I wasn't too hopeful for it but it unexpectedly surprised me by how good it was and Anya Taylor-Joy gives a great performance. I wouldn't call this a 'horror' movie but more of a thriller. To answer your question, watch the excellent Pan's Labyrith by Guillermo Del Toro. Captain Vidal played by the fantastic Sergi Lopez will want to make you reach at the screen to bash his brains out. You really loathe the guy which is a testament of his superior acting.
The businessman in Train to Busan is hard to top. I think the only character to come close recently was Dr Smith in the remake of Lost in Space series. I actually quit watching the series because she pissed me off sooooo much.
I think this might be one of Nicholas Hoult's best performances. Any time a character can bring out such strong emotions in an audience, especially a known actor making you forget the actor and despise the character, really shows the talent of the actor.
I totally agree, shifting from mad max to this, he is very flexible. Finnes despite being a total legend, sounds like voldemort or amon goeth at times. He is the bad guy of the business.
@@earthien i dont know, not really the point imho. the chef wasnt mean to him just becaus hes evil, but because tyler was extremely shitty person. never meet your heroes means something different
My theory is that Tyler was already suicidally depressed, evidenced by his desperation for validation and his need for the Chef to like him. He was desperate for any reason to justify his existence. I think he wanted to die already. Being suicidal is why he would accept an invitation to a dinner where everyone would die.
Exactly! Her profession is role-playing and he knew it. She wasn't part of his perfect menu, and he obsessed about how to fit her in all night. But by her providing this service to him (role-playing as the customer) in exchange for him serving her food, he saw that she was giving him a way out. His concept could be complete if he played along too. It was a brilliant move on her part.
@@lunacouer also he was happy someone finally wanted him to cook something normal he enjoyed and actually simply enjoyed the food he made as they should
Before Anya was the lead, Emma Stone was supposed to be Margot (before covid happened) and the original black list script was a much more bare bones version and I'm very impressed that they managed to build so much more from then to now
I think this may be one of Ralph Fiennes' best performances, certainly up there with The Grand Budapest Hotel for me. He's incredibly charming, yet really sinister at the same time, and also able to convey a sense of sadness over his lost passion for cooking, and seething resentment for the rich clientele who took it away from him using just his body language. You hate and fear him, yet also kind of pity him, and it makes the cheeseburger scene (which is kind of like Ratatouille in reverse) oddly heartwarming. I wasn't that keen on this film when I first saw it, but it's definitely grown on me the more I think about it. In addition to Ralph Fiennes, both Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult absolutely kill it, the score is amazing, and the food looks so delicious
This film is basically Midsommar mixed in with Hell's Kitchen. Tyler is by far the worst character in the film and Anya-Taylor Joy is simply amazing in this movie. And of course people always laugh at the way Elsa says "Tortillas" Btw love your hair 👍😍
I saw this at a film festival last year and the site had it listed as a comedy/drama (likely a mistranslation as it was in Japan), so when that first gunshot scene happened I literally almost yelled "what the fuck???" out loud. I thought it was gonna be a Triangle of Sadness type movie so when the horror aspects kicked in I was taken off guard. Ended up loving the movie.
I can imagine that being quite shocking. I always suspected it had a dark twist before going in, I think it was categorized as "dark comedy" or a horror comedy when I looked it up, although I do remember that it was kind of confusing how different places tagged it. I was constantly scared that it would devolve into some tropey cannibal stuff but I was really glad that it didn't.
This was a great movie. It does have a cultish vibe to it, kind of like THE WICKER MAN (1973) or Midsommar. The writing in this is superb. Ralph Fiennes is so good as the chef. Another movie with Ralph Fiennes to check out is the Grand Budapest Hotel.
One of my favorite things about this is they weren't cooking people. Everyone expected them to be serving people and it really wasn't about that. This movie was just genius. Much love and keep on keepin on J.
I went into the movie blind as well. Had no idea what if was about. Im glad you enjoyed it. Tyler is such a pretentious shmuck and the actor does a fantastic job at making us hate him. If you didn’t catch it, Margot is some form of a hired girlfriend. Tyler talks about paying for her before and it’s made to think it means the meal. She also has boundaries with him about how he can talk to her. She is nothing but someone below his “status” since he paid her. It’s also why she understands Chefs questions and figures out how to get out. He loved making food for people to enjoy, but was stuck making food for critics and people who didn’t appreciate the food. Definitely a movie you can watch again and pick up on all the subtleties.
Tyler - "Is he looking at me?" Me - He was scanning the horizon! 🤣🤣🤣 Nicolas Hoult being ecstatic that a man of prestige is looking at him will never get old.
I decided to watch this in the cinema when I had some spare time, just picked it purely on the cast and I was amazed by it, it was so much fun and I was laughing so much from the dry humour. One of my fav movies of the past few years for sure.
