The Endless Ending - Let Me Explain

[@LetMeExplain]

What movie should we do next?

[@AntsMovies]

Let Me Explain dark crimes or beast

[@absurdwordslearns]

Let Me Explain Series of unfortunate events

[@blurrycupcake4865]

Silent hill

[@coolpants7282]

The Village it has a twist ending I couldn't pick up

[@monicakelly6273]

When do you have time to watch all of these? Do not get me wrong, it is greatly appreciated as I feel like I never have time to breath. I wish I could switch places with you for a month.

[@JpBoudreaux]

I'm like 95% sure they were in their own loop at the end with the empty tank comment.

[@eastwaters4082]

*Possibly. Or they were back into their reality but since they've always been broke and "stuck on E", they're back to the loop of working a job, eating crappy food.*

[@prakashgupta001]

actually not !! if you see in the last scene the younger brother was driving but at the beginning the elder one was!

[@shawkdagod354]

They didn't make it out . They died when they crashed into the barrier. Notice the same creepy birds. And the younger brother never drives how does he know the tank is always on empty. The film when they left then trailer park showed them leaving over and over which was a sign of their future.

[@Tarantula33222]

@@shawkdagod354 The whole point of the movie is that these brothers were already living a loop of working a shit job and making ends meet. At the end the older brother finally relents, literally breaking his own loop of control over the younger brother. Would make no sense to have these characters take an entire movie to go through personality-changing events, only to get stuck in a loop at the end.

[@johnwright8334]

SHAWK DAGOD very good point man i thought i was the only one thinking this

[@guyengraving3554]

The Endless Explained in 4 words: LSD in the beer.

[@lurker6918]

Honestly I dont get it with this movie, it was just not good. It was so slow and boring, I dont understand why it has a 93% on rotten tomatoes, I would rate it 35 percent if I could.

[@johnsilvestri260]

@@lurker6918 I don't think you understand what 93% means. No one rated it 93% so saying you'd rate it 35% doesn't make sense. 93% means that 93% of reviewers gave it a positive review. Some of those positive reviews may have been slightly positive or may have been enthusiastically positive. What you're really telling us is that you would agree with the 7% of reviewers that did not give this film a positive rating. That's fine. When you look at Rotten Tomatoes Fresh Ratings, just be aware that it is no indication of how good or how bad a movie is other than the basic assumption that more people will agree if a movie is truly good or bad; but then a slightly better than mediocre movie that doesn't offend or annoy anyone at all could possibly skate by to a high RT Fresh rating while never being great at all.

[@lurker6918]

@@johnsilvestri260 yes you are right and I was already aware of that, I just meant that if I could rate it, i would rate it in the lower range

[@Derek_Keenan]

R.I.P. Sonic you clearly didn’t know that, otherwise you wouldn’t have compared your rating of 35% to the RT rating of 93%. Changing the rating to 35% would mean you wanted to make 35% of people give it a positive review, which makes no sense at all

[@IchigoKurosakicool]

@@lurker6918 you okay there?

[@davidseriff711]

They collided with another car when they were escaping at the end. since they were still in the loop at that time, could that have been the accident that killed their mother. They collided with themselves. Does that make any sense to anybody? The timeless loop colliding with the outside world.

[@teemo8247]

this is not a time travel

[@yakamon123]

I did think that. Also right after that collision scene there’s a close up of that memorial they stopped at on the way into the camp. And you can clearly see a child’s drawing of a women and two boys by that vigil. Is it symbolic of full circle? Where their end meets their beginning, meets their end...

[@last1ninja]

I need a massive blunt before I wrap my head around that.

[@reyhandegirmenci1696]

And why was the memoriam as if newly placed. Other than the frame, there is a photo of the boys with their mother that has not been damaged even from the sun. There is a pot of fresh flowers, that is exactly the same when they enter and leave the dome. And there is one of those circular objects next to the memorium.

[@dirtbird7415]

That's what I picked up as well 💯

[@chumcool]

The point is easy. One feels that he or she must watch the film again and again to find the meaning or discover something missed on previous viewings. This creates the interaction between the film and the viewer that the directors were after. A LOOP. The point is easy. One feels that he or she must watch the film again and again to find the meaning or discover something missed on previous viewings. This creates the interaction between the film and the viewer that the directors were after. A LOOP. The point is easy. One feels that he or she must watch the film again and again to find the meaning or discover something missed on previous viewings. This creates the interaction between the film and the viewer that the directors were after. A LOOP. The point is easy. One feels that he or she must watch the film again and again to find the meaning or discover something missed on previous viewings. This creates the interaction between the film and the viewer that the directors were after. A LOOP.

[@aleksandarradovanovic8496]

I see what you did there, because i see what you did there, I see what you did there, because i see what you did there, I see what you did there, because i see what you did there, I see what you did there, because i see what you did there

[@Alkemiss]

Clever...

[@austinryan9382]

Such arrogance to make a film without explaining it only to make a second film that you have to see to understand the 1st! Not me yo!

[@benguthmiller2310]

l0l

[@johnm.6975]

Fuck you

[@Z4RQUON]

You never actually explain the ending.

[@LetMeExplain]

3:00

[@spilksyyy]

I think because a lot of it is open to interpretation. Justin and Aaron's films are very ambiguous, and often require more than one watch.

[@Z4RQUON]

It's a summary of what the movie literally tells you.

[@Z4RQUON]

What requires an explanation about this movie is why the creature is creating these time loops? What determines the length of the loop? Was this happening before our characters left the cult the first time? If so, why were they able to leave? Are the other characters stuck in loops all _choosing_ to stay? An explanation of these sorts of details would be meaningful.

