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💗 Behind The Scenes Tour of MONKEY MAN | • Behind The Scenes Tour... 💗
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💗 Monkey Man: A Conversation with Director and Star Dev Patel - SXSW 2024 | • Monkey Man: A Conversa... 💗
🖤 Monkey Man SXSW World Premiere Q&A with Dev Patel | • Monkey Man SXSW World ... 🖤
💗 ‘Monkey Man’s’ Jordan Peele and Dev Patel Interview Each Other | • ‘Monkey Man’s’ Jordan ... 💗
🖤 Dev Patel had ‘Pretty Woman’ moment in shopping new film around | • Dev Patel had ‘Pretty ... 🖤
💗 Dev Patel talks about bringing 'Monkey Man' to life | • Dev Patel talks about ... 💗
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🖤 Dev Patel on his 10-year journey to make Monkey Man | ew.com/dev-patel-10-year-jour... 🖤 - Фільми й анімація
monkey man depicts trans women in India in one of the most beautiful ways I’ve ever seen in film. i need everyone to go watch this in the cinema!
Oh, good! I'd heard it depicted hijra, but I had no idea if the movie did it well.
Hey Chuu! Just letting you know that calling the hijra "trans women" is a little simplistic. It's its own identity recognised as such in mythology, history and in legal terms. Each hijra likely understands their relationship with gender completely differently. Many are femme-presenting but more closely align with non-binary identities. Even that is a simplification, because the hijra have been around for thousands of years longer than these specific labels. Just wanted to let you know, love your videos!
On it 🫡 Well, I already did with my siblings on Saturday. So glad we went
Actually in ancient India
Transgenders used to fight in wars
Particularly guarding queens of that time
So it is relevant
@@ActuallyAnanyaThis is true for some of them. For others, getting designated hijra is a way to third gender them when they identify as women (trans women). It’s degendering them and relegating them to roles outside of society. It’s important not to impose your own values onto other cultures, but it’s equally important to not lose sight of the transmisogyny rampant in many cultures that denies trans women their full womanhood.
THANK YOU all of my friends are debilitated w Dev Patel's hotness which is super valid but I've been DYING for any meaningful discussion of the plot and the implications laid out by the end of the movie
i feel this! i say this as someone who's had a crush on dev for over a decade: while i love when people recognize and appreciate his appearance, he poured his heart and soul into this movie and the conversation shouldn't just be around his looks
@@Yharazayd Speaking as a Savarna Indian about this film - that, firstly, we in India will get to watch uncensored only as pirated downloads; and, secondly, is made by a Savarna expat with mostly other Savarna actors (Savarnas being the so-called South Asian 'upper castes') - i am in two minds about what seems to be a subversion of the "angry Hanuman" weaponized by majoritarian statecraft, the film apparently turning "him" against the state (which "he's" known to be oppressive), since Savarnapanti [Savarna networks, cultural capital & intergenerational wealth] are like white habitus...and are accompanied by oppression of Dalits, Bahujans & Adivasis [the so-called South Asian 'outcastes,' 'lower castes' & 'tribals']...making me wonder whether a Dalit, Bahujan, or Adivasi actor will ever gain even the prominence of a Savarna actor like Dev Patel. After all, as observed by anticaste Dalit\Bahujan\Adivasi thinkers, we Savarnas lay claim to brownness as soon as we go outside South Asia, since we aren't able to digest no longer being number one.
@@Yharazaydcompletely agree. He is a nuanced person, to play such a role.
I left that movie with one phrase in mind. "That movie was the DEFINITION of punk."
dev patel the king of the western bollywood inspired movies not made by a bollywood producer or director a weird niche of his i just noticed as well LMAO
Brown actors being overlooked roles while white counterparts are innudated with offers got me thinking about Bend It Like Beckham and the disservice done to Parminder Nagra (and so so many other talented actors)
That was a favorite movie of mine as a kid. I love that I got to see Kiera knightly in more movies growing up but Parminder Nagra was truly snubbed from the potential of being a top actor in Hollywood.
