Hello My Beautiful Creatures
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- A film by Joel Haver and @ericbernhagen
Original Score by @MyKeyTheArtist
Voice Cast
@CarolineReturns
@ItaliaPonticorvo
Larissa Dowling
@mitsy270
@TrentLenkarski
@paulinagregz
@BennyBall
@brittneyraeallday
@mollygarcia
Lars Midthun
Bernard Kung
@MattXShaver
@brookskossover
@RyanTheLeader
@cerspence
@airsoftfatty1234
Sophie Holohan
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i was one of the lucky bunch who watched this a few nights ago when Joel showed his friends here in LA. when the movie first started, I was like "oh cool a stop motion opening scene! i guess it will go back to live action soon..."
and then stop motion literally never stopped and kept going for the next 2.5 hours. i couldn't believe it. what a creative feat. congrats Joel!
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i was just gonna say this must have took a lot of work then read ur comment holy fk didnt know it was this long
i thought the same thing watching it tonight, so cool
This is AMAZING! I loved every minute of it! Couldn't stop watching, completely hijacked my whole morning!
I was one of the lucky bunch that invaded Joel's dreams to implant the seed of this idea into his subconscious here on Earth and I am very cool and part of the exclusive club of exclusive people
So after watching this I have come to the conclusion that we should take this movie and put it on a spaceprobe and blast it as far into space as we can so that when aliens find it they will know all that ever needed to be known about humanity.
Love this comment, thanks for watching❤️
I snorted so loudly after reading this. "Good morning God"
Joel is that person you meet in art school that helps you realize that what's holding you back isn't talent will or even opportunity. It's that you unknowingly believe in a cultural framework that makes you think ever creative undertaking needs money, professional equipment, actors, etc. Joel just makes his vision come to life. And you can too.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@Joel-Haver coyote hit it spot on- you're so inspiring thaq for everything
Damn, well said
Precisely. This man is a genious
This man being Joel. Not the commenter
I mean this without a single hint of irony… peak cinema.
🎥 ❤️
This film is a world record in being good and also a world record in longest run time for a stop-motion! All-timer right here. Thanks for letting me be a part of this Joel, Mikey, and Eric! ❤
Holy crap you're right
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This is amazing. And we need to push it on the general public.
Twas an honor to be in this ?
I'm pretty sure the world record is the three-month long stop motion film created by Ingo Cutbirth
YOU MADE A 140 MINUTE STOP ANIMATION IN 2.5 MONTHS?!? THAT IS UTTERLY UTTERLY INSANEO STYLE
The fact that this is just free on youtube like this
The Wellness Check People: "Uh, it looks... y'all not gonna believe this... he died... in some kind of... elaborate, miniature Oppenheimer... suicide set?... Frank, help me out here..."
This has to take place in a universe where toys being alive is fairly normal. No way you have a dude who can miraculously make toys walk and put on his shoes while still needing to do a shitty job he hates.
@@zero132132 Tell yourself whatever you need to.
@@zero132132 Well my theory would be that they only come to life when he brings them home in a briefcase. Sort of Frosty the Snowman rules. Except they gain internal organs...
And it seems he basically lets the town operate how it wants to and more or less just uses them as a quick therapy session before bed and has them help him get up in the morning.
Which lets be real if you had to work a 9-5 and found out you could make toys come to life magically, but you had to also feed them, I mean... What else can you do?
@@zero132132 I don't agree at all. Geniuses live pitiful or unaspirational lives all the time. You know, the second Einstein who spent their whole life working in a sweat shop because they were never given the opportunities Einstein was
@@zero132132or he is just severely mentally ill and it's an unreliable narrator
2 AND A HALF HOUR STOP MOTION FILM, ARE YOU KIDDING?????? I cannot believe this only took you two and a half months, you MADMAN
2 hours and 20 mins or so
@@OptimusGPrime bruh
It's Joel's atonement for his easy rotoscope animations
Yesterday, I would have said it was impossible to do a 2.5 hour stop motion musical in less than 6 months, and to accomplish 6 months, I'd have assumed you'd need a team of experts with decades of experience and a bunch of unpaid interns.
I'm baffled at how anyone could do something of this quality this quickly with a team this small. It's an amazing accomplishment.
