Beau is Afraid is a Disappointment (Blvd)
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I've honestly come to the point where I'm thinking that this might be my favorite movie ever. Yeah, it's very overstuffed and has a lot of shocking imagery, but I think the whole movie being like a crazy road trip managed to keep my interest the whole way through. There were multiple moments where my jaw literally dropped and I found myself enjoying the movie more and more as I continued to watch. This was also the only movie I have ever watched where I continue to think about it days after I finished it. I think everyone should see this movie and then realize that they either love it or hate it because that seems to be what a lot of the reviews are saying.
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While there are many movies that have dealt with the subject of mental illness, anxiety, and strained family relationships, I’ve never seen it portrayed in this way, and it’s frankly a breath of fresh air. Maybe this can be attributed to Joaquin Phoenix’s acting skills, but there are some subtle, nuanced moments that make this movie worth watching.
You could almost hear Ari Aster sitting next to you in the theater whispering, “can you believe they’re letting me do this shit?”
There are a lot of scenes that could “define the whole film”, but the one that sticks out to me as being the most poignant is the paint scene in the second “chapter”. That’s the one moment that, while I definitely laughed at it, was not fun or funny or even ironic, it was just really sad. It tied that segment up perfectly and left a really strong impression on me as the rest of the film never gets that real again. It gets sad, weird, funny, and disturbing later, but that moment with the daughter in the son’s room is maybe the best scene Aster has made so far. It’s very intense.
"Maybe the bluntness and repetition is the point, and maybe its on me for not being able to see it"
I believe it all boils down to: it works for some people and it doesn't for others. I don't think its a matter of "Well you just didn't GET it." You were able to pin point what there was TO "get" so i think you are obviously able to see what might be the point. I think its the subjectivity of it. It's just the fact that it didn't work for you just like how other aspects didn't for me as well. I enjoyed the film overall and am just glad that discussions like this can happen from a movie that exists like this.
This movie reminds me of the movie "the Cell" with Jenifer Lopez..with its so over the top metaphors but so on the nose and obvious, that you can imagine the director sitting right next to you, gasping for air and asking you "Oh did you understand that? Do you know what I meant by that"
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Yes, Ari..pls go away"
I was exhausted by this movie, but I couldn’t look away. I thought the mom was camp, her speech was so ridiculous and terrifying like some Mommie Dearest-type stuff.
The way I justify spending money to watch this film to myself is that it shows how insane and unrealistic the world would be if my anxious thoughts were accurate. I have mental illnesses that distort my perception of reality and make me pessimistic to an unrealistic degree. Seeing some of my fears, like being accused for something I obviously didn’t do, play out on screen made it clear to me that questioning these anxieties of mine are really important and I shouldn’t give every thought in my head the same credit.
Other than that, it was a massive disappointment and I feel like I was edged for 3 hours. It was fun to watch Joaquin Phoenix run around and scream a lot, though.
Wait this was the same take I had 😂
Just curious, what would you have changed about it to not make it disappointing
I like the idea of this movie hammering a nail. Beau is the nail. Grief etc. is the hammer. Beau never changes so the movie never truly changes. Just rug pulls that should change Beau’s future actions but it doesn’t. That’s why he doesn’t ever really question how he fast forwarded through the movie. He did everything he saw on screen because he was unwilling to decide for himself. The way I look at it I see Beau and the movie as a snake eating itself
I’m a huge fan of Hereditary, Midsommar, Strange Thing About the Johnsons, Synecdoche NY, Kafka, and I didn’t enjoy this and thought it needed a lot of reining in.
Personally, I loved this movie. The ending was absolute lunacy, but it was still awesome!
For me, this movie was the definition of a mixed bag. Its rare that I feel so differently about (roughly) the first half of a film compared to its second half. The first half of this film was one of the funniest experiences I've ever had in a theater, probably like a 9/10. Everything following the forest section got pretty messy and I liked it much less.
literally
First half is 9 out of 10 second half 2 out of 10.
@@aa-ron9485 lol thats pretty accurate
Idk whether I should've been laughing the first 40 mins of the movie, but I just could not help it. I laughed way more than I had to when he was still using his broken desktop computer with a shoe on it hahahaha
I was definitely not disappointed. Loved it.
