We all cried Ange it's cool. You asked about the googly eyes. Think of it this way: The Everything Bagel is a dark circle with a white center and represents Jobu and The Googly Eye is a white circle with a dark center and represents Waymond and eventually ascended Evelyn. If you put both of these side by side then they make a Yin-Yang symbol which is the balance of light and dark elements. The balance of "Nothing Matters" and "Being Kind." ☯
The progression from "nothing matters" to "nothing *matters*" is fascinating to me. The change in emphasis implies that by not having any purpose or meaning, we are free to decide what has meaning in our own lives.
that's a sharp thought brother. It's a paradox of life that we must bounce back and forth between nothing matters and everything that we care about matters. 😊
I call this "positive nihilism". It's a breath of fresh air that it didn't do that whole Disney crap of "we are are all special and everything does matter". Instead of realizing that "nothing matters" is a lie, they just change what it means that nothing matters.
That's basically Existentialism. Except that freedom also causes a huge anguish ("man is condemned to be free"), which I think is also the point of the movie.
i think the whole taxes scene at the end is more of a representation of how much Evelyn as a person has evolved. because in the beginning she never really listening to anyone (the tax lady, her husband, her daughter), always saying like "yeah i am listening to you" when in fact she know she didn't paying attention since her mind is literally everywhere. but at the end, the whole "what did you just say?" is a representation of Evelyn finally open to listen to someone else and not just busy with everything that happening in her mind.
@@ANGELINAA something one of the daniel’s wrote into the script is that evelyn has undiagnosed adhd and in writing it he realized he also had undiagnosed adhd
The googly eyes representing Waymond's philosophy/outlook on life is so beautiful. Especially since its the inverse of the everything bagel (black with the white in the middle). This movie turned me into a sobbing mess for like a week after watching it.
I noticed in the second viewing, he gives it away in the first 10 minutes it was him and why he does it. When they're looking for laundry bag, he says "Oh I moved it, they seem happier there!" It shows that not only is he goofy (giving feelings to a laundry bag) but he's doing his best to cheer up his stressed out wife. He offered to paint the ceiling, but he used the wrong paint. He gets change for the man (who later says "I thought you people were good with math) but gives him the wrong amount. He is trying so hard, but messes up despite his intentions to be that supportive husband. Which makes her dismissal of him hurt more
I know the googly eyes just explained everything Waymond is, in zero dialogue, you can see the eyes on the bag in the first scene. It's just so utterly perfect you couldn't peruse a whole dollarama and find anything better than this simple gimmick.
As a queer asian second gen girl with mommy issues and personally experience a decent amount existential crisis, i was severely dehydrated by the end of this film. Could not stop crying. Didn't know movies could make me cry for 30 min straight for like five different reasons/characters/relationships. Even the rocks made me cry. It was perfection
Treat your parents better and stop trying to assimilate into nonAsian circles. Those two traits are the most common and unoriginal boring tropes of the Asian American girl growing up in the west. We all think we’re so unique but we’re literally all the same
I'm not sure how you heard that you didn't hear of anyone crying over this film - literally 90% of reactions to this film on YT are people openly weeping in the third act
This movie needs to be up for like…ten Oscars. And win multiple out of those ten. This film is incredible not just from an emotional standpoint, but a technical one as well. ❤️
@@metalface_villain I noticed that too! It seemed like a lot of the visual effects/editing techniques were inspired by classic films. I REALLY appreciated that.
this movie is the epitome of two conflicting ideologies: 1 - “if nothing matters, why do anything?” 2 - “if nothing matters, then enjoy everything” i absolutely adore this movie, and i was in full on tears watching this. easily one of my top ten movies of all time, i can’t wait for this to win awards, each member of the cast absolute deserves it
Essentially, it's Nihilism < Absurdism. Rebel against the pointlessness of life by being a radical optimist and take every chance to connect with everyone important to you.
I have never felt more emotionally affected by a movie in my entire life. The scene with Waymond describing his method of 'fighting' hit me so hard. Just as he says, I have been told many times throughout my life that I am too nice for my own good. It leads to me being taken advantage of, even by people who are some of my closest friends. But Waymond's character shows that this form of kindness and willingness to help others isn't simply a weakness. Life isn't black and white, it's technicolor. What others view as weakness can in reality be one's strengths. I adore this movie for having one of its leads be an emotionally vulnerable, goofy, kind father. Waymond is a role model for me and so many other men out there. We're just waiting for society to realize how valuable this form of masculinity is too.
one detail I like about this film is that one of the directors wanting it to be about a mother with undiagnosed ADHD (hence with her not focusing on the moment and only listening when its urgent and even amplified when she was jumping into different verses). So the director researched about ADHD and that lead him to getting a diagnosis himself
It does really feel like that. My therapist asked me if the voices I feel are other personalities and it really isn't. It's me, my internal dialogue just in different shades and reasoning. Like I'm talking to 10 different versions of myself. Some stricter and some softer etc.... maybe it's different versions of myself hahah
@@pokemonmanic3595 yeah fr like im Filipino and youre basically being "entitled" if you even think of trying to get a diagnosis so its very validating and I felt seen seeing an asian woman with ADHD
Went into this movie completely blind and I was in SHAMBLES by the end. As a gay teenager with an abundance of mom conflict because of it, you can connect the dots. I keep watching reactions to it and every time I get teary-eyed. The absurdist nature just works SOO well, and there's so much going on that I can keep rewatching it and still want MORE. Is it still fair to call it a comfort film if it makes me cry????
I was a gay teen 45 years ago and boy did I have the conflict with my mom. We didn’t speak for almost 10 years. We spent the last ten years of her life getting to know each other all over again and developed a very rich relationship. She needed to grow as did I. I wish I had known things about her that I learned as an adult. It would have saved a lot of time and pain, but she needed to learn to be honest in her own pain, and where she couldn’t, I am ok with that. I’ll carry that for the both of us.
The absurdity and unapologetically absurdist philosophy of this film is also its beauty. The more I think about the film (even its most ridiculous parts), the more I realize it’s a validation of what it means to be human, and an encouragement to show kindness to each other no matter how absurd our existence may be from one moment of life to the next.
The rock scene blew my mind away. So simple. Yet so effective, beautiful and heartwrenching. The moment that rock fell off the cliff, my tears also started to fall 😂😭
I think it doesn't hit some of these reactors as hard because they are narrating it instead of being silent and feeling it. The rock scene is one of the key moments that wreck people.
I had goosebumps during the rock scene and a knot in my throat. Fighting back tears, so many of us never just have that dialogue with our parents. Best scene
@@jongon0848That was Michelle Yeoh's idea. It was supposed to be a voice over and she told the directors' "They're rocks, they can't talk." And it led to the subtitles. And thankfully, this won best picture! So now we have a best picture winner with a Butt plug Gong Fu Fight!
Coincidentally I watched it today, expecting it to be some absurd, but fun action flick. I wasn't ready what happened in the 3rd act, it emotionally wrecked me. I don't cry much during movies, but this was incredibly relatable to me (RIP mom) and my eyes were pretty much waterfalling the last 20 minutes of the movie. I'm so amazed that between all the chaos and absurdity, they managed to create something heartfelt and honest. And seriously, mad props to the cast, it shows that Asian actors can deliver on all fronts and we need more representation in the movie industry. Easily one of the best movies I've seen in a while and my favorite movie this year so far (and maybe in my top 5?).
Ke Huy Quan needs to at least get an Oscar nomination for this. He made us all cry. Also, coming back to acting after so much time, after being great in Temple of Doom and Goonies and delivering this kind of performance. It has to be recognised.
“Who made this movie they deserve an Oscar?!” How fitting considering this movie absolutely DOMINATED the Oscars last night. Practically a sweep. Well deserved too. This movie is an absolute masterpiece
Accented Cinema did a video essay on this movie, and one of his main points was that there are two opposite symbols in this movie: the bagel, a black circle with a white center, and the googly eye, a white circle with a black center. The Bagel is all powerful, and represents the idea that everything, collectively doesn't matter. While the googly eyes are mundane, small, and bring life and purpose to even the smallest things. Once I looked through that lens the scene of Evelyn turning the bullets into google eyes became way more powerful to me: it's her embracing her husband's goofyness and kindness, caring about the small things instead of "everything". And her putting one on her head like a third eye is like she's become "enlightened" with this idea
I feel like it's just optimism and pessimism. Seeing the good versions of everyone and everything vs seeing all the bad in everything. Fear and love. And when she looks back at the bagle both symbols are visible on the screen and thus the viewer and also see both and choose with the hero. She then instead of seeing the bagle, sees the googly eyes, the eye, and makes a bullet in to her own third eye which is the inverse of the bagle. She has gained the power that is love/kindness and can now heal her opponents instead of fighting them. It's a fcking work of art and I haven't seen a single movie in my life that has blown my mind so hard.
Her circle pin in the party universe, the ring on the bead necklace of tax lady in the beginning, the *laundry machines* circles. Once you realize the motifs you see the circle everywhere and there's something about the framing where you know...it's on purpose.
Honestly I’m so so grateful that I know Cantonese and mandarin. Just hearing Michelle yeoh and the other characters speak in the language just hits so different for some reason, it’s as if it’s some of the stuff I wish I could have the strength to say to my parents, or something I wish I could hear from them as well. Especially the scene where she stands up to her dad and says “你唔鍾意，唔接受，都唔緊要，因為呢個就係我。” which actually means “It’s fine if don’t like it, if you don’t accept it, because this is who I am” - made me bawl my eyes out, those are the words I wish I had enough strength to tell to my parents’ face. And the words I wish my parents would defend me with. This movie, this cast, Michelle yeoh, is a masterpiece.
