THE ENDLESS (2018) Explained + Connections to 'Resolution'

[@tiaamdunord7817]

I liked the ending. Not every horror movie has to have a sad ending

[@rockyhorrorfreakshow5091]

Yeah, horror movies these days are all edgy and "Everyone dies and the villain continues to kill everyone else!" It gets boring after a while

[@KittyAwesomnessgirl1]

@@rockyhorrorfreakshow5091 horror movies with happy endings are honestly a nice breath of fresh air. Especially when you can see how the characters have grown and developed like the brothers in this movie.

[@4f52]

The only type of evil ending I like is one that resembles "Cosmic Horror".

[@oober567]

Vault Dweller Yeah I was really burnt out on horror movies for a while because all of them just killed every character off and the villain just continues doing his thing

[@mcmuffin7612]

Tiaam Du Nord this was a horror movie?

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Props to being able to analyze such a trippy lore

[@eduardojara6955]

Wtf you are everywher

[@RadiusSilent]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache u use to be every where now dat is everywhere

[@sumoman4358]

Nice Jellal profile pic

[@conquerer4498]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache i dont see you as often as justin y but still ure everywhere my guy

[@UnownDepth]

Yup

[@cheeks5151]

You’ve got to respect a movie when the movie poster for it doesn’t consist only of the main character’s faces, but is actually intriguing and has good artwork

[@rashadpreston7389]

Yeah it's a pretty neat looking poster

[@callixtus1194]

That’s the first thing that drew me to it

[@LisaSimpsonRules]

@@callixtus1194 In my case, it was a Red Letter Media review of Synchronity that gave me a clue. They mentioned different films from the directors.

[@anonymousR7]

Probably also has to do with the fact that neither are recognizable actors

[@TheSCPStudio]

Justin doesn't tell Mike about his wife in the camp because he realizes how horrible that would feel for Mike. Knowing he's trapped and his wife is only a few minutes away AND looking for him would be devastating.

[@melvinmerkelhopper5752]

Imagine though if Mike and Chris manage to escape finally, find Mike's wife missing, discovering she is back at camp, and when they go back they get stuck again in the 10 year loop.

[@SomeGamer1111]

Did she escape on her bicycle? Otherwise it’s sad he’s stuck and only a few minutes away his wife is stuck BUT he can never get to her

[@jacindaellison3363]

@@SomeGamer1111 no, Jennifer's still trapped in the loop. Her riding her bike was a way of showing she didn't care if she died when the loop reset, given her situation.

[@DJHotbuns]

@@jacindaellison3363 that’s one opinion but judging on how much time they spend in that shed looking at old movies I’m inclined to think that she was paddling fast enough to get out🎉

[@DJHotbuns]

It would be cool if she had taken a turn or something and ended up on a different area than Justin and Arron-I REALLY want more sequels

[@cancer4019]

Imagine reliving the same 3 seconds for the rest of eternity...

[@Ajehy]

Sounds like it would get really boring eventually.

[@robertjovanovic4873]

Happened to me when I was drugged with a deliriant brugmansia flower, scary stuff, worst 5000 years of my life.

[@timsharpe6652]

Sounds like my usual day 😒

[@robertjovanovic4873]

It's hard to describe..it was also mixed with mescaline in form of a tea. It took 2-3h to start and it was almost unnoticeable, started with initial confusion and drunken-like state, after that cotton-mouth. It switched through several phases but a couple of things were constant, for example, it all felt like a dream but you couldn't wake up, the hallucinations were stronger than 4 drops of liquid acid, strong existential meta innuendos, feeling that effect and cause switched chronological order. Vivid visions with huge time distortions, 15 min seemed like few hundred life times of being reborn and dying again even feeling the decomposition. After that my friends faces were started morphin into some very weird liquidy shapes, then came the feeling of paranoia and distrust ,because i was slowly losing memory, long and short term, until i was ''reseting'' like that guy in a loop for a good hour or two ( friends told me I was asking '' where am i?'' almost every 5 min). I slightly remember that i thought i'm either gonna end up in a mental institution or that i'm already in one for who knows how long. It took almost 19h until i started to feel like i'm coming back to reality at least with time perception, the hallucinations lasted for few days by slowly getting weaker ( mountains were still ''breathing'' the second day ). It's impossible to tell everything from the visions, it doesn't make sense for a human after few layers..for me it was like the most beautiful and scary thing that i ever experienced until even that didn't mater. I would not advise trying datura-brugmansia-angels trumpet or any scopolamine containing plant ( mescaline cacti is fine) to anyone because you have to be lucky not to die, it's mostly poison and you never know how much is in the plant because it varies on so many things. I was also given some other plants to try and negate the poison effect because i unknowingly drank to much of the tea.

[@MsKity90]

@@robertjovanovic4873 Good thing you didn't died. It's very easy to overdose them

[@dgs0296]

Justin: We’re running out of gas Arron: It really be like that sometimes *continues driving*

[@Emily-yf7nh]

So they're stuck?

[@danielclark653]

It really do be like that sometimes

[@mistraven8234]

Ryan Flint that's what I'm thinking. It's a possibility that they are stuck in a time thing of their own and it's the first time for them to currently go through it.

[@Emily-yf7nh]

@@mistraven8234 bother

[@DonutHeroe]

they say that its not like that, but it really be like that

[@philipdelgado6166]

ahh missed a huge opportunity to end the vid with a loop of the intro

[@GabrielTheMagolorMain]

Alex Davies That would’ve been cool!

