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@Professor No Name You question a couple of times about how long it took to make this film. And the astonishing thing is that filming took 39 days. Over 500 VFX shots were created by 5 guys working on their laptops in their apartments during the pandemic. Not hundreds of people working sweat shop hours, enslaved to big studios. The entire budget of this film was 1/8th of Doctor Strange. Goes to show you that great storytelling and creative film making trumps lazy writing and big bucks thrown at visuals.
Good news: EEAAO is supposed to be re-released in theaters on 7/29! I truly hope you get to see it in theaters because the communal experience for such a unique film is truly amazing and unprecedented. I saw it in theaters four times, add I've NEVER done that before!
Thank you for the reaction! I'm glad you enjoyed the movie. It's one of the best movies I've ever seen. There's so much more you notice after rewatching the movie too. Definitely watch it again and you'll see what I mean. So good!!
The way my theater was cracking up and had multiple people SOBBING at points, an absolutely insane communal experience. You could really feel a room full of strangers Going Through Some Shit.
When Alpha Waymond told Evelyn could either go left to the auditor or right to the janitor's closet, he didn't actually want her to go right. Instead, he was just creating a choice, which in turn created a new branching universe to use as a burner universe. Genius.
I saw this in theaters and going between hysterically laughing to hysterically crying within seconds of each other is something I've never experienced before. What an awesome movie. Every time I watch a reaction of this movie I manage to get emotional
If you can believe it, this work of art was filmed in roughly 38 or 39 days with a budget of only $25 million. I think it was said that they only had 9 editors working on the film which is absolutely insane
The story behind the choreographers is also so so incredible. The fights are so amazing, it must be some famous stunt name, right? No, Brian and Andy Le are self taught brothers who got their start on RU-vid! The "trophy" fight where you're simultaneously in disbelief and also THIS IS INCREDIBLE?? That's them 😁 😀
Do you still do this? I do. All these months later I’m still seeking them out. It’s so amazing to see the movie through someone else’s eyes, because it’s almost like seeing it again for the first time.
I LOVED your reaction because it was literally my reaction the first time seeing it in theaters. I was so blown away that I have since seen it 15 times in theaters, taking countless friends & co-workers to experience this cinematic masterpiece.
Kindness as a means of survival is profound on many levels. I love this movie to death, always. I'm sure you've heard all of the trivia and then some now, but my favorite tidbits are; The Daniels also directed the Turn Down For What music video. The actor who played Weymond is the same guy who played Short Round in Temple of Doom and Data in the Goonies. The movie's budget was only $25 million, and they had 7 visual effects artists. Michelle Yeoh was their second pick after they'd written it for Jackie Chan. The two guys in the butt plug scene did the fight choreo, and the smaller one was Deathdealer in Shang-Chi. They have a RU-vid channel which is how they achieved success, and modeled their stuntwork off of movies that Yeoh, Chan, and many more have starred in. A profoundly important film. Loved the video.
Daniel Kwan was the main character in Turn Down For What, the guy getting spanked in this film is Daniel Schienert. Kwan's Co-star in Turn Down For What, Sunita Mani, is the female star in the musical that is playing on television in this film.
The biggest thing you miss out on not seeing this in theaters is when the universe of the two rocks first appears. At that point most of the scenes have taken place in the windowless IRS office with loud noise and visual chaos. Suddenly, you are transported to a very bright, quiet planet. The whole theater fills with light and just the sound of wind whistling. It has a dramatic impact on your emotions. Also, it was Michelle Yeoh's idea to put text on the screen instead of auditory conversation between the two rocks.
Noooooo, you weren't an idiot at all, because this way we got to see you see it! And my new favorite thing is watching people discover this movie for the first time, to see the confusion turn to WTFness turn to shocked delight turn to tears of actual emotion. It's so fun watching people ride that rollercoaster.