Embarrassingly drunk cried in front of all of my friends watching this movie at a movie night. No regrets as a 29 y/o male in front of all his bros. This movie was a masterpiece.
I’m a second gen Korean American too and I watched this on the plane on the way to Korea to see my mom’s family for the first time in 10 years. I fought so hard to not bawl on the plane but failed. Tears and snot streaming down my face like a waterfall
Watching an emotional movie on a long-haul flight is one of the most embarrassing and yet completely avoidable things ever, but somehow, I just seem to keep stepping into it.
as the first gen gay daughter of an immigrant mother and father i knew going into this movie that it would hit me hard, but god the actual ugly sobbing that occurred when i watched this was insane. ke huy quan, michelle yeoh and stephanie hsu’s performances emotionally wrecked and also healed me. this movie has genuinely changed my worldview and my world i think.
The dad is the actor that played Data in The Goonies, and Short Round in the second Indiana Jones Movie. I don't know if you've seen either, but both are worth a watch, and he pretty much steals the show in both of them.
@@metalface_villain he kinda chose to leave acting because he wasn't happy with the roles that were being offered. He still worked behind the camera and as a stunt coordinator. The two security guards during the buttplug fight are also self taught fight choreographers. This is his first role in like 30+ years and you can just see him flex his range so we'll!
@@metalface_villain nah xDD In the behind the scenes videos, you can see they wore flesh colored underwear (like a dance belt) and they CGI'd the plugs in That's why the blur was needed, to hide that it wasn't "attached" to anything. That and it's funnier
@@JamesJiansen eh, they offered roles, but he turned them down for a multitude of reasons. It's not like there weren't any Asian actors, VAs, or roles in 30+ plus years Though he has admitted that "Crazy Rich Asians" especially Michelle Yeoh's performance, made him want to get back into acting, and sure enough, his first film back, he's in a film with her
You're the only reactor I've seen who fully understood the deeper meaning behind the movie. I was getting frustrated with all the other reactors only talking about the amazing visuals and how funny it was. This movie is perfect on multiple levels and someone finally recognized it!
Evelyn is ADHD coded In fact, one of the directors' (Daniel Kwan) wanted it to be accurate, however in his research, he found out he showed symptoms of it and was diagnosed. So he pulled back some of the stuff but pulled from his experiences to depict the chaos and cacophony that goes on in our head, but that we do try to focus. We just lost focus.
You can hear it at the end. “You listened, but you didn’t listen” is pretty much the story of the average adhd person. We lose focus even without trying.
The most emotional thing through this all is watching the actors, (especially Michelle yeoh and ke huy quan) talk about this movie. Michelle said that this was her chance to finally show the world and her fans what she can really do. Ke huy said that everyone asked him “where did you go?” And he said “I have always been here.” Nobody just ever gave him a chance. Very emotional they both cried.
I get why this movie is too weird for some people, but for me it was refreshing AF to see a mainstream big budget film that actually _tried_ to be well-filmed, well-written, and well-acted. The quality jump between this and the average marvel movie is unreal and I'm glad it's getting some love.
@@tiger_lord305 oh yeah. Goes to show that some effort and a script that, yknow... is _actually finished_ can come out and absolutely humiliate MoM like that.
This is truly a modern day masterpiece! I have never seen a movie tackle nihilism like this movie and actually offers up a solution and a very simple one at that, which is kindness! And on top of that, it tackled generational trauma better than any other movie I have seen! Truly a once in a generation movie!
Back when I was in film school studying screenwriting, I was taught that the more specific you make a story, the more universal it becomes. This incredibly realized Chinese-American Family is *so* specific that somehow it applies to every family everywhere. Great reaction!
Omg I’m so happy you watched this and felt the way I did watching it. This movie destroyed me. I was sobbing. My boyfriend doesn’t usually cry at movies and he cried too during Waymond’s speech about being kind 😭 insanely beautiful storytelling. This is why I love movies and stories.
I *just* watched it, and I *can not* stress enough how hard I'm crying, my eyes are watery as I write this, I'm completely destroyed and this movie actually made me feel a little better. I've been suffering from clinical depression for 3 years now, and I totally felt so understood because it's all so much, so much information, so much pressure, so much expectation and in the end it all just doesn't matter at all and it is true, but this movie reminded me of other perspectives and I was JUST looking for an analysis like yours I loved this video and this movie and WOW... thank you so much
From what I've heard about what the writers intended to convey with the movie (forgiving your mother, intergenerational conflict or misunderstanding, 'too muchness', adhd), I am surprised the movie resonates so much with people dealing with despression. Because even though one of the main characters doesn't want to live, I have not read about depression being a main theme in the minds of the writers.
@@apoptosisduellinks109 yeah, that's precisely the reason why depressed people get some sort of understanding from the movie, this overwhelming-ness (not even a word but I hope I can make myself understood here tho) is frequently present and caused by depression because while you're suffering and sort of ruining your life, you also know precisely what to do and what to not do, but in the end you just don't do anything. Also, the general idea discussed in the movie that if you think about it, it's just all so pointless, and again that's accurately what depression is. Not trynna talk for everyone here, but particularly, I have this knowledge about certain thing and sometimes knowing certain things depresses you... I also felt A LOT of that throughout the entire movie, I think if you really think about it, that's one of the many things the movie brings to discussion
I’ve seen this movie four times and I have cried every single time. Like you, that “In another universe, I would have loved just doing laundry and taxes with you” absolutely kills me 😭 This movie is legit a masterpiece. I’m glad you enjoyed it so much! Thanks for sharing your reaction!
My favorite thing with Joy's actor is how well she makes joy feel scared and vulnerable when she's being jobu. even when she's being powerful and violent, you just ache for her because you can tell that there's this longing. Like, maybe if I try enough silly fashions, blow people up in enough ways, something will stick for more than a few days, maybe I'll find the thing that actually feels meaningful to you in the big soup of everything. Joy trying out being an influencer and a wrestler and a lawyer and wishing any of them would have that spark where you think "yeah i could see myself doing this for a lifetime". it just feels like such a early-20s emotion, where everyone around her seems like they've got it all figured out, and she can do anything she wants and she doesn't want to do any of it. Jobu comes from such an accurate place to where I'm sometimes at and it's just heartrending and lovely to see it all put out there on screen like. to see somebody get it in such an accurate way aaaaagh.
This movie made me feel proud for some reason. Just the amount that i could relate to the family dynamics and then how it concluded. It really felt like looking into a mirror.
''Nothing matters'' is in itself a paradox, a contradiction. If nothing matters then that fact doesn't matter as well, therefore a paradox, it doesn't make sense. So you could say everything matters or what you want to matter matters. I love this!
I remember seeing this movie twice in the theater.. the second time I was stoned and the scene where she helps the people (which gives the whole Bible verse of being kind to others who are unkind to us) and tries to stop joy from going into the bagel made me cry and the person next to me suddenly patted my shoulder and comforted me. It was so beautiful.
I'm here because it swept Oscars, and the movie rightfully deserved every reward it got. One of the modern masterpiece i've seen in recent years. Besides an interesting theme done well (multiverse), over-the-top hilarious action sequences, great editing and heartwarming drama, it's philosophically thought-provoking too. It tells the opposing approach to existentialism that questions our life's purpose and cripples most of us. Pessimistic nihilism vs. optimistic absurdism. The yinyang of everything bagel (black outside, white inside) vs google eyes (white outside, black inside). Empty void inside vs pure core inside. "Nothing matters so might as well destroy everything" vs "Nothing matters so might as well enjoy life". Waymond taught Evelyn and us the latter.
I've seen this 4 times in theaters.. and canNOT stop watching React videos and crying with strangers on the internet.. but this was one of my favorite reacts! ❤
i love how evelyn changed the "nothing matters" standard that joy made, like nothing matters and that's okay (?). I don't know that's just hits different to me 😭 you don't need a "bagel" because it doesn't matter don't let it bother you
Its a philosophy called Absurdism. Like Nihilism, Absurdism says that life lacks any meaning, but Absurdism says that it is part of the human experience to come up with your own meaning. These meanings you create also fundamentally lack any real truth, but they are necessary to be happy. There is a really famous absurdist quote, something like this. "Sisyphus was punished for all eternity, having to push a heavy rock up a hill, only for it to roll back down to the bottom again. But now, imagine Sisyphus was happy."
It's the hypocrisy of YOLO: you only live once, so do you take the risks because you won't get the chance again, or do you stay safe because you aren't guaranteed a second shot
you probably figured it out by now, but the googly eyes represents love and kindness. specifically, Waymond's love and kindness. And as a motif, it's also the inverse of the everything bagel. Both visually and thematically.
EEAO is a modern masterpiece of cinema. As a chinese-american, this touches me in so many ways. The struggle between american and chinese cultures. The immigrant struggle of finding meaning between Christian and Buddhist philosophies. For me, beneath the surface, the movie is a deep meditation on buddhism and living in the moment with empathy.
This film is a masterpiece, and I hope they get nominated for some awards because they deserve it. It's a staple not just as a film, but for filmmaking as well. I absolutely love all the messages brought about by this film, how they tackle the struggles within Asian families that can be felt by other ethnic families as well. A24 is *killing it* with their films. So many great gems coming from them lately, this one especially.
"some" awards? There isn't a single category I can think of that they shouldn't be nominated, and probably win for. Seriously, the main issue here is that one of the women will have to split the category for supporting or lead actress. Everyone else should win everything else all at once.