As an Indian, you could tell Dev was steeped in the culture and the socio-political war of meaning that we Indians have been struggling with. Its clear in the way he depicted caste, and the way he made room to empower the marginalized, instead of being a stereotypical saviour trope. It subverts the toxic nature of many of our Indian films from bollywood that has a larger than life patriarchal protector character, whos basically a demi-god who cannot do anything wrong.
And the balls he had to confront hindu nationalism head on is incredible and i hope it inspires more Indians to fight back and take back meaning, when fascists appropriate and twist our traditions to crush someone else's neck under their boot.
We have some other great movies that deal with Caste, Im from Kerala in the south, and a recent movie that deals with it head on as well was Jai Bhim, check it out if you can find english subs 👌🏾
We're not allowed to watch it though 😢
@@DeadInside-ct6dl I know. Modi showing true fascist small peepee energy as usual
I'm from the American south... I uh fear the rise of nationalism in both our countries. And I'm sorry to see what I have of the rise of hindutva as a movement of fanaticism. Your religions are quite beautiful and it is shameful to corrupt such messages of love for power as the bjp seems like it has. This feels like a bit of a middle finger to that. Also it's just so cool and probably made Dev Patel a god to Indian boys everywhere.
Our country is basically run by the Hindu Nationalist fascists so the film has been barred from being released in India. @@ryanfitzgerald9833
Will def find Jai Bhim
The part where Baba talks about the prayer inscribed on his sandals' rims is so interesting: "Forgive me for all the lifeforms I hurt with each step I take." It simultaneously shows you that he sees the commoners as no better than ants/blades of grass from his position, & his philosophy as an antagonist that the higher up in power he gets, the more people he'll inevitably hurt, but that's necessary in order to move forward. He was intriguing even with few lines.
Also everyone compares Monkey Man to John Wick, but I'm reminded of the game Sifu 😂. It is, delightfully, its own thing, though.
yes on sifu!! the game is a love letter to the martial arts movie hall of fame, and dev patel's own adoration for the genre bleeds through
it's so cool to see how art inspires art and all the parallels that comes with :)
It made me think of Promising Young Woman.
Yes! I have been thinking about those shoes since seeing the movie. Also the performative gentleness disguising a weapon
Oooo! Do you think it ties back to the car chase when they brake at their own peril to not harm the girl? That stuck out to me like a weird cliche joke, but when juxtaposed with the sandals... Hmm!!
dev awoken something unexplainable within me
IKR. I had respect for him as an actor but never paid much attention to him physically, but I saw him in the Monkey Man trailer and went "Whoa." I'm sure it's largely because I've realized recently that, in my view, facial hair really can change a man in some cases (lol), but still, when it came to watching Dev kick ass or take off his shirt, it certainly did hurt to look...in either case. 😉😆
Watch The Green Knight. You won’t be disappointed.
I had a squish on him since Green Knight, tbh.
16 years later and dev can still come back with another one of these western bollywood inspired movies but not made by a bollywood director it's sort of an oddly specific niche thing of his lol
When I saw him in “Lion,” I said 💦
Need Dev Patel and Daniel Kaluuya in a buddy comedy ASAP
it really was built different! Also I really really loved the way women were portrayed in this film! Of course the hijras were the icing on the cake, but also the way the escorts were humanized- Kid recognized them as also being victims of the system and it felt like the women were portrayed as equal to him, especially when they came to HIS rescue even if it was so subtle they way they did it. And the scene where he picks up the sparkly shoe and uses that to bludgeon the Bad Guy really felt poignant (to me at least. I ate it up almost as much as the teeth scene!!)
Actually in ancient India
Transgenders used to fight in wars
Particularly guarding queens of that time
So it is relevant
@@drg598 this is acc very true hijras in some villages in south asia such as mines in kashmir are very well respected and in fact if you upset them it's considered culturally quite bad and you're left with bad energy on you as they have big hearts as well!
