The Drinker Recommends... Everything Everywhere All At Once
Summary
TLDRThe video script reviews 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' a film that creatively explores parallel universes and the redemptive power of love. Centered on Evelyn, a laundromat owner facing a mundane life, the movie takes a turn into the absurd with Kung Fu and alternate realities. It uses these fantastical elements to address universal family conflicts and personal regrets, offering a poignant and humorous take on life's 'what ifs.' The film is praised for its inventive storytelling, standout performances, particularly by Michelle Yeoh, and its refreshing departure from typical Hollywood narratives.
Takeaways
- 🎬 Hollywood often releases similar-themed movies around the same time, such as 'Armageddon' and 'Deep Impact', or 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and 'Multiverse of Madness'.
- 🌟 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is praised for its creativity, inventiveness, and emotional depth, unlike its contemporaries.
- 👩💼 The film centers on Evelyn, a middle-aged laundromat owner dealing with family and business struggles, who is unexpectedly pulled into a multiversal adventure.
- 🔥 The movie explores alternate realities and the concept of different versions of oneself, allowing Evelyn to access various skills and experiences.
- 💥 A sinister entity, Jobu Togakim, threatens the Multiverse, and Evelyn is believed to be the key to stopping her and the destructive 'everything bagel'.
- 🤸♀️ Evelyn's journey through different realities leads to self-discovery and reflection on her life choices, questioning her marriage and personal identity.
- 🎭 The film uses exaggerated characters and situations as metaphors for common family conflicts, such as generational differences, parental expectations, and marital doubts.
- 🌈 The cast, including Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and James Hong, delivers strong performances that bring depth and humor to their complex roles.
- 🏆 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is a testament to the power of a good script, great direction, and a talented cast, offering a fresh perspective on the genre.
- 🍿 The movie is recommended for audiences seeking a unique cinematic experience that is both thought-provoking and entertaining, with a memorable take on the multiverse concept.
Q & A
What is the unique aspect of 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' compared to other movies with similar themes?
-The unique aspect of 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is its creative and inventive approach to the multiverse concept, combined with a smart and emotionally satisfying central story, which sets it apart from other movies that may be inconsistent or fail to utilize their interesting premises effectively.
How does the movie explore the concept of alternate realities?
-The movie explores alternate realities through the character Evelyn, who is pulled into different universes where she can access skills and memories of different versions of herself, reflecting on the opportunities she's missed and questioning her life choices.
What is the central conflict in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'?
-The central conflict revolves around the character Evelyn, who must stop a sinister entity named Jobu Tepaki from unleashing a super weapon called the 'everything bagel,' which threatens to destroy the entire Multiverse.
How does the movie use the multiversal conflict as a metaphor?
-The multiversal conflict and alternate lives in the movie serve as metaphors for a standard family conflict, with characters representing larger-than-life caricatures of real-life issues such as generational differences, parental control, and marital doubts.
What role does the character of Evelyn play in the story?
-Evelyn is the central character, a middle-aged laundromat owner who is unexpectedly thrust into a multiversal adventure, reflecting on her life and the choices she's made, and ultimately becoming the key to saving the Multiverse.
How does the movie challenge the typical portrayal of older characters in Hollywood?
-The movie challenges the typical portrayal of older characters by giving Evelyn, played by Michelle Yeoh, a complex and layered role that defies the common trend of casting older actors in less prominent or less dynamic roles.
What is the significance of the 'everything bagel' in the movie?
-The 'everything bagel' is a super weapon that symbolizes the destructive potential of regret and the road not taken. It is a metaphor for the consuming nature of 'what if' thoughts and the potential to annihilate one's present reality.
How does the movie handle the theme of self-sacrifice and redemption?
-The movie explores the themes of self-sacrifice and redemption through Evelyn's journey, where she confronts different versions of herself and learns to appreciate the value of her own life and the lives of those around her, despite their imperfections.
What is the significance of the character's transformations into various realities?
-The character's transformations into various realities symbolize the endless possibilities and choices in life, allowing the character to explore different paths and reflect on the consequences of her decisions.
How does the movie's portrayal of family dynamics differ from traditional Hollywood narratives?
-The movie diverges from traditional Hollywood narratives by focusing on an older generation's perspective and internal conflicts, rather than a younger character's coming-of-age story, providing a fresh and nuanced take on family dynamics.
What message does the movie convey about appreciating the present and the people in our lives?
-The movie conveys the message that despite the flaws and mistakes, the present and the people in our lives are to be treasured and appreciated because they are transient, and the opportunity to do so may not always be available.