[@LetMeExplain]

yeah.... i mean, there's literally a replay button so i dont want to rewrite the whole video but: -creature loops those with issues as a metaphor for broken cycles -it's been happening since before the cult ; hence why they formed -the more stubborn they are, the longer they're stuck in the loop (the addicts); hence why the bros left since they resolved their issues again, all in the video, but def open for interpretation

[@Saffron-sugar]

why did the guy who hung himself exist beside his old dead body when everyone else vanished and reset

[@zabugd2379]

Because he killed himself. When he shot himself it looks like that body stayed too

[@emmalynch893]

Saffron Sugar not only did he kill himself but the camp let the monster take them so there body seems to be in the monster after they die

[@wolfthornnholtzklau4913]

@@emmalynch893 what do you think that monster was? Is it a Lovecraftian thing? God (Yahweh, Jehovah, ect)? The Devil or a Demon? A Pagan Deity? A Native American Deity (since it's in America..)?

[@emmalynch893]

@@wolfthornnholtzklau4913 honestly I’m not sure it could be one of those or it could be non of those. It could just be an unknown being to hard for the humans to imagine it explain

[@rickardedman8836]

@@wolfthornnholtzklau4913 Some higher dimensional being with too much time (hue hue) on its hands.

[@JohnDoe-qo4xd]

Trapped in a constant opiate withdrawal timeloop...MAN that's horror!

[@timsydlowski5208]

John Doe they better have Imodium and something to put on their endless raw ass from withdrawal shits forever. But I’m hoping there is a methadone clinic in them hills and valleys in and around the cult compound. 😂

[@joshuawilt4918]

Opiate addiction is about as close as you can get to experiencing an actual time loop. Everyday is a repeat of the previous one. Wake up sick, beg, borrow or steal enough cash for dope, gas & cigs. Score. Get high or at least get your sick off. Go to sleep only to wake up and do it all over again. I was trapped in that loop for 15 years. Suboxone/therapy was my push start van escape.

[@DeathBYDesign666]

@@joshuawilt4918 I mean I was about the same, but it's pretty much supplemental at that point. It's a far safer and more manageable existence though by far. Then you develop pains from the abuse you've put your body through and you need it all over again. Been there! Am there! Lost 4 of my closest friends from fentanyl too so never going back there again. Only issue I have is I thought that this guy was coming off more tweakish type drugs like crack or meth, which yes most of us also have experience with.

[@Myceliyummm]

So, he was doing crack. Which isn’t an opiate and doesn’t have gnarly psychical withdrawal, it’s mostly mental. Not to say an endless day without crack when you’ve been consistently smoking for years would be great but it’s not where close to what an endless day of full blown opiate withdrawal would be like.

[@BOOKishbehavior]

This was one of the most clever, brilliant films I've ever seen. These guys...after Spring and Resolution and now this, they really can do no wrong. It was just incredible.

[@spilksyyy]

Yes yes yes yes yes! I went to school with Aaron. Such a talented dude.

[@MrDayday112]

I just watched it, it was great. Now I want to see their other movies

[@jmd489]

It was pretty good but there are much better/more clever movies out there if you like the sci fi time travel genre. Check out primer

[@spilksyyy]

jmd321321 I agree. Primer is awesome. But this is a very low budget film and it is extremely original!

[@revolbeef]

its sucks for you* not overall

[@graphicpointwebdesign5224]

Any quote from H.P Lovecraft can make any movie into this kind of movie.

[@mjjames7910]

Now we're all stuck in a loop trying to figure out the true ending.....that doesn't exist..........that doesn't exist........that doesn't exist...............

[@MrThe1234guy]

OK guys so what happened was when they left and head on collision, the other car was them as kids and it caught fire the people from the camp Pulled them out and raised them in yhe cult and it started all over again.

[@yazanmowed]

No, I watched the movie and that is not what happened

[@eldritchbidoof]

that would've been a better ending tbh lol

[@FalsePips]

What’s going on with the guy in the tent with the 5 second loop? Why is his loop so much shorter than everyone else’s? He’s been there for over 100 years holy shit would that suck

[@xPsychoBunny]

I loved Coherence and definitely felt the same vibe with The Endless. It was such a good flick!

[@GenXKid26]

They were in a loop already, which is why they returned.

[@coryallen3817]

Totally outside of the box but in it at the same time. It's awesome you said that! SSDD

[@coryallen3817]

This really makes a clear reference into conformity and how easy it is to be stuck in it's bounds.

[@sebd1171]

Ohohohohhh shit!

[@Derek_Keenan]

Yep. Remember how at the beginning when they stopped at their mom’s memorial site? The younger brother said “someone’s been here, this picture looks like it was just drawn” and the other brother said “no, we drew that when we were younger.”

[@IchigoKurosakicool]

@@Derek_Keenan yeah that's when they left the cult...10 years ago

[@3RAN7ON]

This movie is great! at 2:48 the wife mentioned looking for her husband Mike and that's the same guy who went to help his tweaker friend get clean. Also at the very end when they push started their car and finally were headed towards the boundary, I expected them to crash into their mothers car when they were children and restart the whole 10yr loop again. I was really surprised when that didn't happen, I wonder if that is an alternate ending?

[@TangoNevada]

I was expecting the same ending and think it would have wrapped things up much cleaner.

[@kindnessofwooedandwooer2494]

@@TangoNevada yeah but they've making a third movie so no need to wrap it up just yet.

[@TangoNevada]

I have watched it a couple of times since my comment and understand why that didn't happen. Although it would have still been cool.

