Hey, John. Let's Talk

[@zephyrbean]

"Working every hour I wasn't at the hospital" hits really, REALLY hard. Lost my dad recently after having been his caretaker for 2+ years, and that describes my last 8 months. Filmjoy, you have my entire (from the depths of my intestines, soul, what have you) respect. I, and no other being either, will know what you went through. The best I can do from inside this 3 lb. universe I'm trapped in, is say "I feel empathetic enough to want to try to assuage your pain." I can't and won't. Just know you've touched a complete stranger's heart, and helped them feel a little more human.

[@flamingo_with_tophat296]

I will never get tired of that intro music man

[@carpemkarzi]

Hell yeah

[@staydoogan]

now if I could only decipher the words 😭 I still belt it out though.

[@jenh101]

It really is something isn’t it? I get chills every time.

[@bornjusticerule5764]

🤙🏿

[@mbryson2899]

No lie! 😁

[@CractusJohn]

That was such a freaky notification to get on my phone

[@andrewalfonso8142]

Hahahah

[@AshyGr33n]

What's your other KZbin handle, DickHaley?

[@silverXnoise]

Only time I’ve ever wished I’d rang that cursed bell.

[@gimmevideobish]

I do love the John Wick angle of "your protagonist is an unstoppable monster, carving a horror villain path through a cavalcade of cartoonishly evil villains." Probably because I watched The Crow at a formative (and probably too young) of an age. It's a vibe, and I'm here for it.

[@hAze_the_shrimp]

John Wick 4 is definitely meant to be the "depression and acceptance" film of the john wick franchise. In John Wick 3, he bargains his way through the movie in John Wick 2, he's very angry... has more energy i noticed. in john wick 1, he's also very angry but also in full on denial.

[@lkf8799]

"I'm not back." 😂

[@hAze_the_shrimp]

@@lkf8799 "I'm thinking I'm not back"

[@thepaladxn7802]

So glad you are still around. Keep making Joy Mikey

[@KingOfDoma]

... why is it just now that I'm realizing that John Wick is literally The Crow, But An Assassin? Stahelski was traumatized by Brandon Lee's passing on the set of the Crow (and understandably so, that was awful and his commitment to onset safety afterwards should be lauded), so here's another movie about a guy with long black hair who loses his wife to criminal violence and commits himself to revenge for all involved afterwards, except the lead actor is his old buddy Keanu who's been memed to be an immortal. As you do. :P I don't really have anything else to say about that; just an observation...

[@JefferyBlue]

Again, I will die on the hill that is "Set it Free is the best intro song in the history of KZbin."

[@PVS3]

There was a great comment on this series - "the scale breaks the premise" - In movie 1, it was feasible that all this shot happened in the shadows. By movie 4 it appears only 6% of the human population is NOT part of this murder corporation, and somehow nobody notices the HUNDREDS of bodies piling up. It starts to break the story.

[@Cassner]

Here's a well noted experiment, class was shown a video of a group of six passing two basketballs, three wearing black shirts three wearing white shirts. They were asked before the video count the number of times the people in white passed the basketball. Video ends and asked how many passes there were followed with did you see the gorilla? Do you notice the homeless guy your working with, your friend that is taking meth just to stay up to do extra work? People forget and ignore hundreds of things every day, especially in a city like New York.

[@michaelr8189]

@@Cassner Okay, but this concept only works with basketballs and not guns.

[@Dave1507]

@@michaelr8189 The point was you missed the gorilla. (which you missed in more than one way, tbh.) Tell me how guns would have made you notice the gorilla.

[@kalreynolds5829]