Outlines
🎬 Hollywood's Dual Universe Movies
The paragraph discusses the Hollywood phenomenon of releasing similarly themed movies simultaneously, using 'Armageddon' and 'Deep Impact', 'White House Down' and 'Olympus Has Fallen', and 'Multiverse of Madness' and 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' as examples. It contrasts a poorly executed movie with 'Everything Everywhere All at Once', which is praised for its creativity, inventiveness, and emotional depth. The movie is described as a unique exploration of alternate realities, featuring a central character who discovers different versions of her life and the redemptive power of love and self-sacrifice. The narrative centers on Evelyn, a laundromat owner dealing with family and business struggles, who then embarks on a journey through alternate realities to prevent a multiversal catastrophe.
🌟 Stellar Performances and Multidimensional Storytelling
This paragraph praises the acting, particularly Michelle Yeoh's portrayal of Evelyn, highlighting her ability to convey a range of emotions and actions, from martial arts to emotional depth. It also acknowledges the return of actor Ke Huy Quan, who, despite being absent from the big screen for decades, delivers a compelling performance. The paragraph discusses the film's exploration of family dynamics, generational conflicts, and the complexities of marriage and personal regrets. It emphasizes the movie's success in using fantastical elements as metaphors for more mundane family issues and commends the film for its ability to entertain, provoke thought, and provide a satisfying narrative conclusion. The recommendation is for viewers seeking a unique cinematic experience beyond typical action or superhero movies.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Multiverse
💡Redemptive Power of Love
💡Self-Sacrifice
💡Evelyn
💡Kung Fu
💡Jobu Tepaki
💡Everything Bagel
💡Family Conflict
💡Metaphor
💡Identity
💡Regret
Highlights
Hollywood's tendency to release similarly themed movies around the same time.
Both movies feature parallel universes, inventive set pieces, and a story about love and self-sacrifice.
One movie is a 'trilogied, inconsistent overblown mess' while the other is 'everything everywhere all at once'.
The movie is creative, inventive, and unashamedly bonkers, yet smart and emotionally satisfying.
The film centers around Evelyn, a middle-aged laundromat owner dealing with family and business struggles.
Evelyn is pulled into different realities, gaining access to skills and memories of alternate versions of herself.
The antagonist, Jobu Topaki, is hunting Evelyn across the Multiverse with the goal of unleashing the 'everything bagel'.
Evelyn's reality jumping leads to self-reflection on missed opportunities and questioning her life choices.
The movie uses multiversal conflict and alternate lives as metaphors for a standard family conflict.
Evelyn is a layered character portrayed by Michelle Yeoh with heart, compassion, and humor.
The film challenges Hollywood's tendency to favor younger characters with a complex, older protagonist.
Ke Huy Quan's performance showcases his ability to transition into multiple versions of himself.
James Hong's portrayal of a sinister villain with a flair for comedy.
The film explores generational conflict, parental tension, and marital doubts.
The movie emphasizes the value of cherishing our loved ones and the life we live, despite its imperfections.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is a testament to cinema's creative potential, blending action, humor, and emotional depth.
The film is recommended for those seeking an alternative to the typical superhero or action movie.
Transcripts
one of the little quirks of Hollywood is
their tendency to release a pair of
similarly themed movies around the same
time for every Armageddon there's a deep
impact for every White House Down
there's an Olympus Has Fallen and for
every Multiverse of Madness there's
everything everywhere all at once both
movies feature a conflict raging across
parallel universes inventive and
Visually stunning set pieces that defy
reality a main character getting to see
different variations of their own life
and a central story about the Redemptive
power of love and self-sacrifice the big
difference is that one is a tri-modled
inconsistent overblown mess that fails
to make use of its interesting premise
and the other is everything everywhere
all at once honestly it's been a long
[ __ ] time since I've seen a movie so
creative inventive and unashamedly
Bonkers with its implementation but
still able to pull it all together into
a smart engaging emotionally satisfying
Central story everything everywhere all
at once does for alternate reality
stories what the north man did for
historical epics injecting a much needed
dose of energy and Imagination it's a
testament to what can still be produced
when a good script is paired up with a
great director and a talented cast of
actors and it left me with a lot to
think about once it was over the movie
centers around Evelyn a middle-aged
laundromat owner who emigrated to the US
from China as a young woman the Frantic
opening sequence makes it pretty clear
that she's not exactly living her best
life she's trapped in a failing business
with her well-meaning but incompetent
husband Waymond and disapproving father
she's overworked and stressed out and
growing increasingly distant from her
unhappy teenage daughter Joy and to make
matters worse the business has been
audited by the [ __ ] IRS it all sounds
like the basic recipe for your standard
family drama intergenerational conflict
or failing business a marriage on the
rocks and a main character who
desperately wishes they'd taken a
different path in life but then it all
starts to go a bit Bonkers when women
suddenly transforms into an ass kicking
Kung Fu Fighting secret agent was
somehow able to pull Evelyn into
different realities as he quickly
explains there's billions of possible
universities out there all created at
different times by different choices
made throughout history at some point an
Evelyn from a different Universe