When I saw the poster, I thought it was a comedy drama film about a food critic and his girlfriend try to oust a world class Chef for being a fraud. Then I learned that its a dark comedy horror film. I'm surprised it got snubbed at the Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director Best Screenplay, etc.
The irony is that another movie exploring the very same themes (and won the Cannes Palme D'Or) is nominated in the same 3 categories this year (TRIANGLE OF SADNESS).
It is my humble belief that Slowik said something to Tyler along the lines of “you don’t deserve to be part of the menu” or something similar to that. Tyler knew at LEAST 8 months in advance that everyone involved would be dying. Being almost as much a fanatic follower as the rest of the cooks were, hearing that could have completely devastated him, leaving him with just one option.
Funny! I'm from Buffalo, NY when you pulled up the Elsa clip. Daniel Radcliffe was supposed to play himself as the actor but had a conflict and was replaced by John Leguizamo who patterned his character after Stephen Seagal .The Ivy league school Brown reference could have be an in joke related to Emma Watson who graduated there. The "you donkey" reference is pure Gordon Ramsey the UK Chef. The chef stabbing could be seen as female staff getting revenge on their higher up for years of harrassment and abuse/assault.
I love this movie, I feel like anyone who has ever worked in the service industry needs to watch this movie, it was made for us! Also, it seems like we don't see nearly as much content from you as we used to , it is missed. Hope all is well.
A month ago, I was actually trying to find your channel but couldn't, I was like: "who was that aussie girl who reacted to euphoria?" This youtube recommendation is a blessing, subscribe guys!
Tyler:*Even when he does absolutely nothing* Nici:UGH! I hate him so much! 😂 In all seriousness, I totally agree that he is a f***ing assh*le! I just love your annoyed reactions whenever he appears no matter what he does 😂
Say what you will about Tyler as a character, I loved how much fun Nicolas Hoult had playing him. You can just tell that this was a fun character to play.
One cute little detail about Tyler's Bullshit is that he didn't know you need to wash leeks after slicing them, since dirt can get trapped between the layers. I don't know whether the filmmakers did that intentionally or not, but it's an extra level of funny that Tyler definitely served Chef leek dirt.
This film is so great. Its beautiful in its look, cinematography, food (obvs), production design, and acting. And the message is fairly straight forward but the execution is...delicious. It seemingly had a $30 million budget and made ~$80 million worldwide which generally means it presumably made it's cost back and made a bit of money. I wish it did better, of course, but glad a genre film like this was still an actual success. Also, the film reveals why Tyler never had any concerns about what was happening... he thought him being a banal, know it all uberfan of chef meant he was recognized for being how special and knowledgeable he was despite utterly lacking, not even trying, to cultivate any skills himself. Which at best not of which mattered to chef and at worst meant he was probably the type of person chef hated the most. Even more than the critic. And my assumption is that chef didnt literally tell Tyler to kill himself and he did so. It was that chef utterly brokedown and destroyed Tyler as a human being who cares about the least important aspects of the culinary arts: rotely and solely learning about ingredients and methods without any understanding nor recognition of the artistry. The irony being chef only cares about the latter at this point of his career which is why Margot absolutely destroys him with the cheeseburger order. At least that's my interpretation.
I love this film. It's so good. I interpreted it as this is a film about why critics suck, in all facets, and drain the love, beauty, wonder, and dedication that is put into works of art, whether that be food, film, television, video games, music, fashion (though I have my own opinions about the uselessness and wastefulness of the fasion industry asa whole - but that's another topic), or the more traditional works of art like paintings, drawings, sculptures, etc. Ugh God, everytime in a film or show there's some art gallery and some critic is standing in front of a painting with the arm of their sunglasses against their lips, pondering the piece of work saying, "Ah yes this brush stroke here, I think the artist was going for..." Like please, stfu 🤢🤮 Like her character said, "Every dish you've served has been some intellectual exercise." In a way, he made his dishes with the same attitude that critics eat his dishes, or in general, in the same way critics approach whatever it is they are criticizing. Whatever they are experiencing, critics turn it into an intellectual exercise, and dull and sully the experience. Movie critics and TV critics and video game critics never allow themselves to suspend disbelief fully, because regardless of whether or not they mention some tiny little detail "pulled them out of the experience" - let's be honest, they were always at least one foot out of the experience from the very beginning. Music and food critics reduce sounds and textures and tastes into some forced rigid structure where "you shoulda paired this with that instead" or, "these textures together don't compliment the dish as well as these other textures together" or "they went 8 beats when they should have gone 4 beats and followed by a slew of 1/2 notes because it flowed better with the bridge" and blah blah blah. Just taste the food, feel the flavors and textures. Just listen to the music and let the notes take you somewhere. Just watch the movie or TV show, or play the game, and immerse yourself in the experience of another individual.