​@@Dave1507 I would definitely notice automatic weapons fire and people being shot to pieces on a regular basis. Nobody is that blind lol. It's called "Jumping the Shark". The initial concept was "John Wick, unstoppable assassin of legend, the boogeyman, a mass murderer, decides to live a human life before being devastated by ordinary human tragedy even he can't fight, when his wife is killed by disease. This man who has built nothing, knows nobody, and has lived only a life he can regret, is given a final chance to become human-caring for a puppy given to him by his wife, who worries about what will happen when she's gone. When a callous wannabe-gangster, the son of the leader of the Russian mafia kills his puppy and steals from him in a petty exercise of power, John goes back to his old ways to attempt to avenge the life that was taken from him." It's a story about a man defying the gods of his world, shaking the heavens, in a helpless rage at the twists and turns of fate, where his godlike ability to take life is not enough to fix mere humanity, and where he takes aim on a suicide quest that he somehow survives. It's a brilliant film. The second one, stacks on that, expanding the concept of the criminal underground as a legendary and mythological underworld. It's like a fantasy secret society in a magical realism story, except they're assassins and mafiosos. In this story, John is once more manipulated by the hands of fate. His actions to shake the heavens HAVE shaken the heavens, but they also defied the truce that let him live as a man, and put him in the position of having to keep being the Baba Yaga. In this story, John Wick does not take up arms and reluctantly go back to his old ways to avenge the theft of his humanity and spit in the eye of god. John is forced to play a part in the machinations of the very gods he tried to destroy. And finally, despite winning again, he makes a crucial mistake. He gives in and chooses to be the Baba Yaga, to be the inhuman monster-but for the most human of reasons. He kills the scion of the gods out of revenge, and once more, breaks the order of the world-instead of walking away and being the human being his wife would want, in her name he has become something she would weep to see-not only the mass killer and agent of power he was before, but now hunted. The third film goes further on this. In this film, John calls in every favour he has, and even cuts off his wedding ring finger in a pledge of fealty to the gods he has spited, and brings such chaos to those around him, that he is betrayed even by his friends, out of expedience. It's the lowest point on his falling from grace, and to me, maybe the last film in the series with any great thematic stuff going on, but some of the more grating characters and least appealing action-John has now shot people in every way possible, so now there are some awesome stunts with dogs, and some incredibly mid stuff with guys in motorcycle gear who are bulletproof. The villain in this film is not a petty scion of the gods using or abusing Wick. They are the force of order, come to settle down the mess that John has caused. The fourth is kind of a mess. It brings back the action in a great way, the performances are once more great and the underworld is at it's most extreme and exotic (although least believable-they shot up the Champs Elysee). But there's a new villain, who is the ur-example of the "spoiled and foolish scion of the gods" who is cartoonishly foiled. In this film, John basically accepts his fate, and tries to set the world to some sort of right, taking out one last piece of trash abusing his power, and restoring the world to a semblance of what it was, accepting the end of his suicide run. While I love the way the villain is played, he's a terrible finish to the series because he's just an OTT version of the first two villains and doesn't represent an escalation. It barely feels clear why killing him is important apart from that he wants to kill John-the justifications are largely "He is a huge douche and he deserves to die" which, yes, but it's hardly the wrap up to the entire series you're hoping for. The fourth film hits all the moments it has to, to be a solid send off, it doesn't ruin the series, it fixes the action, but at this point, the human part of John that he was supposedly fighting for, isn't even mentioned. The dogs have lost their symbolic value, as the chance to give life, to make something, as something apart from a killer, and they are now just a meme. John dies, but he doesn't die as a human being, reclaiming the humanity taken from him in the first film. He dies as the Boogeyman, killing another wannabe god unworthy of the title. At this point it's almost unclear what he's fighting for, he has nothing, he has built nothing, and apparently, the entire world is just the assassination conspiracy and all he does to upset that is put his allies back where they were before dying. It's good enough, but it's missing all of the heart and themes of the first, replaced by the heart created by great performances by Reddick, McShane and Fishbourne. The perfect end to John Wick is this. He either realises his vengeance is done, or is futile, and lives the life his wife wanted (not the best ending because it doesn't take into account everything else that happened), he goes so far into vengeance that he forgets what his initial grievance was and is a cautionary tale (basically Kratos), or what the fourth film sort of went with: He dies setting things as right as he can, putting an end to the feud and finally being human. It just feels like it missed the mark because he's still doing the Kratos thing. At this point, the films have flanderised themselves. Everyone is an assassin, John Wick is not a tragic figure, he is just the guy who can kill everything, and while John can barely seem to remember the things that started it all, he has yet to take agency or even responsibility, to make his own choices.

[@John73John]

Video title showing up in my notifications made me wonder what I did wrong... took me a second to figure it out.

[@MrTDWfan]

John Wick is a series where each film is best viewed through a lens, something I've picked up on watching MWM - this movie being a journey where John Wick fights his way out of hell is an amazing lens to watch through, thanks for covering this one Mikey!