[@kingally6529]

I thinks thats more a "dead meat" thing, he takes things that happen in the movie to make a joke during kill count

[@annipsy2185]

that was just expected....

[@WingedEternitys]

kingally still would have been cool though. But love him!

[@Jessees902]

Too predictable

[@embvrry]

This guy just reached the god tier by explaining the end of something called “endless”

[@ihavesoul4real]

Emily Berry It’s just his opinion. Lol. Benson and Moore have more or less explained the films, and what they have to say doesn’t vibe with this guys opinion. I’d suggest reading the interviews with the people who wrote and directed it to get your “explanation” rather than a guy with lots of dvd’s

[@noahb9336]

@@ihavesoul4real benson and Moore literally said this guy described it in ways they weren’t able to articulate, but everything he says is correct and true to the film. Watch this guys interview with benson and Moore, you’ll see

[@ihavesoul4real]

Noah Bertella what guy? What interview?

[@anthonygibson5561]

JRS: Here it is: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmWtqaCdbc6AgdE

[@ihavesoul4real]

@@anthonygibson5561 I stopped watching after the interviewer said "i'll help you polish your scripts" before even asking a question. Here is what Benson said in an interview with Collider: "Except in Resolution, the point of view of the whole film is from the unseen antagonist. There was like a massive document that went into everything about that “monster” that went to our sound designer to help them design the sound of the whole film. So that existed during Resolution and there are things in that document that ended up more conspicuous in The Endless than expanded upon. That’s just like one example of one thing." Clearly "the audience is the antagonist" trope is not mentioned at all. Either Benson just makes up shit or this guys "explanation" is, like I said, merely his own.

[@helious5056]

I hope they make at least one more movie in this universe

[@aleksandarradovanovic8496]

Would like another movie as well, for mike and chris to somehow break the loop and finally escape.

[@justforthecommentinglol9955]

@@aleksandarradovanovic8496 Same!! They seemed so devastated in the end. From how dislikable the movie juxtaposed them to be, you see a little human in them in that scene. I would love for all of them to be free and return to their lives. It would be nice to see Mike return to his child and wife again, and it would also be interesting to see Anna's and Aaron's dynamic by the time they step into the real world. So many questions. So much to go from. The directors can definitely make a follow up film if they wanted to and I would be so pleased and happy to watch it.

[@justforthecommentinglol9955]

@@aleksandarradovanovic8496 Sorry, I was talking about the main gang there. Not Mike and Chris. They were always likable to me.

[@bosgotnojams]

@@aleksandarradovanovic8496 dood same. I was a bit sad with the ending of Resolution, I really liked Mike and Chris.

[@Roostest]

3 moons, 3 movies.

[@Rachel98246]

I like that the cult aren’t malevolent. The people there seem kind and genuinely seem to care about Justin and Aaron. I feel like they easily could’ve made them evil or at least assholes, but they weren’t, and that’s one of the things that makes this movie stand out and one of the reasons I love it. I also really like how they tied it together with ‘Resolution’ in a way that actually made both movies make a bit more sense. It wasn’t just a cheap “remember this? Well now it’s important” but an _actual connection._ Honestly, these guys are just awesome!

[@josepheridu3322]

100% true. It is such a cliche in cinema to make a cult evil or cruel, also very lazy.

[@ThatDrowKid]

Agreed i loved the cult in the movie

[@jzeman]

Disagree. They withheld the truth of the loop and waiting for them to be trapped and the fact that Cthulhu lured them. Only Tim unlocking the door near the end wanted to tell them, but was kept from doing so by the others (implied from the inaudible discussion with Hal). Of course by then Aaron and Justin knew already it was a loop, what they only realized at that point was that Cthulu lured them there. And that it done this for previous generations of the loop. At least some of the group knew.

[@jzeman]

@@RandomKlipovi12 time and space manipulation... Yes more accurate

[@apollyonnoctis1291]

Another thing is that the entity to me isn’t fully malevolent, it seems more possessive than anything. It seems almost obsessed with humans and their hobbies, kinda like it sees us as a SIMs game.

[@zeroone9992]

The “strange red flower” was weed. In the 70s a strain called “Colombian red” was popular. Implying the French guy has been there for decades.

[@Byezbozhnik]

He said he had been there for about thirty years.

[@DallasJayCook]

They never get old

[@davelutherable]

Dakota Chris had a much greyer beard in the Endless than he did in Resolution

[@SG-pw1zv]

You see the flower and it is not weed. Also they smoke it and they trip the fuck out and can see the effects of the dome.

[@zeroone9992]

s hoff it is weed.

[@bogers8839]

I thought it was all going to end with them thinking they broke out of the loop but instead colliding with a car, dying in the process and it panning out for the audience to realise they were the car that their mother colided with, killing her and leaving their younger selves in the burning car, effectivly solidifying their own loop

[@mixfeelings9432]

Dam nice thinking 💭

[@Churro0eating0sam]

Wow. That would’ve been amazing. I didn’t even think of that

[@RSummerville]

Awesome

[@seanmatthewking]

The actual ending is a bit lame. The whole narrative of control between the brothers wasn’t interesting, at least on the surface level. Why is the younger brother so helpless in the first place? He’s like 30...why is he letting his brother tell him how to live his life...I don’t understand.