I do understand your annoyance with the pretentious people and the “you don’t get it”ness of it all, and that’s what makes it so brilliant haha. Because this movie is truly like a Bible for chefs, there actually is SO MUCH more going on here than most of us would ever understand because we aren’t chefs. And Tyler being so condescending about it to Margo is sort of like an inside joke to chefs watching. I’ve watched a few chefs react to this and they explain sooooo much that goes over our heads. For instance, the meal for ‘The Mess’ is literally made with elements of blood, sweat, and tears. And even though it looks pretty to us, to a master chef it’s a mess and no amount of blood, sweat, and tears can fix that. I’m not good at explaining lmao
girl i forgot what your youtube channel was called and couldn’t find you anywhere i was literally searching australian woman movie reaction channel and still nothing😭
I lost count of how many times i saw the trailer for it in the theatre i thought it looked ok and i didnt see it. Now its been given great reviews and awards nominations i regret not seeing it. I wish to see it soon.
Hey Nic, great to see your reactions. I have to catch up, I've missed a few. I loved "The Menu" I've watched it 3 times. Margot/Erin is one of my new favorite "final girls". The tv or movie character I hate the most, first name that comes to mind is Nate from "Euphoria".
Such an incredibly unique film. I don't think I would say it's a great movie but I believe it is one everyone should experience. I can't imagine it without a different cast, everyone brought their A-Game!
I was pretty sure you'd appreciate this one. As for those you mentioned who say, "There are no original movies/ideas in 'Hollywood' (the generic fall back word used by lazy thinkers; as if movies are ONLY made on L.A. soundlots/locations) blah, blah, blah", they have little if any idea of the literally thousands of movies that are made each year around the world with plenty of original story lines or takes/twists. It's just lazy to think and speak in such generalities.
I had no idea Nicholas Hoult could play a jackass so well. Tyler is easily one of the best jerks I have ever seen in a movie. The scene where he got humiliated while cooking was amazing.
I completely agree about not hating chef. It's one of those things where I agree with him, I just cannot condone his actions. He is sort of the victim. His entire life has been about wanting to make good food for people and to please others, but he's been dragged down by critics and pompous rich assholes who see eating his food as a sign of their own self importance, not as enjoying good food. He finds himself hating his trade and himself. And I feel for him for that and I want him to get some closure, just not like this. I do not condone murder of course I don't. But at the same time, I just relate to him so much more than most of the other characters. And when he cooked the burger and when he had what I assume is the first satisfied customer in years, I found myself feeling happy for him.
He didn’t want the actor to die because his film was so bad lol. He chose him to die because he didn’t value the work he did. He accepted bad work just for a quick pay day. And shouldn’t be proud about it. Which is a res presentation of chef lol
I saw someone comment this on a different video, and I can't get it out of my head so I wanted to share. There's a theory that the meat Chef used in the cheeseburger was immature meat, the kind that Elsa described would kill you horribly earlier in the movie. The theory goes that when Margot/Erin paused while eating it on the boat, she realized it might be the immature meat, realized she might already be poisoned, so figured if she was gonna die anyway, she was gonna go out enjoying the hell out of a great cheeseburger. This made so much sense to me, given how they Chekhov's gunned it early in the movie, that now it's my head canon.
That's a really cool theory, but I do think that if she dies it would kind of make the last few moments pointless? I mean I just would then struggle to think what the movie would want to say with that on a thematic level.
My girlfriend didn't care at all for this movie when we saw it, so her negative opinion also initially influenced me to some extent and made me think that maybe it wasn't as good as I had thought watching it. However, reflecting on it, I was really invested the whole time and a lot of the comedy struck a cord with me, so I do think it's a good movie. Or at least a film I personally enjoy, despite it not being for everyone. At least the performances are great.
Oh dear, cant wait to see series "Sharp Objects" whose she didnt not watch this series, Girl, you must watch this series "Sharp Objects" that making so creepy!! YOU MUST WATCH THIS SERIES, GIRL- 😬😬
*YES YES YES OMG ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS* Have poster with it on my wall (i work at cinema :P got tons of posters) but got a part of my room where i put just posters with films that have Anya Taylor Joy in it XD my fav actress
@@nicsandnacs lol thank you 19:40 here in Romania From 22 till morning going to the club i work security there, till morning Free tomorrow from the cinema :D i can sleep,at cinema I'm usher and sometimes cashier
During the movie i had to pause and make some food and after finishing the movie i really wanted to eat a Cheeseburger.🖤 The Bear(2022) is great series if you wanna delve into restaurant world.. -💀
Loved your commentary!! So entertaining. Definitely worthy of several re-watches. Terrific. Thank you. (Margot rules!! As does Anya Taylor-Joy, as usual.)
