You’ve got to see Everything Everywhere All at Once - it’s an awesome movie! I used to avoid it, thinking it was just another sci-fi film that got popular in theaters, but boy, was I mistaken. The story is really well-crafted, the visuals are stunning, the acting is top-notch, and it even tugs at your heartstrings unexpectedly. I watched it last night and was blown away. Seriously, don’t make the same mistake I did. Go ahead and give it a watch. I’d easily rate it 8.5/10, heck, maybe even a 9!

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    And it was only made on a roughly $20M budget! Truly my favourite film of last year, so I’m glad it blew your expectations away!

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      It was fantastic! And 20 million dollars is an immense amount of money!

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        For a film of this scope, $20M is tiny! They manage to save quite a lot by filming the entire thing within a short window, and keeping the number of VFX shots needed to a minimum.

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    It was fun and creative and done on a (relative) shoestring budget. But I’m honestly shocked at the high praise and awards. For me, it was a solid 7 or 8 / 10. From the way people have been speaking about it they made it sound like it was a 10 / 10 perfect movie.

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      It is a movie of its time whose themes resonate with a lot of people.

      It is also well acted, filled with challenging parts for a lot of the actors.

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      Same, what’s stranger is the volume of downvotes people receive from criticising it either here or previously at the other place.

      The concepts were pretty standard multiverse stuff but they kept trying to shoehorn some kind of overly ambitious meaning into it. I found the juxtaposition between “literally anything can happen” and “family love crosses dimensions” particularly difficult to swallow.

      Decent special effects on a tight budget though.

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      Ya this post is a prime example of why “awards shows mean nothing” is a dumb take – EEAAO was an incredible movie with loads of great cast interviews, high profile reviews, analysis of themes etc that came out as a result of the oscar campaign and Best Picture win and yet OP somehow missed out on it for like a year and a half

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      Oh, I believe it did win an Oscar! But you know what? Awards don’t always tell the whole story. There are plenty of fantastic movies that didn’t receive awards, and on the flip side, some not-so-great films have somehow managed to snag lots of awards. So, it’s best not to put too much emphasis on awards alone! Enjoying a movie is what really matters in the end.

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        High-profile awards like the Oscars are not given for excellence. They are just an advertisement for a movie that the producers can buy. It says nothing about the movie other than that it was made by a big and rich studio.

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    YUP!! I was on the same boat, but it’s 100% worth the hype. It’s an absolutely incredible movie!!!

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      nah i watched about 50% of it and it was pretty lame - especially after the stupid forced jokes about butt anal sex. just stupid.

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    I agree, this movie was quite brilliant and refreshing.

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    I felt the same way, that this was another overhyped Hollywood circle jerk, but it was pretty good. At a surface level the story isn’t anything amazing. The action sequences were good but nothing revolutionary. For me it was the acting and the core of the story, which to me was about relationships, making the best of your choices, and kindness to others and yourself. For some reason the kindness part really hit me. How they represented it was cheesy as hell, but that didn’t stop me from taking that to heart.

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      I’m mostly in agreement but the end ruined it for me. I’m sorry, people with that much trauma just don’t react that way. There was “change” for a short period of time (positivity) but that doesn’t undo the past.

      It’s hard to say what I’m trying to without spoilers.

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        True, but at that point I suspended my disbelief. Hollywood movie needs Hollywood ending.

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    I watched it on a long flight and started crying at the end of the movie. Glad the plane lights were off and everyone was sleeping.

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      I concur with the first part.

      There was just nothing enjoyable about it for me.

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        The weirdness is what compelled me. Being more experimental was fun and unexpected in a lot of moments. Story wise it wasn’t so groundbreaking, but I enjoyed it in general as well.

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    I loved this movie to pieces but I have a complicated-but-ultimately-loving relationship with my mom so maybe that’s the piece that’s missing for all the people who don’t quite understand the appeal. It felt very universal though?

    Definitely one of my faves.

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    i started crying at the stairway claire de lune moment, and i still don’t know why… it’s that kinda movie

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    I’m a weird guy, I’m more of a light hearted fun show/movie enjoyer. This is probably why I don’t like Breaking Bad or this movie that much. I do recognize that both of these works are very well done and deserve the praise they deserve but they don’t particularly suit my tastes. It just feels too heavy for me to enjoy.

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    I mean, this is one of my favourite movies in years and this would have been a great post to make 15 months ago when it came out. But since then it’s had great word of mouth from audiences, a fantastic critical response, and won a tonne of awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars.

    Nobody is underestimating the brilliance of this film at this stage.