This movie was a bundle of false security
"I'm safe in my apartment" - nope
"I'm safe with this family" - nope
"I'm safe watching this play" nope
"I'm safe to have to have sex with my childhood crush"....not a chance.
I was unfortunately disappointed too. And I reaaaally wanted to like it considering my love for Aster's previous work. But this just wasn't for me as a whole. Parts of it, however, were excellent.
Hereditary was real good, midsommar sucked, this actually surprised me by the end-- really liked it a lot... first thirty I almost walked out from boredom
@@Tybolt1 that's wild to me, I'd think the first 30 minutes would be the only section of the movie to easily hold someone's attention. Basically filled with action the whole time
I did like the movie all the way through
@@epicgamer2670 it was a slow surrealist burn that demanded too much upfront attention... my mind was debating throwing in the towel before making the investment-- could have been more seemless/entertaining, the secs scene made me laugh out loud and made the movie for me...
@@Tybolt1 Very fair, I can understand that reasoning. I saw the trailer back in January so I've been waiting to see it since then. I already mentally signed up when I saw it haha
I had mixed feelings, but this is the first movie in a while to get me journaling in the theater. In retrospect, I like it more and more.
When this hits streaming and people watch it in the comfort of their own homes as well as people rewatching it after experiencing the bleak ending a lot of people are gonna eat their words on this movie
The conditioned masses are hung up on their expectations/plotlines without examining the visual, verbal and behavioral encoded hermetic, Kubrickian, theatrical, artistic, religious, mathematical, numerological symbolism. Will be studied by scholars for decades.
Yeah this movie will have a cult following, I'm already one of them.
It will probably remain a very divisive film, like most great experimental films are. Lynch's Inland Empire is still regarded as garbage by most people in general, but it's still in many critics favorites of all time. That's why it's risky to actually be creative, most people naturally won't like it but that doesn't make it bad
@@napndash Are you a cartoon character?
@@isaiahromero9861 your comment is 4 months old but Inland Empire is one of my favourites, the stuffed rabbit story is so terrifying and I still don't know why. Love that film and Dern forever
I actually loved Beau. As someone who expirenced extreme paranoid anxiety the film was a great example of showcasing how that feels and how someone would percieve the world.
his mother is not just the over protective crocodile mother carrying the baby in her mouth, but she's the archetypal devouring mother, possessive, manipulative, demanding, suffocating to the point of devouring her children's individuality and independence. guilt is the main driving tool of manipulation. his father, his sexual organ, his masculinity, his destiny, a part of himself is locked up in the attic, in such a way that failure to confront makes him regress and fall back down the stairs, where he is literally dragged by doctor guilt back to his mothers feet, kissing them desperately and imploring for forgiveness while promising to be a better son.
on one hand she is his always loving mother, a god, but on the other she's a b*itch as the girl referred to both their mothers. on one hand she desperately pities him and on another hates.
both being caught in such conflicting dichotomic feelings, he finally attempts to kill her, i'd say in himself, in order to grow out of it, out of this devouring relationship, but rather quickly he stops himself, regresses back to the eternal child always sorry and guilt fills him, as he fails to kill her. but the point is she dies anyway, because sooner or later she inevitably will die. and he's still a child, incompetent, irresponsible, indecisive, shallow, a child who's not only failed to give back the love his mom always demanded and expected but this time he's also failed to end her, get rid of her, grow out an individual "I" and assert himself regardless of her guilt insinuating accusations of ungratefulness.
with a traumatized creepy face he takes the boat and sails the waters into the darkness of the night. he is reborn through the vaginal cave back into darkness where his psyche through the internal voices of his consciousness chamber, debate in a fierce court like trial. his defender voice is smaller and smaller ending up "thrown out the window", while his accuser voice closely associated with his mother, guilt, gets louder and louder until it snaps and he's flipped upsides down into the abyss, drowning in the dark waters of unconsciousness.
beau has failed on his quest to grow out of the mothers womb, the comfort zone of the apartment, the childish pink room, the fairytale like accepting and nourishing community, culminating in sex as final symbol of maturation which under mothers observant presence ends in utter failure and regression to death, to the wave that wipes the community, the unjust accusation and ruthless wolf breathing on his steps, the chaos of the outside world. beau failed to growUP and is reborn in a new circle of hell.