Ever read (or listen to) the book “Crying in H-Mart?” Not a movie recommendation but a really beautiful story about a South Korean author coming to terms with how much she loved her mom despite the fact that they had such a tumultuous relationship over the years, and how much she and her mom were able to find common ground via the Korean food they loved to eat.
@@matthewfujimoto4054 Seriously! Jubilee was on my AOTY list last year and 'Paprika' might be one of the greatest album openers I've heard in a good while
Oh man crying in H Mart had me sobbing as well as this movie did. I’ve been a fan of Japanese Breakfast and read her book, and when I found out some of her songs were about her loss, I couldn’t stop listening to them and crying. My mom passed in my early 20s around the same time as hers. Her music and book are amazing and helped me express my grief in a away I didn’t know how. Also this movie is so amazing! Kinda glad I see them mentioned in the same video.
This movie had me bawling. The fact that it was *not only about* breaking generational curses, healing the mother/daughter relationship - but it was a *LOVE STORY* Her husband’s speech at the end - killed me. When the daughter gets to the point of wanting to be nothing - killed me.
oh good I'm not the only one who sobbed hysterically watching this movie, that's very comforting it hit me so hard right in that painful family relationships spot, I didn't expect it to make such a profound impact on me, but it felt so cathartic, I wish I could wipe my memory and watch it for the first time again
Almost every single person I knew who watched this cried so hard, including myself. I knew I was going to be wrecked, seeing a full cast that looks exactly like me and also just coming out of an existential depression episode. I was WRECKED but I will never have enough words to fully articulate how much this movie meant to me.
I cried a lot on the "just doing laundry and taxes with you" part. They spend the entire movie showing how her situation is not ideal yet "successful" Waymond wants just that.
If there's one thing that both Turning Red and EEAAO showed me and a lot of people is how weirdly similar Asian and Latin-American (more especifically, Brazilian, bc that's where I'm from) are. Ive seen myself having some war-flashbacks from my upbringing and family dynamics from watching this movie. I can't think of anything else I can say about it that hadnt been said already, but yeah, EEAAO is literally a one-of-a-kind, life-changing sort of movie for sure and I love everymoment of it
You can say all the same things about African families or South Asian families or eastern European families. I think it's an immigrant family (in mainly western Europe/Anglo countries) phenomenon.
@@indrinita it just kinda makes me question myself sometimes, like, am I just complaining about this because I’ve been “brainwashed by ‘white, western values’ of hugboxes and participation trophies and being too ‘soft’ on your kids?” and that you need to accept this sort of toxicity if you don’t want to be “racist and prejudiced” against your own culture you grew up in?
I went into this thinking it was just going to be a lower-budget (than the MCU) multiverse action flick. I was *not* prepared for the drama, the absurdity, the emotion, and the philosophy. I sure as hell wasn't prepared to cry, but I did twice, and I still cry every time I see in people's reaction videos the Waymond "be kind" speech. In fact, I'm wiping my tears away now to write this after watching *your* video's clip of that 😂 As someone with depression, and who's generally considered a bit "naive" for trying to have empathy and understand others (and who's often frustrated when people *don't* have empathy), both Waymond's "be kind" speech and Joy's "why wouldn't you choose to be somewhere with a daughter who's better than me?" line just.... cue the waterworks again just thinking about it. I saw Multiverse of Madness before I saw this, and I was disappointed in how underwhelming it was. Imagine how shocked I was to find out that the big Phase 4 MCU Multiverse movie wasn't even the best *multiverse movie* of the past few months! THIS is what a multiverse movie should be: ranging the gamut of possible realities from the mundane ("what if we went home to finish the taxes?") to the absurd ("what if I was a lesbian in a world where everyone had literal hot dogs for fingers?"), full of action, but built on top of a profound and moving character-driven core. Not five universes that are only slightly different ("what if the main character did something different one time? And again... and again... repeat...") built around one character making stupid decisions and literally being punched to prevent her from reconsidering and being rational. ...sorry, I was just really disappointed in Doctor Strange 2, and ten times as disappointed in it after seeing how good it *could* have been with EEAAO.
You took every word out of my mouth. I think about how Winter Soldier was first and foremost an espionage thriller, a damn good one, that happened to feature Cap. If only Doctor Strange could have done the same with the philosophical exploration inherent in a multiversal story. Essentially, if only it had been closer to this movie. It was utterly disappointing by comparison.
Before I watched the movie, based on what I had heard about the movie, I expected to love the movie. Maybe this is one factor why I didn't fall in love with it. I still like the movie a lot.
When Rock Evelyn turned around with googly eyes, it gave me such a unique feeling. I'd gotten teary eyed at earlier parts and laughed a lot, but when she started going after Joy I was laughing and crying at the same time. But it was weird, because laughing during an emotional scene isn't right, but crying at such a goofy visual is also not right, and I was too confused to do either one completely. So it was like each one caused me to do the other. What a feeling.
Haven’t cried so much for a movie in… ever! Kindness trumping violence, and “Luke/Joy, I’m your Father/Mother”, plus the Zojirushi rice-cooker, the inability to display affection in an Asian family, the non-Asian smiling confused when everyone around you is talking in Chinese … so relatable. “I’m proud of myself” … I’ve cried again watching this reaction
I just wanted to give you and edited you the biggest hugg!! the tears were real. The amazing thing about this is everything changes always, meaning even if you''re in a bad place in your life it will change and get better. BIG HUGS FOR EVERYONE!!!
I ugly cry every time, even when I watch reactions. The googly eye is the opposite of the everything bagel. Joy is depressed, Jobu is suicidal, which is okay. The message is to be kind and accepting. There is always something to love, even in a world where we all have hot dogs for fingers. Unfortunately it is not an option to say "just stop being sad." But kindness can definitely help, and therapy.
seeing this in theatres is something else! not only is it on a big screen with amazing sound effects and whatnot, but having the whole audience experience this film along with yourself, hearing everyone gasp and laugh and cry, it made the whole thing feel even bigger than it already did. this is definitely one of those films you can see in theatres over and over again
One of my favorite realiziations about this movie (after a few times watching, lol) is that Waymond was always tge one even when she hadn't consciously realized it. I don't think she ever wanted to rub his nose in her super glamorous life without him. She saw something amazing and her first reaction is to tell him...her best friend and love of her life. No too make him feel bad but because he is her person and the first one she would want to tell anything amazing that happened to her. Just as usual, she doesn't emotionally realize it and miscommunicates. To me it is obvious by the looks on her face, not a 'hah, i would be so much better' look. It was the kind of look i would have when i desperately want to tell my best friend some surprising thing that just happened to me. Sure, she is caught in the glamour of it initially but is quick to realize its flaws and doesn't try to deny them to hold on to the false dream. This movie is flat out stupendous in all the small ways it does moments like this. Where it comes across one way, but the INTENT was totally different. She just wanted to tell the one who was most important to her this awesome thing and i am so glad she realizes his importance to her and her absolute love for this meek, loveable and mild mannered man whose strength she never consciously realized and mistook that outward appearance as weakness...even tho a part of her knew better. Hell, that man stood in front of guns to protect her AFTER she stabbed him. Lol, one could talk for days on the nuances and subtleties of this film.
I think the whiplash absurdity of the film helps break the audience (as well as Evelyn) from their own comfortable reality, allowing them to experience part two of the film (and the emotions) more directly. Which is why the rock scene is so important in stabilising the audience and bringing them into the conversation between Joy and Evelyn (and more importantly making it seem absolutely normal and acceptable for two rocks to be talking), and so profoundly affecting for many people. Which then pulls you into Waymond's plea to be kind and the realisation that the things that matter are other people. It then provides the final confrontation (and catharsis) in the "real world" which grounds it magnificently (even though the echoes of it crash in escalating magnificence through all the realities). Part three is the real world again (both for the movie and for the audience), the same as before, only it's not, as it has been transformed by the realisations of part two. It is truly magnificent in how it emotionally manipulates the audience and forces you to feel things, to be a part of it. The only people I've known not to bawl their eyes out are those unable to accept the base premise of being able to verse-jump and thus refuse to follow along with Evelyn on her journey. Some people are very attached to their reality and dislike extrapolating beyond it. Then you through in all the small film-making tricks (such as the different aspect ratios) and symbolic imagery, always centred on the core antagonism, and counter-response (the googly eyes whose centre is definitely not empty, but rather what makes them them), and you have an absolute masterpiece. But I think it is also one where the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts. I definitely think it deserves a wheelbarrow full of Oscars, but also feel that a lot of The Academy are too attached to their own reality and so it won't. Not only does genre stuff does not do too well there, but it is so far out of their wheelhouse they will have no capacity to relate (and they might even make the mistake of trying to dissect it rather than watch it, as a number of reviewers have already done - missing the point entirely). But if Ke Huy Quan does not get best actor/best supporting actor I will be incredibly saddened. Which is not to say that Michelle Yeoh and Stephanie Hsu are not also deserving. They truly are.
