Everything Everywhere All at Once is Transcendent!

Nothing is certain but laundry, taxes, and the Everything Everywhere All at Once Movies with Mikey episode. Michelle Yeoh forever, y'all. 👁
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[@sivosivo9019]

everyone else laughing in the theatre at the rock scene while im sitting there pretending like its not gonna permanently change the trajectory of my life

[@Jakeyisdead]

That scene had me laughing AND cry tbh

[@catcastle4377]

I was crying during that scene😭

[@tigerpjm]

Because we're more than mere objects - more than rocks. So existence means something. Unless you're a rock. Then you're just a rock, and your existence is just being a rock.

[@justaemptymall]

​@@tigerpjm How do you know? xD

[@tigerpjm]

@@justaemptymall I think, therefore, I am.

[@Owesomasaurus]

Waymond's "kindness is how I fight" speech is just... everything. It's everything. This movie broke me and put me back together.

[@SatansBestBuddy1]

my favourite part of the movie is the final fight, where she defeats everyone who comes after her not with kicks and punches, but with finding what each individual needed and bringing it to them. the final battle is fought with kindness. loved it.

[@danielhilburn]

I cry every time I see that scene. That speech not only validates kindness as the antidote to nihilism but also reminds us that it isn't the bad guys vs us. It's all suffering vs all of us, everywhere, all at once. Kindness is recognizing that we aren't enemies but rather teammates who should be working together to ... find our joy. Also, Pop Culture Detective did a really great essay on Waymond. Check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWi8n5V9qN-WmJo

[@lizc6393]

That was my exact reaction. I couldn't agree with you more, I couldn't have realized how badly I needed this movie. I saw it shortly after coming out of a psych ward for suicidality.

[@blindeyes404]

Hearing waymond speech made me cry until the end. Its so much meaningful to me because thats how I face people "be kind". That is my motto, everyone has their own problems, challenges that they are going through and I must not be a dick to them. A simple gesture of kindness like a thank you or a smile.Hoping that someone even for just a moment they feel some positive emotion. A simple kind gesture can tip off the scale of a person that has given up.

[@WaywardBrigand]

Waymond's speech legitimately makes me cry every time I see the scene. It's the one bit of fiction that I relate to completely. And the fact that Waymond's life is falling apart around him and he doesn't stop fighting his way is just breathtaking. Alpha Waymond fails. Normal Waymond succeeds. It's his plead for kindness that ultimately wins the day.

[@skippythewonderchicken7511]

Another pretty big comeback that you kinda have to know, is Harry Shum Jr. The guy being puppeted by racaccoony. He was one of the "main cast" of glee. But he's Asian, so he gets put in the background for basically the whole run of that awful show with the minimum amount of lines. Just the guy who dances. And in this movie, he gets voice lines. Gets to be the center of a really memorable and hilarious section lampooning a disney movie with a bad puppet. And you watch it. And you're really, really hoping Michelle Yeoh gets that guy to that puppet. This movie did so many things and I just really like that little bit of hollywood redemption. Michelle Yeoh agrees to be in the first almost entirely Asian movie since the 70s. Four years later, on the other side of a world altering pandemic, we get a movie about accepting your queer kids. Caring about your family. Bringing Ke Huy Quan back to a place where I think he'll bring something special to the screen. James Hong gets to be the face of grandparents accepting their queer kids and a tiny bit of catharsis for those who won't ever get that in real life. Stephanie Hsu gets to be a terrifying, badass, butt kicking antagonist and also represents every queer, non-white, non-movie star perfect kid out there who is just mad at the world and their parents for not accepting them. I cried in the theater. Not a few tears. Something ugly came out of my chest and I had to choke it down so I wouldn't miss two rocks sliding towards each other beautifully. With no context, I tell people this movie is a close relative to Love, Simon. If they know, they know. If they get it, they really get it. This is one of the most important movies in the whole world to me.

