Eat the Rich! - The Platform Review

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[@raulgalets]

I love how Riley's reaction to scores is the same everytime. They go like "7/10" and then Riley goes "7??????????????? How comeeee!?!!?!?!?!!"

[@htc148]

my second thought after watching this podcast is that y'all should watch "BAD" movies and just do a roast session on it. 😅

[@FyrntyYT]

Watch their “Dolittle” or their “Cats” review.

[@anonymouse3501]

This wasn't a bad movie though.

[@ai.XT00]

Pyrocinical breakdown on this movie is so good

[@oscarchristensen8142]

So guys, we did it, we reached a quarter of a million subscribers, 250,000 subscribers and still growing the fact that we've reached this number in such a short amount of time is just phenomenal, I'm-I'm just amazed. Thank you all so much for supporting this channel and helping it grow. I-I love you guys... You guys are just awesome.

[@joshconfer209]

Pyrocinical is such a fun word. Sounds ominous.

[@preetam5508]

@@oscarchristensen8142 bruh

[@anirudhvijayaraman4588]

Exactly what I was gonna say until I saw your comment

[@lemonfan2570]

yeah infinitely better than this sad excuse of a review

[@jajssblue]

RILEY'S THE BAD GUY?!!! WHAT A TWIST!!!

[@michaelcraigen6861]

After watching most of your (LMG) content I started to run low on my tech fixes. I was hesitant about watching CC at first but your (LMG) team knows how to keep me interested. Also, I'm with Riley.

[@txstevenb4332]

HAHAH! David and the hand juggle in the sponsor spot had Riley rolling ... made me laugh out loud

[@RGabrielR]

I think you guys missed a little detail: afaik the platform only goes up when no one is over it, so basically the kid isnt recognized, so that's why the guy must leave the platform to make the girl fly to the top

[@muscularwave8573]

not true because the woman looking for her kid goes up everytime afaik

[@LastOneNW]

I didn't see anything indicating that

[@restless42]

This movie is NOT promoting socialism or capitalism. It is about people dealing with the cards that were given to them. It shows how neither system works and the only way to do a little bit of good in this world is by making sacrifices. It paints an extremely dark and sometimes nihilistic picture of our future.

[@yusthavinfun]

It seems like they miss the part where it's being implied that the employees are part of the system. The food could never be a message because the people that make it don't know what's happening in the hole. The hole is closed when the table is set. level 0 is closed and then they 'let the system do its job' They're being told the system can and should work and the people are what is breaking it. The child as a message blatantly shows that the system is broken. Weather she would work as a message and the chefs would do anything is left open as a question. With the main character staying at the bottom. He sees himself as corrupted and broken by the system the child can't be a message if he is there. I think there's a lot more in the movie, things like the protagonist going in willingly being a way to imply that we as people are willingly letting ourselves being controlled in a political climate. The employees representing politicians and "people in power" and the unseen actual owners of the hole as company is... well that... companies.. buying and controlling the entire system and lying about how deep the rabbit hole goes. But I might also just think the movie is being more pretentious than it is.

[@Knox-umbra]

As a general rule, I don't take advice from strange men in bathtubs but Linus did the shameless plug so here I am

[@mrjubby]

I liked the episode and agreee that this is not a specific critic to cap or soc, but society as a whole. But I think you guys missed the book reference. The main character is an allegory to the main character of the book he takes to the prison (it's Don Quixote). I guess this would clear a bit of the ending. It's deliberate that you dont know how it ends as the main character is actually going insane. We cant be sure that the ending actually happened at all.

[@ella4406]

Pyrocynical made a good video about this movie recently

[@oscarchristensen8142]

So guys, we did it, we reached a quarter of a million subscribers, 250,000 subscribers and still growing the fact that we've reached this number in such a short amount of time is just phenomenal, I'm-I'm just amazed. Thank you all so much for supporting this channel and helping it grow. I-I love you guys... You guys are just awesome.

[@LastOneNW]

Space Piercer, I need that now...

