NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU is Weird | Explained 

I thought it was really cool to kinda go with just the “traditional” alien design. It was something almost every viewer would already be familiar with so there really wouldn’t have to be any exposition about “are these aliens or something else”. Since they knew there wasn’t going to be any dialog about what was going on I think it was a nice shortcut.

It isn't a design. Like most alien abduction fiction, it is just a straight imitation or composite of eyewitness accounts of alien abduction, and sometimes from the military and intelligence officers who frequently approach screenwriters and producers to offer to tell them how to make the scenarios, technology and various real species 'more accurate'. They have done this to Stephen Spielberg, Bryce Zabel and less famous alien fiction creators too. The testimonies of many movie and TV creators about rogue military and Intel people saying they want help from them to "prepare the public" for eventually learning the truth, against the wishes of many others in the Intel and military top brass who want to officially ridicule and ostracise abductees forever rather than admit nobody is safe from it, are in the book Silver Saucers. The horizontal levitating alien scene tells me this writer's ideas were not made up from nothing, because I have been levitated away by a different species of alien who was themselves horizontally levitating just like that. I have never seen that represented in fiction before (though I wouldn't have seen it even if it was out there because I don't watch any alien abduction movies or TV shows, never have done, it would be too upsetting) but it looks like it has been witnessed by other abductees too as the word has evidently reached the creators of this work. The leaked US government C.A.R.E.T document from 1986, called a particular small and high-precision levitation technology they had found in crashed ET vehicles "personal antigravity".

That shit terrified me

Uh yeah I’d piss myself if I saw that in my house randomly and it rushed me.

The one coming for her with the really long arms freaked me out

Humanity gives us zero reason to feel sorry for them being taken over haha

She's their pet lol! And the people are like how you put fake bird toys in a bird's cage to keep them company lol

If this WERE an alien takeover movie that'd be fine, but this movie is too busy trying to say something, which makes the ending horrible by implication.

Real tbh

Yooo film drunk!!

If I see an alien in my house, I’ll assume I’m hallucinating from the sleep deprivation of new motherhood, tell it night night, and go back to bed.

Nah he’s gonna have to pay rent, shit is expensive

I’d pull a Lilo and Stitch and be like “well! Not what I was expecting but still a friend!”

I feel like we are missing a scene because when Brynn killed Maude it was daytime. When we see the aftermath with Maude's father crying on the lawn, it's dark. What happened during that time gap? What did Brynn do? Did she try to hide Maude's body? Did she act like nothing happened and went back inside to do crafting with her mother? Did she leave Maude behind rotting in the grass for someone else to find her? Or worse of worse, what if the gap wasn't a few hours but a few days or even weeks? Just Maude rotting away while Brynn went on with life while the town went crazy looking for this missing girl. We don't know. And if it was that wide gap scenario where the whole town is looking for Maude while Brynn knew where she was this whole time, I can see the entire town turning on her. It doesn't matter if she was only twelve. I read in an interview where the director said he was inspired by homicide cases involving children including The Slenderman Stabbing. That case had two children, girls, who were Brynn's age when they tricked a friend to go into the forest with them. There they stabbed the other girl over and over again. Those girls were found guilty and won't be getting out of jail until well into their adult years. Again, I feel we aren't getting the full picture. Just Brynn's side of things. And the movie is trying to portray her as this cute quirky, shy young woman who is stuck in this big mean town. There has to be more.

@@mekkio77 y’all I was in the same mindset that background would’ve been good to actually understand the situation but it being ambiguous was nice. I totally might have missed something in the letters that were written but I wasn’t sure what they were fighting about in the forest. My mind immediately went to a boy at school with some dating situation but that’s just me being basic and thinking her getting the guy at the end had something to do with it. Idk I need to rewatch or just read more about the movie

My 12 yr old nephew was charged with making copycat school bang-bang threats right after the Oxford High incident. A 12 yr old I used to babysit used to say concerning violent things.. he ended up getting arrested as an adult for brandishing a weapon during a road rage incident while yelling racial slurs..... You shouldn't automatically paint every 12 yr old with a bad rep, but sometimes they are showing you who they really are.