[@vrz2000]

actually that’s a theory lol at the end he says the gas is empty and the brother says it’s always empty, because he only drives when they’re about to die/restart the loop, also when the map guy hangs him self you can see blood already on his shirt, meaning he probably short himself already meaning they probably already gave him a gun in the past, it’s purposeful stuff they put so people can speculate and it’ll never be confirmed

[@josephgarcia4475]

holy crap i just watched these a day ago and was going to ask you about these films and BOOM its like you read my mind! that is why you are the best!

[@kingcrustytut7544]

Joseph Garcia literal same thing happened to me so crazy

[@justdrew5221]

Right. I got the notification last time for Extinction literally as we were hitting play on Extinction.

[@archi-4978]

not to bring a irl spook to you but this is what all that snoopware you got does, not really a malicious stuff gathering info and making a profile of you but still a little spooky ey, one of the earliest ones probably being keyword and search history based ads and content people have even done videos testing that stuff out.

[@fallencorporal]

*Demeaningly* "Dormomu I've come to bargain"

[@ImehSmith]

🤣😀👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@thicctony4655]

X200

[@ryanthereaper2943]

@@thicctony4655 more like X∞

[@changtaoouyang4067]

@Fallen Corporal how do u have such a good name yet no videos and subs?

[@fallencorporal]

@@changtaoouyang4067 Honestly it's been a work in progress. Learning how to use obs, youtube proper, how to edit videos, getting my work and video setup as well as routine.. It's taking me a while, but the last bit is getting into the right mindset and that, i feel, is my biggest hurddle. I really do appreciate that type of comment and I hope you're one of my first subs when I do.

[@AlModemS]

Anyone else think the 2 moons looked like eyes in the sky? A year too late I know, but at least it wasn't 10

[@Misz_Carol]

Dude yessss

[@TomcatJones]

thats why the girl with the fro hair drew it as a monster watching over them with 2 eyes

[@DarkCloud111]

Oooo never crossed my mind. Good thought!

[@DarkCloud111]

@How To Protect Your Computer From an MBT touche. I was super excited after watching it sorry lol

[@tylerhaworth3108]

I like when Hal said "no one has ever commit ed suicide at this camp" because the campers can't kill themselves. Great writing there!

[@rumar4998]

Nobody had killed themselves yet during that reset so teeechnically :P

[@melvinmerkelhopper5752]

Why would the cult want to? Their loop lasts 10 years.

[@donovanewing1820]

I really liked the ending because since Aaron is driving you can tell they didn't loop, because at the beginning of the movie Justin didn't let him drive

[@nuntana2]

Yes the ending was nice. As to the antagonist, it was either some ancient ‘natural’ force of that region or alien. There was the UFO outline in the water (inside the Rorschach blot) and constant depictions of round objects.

[@lady_deaths_head]

​@@nuntana2I think it's just paralels to a "higher being", not actual aliens

[@rishhh7313]

​@@lady_deaths_head What if aliens are the higher beings?

[@MrSykotic]

I think the size of the time loop domes correlated to how long the loop was. The camps dome size was pretty big and their loop was for 10 years, while the guy in the tents was only 3 secs and his dome only extended a little past the circumference of his tent.

[@brenna0323]

Also, another very subtle connection is when they are at the house cleaning, and Aaron is making ramen. Justin says, "I'd rather be alive and eat ramen than be dead and eat corn." Then, towards the end of the movie, when the group has their last meal before the ascension, there is a close-up of Hal at the table, and there is a stack of corn. Maybe it's just coincidence, but Justin related corn to death, and now they are eating corn right before their death at the end of a loop.

[@jeudyviquez1019]

It's never a coincidence!! These guys go through every single detail probably hundreds of times before they even get the actors on set.

[@thrillcollectors]

These guys directed two episodes of Archive 81 AND freaking Moon Knight, as well as being brought on to direct some of Loki season 2. So awesome to see how creative directors with humble beginnings can get so far in the industry from making low budget great movies.

[@xeokym223]

I just watched _The Endless_ on Netflix. I picked it by accident; my finger just dropped accidentally on the fingerpad as I was scrolling through movies, so I thought, fuckit, let it play. I became engrossed with the movie as it went on and kept hoping that the "unseen thing" didn't turn out to just be some stupid monster. But it just got better and better. Then they showed up at the house where the drug addict guy was chained up, and I was slowly like, _hooooold on a minute.... this looks familiar...._ I couldn't remember the name of the other movie but I got goosebumps when I realized it really was *that movie inside this movie.* It was mindblowing, especially since I haven't seen _Resolution_ for ten years since it came out. I mean it couldn't have been a better set-up than that, right? The filmmakers would be happy to know that it worked out for a viewer, almost entirely by accident without knowing any of that stuff ahead of time, right? Now that I know more about them I will definitely watch their other movies.

[@aleksandarradovanovic8496]

Resoulution is 7 years old (6 when you wrote your comment)

[@PhurionFilms]

THIS JUST happened to me. Wow. Honestly I couldn't remember Resolution but as soon as I saw Chris chained up in the cabin I was like HOLD THE FUCK UP... Amazing!! What a great way to connect these two unique films, I need to rewatch them both now.

[@SpiritusFrumenti]

Oh shit. I did watch resolution! That was Trippy as fuck !

[@barthalen]

I absolutely loved seeing the Resolution characters in this. I was actually thinking back about that title minutes before they showed up. Really, really awesome experience.