[@TrunkMonkey3000]

Basically that was just an illusion to scare the people into stopping their car. If you noticed, these blackbirds hit the portal and they fell over dead. That was an illusion caused by the entity. The druggy guy handcuffed said DONT STOP, just get out of there. That's what they did. It's a good theory but I heard it said the directors said no to that theory about that being their mothers cae

[@TrunkMonkey3000]

@@TangoNevada It was an illusion caused by the monster. The monster also showed these black birds hitting the wall and falling over dead. Cuz the monster didn't want them going through that portal and escaping.

[@pirobot668beta]

The Twelve Monkeys explored a time-loop... Willis survived a world-wide plague, then is sent back in time to prevent the plague, or at least bring back a 'pristine' sample of the virus. His course of action in the past sets up conditions seen early in the film; a man shot and dying at an airport, a young boy witnessing the death just before the plague. The man is the time-traveller, the boy is WIllis at a younger age. The boy becomes the man, is sent back, dies, the boy sees it...infinite loop! Sad part is that Willis, boy or man, has no knowledge of the loop!

[@_ShaDynasty]

I'm pretty sure that the ending was basically showing us that they had been stuck in like a 5 year loop of being losers in that city, it was not the first time that they escaped and come back to the cult, it had been happening over and over again.

[@maruf7956]

but the monster lives in the woods

[@MinecraftDude1245peni]

That doesn't really work. They mention their first time being at the cult they were young.

[@Idylliac]

Yes, you are right. I feel the same way, but the two brothers are stuck in another loop of more than 5 years outside the camp. The younger one figured it out before the older one. So he played along and wanted to escape as well. So, they could open their hearts out and talk about how they loved each other in the escape. When they argue about gas empty, the older brother is upset and said "You figure it out". How could the younger one know it's always empty? They did leave before, and they returned. But, they got stuck in the another loop. They used the old cell phones when they were in the city. So the film is telling their second return. I felt like the movie is telling that people never really leave the cult. They just go in and out. The endless cycle.

[@Idylliac]

They left, returned, and got stuck in another loop. In the trailer with flowers on the table, there is an old video recorder playing 2 times, the old brother saying "It'll just take forever". The first one is the current one, and the second one is the previous. And before that, the younger brother picked up 2 photos dropping from the sky. One is that he stared up to the sky. Another is the trailer. So, the younger one probably figured it out that they are in a loop, after he came to the trailer and met his brother. How else could the photo indicate his destination if it didn't happen before? In the end, he chose to escape with his brother so that they could finally open their hearts, talk about how they loved each other, and have their bonding moment again. And again in the next time. Their loop is probably as long as the camp, or even longer. Their deja vu is not strong as those cycling in loop many times. But, they are about to have deja vu after they cycle 2-3 more times. That's why the younger brother knew that gas gauge always indicates empty. Both of them figure it out in the end that they are in loop, just not the camp loop.

[@Lono69]

I don't think they were stuck in a loop like the others, the others couldn't leave there own area they had like bubbles they were trapped in, they showed them on the map and the crazy guy drew them. He couldn't go get the gun on his own because he couldn't leave his bubble. But i think the point was that the brothers were stuck in there own loop in life, the younger brother was sick of having to live with his older brother in charge and always making bad decisions and the whole ending was about letting the younger brother call the shots even if he makes bad decisions. The gas tank thing showed that, he knows its empty and was just making a bad decision and the older brother was ok with it...even though there gonna run out gas.

[@LovelyLJ]

You had me at Coherence, I'm gonna watch this movie then watch your video 😂

[@spilksyyy]

Watch Resolution first!

[@Z4RQUON]

His video doesn't add anything the movie doesn't flat out tell you. It's just click bait.

[@Z4RQUON]

Coherence was really a cool movie.

[@LovelyLJ]

Netflix added this movie and thanks for the Easter egg mention about the two friends in the cabin. This was a really great recommendation.

[@eldritchbidoof]

coherence is one of the most clever sci-fi films I've seen, along with Annihilation and Arrival (Arrival probably being the most clever, but not necessarily the best imo)

[@TheSkyHazCloudz]

It definitely didn't seem to me like the diety wanted anyone to escape the loop, considering that it intentionally disorients Justin and that it resets the hillbilly's loop early when he tries to cut it short with the gun. The guy with the 5 second loop certainly didn't even have an opportunity to make a change in his behavior that would set him free, and it seems that although they can change what they say and do sometimes, those in a loop are stuck on the same general path of what they do (the hillbilly has to leave for his run in the middle of talking to Justin, or Mike and the tweaker have to have the same conversation in the beginning of their loop over and over again). It definitely felt to me that it wasn't really trying to teach anyone a lesson and was simply trying to trap anyone it could (Mike's wife didn't really need to learn any lesson or make a grand change; she just got stuck).

[@rustynail8622]

Here is my question: The character Benson who requested the blow job and gun seems very knowledgeable about his loop and the surrounding loops. His resets every 3 hours but when he respawns, he still has his memories. But when the tweaker and Mike respawn, they don't seem to have their memories as Mike calls out for the tweaker not to shoot him. Why don't these two retain their memories like everyone else in the film? This seemed like a flaw in the plot to me...

[@Jake-uy6qw]

The two at the cabin DO have their memories. They're attempting to act out different scenarios to appease the entity. Everyone has knowledge of the loop, nobody is losing their memory. In fact, it's very likely Justin and Aaron are in a loop, doing the same, with full knowledge they are in a loop themselves. This is more hazy to demonstrate

[@Xplorer228]

@@Jake-uy6qwThis makes sense. Its like when you get in an argument with your partner and you watch the whole thing come crashing down around you with the same patterns of behavior but you struggle to stop it.