[@hoodedcrow7180]

I'd love if you guys did Van Helsing (2004) at some point. I feel like it's a super underrated movie that did below average with audiences and critics. Want to see if people would still feel the same watching it today. The 1080p Blu-ray also comes with D-Box support which I hadn't heard of until buying this movie. Would make a great LTT video if you guys could get a D-Box set up working and share what the 4D experience is like. I'd recommend combining that with Bigscreen in VR to watch the movie.

[@naren_2]

You guys should do a review on The social dilemma

[@anonymouse3501]

So they should review reality?

[@bernardiego]

It'd be a nice addition if in the video description you guys could add an imdb link or something of the sort. Nice review, btw.

[@htc148]

it would be interesting ( if it were possible) to watch a movie while y'all three watching it too and y'all made live commentary while we watched. 🤣

[@samuelwinter6152]

I agree, it would be cool if they could stream from the LMG employee lounge watching a movie with live commentary.

[@samuelmelnik7722]

Not possible cuz of copyright that can't show the entire movie. They could do it if they clip it I think

[@htc148]

@@samuelmelnik7722 that's the kink in the plan. maybe in the next ltx 🙏😅

[@ju1cycrackfa1ry]

Yeah I wanna watch Dune with them lol

[@HippetyHopper]

The Platform 2 is apparently coming!

[@davidgatell9430]

My interpretation was that the kid was never real. Because the elevation of the platform is impossible to survive.

[@pdblouin]

In that case, the Panna Cotta survived, and the "message" was still sent back to Level 0?

[@anonymouse3501]

Then how did the mother survive everytime she went down?

[@crowonthepowerlines]

I would watch Spacepiercer

[@teslatx]

Do gone girl! The movie isn’t known enough

[@anonymouse3501]

Yeah it's great and underrated i think.

[@4D1Characterror]

Is..... Is that a joke? This movie had big buzz for a while.

[@teslatx]

4D1 yeah had big buzz, but seems forgotten. I view it as a masterpiece

[@4D1Characterror]

@@teslatx Yeah. It's what happens when a movie gets older and landscape changes.

[@samyakmodi1762]

so here is the problem, you SEE the pinna cotta earlier in the movie, when the head chef is scolding everybody (he is holding it). and they tell us that the woman doesn't have a child , which implies that during the fight (in the end) they actually die and the whole child thing was just a illusion for the main character as to believe that they succeeded. but as we saw earlier that the chef does not understand the message which hints that the true people at the top will never understand message, as there is huge gap.

[@WesleyDechavez]

nahh. The Platform is not a good movie due to its innaccuracy of representing the modern society and its hierarchy. You can literally see the bias in it and just like what Riley said that the random switching of prisoners doesn't really make any sense, like are you referring to poor people winning the lottery or rich people getting bankrupted? Because if it is, then it is a good movie, but it's not, so it is not.

[@Matkatamiba]

About the gore, what's Riley's thoughts on The Boys?

[@VADYCAN]

According to what he said about gore, it sounds like he thinks it’s fine as long as there’s purpose for it so I’d think he’s fine with gore on the boys since it fits the characters personalities

[@ju1cycrackfa1ry]

English is my second language so I've always watched tv with subs/closed caption. I wish theaters had subtitle options, maybe it could be a thing soon with Google glass type technology

[@BOOTxClan]

A lot of people think the ending wasn't real. As noted earlier on in the movie, no child was allowed in the hole. We could assume this is a lie since the worker also didn't know how many floors there were, but Miharu had apparently gone all the way to the bottom of the hole each month anyway. How would she not have found her daughter? We also see the shot of the head chef seemingly enraged and yelling at the employees about something, which was probably the Pana Cotta that actually DID get sent back up. However, strangely, they put this in the middle of the movie instead of the end.

[@nathanhartman4407]

Camera angle is much better!

[@dantecain6277]

1984 Dune after 2020 Dune!

[@HarryTheHerring]

Acctually thought it was a John Mcaffee documentary... Thumbnail :P

[@BenRaddatz]

they forgot the carpooling

[@ChrlzMaraz]

Gone Girl, Prisoners, Nightcrawler, Collateral, Magnolia, Midsommer, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lawrence of Arabia, and, of course, more Marvel movies.

