IS IT ACTUALLY GOOD, or is it just great chemistry?

@trinaq

26 күн бұрын

It's excellent chemistry, and both Anne and Nicholas were well cast.

@kc-lp6wg

26 күн бұрын

I'll watch it and get back to you!!

@violetamendez7461

26 күн бұрын

it really isn't but glad you enjoyed it👍

@realestsienna

26 күн бұрын

@@violetamendez7461LMFAOOOO 😭😭😭

@lannaisha5676

26 күн бұрын

no this movie is so cringe and they only have sexual attraction as mentioned repetitively in the book. idk how people like this movie. the only good scene was Anne talking about her husband cheating/divorce.

nothing is funnier than how INSTANTLY down bad he is for this woman. normally i would get annoyed by that but when you cast anne hathaway i'm like yeah i would be the same

@Exudedmemes

26 күн бұрын

like i instantly understand (AND RELATE) the insta love when its anne hathaway

@geepanganiban410

26 күн бұрын

fr when the ppl on the internet (in the movie) were being mean and saying she's too old, like they can see her right? famous actress or not she looked amazing in this movie

@petradegroot3578

25 күн бұрын

Anna hathaway has such a ageless beauty

@katharineeavan9705

25 күн бұрын

movie that's supposed to be wish fulfilment where we want to be anne hathaway so we can date a popstar and instead we all want to be the pop star so we can date anne hathaway

@christinavernon2277

25 күн бұрын

😂😂

The person who came up with those goofy tatoos should get a raise, like is that a ladder? I love it

@manasas868

26 күн бұрын

Nicholas himself came up with it funnily enough 😅

@Amalizna

26 күн бұрын

@@manasas868 Respect to Nicholas than, just wish he was as creative with his met gala outfit, expected him to wear something fire

@JayJay-17

26 күн бұрын

@@Amalizna Met outfits are often decided by the designer/house you’re invited by, not the celebrities themselves unless they’re someone higher profile. He’s just getting traction recently so it was probably out of his hands.

@GSFL1

23 күн бұрын

Harry styles has some goofy tattoos too like a hanger lol

I feel a bit sorry for Harry Styles, how his image and likeness is used. He's still a real person who deserves respect and his own life.

@alicedownes7056

26 күн бұрын

Fr like the amount of smutty stories that have been made into REAL MOVIES that are commonly known to be based on him is kinda insane, poor guy

@karinalumen9722

26 күн бұрын

@@alicedownes7056yes, and they were lusting over a child at one point.

@impposter560

26 күн бұрын

If I were him, I'd be a hermit by now. Poor guy

@biabarreto2155

26 күн бұрын

It's so messed up The after series was literally written when he was still a minor

@tlahmed

26 күн бұрын

@@biabarreto2155oh god I didn’t know this! Disgusting

Very glad we are at a point in society where everyone is finally realizing Anne Hathaway is one of the most beautiful women maybe ever??

@infpdreams

26 күн бұрын

And the talent! Such a lovely woman.

@diegowushu

25 күн бұрын

Wait, was there a time when we weren't supposed to be in awe of her?

@Thecuriousincident1

24 күн бұрын

There was a time when she was getting a lot of hate when she didn't actually do anything people just seemed to find her annoying ​@diegowushu

@perfectallycromulent

24 күн бұрын

No, we aren't. People have many different opinions about who is most beautiful. People tend to choose someone from their own nationality who speaks their own language, you aren't going to find huge Anne Hathaway fan clubs in China or India, or just about anywhere where English isn't the dominant language. And even there, people disagree. To me, she's very attractive but Alysssa Milano and Melanie Brown from the Spice Girls are more attractive, along with others.

@Qwertzuioyxcv

20 күн бұрын

Nah…she is nice but dont overreact

Honestly? Anyone falling in love with Anne Hathaway is totally believable 😂

Again, just amazing how the show revolves around everyone amazed this hunky music star is with the suburban mom...and they cast ANNE HATHAWAY for the role.

@gggthsb

26 күн бұрын

RIGHT?! As if ANYONE would say no to her, she is the greatest.

@jennacreighton8432

26 күн бұрын

I cannot visually take the age gap as seriously as I would IRL when she looks more like 6 years older rather than 16 years.

@daniellelsogb

24 күн бұрын

In the book Solene was very sophisticated and highly educated. Her parents were both French and both in the art world. It's also mentioned at the very beginning that Solene is quite beautiful. Anne Hathaway is the only actress that I can think of that really gives off those lady like vibes.