[@eldritchbidoof]

@@Jake-uy6qw what??? but then, if you were conscious of being in a loop, why the f would you not RESPOND to that in real-time? take for example the tweaker who shot himself, came back and yelled "F***!!!"- wouldn't you do that instead of immediately trying to "act out" a scene that's happened before? it's not realistic at all if they are just doing "theater" for no reason to appease an entity, when we/they already know it doesn't matter what you do or say or act towards the entity or the situation because you're f**ked either way

[@Myceliyummm]

@@Jake-uy6qwYeah, at the end when Justin says “oh so you know” It was for telling that they’ve been stuck in the loop and know they’re stuck in the loop

[@neopiru7904]

the explanation is good from a psychological stand point, but the issue is that the brothers are already in a loop ! Think about it they grew up there and then supposedly "left", they actually never really left - they just got in a longer loop. but their loop doesn't exist inside those bubbles that is why they were able to live normal life for a while and got a bit older. They did it already few times but not so many as the people from sect or the poor guy in tent.

[@asukalangleysoryu6695]

Very bad take.

[@AntsMovies]

You read my DM and went to go see this movie! I feel famous now!

[@dtowndtown2614]

There is a movie called Resolution that came out in 2013 which is directed by the same guys who directed the Endless movie. There is a part (in Endless) where one of the brothers (Justin) finds a house with guy handcuffed inside...that part of the movie is the plot for the movie Resolution. I haven't seen the movie Spring which they directed too, so maybe these 3 movies are tied together....

[@thatJAWNraps]

holy shit - it JUST hit me - they always knew resolution was a prequel...its called RESOLUTION - double meaning....dope.

[@Zenrising_YTCM_President]

It's not lens flares you see in the first movie. It's the effect that you get at the end of a length of film. It signifies that they are in a movie and the viewer is the one deciding their fate. So these two movies, even though they are linked together through two of the characters, are not quite set in the same universe.

[@jumbroni6014]

Ive been watching and making movies for a long time. Id like to say whoever made this movie or wrote the screenplay I'd have to say, the way I stayed in the story, the whole way through just shows how good they edited and wrote this movie. It has little to do with directing. Actors act. The story is ALWAYS what makes a great movie. Or we would watch Marvel or Dc movies everyday because most of those superhero movies are redundant.

[@Capirose]

The brothers didnt make it out.. you can see in the ending just as they approach the "border," you can see the shape of the next dome concave facing away from them, so when they hit they just entered another dome, most likely their own permanent loop. Near the beginning of the film when the camera pans out and above showing them driving towards Camp Arcadia after stopping at their moms grave, the powerlines are along the driver's side. And at the end when they "make it out," the powerlines are again still on the driver's side... Also when they stopped by their mom's grave, the photo looks brand new still because it is inside the loop, and when Justin looks left, then right, then left again the scenery has changed subletly with the addition of a large mountain peak added. And the murder of crows circling above is in the exact spot at the end as the beginning when they drove by. This means they were already inside a dome in that desert area road and did not escape.

[@johndavid3474]

I agree. Another thing that no one seems to mention is the birds. The birds crashing into the border, signalling their inability to cross. Yet when we see the brothers driving their car on empty, (clue) we see those birds, flying ahead of them in the distance.

[@nebojsajaric184]

I think, in a symbolic sense, they did break out of their loop, but another loop might await them in the distance. Life is basically an endless series of loops and it's tough (perhaps impossible) to never get caught in any of them. The question is only whether you'll like it or try to break out of it.

[@Staphylin]

This is not "endless explained in 4 minuts", this is "a crazy guy says random useless comments about the movie he just watched with a small voice for 5 minuts straight"

[@benjamindbullington]

My idea is that they did NOT break out of their loop. Allow me to explain. At the beginning of the movie Aaron receives a package with a tape in it. It happens to everyone in their loops as well. They all find tapes that the entity is speaking to them through. No one in the cult loop has sent this tape to them therefore it must have been the entity. In the car on the way to visit the cult Justin claims he is being tortured by Aaron singing the House of the Rising Sun over and over again. Mike also claims that he is being tortured by hearing Chris saying his greeting over and over again. I dont believe these guys ever made it out of their loop. I'm sure there's more subtle hints but tonight was my first night watching.

[@gigiarmany]

just discovered your channel, Love it 👍🏽🔥💥

[@elizajane8623]

non-popular movie you should do, 'circle' on netflix (not 'the circle' the emma watson it's a different movie)

[@Frellyouall]

The one on a spaceship and the shitty ending?

[@caitlinschippers6824]

I love your videos- Keep it up!

[@comiskey2005]

Sitting around a campfire every night with an endless supply of beer...count me in!

[@Delaney13]

Nice job with this video! I Love your content!

[@moxxibekk]

I loved this film. Best gem to come out of my 31 days of horror 2019. I recommend it to everyone, and have seen it 3 times. I even rented their film, resolution, that ties into this one.

[@BuckarooBanzai333]

I've seen this movie twice. At one point it's explained the loops vary in length. From the guy in the tent who's loop in 5 seconds to the guy who has to kill himself every 3 hours? He explains he has to do it himself or the entity will do it for him and it's far worse. We see this when the guy in the tent notices he is being watched and yells, leave! He explodes. Now the end, they're all around the posts waiting for the 3rd moon, the brothers run down, and they're gone. Each spot has a bloody mess amongst clothes like they imploded. Conclusion, the cult are in the longest loop in the movie, 10 years, and implode at the 3rd moon and exploding into death brings them back to the beginning where they can enjoy their time because their loop is so long.

