'challengers' made me feel things 

whats ur favorite sport?

The sound designers of Challengers REALLY wants you to hear Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist's moans.

Sometimes a churro is just a churro. This was not one of those times.

This is definitely one of those movies where the trailer makes it look like something it isn’t

I loved the way Tashi’s line at the start of the movie when talking about the boys next match against each other. “I just want to watch a good tennis match”, is continued throughout the entire movie, Art and Patrick are just playing her tennis match, they’re trying to win her and Tashi is just dragging them along to create her idea of the perfect tennis match. the way she describes tennis as a relationship between the two playing tennis, is also continued as we see Patrick and Arts relationship be destroyed by Tashis game

mike faist does such a good job at making you feel bad for him around the end of the movie oh my god the scene with him and zendaya in the bed and WHEN SHE FINDS HIM SLEEPING IN THE ROOM WITH THEIR DAUGHTER AFTER SHE LEFT HIM ALONE OH MY GOD I BAWLED

pov of underneath tennis court is crazzy good

Zendaya portrays the obsessed athlete so well, someone for whom nothing less than perfection will satisfy, and who cannot ever really love anything or anyone but the game.

This film was extremely fun and electric. The 3 leads are perfect and the score is already my new obsession.

If this had just been a typical Hollywood Rom-com, the fact that they are tennis players would have been completely incidental. There might have been some cheap jokes and sight gags to make the tennis/sex connection but it sounds like this film makes tennis part of the characters psyches, which is exactly my kinda movie.

mess? this movie has had a hold on me ever since i left the cinema, the passion, electricity and horniness truly did something to me. 😭

I love how both MJs, Zendaya and Kirsten Dunst, have now starred in Tennis movies, 20 years apart.

The ending means they’re gonna fuck in a 3 way banger fest

They were giggling at that scene about 'tell me it doesnt matter"? In my theater everyone gasped

i'm utterly obsessed with this movie that last scene, the tension, it is outstanding

my interpretation of the movie: art is ego, pat is passion, tashi is discipline. The characters are placeholders for these qualities and how they interact, their relationships and careers reflect these qualities. pat was the better player of the two when they were younger showing passion is a strong source of motivation and progression to oneself but art always wanted to win, pat just loved to play. This leds them down different paths when tashi is introduced. Tashi is discipline(damn near obssession), art and pat saw her life and who she was and were envious, they wanted her and fought for her, passion won. Pat went on tour and that distanced him from tashi and art, his discipline and desire to win(ego), this led to their break up because she simply "didnt want to be with a tennis player that sucks" (her words not mine). When they broke up, coincidentally she had her career ending injury immediately after, when discipline loses passion it needs new purpose. Art comforts tashi as your ego should. tashi decides to become his coach, and he gets to become a successful well known tennis player, and she gets to live through his tennis career, Pat became a bum. Art begins losing and loses his will to play but is afraid of losing tashi if he retires. Ego is afraid of letting go of something that encompasses a very large part of itself. Art worked so hard to get to this point and is afraid of letting it go because its such a big part of who he is. Before Pat and Art's match, tashi and pat meet and do cool stuff. passion finds discipline again and his drive to win. The game is even, showing that passion and ego can be equal motivators to ones purpose. As the match reaches the end both players had submitted to each other, pat submitting to his desire to win and art overcoming his fear of loss in pursuit of enjoying the match. this final match they finally all 3 come together for a moment when they are aligned. Much like a player in any sport, a moment when your drive to win, your passion for the sport, and your training and hardwork are aligned is best described by tashis monologue. So it wasnt important who won only that we got to see them play and how each of them brought out what the other was missing. //feel free to tear this apart I just felt this had good continuity and these experiences are pretty relatable to most//

Celine Song being married to the potion seller was truly life-changing information when I found out

It was a film for bisexuals and I love it for that!

3:46 I think it's a good face cuz it's just a classic Kubrick Stare, and a good one at that. The cherry on top is the closed mouth smile. Smug and devious

Zendaya as a tennis prodigy was very authentic. She was a mix of Osaki, Serena, & Kournikova all wrapped in one. 3 great performances.

totally agree on the dance music i came out wishing more films used edm scores and its actually crazy just how much you can do even within a single genre such as house or drum and bass

Did you guys notice in the tashi and Patrick scene the poster of her and art were behind them

the last scene of the movie feels like a deleted scene from Whiplash

This movie def wasnt a mess. She wasnt weird Zendaya this was a character who knew how much power she held and used it very well.

i teared up at both knee centric scenes (the tree scene and the pt room) and i as well have had a devastating knee injury. welcome to the club. it fucking sucks

In my opinion, Challengers is neither a mess nor a masterpiece. The film is very good, I was positively surprised, but definitely nothing outstanding. The cinematography is impressive, the dynamic editing and music make this film pulsate. The plot itself is quite simple, the characters are not deepened, but what is most important happens in the relations between the three characters, you can feel the electricity between them. For me, it's a film about passion, love for tennis and what flow is.