@@zero132132 it is insane. surely he atleast had unpaid intens
A song about a husband lamenting about a relationship between his wife and their dog is the funniest thing i have ever seen
so good joel u r a true artist!!
Thank you Chad, love you my man!
Can i be in a video frfr I have a limited-time lifespan and humor that melts...?@@Joel-Haver
Amen
This movie is amazing!!! I can't believe how good it is! 🎉🎉
Short form content has ruined my brain. I saw the hour count on this and thought, "mmm, maybe not". Something made me stick it through, though, and it was worth every second. Thank you for this!
I’m glad you gave it a chance! Thanks so much for watching❤️
We need more people like you, the unsung heroes who will save long form art
Joel in the Value Village toy isle: "Yes... Yes this will do very nicely"
Its mostly shit from Eric's house actually xD
I immediately understand why this movie took longer to come out. I am seated and glued to my screen for the next 2 and a half hours.
I'd give him a pass to only make 11 full length films this year
@@whoisisaacit’s even better the second time, that should count as two films.
@NoonDragoon Hot glued to your screen?
This movie, as all independent films, is a loud testament to how much you can get away with in film. But more than any other of Joel's it goes whole hog in ignoring the perceived production barriers (which in animation are enormous). It's unabashedly imperfect but that doesn't take away from the final piece. After a few minutes as a viewer you just think "hey, I get it", settle into the world of talking toys, and accept what is to come.
The strings, glue, putty and the janky movement fades to the backdrop of the characters, their relationships and world building, and even when you do notice them, it becomes a reminder of the craft and care put in.
The coolest example in the movie were the clocks that don't tick at the rate of the movie setting, but show the passing of actual real-world time - the time it took to animate the figures. In traditional production this would be seen as a distraction, a continuity error. They simply wouldn't place clock in the shot, or would have to "tick it" manually, which then adds work to maintain the continuity, to keep track of which frames the second hand has to tick, etc. But here, in scenes where precise passing of time doesn't really matter, it's one more glimpse behind the curtain, which may give some viewers appreciation for the effort and love pressed into the film. And for film makers that this movie may inspire, the clocks show how quickly one could animate a shot, which is neat too.
By now, we should all know (and intuitively we do) that movies don't have to be perfect - they never are. There are countless examples of polished (Hollywood and other) turds, and of the opposites too - the budget gems, where priorities are placed on what matters most. Animation as a whole medium, by design, reduces the frame rate and very successfully gets away with tricking our brain into seeing compelling motion. Maybe it's out of fear, out of wanting to hide behind the polished edges, but it's easy to forget just how much you can get away with and to not aim for some external standard of perfection.
I love this as a piece of art, and because of what it stands for. Now, I want to see more of fully improvised independent animation projects that dispense with the desire for perceived perfection and instead actually get made. I do think that this is an equation with mutually exclusive outcomes: polished & expensive, imperfect & made, or perfect (in your head) & abandoned. Something has to give.
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This is animation, so unsurprisingly, the edit is where the magic happens. Hello My Beautiful Creatures shows just how much weight post-production can carry. But to me the sound design of this film is _the_ secret sauce. It's made things feel tactile and alive. And for the film maker it certainly helps save time on set, gives another dimension for expression, and expands the toolbox for crafting an immersive setting. It helps to sell it to the viewer, is a very clever use of resources and the right kind of polish.
Finally, it's impressive to see a shift towards scoring a movie, considering previously Joel has erred on a more minimal side. A big step outside of comfort zone, which might go unnoticed considering the whole 12 movies/year is in itself a leap.
It’s a beautiful and special thing when somebody gives meaningful thought to your work. Thank you for watching and thank you for taking the time to share these lovely words. You hit the nail on the head. I wish you the best on your creative journey my friend, imperfections and all!
my thoughts exactly
@@Joel-Haver stunning work. stunning words
An HONOR to work with Joel
You did so great Mitsy, you're the best!
Mitsy owns
You done good, mits. Yall done real good. I’ll heap all sorts of praise on Joel, but it’s also clear just how great a collaboration this was.
Joel sculpted this movie, but yall’s fingerprints are pressed into the clay. You give the movie texture. Edit: I should say that Eric and Joel sculpted it together. I didn’t realize the extent of the collaboration.
10/10, heres the admission for allowing me to watch such a masterpiece.
Aw, thanks so much for the support!!
