If you notice Waymond looks behind him...to see if Evelyn was looking at someone else. But, no. She was looking at him, he had to check if she was really looking at him with such love. He couldn't believe it... The light swirling around Waymond is to signify hes the same throughout every universe....kind. 😢
Waymond looking back because he can’t believe that Evelyn is looking at him so lovingly only for him to realize that she actually is was such a beautiful moment
@@greeninferno1339 I don't think it was the stab though. I think physical pain was more easy to take in rather than emotional ones. He has been in a loveless relationship with her for who knows how long and just wants to feel that love again from her. He knows it, as he said, she doesn't need to say it. He can see it in her eyes. Evelyn also almost kissed Alpha Waymond lmao. I like to think that scene before she stabbed normal Waymond was her realizing, "Hey.. I had such a wonderful person with me all these years.. What am I doing?" We often take the people we have so close for granted. We get so used to their kindness and sweetness that we don't realize what makes them amazing to us. We don't realize their attempts to give us joy or make us laugh. Evelyn was so blinded by the stress, regrets in her life, pressure from her father. We should always always stop and listen to the people around us who love us.
This is why he won the Oscar. He portrayed full happiness, contentment, love and life not because he is ignorant to cruelty of the world, but despite knowing it. Ke Huy Quan is amazing. He really is.
I can really relate to his character. It’s easy to assume optimistic people are just ignorant to the world and it’s common for optimistic people to be optimistic because they’re ignorant to the world. His character is actually pretty rare imo.
@@sakonan4883 Yes, completely. It’s not very uncommon in real life but you almost never get someone like him in any media anywhere. It’s kind of crazy.
This scene perfectly sums up what this movie is all about. In a life where you seemingly have everything, you might really have nothing. But in a life where you seemingly have nothing, you might really have everything.
I cried like a baby during this scene. Man, this movie is truly a once in a lifetime experience. Could very well be my favorite movie ever. It's beyond words.
This film really does embody the "You'll laugh. You'll cry" trope you hear in movie reviews in the best way. What an incredible experience this was watching for the first time
@James Botha But it shouldn’t. Usually when you undercut seriousness with humour it diminishes both (bathos) but in EEAAO case it doesn’t. You just find yourself switching from crying laughing to crying moved. I don’t know how they managed it, but they did, and we are all the better for it.
I saw this for the second time in a theater with my aunt and uncle and before the movie started I warned them “there will be a point in this movie where I will start crying and not stop until the end.” I heard other people crying throughout the last 20 minutes too.
“Evelyn looks at her bleeding selfless husband like she’s never seen something so beautiful. Evelyn takes Waymond’s hand, we hear a RUMBLE begin to grow. Evelyn looks at him and we reveal abstract and delicate shots of Waymond throughout the multiverse: He is ecstatic, overwhelmed, crying while laughing, bored. Evelyn is seeing a whole, complete vision of her husband for the first time since she first fell in love, maybe ever.” - Snippet of the screenwriting for this scene. Don’t mind me I’m crying again.
In another life, I would've seen this movie in theaters when it came out; I kick myself all the time that I should've just gone by myself instead of waiting for plans to be made to see it with others. Even still, this movie never fails to make me cry. If it gets a re-release in theaters, I will definitely still go even after having seen it three times over
My family and I went to the theatre to watch this, and I knew nothing about the film, like I had barely even heard of it. I am so glad I went into this movie completely blind, probably one of the best cinematic experiences I’ve ever had right next to “Your Name” and “Toy Story 3”
I've wanted to watch this movie in the theaters last year in April, but missed out. Lucky I did though cause I would've been a mess in there. It all worked out though cause I finally managed to see it in the theater when it got rereleased.
The start of Evelyn acting like Jobu because she realizes nothing matters up to the laundry and taxes scene, was perfection. Also, the mother and daughter scene that is almost at the end of the movie. You feel for Jobu/Joy, you feel for Evelyn, and you definitely feel for Waymond. 🥺
@@actuallynotryanstopasking Also, even though the racacoonie scene is for laughs, when she says to the chef, "we're all useless alone. Good thing you're not alone" when consoling him, that shit also gut punched me a bit too. There are just so many quotable lines in this movie.
The original Chinese translation is even better. I'll go line by line through English subtitle -> Chinese translation "In another life" -> "If there is a next life" (来生) "I would have really liked..." -> "I would still have chosen..." "...just doing laundry and taxes with you" -> "...to report taxes and open a laundromat with you" The word "chosen" always strikes me. Not just that Waymond would have enjoyed that other life, but he would have actively chosen it over his current life of fame, riches, and loneliness.