[@maskiez]

I think the child metaphor is the hope of the youth will be the one that will change the system, and it is all in their hand which is why the main character step off the platform and not riding to the top with the child. It's something like adult is the one that bring the attention to the youth, riding down with the child but it's up to them to change the system, the child riding up alone.

[@gareth2261]

Man this is going to be a good podcast

[@stedavid13]

As someone whose only seen the Dune movie, I want to hear you guys talk about both the new one and the old one. However, wait until the new one releases and then watch the old one after. Two part episode, or one giant combo episode. Regardless, really curious to Riley's take as it'll be in reverse. Also convince me to read the book :P Love the podcast guys :)

[@txstevenb4332]

That would be awesome if they do old/new DUNE review ... I've only seen the first trailer of the new movie and already am looking forward to it. I watch the original movie whenever I see it on. It never gets old for me. But I'm easily amused. hahah! I crack myself up. THERE! SEE! haha

[@ju1cycrackfa1ry]

David Lynch's Dune was really good idk why ppl don't give it a chance

[@ArnauRectoret]

I think the idea it's pretty similar to "The cube".

[@dominick253]

But much worse than the cube. This movie is way too obvious.

[@ChrlzMaraz]

It is just "Cube".

[@ArnauRectoret]

@@ChrlzMaraz in Spain is called "El cubo" . So "The cube". XD

[@Omnicronous]

Always nice to be enhanced

[@psychopopdesign]

"Who watches the Watchmen?"

[@SheldyxSheld]

this movie is soooo much better if you understand spanish. Its actually really funny at times.

[@ju1cycrackfa1ry]

I disagree, it was just focused on visuals for the sake of shock

[@SheldyxSheld]

@@ju1cycrackfa1ry eh?

[@charlesgrove6905]

And James reminds us of his feminist chops pulling out Lorde quotes, very apt ones at that, it should be said also. Good review guys, always has me wanting for a deeper dive but it does still satisfy.

[@shirobuta_]

22 mid roll ads?

[@tylermeehan6117]

My only question is. Where is podcast land?

[@FyrntyYT]

Spotify

[@andressotil4671]

The Platform... the movie so blunt and on the nose that most people miss the point of the movie.

[@AnonymousB0ss]

Some people got “I am Iron man “ While we got “I am Riley” I think the second one is better

[@nureineflagge8201]

I love your podcasts for sleeping

[@WesleyDechavez]

all podcasts are suitable for sleeping

[@1993JoshG]

I think watch the David lynch dune after the new one.

[@tehgman2]

I thought the miharu lady was going down to make sure the little girl had food.

[@tigeroats913]

pyrocinical made me know about this movie

[@DavidFregoli]

I'd throw a TV out the window if I had bought a 2080 TI

[@rustumlaattoe]

The audio translation is semi lip-synced. Sometimes when you're watching a dub the disconnect between the lip movement and the sounds are very distracting. I imagine the subtitles are a more word for word translation, while the dub is semi lip-synced and doing its best to convey the same meaning.

[@Jhawk_2k]

I agree with 5/10, usually I disagree with Riley's ratings, but this movie was just eh, nothing new here imo

[@Charlie-et4td]

Ok pyrocynical

[@Dindonmasker]

I loved that movie. I watched it 4 times on different languages for fun.

[@WesleyDechavez]

dude. that's not normal

[@Dindonmasker]

@@WesleyDechavez maybe that's not normal for an American but for people who speak multiple languages it's fun to see the difference since it very much impacts some scenes.

[@ottojagenstedt9740]

@@Dindonmasker It doesn't matter if you're swiss or a dog, watching THIS movie 4 times just to switch the language is weird. Watch your favorite movie once a year and switch it up sure absolutely. I'd be fine if you watched the matrix several times in quick succession, not this interesting at first but in the end pretty bad movie.

[@IIWaZII]

@@ottojagenstedt9740 dude it’s not that weird. Especially since it’s in different languages and the content changes.Plus he didn’t say over what period of time. Plus he may really like the movie, it’s a cool concept and different strokes for different folks. Have you never watched something a lot of times in a short time?

[@Gabrong]

Please sometime invite David Stewart the author to the show. He also makes film reviews.

