In my opinion, i think the metaphor for Joy is depression and suicidal tendencies in an ever expanding and evolving modern world. Everything is too accessible and too overwhelming and it can be just too much for some people. And she struggles with that, and just wanted her mother to understand before she offed herself. This movie hits on so many topics and themes but that one hits hardest for me. Its also about generational trauma and how each generation struggles to understand eachothers perspectives. Evelyn works too hard and doesn’t have time for her family, but in the end its her numerous experiences that made her strong. She was able to see the beauty of life (mostly via Waymond and his unique strengths and her love for him, as well as the intense maternal love for her daughter that joy could not understand) and use it to fuel her, whereas Joy just hasnt lived long enough yet to see the beauty in life and only sees the trauma because thats all she knows. Heavy stuff.
I'd also like to add - everyone talks about the laundry and taxes line, but as a chinese woman (i still feel like a child though) with serious mommy issues because she was a single mother who sacrificed EVERYTHING to give me what she didn't have, the depression/suicidal tendencies, the resentment/lack of understanding, but most of all the GUILT displayed towards her mom. "why would you choose to be here with me/why would you choose this". I've never seen it expressed so clearly.
I think you are right about what you wrote but mostly i think the movie is about the breakdown of the main character, the delusions start after her daughter moves away, her husband files divorce, and mainly, the project she focuseded her entire life, the laundrymat, is going to be shut down. she works 24/7 for this shit to works, giving up all her relationships and when she's about to lose that even after all that effort she lost her mind and starts to have breakdowns and revelations about her live. the everything bagel her daughter stuffs the whole multiverse in is a metafore for her feelings, remeber her mother calling her fat in the beggining?
A lot of people are weirded out by the hotdog universe, but without Evelyn going into that one she never would’ve connected with Deidre, or come to terms with her daughter’s sexuality
I think that a lot of that sillyness, like the buttplug/trophy scene, was added to counterbalane all the serious topics the movie tries to picture, so it's easier for the consumer to get into it and get locked in
It’s also to note that The jumping pad for the Kung Foo universe is for Evelyn to say “I love you” to Deirdre, which is supposedly statistically improbable, yet, there is a universe where she DOES in fact love her, and is in fact queer herself. This can mean that Evelyn across all universes is queer and simply never expressed it except in the most off tangent reality
I love the hot dog universe conceptually. It's applicable to a lot of art as well. Once you get over the distraction (gross hot dog fingers) and actually consider the substance (genuine loving relationship and GORGEOUS apartment despite it being the same apartment as current universe Evelyn's)... it's actually really thought provoking and touching.
Yeah people glossed over the fact that yeah evelyn found it wierd but learned to adjust, the hotdog universe was kinda metophorical as evelyns character growth, symbolizing that she has accepted the 'wierdness' or anything that comes off as new and odd
It's strange to think that Everything Everywhere All At Once was originally going to be made about a decade earlier & star Jackie Chan as the lead but it didn't get made then. Jackie Chan is a great actor & martial artist, but after watching the film it's hard to imagine anyone other then Yeoh as the lead.
idk if anyone’s mentioned this but the bagel and the google eyes are opposite- yin and yang, black and white with the opposite color dot in the middle. the bagel (yin) is dark, painting life as being hopeless, devastating, nothing matters, with just a sliver of good moments (the white dot) sprinkled between. even when those good moments are there, they’re overshadowed by how overwhelming and desolate the world is. yknow, existentialism, nihilism, despair. this ties into how I interpret Joy/the bagel, which is primarily a reflection on depression and suicide among other things. and then you have the googly eyes. the inverse, and a symbol of Waymond. throughout the movie he is constantly teaching Evelyn that you fight the darkness by finding the mundanely beautiful. the yang is white with black in the middle, a representation of the fact that although there are dark moments, life is overwhelmingly good and enlightening and worth living. I honestly cry whenever I watch this movie, even when I’m just thinking about it sometimes- as a young queer person with a rocky relationship with my mother it really hit home. it’s also just a visually stunning and masterfully crafted film. feel free to correct me or comment on any of this with any of your opinions lol, I’m totally aware this might not be the most educated take bc I’m not super knowledgeable about the concepts of yin and yang, that’s just sort of what my mind associated it with in combination with the movie
I love the contradicting nihilism, jobus philosophy is there's no meaning to life, what's the point. While waymond on the other side represents the positive side, there is no point, but we can do whatever we want. Both being represented by opposing symbols, jobu with the dark bagel with a white middle, and waymond with the googly eyes, the same shape of the bagel but with the colors swapped. I think this movie is the perfect mix of philosophy and generational trauma 💪🏽
Now THIS is how a multiverse themed movie should be written! While comic book films by Marvel and DC have had their share of that concept for years, EEAAO is a non-comic book film that wasn’t convoluted as people expected it to be. All of these events are merely a metaphor from Joy’s personal experience. Rightfully earned its Oscar wins, especially for Michelle Yeoh! Phenomenal work.