[@inquisitorwhitemane9722]

Unfortunately, what I found really distracting and ultimately made the movie much less smart than it could have been (also compared to Coherence e.g.) is that the time loops just aren't internally consistent and highly contradictory. Logically, there are only two ways to make a time loop: Either everything, including your memory, resets. This is how it should work realistically, but is obviously unsuited for stories. Alternatively there is the groundhog day kind of loop where you retain your memory in order to be able to advance in some way. In the Endless however, the loops' logic is all over the place. The two people in the house apparently know they are in a loop and even remember their own history in past loops, and they even try different things to get out, but then in the beginning of the next loop the exact same interaction plays out every time as if they suddenly don't remember it's not their first time being there. Then the guy in the tent who has just a few seconds in his loop always gets up, tries to run out and then explodes. But when one of the main characters approaches him, he stops for a second to tell him to leave/not get too close before he also gets caught in the loop, showing that he is aware of what is happening to him, but still he does the exact same thing every time thousands of times? This would imply he is at most consciously aware of what is happening, but physically unable to control what he is doing, so either he is a mind imprisoned in his own body and has to watch what is happening from the inside without any chance of interfering with his future, or he is altogether unconscious and has no free will whatsoever. Then the guy in the shack who tries to kill himself to get out of his loop again violates the apparent rules because when his loop resets, the enclosed environment is not reset, rather he can see his own corpse and blood from earlier iterations. And then there's the big loop in the middle with the main characters who are heavily implied to be stuck in the loop as well, but believe they are not, thus again contradicting all the other characters who do remember their past iterations. Yeah sure you can find post-hoc explanations for all of these contradictions, but they are still inconsistencies in the movie and could have been handled more elegantly.

[@dcanaday]

All I can guess is that when the loop restarts you are initially disoriented and by default continue what you always do at the start. Then you begin to realize that you've done this hundreds of times and can start coming up with a plan to break the loop. Of course, these plans always fail. Still not sure why Mike and Chris couldn't walk out of the area if they decided to do so after a loop just started. That should be enough time for them to get out. I know the demigod messes with their mind and makes it difficult for them to leave, but it seems that theoretically they could get far enough away from its span of control to get out of the loop.

[@theizzoshow5180]

@@dcanaday The physically can not walk outside of the loops boundaries. It’s like a wall to them

[@mwalsh5374]

Love your vids man keep it up

[@charlesgoodson1001]

The question is, are they really free of the loop or are they apart of a larger loop? This theme is the about free will vs Destiny. Are we truly free to make our decisions or has everything been mapped out already? They drop a couple of hints that the brothers loop may be bigger than everyone else’s.

[@souland777]

1:02 “Jack Shepard it”, does it reflects to the series Lost, when Jack wanted to go back to the island? :D

[@iSOBigD]

It's now on Netflix so it's finally easy to see.

[@jaedancurcio1545]

Fun fact: the wife who couldn’t find her husband is actually the wife of Mike from the first movie (and part of the second one)

[@craigjohnson4302]

This is about independence and letting go of the past and/or old habits to do so. One of the foundations of this is the cult, or the idea of one. Cult members most often want to relinquish control of their lives to a "higher power" who is often a false God. Here are the biggest questions. Is this a positive deity using fear to motivate people out of their loops or a negative deity using fear to contain them in their "Endless" loops? If it is the second then are you the deity containing yourself in your loops (bad habits that you're destined to repeat). Remember at the beginning of the movie there is a Lovecraft quote basically stating that the greatest fear is fear of the unknown. The comfort zones that we build maybe highly uncomfortable, BUT are more comfortable than stepping out of them because we don't know what's outside of those boundaries. One of the tells in this movie is those boundaries. You're reminded of them in almost every scene. In the end, both brothers, through fear of their own loops, finally stepped through their lifelong boundaries out of those loops. The controlling (protective) brother faced his fear of his "weaker" brother not being able to handle his own life by giving up his control over him. At the same time, the controlled brother faced his fear of not being taken care by taking control away from his controlling "stronger" brother. But it could be they needed each other just at the right time to gain that consciousness. You'll notice that other couples (past, present, or future) in the movie couldn't help each other because their "timing" was off. The overall theme may be that if the right two people connect with each other within the right timely overlap, they may have a better chance of helping each other break their loops, even though that can still take substantial time. But then time is relative (pun intended).

[@terang5189]

God works in mysterious ways. I’m in a crossroads of my life now, I’ve always dreamt to let everything go and travel the world. I feel life my life will be like everybody else’s life, repeating the same kind of life. I’m just afraid to do it, a fear of the unknown. The story is, I looked back at old 9gag posts that I’ve saved in my phone a few days before and came on a picture about movie must watch movies recommendation and lead me to this movie. I watched it just now and go straight to this video. I guess it’s a wake up call. My fear holding me back is I’m afraid that I’ll die in my travel but now I think that’s okay, I’ve lived a good life though I had so many sad memories. Thanks for explaining this movie. Wish me luck

[@misturanderson]

Why do you think he didn’t take Mike back to his wife? His loop was a week? They could leave but they didn’t learn their lesson? Or is it that if you let the loop repeat you’re stuck? If that’s the case then why didn’t Justin get stuck in any of the loops that repeated while he was in one? My brain is hurting writing these questions. I just finished the movie.

[@xenathcytrin202]

Ok, so whatever is causing the loops, it seems they have a thing for media. They communicate through pictures, videos, music, and other recordings. When the magician throws the ball up, it goes up above the frame of the movie, and when it comes back it drops back down as if it had been frozen in time just off frame. The thing that was killing the cult and would've killed the brothers looked like it was a whirlwind of photographs and film reels. I'm pretty sure this movie is saying something about it's medium, but I can't exactly put my finger on what. Also, the younger brother I think can control whatever is going on, by the end of the movie, if not for the entire movie.