Omg absolutely! That scene was actually one of my favourite favourites 😭
This is what I loved about Monkey Man. This isn't a "one man against the world" story. One man isn't enough to fight against the world. He gets stronger by relying and depending on the kindness of the hijra community, who are in turn empowered by his own kindness. It culminates in the best scene of act 3, as Dana Dan plays (a song about violently resisting sexual predators).
Yesss, Dev Patel did so well in his directorial debut! His depiction of "India's third gender" (as he put it), was a pleasant surprise. They were not sexualised, they were not passive victims. It was not forced, everything fit so well.
They kicked fucking ass
Yhara Zayd make a video without mentioning the Craft challenge - difficulty level: impossible
and i try to so hard not to 💀
@@Yharazayddon’t ever feel bad about mentioning the Craft ❤❤😂😂
@@Yharazayd I actually think you should mention The Craft MORE! You can't have too much The Craft imho.
I loved how the script makes reference to/acknowledges its inevitable John Wick comparisons by having the gun provider literally ask Kid: "Ya like John Wick? The Westerns just came in." Bad-ass. 😎👍
Confession: I just saw this movie yesterday, and I was taking both it and my sudden noticing of Dev Patel's attractiveness seriously for about three-quarters of the way through, until that one scene where he speed-climbs over a fence to make his way to the end fight and I couldn't help it, I whispered: "You better hold on tight, spider monkey."
I tried so hard not to laugh at my own joke then and felt horrible. 😆😅
Best wall vault/climbing since Leo in Shutter Island
I watched Monkey Man opening night and was blown away! I love Dev Patel so I wanted to support his directorial debut and it was amazing! He turned the revenge story on its head and infused so much life into the film with the story, cinematography and editing. I’m so glad Jordan Peele bought the rights so it could be released in theaters, it deserves huge success.
Another GREAT thing about Monkey Man is how it defies what the action lead’s body “should” look like. There was a comment on letterboxd along the lines of “Dev Patel isn’t believable as an action hero bc he’s too skinny” like ????? Dev Patel has a black belt irl, get real. Health and strength looks different on everyone. We need more skinny/fat action leads! Stop enforcing the fad of looking shredded like a chicken nugget in order to be considered fit or hot!!!
I watched Monkey Man on Saturday and cried several times over how beautiful the story was. I cried on Sunday explaining it to everyone that would listen. I am crying now as I hear you describe how great this film is. Monkey Man is an absolutely amazing movie, and I hope everyone goes to watch it. Dev Patel did an amazing job.
I was sold on Monkey Man from the first time I heard about it, and after seeing it, delivered everything I wanted and more.
Ironically, this video made me think about Monkey Man in comparison to another movie I saw recently, Silent Night. And how part of that movie that worked for me was how much of a TRAGEDY you feel the whole time the MC is on his rampage of revenge. The action is still thrilling and beautiful carnage, but it is all done with an air of melancholy.
Meanwhile, with Monkey Man, you feel a tinge of that in the first half, but with the mid-point shift in mind set, the final push is so much more triumphant and cathartic. And a big part of that was the community. The fact that there were ALWAYS people caring about Kid through the whole thing. The call girl he meets early on showed us how EVERYONE was living that story, being knocked down, trying to survive, knowing they deserve better. Her line about the dog while actually talking about herself... damn, that hit.
Wow, I didn't realize that. I loved the writing in this movie.
I was so excited to see a portrayal of the Hijdra community. We learned about them and a bit of their history in a sociology class. I’ve seen quite a few movies from India, and I had never seen them portrayed in one of those movies as a community, and I love that Dev Patel took the time to do just that
Monkey Man was glorious, that one kick K.O. was glorious, and bitting the knife 👌🏾, also finally made me listen to Dana Dan and Indian rock metal
Dev was looking around for cool action roles in Hollywood ‘til he got frustrated and went *in Thanos’ voice* “Fine! I’ll do it myself.”👹 I also like how you touched on the protagonist not being a one-man island, but also depended on the goodwill of others to help him move towards his goal. It’s also funny how the title of the movie is Monkey Man as if alluding to one person, but I feel like it touches on a collective of people mistreated and ostracized by society. I noticed the hijra, the low class, sex workers, everyone disregarded by corrupt society come together in solidarity to protest against the elite that keep them in subjugation! ✊🏿
I'm so happy this movie is good! I saw the trailer, Dev Patel and Jordan Peele as producer and got so excited but had some doubt bc normally these sorts of movies are not necessarily my cup of tea.