@amber9694

24 күн бұрын

⁠@@daniellelsogbagreed. She is the most perfect casting for Solene

one of my favorite things is when people were talking about this movie on Twitter is everyone going august moon is too choreographed to be one direction

@JayJay-17

26 күн бұрын

No but I was thinking that while watching the movie 😭. These guys are very coordinated for being based off one direction. I read another comment that the characters were race swapped so people would accept the story more so I feel like there’s probably influence from black groups and that can explain it.

@leticiaguelere1222

25 күн бұрын

yeah me and my friend felt almost emotional watching them get on stage at the beggining .. until they started to dance and it completely died down. Not 1D at all

@angiebangie6372

23 күн бұрын

the music made me sooo nostalgic i think i loved the movie cuz it felt like a 1d fanfic 😭 i used to eat stories UP on wattpad

Anne and Nicholas have both played royals in other projects, funnily enough. Her in the Princess Diaries movies, and him in Red, White and Royal Blue, and Girlboss Cinderella.

@katharineeavan9705

25 күн бұрын

Girlboss Cinderella is all I will ever call that movie from now on

@Strannik01

25 күн бұрын

"Girlboss Cinderalla" should be a band name.

@olgasolo5191

24 күн бұрын

Anne played Cinderella in Ella Enchanted

@MelodyFirstMyDearThenLyrics

20 күн бұрын

I also like Jukebox Cinderella 😅

Considering the author said she had to race swap the characters to get ppl interested in the story, I doubt Harry Styles was her only influence.

@AmandaTheJedi

26 күн бұрын

ah that's so unfortunate :/

@kimberleywilliams7802

26 күн бұрын

Yeah they were originally black but as it goes, the publishers felt like they couldn't sell it to a white audience because white people usually have a hard time relating to stories where the leads don't look like them.

@AndriaSilvaful

26 күн бұрын

That’s terrible. People of color are able to relate to white characters. Hell white people are able to relate to animals or objects i.e. Lion king, beauty and the beast

@Religion0

26 күн бұрын

​@@kimberleywilliams7802 I so don't get that attitude. Like, in general. I would be so annoyed and bored with stories about someone like me. I like characters who are not like me. I like stories that are not like mine. I can tell all the stories I want that are like mine. I have already heard my story many times, tell me a story I have never heard before instead.

@Vizible21

25 күн бұрын

​@@kimberleywilliams7802they were supposed to be black not because she was inspired by a black person but because she wants people to not connect the character to Harry Styles. But then she realized it will not sell as much as if she just played into the Harry Styles fan fiction harder. Initially she wants to "race swap" the character not the other way around.

Them convincing Anne Hathaway to play Solene made this movie watchable.

@killitwithfire5377

25 күн бұрын

The eternal conflict: Anne Hathaway is always a reason to watch a movie, while Nicholas Galitzine is a major reason not to

I was surprised by how much I genuinely enjoyed this movie tbh! It's hardly perfect, but it does succeed in a lot of places where movies like this often fall flat on their faces down the stairs. Also like niche experience, but Solene's relationship to the gallery and the art felt very realistic for someone who has actual real world art gallery experience. The experience of falling head over heels for a piece of art you cannot afford is so very real.

@kyliesparks1435

26 күн бұрын

That being said, I did LOL pretty hard when Hayes was like "I bought all the art didn't I??" As if galleries don't often represent way more than like three artists lmao

the "meal of... food" line would have swept ME off my feet

@viddergrapho8488

25 күн бұрын

For real that guy can get it on cute cringe alone

This movie was mid, but Anne Hathaway put her whole chest on the performance and it seems she had a genuine connection to this work so, you know what, good for her. If nothing else, I am glad it made her happy.

Yeah, I thought it didn't suck, too. A little cringey, in spots, and all the awful "crowd reaction" felt kinda forced-complication, but the chemistry is good. And the script benefitted from a lot of humor.

@otkaczalkawariatka

21 күн бұрын

You obviously have never read what so called "fans" a.k.a. crazy fangirls write in the comments under photos of their idol with someone Fandom doesn't approve. It's sick & disgusting and I feel so bad for those famous artists. I could never envy them all the fame and money - the price of all that is just too high.