Not sure if anyone else mentioned this, but the google eyes and the bagel act as two sides of the same coin, acting as yin and yang in this story. The eyes counteract the bagel in so many ways, from their inherent silly / childlike nature, to their connection to Waymond in the story, or even just their color scheme (white all around with black in the middle, while the bagel’s colors are exactly opposite). Just one more layer to this story that’s already so deep, detailed, and nuanced. Absolutely 10/10
I’m so glad I got to see this in IMAX at an advance screening with a big crowd. The audience reactions, including LOTS of crying, just made the experience so amazing. Get the blu-ray DVD to see so much BTS (and a lot on TH-cam along with interviews with the Daniels and cast) and the director commentary is just great. And Short Round!! Oh, man, seeing Ke Huy Quan back onscreen after almost 20 years away was still great and he was FANTASTIC. One of the best movies I’ve seen in the longest time.
this is my movie of the year. I could repeat what everyone else said, but y'all already know. One thing (that I can't confirm, so if you do speak/read Chinese, please let me know), but the kanji spelling of Joy's name could mean 'disaster', which is just a great contrast between the English reading of it. Also, the bagel being a metaphor for depression/suicide was a brilliant and respectful way to talk about the children of Asian Americans (and BIPOC) living up to their parent's expectations. They all need ALL the awards.
angelina: "I never heard about anyone crying over this" me: watched it and literally had a breakdown of uncontrollable crying because the whole movie felt like it was taken out of one of the darkest places in my mind and made into a movie and the husband made me want to find someone like him because he is so incredibly sweet and extremely loving and honestly who doesn't want to be loved like that and reciprocate that love back.
It was a lot of fun watching you react to this! My parents are both Chinese immigrants too (though to Canada) and though they're the hardest working people I've ever known, they're also very strict and demanding, and easy to anger but otherwise very emotionally reserved. I ended up much more 'Waymond'-like, my dad is quite the opposite. But Michelle's character was more or less spot on for my mom, haha. Most of my immediate family did actually say "you're getting fat" growing up. If you haven't seen it, I would highly, highly recommend a movie called "Synecdoche, New York". It's hard to say it's 'similar' to this film, but there are a lot of parallels in the exploration of existential themes and life and relationships, as well as the absurdist dark humour. I will say that the two are very alike in the sense that they are both absolutely and beautifully unique, and an absolute wonder to experience. I don't know that it'd win any polls or whatnot as it's not the most widely known, but it is such a beautiful movie that I really hope you'll react to it! Astounding Phillip Seymour Hoffman performance! What I'd consider to be his Magnum Opus.
I am pretty sure I cried more during this movie than you did. I was shocked that I didn't die of dehydration. I think I have seen it 5 times now, and I still cry almost the entire time.
I remember taking a chance on this movie when it was in theaters (as I only really watched franchise films like MCU) and I’m so glad I did! Legit one of the best movies I’ve seen in my life
This is my 20th watch of someone reacting to this movie just this week. I cry every single time, and so does everyone who I'm watching react to it. Hands down my new favorite movie.
Great review! As an asian american as well this movie hit me in so many ways. Though the message is universal, being asian american really gave it a huge layer of extra depth in regards to generational trauma and the asian american experience. Way too relatable. By the way, what's the name of the outro song? It's so catchy!
I remember seeing this movie with 2 friends in the cinema, I had tears in my eyes and we when we came outside, just said this is the best movie of the year. The message is simple and complex in the same time; it speaks as you said to relationship between parents and children, partners and even just friends and more. I must say, the creativity of the absurdity at certain times just made me also smile. Because at least to me, it made the message pass even better. I reminded me of a saying actually: if you want to transmit a message use an extreme out of the box example or analogy. And you mentioning, this movie made you cry as no other, I feel ye, there is no shame at all in it.
This is an artists wet dream, the Mona Lisa of Daniels’ collection, the Titanic, the Moby Dick, the platinum record to show off to everyone at every place at Everywhere, a movie that represents A24 itself and everything that Hollywood is currently missing. A modern cinematic masterpiece so earth-shattering, I actively cried three separate times during the runtime. I know my family needs this movie; we all need this movie.
I cried watching you cry...again. You keep being the amazing person you are who just so happens to feel things deeply. This is one of my favorite movies and am glad you got to experience it. Thank you for everything!
The third eye motif that Evelyn puts on the googly eye is a reference to the Chinese Folk God Erlang Shen. From Wikipedia: Erlang Shen (二郎神) or Erlang, also known as the Lord of Sichuan (川主), is a Chinese god with a third truth-seeing eye in the middle of his forehead. You can see him in a battle with the Monkey King in the Chinese animated film classic "Havoc in Heaven" (1961) aka Uproar in Heaven (Part 2 of 2 has the battle made in 1964 I believe).
I'm an absolute mess watching this. I'm ugly crying, soul destroying cry and then it slowly shifts in to me cry laughing, breathing deeply, feeling so good. This was like 3 years of therapy in 2hs and 19min.....
I’m obsessed with this movie I’ve watched it a few times now and out of all the reactions I’ve watched I enjoy your commentary the most!! it’s so cool seeing u point out stuff I also thought of and also things I still haven’t noticed!! :))
This movie is great. It’s a comedy, while touching on heavy topics. It’s a family movie as much as it’s a horror. Aswell as it’s a action movie. You could say it’s everything everywhere all at once ! This isn’t just a movie it’s art
Ohhh this movie is a masterpiece. It hits hard and made me cry so much. I'm mesmerized by how They manage to made this movie so good while been sooooo chaotic. It could easily be a mess of a script but They accomplished an amazing story.
I saw this 4x in the theater. Loved it and cried EVERY. TIME. I've watched so many reaction videos and my hope is that someday sooner than later they bring this back to theaters for a limited release or something so all of you could see it as it was intended on the big screen with all the music etc to just get engrossed in the movie and laugh and cry with everyone else there. That's my hope.
There's an additional layer of meaning in the "laundry and taxes" line if you understand Mandarin. The subtitles said, "In another life, I would have really liked..." but what Waymond actually said is, "If reincarnation turns out to be real, I'd want my next life to be laundry and taxes with you." He's not just looking back at what could've been, but also saying that, given the chance, he'd choose that life.
Kicking off this wonderful Sunday with TEARS... I want to know ALL your experiences with this movie down below! ~
Was a good movie after the let down that the new Dr strange was.
Well this had me in tears too Ange😭😭
We all cried Ange it's cool. You asked about the googly eyes. Think of it this way: The Everything Bagel is a dark circle with a white center and represents Jobu and The Googly Eye is a white circle with a dark center and represents Waymond and eventually ascended Evelyn. If you put both of these side by side then they make a Yin-Yang symbol which is the balance of light and dark elements. The balance of "Nothing Matters" and "Being Kind." ☯
W video another movie I think you should react to is the LEGO ninjago movie
also.. the dad/husband is the same actor of the asian kid from the goonies
The progression from "nothing matters" to "nothing *matters*" is fascinating to me. The change in emphasis implies that by not having any purpose or meaning, we are free to decide what has meaning in our own lives.
that's a sharp thought brother. It's a paradox of life that we must bounce back and forth between nothing matters and everything that we care about matters. 😊
I call this "positive nihilism". It's a breath of fresh air that it didn't do that whole Disney crap of "we are are all special and everything does matter". Instead of realizing that "nothing matters" is a lie, they just change what it means that nothing matters.
@@lunavioleta001 There's a term for it already, absurdism. Look up The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus.
@@turtlepope7802 "Now imagine Sisyphus was happy"
That's basically Existentialism. Except that freedom also causes a huge anguish ("man is condemned to be free"), which I think is also the point of the movie.
This is the only movie that made me cry in the theater. Not only that, it made me full on sob like a baby lmao
same, I even need cigarette after to come down
Same
There were about 10 people in the theater when I went last month, and everyone was openly sobbing by the end.
the rock scene *fucked* me up
Same, I'm glad i went alone to see it, and nobody was sitting beside me
i think the whole taxes scene at the end is more of a representation of how much Evelyn as a person has evolved. because in the beginning she never really listening to anyone (the tax lady, her husband, her daughter), always saying like "yeah i am listening to you" when in fact she know she didn't paying attention since her mind is literally everywhere. but at the end, the whole "what did you just say?" is a representation of Evelyn finally open to listen to someone else and not just busy with everything that happening in her mind.
That is so true!
The whole movie is a meditation on (among many other things) mindfulness
@@ANGELINAA something one of the daniel’s wrote into the script is that evelyn has undiagnosed adhd and in writing it he realized he also had undiagnosed adhd
Also don’t avoid the tough times in your life, pull yourself back and do your best.
Not only that but one of the realisator also confirmed that evelyn had undiagnosed adhd
The googly eyes representing Waymond's philosophy/outlook on life is so beautiful. Especially since its the inverse of the everything bagel (black with the white in the middle). This movie turned me into a sobbing mess for like a week after watching it.
I noticed in the second viewing, he gives it away in the first 10 minutes it was him and why he does it.
When they're looking for laundry bag, he says "Oh I moved it, they seem happier there!"
It shows that not only is he goofy (giving feelings to a laundry bag) but he's doing his best to cheer up his stressed out wife. He offered to paint the ceiling, but he used the wrong paint. He gets change for the man (who later says "I thought you people were good with math) but gives him the wrong amount.
He is trying so hard, but messes up despite his intentions to be that supportive husband.
Which makes her dismissal of him hurt more
I know the googly eyes just explained everything Waymond is, in zero dialogue, you can see the eyes on the bag in the first scene. It's just so utterly perfect you couldn't peruse a whole dollarama and find anything better than this simple gimmick.
I know right?? and the fact that Evelyn puts one on her forehead during the final fight and it represents her third eye opening... wow
If you don't mind, could you elaborate? What is Waymond's philosophy and how do the googly eyes represent it?
Woooow you're so fcking smart! I didn't think of that actually. Now I want to rewatch it!!