[@gustavohernandeza.890]

"There is no way that a tiny action flick starring Keanu Reeves completely rewrote the action movie industry twice" I dare to say more than twice. FOUR TIMES: Point Break, Speed, The Matrix and John Wick

[@obscure.reference]

idk why he cited the matrix for that, the first one had a budget of more than 60 million. not any kind of tiny movie lol

[@FFmaxxx]

​@obscure.reference maybe because of the huge risk all around from directors to keanu being the lead to the cyberpunk plot?

[@obscure.reference]

@@FFmaxxx why on earth would high risk translate to a movie being tiny? that typically means they’re gambling on a high reward, which was achieved.

[@Stuart267]

*Apparently John killed no less than 400+ people from John Wick 1 through 4. Impressive given Rambo's count comes to 322 over 5 films.*

[@obizhot]

Thank you Mikey! Always a pleasure getting to take in your work! Especially around a series that I share some of your feelings about. "They're getting to make a sequel? They're getting to make a sequel!" - Me, a Long time ago

[@ajfoote950]

I've missed these essays... Bless ya! 😊

[@JohnDoe-rl9ft]

At 9min, 35sec, talking about Hades while visually referencing Hotline Miami was very nicely done!

[@Aragorn7884]

Part of me wants a million sequels and part of me wants it to end 😬

[@FesterSilently]

At the end of "John Wick 3", I was literally *vibrating* in anticipation of the sequel; about 1/3 through "John Wick 4", I was wondering if I should break to do some laundry. (I was positively stunned during the shoot-out in the traffic circle in France; later - clearheaded - I was actually laughing out loud during the "fight-out up the stairs" scene.)

[@DenBlackwolf]

Release the "But did you knowwww" Ringtone!!!

[@DenBlackwolf]

I need it...

[@silverXnoise]

OffLiberty, Handbrake, Audacity, Bob’s your uncle.

[@CarefulWithThatAx]

*Osaka, not Kyoto

[@axelfoley133]

"Oh dang. Oh dee dang fucknuggets." -- Actually great film criticism 2024

[@Corkelfinn]

well my friday just got way better!

[@Richard_Jones]

Have to say....sorry everybody..... I hated JW4. One was good, two was surprising three was like a party, four was like a party that someone started in your house ten minutes after you got home from the party and you wanted then to go away so you could sleep.

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

For me, the amount of action/fighting in it made it... boring, to be honest... My brain just checked out, it was SO monotonous, constant fighting, at some point it just isn't impressive and cool anymore...🤷😓

[@jacliffh9221]

And the party people at your house are also kinda tired but was still partying for party’s sake because they spent too much buying confettis so they had to keep partying…that’s what it feels like

[@katiereed5038]

Man. My first filmjoy video was the LadyHawke one! I was just thinking about that

[@easymentality]

"John Dies at the End"

[@aaronbrrrrr]

Kudos Mikey! The MwM Wick series is peak film critique. These four videos are to KZbin video essays what Chad and Keanu are to stunt filmmaking.

[@Laribhaven]

Needed to stop everything to watch this one

[@theroebuck123456789]

The first John Wick film was a stand alone movie quite, it was inconsequential. The real trilogy started with Chapter two

[@TobyWild]

I never fully understand the crazy tangents and rants that Mikey goes on on the first watch, but damn he sounds smart, and that intro music just hits!

[@mechanicaldavid4827]

VIOLENT RETRIBUTION IS JOHN WICK'S LOVE LANGUAGE.

[@gooberdoober8416]

BABE IT'S HERE, WE CAN LIVE AGAIN

[@emilypeterson2266]

Idk I could do a couple more John wick movies. 😂 they just need to find a way for his character to find love again. Everyone seems to forever the letter his wife left him and the purpose of Daisy in the first place.

[@CanadianWolverine]

Holy shit, if the full circle was him finding love again and that honouring the woman who first showed him the way out from being the Boogey Man... That... that would be epic level of challenge for a franchise built on operatic stunt performers violence. I am in full agreement, I would be into an ascent to heaven from all the grieving processes descent into hell, if that's possible to pull off and I wonder if it would be actually possible after what happened with the last Matrix movie.

[@liamm7310]

Mikey this intro was so topical because my local theatre just temporarily shut down due to flooding

[@stephenocalla3708]

Well never not love this show, never not love this series. Never not love the intersection of the two.