“Behold the secret conspiracy between mother and son, and how each helps the other to betray life. Where does the guilt lie? With the mother, or with the son? Probably with both.”
“…the spirit of regression, [which] threatens us with bondage to the mother and with dissolution and extinction in the unconscious.
…he hopes to be caught, sucked in, enveloped, and devoured. He seeks, as it were, the protecting, nourishing, charmed circle of the mother, the condition of the infant released from every care. No wonder the real world vanishes from sight” - Carl G. Jung.
"a whole lot of stimulus that amounts to not much of anything"
i took that as the whole point of the later reveals and twists being a bit anticlimactic/underwhelming. the whole film, we're teased about something Beau has done that he feels too guilty to confess to. and once we figure out what it is, it's not that big of a deal.
that's usually where guilt, anxiety, and paranoia end up.
the scene in hereditary where mom is clinging to the wall over Peter's bed made me laugh so much i had to keep replaying the cut. but i couldnt even finish beau is afraid and i tried twice!
amazing critique, fantastically written!
Hi
This is a good review, I appreciate it, thank you.
Well said!
I honestly liked this movie. It is intense at points visually, but overall, such an interesting take on codependency and the anxieties it breeds in the future (no pun intended). This movie doesn't hold your hand through Beau's odyssey like adventure of anxieties and fears, but I feel like that is something that needs to be expressed in an age where we are putting such a focus on mental health. The things that play out to me feel like what happens with my anxiety. It gets so hard to see the reality of the situation, and that's where I feel this movie shines. If you have anxiety and paranoia of any kind, I feel like this film will resonate with you.
I was waiting for your thoughts on this omg thank you king
Why is he a king to you, and why are you using acronyms? Is one or the other because you're typing on a mobile device?
@@neekfenwick yeah it's a real head-scratcher, why would someone utilize internet shorthand in a youtube comment section?
I totally get what you're saying, but to me this movie was hilarious and I think humour clicking is essential to the film working. It's not perfect, but I really enjoyed it.
This is the best film ever.
This movie reminds me of his weird short films he had before Hereditary. It fits him but I think people expected the same energy as his most popular films
Wow your analogy of Beau is Afraid just being like a bunch of fucked up toys Sid made was PERFECT. I couldn't quite put my finger on why I was seeing all this shocking crap in BIA but was somehow bored at the same time. I was SO on board with this movie but it just completely fell apart for me in the last hour. I felt like Aster was literally coming out of the screen bashing me over the head with symbolism relating to mommy and daddy issues. Like we get it dude, my GOD. And I'm someone with my own complicated mother relationship so I should've been the perfect audience for it.
This was exactly my experience tooo
Sadly that’s now what the movie is about. You get it all wrong. One word: drug.
@@k.vn.k you're telling me you think that movie WASN'T about about parental issues? You must've been watching a different movie my guy
@@madz2013mum wanted rich, mum used her son as guinea pig, that’s all. Son keep big fed blue pill made by his mum’s company without realising everything he saw are by product of the drugs,
I don't understand if you like it or not 😂 Sorry, English is not my native language
Bo is afraid is a masterpiece. Outstanding fun.
nailed it
You nailed it bruv
Fantastic review. World class.
Even thought it was a little enjoyable at some points, I was a little disappointed too. The trailer kinda made me believe that Beau would somehow end up in a very weird world where everything looks like a play (guess that’s my fault). But I honestly think it dragged on for a little too long and would’ve been a little more enjoyable if it was somewhat shorter. But it did a really good job on making me feel anxious and laugh as I watched.
honestly everything you said just made me like it more.
excellent vid!
Enjoyed the movie a lot except for a few moments, but this is definitely the most well reasoned negative review I've come across, well done
When all is said and done I think you’re gonna learn your take is the wrong one.
You put into words what I was feeling. I loved the anxiety nightmare but it was way to repetitive for me too
Something I think you forgot to mention, which is one of the more redeeming qualities about the movie, was the performance of Joaquin Phoenix.