It's my biggest pet peeve when people say the book was fanfiction. like if it isn't published on a fanfiction site using Harry's name, it isn't fanfiction! i appreciate your "technically" i'll take it lol. I've seen people soo confidently say "oh yeah it was published on wattpad" with their whole chest.

@AmandaTheJedi

26 күн бұрын

I was definitely someone who said it was originally, because I was told it was and when I looked it up I actually found a fanfiction version with Harry in place of Hayes - but when I came back to make this full video, I realized that was someone else just ripping the book and changing the names for some reason and it had been pulled off the website

@bitnotgoodyeah

26 күн бұрын

​@AmandaTheJedi oooh I didn't know about that! that definitely adds to the confusion.

@AndriaSilvaful

26 күн бұрын

I would say it’s still fanfiction, just not wattpad fanfiction. There is a difference. Like all Sherlock interpretations are fanfictions. I would say the Doctor Who reboot is bordering on fanfiction. And The Cursed Child is a Harry Potter fanfiction that was a comercial success.

@katharineeavan9705

25 күн бұрын

It still counts as transformative fiction if it was based off existing works or people, regardless of whether you 'file off the serial numbers' or where it was first published, but that is a distinction most people don't seem to know or care about. I'd agree that if it wasn't originally written with Harry's name, then it isn't technically fanfiction, though where it's published has nothing to do with whether something is fanfiction - original works are posted on AO3 and Wattpadd and fanfic is published and shared in all kinds of places, and was originally published and shared in print even discounting centuries of people handwriting it and sharing it through letters or salons, or composing and sharing it orally.

@arshiyaamreen5808

25 күн бұрын

It definitely was fanfic no matter how much the author tries concealing it. Certain plot points align just too conveniently. Just because the name is changed from Harry to Hayes, doesn't make it less of a fanfic. The author has even used multiple Harry Styles photos as character fancast years ago. The book is definitely a Harry Styles fanfic. The movie, though, is altered to be more based on the trope of 'extremely popular and attractive British boy band lead singer'.

It's crazy how good they made the 5 years later look on him.

I think what you missed was that Robinne Lee is friends with Gabrielle Union ( who helped produce this movie) who did marry a younger famous man.

@Ashbrash1998

26 күн бұрын

That's not the same as being a normal person though, like obviously she isn't a normal suburban mom.

@elenabe4718

26 күн бұрын

oooh the Gabrielle Union lore spread between Kennie and Amanda

this is my biggest accomplishment. accidentally opening my app at the exact time this posted so i can tell the rest of the internet i was here first. todays the day

@alexfraze12087

26 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, in chronological order, you were third...

@mentallyunw3ll

26 күн бұрын

@@alexfraze12087 FUCK

@HydraulicDesign

26 күн бұрын

You people don't know how the distributed databases running this site work, do you? No you are not "first."

@eme.261

26 күн бұрын

@@HydraulicDesign -- Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things, but far more often than not, someone is first.

@mentallyunw3ll

25 күн бұрын

@@HydraulicDesign “sTuPiD hUmAn tInY bRaIn, ScIeNcE aNd sHiT” 🙄 why the fuck would the average human even know what a distributed database even is my guy? we are here watching bad movies not learning to code. no one cares 😂

Movie: omg she's so much older than Harry styles Me: it's Anne Hathaway! She ages like fine wine so it ain't no surprise that anybody would be head over heels for her lol

@komal146

24 күн бұрын

yeah i think the wish fulfillment part was Hayes getting to be with Anne freakin Hathaway

@Chibbykins

22 күн бұрын

I mean, when you look at how everyone tore into Olivia Wilde when she was with Harry, it's pretty realistic

I would not have given this film a shot if you hadn't recommended it. And I'm so glad I did! I watched it by myself and loved it. Then I showed it to my mom and she loved it. I've told all my friends too. This was a breath of fresh air for the rom coms I miss.

@AmandaTheJedi

26 күн бұрын

yeah it's not overly complicated, it's just a nice, standard return to the genre

@filmfangirls9163

26 күн бұрын

​@@AmandaTheJedi absolutely!!

@suezcontours6653

24 күн бұрын

​@@AmandaTheJediI hope it's not Harry Styles Fanfic. He's not my type, Tony Goldwyn, however...

@mariaskabardonis8353

8 күн бұрын

I actually would still see the Backstreet Boys lol

The color changing during the breakup kiss...was SO good. Absolutely could understand the emotions they traveled through. And it was beautifully shot.