[@boi_z9583]

You guys deserve more viewers 😔😔😔😔🤟

[@Debiano_Banano]

You guys def deserve waaaaay more views, so underrated!

[@boi_z9583]

Carlo Gonzalez-Grims yup

[@ionafangow7050]

Just a note on what Riley said at the beginning, don't know if it is addressed, commenting this while it's fresh in my head High Rise ends as a disastrous embracement of insanity. It explores the worst possible outcome of an already terrible system. Snowpiercer focuses on a spontaneous drive to action, a standard revolution against unfair rule. I think that unlike the other titles you mention this one at least tries to focus on what particular actions don't work to fix the system "I can't shit upwards", the part where he says that if the Hole is designed to see how spontaneous solidarity arises (which he thinks is rightfully stupid in the first place) it is only to find a way to squash it in real life and finally the use of the message at the end as a metaphor for the only way to fix the system (although frankly I will admit that in this case it's just a fancy way to shit upwards). Also their selfless descent downwards is another example, they chose to fall (beginning quote, those above, below and those that fall) in this case one way to start change is for anyone who is above to get over themselves and choose to fall. Still yeah, the movie has shitty problems

[@IanZainea1990]

6:00 In a future topia

[@weery33]

Riley, James and David Completely Misunderstand Socialism episode XXXX

[@WesleyDechavez]

so you're a socialism expert?

[@weery33]

@@WesleyDechavez expert? No. But I have researched and more than enough to know their perception is totally inaccurate lol

[@Eroamagorath]

I wouldn't say they completly misunderstand, but sure, it doesn't look like they studied much of the marxist literature, if I recall it right they even say that there'd have to be a violent revolution. Anyway, it is a movie critique more than a politics class, that's for sure. I think Canada softened them too much ahahahaahaha, but seriously, just as Сергей Юдин said, when you live somewhere people don't starve, or if they do it is statiscally irrelevant, then probably this movie won't connect with you as much as with us who live in the second and third world.

[@weery33]

@@Eroamagorath well, any radical political action requires some form of revolution

[@Eroamagorath]

​@@weery33 Yes, im with you there, but the revolution, it does not have to be violent - if we had good education, for instance, the revolution could be a cultural one, something like the passive revolution Gramsci wrote about. /Slowly changing our capitalist mindsets to a less unsustainable behaviour is a possibility, I think

[@aditya.khapre]

watch pyrocynical's video essay or this movie

[@anthonyfn]

As someone fluent in Spanish and English. The subtitles were worst than watching the dub.

[@wileycsg]

Thumbs up and a comment fellas!!!

[@aneesh.augustine]

2:27

[@papamaanbeerVideo]

the guy that gave a 5 does the synopsis?

[@ottojagenstedt9740]

What if the insane thing is, he always do the synopsis AND they never tell each other the scores before the podcast to even be able to decide "okay you loved it you write the shit"? Dude that would be INSANE. INSAAAAAAAAAAANE

[@yuurapik]

Ok David, corazón and caracol don't sound anything alike. You can only ever think that if you just don't understand any spanish at all.

[@techcerotops]

Is this channel dead now? Latest video on Floatplane says RIP CC??? : (

[@j3rrym]

Jodorowsky's Dune ♥ !

[@tannerverdin9438]

David is sitting in James's labeled chair lol

[@IanZainea1990]

I think Riley might not have a super great grasp on Socialism. Not sure. I haven't seen the film, but it seems like it could be critiquing Vangaurdism or Stalinism based on what you said. I also generally disagree with the idea that there has to be a story beyond the metaphor. Any time you guys brought up "how do they get there" all I thought is, why does it matter? That's not what it's about. Do you criticize Animal Farm because it's talking animals? What gives them the ability to talk? Who tailors the suits for the pigs at the end? How did they get the fabric? It doesn't matter, none of that matters, because that's not what it's about. Those are just the rules. The rule in the platform is that the platform exists and people get sent there. That's all that matters.

[@ottojagenstedt9740]

Man what a dumb comment. Why don't you watch it first the next time before guessing that someones wrong about it? Also a really weird argument to say "nothing needs to make sense ever, as long as there still is a story. Because talking animals in games :)". Yeah a lot of movies fall flat because things don't make sense and drag the story behind it down with them, it's not enough always to just "have a story" and fuck the rest. This isn't one of those movies, nothing is realistic or make sense in the slightest so its not a problem, but it's one weird argument to make.