[@vijaz5559]

not 10 years you fool

[@direcircumstances]

This movie is surprisingly good. I watched it on a whim with a friend one night. We had never heard of it but after just watching the trailer we decided to give it a shot, and it definitely threw us for a loop. If you like indie sci-fi that's original and thought provoking, I'd give this a shot.

[@thorfinnskullsplitter4516]

It kinda reminded me of "I have no mouth but I must scream". Both the book and the game based on it.

[@sorayaalcyone2726]

Oh wow you're right. Now this is far more creepy.

[@martian99arrival]

Love the game.

[@C0wb0yBebop]

Yawssss

[@tamamo3964]

This! I like this comment.

[@runeofnoweyr]

Oh hey, look at that, an actual Lovecraftian story that doesn't rely on tentacles!

[@Mycenaea]

Note how their cleaning company is named "Fresh Start Cleaning".

[@dougjohnson1517]

My problem with this movie is they didn't run like hell after seeing the guy stuck in the 3-second death loop. Even a 1% change that happens to you isn't worth any upside. Also, they just blew that poor guy off and never even mentioned him.

[@missfortune6210]

There's just nothing they could've done. Just a horrific display of the entities power and cruelty.

[@fitzsimmons6064]

Miss Fortune Unless the end of that guys loop was for anybody to interfere.

[@dianarendon4037]

The 3 second loop reminds me of a gif

[@fitzsimmons6064]

Diana Rendon It got bored and created a gif

[@hollyb7142]

Diana Rendon Excellent description! It goes with my theory. When I watched the movie it seemed the "God" was people playing a video game. Because we play the same characters in most games with the same stories. I think maybe the creators of "Endless" may have got the idea from video games.

[@doinkmasterdave4345]

Don’t even watch the movie just watch this guy

[@maxcroke901]

doesnt everyone

[@iceyu1838]

Bruh u do u no Dead Meat

[@iceyu1838]

He’s AWESOME amd so is did dude

[@yodutch--9542]

Same

[@sthlng2180]

Just no. You always will be off much better just watching the movie rather than a short analysis.

[@sthlng2180]

The girl you mentioned at around 8:40, made a pretty significant appearance in Resolution. She was that hooded girl which tapped on the window during the first night in the cabin. Also, it's a shame that most people here don't even watch these movies, since it is a totally different experience.

[@Gbsnurk]

It actually seems like FoundFlix glossed over it since he fails to mention tons of things

[@CosmicConical]

Don't think that was the same girl actually. I was just watching Resolution and they look nothing alike. I even went back to compare them side by side.

[@Matthew-wg1cf]

@@CosmicConical even though the actress was different, it seemed that the endless was alluding to both girls being the same person with that comment about her obsessive nature whilst on drugs. Or maybe somebody she spoke to when at the mental health retreat. At the very least, it reinforces the entanglement of both movies.

[@Ajehy]

I want to watch the movies, but I’m a scaredy cat of epic proportions. I like the concept of horror, the psychology of it, but jumpscares have me hiding under the couch like a terrified gerbil.

[@aronious291]

That girl is in one of the pictures in resolution that was found under the house. She was naked in the picture. It was definitely her

[@dreamboynyc965]

I interpreted the huge & evolving shadow in the water when Justin came up in the box is meant to represent an inkblot/Rorschach test so as to propose to us that "the entity" is many different things to different people.

[@Kainpound]

Given the nature of lovecraftian horror that's actually a pretty good take on it

[@ShinyPrimarina]

This was such a hopeful and sweet ending, I was surprised cause stories like these typically end in the exact opposite

[@cocoduck7745]

not for the 3 sec guy, no it wasn't

[@jacindaellison3363]

It's the main reason why I love this movie! Plus, Justin and Aaron are great protagonists.

[@keddakedda7939]

Agree rare but satisfying

[@redfishbluefish5151]

I really liked the message of not letting others control you (a god or a family member), and that to give up control to others lets them determine your fate instead of yourself. Great Explained.

[@robertpoole5652]

Hands down my favorite Ending Explained! Resolution and The Endless are 2 of my absolute favorite movies. You really knocked this one out of the park. Your EE for As Above, So Below is another one of my favorites. You my good sir do these movies great justice. Thank you!

[@rmbstudios7625]

Foreal

[@nthnthms1212]

Them cheering as they escaped was my favorite.

[@ccb6013]

I never understood why Carl could see his own body hanging in the cabin. As far as I could tell, he was the only one whose time loops overlapped, allowing more than one of him to exist at a time.

[@domosphero8822]

It could just be the enitity taunting him by showing him it's impossible to escape

[@itz.lijah.l273]

that should be true but by theory time should collapse on its self causing a paradox or open a black hole erasing time and light and space all together so in reality they are all reliving the same moments over and over until there is no time it's self

[@itz.lijah.l273]

also all those realities are spilling into each other at the same time cuz there is no time causing him to see himself and reviving over and over

[@kiram.3619]

@@itz.lijah.l273 What theory are you basing the time collapse on? Going by Einsteins Theory of Relativity, where time is just another dimension intertwined with space. Within that theory it would be entirely possible to have two different times, as long as they are in different places. It could for example be such that the light reflecting from his dead body just hits the place where he sits now much "later" than the body was really hanging there.

[@rickardedman8836]

@@kiram.3619 Shouldn't that his body stills hangs there violate some conservation of energy, be creating more energy?