[@PennyOMG]

John Wick was almost Detective Crashmore lol

[@---l---]

The Boy and the Heron? The crushingly beautiful story?

[@neoshazam]

Seen 2-4 in theaters , one of the few franchises that I will probably always go and see in cinema first run opening weekend.

[@DrySushi]

I like the Wick series a lot but the biggest flaw I can't overlook is that apparently it was easy enough to buy his way out the first time but justifiable revenge has no price in that world, like what?

[@cybergeek11235]

Q: Am i reading too much into the fact that in the chapter where Mikey described how far the franchise has raised the bar, the words "THE BAR" were actually *falling* on the title screen? A: Probably!

[@NLLHW]

Each successive movie in the series becomes less and less of a movie and more and more of a stunt showcase, which is fine, but the first remains the best for that reason.

[@kmiller2087]

i didnt know how much i missed your videos until i heard you speak. love your work my guy. hope all is well.

[@gooberdoober8416]

Mikey thank you for informing me, the secret real john wick, about the nature of my issue

[@JohnAdamus]

As a John, I'm very happy to talk. Love this video.

[@MrOuest]

There are no pyramids in Morroco.

[@JollyDI]

I appreciate you work and everything you do. Thank you.

[@timhorton8085]

Mikey talking about john wick again? I guess its *goin down for real* OH, JESUS CHRIST!

[@armchairgravy8224]

Heck yeah, Film Joy! Always a, er, joy.

[@APerfectionLLC]

I started to wonder if y’all were going to do a video for Wick 4. I’m glad you did😊

[@Inmyforces]

Mikey's baaaaaaack!

[@paulthebarbarian7115]

So John Wick is Kratos

[@motherplayer]

Alas, with Lionsgate taking the hits of Borderlands and The Crow on their books this year, you just know someone is going to that grave and, like John, is pounding away at it with that sledgehammer in hopes of finding the respite they are desperate for.

[@Armakk]

That was awesome, a real return to form. Consistently funny, intriguing, thought-provoking, and strangely emotional. Maybe it's that music... but probably more that you've got a wonderful narration talent. Can't wait to see your take on Nobody... ;-)

[@jaymorrison2419]

I want to watch this. But I realized, I still have not watched the 4th movie. So I guess... Ill be back in 3 hours...

[@EricGranata]

Man. I should really get Nebula. Kinda tired of KZbin bs. Edit: Oh damn that podcast sounds amazing!

[@krono5el]

well it seems like they are resurrecting him if the last movie wasnt it.

[@chloe4587]

John Wick is like if the Saint Of Killers was just a dude

[@andrewzach1921]

Thanks for the video, i hope and pray that Keanu does not play John again. This series is done.

[@JackHarlowComboMeal]

Absolutely loved the video! You echoed SO many of the thoughts I have for a franchise and character I also love and adore, just in far better words and cadence. Fantastic stuff 😊❤️ (now I'M going to gush about the movies) To be really nitpicky though, I disagree with how you may seem to view the timeline of the movies. You used "yearslong" to describe the dog-killimg, but I personally thought John Wick 1-3 took place over the course of like, a single WEEK. There could definitely be a timeskip between 3 and 4. Though in the end, NONE of those details affect any of your talking points. As much as I'd be there Day 1 for a potential John Wick Chapter 5, I want 4 to be his end. With all the added emphasis on Helen and John meeting his end, he deserves his rest and to be with his wife again. He was broken in 1 by Iosef, exposed to Santino and the assassin society as "he came back", and things just got worse and worse for him from there because John doesn't suffer people fucking with him. People came at a god, and thus there must be retribution, even at his own detriment. As time has gone on, I've started to view the John Wick franchise as a whole and a collective saga. It makes me enjoy the whole thing even more. It's why I want things to end with 4. It tied up the whole journey pretty well, IMO. I almost want to say it's like Lord of the Rings, but with cool assassins and guns. Viewing it as an epic just makes the whole thing better.

[@chefdean7257]

I've missed you.

[@MattHorton]

was that a jonathan hickman reference?