As a queer asian second gen girl with mommy issues and personally experience a decent amount existential crisis, i was severely dehydrated by the end of this film. Could not stop crying. Didn't know movies could make me cry for 30 min straight for like five different reasons/characters/relationships. Even the rocks made me cry. It was perfection
Same
Girlie same!!!! And I watched with my parents
SAME SAME SAME!!! i'm not asian but the immigrant queer experience was there and i just... i could not stop crying and the rocks scene had me in tears
the rocks made me sob cuz it was a moment of silence in the theatre but the thoughts and emotions were deafening
Treat your parents better and stop trying to assimilate into nonAsian circles. Those two traits are the most common and unoriginal boring tropes of the Asian American girl growing up in the west. We all think we’re so unique but we’re literally all the same
I'm not sure how you heard that you didn't hear of anyone crying over this film - literally 90% of reactions to this film on YT are people openly weeping in the third act
Assuming they survived to the third act.
Anyone who's paying attention and doesn't shed a tear at "learning to fight the way you do" might not be a person.
@@existenceisrelative Let's go, I'm Bigfoot!
@@Zockid22 See, i was thinking more like a cheeto or a funyun.
Pseudo! Pseudo pseduo!
This movie needs to be up for like…ten Oscars. And win multiple out of those ten. This film is incredible not just from an emotional standpoint, but a technical one as well. ❤️
@Kashgari hahahaha! Love laughing at your idiotic comments
I agree 100% 😮💨
@@metalface_villain I noticed that too! It seemed like a lot of the visual effects/editing techniques were inspired by classic films. I REALLY appreciated that.
@Kashgari RACIST
@@ribos2762 No u
this movie is the epitome of two conflicting ideologies:
1 - “if nothing matters, why do anything?”
2 - “if nothing matters, then enjoy everything”
i absolutely adore this movie, and i was in full on tears watching this. easily one of my top ten movies of all time, i can’t wait for this to win awards, each member of the cast absolute deserves it
Essentially, it's Nihilism < Absurdism. Rebel against the pointlessness of life by being a radical optimist and take every chance to connect with everyone important to you.
Well if nothing matters, then everything is an opportunity for the greatest joy.
I have never felt more emotionally affected by a movie in my entire life.
The scene with Waymond describing his method of 'fighting' hit me so hard. Just as he says, I have been told many times throughout my life that I am too nice for my own good. It leads to me being taken advantage of, even by people who are some of my closest friends. But Waymond's character shows that this form of kindness and willingness to help others isn't simply a weakness. Life isn't black and white, it's technicolor. What others view as weakness can in reality be one's strengths.
I adore this movie for having one of its leads be an emotionally vulnerable, goofy, kind father. Waymond is a role model for me and so many other men out there. We're just waiting for society to realize how valuable this form of masculinity is too.
In many ways, it takes more courage and strength to be nice when others are mean or fighting around us. Great point!
Truth.
Beautifully said
You're so right! It healed some part of my toxic view of men and it made me so full of love!
theres a great video about this exact concept on youtube if you look it up! pop culture detective i believe. youd really enjoy it!
one detail I like about this film is that one of the directors wanting it to be about a mother with undiagnosed ADHD (hence with her not focusing on the moment and only listening when its urgent and even amplified when she was jumping into different verses). So the director researched about ADHD and that lead him to getting a diagnosis himself
holy crap i didnt know that. thanks for the fun tidbit!
wow there are just layers and layers to this movie
It does really feel like that. My therapist asked me if the voices I feel are other personalities and it really isn't. It's me, my internal dialogue just in different shades and reasoning. Like I'm talking to 10 different versions of myself. Some stricter and some softer etc.... maybe it's different versions of myself hahah
As an Asian American with ADHD too it’s validating seeing it portrayed accurately to have your brain scrambled and pulled in a million directions
@@pokemonmanic3595 yeah fr like im Filipino and youre basically being "entitled" if you even think of trying to get a diagnosis so its very validating and I felt seen seeing an asian woman with ADHD
Went into this movie completely blind and I was in SHAMBLES by the end. As a gay teenager with an abundance of mom conflict because of it, you can connect the dots. I keep watching reactions to it and every time I get teary-eyed. The absurdist nature just works SOO well, and there's so much going on that I can keep rewatching it and still want MORE. Is it still fair to call it a comfort film if it makes me cry????
Yes, comfort films are best when they make you cry.
Inside Out makes me cry every time and sometimes you need a good cry.
I was a gay teen 45 years ago and boy did I have the conflict with my mom. We didn’t speak for almost 10 years. We spent the last ten years of her life getting to know each other all over again and developed a very rich relationship. She needed to grow as did I. I wish I had known things about her that I learned as an adult. It would have saved a lot of time and pain, but she needed to learn to be honest in her own pain, and where she couldn’t, I am ok with that. I’ll carry that for the both of us.
This triggered me because it hits home. I want to give you a hug..
I nearly had to walk out of the cinemas because I was crying so much that I couldn’t breathe.
Comfort film or catharsis film? :p
The absurdity and unapologetically absurdist philosophy of this film is also its beauty. The more I think about the film (even its most ridiculous parts), the more I realize it’s a validation of what it means to be human, and an encouragement to show kindness to each other no matter how absurd our existence may be from one moment of life to the next.
The rock scene blew my mind away. So simple. Yet so effective, beautiful and heartwrenching. The moment that rock fell off the cliff, my tears also started to fall 😂😭
I think it doesn't hit some of these reactors as hard because they are narrating it instead of being silent and feeling it. The rock scene is one of the key moments that wreck people.
@@curtisbme its one of the best scenes in the last decade at least, if it doesnt elicit an emotional response they are just fakers
That scene is how I knew this film was fantastic "I'm watching a conversation between 2 rocks with subtitles and I'm 100% emotionally invested!"
I had goosebumps during the rock scene and a knot in my throat. Fighting back tears, so many of us never just have that dialogue with our parents. Best scene
@@jongon0848That was Michelle Yeoh's idea.
It was supposed to be a voice over and she told the directors' "They're rocks, they can't talk." And it led to the subtitles.
And thankfully, this won best picture! So now we have a best picture winner with a Butt plug Gong Fu Fight!
Coincidentally I watched it today, expecting it to be some absurd, but fun action flick. I wasn't ready what happened in the 3rd act, it emotionally wrecked me. I don't cry much during movies, but this was incredibly relatable to me (RIP mom) and my eyes were pretty much waterfalling the last 20 minutes of the movie. I'm so amazed that between all the chaos and absurdity, they managed to create something heartfelt and honest. And seriously, mad props to the cast, it shows that Asian actors can deliver on all fronts and we need more representation in the movie industry. Easily one of the best movies I've seen in a while and my favorite movie this year so far (and maybe in my top 5?).
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Ke Huy Quan needs to at least get an Oscar nomination for this. He made us all cry. Also, coming back to acting after so much time, after being great in Temple of Doom and Goonies and delivering this kind of performance. It has to be recognised.
Seriously, all of them deserve it. Every member was fucking stellar.
imagine how much GOLD we couldve had if hollywood appreciated him in his younger years by offering him more adventure roles!
Seriously. His performance was fan-fucking-tastic he had me so damn emotional and he just did a beautiful job with his performance!
He is incredible.
But he's not black, so he will never get his due. Because, apparently 'diversity' means only one thing,
THAT'S WHO THAT IS??!?1??
“Who made this movie they deserve an Oscar?!” How fitting considering this movie absolutely DOMINATED the Oscars last night. Practically a sweep. Well deserved too. This movie is an absolute masterpiece
Accented Cinema did a video essay on this movie, and one of his main points was that there are two opposite symbols in this movie: the bagel, a black circle with a white center, and the googly eye, a white circle with a black center. The Bagel is all powerful, and represents the idea that everything, collectively doesn't matter. While the googly eyes are mundane, small, and bring life and purpose to even the smallest things. Once I looked through that lens the scene of Evelyn turning the bullets into google eyes became way more powerful to me: it's her embracing her husband's goofyness and kindness, caring about the small things instead of "everything". And her putting one on her head like a third eye is like she's become "enlightened" with this idea
the googly eyes honestly elevated this movie from a 10 to an 11
Its been awhile since I watched his stuff but I loved Accent Cinema whe. I first found the channel. I'll have to watch it
I feel like it's just optimism and pessimism. Seeing the good versions of everyone and everything vs seeing all the bad in everything. Fear and love. And when she looks back at the bagle both symbols are visible on the screen and thus the viewer and also see both and choose with the hero. She then instead of seeing the bagle, sees the googly eyes, the eye, and makes a bullet in to her own third eye which is the inverse of the bagle. She has gained the power that is love/kindness and can now heal her opponents instead of fighting them.
It's a fcking work of art and I haven't seen a single movie in my life that has blown my mind so hard.
Her circle pin in the party universe, the ring on the bead necklace of tax lady in the beginning, the *laundry machines* circles. Once you realize the motifs you see the circle everywhere and there's something about the framing where you know...it's on purpose.
Honestly I’m so so grateful that I know Cantonese and mandarin. Just hearing Michelle yeoh and the other characters speak in the language just hits so different for some reason, it’s as if it’s some of the stuff I wish I could have the strength to say to my parents, or something I wish I could hear from them as well. Especially the scene where she stands up to her dad and says “你唔鍾意，唔接受，都唔緊要，因為呢個就係我。” which actually means “It’s fine if don’t like it, if you don’t accept it, because this is who I am” - made me bawl my eyes out, those are the words I wish I had enough strength to tell to my parents’ face. And the words I wish my parents would defend me with. This movie, this cast, Michelle yeoh, is a masterpiece.
As a foreigner I was kinda shocked that her husband and father were talking to her in different languages, but then I realized so was her daughter
Omg thank you for sharing this layer/nuance of meaning that I would have never known since I havent lived your life. This movie is amazing!