[@iSOBigD]

@4:00 At the end of Resolution, the drug addict says something like "I'm sorry, I can try again!" implying he may know about the time loops. Seeing those same 2 characters in The Endless was great, they're funny and you could tell by this point they had lived their loop many times and learned to accept it.

[@facundotorres175]

it does look like the entity had some "Practice" and "Test trials" and that might explain the shorter loops

[@CommunityMixPromotions]

Ahhh that makes a lot of sense

[@edmondgreen7970]

I think it's just an asshole with too much power. It just wanted to see what would happen to a human on a shorter loop.

[@ImehSmith]

@@edmondgreen7970 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@jacindaellison3363]

Yeah, that would make a whole lot of sense why some time loops are shorter than others.

[@rumar4998]

Isn't it to do with "resolution"? As in you've to learn some lesson or whatever to gain a longer loop? Shitty Carl mentions that the camp are "up to 10 years now" and they're objective is to better themselves and kind of make peace witht the god. So maybe it rewards that area with a longer loop? Shitty Carls loop will probably get shorter because he's a piece of shit who won't learn and opts to kill himself and flip off the god? And fuck knows what that poor civil war era dude did but he's done! :P

[@dfailsthemost]

Man, this movie was seriously great. I loved Resolution initially, but I always thought of it more as an experimental statement on storytelling. The fleshing out of this idea blew me away.

[@seagreenz7112]

The younger brother was able to best the God at The Struggle, and was also able to shoot through the barrier/presence, whereas the older brother could not. I think perhaps they had been stuck in a loop, but by the older brother finally conceding, and allowing the younger brother to drive (perhaps for the first time) they were able to escape...

[@chuckingreaper8654]

Interesting theory, but it was said that you remember your previous loops so nothing would surprise them.

[@tub3watcher]

Seanus Patricus The directors have said that one person has escaped a loop, so it makes sense it would be the scientist. That may even explain why the entity was so enraged after the brothers visited the trailer.

[@bleachbomb_666]

Scientist must have escaped for he was not at his trailer

[@anyonethere3657]

@@bleachbomb_666 how did he escape?

[@PsychCow]

He escaped with SCIENCE!

[@roochiecooch]

I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started watching this. I saw it on Amazon Prime and was bored. This was a shocking and wonderful film. I really love crazy sci fi material. This is made even better when you explain that it's like a 'movie about movies' or very meta. It really is as if we're the ones saying they can't leave the loops, like the fans or writers have them trapped in a scenario for our enjoyment. Which is a bit sick, but since it's only fantasy, is a very fun theory.

[@LisaSimpsonRules]

The plot reminded me of The Ritual, another good suspense film. In both films, their respective gods are interested only in those who choose to remain in the boundaries of their territories. Good concept, good acting and good enough special effects.

[@parkertinsley7329]

I honestly don’t watch the movies. I just watch ending explained. Also I hate horror movies and this is the only way I can watch them EDIT: Thanks for the like and I think it’s time for me to actually watch the video

[@ilyasladjal2383]

Go watch deadmeet

[@thijsbrouwers2297]

same

[@tolicantill3728]

Yeah dead meat is pretty good

[@isaacmahon4415]

Yeah same, I can’t bring myself to watch horror movies alone so I just watch foundflix for the plot and deadmeat for the kills and because James is hilarious

[@johnlawful2272]

Do you play horror games?

[@putinonasmile8478]

Do black mirror you could literally do a video on every episode

[@firesong7825]

Yeah, that'd be interesting, but it's not really that difficult to understand what's going on in each of the episodes compared to most of the movies he explains.

[@andrewevans9863]

I think Twin Peaks would be better suited to do so

[@marko7552]

black mirror is overrated

[@firesong7825]

At least to people that don't understand it, or don't enjoy sci-fi and/or social/technological commentary.

[@Dextrius]

I mean, I like sci-fi and tech commentary and get it after watching some episodes, but I also agree it is overrated.

[@KwehTheBird]

One thing I wasnt expecting from The Endless (especially after watching this video) was the comedic moments. The brothers bickering and stuff is great, and totally sold B&M as brothers!

[@GretchenJP]

I loved it when Justin kept saying GO TO SLEEP to Aaron. XD

[@DJHotbuns]

The singing in the carrrrr💀🤣

[@cauzie8281]

I think it would've been interesting if when they drove out they hit a car. The car that they were in as kids, creating a paradox.

[@reokado4783]

That would be cool, but from how the time domes work that sadly wouldn't be possible. The domes simply keep their own fragments of time, resetting themselves at their respective times. Time outside the domes carries on as usual.

[@cauzie8281]

Reo Kado true. I just think it would’ve been more mind bending. I’d hate being trapped in a bubble though

[@usuallinkinultimate]

Or, if they try to save the man in the 3 second loop, they took the car and drove into him to knock him out of the bubble, but in doing so half of the car was still in the bubble and one of the brothers gets reset.

[@linkl_6641]

@@reokado4783 What if the entire thing was one big loop? Like a 34-25 (Don't know the main peeps ages) long loop.

[@ZiRR0]

not really a paradox but yeah, that would have been interesting.

[@YeeHa711]

I finally came around to watching this tonight after stumbling onto their latest work SYNCHRONIC now that it's streaming on Netflix. I'm thoroughly impressed with their take on the sci fi time travel genre and storytelling. Will definitely track down RESOLUTION and SPRING. Interestingly enough they're also directing the MOON KNIGHT Disney+ series!