I think the difference with Brynn is that it was an accident. Maude was her best friend, and they were having a spat, and it went horribly wrong. I agree there are kids that age that are capable of horrific things, but in Brynn case, especially because it wasn't her perspective per se, but the aliens exploring her memories, it was definitely an accident. The way she dealt with it afterward would've been a result of horror, shock, grief, guilt, and a myriad of other emotions. Also, she wasn't indicted, so it was probably ruled as an accident. So the entire town treating her like a pariah highlights the hate that always lingers in the mind of the myopic; always ready to leap out when someone lives a life outside of their personal ethics and ideals.

Some small towns are just like that. And considering it was the daughter of the sheriff who was presumably a beloved and powerful figure in town, and whose daughter was probably equally well known and loved, vs a seemingly single mom and her daughter, I could actually see it happening. Maybe not to this extent, but close enough to count

Is it forgiveness or admiration? My interpretation is that they respected her will to survive

Well, you know, all's fair in love and war. They probably expected there to be some casualties, so it goes. Her self defense was a pain in their ass but not unreasonable.

Yup, Kaitlyn Dever having a really bad time of it is fast becoming my new favourite genre. She's really good at it.

Being in Dear Evan Hansen was a big part of it

lol You sure? This seems like it would be the only movie in that genre.

I came in contact with this genre first through Unbelievable and now this. Any other recommendations?

Short Term 12. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring a terrific young cast including Brie Larson, Lakeith Stanfield and Rami Malek. It's about a home for troubled kids and Kaitlin Dever plays a young girl who discloses she is being horribly abused by her Dad. Brie Larson goes to kill the Dad, and KD is like, 'don't get yourself in trouble, I'll just suffer on my own.' Truly the Citizen Kane of Kaitlyn Dever Suffers movies. I make it sound miserable but it's really bloody brilliant and very funny. @@DucNguyen-ek4vq

Stephanie Meyer's The Host is actually exactly like that. Like, the aliens are just way better in every way than humans and when they take over planets, they just bond with their hosts

​@Hana9916 The host has its issues tho. Isn't there a couple in wich the girl is underage? Edit: I think Amanda has a video on it for anyone wondering.

​@@roxirock5455 I've only ever heard of it through YT reviews but iirc the main couple has a significant age difference, there's consent issues, and in the end an alien takes over the body of... a 14yo girl I believe? while in love with a guy in his late twenties or sth. So, yeah. Smeyer's gonna Smeyer.

It sort of reminds me of Warm Bodies, where you’re shown that their consciousness can be still in there, they’re just a bit sick

@@roxirock5455Yeah, it’s actually a very cool premise with lots of interesting morality questions, but for some reason she had to throw in some unfortunate age gaps. There’s really no good solution to the Edward/Bella age thing without fundamentally changing the story. But literally nothing would change in Host if she just tweaked a few ages.

Oh yeah it's a thing, communities can be close knit which is great sometimes but it can be a hive mine.

I was kinda confused through the whole movie and felt that it should have told a small amount, although I do love how it good it was at showing everything

I actually didn't notice the lack of dialogue until Amanda pointed it out. 😅

That is really awesome!

Sounds like you might enjoy movies that choose lower or no dialogue format, which is a bit rare but definitely a thing. Maybe something to look into!

There is an animated film called The Sisters of Belleville which has zero dialogue whatsoever. I thoroughly enjoyed that one

This!!! I was so happy to just have a pleasant, non-speaking experience from a movie. It felt comfortable

Fictional movies set in small towns usually aren’t an accurate portrayal of what small towns are actually like. Just like movies in general are not representational of reality? Because it’s fiction?

