Split (2016) ✦ First Time Watching Reaction ✦ This is INTENSE

[@kaiielle]

An interview with James McAvoy came across my feed yesterday and I didn't know he was SCOTTISH?! Anyway, hearing his real voice makes me appreciate his acting in this film even more with all of the different voices and personalities. What a phenomenal actor. I hope you enjoyed this reaction! Thanks so much for watching. My reaction to Glass will come to the channel either next week or the week after. ✌ ➡kaiielle.com

[@LordVolkov]

Try Trance (2013) for James working with Danny Boyle. He's phenomenal.

[@dageinarbergli2339]

You should check out The Last King of Scotland. McAvoy and Forest Whitaker acting levels above...everyone. Hard movie to watch, but so good.

[@zbennalley]

The fact that James McAvoy didn't get an Oscar nomination for this role is criminal, etcetera...

[@shinmopi]

This movie made me realize how impressive and amazing James Mcavoy is as an actor.

[@LordVolkov]

The little girl who plays young Casey is phenomenal in her few scenes. M Night really gets great performances out of kids and it's one of his more underrated talents.

[@StarkRG]

Well, sometimes he does, and other times he makes The Last Airbender.

[@LordVolkov]

Hedwig has probably always been around, but never ages mentally. He's the little boy Kevin never got to be because of his abusive mother and is trapped in stasis as that part of him to preserve his innocence. Breaking down what each personality does for Kevin is so fascinating.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Mmhmm. I thought the same. Or 9 was the age at which Kevin started to develop DID at. Things started happening to him

[@StarkRG]

@@CrazeeAdam I don't think DID can develop after very early childhood (around 4 years old).

[@bensneb360]

James McAvoy should of gotten an Oscar nomination for this role, he kills it as each personality

[@reynaldolorenzo8409]

Watch the other nominees performances and come back to this comment. He was great, but it was a stacked year, and he didn't deserve it over any of the other nominees.

[@multieyedmyr]

And he had little to no time to prepare!

[@drew2fast489]

Yes, he should have...

[@LordVolkov]

@@multieyedmyr Exactly! I only recently heard that Joaquin Phoenix dropped out and James was brought in on short notice. It makes it even more impressive!

[@harish123az]

Sorry, what is a 'should of'?

[@DevilzFan]

Everyone talks about McAvoy's performance and rightfully so, but Anya Taylor Joy has become one of my favorite actors. I don't think she gets enough credit for her performances. I remember being completely blown away by her performance the first time I watched this and "The Queen's Gambit".

[@RMBittner]

Agreed! I honestly never felt that McAvoy was portraying a real person… Whether that’s a failure of the script or the directing, I don’t know. But because of that, I didn’t care about his character at all. I just wish Taylor-Joy had had a richer character to play, because I found her on-screen moments riveting. She was also responsible for the only two moments of true suspense I experienced: The moment when McAvoy’s character first gets into the car with the girls, and the moment at the very end when the officer tells her her uncle is coming for her.

[@LordVolkov]

Split was the first movie I saw Anya in, and have been a fanya ever since. She's one of the best in her age group and is only getting better.

[@RMBittner]

@@LordVolkov My first Taylor-Joy movie was “The Witch,” which is just a brilliantly crafted, intelligent horror film, that is highly recommended.

[@LordVolkov]

@@RMBittner She's amazing in The Witch! The way I rushed to find that when I saw it was her debut film 🤩 Also really enjoyed her reuniting with Eggers on Northman 👍

[@flashxdoe295]

James McAvoy did some of the best acting ive ever seen in this movie

[@jhornacek]

Just to be clear, NO ONE knew that this film was set in the same world as Unbreakable when it came out. There was nothing in the trailers, pre-release interviews, etc about it. It was a total surprise to everyone. I remember sitting in the theater watching the mid-credits scene, wondering what this was about. I had no idea that this would be setting up another movie so I just thought this would be some final twist that would end this story. When the customers started talking about Mr. Glass I was like "Wait, they're talking about something I recognize, but what is it?" Then I heard Bruce Willis before I saw him and I remember yelling "Oh shit!" in the theater. I think I was the only one that reacted that way so I'm not sure how many other people there remembered (or had seen) Unbreakable. And of course, as soon as I saw Bruce I recognized the Unbreakable music playing there. Still one of my favorite "Oh shit!" moments while watching a movie that I never expected but gave me so much joy for a continuation of this story that I never expected to continue past this movie.