[@kassjazzy]

Another great video thanks! Def gonna watch this somehow

[@ewilen]

Loved the movie, but there is 2 things that I don't understand. - At the end the leader of the cult look back with a smile, meaning he is glad that the 2 brothers got out, at least it's how I understand it. But if he wanted to get them out, why not tell them everything the minute they came back ? I mean sure this whole adventure fixed the relionship between the 2 brothers but I don't think that was the goal of either the cult or the monster. - In one of the loops we can see a guy looking at his own corpse when he hanged himself, I can't help but think this is dumb because if the corpses stayed from one time loop to another then that should be true for all loops and it's not the case. And I might add there should be thousands of corpses pilled up if that was the case.

[@Hydrophish]

The dude in the tent was the worst. Definition of hell right there.

[@spilksyyy]

Absolutely loved your explanation. Subscribing!

[@georgelangevin7005]

They should continue to make more with the entity and other bubbles cause there's a lot of them. When the entity thing threw the projector, you could see more bubbles.

[@AbsurdoSol]

I don't think you actually know what's going on in the movie. You don't break out of the cycle once you are in it, ever.

[@yazanmowed]

They could get out and they did, because they got out before the loops closed, and before since they were kids and were not aware of or couldn’t perceive the loops, they were not stuck as well. Once you can perceive the loops and stay in long enough for when all of them close, then you can’t leave.

[@redhood444]

The wife escaped

[@zzxx4566]

The end" the tanks on E its always like that idk you figure it out" i feel like they where hinting towards there really still in a loop

[@eastwaters4082]

*The proverbial loop of working dead end jobs, being poor, and not being able to afford a full tank.*

[@Cristopher.C]

you explained nothing -.-

[@AlfieChiKiLin]

Love your vids Arturo!

[@blanktom6049]

spoilers: here's my question... if the two brothers grew up in the camp. and the camp has been looping since the 40s or whatever... how did the brothers escape the first time?

[@blanktom6049]

oh, the loops have varying amounts of time. This one was a 10 year cycle. Which meant that the first time, they left right before the loop ended.

Dont know,maybe they left the camp before the monster came Dont know who sent them the tape.Monster maybe?But if they knew about the loop and everything why the hell they wanted to go back.Or why they didnt tell to government or some scientists? But i dont think they knew about it i think they left before that monster came.

[@vsmith6109]

Think the loop begins on arrival to a loop radius and ends in death. The brothers were well taken care of as kids and maybe directed to go outside the radius when the three moons show up. The people in the camp seemed well aware and chosen their loop with the exception of the blonde girl who might have been trapped accidentally.

[@TheSkyHazCloudz]

The woman with the ascot mentioned that Aaron and Justin were too young to see the bubbles, so maybe age plays into it. But it was probably just that they dodged the loop cycle.

[@skylertrucia3224]

@@TheSkyHazCloudz I read it somewhere that the directors/actors said they happens to to leave the loop right before the reset (before the monster kills everyone and trap the dead) so they were just lucky i guess.

[@daetyme998]

maybe they should explain the beginning instead of the ending? where did the monster come from? or was it just in their minds? very strange movie!

[@vincentproud6589]

There's something I don't get about this movie: Do you retain memories of your previous loops? I mean, people obviously do, but they don't seem to know they've been looped at the start of the loop?

[@mortemhare5490]

Wouldn’t that mean those guys selling beer would get infinitely rich?

[@SphereX253]

Wow, I never really post that much but bravo. Thanks for being smart and informed.

[@rareGUNDAM_]

erin was so annoying. he insists that his brother controls his life and tells him how he makes him live a terrible one. just so he can have control? does bro not already have free will? did his brother not bring him back to the camp, let him stay longer, and even agree permanently? such an ungrateful bastard. half the time he was on screen i was just cringing.

[@SooMajor]

I’m not certain they made it out, simply because of the birds at the end

[@daraudobong7195]

Very interesting take in addiction being its own loop

[@Obez45]

I don't think it's real time loops I think it's actually computer simulations, that's why you have to die first before you get stuck there; the entity is killing off the original you, replacing you with a digital copy. For instance, a new person has to be there until the three full moons occur this could just be the upload time needed for copying a person's conciseness to the entity's 'database'

[@subcaratothemoon1982]

That monster in the paper looks like The Darkness from the Cthulhu mythos.

[@eastwaters4082]

*Yup, that's the point.*

[@GoldynAtom21]

Paying really close attention to the resolution and the endless they both have strong connections to native American culture. To us it almost seems like the entity in the resolution is a Nûñnë'hï. Especially because of the power to send somebody back through a Time loop as if to warn them of events to come. Then in the endless when they are in the boat on the water pay close attention to the shadow as it deeply resembles a Thunderbird. The wave that follows around the boat when the entity leaves is like the downbeat of a giant set of wings buffeting the water and if you look at the shadow it looks exactly like the Indian drawings of the Thunderbird. I'm sorry if I'm going a little too in-depth but my wife is native American and I'm absolutely enthralled by the culture.

[@add69420]

You got me curious about the culture myself

[@DeathBYDesign666]

You'll notice if you look down by the lizards head that a fly also escapes the time loop right after the car comes through the barrier. This is not a fly, this is what the creature actually looks like when it enters into our world, it follows them wherever they go. The lizard didn't see it and hence try to eat it so maybe animals perceive it differently. The entity itself can escape if it wants too, the entity itself sent them the tape to begin with. Maybe it's always there messing with them as a fly on a wall somewhere. Though we can't be sure what the implication of the fly itself means, all I know is that it was no accident. They definitely wanted to show us that something else made it out of there and I think that a fly cannot outsmart the creature, I think more likely it is the creature.