@@Joel-Haveris it just you that writes or do you have friends that give input?
Joel just casually dropping an entire feature length stop motion movie into our notifications
Idk man we’ve been waiting for this! Also… worth it!!
Almost casually. Lol
The absolute mad man!!!!
Yes I Just Realized This 30 Mins In, Was Like How Long Is This Short, 2 Hours And 20 mins, Amazing!!!
Raise your hand if you only realized it was as long as it is after reading this comment.✋
Joel this was an amazing movie and I’m so glad I got to voice act in it! I’m going to name my next dog Baxter now
LOVE YOU, SO PROUD, TALENTED GUY!
You crushed it Brittney!! Love you!!!!!
Great job Joel, can’t wait to do more with you!
You crushed it Chris!! Can’t wait to collaborate again :)
This is absolutely incredible. What a collaboration!
I was so happy to see you in the credits!!
Love you Chris, you MADE Fishtank brother!!!!
Thought I heard your voice!
This film was so incredibly impressive. I’m so proud to have been able to be apart of it! Great work, Joel!
You were amazing Molly! Lucky to have ya in it!❤️
What understatements! Great work everybody!
we’re rly not talking enough abt ‘a spa-TOO-la for me and YOU-la!’ 6:30
RIGHT? What a line
"By then her death meant more than her life ever could." Such a powerful line, I mean it whole-heartedly when I say your work puts most major studios to shame. They can put millions of dollars into a project, but it takes a mind like yours to make it worthwhile.
That line left me speechless! Fantastic
Usually when people say something is a powerful line, they are agreeing with the line. You don't agree with that guy, right?
@@maxoakland9404 nah man i'm just complimenting the writing
@@jakoboo17 OK that's good. Sometimes it's hard to tell
“I’m starting to think my wife, wants to have with our dog” HAS ME ROLLING IN LAUGHTER LOL
Fuckin Carl. Look what he started.
Yeah, that was definitely peak
I mean i knew it probably wouldn't be like 100% kid friendly in the joke department but I legit didn't see mfs doin leg drops on puppies necks, screaming radiation burn barbies, or civilization collapsing after see Gods meat. the whole second half is just straight metal and i legit haven't been so blindsided by twists in years. One being setup and executed like legit perfectly and its insane the amount of times i was convinced it was plateauing in how dark it would get and then tug of war and everything else happened and fuck you guys joel the end made me cry you're getting too damn good with these, never stop making shit im ready for the horror movie next youve def got it with how unsettled i got here😂
WOOOOOO
TRENT YOU WATCH JOEL TOO?! 🤯
TRENT!!!!!!!!
You did great Trent, sorry one of your characters got brutally torn in half by a bunch of dogs and horses and a zebra I think. That’s showbiz, baby.
This is the real Barbenheimer
Lol I didn't put that together but it literally is Toys + Nuclear Bomb
Should be top Comment
Joel, I say this with the best more nicest intentions and respect, but WHAT WERE YOU THINKING making a Scorsese-length stop motion film in a MONTH??? The fact you even began this project speaks to your mad genius. You might be more unhinged than professor psychotic for this one. Serious respect for carrying out this idea!
Someone needs to be a good samaritan and get joel to a lunatic hospital whether he likes or not. Get well soon Joel!
More unhinged than Francis Ford Coppola. But just as original.
My flabber is utterly gasted
My bam has never been quite so boozled
How many man hours did this take to make? Haha, really impressive stuff, Joel!
I estimate I put in around 800 hours at least, Eric and MyKey weren’t far off from that either! It was a huge three man operation!
@@Joel-Haverwow, well, it paid off. I enjoyed this one.
Such an achievement! Congrats to you two!
Thank you so much, you’re the best!
Falling Freddy really captures the perspective of a generation buried in the mire of choices none of them made or would have ever agreed to given the notion their opinions mattered.
Help. Help me. I'm falling. Help.😅
Don’t define yourself by your fears, my brother.
🎵Falling Freddie Mac
Mac Mac
Dolls smoking (rack
(rack (rack🎶
He’s also hilarious in this
if falling freddy didnt want to be falling he would simply pick himself back up
Not gonna lie, this has to go down as one of the greatest videos on youtube.
Watching this all the way through told me two things, that you might be going insane, and that my attention span isn't fried.
Can you get through a good book? Or even a bad one? Especially a bad one.