[@Dhaem16]

Watching that ending the first time without knowing this was a sequel... ah, good times

[@JustinJaymz]

When I saw Split in the theater, I didn’t pick up on the music cue for the final scene (it had been several years since I’d seen Unbreakable), but the David Dunn reveal blew me away. I remember saying out loud “no way!”, but no one else in the theater seemed to get the importance of the scene. Also, Unbreakable features a quick appearance by Kevin Wendell Crumb and his mother. In the scene where David is working the football game, a woman with a little boy brush past him and David hears a young boy cry out something like “Don’t hurt me!”

[@josephamesdacey6442]

The theatre moment at the credit scene was amazing

[@kaiielle]

I bet!

[@cyberaug]

@@josephamesdacey6442 it was so great as they managed to keep the connection to Unbreakable secret. Hard to do now.

[@maxpayne232]

McAvoy just confirmed that he replaced Joaquin Pheonix who left the movie two weeks before production. So he only had two weeks to get himself ready to play Over 20 characters.

[@LordVolkov]

James crushes his performances! Hedwig is my fave, etcetera... The scene of Dennis being Barry is A+ The little mannerisms he works into each of the personalities are great, I just wish we got all of them instead of just the 8ish we see here and a few more in Glass.

[@lynetteoliva1256]

U rarely ever see all of the personalities of a person w/DID in such a short amount of time.

[@LordVolkov]

@@lynetteoliva1256 That's fair, but 1/3 of the personalities just felt a little light. 2-4 more would have been great, just to flesh out the complexity of Kevin's DID.

[@brandonthompson8039]

Some of the best acting I’ve seen from a person

[@CrazeeAdam]

So glad you're doing all of these! James does amazing and his chemistry with Anya is just perfect. I know this movie got a little flack for how it shows mental illness, but it's a movie at the end of the day, nor true to life. And it's a really good one at that.

[@dreamhayzeeffect4888]

That ending in the theaters gave me goosebumps. I knew it was a sequel by the unbreakable music playing, and sure enough, David appears of course it flew over my roommates heads and didn't think it had anything to do with anything but I told them they needed to watch Unbreakable

[@xjudoflip7381]

Barry used to be in charge. Barry, Jade and Orwell were the 3 in control of the light, that's why they were labeled 1,2, and 3 on the pc desktop. But then Hedwig somehow took the power from Barry, and Hedwig would give it to Dennis and Patricia, because the others would make fun of him.

[@meghanmonroe]

I'm no DID expert but I just wanted to pop in to say that an alter's age does not necessarily correspond with how long it's been present in the system. Hedwig could've joined the system decades ago...their ages don't change.

[@LordVolkov]

When your brain was cooking at the mention of the train I was hoping you were gonna put it all together. Some people call it the Eastrail 177 trilogy but I find that a bit spoilery 😅

[@simonfrederiksen104]

Right - I forgot that info.

[@tdog790]

one of the greatest twist in movie history because it changes the entire movie once you realize that this was an origin story of a supervillain

[@Generic_Man]

M. Night takes big swings. Sometimes they pay off (i.e. "The Sixth Sense" or "Unbreakable"); sometimes... they do not (i.e. "The Village" or "The Last Airbender"). If you want to see him indulging all of his worst directorial (and screenwriting) impulses, I recommend "The Happening." I advise going into the film knowing nothing (or as little as possible) about it. The marketing around the film played heavily on the mystery of the piece, built up an unreal amount of hype around the film, and ultimately led to... let's say "overwhelming dissatisfaction" in what was delivered. On the plus side, it's very funny... even though it's not supposed to be.

[@lynetteoliva1256]

I agree w/u about THE HAPPENING being a disappointment, AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER live action movie sucked. I actually kind of liked THE VILLAGE. When SIGNS came out, I was not too keen on watching it. But, when I finally did see it, I actually really liked it.

[@dunringill1747]

'AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER' was horrible. Far too many issues to go through on that one. I don't think M. Night does well with action movies. Personally, I enjoyed 'The Village'. I think it suffered from wrongful advertisement. If an audience has a certain expectation for a movie that is different than the movie's true direction - the audience is bound to be disappointed.

[@okerac8344]

I like to think of this movie as a more grounded / real world version of X-men.