The resolution in this timeline is even sweeter, because Evelyn realizes that it is still not too late. She outright says "Let us try again" later on in the movie. It's never too late to resolve your regrets.
I remember showing my ex this movie and the both of us loved it immensely. I cried ugly watching this scene the first time around and did so the second time also. When she asked why I cried so much during it, all I could say was that I loved love. The fact that the alternative timeline scene has the same cinematography as my favorite director, Wong Kar-Wai, sealed the deal for me. Unfortunately things between the two of us didn't work out and I had a feeling in my gut that she was the one I would marry. Needless to say, things didn't work out that way, but even though we find ourselves going down separate paths in life, I'll always think of her watching this scene and entertain the idea that maybe in another life there is a "we" and the two of us live on happily. Maybe.
Let her go dude. If she didn't appreciate you more after seeing this then let her go. Don't be her "friend". You'll be wasting your time and get more hurt.
@@sassygirl4728 What? They are just saying things didn't work out, that can happen for a million different reasons. There's nothing wrong with staying friendly with exes, stop pretending to know what goes on in their life
This sequence feels like remembering why you love someone. Why you cared for them so deeply. Evelyn sort of viewed everything as somewhat of a disappointment, she didn’t know WHY she left China, WHY she lost her fathers approval, WHY she did this all. But she remembers in this moment, that it was for him. Waymond. And why she did it all. Because she loves him. Because he makes up for all that she lacks. Because, even in another life when they are both rich and successful and they have everything that they could possibly wish for, they still would choose to just do laundry and taxes with each other. And she remembers that, in this moment. She remembers that she loves him.
How could she forget something like that? This is why Waymond wanted to divorce her. You don't forget that you love someone. That's not something you can just forget. You either love someone, or you don't. It's simple.
@@steven1671 I agree. This comment is trying to "romanticize" her character arc but I just can't buy into it. What she did is treat her husband like nothing. This character is literally the sweetest man in the universe. Its so obvious he loves her, he's poured his whole heart out for her. But he was never enough in her eyes. It took a crazy parallel universe experience to get her to care for him at all.
i think the line hits harder cause the line applies more to the morden life we live now. It isn’t dramatic nor overtop, it’s simple and gentle, but mixed with pure honesty because it’s the little, simple things that makes us feel loved.
@@exsyi Yeah I agree, the more relatable touch of modern life helps for sure. I also think concept of multiverse not being so prevalent in ancient cultures makes the "In another life" part hit very hard.
@@burningknight7 US/Western movies tend to not be as romantic as East/SE/S Asian dramas due to the whole reincarnation "in another life"/Buddhist stuff But US/West stories have the equally romantic "I'll see you later/in heaven" due to Christian values; tho, imo this trope works best for family/pets.
In an universe, they’re doing laundry and taxes together thinking what could have been if they got everything they dreamt of. In another universe, they got everything they dreamt of, but all they wanted was to be doing laundry and taxes together.
I simply must say that I have never seen a movie address this type of specific "what if things were better" type of anxiety in such a raw and gut punching resounding way. Your life IS worth living. Your life IS the envy of so many other versions of you.
This scene absolutely gave me a revelation. It made me realize the person I am dating right now is my Waymond. And like Evelyn I am chaotic, a mess, stubborn, and aimless. But I'm okay with that. Because the universe gave me someone like Waymond. And that's what this scene made me realize. How my life feels to have begun with him, and that when I am with him I feel like a piece of my puzzle has been completed. I feel complete.
Evelyn in the main universe questions her choice of eloping with Waymond when she sees a version of herself and Waymond who are both successful. But in this universe, Waymond tells her he would be willing to trade all the success he had if it would meant being with her. Isn't that sweet of him
But he still wasn't happy with her. He tried to divorce her at the very beginning of the film. Evelyn is simply not a good partner, in any universe (hot dog fingers), and Waymond deserved better. The daughter, Joy, didn't like her either.