After the first 10 minutes I knew I was in for a good movie. But I was nowhere prepared for the rollercoaster of emotions I’d experience for the next 2 hours and half. The genuine laughs and uncontrollable tears. I've seen thousands of movies in my life and this might be the best movie I've ever seen it, a perfect to top to bottom film is just truly spectacular. I got a feeling that i witnessed a new stage in the evolution of film, the budget of this film was 25millon so they only had one month to shoot on the set and the vfx team were only 5 guys who all learned from RU-vid, this movie is extremely spiring, showing that you dont need the Marvel budget to make a movie on the level of the MCU, just need passion and people who are actually doing for the art, and this movie is that, art.
This will be back in theaters on July 29th with an intro from the Daniel's and 8 minutes of outtakes. So you still have a chance for the in theater experience.
Fun facts: The entire movie was shot in 40 days. Also, 5 people who did not go to school for visual effects did all the CGI for the film in their bedrooms during the pandemic.
Good news: EEAAO is supposed to be re-released in theaters on 7/29! I truly hope you get to see it in theaters because the communal experience for such a unique film is truly amazing and unprecedented. I saw it in theaters four times, add I've NEVER done that before!
........ the enthusiasm you have in this reaction video is the same enthusiasm I have, every time I watch this movie - and that's close to 200 times now! LOVE IT! Best. Movie. EVER!!! 🔥
I absolutely love this film, it'll be one for the ages for sure. To me it's like the love child of Matrix and Brazil. Funny tidbit, it's the two guards in the buttplug scene that are the martial arts choreographers for the film, and they really did an AMAZING job. Moral of the story for me is that there are people in this world who are beacons of kindness. If you find one, take care of them, and if you can be one, do it, it's always worth it.
Watched EEAAO for the first time recently. Favorite movie of 2022. A googly-eyed rock falling off a cliff made me ugly cry. A GOOGLY-EYED ROCK FALLING OFF A CLIFF MADE ME UGLY CRY.
Never laughed and cried and cheered for a movie like I did this one. They had a random showing in Nashville before I saw Thor. Figured hell yeah why not? Watched it in a empty theater by myself. Loved every second. Wanted more. EVERY TIME I watch it i see something different. I see it from Evelyn's. Waymond's and Joy's point of view. Awesome awesome movie. Top 5 all time no doubt. Michelle has ALWAYS been a fav of mine since Police Story 3. She is so bad ass.
@27:06 - yes, it is like the bagel but inverted colors. It is Waymond's existentialist view vs Jobu's nihilistic view. Part of the circle motif throughout (most spiritual shape in Chinese culture) and of course related to ying/yang. Even for those of us who are older, this is a rare type of movie that is up there with things like The Matrix (which it obviously pays homage to), Eternal Sunshine, and others that blows your mind and reminds you why you love the art form.
I watched this movie like 4 times in theaters and still tear up towards the end. Every friend group had different experiences and it's just so good! It's one of the few movies i can have on repeat and never get sick of. Easily top movies for me, and i recommend the hell out of it. I even got a rock and put googly eyes.
Waymond's actor played Short Round as a kid in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and Data in "The Goonies." It was awesome seeing him in this movie as a grown-up.
I'm selfishly glad you didn't get to see it in theatre, because we would have missed out on this reaction. It was so much fun watching your brain get blown away by this.
I've seen quite a few of these EEAAO reaction videos, and yours sir, is by far my favorite! Your appreciation of the "experience" is deeply felt and expressed so honestly. Bravo!❤
Loved your reaction - “What a f***ing experience, man. God. Oh my god. Imagine getting to see this in f***ing theaters. I’m such an idiot, dude. I’m such a dumb ass. I’m so stupid. I knew I should have. I knew I should have.” - Very meta. It was one of your life paths. Hope you got to experience the other universe.
I'm in the same boat, I saw the trailer and was like oh looks interesting. I had a ticket to go but the day of I didn't have the energy and just got a refund because I thought it would be random B movie....I regret not going
Hey Professor. Fairly new subscriber who loves your reactions. Watched this for the first time yesterday and while watching your reaction today, in your video at 11:54 I literally just realised she does appear to love her in a different universe. So the declaration was genuine! Plus, she's also an actor in another universe, so maybe she tapped into that instead to declare her love convincingly! Either way, I need to re-watch this movie many times!