[@thelord692]

Hello! Another piece of media that covers D.I.D. Now, this movie is nowhere near as good in the regard of representing that disorder as Moon Knight is, but there is a few things that do ring true. A D.I.D. system may have one or more alters that hold the collective trauma and pain to protect the others in the system and sometimes this causes them to lash out at themselves and others and makes them aggressive towards even the other members of the system. Those alters are referred to as persecutors or even demons if the alter views themselves that way. My husband had a persecutor, her name was Alexis. She held all of the systems self hatred and rage from the years of abuse and unfortunately for a few years that made her an EXTREMELY VOLATILE person to handle. Would act violently to their own body, to me, and to others. Luckily by now theyve worked through their trauma and now stands as one of the systems protectors. Just goes to show, as far gone as the Horde is by the end of the film, they didnt have to be this way. Also, as everyone else has said, McAvoy is absolutely brilliant in this.

[@Sheer_Kold]

They did a great job with the use of DID. McAvoy's character reminds me of the marvel character 'Legion' who has multiple personalities with each one having a different super powered ability...very cool. Great reaction as always KL! 😊

[@chapo0815]

Hedwig... and the others are in a sense frozen in time... from when they were created... Doesn't necessarily mean that they've been around for that amount of time from however years old they are... Split personalities... seem to be personalities that are developed Frozen in time... If that makes sense.......... I would imagine they are pro-dominant in order to protect whatever else is going on.... Hence the development of a certain personality....

[@cuoresportivo155]

One of the few movies that gives me chills

[@christophercrane9540]

An underrated movie. McAvoy's incredible, so charismatic, so dark, so layered and textured. One of the most realistic therapist-patient relationships I've seen, although obviously there's some fantasy elements. And yeah, the Unbreakable connection at the end caught everybody off guard. So well done.

[@lynetteoliva1256]

Yeah, literally textured!

[@patmolinie2529]

When i saw it in theatre nobody knew the link with unbreakable. When the music began at the end i had goosebumbs. I was crazy happy because so many years after unbreakable was still my favorite super-heros movie. You knew the link from the beginning but for us, old people 😅, it was woaw !! About Anya it was my first one with her. Great fan since. You should watch Last Night in Soho

[@thedawd]

I would absolutely love the yt shorts idea of what you thought after the rewatch. There are so many movies that have such different experience in the rewatch.

[@brandonmartin08]

The googles said that the spray is sevoflurane. Induces anesthesia.

[@Tasuva]

In my opinion - this movie is incredible. And it became one of my favourite films. The characters are great and while tackling some touchy subjects it's still quite subtle about it and how the story is told. Love the irony of 2 "broken" individuals meeting and acknowledging each other in a scenario like this. And of course the acting is fantastic, JamesMcAvoy is always great but he's killing it every time he's on screen. And of course Anya Taylor-Joy does a great job as well. Probably my favourite Shyamalan movie so far even without it being a sequel. The fact that it is (and therefore kinda an origin story for a villain) just makes it a little bit more awesome.

[@scottallen6160]

Besides the stellar performance by McAvoy, my favorite part of this movie is the concept of mind over matter. The strong belief of each personality that actually changed the biology for each personality. “The mind makes it real.” - The Matrix This concept has been a recurring theory in Hollywood for awhile. My earliest memory of it was on The Six Million Dollar Man. Albeit there was an older one I saw later, Forbidden Planet. Maybe that’s where the idea for super-humans came from or “..if you have the faith of a mustard seed, you can tell that mountain to throw itself into the sea and it will obey.” Love ya KL! ✌️😊💕

[@NativeNewMexican]

The best of Shyamalan's work is The Sixth Sense, but I do have a special spot in my heart for Signs, Unbreakable, Split, and even Glass.

[@BlazingDrag00n]

YAY. You did it. SPLIT is awesome. Good luck with GLASS.

