patriarch.
What she says in the video doesn't address Anton but that's the way I view it.
She's honkie doodle doo when it comes to 'Daddies'
Thanks for the vid. Always great.