When Zendaya went "My potions are fit for a beast, let alone a man", I gooned.

Runquist is Karstening again

This and Past Lives are the best double feature since Lost in Translation and Her.

i left the theatre like 4 hours ago and i'm still thinking about that ending scene

This movie is such a of fresh air. It trumps any current movie. It’s a cocktail of a perfect score, genius writing and a new use of camera angles that had me intoxicated at the end of the movie.

I like how immersive the tennis scenes were I kept feeling like the ball would hit me at times lol

Also had a knee surgery similar to hers two years back and almost cried in the theatre today because the scene was so frustrating lol i hope you're recovering well!!

I just watched it and it was an amazing film - totally unexpected the way it was edited and scored. I also liked the fact that Luca Guadagnino doesn't always frame his characters in a perfect way?! He has beautiful composed shots but sometimes it feels that he and his cinematographer avoid perfectly framed medium shots as they want to keep some sort of naturalistic feeling. It shows in the editing as well. He is not afraid of having his scenes feel a big roughly cutted and roughly framed. Great movie! Great cast!

It's also my favourite movie of the year so far! And I agree on the knee scene: a knee injury ended my (not-as-promising) football career and I felt Tashi's so viscerally. I think injury scenes often feel silly or over-the-top but this was just spot on.

I LOVED every messy, complex, co-dependent minute of it!

I really love how luca doesn't make a movie that outright says what it means. I love that he does through music and color and cinematography. Its really interesting. I can see why people have issues with this film. its really complex. it requires some digestion and maybe even a second watch. but I love films that are something real. something that can be understood without actual words. What I love most about Lucas films is how easy it is for him to film emotion. through all of the elements, you get EMOTION. i felt our characters anger, stress, and tension. I felt how much inadequate art felt. and i felt how much patrick wanted to be seen by someone. it was almost as if this love triangle was phyiscally binding the three together with a tight rubber band and you were actually watching it snap.

I feel like a lot of people don't talk about the knee scene enough tbh. I also had knee surgery (blew my ACL and meniscus) and seeing the injury occur, seeing the emotional aftermath, Zendaya pushing herself through, the frustration, it all really hit me to my core. The way her knee gave out and the recovery process was eerily similar to what I went through, and I was fighting for my life during that scene man 😭

i actually really enjoyed the movie. the music and tension were insane.

damn everyone keeps praising this movie! i can't wait to watch it!

you want a sexy sports romcom?? Someone hasn't seen Love and Basketball

Karsten PLEASE watch God's Own Country. what Josh does in that movie is crazy. truly one of the best working right now.

Loved this movie, banger score, great acting, well told story and solid drama

It was a very unique movie-going experience. I went in not know a single thing about this movie, and was very surprised by it. Still processing, but I do believe I liked it.

Genuinely loved this film so much- need to see it at least 3 more times

That soundtrack was so amazing, felt like dancing in the middle of the scenes lol

This formula worked for me. Was I into Tennis before the movie? Absolutely not. After? No, but I’d watch a match if it were playing. This was a breath of fresh air. I didn’t think it would be worth the watch in IMAX. I was proven wrong. I may never watch this movie again, but I will watch the final scene. There were corny parts for sure, but those can be forgiven. The jokes for the most part landed and didn’t tire out even it was reused. The payoff was incredible. It was incredible storytelling. I liked how Art’s injured wasn’t even mentioned as to how it happened. The focus was about the three main characters and what they had to do with each other. If it didn’t involve individuals it was both, three, or nothing. I liked how you saw the Zendaya’s first match career go through in the background noise. It was thought out and kept you entertained the whole time. The only thing I would change is use less slowmo. If it wasn’t for the direction of the film and all the other things it had going for it, it would have been unbearable. It is forgivable especially for those last few minutes of the film.

100% agree with the mike faist theatre kid thing. Also zendaya sometimes gives Disney channel vibes to me

people seem to be forgetting Malcom & Marie, genuinely one of Zendaya's best performances.

“Luca Guadagnino is one of the only directors working today who knows how to make an entertaining movie” lmao what? Like, I’m a huge fan of the guy but that’s such a blanket statement

This movie was sooooo good omg. Me and my friend are now obsessed with it. Music was fire, characters were fun to root for because of how good everyone looks, the pov of the tennis ball was so good, we were never bored while watching this. I wish I could experience this in theaters for the first time again. New favorite movie for sure!