discovered a way to access and jump into
these alternate realities allowing
people to access the skills and memories
and even take control of different
versions of themselves hmm what does
this remind me of unfortunately a
Sinister entity known as Jobo topakim is
making her way across the Multiverse
hunting and killing other versions of
Evelyn and destroying everything in our
path her ultimate goal was to unleash a
super weapon known as the everything
bagel which is kind of like a black hole
of reality that can destroy the entire
Multiverse as what is apparently the
least successful out of all the evelyns
in the entire Multiverse women believe
that our version has the greatest
potential and therefore the best chance
of defeating jobu topaki and stopping
the everything bagel as tupaki's minions
close in on her Evelyn's able to reality
jump and ask access special skills like
Kung Fu increased lung capacity the
ability to fight blinds or have giant
hot dogs for fingers the more she sees
of other realities the more she realizes
the opportunities that she's missed in
her own life the things that she could
have seen and done if she'd taken
different paths and the more she begins
to question the value of her marriage
and even herself but will she pull
through in time to stop jobu tapaki and
shut down the everything bagel will she
reconcile with her husband or realize
that they were better off without each
other will she even want to do any of
this stuff when she finds out who her
enemy is and how she was created no this
all Probably sounds like completely
absurd nonsense because well that's kind
of the point this isn't a movie that's
meant to be taken literally or viewed as
some kind of serious science fiction
Thriller the wacky multiversal conflict
alternate lives and insane fight
sequences are really there to act as
metaphors for what amounts to a pretty
standard family conflict all of the
characters in this story are blown up
into epic larger than wife caricatures
of their real selves the overbearing
father who uses protectiveness to mask
his own narrow-mindedness and selfish
need for control the lost and confused
teenager facing a world of infinite
possibilities with no real sense of
purpose or identity The Angst of a
married couple questioning whether
they're only still together out of habit
and convenience and at the center of it
all the Aging woman reflecting unhappily
on an unfulfilled life facing the
realization that our best days are
behind her and sadly daydreaming of what
might have been there's a tendency in
Hollywood to skew stories in favor of
younger characters and I think in the
hands of more conventional writers this
movie would almost certainly have been
some kind of coming-of-age story
centered around Joy instead of Evelyn
just another generic plot about a young
woman's quest to find herself and
realize her potential in a bland and
uncaring worlds and well thank [ __ ] the
writers went a different route with this
one Evelyn is a fantastic character
there's so much more layered and
interesting than any Bland directionless
gen Zed could ever hope to be and she's
played to Perfection by Michelle you who
invested with so much heart compassion
and quirky humor that you can't help but
empathize with her one minute she's
laying down Kung Fu moves like this is
20 years ago and she's starring in an
Ang Lee movie the next she's doing some
weird exotic dance with Jamie Lee Curtis
while they both have hot dogs for
fingers and the next she's having a raw
heartfelt emotional exchange with a
loved one she takes all of this in her
stride she commands the screen like the
leading lady she never quite got to be
and it all just reminds me of what a
[ __ ] good actor she is when she has
good material to work with I mean let's
be honest when most actresses get to a
certain age interest in high profile
roles start to dry up pretty rapidly but
this movie proves just how flawed that
thinking really is kehee Kwan is a name
that most of us haven't heard in a
generation in fact he basically vanished
from the big screen back in the 80s but
[ __ ] me his friend is calling here just
like you he has to transition rapidly
into multiple versions of himself and he
plays them all with real heart and
energy invest in women with a
quirky-like ability that's just
infectious his years of stunt
choreography mean that he can handle
himself pretty well in the fight scenes
and there's nothing quite like watching
a pair of middle-aged actors kicking ass
like they're still in their 20s and as
for James Hong what do I even need to
say about this guy the man's an absolute
Legend and he's got a natural Flair for
comedy and playing Sinister villains and
he uses both the full effect here
there's a lot going on in this movie in
terms of ideas and character Dynamics
the conflict between different
Generations growing up in very different
worlds the tension between parents and
their children as one grows old and the
other grows up the doubts and
resentments that creep into a marriage
when too much is left on surds the
regrets of missed opportunities and the
yearning for the road not taken and at
the center of it all the minion and
fulfillment that can still be found in
the people we love most and that the
lives we live for all their faults and
mistakes and shortcomings are something
to be treasured and appreciated while
they last because let's be honest they
don't always last that long everything
everywhere all that once is a fantastic
movie that exemplifies the very best of
what the medium is capable of it's crazy
and wild and creative and poignant and
heartwarming and thought-provoking all
at the same time it thrilled me with
action it made me laugh at the most
absurd moments and it kept me gripped
until the final perfectly constructed
ending and if you're looking for
something that isn't just another tired
superhero flick or a Lumber in action
movie then the Drinker thoroughly
recommends everything everywhere all at
once and hey if nothing else you'll
never look at hot dogs the same way
again
anyway that's all I've got for today
go away now
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