[@brendondellinger355]

I'm glad this movie has a happy ending. Now I want to go give my brother a hug XD

[@xen0bia]

Question. Am I the only one who finds it very suspicious that the accident that killed Justin and Aaron's mother is at the very edge of the loop dome? We know this because her memorial is right inside the dome by one of those odd poles and the frame left there by the older brother has barely aged at all. Could it be that the mom hit the dome's wall as it became solid just before resetting (as seen with the birds hitting the wall at the end of the movie)? That also happens to be exactly where the brothers come out of at the end. It's never adressed in the movie, but that's my theory.

[@edmondgreen7970]

I found it odd that no one tried to knock those pole things down. That's one of the first things I would have tried.

[@dhruv928]

@@edmondgreen7970 those poles don't have supernatural powers.. they're just cautionary markers showing the boundaries of every loop...

[@ImehSmith]

🤔🤔🤔👍🏽

[@ImehSmith]

@@edmondgreen7970 😀🤣🤣👍👍

[@niels1142]

That's an amazing theory! Love it

[@SomePersonIsHere]

I still feel bad about the guy reliving his live for 3 seconds 😰

[@chelseashamim9148]

Same

[@charmaine7781]

That must be stressful

[@rumar4998]

i dont get why he doesn't just sit down and remember the good times :P

[@charmaine7781]

@@rumar4998 that's not possible

[@DiodeMom]

It was so sad 🥺

[@dfailsthemost]

I'm confused about the memories of prior loops. Why do Mike and Chris seem to not immediately know what's up when their loop restarts.

[@AimeeHope89]

Yeah that got me too. In the movie Mike even says he's tired of hearing Holy shit, Mike! How the fuck are ya! Or whatever he says. It's like they know what's going to happen but can't seem to avoid it. Weird. I didn't like that.

[@dfailsthemost]

@@AimeeHope89 Maybe it's just the first instant the loop restarts, ppl are confused. Or maybe it's specifically them the deity resets.

[@dfailsthemost]

Plus he said he didn't know if the tape was from the future or the past.

[@dfailsthemost]

All that being said, I loved the movie.

[@raffikkiz]

The deity wants a satisfying story. Mike and Chris are trying every possibility and tangent they are provided with hoping one of the stories they follow will let them out. They’re not confused. They’re acting. Putting on a show for the entity.

[@elizabeth84266]

I would LOVE to watch an entire season of this, like each episode explains another time zone/loop…. So cool!

[@armaniharris8865]

*I almost broke my finger trying to hit the notification*

[@faisal.k8426]

wow

[@FrogEnjoyer17]

I want to drink you

[@faisal.k8426]

really

[@captainbirch9835]

I almost broke my finger trying to escape a time dome

[@slowdownkyoto]

Clorox Bleach then you’re pretty dumb

[@austintheng]

“..They call the Rii-“ “..They call the Rii-“ “..They call the Rii-“ “..They call the Rii-“ “..They call the Rii-“ “..They call the Rii-“ “..They call the Rii-“ “..They call the Rii-“

[@deanc2000]

That would be wild. Living the same 10 years, but taking your memories with you and staying young.

[@vigneshrb1626]

It's amazing that they have done so much detailing in each and every aspect. One that stood out for me at the end was the birds which hit the boundary of the time dome but cannot escape signifying that even they are part of the time dome

[@stephenpdavis]

I just watched The Endless last night and thought it was great, didn’t know that stuff about the filmmakers or ‘Resolution’ makes me appreciate it and the filmmakers even more

[@icyunvme2400]

The younger brother was stressing me out😤

[@redhood444]

Nyela Brooks he was so dumb

[@ImehSmith]

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽😠

[@ImehSmith]

@@redhood444 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@Bvggerffpls]

Wanted to give him a nice hard slap

[@Jesse-mk1dw]

I knew I recognised the two guys from Resolution! I thought I was imagining the whole thing, thank you!

[@jacindaellison3363]

I'm surprised no one at Camp Arcadia had gotten married. All those years inside that time loop, and not one camp member showed chemistry to someone? Still one of my favorite favorite movies.

[@black_foresst]

This movie was sooo good man. Realizing at the end that they both starred AND directed the movie made me feel great!

[@BarkingShark]

Thank you for showing these brilliant filmmakers some well deserved attention! Amazing movie. Another film they created is Spring (which you should also cover)

[@joadore2479]

I must be in a timezone bubble... Everyday seems the same to me sleep work home youtube and repeat

[@devingreen2217]

No sex

[@ethanwilkins6033]

If you felt like that a year ago, you must REALLY feel like you’re in a loop now haha.

[@mikebarnacle1469]

Dude that's exactly the message the movie is making. It's all a metaphor for our bad habits and addictions that we get sucked into and can't break. The god is our own mind and the photos/videos are our memories.

[@tori9365]

Same XD

[@HotTakeAndy]

Well, at least your time loop is more than 3 seconds

[@myinformationoverload]

I loved this movie, but I had no idea there was a movie prior to The Endless. I will be watching it as soon I am able to find a copy of it. Thanks for a great review/explanation. .

[@nikhilmakwana9522]

Finally, a positive ending to a good horror film!