My attention span is probably at least half fried then lol
the low frame makes it look faster
I think this is your greatest work Joel. I don't think there's anyone else on earth who could have pulled this off, not even counting the time constraints. I can't believe how quickly my brain adapted to the low framerate and simple dolls, by the end I'd established emotional resonance with almost every single character. Completely worth the wait.
fallin freddy is relatable as fuck, hang in there bud
He in fact, did not hang in there :(
@@BradToon havent finished watchingggg, no spoilers
@@croozerdog my bad g
@@BradToon saw it, that fucked me up
@@croozerdog ikr, turned really dark, I love it!
for some reason I was pretty sure I was going to feel existential dread watching this, but I didn't know it was going to be this intense. i'm not the same person after this film, congrats to everyone involved. i can only hope i make something this great in my lifetime.
Ok, the dolls eating Dominos was mildly terrifying.
Doll, me knows.
Spoilers, watch the film first.
This film was absolutely phenomenal. I had heard "the medium is the message" before, but this really made me understand it. This feels like a story I would have played out when I was little, and seeing it devolve into complete destruction- this simple little world being torn apart- just hits at something deep down.
I think my favorite scene would have to be when the clingy guy's wife brings up the i-96 accident. The implications that they understand the world beyond, and violence. But everything they hear and everything they receive just comes from a tired god, unqualified to run a society.
I like it when art is interpretable in multiple ways.
I could easily see someone having the takeaway that its showing how people can rationalize a "god" that is unqualified, suffering just being "gods plan" and not fixing it because that's just the "plan" and you know, so and so forth. Specifically with Freddy, you know the deal. That part was kind of obvious.
But the way I kind of see it is, it just goes to show that the world, everything, it wouldnt exist if God was like us, some incompetent bumbling fool who doesnt really care about anything.
If a man cant hold a society together how would they be able to hold atoms together? How could they place the earth in just the perfect spot for the creatures on it to live?
It stands to reason God must be perfect, given the universe doesnt spiral into immediate chaos the second it was born.
@@Yipper64 I mean, god can hold atoms together, but humans can tear 'em apart. And if god created humans, doesn't that make him imperfect? I'd say what god is and how the world functions is in the hands of the creatures with the agency to change it, no matter how much we'd like to fall back on a higher judgement.
Idk how much I'm analyzing the film at this point and how much I'm just expressing my theological views.
@@Yipper64 "It stands to reason God must be perfect, given the universe doesnt spiral into immediate chaos the second it was born."
Debatable and arbitrary perspective though isn't it? It's plenty of random chaos nothing here for billions of miles and years in any direction. You're judging the vibrancy of a vast wasteland as "best it can possibly be" by a single shortly blooming flower. A little desperate feeling.
@@dopaminecloud You look at the night sky and call the earth a "single blooming flower"?
Me in the beginning: I’m looking forward to the character always looking out the window to get her freedom!
Me by the end: O_O
Yeah this went a totally different direction than I was expecting... three times!
Seriously.
Spotify is a giant pain when you're not paying for premium, but I finally managed to add 'I Love My Wife' and 'My Wife, My Dog," to my favorites. All of the music is incredible, but the Roy Orbison levels in those just sent me through the roof. Add in the Jimmy Stewart Dad and what might've been Don Knots as the Mayor, the body horror, the philosophical allegories at play, the humor, the characters, the _NUDITY_ , mountains and mountains of sheer, full frontal and rear nudity on display, so much nud-
I love this movie. I love this movie so much, man. I'm upset there's no physical release, because this is something I want on my shelf.
Aww happy you sought out the songs, MyKey did such an incredible job singing as Carl. Thanks for watching my friend!
@@Joel-Haver The songs, thankfully, are also available on Amazon. I was able to buy the album there. I really hope you can one day put your films on made-to-order physical release, Joel. You're a legitimate inspiration, and your films and shorts are awesome.
telling my kids this is toy story
Dumb. Don’t have kids.
Nah, this is way better than Toy Story
Probably shouldn't show this to kids, or at least not to anyone young enough to still think Santa lives at the North Pole.
Wdym this should be told to everyone @@zero132132
telling my kids this was Robert Zemeckis' 'Welcome to Marwen'
Pixar isn't brave enough to end a toy movie in Nuclear Halocaust
Spoilers
Dude, spoilers!! >:ccc
Bro, you just ruined the end for me :/
Come on fix this with a spoiler alert man.