[@IanZainea1990]

@@ottojagenstedt9740 well in the end you're the one who revealed themselves to be incompetent. I did not say they were wrong. I said I disagreed with them, if you fail to see the difference that's on you. Furthermore, I only said that how the prisoners got there isn't important, because it's inconsequential to the story, it doesn't matter how they got there. It's called a conceit, every story has them from drama to comedy, and especially in science fiction.

[@ottojagenstedt9740]

@@IanZainea1990 Man you are making me cringe. You still, my good sir, manage to be completely oblivious to the obvious fact, that you, GOOD SIR, did NOT see the movie. If you say they're wrong, disagree (which means pretty much the same thing you know but I can tell you're a guy who love to ride semantics so fine you can have that point) or whatever is completely beside the point. You have not seen the movie, may I remind you. And still you manage to also tell me what's important or not for THIS MOVIE, that you haven't seen. For gods sake man. Happy holidays and fucking watch movies you want to comment on, OR comment other peoples thoughts on. My good sir.

[@richardrobinson6154]

Riley should always be the odd man out because he’s too funny on defense

[@SlaveLabourEntertainment]

James might be disappointed for a movie release in December as the great white north gears up for a 2nd covid wave.

[@Alex-ms5ry]

alright ok the child being the only one sent up was because she was the only pure one and they had to show the people at the top whats wrong and as they declined they declined into worser people

[@ju1cycrackfa1ry]

What? Like guilt people into sharing?

[@emmashepard2070]

I'm calling you out David on how you say "important" with d's and not t's. Still love ya guys tho

[@Theorica]

T-glottalization. In this specific case, he's aspirating the consonants when doing it instead of swallowing the first T completely. In case you were wondering. Which you probably were not. Haha =)

[@ShaiyaSin1]

75! Yes!

[@nicolewardin7493]

I really felt this movie could've done do much more with the plot

[@sthulhu]

Yes I felt the same way I wanted them to go up and kill the people upstairs or something like that they could of made at least 3 movies

[@nicolewardin7493]

@@sthulhu yeah it was a really interesting idea just not carried out well

[@FyrntyYT]

Tom R At the speed the platform travels, they would have been killed on impact with the ceiling when it halted on level 0. Also, Goreng and Baharat cannot leave the prison, they’re too tainted by the system to leave it. Sending a child to slam into the ceiling of level 0 is horrific, but it’s what they had to do to make change. The child is too innocent to be tainted by the platform as Miharu had been (supposedly) taking care of them.

[@FyrntyYT]

It is still unsatisfying as hell though.

[@sthulhu]

@@FyrntyYT truuueeee..

[@grtalife7489]

I was here at 56k subs

[@rohaanomar7003]

Hamilton?

[@Bagels29]

Elysium ....

[@59Mrflow]

The end pissed me of 😪

[@dominick253]

Dune dune dune!!!

[@burnzy3210]

dude in the thumbnail looks like john mcaffee

[@Sir.Craze-]

Capitalism - a free falling elevator of decreasing abundance. Authoritarianism - One rides the the wealth and dishes out all he thinks you deserve. Socialism - a seperate elevator to each cell. Idfk, there's my super quick take. 🎩👌

[@AndradeSamir]

To me it seems like the system in the movie basically represents socialism, after all its an accurate description of the tragedy of the commons, when you cant "own the food" and save it for later, there is no point in restraining yourself and not wasting the food, but in a society that has property you have the incentive to save, invest and trade, instead of consuming recklessly like there is no tomorrow.

[@RH1812]

That opinion on subtitles and ‘boomers’ - very odd. It’s unlikely to be an age related thing mate

[@bartvandijk668]

hah, I always watch foreign films since most movies are English/American and I'm dutch XD

[@IanZainea1990]

Watch Dune 1984 with Sarah instead of Riley.

[@Pakanahymni]

Imagine being able to complain about "foreign films" and having to read subtitles, jesus christ.