The idea of this movie is very simple, how parents can become childrens worst enemy (and, I know he revisited the same theme before, I watched his short films so, I know). I got overbearing parents and the weight is excruciating, Beau does depict the anxity and, the guilt very well, you cannot do anything about it, you cannot blame them parents, its almost feels like gaslighting and, psychological torture. Beau is afraid does not have grander scheme, it is not shocking or provoking like his last two movies and, I am getting the sense that you wanted more but, you got the same and I understand it but, it is what it is, I can relate to Beau and, I think with time people who are conflicted will come around. I also, think that the movie needed to be three hour to feel Beau's overbearing feeling, if it was two hour movie then it would have like all too much pain but, ended to soon. And, it is a kind of movie, it is not a puzzle, you just have to watch it rather then looking at details and asking what that is! what does that mean! Anyway, I loved the movie Man.
I really loved it.
I really wanted to like this movie and I was so excited to see it and when I left the theater I was truly just so disappointed. I really enjoy his previous works and this one isn’t just for me I guess
I can't give this movie a rating, all i know is that its incredible and very unique
I can GUARANTEE the sentiment toward this movie will change in the next few years.
I watched this at the exact same theater! ...across two different nights. Because the fire alarm went off lol
I'm still processing the movie nearly a week later but I appreciate your thoughts. You're spot on in some ways but I really enjoyed the ride it takes you on, even if it's thematically one note.
Just saw it last night, some of the films it reminded me of;
'O Lucky Man'
'The Magic Christian'
'Brewster McCloud'
'Brazil'
'The World According to Garp'
'Bad Boy Bubby'
... I enjoyed the ride for what it was but there was also an uncanny sense of creative regurgitation of the kind you find in AI generated art!
Is anyone else fascinated with the fact that Aster is incredible at directing his leading women, but meh with directing the men? He’s 3 for 3 with that
Troubled men writing troubled women is a thing. Bergman, Cassavetes, Kieslowski, Haneke, Lars Von Trier, etc
@@IJohnSmith of course but I was simply talking about from a performance/acting perspective not the writing
Is he meh with directing men, or are we as an audience just so unfamiliar with vulnerable male characters that when one comes along, we have zero idea how to respond?
@@levischorpioen he’s pretty meh, Toni Collette & Florence Pugh wiped the floor with everyone in those films. I wouldn’t say any of the male actors in his films are bad, they just don’t have that extra special sauce that those ladies had that had everyone championing Oscar gold. Also there really weren’t any vulnerable men in Midsommar
I disagree. Alex Wolff and Joaquin Phoenix were outstanding. Gabriel Byrne was also very good.
I liked but I don't know why did I liked it to this day I'm trying to figure it out😅
Awesome review as always brother.
I agree.
I thought this movie was a needlessly dragged out Tom and Jerry skit.
Thanks for another cool review. Great channel.
i think this review is spot on, but i still loved the movie and i couldn't tell you why...
great video. with you all the way.
Amazing someone so simple has 100k followers.
This movie gets better as it sits. It’s so good. Ari continues to deliver the best, I love his style and his courage. 10/10 film.
Aster’s best movie by far
Beau is Afraid is a Monolith of filmmaking. I believe this movie will be deeply misunderstood for a long time
It’s technical triumphs have nothing to do with the story, and at the end of the day film is a story. Something being intentionally opaque does not mean it is misunderstood. People filling in the abstraction of the film with their own life experience/projections is not a testament to its success, at all. People have a bad tendency to assume abstraction/opaqueness is evidence of being highbrow and intelligent.
It’s asinine to think we are “misunderstanding” this movie when several of its reference points have been “understood” for a long while. Go watch synecdoche, New York. An equally surreal film but with a plot that doesn’t require its audience to do all the work.
@@TheChillman456 but it kind of sounds like you are misunderstanding the movie. Most of the “abstraction” you’re referring to is rooted within Beau’s delusions. The film does play out like a surreal nightmare but there’s still a plot. There’s still a story. How much of that do we actually know is real and what isn’t? Not sure. But that’s the fun in this movie imo. In no way did I feel like Aster was just making me do all the work. I think people tend to use the critique of calling something pretentious or accusing a film of trying to be “high brow” when it’s shooting for a large vision or a more unique approach to storytelling which is what this movie is to me at least. I guess it’s just up to the viewer to decide whether the execution is good enough or not. Or the story at it’s heart. Not every story is gonna resonate with every person. There are clear themes of trauma and it holds Beau in a stranglehold for the entire movie. You don’t have to try and fill that in but idk that’s just my personal thoughts.
