First Man (Review)

[@houston-coley]

“What has this channel turned into?! Just...just movie reviews?! What is this?!”

[@gemmaeleri]

Was it ever anything else

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

“This movie was. . . out of this world.” Go to prison.

[@LaurenMah]

There was actually a line like that in the movie lol

[@AJ-ly8si]

Do a review of Bohemian Rhapsody when it comes out!

[@kwhyland]

The year is 1975. Aaron Johnson wants to know Karsten's thoughts on the upcoming single by the hit new band Queen.

[@Xarithus]

[Spoiler] . . . That one shot at the moon where Neil lets go of that bracelet into the darkness is one of my favorite shots of 2018. So incredibly powerful and well done.

[@blakeison_]

I loved this film! Such an intense opening scene, and amazing the whole way through. And the fact that they used no green screen & little to no CGI baffled me. Favourite of the year so far! I agree with everything you said here. It’s so good, but La La Land and Whiplash still edge it out.

[@JC-li8kk]

Haven’t seen First Man, but Whiplash & La La Land were supposed to be relatable, applicable, teachable, inspiring movies. I get the feeling First Man is just a good movie to watch. Not much to think about afterwards or help you pursue your dreams. I could be wrong though since I haven’t seen it. I hope I am because I love movies that inspire you.

[@Waynimations]

You have the best intros

[@jcmurie]

Already liking for that first part with "Ryan" and "Damien Chazelle" 😂

[@youngthebe1389]

Joel Murie rab is the best album sorry

[@danmcmahonfilms]

Loved this movie. Everything about it feels timeless, the shooting style, acting, story. It's an instant classic. I totally agree about the crash zooms though, they were the only thing Chazelle chose to do that I didn't like.

[@Evan-nx9ng]

Karsten grew up as first man

[@buzzdash]

Evan why are you in every damn review.

[@mohamedbelguesmi2238]

please stop don't comment like this it's getting annoying

[@Evan-nx9ng]

@@mohamedbelguesmi2238 Tell that to Zod's snapped neck

[@dilandavid6047]

Why do I always see these comments?!

[@elroyalepictures2610]

Review Bad Times At The El Royale I would love to see your opinions on that film!

[@lucyrose2381]

well idk about YOU but i cried through the whole thing because space is so beautiful and i didn't know i cared about it until this film

[@pluginleah]

Damien Chazelle should buy a tripod.

[@jadchahhal1748]

😂😂😂

[@Matt314159]

I was blown away the first time. This is one of the rare time I think I'm going to pay to see it one more time in theaters before it leaves. Spot on with the Crash Zooms and for me the shaky-cam stuff got a little over the top, too. I'm curious how I'll see it on second viewing.

[@charlieg2262]

Karsten you're really an incredible reviewer and overall person, i hadn't even finished the video before i booked tickets at my nearest IMAX cinema to see this in a few hours, financially it was a big mistake but i believe it was the right thing to do. Thank you.

[@JC-li8kk]

I have an “IMAX” worthy list. It’s a shame we can’t get Fantastic movies to go back into IMAX. I’d love to watch all my top 10 favorite movies on IMAX. Top Gun Maverick. The Dark Knight. Ford Vs Ferrari. Apollo 13. It’s a shame I always discover these movies years after they release.

[@daanisha3630]

holy shit i am living for your intros, karsten.

[@tuskeyt2252]

When first man gets snubbed hardcore

[@RedJet-bq6fq]

Damien Chazelle is an iconic director. His films are all really great

[@kieranstark7213]

I am a big Ryan Gosling fan too and would love to cast him as Abrez the Zebra from Flamingoes vs. Zebras starring Bob Brians, John Goodman, me, Shaun Lambon, Ginnifer Goodwin and so forth.

[@RaiCar1005]

I LOVED this film. Gosling and Foy should be in serious contention for best actor/actress and if the film doesn’t at least get nominations for cinematography, directing, and sound design then something’s seriously not right.

[@phillipprill8933]

I love non fiction films about space. This is my #1 now about this subject matter. Ive never experienced anything in the theater quite like this

[@dantearias3037]

I went into this pretty damn excited, La La Land and Whiplash are my favorite and 2nd favorite films respectively so the combination of Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz (the composer for every film Chazelle does) doing something wildly different than they've done before got me really hyped. When I finally saw it I loved nearly everything about it. The direction, the cinematography, the acting, the sound design, and Jesus Christ that score! It was all amazing. That being said, I still managed to come out of the view somewhat underwhelmed... I think the issue was the screenplay was written in a way that felt more like a historical recounting than story I should be emotionally invested in.

[@Rockoder10]

I kept thinking the spot on your doorframe over over your right shoulder was a smudge on my phone!! Haha. Great review

[@tsarstepan]

Watched it on the Lincoln Square IMAX in NYC: the biggest movie screen in North America.

[@maxhkastner7792]

Didn't really like La La Land. Still a favourite director of mine, though. Would you ever consider ranking his movies?

[@lilah.j]

I’m very fond of Chazelle’s work as well. Pretty excited to see this one!