This movie makes me cry so hard especially this scene when we see her look back on happy memories with her husband and how she seemed to forget why she married him in the first place. I love his character so much and I feel like I can relate to him
This movie gave me purpose After a hard phase in my life when I had given up he taught me that it's okay to feel negetive things when bad things happen but actually it is the time when you should be more positive, and I kept being positive for 2 years and yeah he was right ❤
Now after seeing this movie it’s nice to think once I have a failed relationship with someone I truly cared about, I can be happy knowing in another life were actually happy together
To me, this was the most emotional scene in the movie, got my eyes leaking. Even if she regretted, wished for more, and hated her life, to him having her was his life, he was the happiest just being with her💜
What this movie made me realize is that. Sometimes we become our own worst enemy because we care about meaningless, insignificant that don’t matter are we die. Yet, when we shake off those inhibitions, it helps us truly start caring about things that matter in the world.
Waynond as a character, in a weird way, made me feel seen. I see so many people drowning in cynicism, claiming the world is inherently cruel, awful, and uncaring, and that we should be that way in response. But Waymond knows all that. And he chooses to be kind. That's his strength, his way of defying the terror and pain of existence. It's so deeply moving. Ke Huy Quan absolutely deserved the Oscar for this performance, and on a personal level, both him and Waymond are inspirations to never give up on being kind and pursuing happiness, even if it just means doing laundry or taxes.
This line, followed by the silly moment with the googly eyes on the big red ball where he runs away, always breaks me every time i see it 😭 Both equally heartfelt.
I watched that movie today and I must say, those interdimensional travels feels so much like my daily flashbacks of the past that I questioned reality so much at the end of the film
I haven’t seen this movie in months and the tears started flowing as soon as I started playing this 57 second clip. Damn. I’ll never forget this theater experience, cried harder than I ever have at a movie and for like 20 minutes straight
This less than a minute clip perfectly summed up 2 of my favorite quotes from my favorite movies. "Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space. Maybe we should trust that, even if we can't understand it." -Dr. Brand, Interstellar. "People think that all those things I miss doing with Lisa, I could just do them anyway, and that would make me feel better. But they’re missing the point. I don’t miss doing things with Lisa, I miss doing nothing with Lisa. Do you know what I mean? Just sitting at home, wouldn’t even have to go out, or do anything, or even talk, you know, just sitting there, knowing she was there. Sometimes, I’d just look over at her." -Tony Johnson, Afterlife
He glances behind himself, because he can't imagine her looking at him, like that. But she is viewing every version of him, everything his soul has to offer, suddenly smitten for the man she had been taking for granted.
This movie opened my mind and heart to everything ive been ignoring and taking for granted in my life, it was such a beautiful experience and story. I just hope i remember to keep the lesson with me
I don’t know how to explain it but this movie made me felt like watching a movie for the very first time. After a while, all movies just kinda feel the same? There’s something special about this film. Definitely a must watch.
The part where he looks back, then back at Evelyn is actually heartwarming to me. He wasn’t sure if she was looking past him or not, but he’s happy that she was looking at him.
What every time makes me cry, is he isnt lying when he says that, and "successful" Waymond doesn't know about multiverses, but she knows and we as an audience know it... you know.. he is sincere, he really was happy doing just laundry and taxes with her.
i can't put into words how devastatingly harshly i was sobbing and slobbering all over the place like an overflowing volcano when i first saw this scene in theaters
i was on a plane watching this movie and this scene ruined me. tears leaking outta my eyes uninhibited for the rest of the movie i was desperately wiping my face so other passengers wouldnt see. even watching this video made me cry right now. what an amazing movie
This move perfectly executed purity and imperfection of people as to their true feeling. When she tells her daughter "you're getting fat" i cant help but feel like "oh come on what even" but as she went on it felt more and more like a real person just saying "please. I love you. I care about you" everyone in this movie played such strong and real feeling personalities it was so raw and heavy
I remember when the credits rolled. I just sat back and just starred at the screen in utter disbelief. It was hard to believe that I just watched what people would eventually call a “masterpiece”. But I did. I remember saying to myself “so they can still make them.” (In referring to making classic movies) it was truly of what I call a privilege to buy a movie ticket and sit in a movie theater to watch this classic of modern cinema. Thank you Daniels, the actors, and everyone else that helped work on this film.
The fact that Vietnam doesnt acknowledge this man's achievements and story just because they see him as a "traitor"... Im proud that hes the leading face for Vietnamese actors and so glad more viet actors are on the rise including Hong Chau
This movie did something that SJWs in Hollywood have been trying(and failing) for years: creating a male character who is awesome not due to traditional masculine traits but because he is kind and good
Way to take a touching moment in cinema history and turn it into some "SJW" whinefest. You freaks complain more than all SJWs in history. @The uploader of this video, you too. Clowns.