[@gilly_axolotl]

I KNEW HE LOOKED FAMILIAR

[@tehCrusix]

"the Goonies did stick together" I needed that little tidbit of knowledge today

[@DerMoerpler]

It's bizarre how much that sentence lifted my mood and gave me hope.

[@FuriosoDrummer]

I've watched this movie a few times and I just sob through the entire final third every time, it's just so ferociously optimistic in the face of crushing odds and after the last two years that Does Some Shit to me.

[@DE6196]

YES! That's why I like it so much. It shows that you can still have hope even when everything goes to shit.

[@quixentric]

SAME. I love it and it ruins me.

[@edvaira6891]

Yeah, I was stunned that I was crying UGLY in spots towards the end….that line where Evelyn just softly asked her dad, “Why did you just Give up on me?” Just GUTTED ME….because, well, a parent gave up on me, and now she’s dead and I can’t ask HER this question even if I wanted to….

[@mirmalchik]

Me too, sibling. Me too

[@miss1of2]

I sobbed through at least 2/3 of that movie.... I related to Evelyn and Joy so much!!

[@billykrueger275]

The Daniels, even in the early days of their music videos and short films, have this knack of taking what seems at first like a silly idea and running with it full force until it actually becomes a profound expression of some true human emotion. Great stuff.

[@tobytomic4484]

That's the beauty of Absurdism. I think shows like South Park and Nathan for you do this, but to a lesser degree.

[@_inSight__]

running full force at something IS a profound expression

[@corredord]

The beauty of it is how well it resounds with the watchers. Ultimately the art is in making it palatable to have the mirror held up to ourselves.

[@taffia]

While they were rocks, Joy said "I was hoping you would see something I didn't... that you would convince me there was another way". Her mistake was that she'd been asking the wrong parent

[@AynenMakino]

"Beware the nihilism bagle" is the perfect thing for a t-shirt, right about now.

[@SecretFoxfire]

"You can be anything you want to be as long as you're exactly who I decided you would be." Hot damn, Mikey, you really put that one into words. Beautiful video about an incredible film!

[@shebjess]

I can say so much about this movie so 1 thing that I love is that the movie spends a lot of time showing us bizarre, weird things and then spends the last 30 minutes making us cry about those exact things. Raccaconnie, the sausage finger multiverse, all of it is all silly but it doesn't mean we shouldn't care about it or it means nothing

[@AshlingPrior]

This was my favorite movie in decades, and I'm still trying to understand why. There is just so much to unpack in this film.

[@EricGranata]

First movie I’ve bought in a long time. Love it so damn much.

[@josephfackenheim7256]

A. That's such a good thing, man! B. Same👍

[@johnnychopsocky]

It's the extreme sincerity. It comes dressed up as an elaborate shitpost, but it's revealed to have the most heart of any movie I've seen in years.

[@rachelespiritu4215]

In another life, I would have really liked just watching FilmJoy videos with you.

[@davidlious7220]

Hello Rachel and how are you doing?

[@Shield-Theyden]

It's incredible that they made this film for $25M. It looks like it cost three times that.

[@mirmalchik]

I would love to know specifically how they made the goo-filled hot dog fingers for...a friend.

[@goofrider]

The DP of the film Larkin Seiple said the budget is misreported and it's actually $15m. I've heard him say that on 2 different podcasts. Tho either way it's impressive.

[@elenafriese891]

@@mirmalchik custom poured gloves moulded around the actor's hands+actual hotdogs

[@voightkampffchamp]

@@goofrider Yeap, the other $10M was for marketing. You have to keep it

[@mozartsbumbumsrus7750]

​@@goofrider $13 million to produce, $10 million to promote/distribute.

[@MegaAnimeFreakazoid]

I am honestly just floored by this movie’s achievement. This was the real Multiverse of Madness

[@hollandscottthomas]

I saw this a week before MoM and it completely undermined the latter lol

[@zeroomens9438]

I don't think there's another movie out there that makes me feel the things this movie does with each consecutive viewing. In 3 months I've seen it at least 6 times (which is more than I've seen most films) and it still excites me, floors me and moves me in the exact same way if not even more. I don't understand how this film exists but i'll be forever grateful that it does.