I think it's interesting how so much that you're critical of in Beau is Afraid are things I'm critical of in every other Ari Astar movie. I've been a certified Ari Astar hater, much to the chagrin of my douchy white film bro constituents, and I have seen most of his work. Yet I was absolutely floored by this movie. I think even if people don't like it, at least it's starting a conversation. I'll probably still hate on Ari Astar a bit but this movie is probably going to age into its own and its audience
*Mom is always watching.*
just like any ari aster movie, it grows on you. hope you'll like it soon.
In spite of so many original visual and conceptual elements (or perhaps because there were so many) it never really shocked like Hereditary or Midsommar. It would have been amazing if the end had really tied everything together, but instead it was more like a kitchen sink montage of individually strong elements. Kudos to Aster for the lofty ambitions and bold effort at originality, though. I’d recommend Skinamarink, The Night House, or A24’s Men, as films that pull off being both very focused and very original at the same time.
can I be honest. what do people see in hereditary and midsummer that I don't? was the party scene was really necessary in hereditary ? couldn't we just let the child burn in the first murder attempt? did we really needed to see every hospitable custom of the cult? we get why Danny is vulnerable to the cult do we really have to watch every step of their "plan"? or more to the point need to see more then 2 "characters" in order to get the point across? is not that I don't get why people don't like beau is afraid (even though I do) is that the problems that you are describing have been there since day one and were farrrrrrrrrrrrrrr more prevalent in hereditary and midsummer in then they ever were in beau is afraid.
I think it’s a modern masterpiece. Like or dislike it, I think this movie will be discussed and analyzed for years.
Ari aster said publicly he never wanted this movie to be called Disappointment blvd fun fact.
I feel like it's inevitable that these auteur directors get a couple big hits and then become parodies of themselves
I think it's inevitable that clowns make comments like this everything someone comes out with an artsy movie.
Any good WhoDunIts come out recently, I watched Missing (Searching sequel) and no where near as good as first. It I love a good twisting whodunit mystery
It’s older but I think Bad times at el royale is under appreciated if you haven’t seen it.
I laughed at this movie at so many points because the anxiety in the beginning was so overly done it was like what is your worst fears happing at max overlord. I don't think Joaquin was trying to be funny but the way he would sigh or just respond it was like Joaquin had no backbone and was a small child at heart afraid of evryone around him. I feel like the beginning of the film many people could relate to like watching the news and having a overt panic fear about stuff. The girl towards the end again made me laugh because I was not expecting to see that. And then when he gets locked in the attic that Part made me laugh to idk it was a wild ride. The play in the movie was colorful and rich and I enjoyed that but yes people are probley going to either hate It or just find it downright confusing which look it was confusing at frist but then I realize it was mainly about his reltionship with his mother and how that affected him. I enjoyed it felt quite a long movie but I hope I dident give anything away watch it for ur self bye
my opinion is the opposite day version of your review. Hereditary and Midsomer opinions included.
i loved hereditary and i liked midsommar but i don’t know what he was trying to do with this. i read the first draft and i was hoping he’d improve the issues that script had and he didn’tz
It's surrealistic
I love this movie. It's creepy and confusing and ssooo funny. I'm glad it was a comedy because it would've been a terribly dry and sad movie
Anyone conflating Beau with dadaist cinema or relies on the visceral doesn't have much ground to stand on. Ari created Hereditary to feed the fools.
I have a feeling casuals saw hereditary as a pop horror romp when really it was a dark depressing movie about family trauma. I mean a child gets decapitated, you would think ppl would get that aster is a dark filmmaker.
@@h.i.mcdunnough9421 Examine the classroom walls in Hereditary and you'll see a cluster of ancient Egyptian posters. Ari's films are vehicles for universal Kabbalist teachings popularized in the Kybalion, first encoded into the Wizard of Oz.
@TKzpwTG7h&H5z9 I've heard about all the symbolism. I'll have to watch some vids, I'm not clever enough to pick up on all that.
@@h.i.mcdunnough9421 Here photos.app.goo.gl/KfG6zkmCmKwMBudw6
@@napndash thank you! I'll check this out!