But also y'all don't read the comments first! Just trust in Joel. 😁
Joel’s ability to expand into new mediums never ceases to amaze me
He's actually currently training in psychic mediumship.
This was a little hard to start, but holy shit does this pay off. So glad i kept watching. Brilliant screenplay, excellent songs and music and voice acting. Fascinating. And hilarious. When that second song kicked off I cracked up
Holy Joel 😱
Holy Yeh 🎉
@@Joel-HaverI knew this thing was gonna have a crazy ending (it’s you, after all), but that was wilder than I expected. Good job!
1st impression: "Aww, what a bunch of cute and fun characters! This looks really fun and creative! I love it!"
30 mins in: "Oh hey this is quirky and weird, but it's still so much fun! How creative!"
1 hr in: "OH SHIT!"
90 minutes in: "Oh, okay, I guess?"
2 hr in: "WHAT THE FUCK?"
2:12 "TELL me BOY, what do YOU think?" Oh fuckohfuckoh FUCK!"
2:15 "you know what this is all about right, boy... all this? Power, boy, a semblance of control over all the noise, we fight for the power we hold over those we love, because we know the power they hold over us. And I held onto hope, y'know? ...Those silly little squirrels: Oh, but I knew it was over. A small favor here, a simple suggestion there; I'd lost HER, but I hadn't lost my people. By then, her death, meant more than her life ever could."
Boy: "You, did all this... for NOTHING!"
"NO!, not nothin' boy, listen; you hear that?! That's MUSIC to my ears! To be the conductor of the loudest orchestra the world has ever known! It's MY finger on the button, boy! Devotion! The only power I've ever known that comes even close to love.
Boy: "I... HATE... you..."
"Hate I can TAKE boy; hate I can take."
This went from a children's show to the darkest shit I have ever seen in my entire life. HOLY FUCK
GIVE ME MORE
JOEL
YOU'RE A FUCKIN GENIUS
oh my goodness
Not the squirrels speaking cantonese hhahahaha
I've only watched 10 minutes of this so far and I'm just flabbergasted that this exists. I pirate literally everything but you deserve every bit of support so fuck it take $20
You guys think the major film studios realize there's a dude out here completely outclassing them with pure creativity, effort and passion on shoestring budgets? I'd rather watch this than pretty much anything I've seen in theaters in the last 5 years.
That's actually 100% true. I can't think of the last time I finished a movie. I think it was the Bob's Burgers movie? This one though
Oh man, this gets dark. I saw on Joel Talks About Movies that we'd understand why this one took a bit longer and I totally do now. That was incredible, and I think it's your best movie yet. Both the story and the medium were great. Awesome job!
Timestamping the songs for anyone else who wants to revisit them:
17:21 Not Meant For This World
27:00 I Love My Wife
1:02:36 I Can Show You More
1:16:39 My Wife, Our Dog
2:19:40 So This is It
I love my wife goes so hard
@@sagtoolesag I come back to listen to it all the time
NOKERIC?!?!??!? I noticed the style In The first 20 seconds!!!!!!! Dude I love him!
Art is for all. This is one of the best films I've ever watched. Ever. A master piece. A 9.9/10.
(Spoiler warning)
Something that turns from Hello My Beautiful Creatures. To. Good Bye... my twisted creatures... You should have stayed without souls. This isn't a happy or sad tale. This isn't one where either side is good or evil. There is evil, hiding under a kind facade. And people, being mistaken for evil. And it leads to the death of their god... and themselves.
My mouth was agape for the last hour omg... Easily my favorite movie you've put out, and I love all your movies. Ben Ball was absolutely outstanding as The Dad. And the music?! 11/10
Thank you so much, Ben did such a wonderful job couldn’t have asked for a better voice actor. And the music!!!!!!!❤️
This was a wild ride.
Betrayal, murder, greed, jealousy… and at least three musical numbers that I can recall.
I’m blown away. 🤯
Love, Power, Control . . .
Yeah. Its got drama, societal commentary, some gnosticism which everyone seems to be into these days, who doesnt love nukes being involved? and a decent helping of comedy.
What's not to love?