[@tonyvindett87]

I don't think its possible to have a more complicated story with such a unique vision and limited budget and stick the landing harder. Its the best movie ever made to this point in history.

[@archerfighter438]

My dad and I saw this in theatres and were just blown away. It led to a really deep talk between us about life and our outlooks, and a nice amount of respect arose from that. Trust, too. There hasn't been a lot of positivity for us in the last couple years and he opened up. That proved to me just how profound this movie is.

[@MPerMinute]

“Don’t put your loved ones in the background” is a message I’m going to try to carry in my everyday life.

[@MrShinyObject]

When I finished this movie, among the many things I was thinking was "Mikey would love this movie." And thanks to him, I'm sure I appreciated it more than I would have before finding filmjoy.

[@SatansBestBuddy1]

I think one of my favourite parts of how they wrote this movie is that they kept it mostly to just Joy and Evelyn and their trying to connect and just... failing. The movie goes to all sorts of crazy places but the very beginning and the ending are directly tied together through this conflict and it just connects everything together and wraps the whole movie up with a cute little bow. The most multi-dimensional parts of this movie are the people. I wish every other movie was half as confident with it's writing.

[@Undlark]

I got the impression that two main forces at play in this movie was nihilism vs optimistic nihilism, and loved the conclusion the movie came with. Without a doubt, this movie is one of my all time favorites now. I'm very glad you avoided as much spoilers as you could talking about this film. It is worth the watch. (don't be intimidated by the length of the film!)

[@bellringer53]

100% I have NEVER seen a piece of media either explore my philosophical views or my journey to get there so well. And definitely never both at once but this film did and I will ALWAYS cherish it for that.

[@davidsykes6584]

This and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent were easily two of my favourite movies this year. They were so much fun, so well done and more then they appeared.

[@ExhaustedElox]

I had a feeling you would do this movie. It feels right up your alley.

[@DrakeCaliburn]

This movie made me cry so hard. Joy was a character I had understood deeply. Family trauma and the unacceptance by my family just because I was queer led me down a deep, dark hole that I'm still trying to crawl out of, but I do not have a Waymond or a Michelle Yoh in my life so it's hard

[@aaronhorne8496]

I think the Daniels might be the one exception to "no one knows what they're doing". The concept, casting, planning, and execution on display in this film is as close to perfect as I've personally ever seen.

[@helenl3193]

Maybe Jordan Peele, too? I've not researched him much because it'd be sad to find out if I'm wrong, but the consistent quality of his work (Key & Peele, as well as the writing, producing and directing films) suggests he's got a pretty good idea what he's doing.

[@aaronhorne8496]

@@helenl3193 that is a GREAT point! I don't know how planned in advance it all was, but the execution of all of those you mentioned is basically flawless. I'm glad to see someone with amazing talent get recognition for it. Thanks for reminding me about him!!

[@avrilayers]

my understanding from a lot of what I've read is that they left a ton of ideas on the cutting room floor; there are whole arcs for minor characters that were envisioned and then discarded. I would argue it's a pretty good example of filmmakers going into a project not knowing what they're doing and finding their way to something beautiful by willfully engaging with all the possibilities.

[@RemiAutor]

Thank you, Mikey. You didn't say anything i didn't already know but i can listen to people tell me good things I already know about this movie for the rest of my life.

[@davidcastillo7492]

"The most incapable are the chosen ones..." - Mike, you shook me to my core with that line.

[@samwill7259]

"Can something be both silly an profound" *Stares in lifelong superhero addiction* ....yes.

[@theduduk]

What about SpongeBob SquarePants

[@ScrimmyBingus42]

This movie somehow managed to make me laugh harder than any other as well as make me cry, which I Almost never do. It's one of my absolute favorite movies.