[@BeardiusMaximus]

McAvoy and Anya did such an amazing job in this movie. I read somewhere that McAvoy developed 40-odd different, distinct characters/accents during filming, but they cut it down to 23 for the files as the number was just getting too unwieldy, then cut down further to the 6-7 you actually see on screen. As you mentioned, the fact that you can tell who's in control just by a switch in facial expressions is insanely impressive. Such a quality actor! The other thing about going into this without knowing it's linked to unbreakable is that the Beast character sounds like a myth and there's no reason to believe we'll actually see them, but being that it's set in the same world means of course that some people possessing "powers" is feasible. Anyway, great reaction as always. Catch you for the next one

[@chocolate-teapot]

Great movie, acting and your reaction, et cetera

[@ElmStReactions]

Amazing movie and great acting from my fellow scot, criminal that he never won an award for this

[@adamscott4199]

Thx for the reaction...ETCETERA

[@rbaldino]

I think it's really misleading for people to call this a sequel to Unbreakable. It's set in the same world, but it isn't until the third movie that they're really brought together. Unbreakable is my favorite Shyamalan movie, so I really only watched this one when I heard they were connected. That said, McAvoy is pretty incredible in this.

[@godabandonedthistimeline]

The therapist is played by Betty Buckley, the actress that played Grizabella in the og production of Cats and the gym teacher in Carrie

[@sca88]

You should react to my favorite Anya Taylor Joy film, 'Morgan' 2016. I guess it's a sci-fi, action, thriller, horror. It's a kick ass film and I haven't seen anyone react to it yet.

[@rabooey]

YES. Been waitin' for this, LET'S GO!🤘😃

[@nzstump0152]

There have been DID cases where different personalities had different physiological effects and the allergies being different is also real, the are psychosomatic, the body reacts because the brain tells it to essentially.

[@ajrwyfu]

Fun fact... The scene in Unbreakable where Bruce Willis is touching people, he touches Kevin when Kevin is a child 15 yrs ago

[@gameday123123]

I absolutely love these movies! My first favorite is Armageddon, then Battleship, then these

[@dunringill1747]

James McAvoy gave us several stellar performances. I used to avoid saying 'Split' was a sequel to 'Unbreakable'. I would say 'Split' was in the same universe and had key information that should be watched before 'Glass', which was Unbreakable's sequel. That never worked because the tag of trilogy was floating around, so I gave up on trying.

[@simonfrederiksen104]

Outstanding! This is gonna be a hoot!

[@lynetteoliva1256]

When I saw u were watching SPLIT, I knew I had to watch your reaction. I really like this movie. James McAvoy is incredible in this. Anya Taylor-Joy is also phenomenal. I watched SPLIT for 2 reasons, Anya who I already had seen in MORGAN & THE VVITCH, & that it was a psychological thriller about DID, known in my day as a psych student as Multiple Personality Disorder. The fact that it was an M. Night Shyamalan film wasn't a contributing factor because w/his movies it's hit or miss. I did not know that it was connected to UNBREAKABLE until I saw the end of the movie. U know, the age of the personality has nothing to do w/how long the personality has been around. It's more like that personality keeps the innocence of that age & more than likely split then. I actually met someone w/25 different personalities while attending community college.. She had come to our Women Studies class a couple of times to give lectures on Satanic Cults to which her estranged family belonged & Surviving Severe Abuse that caused her personality to not just split, but splinter into 25 pieces. She told us that since her personality split so young that she actually didn't know which of her many personalities was her core personality. She talked about the dificulties in her everyday life, & was grateful for her husband, whom we also met. He seemed very patient & kind. The reason he was there w/her was because she absolutely could not drive herself. It was a precaution in case any of her other personalities decided to pop up. She gave us an example, well, actually her husband gave the example. He said that on the way to the lecture his wife's 5 yr old personality saw a sign of the city name Rancho Cucamonga, & then proceeded to have a giggling fit @ the name. He said it took a bit for that personality to step back so that was why they were 20mins late. When she finished w/her lecture that evening, she asked our class whether/not we thought only one personality gave the talk. I mumbled, "No." She glanced around the room. "Did someone say something?" My classmate/friend next to me nudged me. I raised my hand. "I did. I said 'No.' " "Ok, how many personalities do u think came forward during this lecture tonight?" "Maybe 4." I said. She looked @ me oddly for a couple of seconds, & then said. "Good guess, but it was actually 5." I shrugged my shoulders in an "O well!" gesture. She then began taking questions. My classmate next to me whispered, "How did u know? Cause, I honestly couldn't tell." I sighed & then answered. "There was a change in her face each time, her voice @ least once & the way she moved." My classmate replied. "Wow! U noticed a lot." " Well, I was looking @ her while she was talking." My friend/classmate replied. "So was I, but I didn't notice anything." Right then, the teacher called out the end of class, thank goodness. Yeah, just thought I'd share my encounter w/someone w/DID.😊 I really liked your reaction & commentary to SPLIT. Eagerly awaiting your next Hunger Games installment.😊

[@lorettabes4553]

For all of the bad rep this movie gets, I weirdly am still so impressed by the character work. It doesn't feel clean or tidy like a lot of characters are in storytelling. And the actors!? My god, they sell it so well.

