Before they even had music. What a different movie this would have been with a different score.
I thought it was essentially a twist in Still Alice when he just remained a sympathetic husband all the way to the end. For most of the movie, Iām going, āwell itās Alec Baldwin, so I assume heās going to abandon and/or cheat on her. Whenās that happening?ā
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Was excited about Everything Everywhere All at Once for about the first hour. Then my enthusiasm slowly evaporated throughout the rest. Still not bothered it had its awards success; it was a nice big creative swing and clearly worked for lots of people. Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan were both excellent and Iām glad they got Oscars (with the caveat that I havenāt seen much of their competition yet, so no idea if they were the most deserving in their categories).
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Anything in particular fall flat in the second half?
Concept got a bit stale. Also didnāt think it was wrapped up in a particularly interesting way. But I donāt think it got bad or anything. This isnāt one where I think itās odd that many people love it.
I do wonder if a rewatch might improve my opinion, but a rewatch of this is probably multiple years away.
It did seem weird that so many wildly divergent permutations of Yeohās existence still included her being near this random IRS agent. But maybe Iām missing something.
100% agree with this take, but it seems weāre in the minority.
Though sausage fingers and rocks still had me laughing my ass off.
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Of the 2023 BP nominees, Iāve only seen that and The Fabelmans so far. I preferred The Fabelmans, but I am positively allergic to the thought of honoring Spielberg for honoring himself, so Iām still glad that EEAAO crushed if those were the main options.
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Was on your team for the last few posts until you said this.
Torn between that and King Richard for the worst BP nominee of the last 5 years.
EDIT: Bohemian Rhapsody also in this discussion.
I didnāt even finish the movie it was not enjoyable at all.
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Meh, I enjoyed Bohemian Rhapsody enough, though thatās surely driven heavily by liking Queenās music. Otherwise it was a really standard biopic.
Obviously my first instinct was to demand that you give Darkest Hour its due disrespect, but then I checked and found out that it falls just outside of the time frame you named.
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I think I liked The Fabelmans more than I liked EEAAO, but I donāt view EEAAO as an obviously bad Best Picture choice. Just wasnāt my taste.
Yeah, that (and Phantom Thread) would round out my bottom 5 of the last 6 years.
Iām not sure what the worst BP nominee Iāve ever see it, but Darkest Hour would be in the discussion. Though I admittedly havenāt seen a lot from the 30s and 40s
Gonna be honest. I absolutely loved EEAAO and was super happy to see it crush the Oscars.
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Itās easily one of the best movies Iāve ever seen.
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Same
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Haha, Phantom Thread would be in my upper percentage of all movies ever nominated. Crushing many a winner. Fucking love it. Itās funny too as well as being immaculately shot.
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Phantom Thread bored me to tears in a way few movies do, and I love Daniel Day-Lewis.
Sean Fennessey will always go out of his way to praise this movie on The Big Picture, and whereas I feel like I owe many movies a second viewing after not liking them the first time, Iām still refusing to be baited into ever rewatching that one.
Youāre wrong! JK of course. Itās great that art can be so different based on all sorts of factors and tastes. Like I am bored by most action movies, but love the John Wick movies immensely.
But set and setting are not just for drugs, Iāve definitely re-watched movies at different points of my life or even not that far away and had drastically different experiences based on all sorts of factors. And they can swing in either direction. I think Iām fine with saying itās fucking hilarious some shit like driving miss daisy was nominated let alone won, but then again I havenāt revisited it in 30+ years
This is very likely a movie that will click for you on a second viewing.
At least I hope so.
I didnāt get it on my first viewing either. I turned it off halfway and thought really? Then I read a lot and listened to a lot of Asian film critics [like Dave Chen and Walter Chaw.
Dave is a longtime film critic and sometimes filmmaker well know for The Filmcast. Walter Chaw is a somewhat controversial film critic and perhaps even more controversial former VP of Alamo Drafthouse in Denver, CO.
Listening to those two deep dive into the cultural and personal significance of that movie helped redirect my attention. I came back ready to engage with Iād been missing about the movie, and it turned out Iād been missing a lot.
Some links.
Walter Chaw And Dave Chen Overcome Everything Everywhere All At Once
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert ā directors of EEAAO and known together as āthe Danielsā āmet film critic and media entrepreneur Dave Chen during a chance encounter on Twitter.
Maybe itās because the Filmcast and thus Dave played an essential part in Daniel Kwan making it through film school and interning in LA, but that chance encounter led to the three of them sharing personal insights as profoundly moving as the film they were discussing.
Other links to stuff by Dave and Walter on EEAAO:
And Walter did a guest spot on Daveās podcast The Filmcast.
I also watched the short film version of EEAAO called The Actress by trans filmmaker Isobel Sandoval.
PS. Iām not saying youāre necessarily missing anything. No worries if you just donāt like it. What did you think of The Matrix? The new one is free now on Tubi.
https://tubitv.com/movies/100006143/the-matrix-resurrections