[@thewhatness]

My literal favorite creator reviewing my literal favorite new film. This film made me sob more than anything I've ever seen in theaters. I counted. On my second viewing, I cried _eleven_ times from start to finish.

[@jaimelucerojr]

I don't mean this in a bad way but I was prepared to listen to you for hours talking about this movie. I never got sucked up in a video and be over in a blink of an eye like this one. Please keep it up.

[@davidlious7220]

Hello Jaime and how are you?

[@Technodreamer]

Okay, when a single clip of Waymond explaining his philosophy can reduce me to tears, this movie officially counts as CHEATING.

[@harryconnolly9906]

Just watching a video about this movie made me tear up. Nice work, dude.

[@tragicallyhip4ever]

Such a lovely essay as always. This movie means so much to me. It's the first movie to have such an emotional effect on me since Arrival. It's a movie that I really needed after these last two years of horror.

[@B.D.F.]

Something I heard on The Incomparable the other day: The googley eyes are a negative of the bagel. Now see how many you can spot in the film.

[@hollandscottthomas]

And when you do, you're really spotting Weymond's many kindnesses.

[@brianhykes2862]

The fact that you started this with "The Rabbit Hole" reminded me that when I first watched the film I thought "Jobu Tupaki" was a corruption of the word "Jabberwocky" but nope, was just something the writers thought sounded cool.

[@erinfinn2273]

Weird how Wonderlandian terms creep in to so many things.

[@EricChoiniere]

Apparently it was part of a list of funny-sounding names one of the Daniels made with his wife when brainstorming baby names

[@voightkampffchamp]

Also sounds like Tupac

[@johnnychopsocky]

I love this movie to absolute pieces. Joyful, sad, heartfelt, wacky, and utterly sincere. What a glorious piece of cinema.

[@MattMcIrvin]

It *is* weird that the same multiverse conceit that so many big media companies are jumping into as a vehicle for cash-grab entertainment was also the basis for two of the best movies of the past several years--and one of those was a Spider-Man movie. (I did not expect to see that connection to "The One", which also used the multiverse premise back in 2001. Just... not very well.)

[@CynUnion-ji9uj]

My favorite little thing about Ke's return to acting is every time He and Harrison Ford meet up. It's like a dad seeing his son after so many years and it makes my heart happy.

[@valsptsd814]

I saw this in your videos a few months ago, and deliberately avoided anything about it until I saw it. I finally saw it two days before Oscars. And I’ve been obsessed. Thanks, Mikey. Your first Oscar essay.

[@filmjoy]

Glad you came back to check it out!

[@o0guntharr0o]

I could just watch this movie over and over. It just has so much heart.

[@Donttrustthatburger5144]

I was having some feelings and thoughts And then I saw this essay Thanks, Mike and team, for reminding me I'm not the only one who notices everything, than even 1% of everyone is still in the millions.

[@seanmcginnis4112]

Easily my favorite movie of the year and likely one of my Top 10 all time.

[@punkrckr6889]

How did I not realize until THIS video that the googly eyes are the exact inverse of the Bagel?? MY MIND HAS JUST EXPLODED

[@phangkuanhoong7967]

Thank you for this. Just thinking about this movie makes me grin and tear up at the same time. Loved every second of it.

[@JToddles]

The Daniels deserve all the praise for this and all their work. I legit would audit a class on their chaos in film

[@davidlious7220]

Hello Jackie and how are you doing?

[@tobytomic4484]

6:03 stoppp ur gonna make me cry again. ` Seriously though, It's hard for me to critically analyse this movie without getting emotional, and I think you've done a really great job of breaking it down thematically without getting too deep into the crushing emotions this film portrays on screen. Good job Mikey!

[@sailorsatanarg]

Never in my life a movie had me laughing and crying so hard and at the same time. Truly Everything Everywere All at Once. A masterpiece.

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

The theme is basically that there is no inherent value of meaning to life or the universe, but we create meaning through our relationships with others.

[@BrianMDriscoll]

Thanks Mikey this was great :) I'm super happy this movie got made, I hope it paves the way for more absurdism in the future.