my first thought was “my monkey man” from twilight😭
Me too, thank goodness I'm not alone. Then it got worse when Kid (Patel) speed-climbs a fence and my first thought was "You better hold on tight, spider monkey." 😅
Damn didn't the movie just come out 😭
and i have already seen it three times. standing on business for mr. patel lol
Wow 3 times already? It's sad dat it underperformed at box office making only 10 million in the weekend despite all the hype
@@ashwinpawar532510 million was the budget of the movie so it is not underperforming
@@ashwinpawar5325 and i think that it might have legs post-opening weekend
I've seen ads and I really want to see it. Crystal from Black Femininity TV attended the premiere and I said it would have been dope if she did an interview with Dev and Jordan.
This is a movie I did not know I needed. Thank you for convincing me to go see it in theaters.
I was not expecting it to hit so close to home. Genuinely cried during the flashback to the village being razed and his mom’s murder.
The overall message of finding a purpose to fight for instead of just pain also resonated with me. I’m not particularly religious but I appreciated the depiction of faith coupled with condemning ethno-nationalism. Genuinely have heard people in my family spit those lines about corrupting our culture. I’ve also never seen Hijras depicted in film outside of documentaries and I genuinely appreciated being able to see them as full people in a loving community and badass warriors.
Dune's entire message is about how the powers that be use faith to control the masses, yet studios are afraid of this film? I'm guessing because it's a lot more blatant? This movie is definitely on my tbw list
lmao this movie pretty directly references the very popular nationalist movement in India
as a metalhead, during the fight where the hjiras help the protagonist, the song that plays is is SO SO fitting - it's Dana-dan by Bloodywood. being a survivor of SA, Dana-dan is a song that's given me so much healing. as soon as i heard the drums beating and the fight started, i cried so damn much. bloody beautiful.
I haven't watched nearly enough revenge flicks to realise how monkey man bucks the lone wolf trend, thank you so much for elucidating that! and mentioning the teeth thing
the pro-trans messaging was so unexpected but such such such a lovely surprised. loved the portrayals of trans strength and perseverance :’)
Elevator knife mouth scene :)
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Hi! Im from India and love Indian cinema and although this film hasn't released in my country yet (tldr we as a nation are rapidly descending into utter fascism), i feel like I've gauged a good enough understanding of it from what ive heard abt it so far. I cant comment on the South Korean cinema- inspired aspects of it bec i have watched only a handful of sk films in general, much less sk revenge thrillers, but Indian cinema also has a still-popular, longstanding strain of similar action films with socialistic themes abt the marginalised fighting back against the power, the importance of community, heavy inspiration taken from mythology etc. Two films that I kept thinking abt in relation to Monkey Man are Agneepath/Path of Fire (1990), its 2012 remake and Karnan (2021). The first stars one of Indian/Hindi cinema's great yesteryear action heroes Amitabh Bachchan and is about a heavily traumatised young boy from an island (Mandva) near Mumbai who loses his father (a do-gooder schoolteacher who publicly opposes the story's heroin dealing villainous gangsters and has to face a defamation plot schemed by them against him to make it seemed like he hired a sex worker (it makes sense in the movie I promise)) to a terrible lynching and has to migrate to Mumbai with his sister and mother after their townspeople turn against their entire family. The child Vijay (a popular name for similar characters played by Bachchan, meaning "victory") starts working for the Mumbai mafia and grows up to be a notorious kingpin, and a demi-godlike figure in the eyes of the local populace. It's a very angry and melodramatic story of mythic proportions, very insensitive towards its women characters and filled w toxic masculinity (the word "hijra" is thrown around as an insult to men, an antagonist is castrated by our hero using a sword as the ultimate humiliation etc.), but it has always impressed me with its relentless tone and the constant ugliness and trauma and anger felt in every frame and every other line of dialogue (written by legend Kader Khan) spoken by the characters. It was remade by the original producer's son in 2012 with a larger budget, younger cast, and a much more simplistic approach towards good and evil. In Agneepath 2012 is where I first encountered the concept of a vigilante guard-army made up of hijra women (maybe done to rectify the transmisogyny of the original film?).