Embarrassingly drunk cried in front of all of my friends watching this movie at a movie night. No regrets as a 29 y/o male in front of all his bros. This movie was a masterpiece.
I’m a second gen Korean American too and I watched this on the plane on the way to Korea to see my mom’s family for the first time in 10 years. I fought so hard to not bawl on the plane but failed. Tears and snot streaming down my face like a waterfall
Watching an emotional movie on a long-haul flight is one of the most embarrassing and yet completely avoidable things ever, but somehow, I just seem to keep stepping into it.
as the first gen gay daughter of an immigrant mother and father i knew going into this movie that it would hit me hard, but god the actual ugly sobbing that occurred when i watched this was insane. ke huy quan, michelle yeoh and stephanie hsu’s performances emotionally wrecked and also healed me. this movie has genuinely changed my worldview and my world i think.
The dad is the actor that played Data in The Goonies, and Short Round in the second Indiana Jones Movie. I don't know if you've seen either, but both are worth a watch, and he pretty much steals the show in both of them.
@@metalface_villain he kinda chose to leave acting because he wasn't happy with the roles that were being offered. He still worked behind the camera and as a stunt coordinator.
The two security guards during the buttplug fight are also self taught fight choreographers.
This is his first role in like 30+ years and you can just see him flex his range so we'll!
@@metalface_villain nah xDD
In the behind the scenes videos, you can see they wore flesh colored underwear (like a dance belt) and they CGI'd the plugs in
That's why the blur was needed, to hide that it wasn't "attached" to anything. That and it's funnier
Hearing her call him "the dad actor" hurt my aging millennial heart!
@@TheDancerMacabre That's just his way of saying he wasn't given any roles because he's Asian and was forced out of Hollywood.
@@JamesJiansen eh, they offered roles, but he turned them down for a multitude of reasons.
It's not like there weren't any Asian actors, VAs, or roles in 30+ plus years
Though he has admitted that "Crazy Rich Asians" especially Michelle Yeoh's performance, made him want to get back into acting, and sure enough, his first film back, he's in a film with her
“Masterpiece” is such an overused word when describing movies…but this one truly is a masterpiece. Great reaction!
You're the only reactor I've seen who fully understood the deeper meaning behind the movie. I was getting frustrated with all the other reactors only talking about the amazing visuals and how funny it was. This movie is perfect on multiple levels and someone finally recognized it!
Evelyn is ADHD coded
In fact, one of the directors' (Daniel Kwan) wanted it to be accurate, however in his research, he found out he showed symptoms of it and was diagnosed.
So he pulled back some of the stuff but pulled from his experiences to depict the chaos and cacophony that goes on in our head, but that we do try to focus. We just lost focus.
You can hear it at the end.
“You listened, but you didn’t listen” is pretty much the story of the average adhd person.
We lose focus even without trying.
The most emotional thing through this all is watching the actors, (especially Michelle yeoh and ke huy quan) talk about this movie. Michelle said that this was her chance to finally show the world and her fans what she can really do. Ke huy said that everyone asked him “where did you go?” And he said “I have always been here.” Nobody just ever gave him a chance. Very emotional they both cried.
I get why this movie is too weird for some people, but for me it was refreshing AF to see a mainstream big budget film that actually _tried_ to be well-filmed, well-written, and well-acted. The quality jump between this and the average marvel movie is unreal and I'm glad it's getting some love.
Fun fact: This movie is made on a $25 million dollar budget, but feels and looks like it’s made with at least triple that.
@@tiger_lord305 oh yeah. Goes to show that some effort and a script that, yknow... is _actually finished_ can come out and absolutely humiliate MoM like that.
@@samwallaceart288 This movie is the REAL 28th MCU film in my head canon. Doctor Strange 2 no longer exists.
@@davidmcleod5133Michelle Yeoh and the Multiverse of Sadness
This is truly a modern day masterpiece! I have never seen a movie tackle nihilism like this movie and actually offers up a solution and a very simple one at that, which is kindness! And on top of that, it tackled generational trauma better than any other movie I have seen! Truly a once in a generation movie!
Back when I was in film school studying screenwriting, I was taught that the more specific you make a story, the more universal it becomes. This incredibly realized Chinese-American Family is *so* specific that somehow it applies to every family everywhere.
Great reaction!
All at once!
27:09 Oh, *everyone* cries when watching this. I still cry even when just watching reaction videos of this. It is just wonderful.
I know when she said that I thought girl who - isn't - bawling while watching this movie?
Omg I’m so happy you watched this and felt the way I did watching it. This movie destroyed me. I was sobbing. My boyfriend doesn’t usually cry at movies and he cried too during Waymond’s speech about being kind 😭 insanely beautiful storytelling. This is why I love movies and stories.
I *just* watched it, and I *can not* stress enough how hard I'm crying, my eyes are watery as I write this, I'm completely destroyed and this movie actually made me feel a little better. I've been suffering from clinical depression for 3 years now, and I totally felt so understood because it's all so much, so much information, so much pressure, so much expectation and in the end it all just doesn't matter at all and it is true, but this movie reminded me of other perspectives and I was JUST looking for an analysis like yours
I loved this video and this movie and WOW... thank you so much
From what I've heard about what the writers intended to convey with the movie (forgiving your mother, intergenerational conflict or misunderstanding, 'too muchness', adhd), I am surprised the movie resonates so much with people dealing with despression. Because even though one of the main characters doesn't want to live, I have not read about depression being a main theme in the minds of the writers.
@@apoptosisduellinks109 yeah, that's precisely the reason why depressed people get some sort of understanding from the movie, this overwhelming-ness (not even a word but I hope I can make myself understood here tho) is frequently present and caused by depression because while you're suffering and sort of ruining your life, you also know precisely what to do and what to not do, but in the end you just don't do anything. Also, the general idea discussed in the movie that if you think about it, it's just all so pointless, and again that's accurately what depression is. Not trynna talk for everyone here, but particularly, I have this knowledge about certain thing and sometimes knowing certain things depresses you... I also felt A LOT of that throughout the entire movie, I think if you really think about it, that's one of the many things the movie brings to discussion
@@henrique8879 I see, thanks
I’ve seen this movie four times and I have cried every single time. Like you, that “In another universe, I would have loved just doing laundry and taxes with you” absolutely kills me 😭 This movie is legit a masterpiece. I’m glad you enjoyed it so much! Thanks for sharing your reaction!
My favorite thing with Joy's actor is how well she makes joy feel scared and vulnerable when she's being jobu. even when she's being powerful and violent, you just ache for her because you can tell that there's this longing. Like, maybe if I try enough silly fashions, blow people up in enough ways, something will stick for more than a few days, maybe I'll find the thing that actually feels meaningful to you in the big soup of everything. Joy trying out being an influencer and a wrestler and a lawyer and wishing any of them would have that spark where you think "yeah i could see myself doing this for a lifetime". it just feels like such a early-20s emotion, where everyone around her seems like they've got it all figured out, and she can do anything she wants and she doesn't want to do any of it. Jobu comes from such an accurate place to where I'm sometimes at and it's just heartrending and lovely to see it all put out there on screen like. to see somebody get it in such an accurate way aaaaagh.
This movie made me feel proud for some reason. Just the amount that i could relate to the family dynamics and then how it concluded. It really felt like looking into a mirror.
''Nothing matters'' is in itself a paradox, a contradiction. If nothing matters then that fact doesn't matter as well, therefore a paradox, it doesn't make sense. So you could say everything matters or what you want to matter matters. I love this!
literally YOLO can be interpreted in polar opposite ways
I remember seeing this movie twice in the theater.. the second time I was stoned and the scene where she helps the people (which gives the whole Bible verse of being kind to others who are unkind to us) and tries to stop joy from going into the bagel made me cry and the person next to me suddenly patted my shoulder and comforted me. It was so beautiful.
I'm here because it swept Oscars, and the movie rightfully deserved every reward it got. One of the modern masterpiece i've seen in recent years. Besides an interesting theme done well (multiverse), over-the-top hilarious action sequences, great editing and heartwarming drama, it's philosophically thought-provoking too.
It tells the opposing approach to existentialism that questions our life's purpose and cripples most of us. Pessimistic nihilism vs. optimistic absurdism. The yinyang of everything bagel (black outside, white inside) vs google eyes (white outside, black inside). Empty void inside vs pure core inside. "Nothing matters so might as well destroy everything" vs "Nothing matters so might as well enjoy life". Waymond taught Evelyn and us the latter.
I've seen this 4 times in theaters.. and canNOT stop watching React videos and crying with strangers on the internet.. but this was one of my favorite reacts! ❤
i love how evelyn changed the "nothing matters" standard that joy made, like nothing matters and that's okay (?). I don't know that's just hits different to me 😭 you don't need a "bagel" because it doesn't matter don't let it bother you
It's more like the emphasis in that phrase changed. She's saying that it's "nothing" itself that matters.
Its a philosophy called Absurdism. Like Nihilism, Absurdism says that life lacks any meaning, but Absurdism says that it is part of the human experience to come up with your own meaning. These meanings you create also fundamentally lack any real truth, but they are necessary to be happy. There is a really famous absurdist quote, something like this. "Sisyphus was punished for all eternity, having to push a heavy rock up a hill, only for it to roll back down to the bottom again. But now, imagine Sisyphus was happy."
It's the hypocrisy of YOLO: you only live once, so do you take the risks because you won't get the chance again, or do you stay safe because you aren't guaranteed a second shot
you probably figured it out by now, but the googly eyes represents love and kindness. specifically, Waymond's love and kindness.