[@jalisciajackson1109]

Nikhil Makwana it really wasn’t 😫 they are still stuck because they caused their mom’s accident at the end

[@ambermote4741]

@@jalisciajackson1109 no?

[@solesoul2108]

@@jalisciajackson1109 no

[@PrettyXPrivilege]

Yeah they’re not stuck in a loop because you cannot change what happens he let his brother drive for the first time.

[@psychobillynumbnuts1]

Also, theyre not stuck cuz they actually leave the place.

[@craigknauer6535]

In an interview, Justin and Aaron mention that there is only one character known to have ever escaped the time loop. I pondered this for some time and concluded that one character must have been Bryon Cassell. Thoughts?

[@LO0G]

We all know Caleb was behind those time loops, he's finally mastered his powers.

[@LTNebraska]

For a man who watches movies and (probably) eats popcorn all day you look better than I do!

[@circle7489]

Kevin Ebough probably rewatches when he works out lol

[@LTNebraska]

Alex 03 something I should consider 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@hollyb7142]

Kevin Ebough 😂😂

[@dani.phantm]

*movie is called The Endless* *ends*

[@ddc2957]

The Never-Ending Story: “First!”

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

It would be a very disappointing twist if we found out that the entire planet is in a bubble of timeloop and those domes are just some minor versions of it.

[@crispycringe8710]

@Spongebob Schwanzkopf did they

[@India_first-k6n]

@@crispycringe8710 they escaped. Don't worry. Some people saying they said no need for low gas problem since they r stuck but it only meant that they r always in short of cash so their car is always low in gas.

[@user-uo7sm1dh6u]

I mean that wouldn't be so bad if it happened every couple hundred years or so. Renewable resources?

[@cobbetlprogrammer1344]

Awesome: Mr. Chris Dandridge has an uncanny way of telling the entire story, yet levering enough mystery to want to still watch it! Cheers!

[@sabbymw]

I paused after the first five minutes, watched this, then finished this... Had to go watch Resolution immediately, now... Very happy. Every time he says he really loved multiple aspects of a film, I pause and find the film to watch.

[@JasonSuave]

@FoundFlix - just discovered this gem of a movie and thought this was an exceptional analysis, especially as you draw the looping parallel back to the main characters. Since the film doesn't really give data on the origin of the monster, I'd be curious others' thoughts on how/why such seemingly random bubbles are appearing and trapping people individually. Perhaps this will be explored more in a sequel? One other thought - anyone see any parallels to the old tv show LOST? when the sun flickered, I got a smoke monster vibe. When the tree collapsed, I got an island vibe.

[@LoneCookie]

What I didn’t understand was, the conversation between the brothers about Anna giving Aaron ‘eyes’ when he was a child. Was there any significance to that? Seeing as how time and age is so warped in the loop. Or was it just Justin trying to deter Aaron from the camp?

[@redhood444]

I think it might be here feeling bad for aaron. Thinking that them at what 18 would be stuck in the loop forever never getting to enjoy life. It also could be a lie Justin made up he was trying everything to scare aaron 💀

[@Francesca_0]

It was Justin trying to deter Aaron by implying that Anna was a pedo of some sort. He was making a point at how Anna is a good 10 years older than him, and she was giving him "eyes" (hitting on him) at a very young age

[@psychobillynumbnuts1]

He was trying to gross out Aaron so he wont find her attractive and they can leave.

[@Momofukudoodoowindu]

I interpreted it as a pedophilic sentiment

[@JC.Seven11]

I happily watched both movies twice. You kind of have to. I got lucky and Amazon showed me The Endless first and then I watched Resolution. The dudes in Resolution have awesome chemistry. I hope Justin and Aarron hire them again for future projects. Justin and Aaron are really talented and we are all lucky that they've met. All of them are talented actors and story tellers. I can't wait for ( Something in the dirt ).

[@skrilla5983]

The 3rd film Synchronic 2019 is also connected to- the endless and resolution

[@olymolly3637]

Even though I only came ocross this video in April 2020, it is the perfect time. MRO makes us all bound in front of our devices to read, play or watch more stuff than we can even afford. Thanks FoundFlix for this. For all the movies you've featured since.

[@digitalmusicalart3494]

I just watched this movie with my wife last night on Netflix. I knew I had to come on youtube to find a decode. Excellent work.

[@newnamestillhumanthough576]

"It uses time and space as its horsewhip"

[@ImehSmith]

👍🏽👍🏽

[@kingcrustytut7544]

One thing you missed was the girl who was the artist is the psycho knocking on the window in resolution.

[@andy4327]

This is the first movie I've seen that breaks the fourth wall without being some tired found footage flick. Genius.

[@thefluffyguy8574]

Watched this movie last night and my mind was blown away by it. Well made movie.

[@9nokinhas]

I was hoping you would approach this movie for almost a year now, i saw it almost a year ago at motel x, a horror festival back here in portugal, and its now one of my all time fav movies and i couldnt wait to hear you talk about it, and honestly you analyzed it perfectly! cheers to you man

[@BSwitchGTG]

Hadn't even heard of these movies, but DAMN this makes me want to watch them!

[@RaheenChowdhury]

It’s amazing to see you grow this much of the years from my share from the 300k gang I hope u keep growing and never stop. U r so inspirational 👍

[@rcloud5271]

just watched it on Netflix i love mind boggling movies with lots of metaphors and speculation especially sy-fi annihilation the cloverfield movies interstellar *the endless*

[@Diva-Biker]

Check out: Triangle Predestination Time trap Timecrimes Primer Time Lapse Coherence

[@chiggidychill]

I absolutely adore these films. They linger with me like very few films do. Benson & Moorhead are amazing artists in so many ways.