From the eternal dance of optimism and nihilism, to the youth dealing with having everything everywhere all at once at the tips of their fingers to the complex struggle and duality of 1st and 2nd and even 3rd generation immigrants, this move is love and sadness, this move is what it mean to be a human, Single handle the best most important film ever made but at the same time its lighthearted and doesn't take itself too serious, Tis the struggle to be a human. We put value in whats important and what matters. You are important and you matter
Great Reaction! I saw this in the Theater and cried my eyes out. Normally this type of reaction to a movie would keep me from going back to watch again where everyone can see me get so emotional, but with this one I didn't give a shit, I went back and watched it 2 more times (3 total) and then bought it as soon as I could. The husband was played by Key He Quan who played 'Data' from the movie The Goonies. He gave up on acting for the past 40 years due to a lack of opportunities for Asian actors. His Oscar acceptance speech is worth watching. The Mom was played by Michelle Yeoh, known for stuff like Crouching Tiger and Crazy Rich Asians. A couple fun facts you might appreciate: 1) The budget for this movie was a tiny $25 Million... and then according to 1 of the Producers, they were actually able to pull all of this off for only $14 Million. Freaking Insane!! There were days where Jamie Lee would rent food trucks out of her own pocket to feed the cast and crew. On Hot Dog Fingers day, she rented a Hot Dog Truck. LMFAO 2) They filmed this movie in only 38 days due to the COVID lockdown that occurred. Also unbelievable but true. 3) OFC it won every Oscar, but some ppl are pretty pissed Best Supporting Actress went to Jamie Lee instead of Stephanie Hsu (the daughter). The explanation is that the Academy was doing a 'make-up award' type situation since they've never given Jamie Lee an Oscar. I also agree it should have gone to Stephanie. 4) The S&M guy who gets spanked is played by one of the Directors (Daniels). The 2 'butt plug' actors are actually the stunt coordinators in the movie. Anyways, great reaction and thanks for reading if you've made it this far!!
This is one of my favorite movies and I‘m so glad you watched and enjoyed it! You're right that there’s different ways to interpret some aspects of it. I really liked your commentary for this one :)
A small fun fact is Evelyne felt that same about waymond as her daughter felt about her thats why they seemingly keep running into each other just like the mother and daughter they seek each other out through all the noise.
i like ur reactions man but i hope you are actually monitoring or have mods dealing with your chatters because once again theyre acting way too fucking ridiculous
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In my opinion, i think the metaphor for Joy is depression and suicidal tendencies in an ever expanding and evolving modern world. Everything is too accessible and too overwhelming and it can be just too much for some people. And she struggles with that, and just wanted her mother to understand before she offed herself. This movie hits on so many topics and themes but that one hits hardest for me. Its also about generational trauma and how each generation struggles to understand eachothers perspectives. Evelyn works too hard and doesn’t have time for her family, but in the end its her numerous experiences that made her strong. She was able to see the beauty of life (mostly via Waymond and his unique strengths and her love for him, as well as the intense maternal love for her daughter that joy could not understand) and use it to fuel her, whereas Joy just hasnt lived long enough yet to see the beauty in life and only sees the trauma because thats all she knows. Heavy stuff.
I'd also like to add - everyone talks about the laundry and taxes line, but as a chinese woman (i still feel like a child though) with serious mommy issues because she was a single mother who sacrificed EVERYTHING to give me what she didn't have, the depression/suicidal tendencies, the resentment/lack of understanding, but most of all the GUILT displayed towards her mom. "why would you choose to be here with me/why would you choose this". I've never seen it expressed so clearly.
@@lafatte24 dang yes. This exactly
I think you are right about what you wrote but mostly i think the movie is about the breakdown of the main character, the delusions start after her daughter moves away, her husband files divorce, and mainly, the project she focuseded her entire life, the laundrymat, is going to be shut down. she works 24/7 for this shit to works, giving up all her relationships and when she's about to lose that even after all that effort she lost her mind and starts to have breakdowns and revelations about her live. the everything bagel her daughter stuffs the whole multiverse in is a metafore for her feelings, remeber her mother calling her fat in the beggining?