[@ottojagenstedt9740]

Yeah that wasn't a great movie. It kept me interested for the duration of the movie, still thought "yeah that was pretty stupid" and especially for the ending. Afterwards? It just gets more and more stupid the more I think about it. Maximum 4/10 and that's only because it kept me intrigued while watching. It should suck when a movie ends because you want more, not because you realize that the movie sucked pretty much.

[@ottojagenstedt9740]

And by the way (this is on you america) it's called the hole. The name of the movie translates to exactly and means _exactly_ The Hole. Why the *fack* do you have to change it to the platform?! We had no problem calling it Hålet in sweden so what the hell is the problem over there?

[@ottojagenstedt9740]

@@user-io4sr7vg1v So when someone say "damn you america and your bad health care" you feel it is directed personally to you? One could argue it's pretty clear my post isn't really directed to anyone. Just like how I'm not targeting any person in saying "screw you germany and your culture of always dubbing movies" If you know the person responsible for the regional naming on US netflix and that person isn't american, I'm very sorry and I take back everything.

[@Debiano_Banano]

LOL I am with Riley! High-Rise is awesome! Aaand F this movie. I just saw force-fed social criticism metaphors with a cherry on top of futile nihilism. All wrapped up in cheap shock value nonsense IMO. I think any good generation-spaceship novel presents these themes/premise in a more dynamic, intellectually stimulating - more character driven narrative, at least to me. e.g. Seveneves by Neal Stephenson, Orphans of the Sky - Robert Heinlein, Ark - Stephen Baxter. Watch Dune 1984 after - not worth spoiling Denis Villeneuve's.

[@dominick253]

It was good but definitely not worth that long. Would've been better at a hour.

[@restless42]

I interpreted this movie a bit different: The levels are our levels in society. The rich on top and the poor on the bottom. The extreme depth shows how there are way more people that are starving than the people that can live (eat) to the fullest. It also shows how it is not necessarily that the people on top are worse than the people on the bottom (or vice versa) but more that you can find yourself (wake up) in different levels and how they change your behaviour. However, principles don't change as fast as behavior, so most people seem to be aware of the problem and they have different theories on how to tackle it best (accept it and fight for yourself / solve it with logic / compassion) but no-one really tackles it because it could mean to lose everything. The protagonist had his own views (lead with rules, create a fair system for everyone) but he didn't have the power or compassion to implement it. His cell-mates had their own strong principles and they stuck with him (or here: stayed with him as some kind of ghosts). He knows what it takes but he doesn't have the will (or power) to act upon it until he meets somebody that's "crazy enough" to do it. Now here we get to the last part of the movie. The path is hard and the situation is even tougher than they thought. But they meet a few supporters and learn more lessons during the journey and since the movie loves to use symbolisms, we even get one served on a plate ("The Panna Cotta is the message"). Eventually they reach the last platform (#333 - so there are 666 inmates. The people representing the symbolic number of evil 🤔) and they start wondering about the true purpose of their journey. Is it the (political) message in the abstract language of the people on top (the Panna Cotta) or is it to help the ones that need their help right now? The Panna Cotta suddenly seems trivial, facing a starving kid. At last, our main character decides to do what needs to be done right now and shows the outside world what's wrong with the current situation (Not only is it wrong to have a starving kid, it also goes against the rules of the institution). Seeing the kid eat, he completely leaves his ego behind. The message doesn't need a bearer. He might be a hero but this would only distract from the message (the girl is the message). The protagonist dies (leaves into the dark and meets the dead as shown by his first cellmate). He left everything behind in order to help and we don't know if anything will change or if the world will continue the same way tomorrow, so was it all for nothing? No, it wasn't. Goreng is in peace with himself because he was able to help. He made the world a better place for one day.

[@sthulhu]

I loved the platform awesome movie!!!

[@kirby4187]

What is it on?

[@sthulhu]

@@kirby4187 netflix

[@gadget2622]

The movie is a little messy but it attempts to make the viewer ask a lot of questions about privilege, trickle down economics nd a bunch of other issues with modern economic ideologies. Edit: Also I feel the movie is less straight capitalism vs socialism and more anarcho-capitalism vs authoritarian-socialism. But the metaphors were muddied by the plot and the plot muddied the metaphors which stops the movie from being amazing.