Bold of you to assume the Daniels aren’t social justice warriors LGBT rights Anti-violence and anti-war themes Immigrant life And yes, gender roles Kind of the best part of this movie is the subtle inclusion of these important issues. And the reason it’s doing it better than most of Hollywood is that it isn’t bogged down by corporate trends, it’s a genuine vision from passionate people.
Bruh the toxic alpha male archetype is definitely not being pushed by SJWs. It's just what the film industry does because they feel it's a "safe" option in storytelling that just keeps being repeated by the more traditional directors (not exactly the SJW type), which makes sense seeing as they basically have a monopoly on the media industry, and everything they put out will still make millions.
it’s going to be okay. i have been there too, many times. you are doing your best and your best is all you can do. be kind to yourself as you go through this difficult time. i found movies, songs, books, tv shows like this where finding the beauty in the mundane, in the chaos, in the heartbreak… the hope can give me hope for my own life. please be gentle with yourself during this hard time, you can do it, i believe in you.
I think this scene makes me a bit more emotional now. Valentines day, me and my now boyfriend went to see an 11 o clock viewing of this movie after I couldn't stop talking about it with him. He comes from a better off family than me, I'm still pretty.. not financially stable. But we make peace with it. I don't have the money to treat him with fancy things like watches or trips around the globe, but that doesn't matter. We do simple things, just enjoying our company together. Before this scene, I remember we were being THAT couple in the theater. A bit loud, giggly, and not able to keep our hands off eachother (nothing nasty!). But as this scene played out, I remember we just sat there and listened. I looked at him, and knew in my heart this was all I wanted.
My favorite part of the film. Highlights Waymonds true nature and love for Evelyn, his intentions have always been the same even across multiverses, and after it he ultimately receives the love and recognition he so deserves.
I'm amazed how we got 2 multiversal movies in 2022 and they both have a scene dedicated to the man announcing his love for his woman in every universe no matter the circumstances. Such a weird coincidence but whether it was a coincidence or not (cuz maybe multiverse and romance go hand in hand) these 2 scenes from both the movies are etched in my brain and heart and they are my favourite movie scenes of all time and also I will love them in every universe
Why arent there any movies were the woman confesses no matter what? Lol. Its always men making the ultimate sacrifice for the woman, accepting her in every form and loving them in every way, but never the other way around. Its sickening honestly
@@HappyBabyOctopus-qu6mf lol im talking about Dr. Strange Multiverse of Madness and Everything Everywhere All At Once now what u said does stand in line with the latter but in MOM Strange wasn't accepting Palmer instead he was accepting himself as the douche. He keeps fucking up their relationships in every universe so him confessing to Palmer is him accepting that no matter how much I've fucked up our relationship in every universe I still love you in every universe and him accepting the fact that no matter how much he loves her and she loves him back they weren't ever meant to be together so him confessing to her is him letting go of her and moving on from her. EEAAO is trying to convey the feeling that no matter how many struggles they go through the guy will still love her because he will be with his love of his life and MOM is trying to convey the feeling of letting go of someone because that's the right thing to do.
The way he turns in the alleyway to deliver that smooth af romantic line of all time to Michelle Yeoh made me swoon so hard! Ke Huy Quan deserves numerous Oscars and even more screen time 😎👏🏽
This is my first time watching this scene with original voiceover and I didn't expect that in russian voiceover the Waymond's voice is so... Different?))) But this made me cry again, this is my favorite movie of all time
Oh my god this 58 second clip can make me ball my eyes out Everything Everywhere All At Once is one of the greatest movies ever made. This IS the hill I will die on.
0:08 I watched this scene so, so, so many times... And I recently noticed that, Evelyn wasn't looking at the screen. She indeed didn't see it. But, that's because she was looking at Waymond, likely just enjoying his presence. So sweet...
I remember having a crush on a friend in high school. We went for a walk late at night once and talked about what it would be like if we dated. I felt like i wasn't cool enough for her and pretty much the conversation ended with me going "maybe in another life." I think about that moment all the time.
Even I wish for a Waymond in my life, but I think most importantly for me, is how can I improve myself to be someone’s Waymond, to be this optimistic, happy, kind, supportive and caring.
It took me forever to finally watch it but when I did I was blown away. It's an incredible movie. One of those 'I would take it with me on a deserted island' type of movies.