A lot of people are weirded out by the hotdog universe, but without Evelyn going into that one she never would’ve connected with Deidre, or come to terms with her daughter’s sexuality
I think that a lot of that sillyness, like the buttplug/trophy scene, was added to counterbalane all the serious topics the movie tries to picture, so it's easier for the consumer to get into it and get locked in
It’s also to note that The jumping pad for the Kung Foo universe is for Evelyn to say “I love you” to Deirdre, which is supposedly statistically improbable, yet, there is a universe where she DOES in fact love her, and is in fact queer herself. This can mean that Evelyn across all universes is queer and simply never expressed it except in the most off tangent reality
I love the hot dog universe conceptually. It's applicable to a lot of art as well. Once you get over the distraction (gross hot dog fingers) and actually consider the substance (genuine loving relationship and GORGEOUS apartment despite it being the same apartment as current universe Evelyn's)... it's actually really thought provoking and touching.
I thought the scene with the apes was hilarious. Hot dog fingers killing the last regular fingered ape 😅
Yeah people glossed over the fact that yeah evelyn found it wierd but learned to adjust, the hotdog universe was kinda metophorical as evelyns character growth, symbolizing that she has accepted the 'wierdness' or anything that comes off as new and odd
It's strange to think that Everything Everywhere All At Once was originally going to be made about a decade earlier & star Jackie Chan as the lead but it didn't get made then. Jackie Chan is a great actor & martial artist, but after watching the film it's hard to imagine anyone other then Yeoh as the lead.
I can definitely see if Jackie were in this movie alongside Michelle Yeoh. But Ke Huy Kwan was also brilliant too.
idk if anyone’s mentioned this but the bagel and the google eyes are opposite- yin and yang, black and white with the opposite color dot in the middle.
the bagel (yin) is dark, painting life as being hopeless, devastating, nothing matters, with just a sliver of good moments (the white dot) sprinkled between. even when those good moments are there, they’re overshadowed by how overwhelming and desolate the world is. yknow, existentialism, nihilism, despair. this ties into how I interpret Joy/the bagel, which is primarily a reflection on depression and suicide among other things.
and then you have the googly eyes. the inverse, and a symbol of Waymond. throughout the movie he is constantly teaching Evelyn that you fight the darkness by finding the mundanely beautiful. the yang is white with black in the middle, a representation of the fact that although there are dark moments, life is overwhelmingly good and enlightening and worth living.
I honestly cry whenever I watch this movie, even when I’m just thinking about it sometimes- as a young queer person with a rocky relationship with my mother it really hit home. it’s also just a visually stunning and masterfully crafted film.
feel free to correct me or comment on any of this with any of your opinions lol, I’m totally aware this might not be the most educated take bc I’m not super knowledgeable about the concepts of yin and yang, that’s just sort of what my mind associated it with in combination with the movie
Yeah I like that joy is "nothing matters so we should just give up" and evelynn is "nothing matters so why not try"
I love the contradicting nihilism, jobus philosophy is there's no meaning to life, what's the point. While waymond on the other side represents the positive side, there is no point, but we can do whatever we want. Both being represented by opposing symbols, jobu with the dark bagel with a white middle, and waymond with the googly eyes, the same shape of the bagel but with the colors swapped. I think this movie is the perfect mix of philosophy and generational trauma 💪🏽
Now THIS is how a multiverse themed movie should be written! While comic book films by Marvel and DC have had their share of that concept for years, EEAAO is a non-comic book film that wasn’t convoluted as people expected it to be. All of these events are merely a metaphor from Joy’s personal experience.
Rightfully earned its Oscar wins, especially for Michelle Yeoh! Phenomenal work.
The I would’ve really loved doing laundry and taxes with you line always gets me I’m tearing up rn typing it lmfao
watched this movie with my dad and he didnt get it, but i was crying at the end
Me too but with my dad he was confused, and i was sobbing
my mom said the message of the movie was to listen to your mother 😭
Lol, same thing with my dad. I also cried at the end.
lol i watched it with my mum at the cinema and she was enjoying it until she fell asleep 😭😭
I've been trying to get my parents to watch, they know I love it but I just know they are gonna not get it lol
35:43 when it flickers through the different hers, one of the frames is of the very small team of editers editing this film lmao
nah scoot is that crazy that NOT EVEN everything and everywhere at once CANT make him cry
3:40
love the tought of Scoot going "This movie is peak IDK what yall say" while all of chat is unanimously agreeing with him lmao
Its a take about as hot as liquid nitrogen.