[@ppleater]

The end felt so unsatisfying for me.

[@FyrntyYT]

Well, Miharu’s (maybe) child goes splat on the ceiling of level 0 after traveling up the platform at that speed, the people see that their system is broken, and change happens. It is unsatisfying because we don’t see the change. I’m in total agreement, why can’t they just wrap up their allegories with a hypothetical allegorical end?

[@ottojagenstedt9740]

@@FyrntyYT Who ever claimed that she dies in the ceiling? Riley just mentioned it as a funny thing, "do we know if it brakes?". Everyone in the comments talking about her dying at the top like it's a fact, do you honestly believe they do this with all the plates and scraps EVERY DAY? Just shoot it up not ever slowing down so that we have a huge fucking mess to clean up for no reason.

[@FyrntyYT]

@@ottojagenstedt9740 We are never introduced to, or told about, a frictionless stop system for the platform and we see it shoot up incredibly fast, past the upper levels. Who knows, though? Maybe it's maglev and it is, in fact, frictionless.

[@ottojagenstedt9740]

@@FyrntyYT Im sorry but I really can't see your point at all. "We're never shown the real physics of the obviously completely unrealistic science fiction platform which can apparently shoot to the top (pretty much through magic) but we are still to assume that it comes to a 100% stop after the level before the top even though for ALL WE KNOW about this magical platform it might as well slow down before that". Not to add to the part that this magical platform isnt supposed to move if someones on it. I really hope you see the point in how stupid it is to assume it flings every single plate and scrap on the top ceiling every day just because "that would make sense physically"

[@raulgalets]

Dude everybody outside of us have to watch shit dubbed. Subtitled most of the time

[@NoWay1969]

Watch the crappy Dune after. Dubbed films, fine. Un-dubbed foreign films, f*ck that and I'm an X'er who watches everything with subs on.

[@pieinaapplegaming]

Not first :(

[@user-vd4fw1mg3o]

Well guys, this movie's not for you. To truly understand and appreciate metaphor, you gotta grow in dying communist state, standing in line at the age of 6 y. with your parents for hours for basic food like bread and butter and sugar. Then see it overthrown by democratic uprisal, and then 30 years later find yourself in oligarchic autocracy with rampant inequality ruled by former Soviet bureaucracy . Our only hope are our children :(

[@Gusto3791]

This movie also critiques socialism (confirmed by the director). The scene where the guy showers them with cash is meant to show that they deserve the money because of their ingenuity, critiquing strict Marxist models that don't reward ingenuity an innovative thinking.

[@AndradeSamir]

To me it seems like the system in the movie basically represents socialism, after all its an accurate description of the tragedy of the commons, when you cant "own the food" and save it for later, there is no point in restraining yourself and not wasting the food, but in a society that has property you have the incentive to save, invest and trade, instead of consuming recklessly like there is no tomorrow.

[@finraziel]

I pretty much am a socialist I guess... But I found the movie a bore. I went into it blind but it was so obvious about what it wanted to teach you. You just get smacked over the head with this message and it's just boring. It didn't teach me anything, I just find these kind of moralistic movies tiring.

[@joshconfer209]

Subtitles are a more of the yuppy or gen z/zoomer thing (anime). It's makes people feel artsy fartsy and smart. Dark was great! ...in english. Subtitles ruin immersion for me.

[@tissot233]

Hundreds of millions of people are reading subtitles since they start watching cartoons. Hell, as a kid I was watching German, UK, US, Swedish and Dutch cartoons and I don't even think anything when I see subtitles now in my 30's. It is such a second nature that I glance for fraction of a second on subtitles.

[@davidbeams8705]

Good review as always. But i DONT like the new angle i hate seeing the reflections of you guys in the plexy. I suggest putting the camera back up. But not my podcast so whatever....... content great vid wish it was wider again and looking down, not on same level/lower feels like your a kid at the table looking up slightly at grown ups yapping about STUFF LMAO...... review good Keep it up guys

[@unclegrum7002]

First

[@unclegrum7002]

2nd time in a row

[@jkeeversphone]

Gods work going down here