Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Just saw this! ❤️

ironharbor45 said:You hit the nail on the head.
You only missed one tiny detail—you need a double 'w' in Corwin.😁

It looks like I'm not the only one who struggled to get through this, so it’s probably not just me. It’s boring, it’s incoherent, and frankly, it’s just bad.

I didn't miss it; I was just tied up.

hollowmaker242 said:I just managed to finish watching this movie.
I have to admit, it took me two attempts to actually get through it.
I’m usually a huge fan of SFa, fantasy, and similar genres, so I can handle pretty much anything they throw my way.
Honestly, I can sit through some really bad stuff without blinking.

But this? This is easily some of the worst trash ever made. I truly can't wrap my head around how a film like this could win any award other than a Razzie.
There isn't even a real plot; the multiverse concept is just shoved in there for no reason, and the acting is non-existent because there's zero substance to work with. Plus, they threw in two lesbians just because it's trendy right now. All they're missing is a Black lead to check every single box for the current state of the American film industry.
I feel like I need to go watch an old movie about flying sharks, crocodiles, or anacondas just to cleanse my palate.

As a sci-fi fan myself, I wasn't even going to bother after seeing three seconds of the trailer.
I’m not being a snob or anything, but I have no intention of wasting my time on something where the premise looks that bad.

bluebison8 said:Have you ever sat through that sci-fi flick from the last century, Brazil?
Now *that* is a movie that’s genuinely hard to finish.

I thought Brazil was incredible about twenty years ago.
But I tried revisiting it two months back—couldn't even make it past the 20-minute mark.😵

Every time someone brings up Brazil again, I feel like I’m just repeating myself from the start of this thread 😁

Mark White11 said:Brazil is easily one of the best movies ever made. Seriously, the director's cut is everything.

Brazil is an incredible movie, but it feels like Gilliam completely lost his way at the finish line. It’s such a shame; I honestly don't know what happened to him after those stellar runs he had in the '80s and '90s. To see him stumble like that just doesn't sit right with me. This forum is usually top-tier, yet somehow, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Brazil have become these topics where the discussions turn into absolute nightmares that are hard to even get through. Truly disappointing.

Mark White11 said:It doesn't have to mean anything specific, though—I totally get people when a movie just doesn't click for them.
It’s just that there were so many things I could relate to in this one... it honestly hit me on a completely different level.

Just for context, the last recent film I gave a perfect 10/10 was Mad Max: Fury Road.

I'll share my thoughts once I actually sit down and watch it, but honestly? Right now, I'm mostly just curious because of Michelle Yeoh. 😁

Honestly, this feels like some knockoff version of The Matrix you'd find on Temu. I'd give it maybe a 2.5/5..

NOTHING, NOWHERE, NOTHING EVER...

The Oscar for Best Picture... which basically means we're just skipping over the obvious choice entirely.

Betty Chavez2 said:NOTHING, NOWHERE, NOTHING EVER...

Like being pulled into a bagel.

Someone mentioned earlier that this was a total flop. Honestly? I’m right there with them—it was a massive dud. It’s not a comedy, it’s definitely not an action flick, it misses the mark on sci-fi, it fails as a parody, and even that attempt at showing a mother-daughter bond? Total miss. From where I'm sitting, the whole thing was just a waste of time. If anyone actually saved the movie, it was Jamie Lee Curtis.

Just picture this: everything about the movie stays exactly the same, but instead of being about Asian immigrants, you swap out the leads. Instead of Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, imagine a massive Hollywood power couple like Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks, or maybe Jennifer Connelly and Tom Cruise—honestly, any big-name duo you can think of. Don't even get me started on Mel Gibson in any pairing. I bet critics would absolutely trash it. It’d probably struggle to even hit a 5.0 on IMDb, collect a bunch of Razzies, and there wouldn't be any talk about an Oscar.

So I checked it out, mostly just out of curiosity since this isn't really my usual scene, and honestly? I was expecting total garbage. But man, I gotta give credit where it's due. It’s actually decent. Not because of everything else, but strictly because of the concept and how they pulled it off. This movie feels like a straight-up testament to the era we're living in right now—this weird time where we're constantly second-guessing everything and trying to scrap the old rules to write some new ones. It’s like... looking ahead ten years, if we even make it that far, I can already see us laughing at this movie. We'll look back and realize how lost we were, thinking we almost hit a dead end.

The fact that it won an Oscar just proves the point.

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I can totally see us all sitting around in maybe 10 or 20 years, rewatching EEAAO and wondering what the heck the Academy of Thought was even thinking... I mean, look, it’s a solid movie, but let's be real, it's nowhere near being the most awarded film in history.

"Absolutely atrocious. Painfully bad."

If this had been shot on a classic Super 8 and given a vintage edit, it might have worked. As it stands? It misses the mark entirely. It isn't even a real movie. Even the legendary John Boorman knows the truth: Today’s ‘films’ are nothing of the sort – so stop calling them that.

wearyhawk83 said:Someone mentioned earlier that this was a total flop. Honestly? I’m right there with them—it was a massive dud. It’s not a comedy, it’s definitely not an action flick, it misses the mark on sci-fi, it fails as a parody, and even that attempt at showing a mother-daughter bond? Total miss. From where I'm sitting, the whole thing was just a waste of time. If anyone actually saved the movie, it was Jamie Lee Curtis.

I don't get this at all—and look, I'm probably the biggest fan of this flick on this entire board—but Jamie Lee shouldn't have even been up for an Oscar, let alone won one. Like, sure, she was fine for her specific role, but even the legend James Hong outshined her. And don't even get me started on Stephanie Hsu, who is totally on the same level as Ke and Michelle.

Every Multiverse from The " Everything Everywhere All At Once" Montag - SLOWED down

Arthur Brown6 said:"Absolutely atrocious. Painfully bad."

If this had been shot on a classic Super 8 and given a vintage edit, it might have worked. As it stands? It misses the mark entirely. It isn't even a real movie. Even the legendary John Boorman knows the truth: Today’s ‘films’ are nothing of the sort – so stop calling them that.

It's pretty foolish to expect anything intelligent from someone like that.

Isn't the very definition of film "moving art"? The technology just evolves with the times. Painters have different sub-genres and plenty of experiments too. Nowadays, anyone can be a painter or a film producer thanks to new tech. You get bad paintings, bad songs, bad plays, and bad movies. It's all art—basically, a creator's work.

It's up to us to judge whether it's good or bad. Everyone will have their own take.

Maybe he meant how production studios pull the strings behind everything, letting money dictate a producer's vision, but hasn't that been the case most of history? Movies have almost always required massive amounts of capital to exist.

I guess you could say "the old man is barking at a cloud"...

But honestly, this movie—with its innovative take on the Multiverse and that overall message about choosing what your heart desires regardless of your options—is brilliant. It's such a contrast to the MCU, where Wanda was killing everything in sight just to kidnap kids from another universe. Her "sacrifice" at the end lacks any real empathy; it just makes you want to yell, "just die already, witch, seriously."

Anyway, that's about it for today. Go on now—the CriticalDrinker.

I’m completely lost here. I might have to run this through Google Translate just to make sense of it.

We should probably just delete this thread. I heard someone say it's "not even a real movie," so maybe we shouldn't waste our time here...