The movie really lived up to its name
I’ve cried so many times watching this in theaters, i saw it like 5 times in theaters
There are several lines in this movie that are so relatable and it makes me feel like the writers have known me my whole life. It's truly beautiful
From the eternal dance of optimism and nihilism, to the youth dealing with having everything everywhere all at once at the tips of their fingers to the complex struggle and duality of 1st and 2nd and even 3rd generation immigrants, this move is love and sadness, this move is what it mean to be a human, Single handle the best most important film ever made but at the same time its lighthearted and doesn't take itself too serious, Tis the struggle to be a human. We put value in whats important and what matters. You are important and you matter
Evelyn _doesn’t_ know ahead of time where she’ll jump to, she’s just trying any random crazy stuff hoping that it will get her SOMEwhere helpful.
The guy with the raccoon on his head is married to the voice actor for Peeidot from Steven Universe
the end being a mitski song makes it even more sweet
“Sucked in to a bagel”
Great Reaction!
I saw this in the Theater and cried my eyes out. Normally this type of reaction to a movie would keep me from going back to watch again where everyone can see me get so emotional, but with this one I didn't give a shit, I went back and watched it 2 more times (3 total) and then bought it as soon as I could.
The husband was played by Key He Quan who played 'Data' from the movie The Goonies. He gave up on acting for the past 40 years due to a lack of opportunities for Asian actors. His Oscar acceptance speech is worth watching.
The Mom was played by Michelle Yeoh, known for stuff like Crouching Tiger and Crazy Rich Asians.
A couple fun facts you might appreciate:
1) The budget for this movie was a tiny $25 Million... and then according to 1 of the Producers, they were actually able to pull all of this off for only $14 Million. Freaking Insane!! There were days where Jamie Lee would rent food trucks out of her own pocket to feed the cast and crew. On Hot Dog Fingers day, she rented a Hot Dog Truck. LMFAO
2) They filmed this movie in only 38 days due to the COVID lockdown that occurred. Also unbelievable but true.
3) OFC it won every Oscar, but some ppl are pretty pissed Best Supporting Actress went to Jamie Lee instead of Stephanie Hsu (the daughter). The explanation is that the Academy was doing a 'make-up award' type situation since they've never given Jamie Lee an Oscar. I also agree it should have gone to Stephanie.
4) The S&M guy who gets spanked is played by one of the Directors (Daniels). The 2 'butt plug' actors are actually the stunt coordinators in the movie. Anyways, great reaction and thanks for reading if you've made it this far!!
This movie was wild. It was so bizarre, sad and crazy. The fights were incredible. Thank you Scoot for reacting on my birthday
🤯🤯🤯🔥🔥🔥🎉🎉🎉
This is one of my favorite movies and I‘m so glad you watched and enjoyed it! You're right that there’s different ways to interpret some aspects of it. I really liked your commentary for this one :)
OMFGGGG this is my favorite movie!!!! You've truly blessed us today Scoot 🙏❤
OMG DUDE IVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE IF YOU WERE GONNA READT TO THIS
This is one of my favorite movies!! So glad you finally got the chance to watch it :D
this movie always makes me cry so hard
I DID NOT EXCPECT THIS OMFFGGG
PROBABLY MY FIRST TIME COMMENTING HERE BUT THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE
My favorite movie 😭💗
was literally just binge watching reactions to this movie, perfect timing!
A small fun fact is Evelyne felt that same about waymond as her daughter felt about her thats why they seemingly keep running into each other just like the mother and daughter they seek each other out through all the noise.
I remember watching this movie by myself the first time and I ended up crying at the end lmao
Great reaction!
Such a good movie!
3:59 scoot when he picks a bad choice in walking dead😂
DON'T HUG ME I'M SCARED JUST UPLOADED!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG I SAW THAT
This movie made my sob
Omg!!! My favorite movie! This’ll be fun. 😄
I suggested this last video!!! Thank you so much for watching this!!!!!
Scoot you should react to some of the wicked songs is a great musical, I think u would like it
Bro finally posted it😭
This is one of my favorite movies! ❤❤❤Thank you for reacting! I’m glad you liked it!
Can you react to the movie Lawless 🎉
you should watch godzilla minus one
Omg i absolutely adore this movie!!!
YESSSSSSS NOW DO INTERSTELLAR!
Now guess who won the Oscar for supporting actress
Amazing movie and makes me wanna see Scoot watch "RRR" possibly the most movie movie of all time
so many uploads
You should watch ducktales
Scoot react to ducktales
This movie is teriffic!
Can you pls react to the new wicked movie soundtrack my favourite songs are defying gravity-the wizard and I and popular
Best movie
Obviously aquarius
why would you immediately say sorry just because there's dildos in the movie. that shits hilarious
Honestly like 10/10 movie i crode
All I see is bro deadass has a googly eye on his forehead
Day 1 of asking for dinner in america
i like ur reactions man but i hope you are actually monitoring or have mods dealing with your chatters because once again theyre acting way too fucking ridiculous