@@Yipper64gnostic analysis performed
@@Yipper64 Is gnosticism popular? Haven't heard of that
@@soniccucumber6639 Its kind of hidden but yeah. Its sort of a religion that specifically counter to Christianity.
Eric deserves so much more love over on his channel his videos are so good. Ive been laughing for days OUT LOUD without control its incredible. Been a hard year for me, stuff like this helps
this absolutely exceeded all expectations i could have had. i was thinking of maybe watching the first five minutes and going to bed, and ended up sitting through the whole thing, thoroughly glued to the screen. i couldn't stop smiling for the first hour. i had way too strong of a reaction to the death of a toy clown character who had 0 lines. the resolution to the mayor and patrice's plot made my heart melt.
this is an amazing feat, congrats to you and everyone involved!!
Proof that AI can never replace human art. This is seriously something special Joel and Eric
True. and im fairly into AI as a tool, I think its neat.
But this is something AI simply will never be able to do. Not in the same way.
A picture is worth a thousand words, a prompt has about 20. This is a thousand pictures.
Why not?
@@BiggerR10 The film is animated in 6fps. 6*60*142 = 51 5120. There are over 50 thousand individual pictures taken by a human to create this film. In each of those pictures there are many, many choices made by humans which are influenced by each individual's own experience.
A.I asks the algorithm what's best.
If you think those are equivalent then I feel bad for you.
No art can replace any other and I don't think anyone has ever seriously suggested that. It's always just more to the pile.
AI literally could never write this script. When ChatGPT was new I tried it out to see if it could write something like a book or TV episode for me and it simply isn't capable of generating something creative like this
Dawg I got too high, I thought this whole movie was stop-motion.
No but for real. HOLY. MOLY. That was incredible. I was so gripped the entire time. Just awe-inspiring ways to make the audience completely fumble their jaw.
I can't stop thinking about this. Every step of the way felt both familiar and suddenly surprising. This IS the movie.
Thank you!! So happy you enjoyed it, and thanks so much for the support that helped bring it to life❤️
I think it fits the movie that at the end I thought "man, when someone discovers this and it all has to get cleaned up..." How unimportant what happened is to anyone outside that room, but how important it was to the people involved. How it all becomes just a mess to deal with.
That's exactly what human life is like. Our entire planet is a speck of dust in the universe. Our whole lives basically take place inside someone's bedroom and we think it's the most important thing, but it's more like a dream
And I don't think that's depressing, I think it's freeing. I think understanding that as a positive thing sets you free
I believe that no things in universe are inherently important. We are just out there on a speck of dust in the big universe, and what we consider important is really nothing on grand scheme of things
Yet, I also believe that we can choose ourselves what things we consider important. Yes, it's a speck of dust, but I value it, it's nature, it's people, it's culture
It's useful to have both perspectives. Sometimes we can get too caught up caring about things, that are, in the end, nothing more than our own constructs - maybe we should step back and reconsider them. But I believe that it's also useful to define what is your own meaning of life, what matters to you
The movie exposes how we can destroy ourselves and our speck of dust. The toys did because: they cared only about themselves, lacked awareness of their own emotions and actions, didn't question what they did and why. Hence prejudice, ostracism, blind orders following, violence, revenge, wars
But modern people are surely better
As someone that has been doing stop-motion almost all his life:
Absolutely amazing work! And sooo much love and respect for the story you chose to tell, and the way you animated it as well! 🥹😍
I had to almost cry a few times watching this, burst out laughing, and already I am having a lot of fun watching this (only mid-way through, and had to comment already).
You're an amazing Filmmaker and a big inspiration as a person, Joel;
Thank you for everything you do❤️👏🏻🥹
It's unfortunate that because this is on UA-cam, so many people will see the two hour run time and pass right by such an incredible film. But I'm also glad it's on UA-cam, otherwise I never would have seen this masterpeice.
17:20 Not Meant For This World
27:03 I Love My Wife
1:02:40 I Can Show You More
1:16:40 My Wife, Our Dog
2:19:47 So This Is It
That’s it, I’m shutting the windows and doors, this is my night going forward and I am so ready for it!
I feel like if I were to start saying this is my favorite movie, it would give off the same energy as my Grandfather saying his favorite movie was “Joe Versus the Volcano”.
Honored to be a part of this amazing project ❤️ Love you Joel!