I personnaly founded this movie to be so boring, like me and my friends literally thought of changing rooms bc we were so bored. Anyway I was so disappointed...
felt like you waffled on for the first 12 minutes without saying much. interesting how it's quite a polarizing, you either love it or hate it.
the film connected to a very deep part of me and was able to conjure this horrible dread in my gut the entire time. no other movie has made me feel so shaken afterwards, except maybe Enter the Void or Come and See.
sure it is single-minded in that the movie revolves entirely around Beau's mother, but there is plenty of richness and depth in which this is explored and revealed. water, and so on. the film is shocking at times, but it doesn't feel like it's visual vomit purely for the sake of shocking the audience.
Could not disagree more. In a way I believe you overthought this movie, warped it into a thinkpiece-video-essay format; some of these broad Aster critiques came across as disappointment not in the film itself but in the trajectory of Aster’s filmography. Beau is completely experiential-a lot like Silver Lake, but unlike that movie, the “bait and switch” you’re referencing only happens if you’re already disconnected, waiting outside of the story to dissect and criticize. Many times you call it “cerebral,” puzzle-like, which I understand-Hereditary and Midsommar are exactly like this, and work well with those “but did you examine THIS frame” type people-but this is something different, much more broad, and much, much less cerebral. Part of me thinks A24’s pre-release strategy and film comparisons hurt Beau; in reality, it’s not much at all like Kaufman or his contemporaries, at least not in practice. It reminded me most of Todd Solondz and Roy Andersson. Like Solondz, Aster is playing w the horror of being uncomfortable, examining the moments where we squirm away to take shelter within ourselves. Give it another watch, and just let yourself have fun and FEEL things without so much worry about what it all means, or how it all connects later. Great, persuasive video as always, but this is one of the realest, funniest comedies I’ve seen in years
No wonder he changed the name .. no one could get away with a title like that
I really enjoyed this move. Why did ppl dislike it? im curious.
Different strokes for different folks
They’re dumb
I just didn't connect with it or enjoy watching it at all. I didn't find it scary, nor funny. I dont think I laughed once. I am also someone that deals with intense paranoia/has a history of parental abuse and it felt like I was *supposed* to relate to this movie but it felt like it was just depicting these things in such a redundant way that I got bored with it.
I personally loved this movie, but surrealist film has always been divisive. Directors like David lynch and Jodorowsky have faced similar criticisms.
I have really bad OCD so this movie was actually perfect lol I’ve had agoraphobia and claustrophobia at different stages and I suppose that denotes a general unease regardless of environment or circumstance that I felt with beau so much and it was such a beautiful performance. I also love my mum like a best friend but she will admit she is a bit like the mother in the sense of wanting to keep me so safe I have become terrified of basically everything but like the movie shows the mother like my mother was made to be afraid but that manifested as hyper controlling ocd Truman show manufacturing of his whole life and idk if she was just a ceo of everything or that was how beau felt in the level of omnipresence she had but idk man it’s one of the best films ever to be made just visually alone sorry to be corny and I get why people might not like it like I do but it’s just so fascinating and I hope ari Astor is okay lol
It exceeded my expectation actually and in fact it’s the best movie to come out so far this year. I guess people who don’t get it don’t understand the core of the movie. At the core of this movie is the relationship between Beau and his mother. It’s the kind of relationship that a mother put her son in her own properties, paid actors to play the crazy neighbours and experimented on her son daily with the drugs she made through a psychiatrist she paid. So when you said everything is on another reality, it’s kinda right and wrong. Beau’s mind is kinda messed up from all the drugs she forced him to take. And the fake reality his mother created for him to live? No wonder he doesn’t know what is real or not.
I also love the ending. This is the right ending for Beau, whose plea for help was totally being ignored with silent, nobody seems to care, everyone sees him as an object and worse still - judging. Him, alone on the sinking boat, knowing that at anytime he would die, helpless, then when it did, we the audience stare in shock, wondering why. The exact same question we should ask in today society. There are people who need and ask for help, but instead we judge them, then just watch them drowning and died.
its a nice call back to the opening sequence showing the neighborhood of troubled individuals and the constant fearmongering and depression stories told on the news. we all watch the people suffering around us (sometimes for entertainment, even) but never intervene or actually bother to help them
It sounds like you glued yourself too much to the first act, and didn’t allow yourself to just go with the rest of the movie keeping an open mind
It's not necessarily the fault of the audience if the director establishes a very specific tone and concept at the beginning of the movie and then proceeds to not build on that at all. Some people are going to feel like certain aspects that were introduced just got abandoned, and while that's allowed, obviously, it's not for everyone and it's not wrong for people to dislike that approach.