Going to see this tomorrow. Can't wait Edit:The horniest film I've seen in a while.

We surprisingly really enjoyed this movie. It was really well written with flawed characters that made it fun to watch. It was a fun drama to watch.

i looooved this movie, just amazing pace and editing with the music and the different shots of them playing just ahhhhh loved it. Plus yes I agree they were all beautiful people, filmed beautifully, like wowwww

That is exactly what I said after coming out of the theatre. Yes, I was aware of how ridiculous it could be seen as, it was perfect, and HOW HAS NOTHING BEEN MADE LIKE THIS BEFORE.

8:09 yup my favorite movie of the year too ❤

been watching you for a while. just want to say thanks and i think your video essays are important

I’m sorry, you weren’t crazy about his Suspiria remake? WHAT? the fact that I just found out the guy who directed that movie directed this movie makes me wanna watch this movie

they made a christopher nolan movie for queer people

Yeah seeing Zendaya about to have a three way in the trailer really opened my eyes like bruh

This film was one of the best I’ve seen this year. I will definitely be going to see it again, something I haven’t done since spiderverse last year. Few films grab my attention like this one.

We get it - they're sweaty. We get it - it's windy.

added to one of my favorite movie ever. I was hooked to every emotion of the throupe

zendaya smiliming like the grinch for some pensi

He Karsten on my Runquist till I feel things

I fell for this film, and even harder after that ending. Such an incredible film

They ate, but we were fed.

The review we are waiting for is here!

Challengers was a movie about breaking tennis rackets

Luca Guadagnino did it again!! A masterpiece and I knew you would love it Karsten 💙👏

i loved this one so much

"one of the only filmakers today who knows how to make an entertaining movie" is a hell of a hot take

The film was truly compelling, I was just captivated the entire time wondering how I’ve never seen a film like this before. And good lord, that score. Yeah this needs a rewatch.

in my theater everyone laughed at the....j*rk off scene 😅 i think that's honestly the best way to describe it lol - but everyone was quiet for the tell me it doesn't matter. yeah - it's been a couple hours already and I can't stop thinking about it. it's really something special - for some reason it felt like an old movie and a new movie all at once - like classic but also fresh - i was asking myself "why aren't more movies like this"

I fucked up my knees nearly a decade ago, and that knee scene sent me back to the same traumatic shock I felt in that moment. I had to stop watching and lay down for a few minutes, but I can't help but respect a movie with that kind of power over me.

Happy to hear your thoughts on this Karsten, was also hoping for a video on Civil War?

I was pleasantly surprised

Really liked Josh O'Connor in La Chimera a couple of weeks ago. Really excited for Challengers now.

saying mike faist sounded like he was abt to burst into song has me pissing myself

Movie seller. I am going to the cinema, and require only your strongest movies

Can't wait to watch it now

I ate this REVIEW the fuck up. Watched Challengers on Monday and have been waiting with bated breath for your thoughts

i loed this movie. it was cinematic and dramatic. i loved the complexity of the characters and their dynamics.

Trailer feels a bit reductive now that I’ve seen it. It’s so much more interesting than the trailer would lead you to believe. But - as far as going viral goes - trailer knew what it was doing 😂

I just got out of the theater. I absolutely loved this movie

This shit was fire 🔥🔥 probably the best film of the year so far .

That knee scene lowkey was a jumpscare.

I felt things in the theater

Literally just came from the theater to watch this. This is a masterpiece ! They must have put crack in it or something.

I watched this movie yesterday. I watched two other big RU-vidrs that do theater reviews. This man gets it, the other two don't. Subscribed!

Damn I’m suprised I kinda was waiting for it to end by the last act!!

the day i found out that trent and atticus did the score, i was sold. i dont even needto watch a trailer.i didnt evenit was about tennis lol

Okay but why is no one talking about how the music editor was blasted the music so loudly that you struggled to hear the dialogue at some points?😭

“Honey hurry! Karstdaddy posted!”

Seeing it tomorrow and very hyped !

this movie left me w my mouth open

YES I am so glad Kirsten Runquist validates my feelings about this movie. SO SO good

It's too bad about the overuse of slo-mo. Thought this was Snyder film for a sec

7:38 the choppy frame rate in that scene is very obviously a dramatic choice reflecting/building the tension around Tashi/Pat's double betrayal. You may as well call the movie messy because it was stormy as hell in that one scene but sunny in all the others.

I truly love this film and its easily my favorite of the year, yes even over Dune Part 2 lol