Many of India's pioneering action films were revenge "masalas" (masala, in film studies terms, is the genre where a film combines multiple genres/tropes from genres like romcom, tragic-romance, action, comedy, family drama, fantasy, mystery, reincarnation dramas etc. like a spice blend) that took inspiration from tropes, characters and story structures found in things like Hindu mythology and folklore, and involved orphaned/abandoned/traumatised children that grow into traumatised adults. The best action films coming out of India right now are mostly coming out of the south (RRR was a Telugu language South Indian movie) and one recent revenge drama inspired by mythology that i mentioned before is Karnan. While Monkey Man takes inspiration from a part of the larger epic Ramayana, Karnan is inspired by a story from the other great Hindu epic Mahabharata. It also features an underdog avenging the murder of his kinswoman (Karnan's sister), a strong emphasis on how Karnan's community is just as responsible for and involved in the retributive action, and imagery inspired by folk theatre and other folk arts from India.
I think I heard somewhere (maybe from the director's own mouth) that Monkey Man also discusses themes of caste, which is the primary theme in Karnan (an inversion of the sometimes casteist myth from the Mahabharata it is based on), along with class conflict being a prominent theme in a majority of the Indian action film canon. I just wanted to make it clear that caste and class are not the same thing. Caste and untouchability are a feudal-origin system, basically a divine distribution of labour based on birth status, that existed in other countries in Asia and Europe before the advent of capitalism as well, but a system that has stuck around in South Asia (especially India) till the present day. Caste and class heavily intersect (the poorest in India are majorly made up of Dalits and other lower-caste individuals) but are still distinct enough from each other. The closest benchmark to caste as a concept to non Indians would be race, ig? It is a closed, fixed system with no avenue for any type of mobility within castes for an individual, unlike class. It's pretty awesome that an NRI (non resident Indian) like Dev Patel would choose to focus on someone like caste, which is still being swept under the rug in countries like the US (look it up, it's WILD how protection against caste discrimination is being turned into something like bigotry towards Hindus by the same fascistic organisations who are among many forces ultimately responsible for the delayed release of this film and others like it in India).
Anyways, there are a lot of aspects in this film that are exciting for me to explore as an audience of Indian cinema, if only it gets a proper digital release so that I can watch it online, uncensored! Sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes and I hope this comment inspire people to check out more indian cinema
this was beautiful and insightful. thank you for taking the time to share this! i'll definitely be watching some of the other films you mentioned as soon as possible 💗💚
@@Yharazayd so I'm throwing myself on my bed and landing on my stomach and swinging my feet in the air and giggling and squealing to myself while reading your reply now.
I agree with each and every word you said
I just found the movies you brought up are available for legal streaming where I live so I have bookmarked them. I thank you for bringing these up.
@@jasonseacord I'm glad
Just saw this film a couple days ago, and...yeah - 100%. It's up there with my favourite action films of all time - really didn't miss a beat, hey.
I will be forever grateful that that Jordan Peele saved Monkey Man
In Tunis the film will premiere on the 17th of April. What a great birthday gift!