Ngl small towns do just be like that unfortunately…. Even towards situations that arent nearly as tragic/harmful as a literal murder such as an autistic kid having a meltdown in public and “causing a disturbance” (and “possibly being possessed by a demon”) or a teenager accidentally not paying enough attention while babysitting and having a kid have a small allergic reaction under their watch (which is def more of a concern). Any deviation from the “norm” is heavily scrutinized and gossiped about and if it involves another kid (especially a more “normal” / liked kid from the town) then its considered especially evil using the same line of logic as - “How dare this WEIRDO / outsider risk damaging the future of their betters in any way, they must be evil!”

I dont think small towns anywhere are much different. Growing up in a small town in Europe this is kind of how i remember it. We didnt have a murder, but I can definitely remember ostracized kids and families for being "weirdos". As far moving I never really thought about it but I would guess guilt and lack of money. houses in small towns dont sell as easy or for much money. And I wonder if mom would think moving to another small town might just make Bryn the murderer that ran out of town. Even if no one knew there, it would be a weird expectation that Brynn who was already traumatized by the events would never tell anyone. I would guess her mom hoped they might be forgiven eventually instead of cementing their fate to be the hated people that killed the sherifs daughter and skipped town.

They can be just like this, granted there are variations but they can kinda turn into a hive mind

What breaks it for me is the thing they had to do to sell it with their premise. They desperately want this to be nonverbal. So they have to really ham it up to sell it to most people. Which is the exact opposite of what'd actually happen in a situation like this. Sure, you'd see the parents completely flip at her, maybe try to attack her, chase her away, scream at her etc. But the other people would likely just avert their eyes, switch to the other side of the street, maybe whisper to each other behind her back as she passes. It'd be a lot less overt and way more in the realm of how you'd gossip. And yes, a mom in that situation would 100% leave. You have children moving for simply having shit go wrong in school a few too many times. If that murder accident happened, any sane mom would know that's it for this town and would want to move. Not just because she'd be ostracized, but because the town itself would be a constant reminder of the time she spent with that friend and how it's all gone now. The movie was a fun thought experiment, but not much more. The ending is pretty much the best it has going for it, because it's a nice breath of fresh air and rather than the umpteenth story about "I learnt how to forgive myself", just with some "btw nobody talks" flourish on top, I'd have liked to see the life in this alien world as a normal human.

"Professional courtesy" is how I would put it.

@@atticstatticI have never heard that term before but that seems so accurate after looking it up

And they are so freaked out that they are like: "Give her what she wants. We can't piss her off"

@@pqwork6475 how long have you been alive? I'm surprised you never heard of professional courtesy lol

Real this is how I legit saw it 😭😭 they were like “oh, so you not only killed 4 of our kind, but one of yours as well? That’s fucked… I’m not possessing that one,”

100% exactly what I thought at the ending.

Definitely very similar, but I'd argue Midsommar is a bit more ambiguous over whether it's a positive ending for Dani or not, whereas Brynn definitely has a happy ending with this film

I really like this interpretation. My mom also loved the movie, I thought it was ok, but seeing it from this perspective makes it better. My mom forgives easily, and so do I, so maybe that’s why.

When I was 5, my mother incercepted me about to slam a large bell-like tub toy against my friend Jenny's head, but five is not old enough to realize that this object to cause serious damage and have irrevocable consequences. A 12 year old, though, does understand that.

I feel like movies use to be this, I assumed she had killed her in self defense, or doing something dumb as kids

​@@moonlily1idk about understand they hear about it, but also know that you can get your head hit and be fine. Impulse control isn't something preteens or teens are known for having a good grasp on. They know about it sure, but they don't believe it will happen to them.

I disagree and I think that's entirely incorrect. if you payed close attention to the movie, everyone is mad at Brynn because she killed her friend Maude. They literally show you a memory when she's aboard the ship with the aliens of her fighting with maude picking up a rock and striking her head. She then forgives herself and that's what the aliens were trying to do because they release her back to earth having done no harm to her. Everyone likes Brynn again because she more than likely reconciled with town and since the alien agenda was to "show forgiveness" everyone ended up forgiving her in the town. That why th ending is all happy because everyone learned how to forgive each other and live happy together that was the literal moral of the story I'm just surprised you missed all of that and thought it's just because she didn't want to be abducted.