[@BasedBurrr]

Dude, you’re the best at what you do on Netflix. Love this content, moorehead and Benson just got a new fan

[@VN3wton]

The 3 second loop still freaks me out. I cant imagine that shit. I'd like to say "I would kill myself if I had to live like that" but well that clearly wouldnt do shit for me.

[@GretchenJP]

That part of the movie is the scariest for me.

[@GretchenJP]

You don't eat, you don't sleep, you just relive your death every few seconds FOREVER.

[@Rob333]

I think Anna is their mother and Shane is the father who got them both over the border during the reset.It's not lust it's motherly affection. When he does the struggle and wins she's proud of Aaron but she's annoyed that Justin is made to do it. The Magic trick is a bit of father son time with Shane and Justin. The reason Shane isn't worried about Aaron being with Anna is because she's his mum and he's happy they're spending time together. if the reset is every 10 years they would have needed to step out to reach the age that they left the camp (teens/20s).

[@ljrandom147]

Good theory

[@officialpez5559]

Hey love ur vids their amazing i binge watch them for hours theu are really entertaining

[@theniteowl7777]

this dude feels like the brother i never had. i am so glad this channel exists.

[@MissSaxonHolmes]

17:25 That dragon/snake statue isn't a miniature, it's life-sized! It's in Borrego Springs in California with a bunch of other giant creature sculptures, it's really cool!

[@KrakenWind]

finally a movie where the characters actually escape and not get stuck forever

[@xsoul360x]

But... did they really escape?

[@RobertYo125]

If a third movie is made and it features them escaping from another loop just before it resets, then we should consider that the god is either in control of the whole world at this point or is attempting to control it like that.

[@wilmagregg3131]

maybe have the director god expand the loop zones cause its pissed those two left capturing alot of people and maybe someone can convince the entity to not try and forcefully gain more actors and instead try to simply convince the people that stay with it to do diffrent things and thus with infinite time not really needing to keep getting new people to create new storys as this god dosent seem evil just like a really dedicated dierector

[@RobertYo125]

Wait we are getting on the right track, obviously we know it can create the loops and is probably making them bigger, but the people inside can't leave. What if it is attempting some sort of ritual using the people to expand the size of the loops it can create, or maybe sense those inside seem to believe it to be a benevolent god even though it is keeping them trapped there, it is trying to make the world immortal with a massive loop. That way they can live their lives without having the fear of death, and continue to give it power, but that is mostly my imagination taking things to the extreme.

[@Skillionaire9]

First off they don't escape. They show the mom's grave at the end to remind you of the borders; they didn't make it out and the older brother realizes this. Now the next progression of this would be a higher meta, so these 2, the characters from Resolution, and all the rest are in loops for a purpose to what end? That would be part 3, is there a "Resolution "to end all the looping? Is the entity searching for something specific? Then again, they're already working on an unrelated project, so I wouldn't hold my breath.

[@mikeunleashed1]

Third?

[@ImPoppy_1]

Psyentist read the ending with subtitles, they escaped

[@schools6555]

I really like these guys. There movies are good and original I can't wait to see what they do next!

[@flowerlady8973]

Lmao you said “Welp! Happy to help bud!” I love it

[@ianmatthew7716]

You're the best man. I would have never thought of half these things...

[@dirkbruere]

You forgot the quantum gravity equations on the blackboard

[@RagePowerFreedom]

I was very intrigued by that too. I think it’s because Hal sees himself as a genius and hopes that with infinite time, he could be the one to figure out these complex physics equations. Though he wouldn’t be able to share his discoveries with the rest of the world, unfortunately.

[@rumar4998]

@@RagePowerFreedom Can't he? They export beer somehow?

[@problemstube7266]

@Spongebob Schwanzkopf food for ten years

[@peoplez129]

​@@problemstube7266 That's one of the big dangers of their loop. Their loop may last 10 years, but they need food to last 10 years, otherwise they will die quicker and their loops would reset within days if they were to ever run out of water.

[@adgarcia9781]

@@peoplez129 I thought everything just rests as a whole (age , surroundings etc) because it also looked like the whole camp was being destroyed at the end by the entity. And then everything maybe gets reset

[@karleenzaun1076]

I think when they drove thru at the end, they actually crashed into their selves 10 years prior. And that was THEIR loop. It was right at their mothers grave. And nvr explains how she died. And Hal found them. And he was standing there waiting for them them to come back...

[@celestina26]

Yes! This makes sense! Nice theory! Hope this is true.

[@LisaSimpsonRules]

until he is tapped in the shoulder and is told that this time the brothers are not coming back. And he is not even upset at that. All the opposite, he is like a proud parent whose children have finally left the nest.

[@jetswhiteout961]

I hate horror movies but this didn’t even feel like horror. Was more of a mystery/thriller type of movie. Was very good. A hidden gem on Netflix.

[@coachb2766]

Wow dude. 20 minutes of non stop explaining. Good job on what looks like a good movie

[@norrain13]

Dude, I really enjoy these hidden gems you dig up, or the community digs up, keep up the good work. I love watching the movie and them coming back to watch the breakdown. I'm sure I'm not alone!