Dunno where you live but its back in theaters again now, stoked since i just watched it earlier this week, pretty sure i'll go see it again on the big screen
Who’s who: Directors- Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s debut films are Swiss Army Man starring Daniel Radcliffe and Paul Dano. Ke Huy Quan (Waymond, the father) was Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Data in The Goonies. Some films EEAAO referenced are- Ratatouille, The Matrix, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clock Work Orange, In the Mood For Love, Captain America, The Mask, Rick and Morty, The Looney Tunes, and a very distant nod to Big Trouble in Little China (Alpha Gong Gong in the wheelchair) All the above films, if you have not seen them, you should, except for The Matrix.
I just saw this movie this past Saturday, and it was incredible to see it in the theatre. I even got a theory about all the dildo awards (remember that the big boss was also a big pervert?) Anyway, you should totally watch ratatouille sometime. It's a very good movie and it's ending is so good
I'm just passing through because I don't watch movies, I just happen to be obsessed with this movie, but I would subscribe to you if movie reacts were something I cared about! Great video!
LOL, I had the same reaction re: seeing it in theaters. I complained to my husband and we went a few days later. It was still amazing. I hope you got/get a chance to see it in theaters at some point.
Sooo I really feel like I’m not smart enough for this movie because many times throughout the movie I was so confused. 😭 I didn’t really think it was that funny also. The hotdog fingers were more ridiculous than funny to me and it seemed like too much more often than not. Please don’t hate me!
By the way, the IRD buttplug trophy. Think about it, as an IRS auditor, their job is to "crawl up your ass and examine everything in your finances" so they give themselves "Auditor of the Month" (a buttplug)
Great movie, but the ending was terrible. Evelyn should have let Joy go. If you love someone or something you let it go. Both having a co-dependance on their toxic relationship. If it takes an ultimatum to change, you were never going to change. Evelyn was using her daughter for her own happiness, quite selfish. Both should have went there own way and been happy.
I disagree! I actually do agree that it would have been bad if Evelyn had refused to let her go, but what Evelyn did was different. She let Joy go, but gave one more try to honestly explain that she still wants her to stay, and then let her make the choice on her own. (In the bagel universe, she stopped fighting to hold on to Jobu and only pulled her out when she reached back out of it.) And the thing she said to Joy at the end to convince her wasn't something manipulative like "I need you" or promising to change, it was "I will always want to be here with you" - offering the unconditional support that Joy didn't get from her before, but not making any demands that it needs to be reciprocated I do think that they could have been happy without each other, and there are situations in the real world where a family relationship is not worth maintaining because it is too toxic, but I don't think their relationship crosses that line
You do understand that "let her go" in the parking lot is directly correlated to her going into the the bagel in the IRS universe, right? That is, letting her kill herself. Jobu even said "I'm just looking for someone who can see what I see, feel what I feel". And our Evelyn is the only Evelyn who would go as far as she did to experience what Jobu was experiencing. And that's because she finally saw the pain in Jobu/Joy in the bagel scene.
@@goofrider Yes, but also no. "Let her go" actually is translated to "stop trying to control her, let she do her own choices", and not to "let her kill herself". Her choice in the "main"verse was suicide, yes, but on the partyverse it was to just go away from Eve. That is why the movie does not end when Eve tells Gong Gong that Joy is a lesbian. Because Joy didnt want to be there, but Eve forced her to do something EVE was now thinking was the best for Joy. But Eve was still trying to control her, just in another way. The true change is revealed when Eve learns she has to let Joy make her own choices, but tells her that Eve is still there for she, and that they can both try to do better. If not, Joy's life is her own.
I actually thought it was perfect, because it wasn't a perfect ending. Evelyn didn't just make one simple decision and Joy didn't just tie things off neatly. They reconciled, but their relationship isn't perfect now. They're humans. But that doesn't matter. Nothing matters, except trying to be kind to others, and accept their kindness in turn.