@@tisalltrue for sure. I just happened to really enjoy all the change ups, exploring different themes … to me I was on the edge of my seat the whole time wanting more. I wouldn’t say that things were left undone at all, the movie just took some unique turns that no one was expecting. It pretty much ties into everything in the end.
This is very weird response given the fact that he's critiquing the quality of the sections not the fact that it changes, it's not an issue that it tonally shifts - it's an issue that it tonally shifts into a section that artistically worse.
@@jamessiewert3561 no. Artistically it explores more ideas, elements and gets better. Open up your mind and trust the director
I felt like Southland Tales was a waste of 2 hours of my life 🙄 and Beau is Afraid was as well. An hour of it was interesting. Should definitely like more than 1/3 of a movie, right?
Hey Taylor! Love your videos. Not sure if it would be something you're interested in - but I'd love to hear what you think of Sofia Coppola's filmmaking! Hope you have a nice day!
"Maybe the bluntness and repetition is the point, and maybe its on me for not being able to see it" bluntness and repetition was Ari ester shtick this entire time why people only notice it now?
Oh man... I hate to say this because I really loved some parts of the film, but overall it did feel disappointing, like Aster bit more than he could chew. All I know is that at a point during the first third I was thinking "Best movie of the year?!"... and then I wasn't.
I did like the film, same as bardo, same as synecdoche new york.
Ari Aster cooked and I ate.
really well articulated points!
I feel like Ari Aster needs to get into David Lynch to pull off dream logic, he feels too cerebral to let the absurdity fly.
very appreciative A24 let him do his thing, hopefully his next one is more up my alley!
It's not supposed to represent dream logic necessarily, because it's not a dream, the surrealism and absurdism in the plot and presentation represents his biggest fears, anxieties, and paranoia's manifesting in reality.
@@jpeg204 I get that, I don’t see why it can’t do that and abide by some principles of dream logic in order to give it a sense of cohesion but that’s just my personal preference!
Ari Aster peaked with "The Strange Thing About The Johnsons", change my mind 😂
yeah, you’re crazy chief
Its sort of difficult to compare short films to feature length films but with that being said, the strange thing about the johnsons was made for the sole purpose of demonstrating how provocative and edgy aster could be with at BEST fairly competent writing and directing. It succeeds in demonstrating this (but mostly due to the performances of its actors). It was his thesis film he made for school that was intended to leave a shocking impression. Thats really all it ever did. In my opinion, the direction and skill level he showcased in hereditary remains his strongest overall and even stronger as a story that portrays familial trauma. Every small detail of that film is incredibly precise and intentional. Its his best work because if it wasn’t, it would not have earned him his notoriety out of the gate and cemented him as one of the most ambitious and highly skilled directors working today. His short films are good for what they are though..don’t get me wrong. I still believe that ari has yet to truly peak as a filmmaker.
Joe from You?
You lost me at “I had to speak my truth”
By far the most cringe phrase of modern society. I get the feeling you really loved the last Jedi
Eh
Unfortunately, I love this movie. Ari Aster made another amazing film.
woah dude, you are not fuckin around
Boulevard?
oihhh wow omg king of knowing stuff. i learned he had a disappointement boulevar,rtew!! skldssdfl;kjs!!! Sorry. Disappointment Boulevard.
beau is ari aster's magnum opus (so far), and is definitely not a disappointment.
Pretentious crap
Nice bait
i wanted so badly laugh along some ppl who were in the theatre but their energy was so forced. i did find a few moments with me laughing but i left the film frustrated. i couldn’t like it. i’m just not the audience for it
Why forced? The movie is genuinely funny
Ari Aster keeps me motivated to watch movies. there are so much bad horror. this is story of a mans. it's new, its personal, it breaks apart toxic relationship between mom and grown son, extreme one, mother is the huge narcissist, and the ptsd of it will haunt Beau's for the rest of his lives
I just like a concise narrative. The beginning was fun, but then is so repetitive and unnecessary I couldn't finish it. Like, I can laugh and be afraid in the first five crazy situations, but that's enough. It reminded me of Mother, and I hate that film.
😎🙏💯
You are totally THAT guy.
Very tired of the A24 A24isms at this point