The upload schedule lately has healed me
excellent summary of all the feelings about this movie. in highschool i (black american nonbinary) did a project on hijra communities, was a generic hs senior research report. hijra are historically associated with sex work (trans/nb bodies being fetishized thruout all historyyyyyyy) but this movie even with its thematic constant of sex work, does not feature hijra sex workers. it gives them space to be something else, not that sex workers are seen as less than, just...theyre allowed to be not that. i think that's a fascinating choice, i feel like it's deliberate but obvs i cant be sure. i think that's neat.
& broadly yes, dev patel should be so much more famous! i saw slumdog millionaire before it won an oscar bc im sure my mom just wanted to see the movie without white people bc there werent many of those at the time. remembering that & seeing this...
like look at the trajectory of the careers of jacob elordi, austin butler, timothee chalamet, sydney sweeney liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike..................
That's true. Dev said in an interview dat after d massive success of slum dog he literally had no offers for a good lead role so he had to jus take whatever he got.
He got typecasted into playing certain roles
Actors taking up our screens is really a big part of the problem. Two people always come to mind when I talk about this: Colin Farrel and Chris Pratt. It honestly becomes really draining to see the same actor in every single movie even if they're not right for the part. It also kills the possibility of seeing someone new who could bring a different perspective to a role.
I’m going to watch it again this weekend. He opened my EYES
Your thumbnails built different, they’re so cool
as a late millennial brit, im glad you pointed out that brudders werent really checking for danny kaluuya's character in skins like that, compared to dev's character and performance. 'posh kenneth' is just KSI, pre-KSI. cant stand the real one, let alone the 2000s era impression.
I've bought my ticket for an evening showing off the strength of this video, I can't wait. It's been so long since I've been excited about a movie. And I'm lowkey happy Netflix chickened out: Netflix is where most films go to die and they probably wouldn't have promoted it worth a damn anyway. Thanks for referencing The Equalizer, I love those movies so much (I still haven't seen the 3rd one yet, so you jogged my memory)
i was bummed that a lot of the camerawork gave me a headache because the shakiness does make total sense both for the genre & for a character who's not 100% perfect at what he does! as i was watching, i was really struck by how much i felt for Kid in comparison to other protags in the genre. John Wick was fun to watch & I understand and support his vendetta but there is a soulfulness to Monkey Man that really makes it stand out from the pack (& its not just dev's big emotional brown eyes).
also yeah teeth scene. 👍
Truly can’t wait for dev’s next movie as director- monkey man was so exciting to watch!
I saw Monkey Man with my girlfriend over the weekend, and we were both loving every fucking moment of it
Man to be a fly on the wall for Dev Patel and Jordan Peele discussint King Kong
I saw the trailer and was hyped for it, but then i managed to watch it and all my expectations were met by the gritty crime action, then exceeded by the writing of a cathartic, community revenge story and the cinematography, which is the kind of subjective POV framing that i absolutely love. I actually connected it to Batman's arc from The Batman, where the hero learns the power of fighting for a worthy cause and the importance of solidarity and community
Edit: and of course the political writing was wonderfully direct and relevant. As well as, to take from a tumblr user, doing away with the idea that the oppressed are responsible for breaking the cycle of violence
I need ti watch this movieeeeee, I've been dying to watch it since I saw the trailer
oh i LOVED the purse scene, it was such an elegant and concise way to represent an intertwined community
One hundred percent loved this movie and as a fellow Hanuman fan, it was so great to see how his story was incorporated. The chest scene is SO impactful and when I saw him going for it, I didn’t realize how much I was waiting for that to be acknowledged
It’s disappointing but I am SO GLAD Dev went his own way and made his film. I just want more that.
Dev Patel wowed me in alot ways. Fu(k Netflix.
Yhara, thank you for talking about this movie. I had no idea it existed, and now I'm making plans to ditch the kids to squeeze it in. It looks amazing.
*Some spoilers*
I liked the action scenes..sometimes felt a bit excessive but Dev gave us what we wanted. A kick-ass action film that’s simple and doesn’t repeat the idea of “vengeance will dehumanize u”…instead Dev said “only god can forgive u now”. Boom.