[@hAze_the_shrimp]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO YESSSSSSSSSSS

[@ninjadodovideos]

For how much these movies are lavished with praise, I sometimes I feel like I'm crazy not liking them _that_ much. I do appreciate the style and skill on display but don't really connect with the story, such as it is, cause there's no dramatic tension at all; you never wonder if John is going to win a fight (or if the story is going to go in an unexpected direction) because of course he will win with little to no effort... only question is how efficiently he will dispatch this latest band of anonymous cannon fodder, and the next, and the next. Great stunts alone are not enough to hang a story on. The first one was entertaining enough with fun ideas, kind of _Max Payne The Movie_ if it was about avenging a puppy instead of a family and less scenery-chewingly noirish, and the second was cool and had intriguing visual style and world-building (and a totally wasted mini-boss antagonist in the deaf-mute lady who was built up so much she should have been much harder to defeat at the end) but then it kind of just overplays its hand in trying to keep the same idea going forever... Not that I don't like kinetic action movies (LOVE The Matrices, Fury Road, Mission Impossible etc), but this series just ran out of narrative steam for me somewhere around part 3.

[@RandoPandaSmiles]

18:24 “one of the most” is a really weird sounding punch-in.

[@silver_crone]

Absolute art, as always. I still routinely sing out ‘no one knows what they’re doing’ during team meetings, and have learned that wearing a t-shirt that says this to a dentist appointment is not as funny as one would imagine. Thank you for everything you have given us out here. ❤

[@Mathematchit]

Are we going to pretend that the entire Franchise begun with a killing of a PUPPY?

[@redoo11]

vocal audio is only in the left, pretty annoying

[@jamesdavis7426]

did the intro slow down?

[@---l---]

Love FilmJoy

[@Anon282828]

I find the John Wick movies unwatchable.

[@DaryllRowe]

What a cute kyoto

[@DaryllRowe]

11:04 what a cute Kyoto

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Where's Kyoto?

[@lkf8799]

I think this franchise is a bit overrated but it definitely has amazing action and some pretty cool visuals and world building. I particularly enjoyed 4 but the 3rd time they fell down the stairs was cartoonish 🙃 Love your vids Mickey ✨❤ P.S. They can always make prequels 😉

[@agrumbler2872]

It's kinda crazy how you can talk about a film for 30 minutes but only talk about two scenes in any level of depth. I was excited to watch this video but my god this was all about context. You never actually dealt with the text.

[@futureguy5126]

I think I have the opposite opinion about this movie than most people. I thought it was WAY too long, lots of boring/repetitive action, and a lot of the movie felt pointless. The Japanese hotel fight scene felt way too long and served no purpose. Why was John there? The action was extremely repetitive and it felt like the same 2-3 takedowns continually repeated. I think that my problem was that the scene felt like 20-30 minutes when it should have been 10. Also, what was the point of Tracker/Nobody? It felt like they wanted a repeat of Halle Berry. In fact, I think it would have worked better if it had been Halle Berry, especially if the Table has found her daughter and was threatening her like they were doing with Caine. I did think that the movie got better when they got to Pairs (except for the stairs fight leading up to the dueling location, which again I thought went on too long and was too repetitive) and also thought the overhead shot scene was amazing. I almost wish most of the movie had been John trying to get to the dueling location. Also I think John's death was pointless (which I understand may have been the point, but that doesn't mean I like it). I have no problem with his death, but I feel like it could have done better. If fact it think it would have been better if the movie started at the Japanese Hotel, John goes to the his old friend/manager to get information about the current location of the Elder. The manager dies, and his daughter blames John way more. Then at the end of the movie Caine dies somehow as well as the Marquis. John goes to visit Caine's daughter to pay respects and the manager's daughter appears to kill John to bring the series's theme of revenge full circle. I don't know why this movie felt so different to me. I didn't have this problem with the other three movies.

[@JeffBilkins]

I lost interest after the first movie when it became another milked formula to generate money.

[@Syberz2]

Bro what? That was a lot of babbling for me to not understand how you actually feel about this series and to only learn about Chad (Question Mark) I'm going to go rewatch your insteller video so I can listen to you ramble about time and love and feel like I'm learning something I haven't been able to understand.