You were perfect Paulina!!!! Love you too❤️
on one hand the glue at their feet would appear to be undesirable, like a camera man accidentally being caught in the shot, but here it actually just serves to remind me how much work stop-motion requires.
I like looking at it this way. I kept seeing the clay and glue as an imperfection, but it sort of gives you a window into how this is made
this and for me the glue has a sort of disarming effect of like, okay let's settle into this. It's real it's raw.
4 minutes in, and I'm pretty sure I saw Nokeric. That dude is guaranteed to elevate any creative endeavor.
As an avid Lego builder- I adore the world you created. reminds me alot about my own city, and all stories I created through years! Thanks for existing!
And the Voice acting was TOP NOTCH
HELL YEAAAHH!!! It’s always sooo much fun to work with you! You’re so talented Joel!!!!
You’re amazing as always Italia!!!
This is exactly the kind of movie I always would have loved to have exist but didn't think would get made. You've made a dream come true today, Joel. I love movies!
babe wake up joel haver posted a 2 hour and a half stop motion film
More like babe, wake up I love you so much that I want to spend every waking moment with you. Wake up so I can love you more and not worry about you and the dog. It would break my heart if I found out you were dreaming about the dog or someone else. Can I watch Joel’s movie with you? Please don’t think about Joel too much, it would make me sad. I love you soooo much.
This movie is a great example of why I dont like movie trailers. They reveal too much about the plot. What made this movie fantastic was figuring out what was going on as it went. Great movie with some very cold lines towards the end. Baxter deserved better
I see the Bernhagen, I click IMMEDIATELY
Me too!! He’s incredible!
@@Joel-HaverHow did you two settle on the naturalistic performance? It was so good.
I don’t want to exaggerate or blow smile up anyone’s ass, but Eric Bernhagen disappeared into the role like a Seymour-Hoffman or a Cazale. I’m not saying Eric’s talents are at that level (yet), but he’s got the foundation.
I love the crazy Nokeric videos, but this was a different level.
I watched this over a week and for some reason the thing that stands out to me the most is the imperfect and the perfect moments. I took the shot of blue and pink house when the guy is singing to his wife as my PC background because it's so gorgeous and beautiful. At other times in the movie something stood out to me as very imperfect, such as the confusion of going from what I thought would be a romantic story to a violent one (which may not have been helped by me watching this in 20 minute segments).
But now that I'm thinking about, if there's anything to really represent our lives, I feel like the odd contrast of the perfect and imperfect moments is a great one. It's like the word "bittersweet," that somehow conveys two opposites together in one. The beautiful lightened shots contrasted by the violence of some model being torn in two. To me at least, the movie felt like those flashbulb moments in our lives, and how piecing them together can be so confusing. And at the end all I can really think about is "is this life?" It feels weird to watch a movie and not be entirely satisfied. But it's not because I watched a movie that was bad and didn't enjoy it, I just feel a bit lost, which is also how I feel about life right now. And from the ending, I feel like if there was anything to be conveyed, it is just seeing our lives inside these models. So I suppose how I feel about the movie is almost a mirror into how I currently feel about my life.
I'm trying to get into a graduate program as I enter my senior year in college, and I feel like I got to watch this at the right time. I don't feel like I really got any answers from this movie, I just got the feeling of what weird lives we have. The violence was so gruesome and yet also seemed utterly unserious. Just a lot of contrasts standing out to me.
This movie has really given me an appetite to watch more movies. I find myself more and more dissatisfied with typical UA-cam videos, and appreciating art more and more. And you have quite a catalog for me to enjoy. I want to save "Pretend That You Love Me" to watch with my future girlfriend, which may be a bad idea as I don't entirely know what it's about haha.
But thank you for making this. I really think it's going to be good for me to lean more into creative consumption than simply fast-paced entertainment.
Thank you for the lovely and thoughtful comment, I love your thoughts on the movie. I definitely feel that push and pull with life, the good and the bad coexisting paints just about everything for me these days.
I’m glad you want to explore movies more, I feel the same way. It’s often quick and easy to fill life with digestible content, but when I do commit to something more meaningful I’m always grateful I did. Hope you watch some good ones! Pretend That You Love Me is an interesting one to watch with a partner, I’ve had some people say it was a valuable watch with that context and others prefer watching it alone!
I wish you well through your senior year of college!