I just appreciated having a relatively new story with good fight choreography, good pacing, good story/character building, NO stupid exposition, and great cinematography. I forgot to check the rating, so I was surprised by a lot of scenes and their explicit nature, which isn't my cup of tea, but I'm glad I got a chance to see good storytelling in a new movie.
Aaaah I just came to youtube on the off chance that you had recorded something about monkey man.
I was deeply hoping you would share your thoughts.
Can't wait to listen 😊
Ardhanariswr actually depicts shiva shakti(half women half men)
I'm sold going to see this immediately
Just bought tickets for a 4:30 show of Monkey Man. Can't wait to start this video later tonight!
I loved the sense of community in this film. It showed the true nature of humans caring for one another and appreciating each other and their various journeys. It wasn't just we win and they die. It was more than that. The core message was pure.
This movie probably won't be released in theatres in India. The government here is too scared i suppose. But i am so glad the movie is doing well❤❤❤
I heard it was banned but then remembered tech savvy+banning something drawing attention to it = piracy
Thanks for another great vid!! Just saw Monkey Man in theatres and was super stoked you had a video for it 💜💜💜
I've seen this movie twice so far and I honestly want to see it a third time. It is so good and powerful and meaningful. I am happy to see Dev's hard work paying off and I can't wait to see him continue to thrive and put out more amazing work.
Damn i wanna watch this so bad but you mentioned like 4 movies i have on my watchlist in the first minute. Unfortunately going into my “wait til seen” playlist
You got me hooked. Subscribed
I love a reference to Jawbreaker. That was one of those movies that for some reason was always in one of the cable tv rotations so I grew up watching it way more than anyone that age probably should have. Thought it was this classic and was shocked to learn that critics despised it. I think it's fuckin awesome (though definitely flawed).
Monkey Man rocks! Loved everything with the hijra community, the (under)dog, and the psychedelic/spiritual scenes in particular
Really looking forward to seeing this. Thanks for the vid, you haven't spoiled anything but now I'm even more excited to see it :)
AHHH I adored this movie!! When I saw the trailer I knew I had to see it, which is a first for me because I'm usually not an action movie girlie. I watched it on Saturday and a second time on Sunday. My eyes have been hereby opened to Dev Patel
The biggest thing I love about this movie, however obvious, is how it explicitly tackles a lot of very real political and social issues, and in a really cathartic way, in my opinion. And with so many creative kills
This was also the first time I recognized songs in a movie that I actually knew from the stuff I actually listen to. There was Red Sex by Vessel (from the fight ring scenes) and Dana Dan by Bloodywood (from the fight scene alongside the hijras). I need to shake the hand of whoever put together that soundtrack because it was such an experience to actually KNOW the song that's playing in a movie that I love.
I was so shocked to see this movie on the theaters in my country (Morocco). When I saw the tiktoks of the premiere I thought I’ll have to wait for it to be released in streaming. But I’m so so happy that it got a worldwide theatrical release. I went into it completely blind, I only knew the name of the movie and that Dev struggled to make it. And the whole time I was just so proud of him.
Another banger video. I can't wait to check out this film for myself. Thank you!
"also when he uses his teeth" you and me both
Thank you so much for this video! I just watched the movie and loved it so much ❤ It was nice to hear your take on it.
I have been telling everyone about this movie and it feels like no one is talking about it. thank you ❤
awesome pov and very well put together! Subscribed :D
Yesssss thank you for maling this video🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🤩🤩🤩🤩 Great Analysis!! I Absolutely Loveeeee this film It has so much heart and tells such a vivid and Important story with Fiyaaaaa Action🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
This is one of the best reviews I’ve ever seen.