[@TokyoJoe703]

Wish I could break this cycle of watching shit movies then looking them up afterwards

[@alecpaker929]

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[@AOpenHearts]

this movie was so tight.. ty for the explanation bc i had a few theories in mind but this one seems to fit.

[@learnspanishlikeidid4622]

I looked around, but I couldn't find anything explaining what I got from watching the movie. They died at the end, when they crashed into the truck also killing their mother! Since they died in the loop, they're stuck. Right?

[@iSOBigD]

They may very have been in a ~30 year loop

[@rockinggman5252]

I think the answers might also be when they talk to mystery conselor

[@ricky71787]

How come the loop resets every 10 years but some people loop is shorter than others?

[@eastwaters4082]

*Einstein's theory of relativity. That's what the equation on the board was.*

[@antrico]

huh. Just finished watching. Like you said, I feel like it's open to interpretation. I began thinking that perhaps the thing was a group of time loops that exist within another big time loop, hence how the package was able to make it to the car. I wondered if perhaps the time loops were a implied to be a real scientific phenomena, and therefore some group of beings that can't really be seen, stumbled upon the area and began just f'ing with people because, well they're they're invisible for some reason, and have tons of cameras and film I guess too and why not. If it was rorschach test, then I believe I saw nothing, or a squid, but I keep going back to nothing. The last scene appeared to be just like an apocalyptic end, which is a form of death and would parallel with what the deathcult was doing there originally, which was escape the end of times through ascension. In the end I kinda understood that the monster or deity is also in the loop and is also dies with the end of times, only to come back and eat everyone all over again. I'm still wondering if the monsters taking pictures is the same one eating everyone. ???

[@divineleeloo7584]

What did he say that the creature looked like to him? I played it back but it was still difficult to understand.

[@dantasalves4152]

Eternal loop with memory of the last one. Maybe we too are in one.

[@MM-og1kr]

In some point the woman tells them about a sister they lost in a car accident so they were all dead in a car accident back then. The ending shows that they are leaving with the car and another car hit them. So simply never escape they only have the will 😉

[@coryallen3817]

I thought this was a very interesting movie that leaves a crowd to wonder. And to the person that posted this, I'm not going to be an ass but I think you were maybe too keen on judging, in the stead of enjoying. I thought the amount of mystery was on point, I sympathized with (some) the actors and actresses' but for me, it was certainly a change up. And as someone said in the comments, I hope these directors get more funding in the future. However, I thought they did a great fucking job!

[@robert04872]

"There's even a shot on a lake that looks like a Rorschach." Or...like The fuckin' Cthulhu Mythos, which literally features almost the exact same scene and which you (and the film) quoted literally right before. Obviously someone never read it.

[@erick1261]

that shits an eye ball in the water.

[@TheJboogie324]

Was the “group loop” stuck in that loop because they all died from poisoning themselves?

[@stryf3901]

Watched it late at night and had some crazy dreams, good movies will do that to ya’😀

[@Karl_Drogo55]

After watching both Resolution and Endless now...I can't help but think the "self awareness" within these loops doesn't make quite sense to me...Even the shortest time loop we see of the guy constantly running and killing himself in the tent is self aware...but he is instantly self aware each time? Mike was VERY self aware in the loop that Justin visits him in...But so they reset themselves by killin themselves on their own terms...but then are completely oblivious upon resetting?? Or maybe they become self aware all over again thru the same day by days that follow?

[@kimmykimko]

I love this film. Wish they did more stuff and had more support. I dig their thought provoking ideas.

[@dmanofeverything1705]

You should do the new Netflix Cargo and also Kuso but definitely Cargo and Kuso

[@offthebooktv3646]

DMAN OF EVERYTHING cargo was great not a junior but a rent

[@dmanofeverything1705]

OffAir Gaming I know I like it to

[@eminemmusic857]

Saving you time and a headache avoid Kuso.

[@bvukmirovic]

you raise a question at the end. If you could live in a time loop or in real life with possibilities,what would you choose?. But I ask you...if you know that the loop existes, DOES IT MATTER?

[@tomcardona7703]

I had a feeling that this was Lovecraft inspired

[@Frellyouall]

Was it the Lovecraft quote at the start of the film?

[@ceejay8775]

In the mouth of madness ....basically the same movie

[@Frellyouall]

@@ceejay8775 explain

[@combskd]

How is the painting they did for their mom is such good condition?

[@fiery94]

thanks for the explaination

[@thatJAWNraps]

addiction drew them into the first time loops - religion drew them into the this one - drugs and religion, i know which i prefer

[@pixelgutter2431]

Ummm...you didn't actually explain the ending or barely even talk about it. You just talked about the film in general. Liked hearing about their previous films but please....when people lie to me in the video title i make a point of not watching further videos from them. Click bait is fine but at least have some meat when we bite.

[@kaizoncummins4317]

Pixel Gutter he did at 3:00

[@moshhsom4820]

Didums

[@ghxstleader485]

Freedom or an infinite loop? Always freedom. Freedom always wins.

[@JaceGrimm85]

Also another question how do they sell their alcohol and to who do they sell it too?