[@jackmcmuscles]

your ryan gosling impression is my new favorite thing

[@jackpaton3317]

The Gemini VII docking scene was honestly one of my favourites of all time

[@amandalyndorner]

Ugh those crash zooms killed me too

[@mattvalentine]

Got to go to an early screening of this movie last week and I loved it

[@ForiegnNerds]

Keep up the great work. Honestly love your stuff

[@stickmanhistory8598]

This was definitely one of my favourite movies of 2018.

[@tylerburton__]

First Man has such a great visual style.

[@kino_verite]

Saw it today in IMAX and didn’t regret it.

[@thanosvevo2779]

And I thought ready player one was your worst move viewing experience

[@monkey363]

crash zooms are one of my biggest pet peeves in movies. who the fuck thinks those look good.

[@samdavis8962]

You think that Gosling is one of the best actors working today??? Yeah, I love how he plays that one character. I forgot the name, but he's really quiet. Kind of socially awkward but like also kind of cool? You know the one?

[@afonsolucas2219]

You can do a lot with silence. Subtelty. His characters are kind of all in the same vain. But there's exeptions. There's in that vain a lot of different characters. You jus have to watch.

[@jeremy431]

Yeah his character in Nice Guys. Very quiet. Very quiet character with very few lines. Or his role in Blade Runner. What an akward dude. So akward. He's not just playing a machine discovering his humanity, nah.

[@samdavis8962]

Oh my bad. Yeah he is the best actor working today. Thanks guys.

[@Jacob-kg9eg]

You mean Rami Malik? The guy from Mr Robot who's gonna play Freddie Mercury?

[@afonsolucas2219]

I'm glad we got you straight my boy. *Pats back* Now go practice Duck and Cover son!

[@willb1794]

WHAT A GREAT OPENER

[@michaelkennedy4571]

The crash zooms didn't bother me too much, but the shakiness at times was a bit much, but that's my only issue. This is a fucking great movie. I don't like it as much as Whiplash and I'm not sure how it compares to La La Land yet. There is one scene in this movie towards the end that really hit me emotionally and that doesn't happen too often, but it happens every time I watch a Damien Chazelle movie. He is a master.

[@cg02tx]

I don’t remember that scene with the house burning in the film if someone remembers it please tell me.

[@notsampletext3740]

perhaps it was cut and only shown in the trailer. Watched it last night: not there

[@EbsteinJoel]

"I mean, it's technically a masterpiece" haha

[@itsnotlila]

Damn i'm really mixed up about this one. Really wanted to love it but the shaky camera thing aint for me and for the most part I didn't know what to feel. It just lacked consistent emotion in my opinion, until the last half hour.

[@JohnSmith-bf8kv]

Saw First Man on a relatively small screen (a small cinema) yesterday, and it was already a bit painful to watch, the same way as Mother!. There are way too much slightly shaky handheld cam in the talky scenes that I felt sick:-(

[@nheeson7075]

I just binged every episode of boss baby back in business season 2

[@fatuousinnovatorofsadness4640]

anyone know what happened to the fire scene? It looked like the only point in the film where Neil shows emotion, but it seems that it was cut from the film. Shame.

[@rarwexe]

Funny, the theater lights were on for the first 15 minuets of the movie at my AMC. kinda ruined the opening sequence, but overall I still enjoyed the film immensely.

[@uphillracer]

When the sound stopped working, did you at first think it was on purpose? Because for a minute or two I’m sure that would have been like: “oh wow that’s really drastic .. genius!” 😄

[@FlashUltra_]

Were okay with reviews, lol we trust you haha don’t sweat

[@MundoJuanci]

I like your movie reviews

[@electronicflyguy]

Whiplash is a modern masterpiece. La La Land was a good movie with flaws. First Man is just a boring movie that's also a technical marvel. This left me just kind of cold after finishing it. Ryan Gosling turned in his worst performance to date (coming from a huge Gosling fan) and I just hope Damien Chazelle can live up to the promise of Whiplash.

[@healthyholemealbread]

Weirdly this was the only video in my subscription feed without a dumbass clickbait pic and title which drew me to watch it.

[@rocketguy9193]

How can you not talk about the soundtrack????? The movies soundtrack sounds so alien and incredible!

[@annisarheannon]

I literally just got home from seeing it. As I was driving home, I was wondering what you would think of it aha!

[@matthewflach4539]

OH MY GKD A BROCKHAMPTON VIDEO YES

[@annaclmc]

you should review "what we do in the shadows"

[@jacobeller3377]

Haven’t even watched it and I already like it!

[@prodbysylle2908]

“Claire Foy was unbelievable” more like unconvincing

[@hectorangelmedina5352]

I need that shirt in black pls

[@arthur4prez428]

YOU BARELY EVEN TALKED ABOUT THE SCORE THE SCORE IS LIKE. ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THE FILM!