Best review yet! I want to listen to it again! You worded what I was feeling about the film perfectly. Seeing the trans representation basically made my heart explode. and when you pointed out how he wasn’t the most confident skilled, or responding to each situation perfectly that really stuck with me because you don’t need to have high self esteem self worth super strength in order to be deserving of love success etc. ❤️
glorious, thank you
I absolutely loved this movie and I love your perspective on it, it makes me love it that much more!
im so excited to watch this movie!! sadly it only comes out in my country in late may
It’s been a week and I’m still thinking about this movie 😭👏🏽
That’s a lovely review. Thank you
I was late to watch the film, so I had to postpone your vid, but this was wonderful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
my letterboxd review started with "fuck up bitches, protect and support trans lives, and get revenge." What a bloody good time. Dev really delivered - seeing this in a semi empty theater on Thursday was such a fun experience.
It is insane that you can just do one project and and blow up and now you won't get off our screens - but it takes multiple roles for black and brown actors to even get any of that.
We really do get a pat on the back for our efforts and told to keep at it until it hits for us.
That's shitty.
thank you for this! I feel like my entire circle of friends came out of Monkey Man and wrote it off as mid, but I loved it.
beautiful and true like it’s such a ray of hope that mm actually made it out into the world like it feels like so much good political art gets stomped to death before it has any chance to live and mm made it through on the fucking skin of its teeth and it has both jordan peele AND dev patel, who’s combined repertoire encompasses a good chunk of the best stuff from the last decade. :(
also like i swear to god it feels like that type of actor doesn’t even have to turn in a good performance to get everywhere lately like saltburn wasn’t even good and now that beast is in mr del toros frankenstein :(
ty 4 making such cool videos also hope u r having a real nice day :D
What a brilliant analysis! I'm so impressed. Did you script it? It feels like you just spoke ad-lib. Wow. I agree with every word. Loved the film for all the reasons you outlined. Thank you.
haha, thank you! it's very much scripted with only a few moments that were off the dome
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you're a natural in front of the camera.
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Selamat Hari Raya Puasa Aidil Fitri. Greetings from Malaysia.
great analysis !!
Just came back from seeing the film in the cinemas with my brother and I fucking loved every second of it
Excellent video! I love revenge stories. I think stories of vengeance and revenge are compelling for so many reasons. They're dark reflections of our desires for justice, retribution, and equity in a world that is increasingly lacking them. They can also show how a victim can grow to become their own savior after an encounter with a force of injustice. The Count of Monte Cristo was the first story I became obsessed with, and I think it's because it gave me this window into how twisted feelings of anger and hatred can corrupt a life and ultimately only serve as a distraction from the human feelings we avoid: grief, sadness, and remorse. Once the revenge is over, what's left except the feelings that were there before.
why did this end up delisted? great video.
Love your channel
I'm glad to hear somebody else mention the "Law Abiding Citizen" mess.
he ate so bad in every single aspect he proposed himself to portray in the movie i swearrr! his mind is a literal jewel
this is such a great video
Waited until Friday so i could watch the movie first. Loved it 😊
So proud of him
Such a lovely reading of this film Yhara!! You highlighted things I noticed but hadn’t truly thought about after the first watch.
This movie was a beautifully woven tapestry. He touches on so many important aspects of Indian socio-politics. I feel like my world has opened up so much more. He’s inspired to me to read and to learn about these issues.
Even how he handled patriarchy. He doesn’t swoop in to rescue the helpless damsels because there are no such women in this movie they all save each other.
This movie is just…ugh…you know when you find yourself eating at a schmancy restaurant for the first time and the food just TASTES HEAVENLY???!! This movie is IT!!!
It breaks my heart that this film is not getting as many eyes on it mostly because of Netflix’s cowardice but this is a film for the ages!! It’s beautifully shot, the narrative is amazing. I’m so happy this film exists. And I’m thankful for the spirit of community shown by Jordan Peele.
Ugh!! The trailers didn’t do it justice. Nothing can truly capture how beautiful of an odyssey this film is. It’s something everyone has to experience for themselves. CHEF’S KISS!! 50 000 Michelin stars 🤩 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
EDIT: I forgot to mention the tuk tuk chase scene absolutely ICONIC!!!
good review and good video!
I watched the movie 2 weeks ago and the teeth+knife scene has been in my dreams ever since