[@Waytfm]

I still haven't seen this movie, so I'm going to mute and let it play in another tab for the stats. The comment and the like are just bonus. Looking forward to coming back to this video sometime in the future.

[@sinnsage]

omg can you hurry up and watch it?!?!

[@nkanyisoinnocentkhwane3752]

A great movie & a great companion essay, I love it when a plan comes together 🥂

[@nkanyisoinnocentkhwane3752]

I can’t think of anything more Mikey than existentialism and lil John

[@kovokkovariki]

Beautiful awkward moments I will never forget: watching this with my mom.

[@iainronald4217]

Oh man, this is the best movie I've seen since, at least, 2018. I can't sing it's praises enough. I told my family they needed to watch it but, don't rent it. This is the movie to buy the blu-ray of or catch it on its global theatrical rerelease that's starting soon. It's that good! Honestly, this is the movie we needed in a year where every film I've seen and album I've heard other than 2 have been kind of "*shrug* okay...?" I wanted to see The Northman, but after seeing this, it's like "NOPE, sorry, we've already found the winner, we can all go home!" I might still see it, but it's going to pale in comparison to Everything Everywhere All At Once.

[@pomgranate2787]

REMAIN CALM! *screaming at top of lungs* REMAIN CALM HE MADE THE EEAAO ESSAY

[@shinokyouku]

This movie without irony, cured my depression.

[@bgarrigus]

I cannot describe this movie to people accurately other than "You need to see this."

[@chibiktsn3]

This movie made me laugh at rocks with googly eyes, then made me cry at those same googly-eyed rocks. ❤

[@archangel1of7]

I'm always so happy when I see you've posted a new video and I'm doubley so to see your latest is about this wonderful movie.

[@ampersand2001]

Thank you for this awesome essay. You're the best and you make the world better by sharing your passion with us.

[@4c_aperture]

I was just rewatching your old videos! I love your insight.

[@TheSchaef47]

I like that you found another movie that employs the Mononoke Axiom: fight less, talk more, say sorry sometimes.

[@Ken_Bad]

As always, your video essay blew my mind. In this case, even more than the movie. You are the perfect person to distill the essence of this film!

[@ThadeousM]

A creator of which, when I am in their gaze, I feel no time pass. Thanks as always Mikey

[@gilgoh1122]

EEAAO really was the everything bagel of movies in 2022. Love it so much that I watch reaction videos to it just to see the moment when it hits them in their heart. Also this movie reveals a lot about the reactors’ personal philosophies.

[@MonkeyspankO]

Very much looking forward to this film. Considering how much Swiss Army Man took out of me, I gotta pace myself and be ready for this properly. Films like this only come along a few times a decade (if we're lucky).

[@gdroid2838]

Wonderful! You are my Joy, my answer to the Nihilism Bagel :) Keep doing what you do!

[@NortherlyK]

Mikey, ya always get me right in the feels and I thank you for that. Your essays are beautiful.

[@CupcakeNavi]

Thaaaank you for doing this movie! Always love hearing your thoughts, and I especially loved hearing what you had to say about this masterpiece.

[@joselopezjr.7864]

Thank you for covering this movie. I could easily watch your 3 hour analysis of the movie but I’m happy with this as well. Keep up the amazing work.

[@ForesterFire]

I accidentally tripped over Swiss Army Man one day and I was surprised that is was quite good.

[@EricBohner]

I love you! Thank you for what you do! You are always a bright light in a dark world.

[@beathecat6604]

I was lucky to see this film with my girlfriend a couple days before wide release in New York. It destroyed us. It was such an impactful and beautiful film.

[@MarioBarrio42]

As soon as i saw this film back in May I was so excited for this day to come. Did not dissapoint! Thank you for all that you do.

[@MsCeruleanBlue]

amazing video, your commentary on such a poignant film once again brought me to tears, thanks mikey

[@Nono-hk3is]

This is a wonderful discussion of the movie. Thank you!