[@kathrynsalisburry5618]

Robinson Jennifer Harris Margaret Johnson Richard

[@Maj_Kasul]

❤

[@louisvictor3473]

Imo the franchise should have moved on from John wick. Make it an ontology. Sure, you could have two, maybe 3 movies with him if we are pushing.... then let him either rest forever or go vack to retirement adter the vegeance and the lose ends have been dralt with Then show other people in this world. Other Boogeypeople, if you will. We all saw those behind the scenes trainhypes with keanu training with firearms for real, they could have a of that again with different actors, while still doing something else. Maybe this time we see what Ada Wong was doing in her separate ways when Leon wasn't looking. Or we see what Carlos used to do before Umbrella and dealing with a tall glass of water. Or maybe both, because whichever you do, it will run out too one way or another, and boom, renewed by moving on to someone else.

[@Vicshade]

John Wick 4 story made no sense to me whatsoever and was way too long but it’s awesome. Visually so cool looking.

[@edu_shares_Stuff]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@ryanawesome69]

I’m probably never going to get into this series now, knowing Keanu is a genocide supporting Zio

[@obscure.reference]

hope you’ve never watched a polanski movie

[@ryanawesome69]

@@obscure.reference funny that the response is not horror to the prospect of America’s boyfriend being a genocide supporter and only interest in discrediting me and my viewing habits. Pretty revealing.

[@ryanawesome69]

@@obscure.reference and you’re missing the point. I am calling his character into question, not calling for people to stop watching his films, but questioning his image. I agree that Polanski is a monster. I don’t defend him. Why are you defending a genocide supporter? Knowing he is a genocide supporter reduces my already low desire to watch it myself. Now it is zero. That’s me. Enjoy your movie. I wouldn’t. That’s what I’m saying.

[@obscure.reference]

@@ryanawesome69 because your position is borderline psychotic, waging war what’s basically a terrorist cell within palestine is not genocide. if israel wanted to commit genocide they could do it in a matter of weeks. the history of the region and its people is immensely complicated and each side has its own reasons that they care enough about to die for regarding their peoples’ right to the land. to frame it as simply as you are is either wildly dishonest or delusional.

[@ryanawesome69]

@@obscure.reference it takes no time at all 🙄 Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Have to admit, Chapter 4 ruined the entire series for me... Not just because of the ending (which could have been done better, honestly. But he got what he deserved, reuniting with his wife.♥️🫂), but because it was SO fucking LOOONG and BOOOORING... It was just action-action-action-action-action-action, more action, a bit of exposition, action-action. My brain literally got bored with all the action scenes, I stopped caring anymore. It wasn't really interesting anymore.😓

[@obscure.reference]

that’s wild to me because that’s how i felt about the third, hesitated to even watch the fourth but i was pleasantly surprised by how it actually expanded on things and introduced multiple promising new characters and locations.

[@lovethepandainyou]

Same here. Was lukewarm to the third, but the fourth felt Fast and Furious silly to me...

[@mark2graves-movies689]

15:45 oh I get it... 🎉

[@gryff8400]

JW4 - you can remove every black actor including their scenes ...and the movie still makes sense. That aint good. 🫤 The whole "I'd like my hotel back" subplot was also ... Vacuous. The staircase scene (you know the one) - really lame if you know he's next to a funicular railway and could have skipped the climb.🤷‍♂️ Still like the film. Beautifuly shot. But they were too much in love with their own legends... 🫤 And had too much money and "freedom" 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@obscure.reference]

lmao what a fake criticism, you can remove 90% of any of these movies and they would still make sense. they’re just collections of action scenes, any actual plot ‘development’ is incredibly simple and communicated in moments.

[@timhorton8085]

Pretty rich coming from the whitest white guy ive ever seen in my life

[@agrumbler2872]

The funicular doesn't run at that time of night.

[@gryff8400]

​@@agrumbler2872Doesn't make the scene less dumb. And depending on the time of year they set the scene (the scene features a sun rise) the funicular could have been running. But taking the train would have eliminated a whole dull scene about fighting on stairs... which has been done so often already. Yawn. Just take the train. 😴

[@gryff8400]

​@@obscure.referencedoesn't excuse lazy writing. If you abridge the film and it's the same... It's bloat. You can delete the continental demolition, death of the concierge, clean/Morpheus whatsisface fishburne walking around the metro at Les Lilas, the bounty hunter..and the film still works? My brother in Christ, that is bloat and disconnected from the thrust of the film. 🤷‍♂️🫤 And I hoped for much more than disconnected elements that don't carry the load... 🤷‍♂️🫤