[@reinyy]

Dude I’m so fucking excited for your bh vid (also like these reviews are great keep it up)

[@edwardgermakovski5438]

Love the intros

[@m3theperson]

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH BROCKHAPTION

[@charliepokaski9550]

He said hes going to private this video so I need to savor this

[@YouTubechannel-cv2ph]

Did you make a video about Brockhampton? I can't find it

[@flyersruleJC24]

Damien did not write it which is the first out of his filmography he didnt write so I am giving him the benefit of the doubt for lack of emotion wise

[@just-a-silly-goofy-guy]

The first men never anticipated _this_

[@Zeytrixx]

kremit the frog 🐸 🐸 🐸 compete 🐸 🐸 🐸

[@slenderface1239]

The worst part of this movie is that the commercials advertised this as a kind of movie where the ship is in danger, sorry chief you ain’t gonna give us worries about *NIEL ARMSTRONG DYING BECAUSE HE CAN’T DIE BECAUSE HE WENT UP THERE AND CAME BACK DOWN ALIVE AND WELL.*

[@sushmakc7570]

AHHH!! WHSHDJSJ!! YOU DOING A VIDEO ON BROCKHAMPTON!! I WILL BE DEAD!!

[@ethanbates9679]

My film friends think I’m dumb for liking Edgar Wright, what’s your opinion oh him?

[@auroraeaurora]

Is it bad that I heard the Interstellar music during the Gemini 8 scene?

[@fabriciorodas4961]

Im not surprised AMC

[@annachowanetz1205]

OMG BROCKHAMPTON review okay keen

[@DemonDaria]

I don't know why everybody is so okay with this movie - it is a great movie!

[@bean7144]

i laughed so hard during the intro. i've been on a gosling binge recently and u were spot on. i've been waiting to see this movie for so long but couldn't bc i have a midterm but ahhhh

[@__-yw1hb]

what?.. so no jazz. *smashes phone*

[@mariam19554]

Ooh yeah we gonna get that D U M B A S S content soon

[@adaduffy5009]

Review Maniac on Netflix pleaaaaassseeee

[@mtra5812]

Am I the only one who Loves Whiplash but thought La La Land was just ok ?

[@ByVivs]

you're my favorite youtuber this year karsten

[@LDiazMunoz]

5:47 that's why I love you.

[@rororoyabote]

Ayy Punch Drunk Love poster on the wall, if you know you know ;)

[@sharfette]

i’d love to hear your thoughts on bad times at the el royale if you ever watch it, i saw it tonight & the whole time i was picturing you critiquing certain parts & praising others, love your channel 💙

[@grantpaylago]

The direction was what I was most skeptical about from this film since this is quite different from Chazelle's style. Thanks for the review.

[@dir.lucascav]

I just got out of this film and pretty much had the exact same thoughts, I loved it!

[@liina000]

this film gave me serious motion sickness with the shakiness and extreme closeups. not a fan of that aspect.

[@yikes268]

Oh man Claire Foy is an incredible actress every time. Can't wait to see her as Lisbeth Salander

[@spencers3598]

Sound and visuals shut off during a Star is born to me and I’m really not trusting amc

[@popopol221]

BH VIDEO BY KARSTEN RUNQUIST!!!! BOI

[@babybabybabybaby12]

Kubrick already made a better movie about the moon landing in 1969. ;-)

[@chriswegener3346]

Exactly. Watching this movie knowing it's pure fiction will help the experience. Earth is flat.

[@marthaindahouse1010]

@@chriswegener3346 Earth is round my dude

[@chriswegener3346]

@@marthaindahouse1010 so you've been told. 3 years of research and experiment to debunk flat earth, didn't work. Earth is provably flat, but don't listen to me, test it yourself

[@marthaindahouse1010]

@@chriswegener3346 Eh. We have footage and science, and rocks tested from lunar origin. I won't really try to convince you otherwise because none of will change our mind anyway. Even though, I do hope you look at the facts, friend.

[@TheEmeraldTrade]

I don't think it is the best shot movie of this year, maybe a close second to First Reformed.

[@smooothstepper]

First reformed felt magical

[@sarchstar]

Your movie reviews are my favourite

[@stools4437]

He says that we complain that he's doing loads of movie reviews. I thought his channel was about movie reviews.. I love movie reviews, give me more Karsten~

[@edwardgermakovski5438]

The movie was out of focus a lot even in stagnant shots

[@jacobmacdonagh4070]

I had the exact same thoughts, it was very well executed but it just didn’t leave that lasting impression like La La Land and Whiplash did where I walked out just stunned with my jaw on the floor

[@DBotLukehurst]

I really hated this film. I found it really slow and dull. Ryan Gosling gave a great performance and I think that the film was really great at engaging me in the story. However I just found it dragging throughout the entire film. I’ve never before seen so many people walk out of a showing before it had ended. And I saw Xmen Apocalypse

[@spodrums]

what has this channel turned into? just movie reviews? what is this?

[@meowpacino]

wow king of impressions

[@l.obinduka6791]

love these reviews

[@hydrodragonn7385]

What has this channel turned into? A movie review channel?

[@nelstrandahl8581]

I dropped a like on your first Instagram post

[@rolanddeschain7297]

I liked the movie a lot, but one of the few musical themes was almost exactly taken out of la la land and that felt strange