"Everything Everywhere All at Once" (Redux) Bringing Me to Tears

 


    Oddly enough, I always thought this film was my first review but I suppose it wasn't. I am writing this review again, of a movie I've already rewatched, a movie I gave a 95 when I first watched because I genuinely love this movie. I don't know if I would consider it a comfort movie, frankly it's a bit too intense and stress inducing for that, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't right up there for one of my favourite movies of all time. I am writing this review, because originally I was going to just edit my old one, but it was so short, so scant, I feel offended by it. That is how good this movie is. I think it is so good that it deserves another review, because God does it hit me in the feels every single time. I mean I wouldn't change a single thing.

    Where do I even start with this movie? So it just starts off as just another action film, another multiverse theme in what was a wave of multiverse movies, each with their own levels of success. I feel like it's explained pretty well, and they even acknowledge the ridiculousness which helps the viewers sort of buy into it as well. But this movie, it becomes so much more than that, they manage to transform it into this movie about hopelessness, about feeling lost, feeling like you have no place in the world and wanting it to end, but it doesn't. This movie is about family, this movie is about hope, I know I'm not saying much but I think this movie made me believe again, is it weird to say I needed this movie? I think it is that good.

    First of all, the acting. Let me just say, I'm sorry I know Jamie Lee Curtis was good but Stephanie Hsu was robbed. Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu and James Hong carry this movie. Am I saying this because I'm Asian? Partially yeah, but to me that's what makes the movie so good, it really resonates with me for that very reason, and frankly if someone doesn't understand that then it's okay. Joy is this mess who wants to kill herself because she can feel all this pressure her mother has put on her, sort of like the everything bagel, and honestly I feel that way sometimes too. Waymond is just struggling to stay positive in this world, I aspire to be like him. And Evelyn? Evelyn just needs to forgive herself, and to just take a break and realize what's important, I need to learn like she does.

    Is this review entirely all rambling? I mean yeah but that's just because I really don't want to spoil this movie, it's that good. I mean I don't think I have complaints about anything, which is why it's so hard for me to write this review because usually what I remember is what things did wrong. But when it comes to this film it's just good, the combat is fun, the film looks good, same thing with the music. The plot is a bit ridiculous but honestly it works with this film and considering the fact that most of it takes place in an IRS building I think it helps that they have to do these ridiculous things in order to gain the powers because it helps contribute to the whole chaos theme of the movie. I really hope this movie stands the test of time, and I think it will because the themes of family and existentialism will never really go away. Like the movie says eventually some new discovery will come along just to make us feel like even smaller pieces of shit.

Final Score: 100/100

    Am I overrating this movie? Probably. Do I really care? No. I mean yeah part of why I love this movie so much is because I can identify with it so much. When someone tells you that representation doesn't matter, it really does to be honest, and the older I get the more I can appreciate when I feel as if a movie was specifically tailored for me or includes people like me. Is that weird to admit? I mean it's not like I'll hate a movie because I don't see an Asian person in it but I'd be lying if I don't tend to have an inclination towards those characters. I really have nothing else to say, because I can't say much to this film. Just go watch it, goodbye.

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