⁠@@MM3OGshe was not forgiven in the end? The people she were living with were being controlled by the aliens, they accepted her, not the townspeople.

Oh my gosh that’s such a cool theory!!!

@@kookykiddo okay but how do you know that for sure because for all we know Brynn was also still being controlled as well with the rest of town even though she seemed normal. I heard someone else say the same exact theory your giving and it's just to much of a stretch. Why would aliens possess an entire town to accommodate one lonely girl who by the way killed 3 of their aliens lol. That theory doesn't make sense to me at all and I personally think all the towns folk went through the same process Brynn did with forgiveness and that's why they're all happy I don't think the aliens purpose was to control the town. It was to help the entire town learn forgiveness and live happy together.

@@MM3OG did you not see the BUGS in their necks

i haven't seen the movie but read the book, and i felt the same way despite my friend getting the book for me as a joke. comedy-horror that resonates with the grief you carry, gotta be one of my favourite genres

Where do I find what year was this film released

@@robertstanikmas447 it was released in 2020!

​@@robertstanikmas447it was released like the week you commented, idk why OP is talking about this movie like it's in the past tense

yess !!! i thought this too bc i noticed in some scenes the aliens seemed rlly focused on the pics of brynn and maude. so maybe the night maude died she didnt die right away and the aliens either took her and she became one or they replayed maude’s perspective of that night so now they remember

@@daniellemacklin6146 Right, and when the alien came in the basement with her, it looked like it was trying to talk to her.. but then they just scrapped that idea at the end? So weird

The entire town didn't forgive her, I think you missed something. They sent her back without taking over her mind and body and allowed her to live with the other townsfolk who were taken over to give her a break after what she'd been through. The townsfolk were just puppets at that point and she got to live in her happy little world.

@@QuintinSarren I mean were they just puppets or did they also go through the same test as Brynn did to understand forgiveness?. I can see why you have that theory but I disagree because Brynn also was controlled at a point and who's to say that she's not also a puppet thinking that she's normal again. I disagree with your theory only because of the ending it shows that everyone was released and the aliens goal was to have Brynn forgive herself I'm assuming they did the same with all the town folks. I just can't see why the aliens would possess an entire town of people to accommodate one lonely girl for a mistake she made murdering her friend that she couldn't get over. Not to mention she killed like 3 aliens I believe in the movie and that's how they reward her lol. That's just way too far left the theory is too much of a stretch but I appreciate the reply.

@@MM3OG Did you miss at the end when she was waving at the people their throats were moving with the alien life form in them? She the only one at the end without the alien throat thing in her, they all had it in them..

@@fire34flyseems like it.

@@MM3OG Did you watch the movie with your eyes closed at the end

I feel like the lack of dialogue was a huge point though. And also I think she had more of a thing for vintage stuff. Notice she didn’t have a cell phone, but a Rotary phone lol

Wtf dude oh my god

Ha ha same

😂😂

The town didn't spit on her, the Mom did. The other people in the town were either avoiding her or treated her like she was just another person, not paying attention one way or another. Or looking the other way because she killed the sheriff's daughter- so while I get a bit of what you're saying, in terms of her perception, I don't think it was a fantasy or dream for her.

I mean people literally go out of their way to shit on her and even spit on her face which they had been doing for years. Even if she did, let's be honest they didn't care or want to hear it. And I mean her remorse with Maude is more complicated than losing her mom, which was more recent. She went to her mom's grave because she was the only human connection left while Maude was longer ago but also is wrapped in shame and guilt. I mean the girl was harassed, bullied and crapped on for YEARS. It's crazy to think she wouldn't want some positive human connection to people.

I am super biased honestly horror scifi monster movies are my FAVORITE