And as a motif, it's also the inverse of the everything bagel. Both visually and thematically.
“in another life i would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you” really hit me it made me cry like a little bitch
EEAO is a modern masterpiece of cinema. As a chinese-american, this touches me in so many ways. The struggle between american and chinese cultures. The immigrant struggle of finding meaning between Christian and Buddhist philosophies. For me, beneath the surface, the movie is a deep meditation on buddhism and living in the moment with empathy.
This film is a masterpiece, and I hope they get nominated for some awards because they deserve it. It's a staple not just as a film, but for filmmaking as well. I absolutely love all the messages brought about by this film, how they tackle the struggles within Asian families that can be felt by other ethnic families as well.
A24 is *killing it* with their films. So many great gems coming from them lately, this one especially.
"some" awards? There isn't a single category I can think of that they shouldn't be nominated, and probably win for. Seriously, the main issue here is that one of the women will have to split the category for supporting or lead actress. Everyone else should win everything else all at once.
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Ever read (or listen to) the book “Crying in H-Mart?” Not a movie recommendation but a really beautiful story about a South Korean author coming to terms with how much she loved her mom despite the fact that they had such a tumultuous relationship over the years, and how much she and her mom were able to find common ground via the Korean food they loved to eat.
And she makes great music too! (Japanese Breakfast)
@@matthewfujimoto4054 Seriously! Jubilee was on my AOTY list last year and 'Paprika' might be one of the greatest album openers I've heard in a good while
That sounds like such a beautiful story and I definitely want to read it. Thank you for your comment!
Oh man crying in H Mart had me sobbing as well as this movie did. I’ve been a fan of Japanese Breakfast and read her book, and when I found out some of her songs were about her loss, I couldn’t stop listening to them and crying. My mom passed in my early 20s around the same time as hers. Her music and book are amazing and helped me express my grief in a away I didn’t know how.
Also this movie is so amazing! Kinda glad I see them mentioned in the same video.
She's Korean-American haha. I read the book. It's so sad and it was way too relatable.
How anyone can sit through the "taxes and laundry" scene with dry eyes is beyond me. My wife and I were balling our eyes out in the theater.
This movie had me bawling. The fact that it was *not only about* breaking generational curses, healing the mother/daughter relationship - but it was a *LOVE STORY* Her husband’s speech at the end - killed me. When the daughter gets to the point of wanting to be nothing - killed me.
oh good I'm not the only one who sobbed hysterically watching this movie, that's very comforting
it hit me so hard right in that painful family relationships spot, I didn't expect it to make such a profound impact on me, but it felt so cathartic, I wish I could wipe my memory and watch it for the first time again
Almost every single person I knew who watched this cried so hard, including myself. I knew I was going to be wrecked, seeing a full cast that looks exactly like me and also just coming out of an existential depression episode. I was WRECKED but I will never have enough words to fully articulate how much this movie meant to me.
I cried a lot on the "just doing laundry and taxes with you" part. They spend the entire movie showing how her situation is not ideal yet "successful" Waymond wants just that.
If there's one thing that both Turning Red and EEAAO showed me and a lot of people is how weirdly similar Asian and Latin-American (more especifically, Brazilian, bc that's where I'm from) are. Ive seen myself having some war-flashbacks from my upbringing and family dynamics from watching this movie. I can't think of anything else I can say about it that hadnt been said already, but yeah, EEAAO is literally a one-of-a-kind, life-changing sort of movie for sure and I love everymoment of it
We all have family trauma 🤣
@@mackyronni Yeah, but that's not what I meant.
You can say all the same things about African families or South Asian families or eastern European families. I think it's an immigrant family (in mainly western Europe/Anglo countries) phenomenon.
Shoutouts if you’re Filipino and have the added benefit of basically having both Asian and Latin American family trauma at the same time
@@indrinita it just kinda makes me question myself sometimes, like, am I just complaining about this because I’ve been “brainwashed by ‘white, western values’ of hugboxes and participation trophies and being too ‘soft’ on your kids?” and that you need to accept this sort of toxicity if you don’t want to be “racist and prejudiced” against your own culture you grew up in?
I went into this thinking it was just going to be a lower-budget (than the MCU) multiverse action flick. I was *not* prepared for the drama, the absurdity, the emotion, and the philosophy. I sure as hell wasn't prepared to cry, but I did twice, and I still cry every time I see in people's reaction videos the Waymond "be kind" speech. In fact, I'm wiping my tears away now to write this after watching *your* video's clip of that 😂
As someone with depression, and who's generally considered a bit "naive" for trying to have empathy and understand others (and who's often frustrated when people *don't* have empathy), both Waymond's "be kind" speech and Joy's "why wouldn't you choose to be somewhere with a daughter who's better than me?" line just.... cue the waterworks again just thinking about it.
I saw Multiverse of Madness before I saw this, and I was disappointed in how underwhelming it was. Imagine how shocked I was to find out that the big Phase 4 MCU Multiverse movie wasn't even the best *multiverse movie* of the past few months! THIS is what a multiverse movie should be: ranging the gamut of possible realities from the mundane ("what if we went home to finish the taxes?") to the absurd ("what if I was a lesbian in a world where everyone had literal hot dogs for fingers?"), full of action, but built on top of a profound and moving character-driven core. Not five universes that are only slightly different ("what if the main character did something different one time? And again... and again... repeat...") built around one character making stupid decisions and literally being punched to prevent her from reconsidering and being rational.
...sorry, I was just really disappointed in Doctor Strange 2, and ten times as disappointed in it after seeing how good it *could* have been with EEAAO.
You took every word out of my mouth. I think about how Winter Soldier was first and foremost an espionage thriller, a damn good one, that happened to feature Cap. If only Doctor Strange could have done the same with the philosophical exploration inherent in a multiversal story. Essentially, if only it had been closer to this movie. It was utterly disappointing by comparison.
Just think. If the wrong ape had survived we could all have hot dog fingers right now.
I mean it was lower budget it was made with $25 million which is the same as ONE episode of Wandavision!
Brother I'm with you. The world is full of people not worthy of our attention but they demand it by the heinous acts they commit.
Before I watched the movie, based on what I had heard about the movie, I expected to love the movie. Maybe this is one factor why I didn't fall in love with it. I still like the movie a lot.
When Rock Evelyn turned around with googly eyes, it gave me such a unique feeling. I'd gotten teary eyed at earlier parts and laughed a lot, but when she started going after Joy I was laughing and crying at the same time. But it was weird, because laughing during an emotional scene isn't right, but crying at such a goofy visual is also not right, and I was too confused to do either one completely. So it was like each one caused me to do the other. What a feeling.
OMG me toooooo
This movie is pure magic... One of the best I've ever seen.
Haven’t cried so much for a movie in… ever! Kindness trumping violence, and “Luke/Joy, I’m your Father/Mother”, plus the Zojirushi rice-cooker, the inability to display affection in an Asian family, the non-Asian smiling confused when everyone around you is talking in Chinese … so relatable. “I’m proud of myself” … I’ve cried again watching this reaction
I just wanted to give you and edited you the biggest hugg!! the tears were real. The amazing thing about this is everything changes always, meaning even if you''re in a bad place in your life it will change and get better. BIG HUGS FOR EVERYONE!!!
I ugly cry every time, even when I watch reactions. The googly eye is the opposite of the everything bagel. Joy is depressed, Jobu is suicidal, which is okay. The message is to be kind and accepting. There is always something to love, even in a world where we all have hot dogs for fingers. Unfortunately it is not an option to say "just stop being sad." But kindness can definitely help, and therapy.
Also mitski's voice teasing the song throughout the movie? LITERALLY BEAUTIFUL
seeing this in theatres is something else! not only is it on a big screen with amazing sound effects and whatnot, but having the whole audience experience this film along with yourself, hearing everyone gasp and laugh and cry, it made the whole thing feel even bigger than it already did. this is definitely one of those films you can see in theatres over and over again
One of my favorite realiziations about this movie (after a few times watching, lol) is that Waymond was always tge one even when she hadn't consciously realized it. I don't think she ever wanted to rub his nose in her super glamorous life without him. She saw something amazing and her first reaction is to tell him...her best friend and love of her life. No too make him feel bad but because he is her person and the first one she would want to tell anything amazing that happened to her. Just as usual, she doesn't emotionally realize it and miscommunicates. To me it is obvious by the looks on her face, not a 'hah, i would be so much better' look. It was the kind of look i would have when i desperately want to tell my best friend some surprising thing that just happened to me. Sure, she is caught in the glamour of it initially but is quick to realize its flaws and doesn't try to deny them to hold on to the false dream. This movie is flat out stupendous in all the small ways it does moments like this. Where it comes across one way, but the INTENT was totally different. She just wanted to tell the one who was most important to her this awesome thing and i am so glad she realizes his importance to her and her absolute love for this meek, loveable and mild mannered man whose strength she never consciously realized and mistook that outward appearance as weakness...even tho a part of her knew better. Hell, that man stood in front of guns to protect her AFTER she stabbed him. Lol, one could talk for days on the nuances and subtleties of this film.
Dood. I watched this so many times and seen so many reactions/reviews/analysis and you taught me something
You’re definitely not alone on crying while watching this movie. I cried like 5 different times when I saw this in theaters.
