I think you missed the boat. Pun intended. This movie at its baseline is about the Freudian nightmare. It’s about how toxic mothers, especially narcissistic mothers destroy their sons lives. At the end, you said “ well Mona why don’t you go and save him?”. Exactly the point. A narcissistic mother will garner sympathy from others while their actions figuratively and sometimes quite literally kills their sons.
Beau is afraid takes place in an alternate reality that feels both blatantly and subtly off which explains why everyone is weird It’s why beaus nightmares come to life
It strikes me as a dreamscape. That moment where his sons ask him how he sired them reminds me of dreams I've had where, during the process of waking, the more consciously logical parts of the mind start picking apart the nature of the dream.
It's like the feeling of being pushed off a cliff and continuously falling... even on the car ride home. Last time I felt that way after a movie was "Arlington Road" (1999) with Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins. That cinematic journey just stays in your system like a virus. Nevertheless, it ultimately became the 2023 release that I've seen the most. I love revisiting it. I even told my wife and son that if they act like Beau and Mona, I was gonna smack them both.
I'm surprised there were no Oscar nominations for Joaquin Phoenix (lead actor), Patti LuPone (supporting actress), Ari Aster (screenplay) or the production design department.
Too out there for the masses. Even if it’s incredibly well done, mainstream audiences just didn’t quite get the vision and the critics appeared just as confused often time
Great reaction, this movie is a twisted, neo-Homeric odyssey is maddening but oddly coherent in its intent: Telling the tragedy of a man whose umbilical cord has been repurposed as a leash. Water plays a vital role in the movie, both in plot and visual details - presumably a nod to the influence of Homer's Odyssey on the film. There some other things after Beau leaves his therapist's office, there are A LOT of weird things that go on in the background that actually foreshadow parts of Beau's journey. In the photo mosaic of Mona, you'll note that it is made up of employee photos. And this includes people we've seen, like Roger. Keep up the amazing work.
You always give such detailed and welcomed input on these movies! So so so much detail in this one. And what a wild journey with SO much symbolism along the way. Would be worth another watch eventually.
@@LIPPSMACKER thanks, I'm a huge movie geek, I love cinema, and yes this movie is one of those that if you watch a second time you will pick up on hidden details. I love your reactions. ❤️
this movie is so haunting, unsettling and a great work of art! good job Ari Aster and also you do a great movie reaction! i recommend you do hereditary and midsommar!!
I scrapped love from the very bottom of my soul when I got you that ice cream cone and you couldn't even say thank you! Lol but seriously, wonderful deconstruction of the Hero's Journey.
I think you missed the boat. Pun intended. This movie at its baseline is about the Freudian nightmare. It’s about how toxic mothers, especially narcissistic mothers destroy their sons lives. At the end, you said “ well Mona why don’t you go and save him?”. Exactly the point. A narcissistic mother will garner sympathy from others while their actions figuratively and sometimes quite literally kills their sons.
Beau is afraid takes place in an alternate reality that feels both blatantly and subtly off which explains why everyone is weird
It’s why beaus nightmares come to life
It strikes me as a dreamscape. That moment where his sons ask him how he sired them reminds me of dreams I've had where, during the process of waking, the more consciously logical parts of the mind start picking apart the nature of the dream.
Ari Aster is an expert at depicting trauma
He REALLY is!
omg yes hes a genuis at it!!
The bathtub scene is SO terrifying yet hilarious in the best way possible 😂
Ari Aster is seriously nuts and *clearly* has mommy issues
I remember when the credits rolled, someone in the theatre yelled “what the actual fuck was that?!” 😂❤
So valid honestly
It's like the feeling of being pushed off a cliff and continuously falling... even on the car ride home. Last time I felt that way after a movie was "Arlington Road" (1999) with Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins. That cinematic journey just stays in your system like a virus. Nevertheless, it ultimately became the 2023 release that I've seen the most. I love revisiting it.
I even told my wife and son that if they act like Beau and Mona, I was gonna smack them both.
I'm surprised there were no Oscar nominations for Joaquin Phoenix (lead actor), Patti LuPone (supporting actress), Ari Aster (screenplay) or the production design department.
Too out there for the masses. Even if it’s incredibly well done, mainstream audiences just didn’t quite get the vision and the critics appeared just as confused often time
Great reaction, this movie is a twisted, neo-Homeric odyssey is maddening but oddly coherent in its intent: Telling the tragedy of a man whose umbilical cord has been repurposed as a leash. Water plays a vital role in the movie, both in plot and visual details - presumably a nod to the influence of Homer's Odyssey on the film. There some other things after Beau leaves his therapist's office, there are A LOT of weird things that go on in the background that actually foreshadow parts of Beau's journey. In the photo mosaic of Mona, you'll note that it is made up of employee photos. And this includes people we've seen, like Roger. Keep up the amazing work.
You always give such detailed and welcomed input on these movies! So so so much detail in this one. And what a wild journey with SO much symbolism along the way. Would be worth another watch eventually.
@@LIPPSMACKER thanks, I'm a huge movie geek, I love cinema, and yes this movie is one of those that if you watch a second time you will pick up on hidden details. I love your reactions. ❤️
21:57 wtf
This movie absolutely *ruined* Mariah Carey’s you will always be my baby 😂
this movie is so haunting, unsettling and a great work of art! good job Ari Aster and also you do a great movie reaction! i recommend you do hereditary and midsommar!!
Yes, someone should check on Ari
I scrapped love from the very bottom of my soul when I got you that ice cream cone and you couldn't even say thank you! Lol but seriously, wonderful deconstruction of the Hero's Journey.
truly wonderful!
i had to switch it off when homegirl OD'ed on the paint-drinking. blecch