[@david.j9.rabbithole808]

True that James McAvoy is awesome in this but let’s not forget Betty Buckley’s superb performance.

[@TheWindcrow]

6:40 😂 yep

[@RMBittner]

I just watched this for the first time, since I wanted to go into your reaction with some knowledge of the film. Honestly, i feel like there were so many opportunities for character development and actual human emotion that went unexplored. For me, it was a 5/10 disappointment. But I’m eager to see what you think! EDIT: I haven’t seen any of the other parts of the trilogy or know anything about them. So it’s possible that the character depth I’m looking for has been provided in other films. But that would mean this film doesn’t stand on its own.

[@3DJapan]

4:34 This guy is actually on the news here. He's still on.

[@3DJapan]

The beginning is at the King of Prussia mall, right near me.

[@JaimeAGB-pt4xl]

You'll get the True/Best Re-Watch Experience once you see (and re-watch) The Sixth Sense for Sure 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@marsalien4]

I'm currently watching Orange is the New Black with my fiancee for the first time. I've seen this movie numerous times before. This is how I realize that the Uncle is Piscatella LOL

[@titanuscreature4485]

You gotta watch glass cuz that's when david dunn fights the horde

[@chriswerth918]

The worst thing you can do is to tell anyone that this is the sequel to Unbreakable... before they watched the movie. I remember seeing this for the first time. And I had no clue. So the last scene was such a banger. So, whatever you do... don't be mean by spoiling that 😉

[@chunkhenderson1878]

Unreal films, M Night gets unwarranted flak because he takes some risks. Movies would suck if nobody did, hence all remakes and 30yr gap sequels that nobody asked for.

[@Raven5150]

I actually have this fun little mental disprder holly wood does a great job of 3rd person point of view, but in reality it aint fun we can contort slighly be we cant go full exorcist and climb walls but DID is just a renaming of an ild classic i dont name my varrients but one the only one i fear is named tyler after another person with a tyler

[@javix2013]

From Anya Taylor Joy, I recommend FURIOSA, very good movie, it is a prequel to FURY ROAD, what happens before the events of Fury Road.

[@kaiielle]

I mentioned that movie in this video. I treated myself to the theater experience for it.

[@Ason19]

When M. Night is good.... He's great. The tension of that kidnapping scene, the flashbacks to the hunting. Amazing. But boy he also can make some really dog crap movies, like really bad. I would say this is one of the good ones.

[@yoker88]

I honestly think that watching this knowing that this is a sequel to Unbreakable is a spoiler in itself cause I watched this one without knowing it and the ending was a mind blow. Also you end up watching it with certain expectations and comparing them. But I get it could be difficult to avoid such info.

[@Cenforge]

Bravo.

[@Ason19]

I'd vote to go back to doing post watch/research thoughts.

[@JasonTerminator2]

Did you see Furiosa in theaters or is that reaction coming soon?

[@kaiielle]

I treated myself to the theater for it!

[@CrazeeAdam]

I believe Hedwig is "9" because that was the age Kevin started to develop DID. He is basically 9 year old Kevin I took it as actually. Or what 9 year old Kevin would be like. :(

[@adamkatt]

glass reaction +1

[@Chad_Sandridge75]

When are you putting out Glass?

[@kaiielle]

As soon as it can clear copyright blocks! It keeps getting blocked in certain countries (UK, Australia, Germany) but not others.

[@markmcgee2417]

Wow. Way to take the wind out of the sails by saying upfront that you knew this was a sequel and not just a stand alone film. Lol. No worries. I guess everyone knows but we still want to see someone find that out at the end.

[@iainmulholland2025]

Scary and creepy with no gore. Good actors make a film not CGI.

[@warrenphilbert6856]

✌️❤️❤️!...

[@JoshMc420]

I cant find glass reaction?

[@kaiielle]

It hasn't been shared yet. It's currently in a copyright appeal because I can't out-edit the blocks. I'm hoping the appeal is successful, if so then it will be shared likely Thursday!

[@sweiland75]

Two good actors but a weak script.