[@robertfletcher4977]

Poor review. Corrections and spoilers... THE ENDLESS was co-written; Benson and Moorhead wear many hats but Benson wrote THE ENDLESS. “Your life's really jacked-up if you're willing to go back to what you consider to be a death cult.” Leaving cults, communes… any radical factions / organisations; is extremely difficult. It’s analogous to addiction inasmuch that members of such ‘groups’ develop psychological kinship / affiliation that is never completely shaken off. Call it what you like, de-radicalisation / deprogramming / re-education / rehabilitation… it takes a very long time to overcome. As stated by the unseen therapist from Justin and Aaron’s deprogramming… it usually takes a lifetime, though Justin’s purpose in intending after all this time is now rooted in qualifying for financial aid. In the 10 years since Justin took them out, their lives have been miserable; unable to make friends; barely eking out a living. They’ve made no social or financial progression. The “Bermuda Triangle?” That’s place where aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances and a ridiculous analogy. While certain characters might think there have been disappearances (Michael’s wife thinks he’s disappeared, or is lost), nobody disappears in THE ENDLESS… except for the brief periods during ‘ascension’ / when the time loops reset. Time loops of 10 days, 10 hours, 10 minutes? Really? The cult / commune’s time loop is approximately 10 years. Shi**y Carl's time loop is 3 hours. The 1900s man’s time loop is 5 seconds. Michael and Chris’s time loop is approximately 1 week. Byron's time loop might be 30 years based on his account of the time he’s been there ultimately remains unknown as he appears to have ‘settled’ of his own accord (RESOLUTION) yet later disappears to look for his associates (THE ENDLESS). What we see in the water following Justin’s dive into the lake, as the POV moves up to an aerial shot, may, or may not be ‘It’… let’s assume it is. I’m not sure what monitor you watched this on but as the aerial shot reaches its apex, I see a creepy image very much in keeping with Lizzy’s sketches. There are no cycle metaphors. The cycles are all literal, with the exception of Justin and Aaron breaking their interpersonal cycle. Metaphors in THE ENDLESS are few, and concern themes of conformity / anti conformity (this recurs in all three films). “This thing (the form / it / deity) has been around getting snapshots of people and sending it to them to see if they get the message and break out of the cycle?” Wrong, wrong, wrong. The snapshots (and multitude of other media formats) that ‘it’ sends have nothing to do with aiding or suggesting how to break the cycle. The messages (at least at this stage… Benson and Moorhead will return to this universe at some point in the future) are purely self-serving, to inform the recipients various things. 1. They’re being watched (Aaron's photo of himself, that he takes to Hal who states the 'elegance' of such messages). 2. Revealing / exposing those who have escaped from, and / or lied about it (Justin's tape in the lake, revealing he lied about the commune to the media, as well as his brother). 3. It gleans self-gratitude (we assume, given its horrific nature) by mocking and showing the inevitable path or story of certain characters,. This was the prime function of the messages in RESOLUTION; orchestrating the inescapable ‘story’ of Michael and Chris’s ‘Beginning - Middle - and End’. The messages from the deity, do not in way, shape or form offer assistance, guidance, help in showing anyone how to break the cycle. The wife, Emily Montague's, Jennifer Danube, is searching for her husband, Michael Danube trapped in his loop with Chris… a continuation of RESOLUTION. “Clearly never learning his lesson?” I take that to a reference to Sh*tty Carl? If it is… wrong, Wrong, WRONG! Carl is one of the few that know the lesson all too well. He’s stuck in a 3 hour time loop from which even suicide offers no escape. Incidentally, it seems prudent to mention that an outsider entering a new time loop will only remain ‘stuck’ there if staying beyond its parameters of space and time, dictated by the proximity of the hoodoo stalagmites encircling each loop. Carl caught in a 3 hour time loop where he can’t even sleep, is the most informed, or at least most open in terms of revealing exactly what's going on, explaining it all to Justin. He knows most of the time loop's inhabitant(s) are desperately seeking means of escape. Only the commune being the exception and who it seems inhabit the longest time loop, which clearly goes some way to explaining why they embrace their destruction / reconstruction (ascension). They no they have no choice and decide to co-exist in relative harmony. Given their loop is shy of, or slightly over 10 years, their acceptance is understandable compared with those in very short loops (ref: ‘A million hours’ quote). They know they have no choice but it’s clear they don't ‘like it’. Witness the overwhelming, unspoken burden of weight, anxiety and fear clearly shown by the ominous air hanging over their final supper during which Tim holds Lizzy’s hand in a kind-hearted manner, to offer consolation to Lizzy whose quiet, inwardly panic stricken state is effortlessly written all over her face. So many other inaccuracies in your review, which I’m afraid to say for THE ENDLESS, truly sucks. Perhaps seek out Jamie Graham’s and Alexander Heller-Nicholas’s essays on both films. Re-watch. Find (hopefully) a perspective / interpretation in keeping with the films. Just an idea.

[@Derek_Keenan]

Get a fucking life, man

[@vengfularcher2810]

Make your own video instead of just criticizing his video and don’t end the comment with and watch the movies makes you sound like a prick

[@kenoreid1461]

Tv show would’ve taken a whole season just to get to the guy that wants the gun 😂

[@MichaelSvenson]

id go for the option for eternity, no loops needed.

[@gekyumecircumcised6535]

It can not be explained be cause it will never end

[@richmauler5904]

2:29 , i’m sorry, WHOOOO

[@claushellsing]

WOW!!! I didn't know these guys where the actors!!!

[@richardflack1269]

Answers are there throughout all 3 movies. Just been reading an article after only watching the first. It's a challenging mystery to make you think supposedly. I honestly might go watch the others, shame I literally only found this movie by chance looking through a site. Source: collider.com/the-endless-explained-interview/