I think the whiplash absurdity of the film helps break the audience (as well as Evelyn) from their own comfortable reality, allowing them to experience part two of the film (and the emotions) more directly. Which is why the rock scene is so important in stabilising the audience and bringing them into the conversation between Joy and Evelyn (and more importantly making it seem absolutely normal and acceptable for two rocks to be talking), and so profoundly affecting for many people. Which then pulls you into Waymond's plea to be kind and the realisation that the things that matter are other people. It then provides the final confrontation (and catharsis) in the "real world" which grounds it magnificently (even though the echoes of it crash in escalating magnificence through all the realities). Part three is the real world again (both for the movie and for the audience), the same as before, only it's not, as it has been transformed by the realisations of part two.
It is truly magnificent in how it emotionally manipulates the audience and forces you to feel things, to be a part of it. The only people I've known not to bawl their eyes out are those unable to accept the base premise of being able to verse-jump and thus refuse to follow along with Evelyn on her journey. Some people are very attached to their reality and dislike extrapolating beyond it.
Then you through in all the small film-making tricks (such as the different aspect ratios) and symbolic imagery, always centred on the core antagonism, and counter-response (the googly eyes whose centre is definitely not empty, but rather what makes them them), and you have an absolute masterpiece. But I think it is also one where the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts.
I definitely think it deserves a wheelbarrow full of Oscars, but also feel that a lot of The Academy are too attached to their own reality and so it won't. Not only does genre stuff does not do too well there, but it is so far out of their wheelhouse they will have no capacity to relate (and they might even make the mistake of trying to dissect it rather than watch it, as a number of reviewers have already done - missing the point entirely). But if Ke Huy Quan does not get best actor/best supporting actor I will be incredibly saddened. Which is not to say that Michelle Yeoh and Stephanie Hsu are not also deserving. They truly are.
This skyrocketed to one of my favorite movies of all time. And yes, I can't watch it without bawling. Its too good to not resonate every time.
Not sure if anyone else mentioned this, but the google eyes and the bagel act as two sides of the same coin, acting as yin and yang in this story. The eyes counteract the bagel in so many ways, from their inherent silly / childlike nature, to their connection to Waymond in the story, or even just their color scheme (white all around with black in the middle, while the bagel’s colors are exactly opposite). Just one more layer to this story that’s already so deep, detailed, and nuanced. Absolutely 10/10
8:38 Yep! I am here after the Oscar . I liked this reaction the moment you said that haha
I’m so glad I got to see this in IMAX at an advance screening with a big crowd. The audience reactions, including LOTS of crying, just made the experience so amazing. Get the blu-ray DVD to see so much BTS (and a lot on TH-cam along with interviews with the Daniels and cast) and the director commentary is just great. And Short Round!! Oh, man, seeing Ke Huy Quan back onscreen after almost 20 years away was still great and he was FANTASTIC. One of the best movies I’ve seen in the longest time.
this is my movie of the year.
I could repeat what everyone else said, but y'all already know. One thing (that I can't confirm, so if you do speak/read Chinese, please let me know), but the kanji spelling of Joy's name could mean 'disaster', which is just a great contrast between the English reading of it. Also, the bagel being a metaphor for depression/suicide was a brilliant and respectful way to talk about the children of Asian Americans (and BIPOC) living up to their parent's expectations.
They all need ALL the awards.
Actually the sound of the word "Joy" is the same with the character "災" in Cantonese, which means disaster.
@@攞你命3000 thank you for the clarification
angelina: "I never heard about anyone crying over this" me: watched it and literally had a breakdown of uncontrollable crying because the whole movie felt like it was taken out of one of the darkest places in my mind and made into a movie and the husband made me want to find someone like him because he is so incredibly sweet and extremely loving and honestly who doesn't want to be loved like that and reciprocate that love back.
It was a lot of fun watching you react to this! My parents are both Chinese immigrants too (though to Canada) and though they're the hardest working people I've ever known, they're also very strict and demanding, and easy to anger but otherwise very emotionally reserved. I ended up much more 'Waymond'-like, my dad is quite the opposite. But Michelle's character was more or less spot on for my mom, haha. Most of my immediate family did actually say "you're getting fat" growing up.
If you haven't seen it, I would highly, highly recommend a movie called "Synecdoche, New York". It's hard to say it's 'similar' to this film, but there are a lot of parallels in the exploration of existential themes and life and relationships, as well as the absurdist dark humour. I will say that the two are very alike in the sense that they are both absolutely and beautifully unique, and an absolute wonder to experience. I don't know that it'd win any polls or whatnot as it's not the most widely known, but it is such a beautiful movie that I really hope you'll react to it! Astounding Phillip Seymour Hoffman performance! What I'd consider to be his Magnum Opus.
i literally watched this reaction after the oscars LOL right when u said they deserve an oscar- well they got a lot of them for this movie ;DDD
I loved your raw and honest emotional reaction. Sending you a hug Angelina.
We all cried watching it. The "Laundry and taxes" line really got me. So good.
I am pretty sure I cried more during this movie than you did. I was shocked that I didn't die of dehydration. I think I have seen it 5 times now, and I still cry almost the entire time.
I remember taking a chance on this movie when it was in theaters (as I only really watched franchise films like MCU) and I’m so glad I did! Legit one of the best movies I’ve seen in my life
This is my 20th watch of someone reacting to this movie just this week. I cry every single time, and so does everyone who I'm watching react to it. Hands down my new favorite movie.
Uhh about those Oscar predictions 😂😂👏👏👏 wonderfully done😂
I love how every person you said "deserves an oscar" they literaly won an oscar.....❤😂
Great review! As an asian american as well this movie hit me in so many ways. Though the message is universal, being asian american really gave it a huge layer of extra depth in regards to generational trauma and the asian american experience. Way too relatable.
By the way, what's the name of the outro song? It's so catchy!
I remember seeing this movie with 2 friends in the cinema, I had tears in my eyes and we when we came outside, just said this is the best movie of the year. The message is simple and complex in the same time; it speaks as you said to relationship between parents and children, partners and even just friends and more. I must say, the creativity of the absurdity at certain times just made me also smile. Because at least to me, it made the message pass even better. I reminded me of a saying actually: if you want to transmit a message use an extreme out of the box example or analogy. And you mentioning, this movie made you cry as no other, I feel ye, there is no shame at all in it.
This is an artists wet dream, the Mona Lisa of Daniels’ collection, the Titanic, the Moby Dick, the platinum record to show off to everyone at every place at Everywhere, a movie that represents A24 itself and everything that Hollywood is currently missing. A modern cinematic masterpiece so earth-shattering, I actively cried three separate times during the runtime. I know my family needs this movie; we all need this movie.
This movie deserves every award in every category. So glad you got around to reacting to this.
Every award in every category all at once.
I cried watching you cry...again. You keep being the amazing person you are who just so happens to feel things deeply. This is one of my favorite movies and am glad you got to experience it. Thank you for everything!
The third eye motif that Evelyn puts on the googly eye is a reference to the Chinese Folk God Erlang Shen. From Wikipedia: Erlang Shen (二郎神) or Erlang, also known as the Lord of Sichuan (川主), is a Chinese god with a third truth-seeing eye in the middle of his forehead. You can see him in a battle with the Monkey King in the Chinese animated film classic "Havoc in Heaven" (1961) aka Uproar in Heaven (Part 2 of 2 has the battle made in 1964 I believe).
That wasn't an ugly cry face, that was very adorable cry face. It's so beautiful when someone is being sincere in their reactions
i keep watching this reaction videos over and over whenever i need to cry myself lol
i totally feel you "Angelina the editor "(?)
movie made me legit cry and had my step mom crying with me. we dont have that great of a relationship and this actually touched us
Great reaction, and awesome to see Ke Huy and Michelle get their golden globes this past week ha! Well deserved for sure.
I really felt everything, everywhere, all at once.
Ke does such a good job at bringing forth his emotions that you have no choice but to cry along with his sadness.
The writing is phenomenal.
I'm an absolute mess watching this. I'm ugly crying, soul destroying cry and then it slowly shifts in to me cry laughing, breathing deeply, feeling so good.
This was like 3 years of therapy in 2hs and 19min.....
I’m obsessed with this movie I’ve watched it a few times now and out of all the reactions I’ve watched I enjoy your commentary the most!! it’s so cool seeing u point out stuff I also thought of and also things I still haven’t noticed!! :))
“Your poor butthole does not deserve this” is definitely the quote of the day 🤣 This is definitely one of my fave commentaries of yours Ange
This movie is great. It’s a comedy, while touching on heavy topics. It’s a family movie as much as it’s a horror. Aswell as it’s a action movie. You could say it’s everything everywhere all at once ! This isn’t just a movie it’s art
Ohhh this movie is a masterpiece. It hits hard and made me cry so much. I'm mesmerized by how They manage to made this movie so good while been sooooo chaotic. It could easily be a mess of a script but They accomplished an amazing story.
I saw this 4x in the theater. Loved it and cried EVERY. TIME. I've watched so many reaction videos and my hope is that someday sooner than later they bring this back to theaters for a limited release or something so all of you could see it as it was intended on the big screen with all the music etc to just get engrossed in the movie and laugh and cry with everyone else there. That's my hope.
17:40 "the dad actor deserves an oscar" the academy took your advice! haha
And while I greatly admire Jamie Lee Curtis, "the daughter actor deserves an oscar."
You've officially become a guilty pleasure. I guinuely enjoy your work. Thank you
Already seen it twice. Laughed and cried soo much both times. It's brilliant and beautiful. It's love all over the place. I'm getting teary now.
There's an additional layer of meaning in the "laundry and taxes" line if you understand Mandarin. The subtitles said, "In another life, I would have really liked..." but what Waymond actually said is, "If reincarnation turns out to be real, I'd want my next life to be laundry and taxes with you." He's not just looking back at what could've been, but also saying that, given the chance, he'd choose that life.