I'm confused why I watched this in its entirety. Good production and vision. Just something that I didn't expect to sit down and watch a couple minutes after it released.
I’m glad you stuck with it! Thanks for watching❤️
Start of the movie: Oh Joel's going a family-friendly movie. Not my cup of tea but he said he was expanding his horizons so I'm here for it
End of the movie: Oh....
So grateful to have been a part of this ❤️
You’re amazing in this Ben, you oughta be proud❤️
@@Joel-Haver thanks buddy ❤️✨ thanks for having me
I disagree with tyrlant2189.
The movies have been awesome
I have NEVER heard of something like this being done before, and in such a short time. I’m speechless and amazed, and I probably won’t ever be able to articulate how impressive it is. This is the kind of work that lights fires under people who need to get to artin’.
Major congrats Joel, and I hope you get good sleep!
I hope that it can light many fires and start some artin’ everywhere! We can do it! Thanks for watching❤️
Man what an ending, but it's such a bitter (not even bittersweet) feeling.The dad, the daughter, the boy, Mr.Mayor, Patrice, etc. all of these people destroyed at the hands of the dad. I liked the message on power and love. The foley work, voice acting, music (ORIGINAL SONGS!!!), just amazing. I'm doubtful I'll understand anything too deep, but I'm glad y'all made this.
please god may this be the big break for eric,. I have never in my life witnessed a more talented and creative thinking madman, he has worked so hard for so long with very little recognition, he might not be for everybody but he certainly is for me.
LETS GOOOO!
WOOHOOOOO!!!!
I don't know how this sounds coming from a stranger, but I am so proud of you for making this! The characters, the voice acting, the compositions, the insane attention to detail, all of it perfect! I can't imagine how much work this took to pull off. Stunning! So impressive! You've lit a huge fire of inspiration for me to start making my own things again. Thanks, Joel.
It means a lot coming from a stranger! Thank you for your kind words and your support! ❤️
everyone laughed when i put this on my 2024 bingo card
i really appreciate what you and Bernhagen did with this movie- its just such a wholly unique concept, presented with such a disarming charm to it with stop motion using bargain bin plastic toys, but the characters take themselves so utterly seriously that as a viewer, its so easy to get honestly wrapped up in the story
i tell you, when that nudie's head came tumbling out of the elevator?? and it bled ???? jaw dropped, such a dramatic turn in the genre we had been watching till that point
hahaha same there were so many jaw dropping moments for me. and just like smiling,
The sad truth that every horrible person just wants to be loved like we love each other
I watched this with a good friend of mine in 4k on a huge tv with surround sound and this is one of the most memorable and fun movies i have ever seen, thank you so much for the work you guys have done and im glad i was able to watch this art on a setup it deserves.
This is what I love: to take a concept and to run SO FAR with it. Absolutely beyond my expectations! My jaw must have been hanging open for the last hour. I can't give this enough praise. Just amazing.
…When David Lynch falls asleep watching Robot Chicken after drinking absinthe with Charlie Kaufman all night…
Lore ✔
Character arcs ✔
Body Horror ✔
Amazing camera work ✔
Twist Villain ✔
Hotel Trivago ✔
10/10
So amazing, thank you joel and eric for pushing your bounds creatively! 😎😎😎
This is amazing the little girl’s song was so beautiful. You don’t need much just your creativity, imagination and love to make something beautiful
It really was. That's when I decided to watch the whole thing
My mind is completely blown. This is so fun, fascinating, beautiful, dark, light all at once. The style and music are incredible, the plot itself so intricately paints the descent of civility into chaos with an apathetic God, and I felt like I got to know each unique character in the town so well. I am so happy this art exists. Thank you Joel and friends for putting in an insaneo amount of work for this unbelievable film. Wow
Forgot to mention - it was also hilarious and had me laughing out loud, huge smile on my face at all the creative animation, choreography, and physical humour!
Thank you for your kind words, I’m so glad that the movie could connect with you in so many ways. Thanks for giving it your time, wish you the best Julia!
Congrats Joel!! So glad all that time and effort paid off. This is a masterpiece!
i hope nokeric gets a lot of attention from this
Me too homie. Me too
There’s so much subtext and meaning behind every moment. To think this wasn’t scripted is crazy. Amazing work Joel, Eric and MyKey!
i'll never understand how you improv wizards work your way through the unscripted stuff