[@krab1791]

Thank you so much for doing this video. This will sound weird but I am traveling with a lot of time in planes and airports so I decided to download some movies. I came across this movie and had never really heard anything about it. There isnt much new content out there. I decided to purchase the movie for 2 reasons. Michelle Yeoh and the name of the movie.That was it. I just has an intuition or a curiosity. It hasnt hit the top of my list yet, but now I am moving it up. I love the way you breakdown and view movies. Thank you.

[@JakeyBoyMemesTV]

Thanks for making me cry again, Mikey. Love ya and your video essays, everytime

[@Dynnen]

I've been waiting for your video on this movie from a few minutes after I walked out of the theater ❤️ Thanks Mikey and gang!

[@Alcanox]

Well done - another excellent look at an interesting movie.

[@andrewgilbert964]

Thanks for your hard work Mikey

[@TheAlmightyPillock]

I havent seen anything from you in ages, not sure if you havnt been creating content or if the algarythems didnt like you for a while, but at the end of a day at work, eharing your vocie again after a year jsut sooths me so much. Your love of films makes me appreciate the medium even more. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@PaulusTheCart]

Was looking foward to this!

[@moviesaredope]

Excited to love this movie EVEN MORE!

[@zughoytim]

You guys are so good at this! What an amazing essay on an amazing movie!!!!!

[@deepbuzz]

I feel like this is the best Mikey video yet. Great stuff.

[@henninggeisel9247]

This movie is still on my watch liste. Now it got pushed to the top of the liste. I just love your reviews. Every time I get a notification for a new Video i get exiteted ti watch it.

[@empatheticrambo4890]

One of my favorite movies ever. It's really interesting hearing people interpret what the bagel means for them. To me, it was a metaphor for mental health challenges that can risk your life.

[@laurenpack-ben-shoshan5830]

Loved this movie and so happy to see you do a Movies with Mikey analysis of it. Only wish you could make more more often :)

[@caisintlys]

I am so glad I saw the film before I saw your essay because now I have another reason to rewatch it.

[@latedala07]

Was waiting for this video. Didn’t disappoint. Thank you for your googly eye videos, Mikey.

[@davidlious7220]

Hello Elsa and how are you doing?

[@phinneas8052]

AWWWW, mannnnn. I need this video to be a lot longer. I was just really grooving with it and it ended. Maybe I just need to watch the movie again. I mean, it's always a good time to rewatch that.

[@Varstilone]

Was shocked to meet you at PAX West today! Somehow didn't know FilmJoy would have a booth there. Had a blast, great getting to chat, love your work!

[@AlexanderSzymanski]

Mikey you never fail to make me want to go out and watch a movie after each and every one of these. I'm buying this tonight because I can't find it streaming.

[@reallyfreakingoodvideogame468]

Miikey, Mikey, MIKEY!! Love ya man, and I really love your videos.

[@alexholslin4651]

I love love love this movie. I think it's the perfect time for it and it's perfect in so many ways! I do think waymond gets off a lil easy in people's minds while they judge Evelyn so harshly. Waymond wasn't really being a great partner or dad through most of the movie. He didn't make things easier. He was like when people are telling you to calm down when you're upset. In the end, the joyful nihilism is important and helps, but relationships come from more than just one direction. Though this was the universe where Evelyn made every wrong choice, so she likely was choosing not to address things that he was bringing to her, as we see with the divorce. But they run a business and have a lot to do and most of the movie he isnt shown being very helpful. It's been a minute since I've seen it now, but in discussions Ive had since, this has been the one thing I feel hung up on

[@HuxtableK]

I went to watch Swiss Army Man on your recommendation, and it was the most fucking absurd movie I've ever seen, and also one of the most profoundly emotional movies I've had the pleasure of experiencing. Thank you, Mike.

[@edupunknoob]

Oh! Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for this video!!

[@PogieJoe]

Always a pleasure, Mikey!

[@timeneses]

I've been waiting for this one!