Realism? In this economy? Nah, ginmie that wish fulfillment.

16:45 oh god I'm pretty sure the Hayes/Oliver stuff is a reference to the whole Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson thing a lot of their fans are into and many even genuinely believe is or was real at some point. So I can only assume the idea here is that Oliver is firmly in the closet so it wouldn't be Hayes' place to out him by telling her his 'other' biggest secret. I think that's how the irl fans think about it as well, since Styles doesn't label himself and at least half of Tomlinson's fans are queer in some way and his concerts are basically pride parades. ...and yes I low-key hate myself for knowing all of this.

@harmonandrews2849

23 күн бұрын

The book handled this in such a cringe, toxic way where Oliver punches him. Guessing the movie cut that out? PSA - don't read the book, it's terrible.

@sarizonana

19 күн бұрын

Hehe, no don’t hate yourself, if you knew the Jovi fans including me lol 😂 At least in the direction fandom at some point the slash was kind of real either way the BJ niche fandom which is now small because let’s face it’s an old band do Jon/ Richie slash while we perfectly know they both straight. I do criticize the band and laugh at the band comments sometimes join them lol 😂 but know crazy know a lot of stuff about them amd read their fan fics. The one direction sometimes juvenile fan faction is justified because they are young men and their fandom is pretty young in general with the Jovi fan fic I myself sometimes cringe that they write adults behaving like kids If they do 80s based stories I’m okay with it or even 90s. But I’ve read a story that even though I enjoyed I kind of cringed a little with the behavior of the characters because it was written with the circle tour with the band almost all hitting 50 and I’m like nooo, that behavior doesn’t fit a 50 something guys. Even though it’s a rock band which actually it’s more pop. Bon Jovi is very much like the 1D of the 80s but the guys singing and playing instruments instead of singing and dancing. You could basically say they were the maroon 5 of the 80s, 90s and early 00s.

I had to pause and cackle at "ocean boat employees". Thank you for that gem. Also, I was on the fence about seeing this because I wasn't sure how they were going to handle the relationship. You've talked me into giving it a chance.

People don’t know I’m getting a great lift at the gym while blasting Taste by August Moon

Maybe Phaethon was chosen as a tattoo because of the chaos and ruin he caused upon the earth, believing he could drive the sun chariot. It could represent Hayes and Solene's relationship, believing they could make it work, but eventually having to face the chaos their relationship creates for themselves and Solene's child and ultimately having to strike it down, so none of them would crash and burn. This is all just hypothetical, though. The Four Disgracers are really cool pieces of art. I hope to see them in person one day. Edit: I just realized Solene, although a French name meaning "solemn" or "religious" could also be Spanish in origin, meaning "sun" or "sunlight." So I guess in this whole metaphor or allegory or whatever, perhaps Solene was the sun chariot that Hayes thought he could drive without consequences. I'm thinking way too hard about this.

Being the child of an age-gap marriage (dad born 1939, mom born 1954...my twin sister and I born 1987) I don't see them as odd normally...and when you make the MILF Anne freakin' Hathaway who could still convencingly play a 20 something 😅 All we're left with is a bland romance movie.

I remember reading the book years ago and not caring for it. But I had a feeling my mom might like it, so I recommended it to her and she loved it. We watched it together last week and were giddy with how good the movie adaptation is. They did good on this one.

Is it good or is Anne Hathaway a mind blowingly good actor?

'God has left the room, ma'am.'

Someone once told me I looked like Anne Hathaway when I was in my early twenties. I don’t really see it, but it remains the greatest compliment I’ve ever been given for sure.

@shannonceleste5557

23 күн бұрын

Same thing happened to me re:Jennifer Lawrence in her Silver Linings Playbook era and girl let me tell ya- we must hold on to these moments at all costs!

Speaking of Hugh Grant movies, having the original songs for the movie reminds me of Music and Lyrics.

@kimberleywilliams7802

26 күн бұрын

OMG I LOVE that movie. Kind of obsessed with Drew Barrymore in it.

The fanfiction part of this got me interested, plus Anne Hathaway. So I watched the movie... and almost died of boredom. And the chemistry. Everyone is praising the chemistry, and I just did not find it. I wasn't even expecting something from this movie, and I still got nothing.

@thiccrat

25 күн бұрын

this honestly is one of those paranoia-inducing moments where i am convinced that every good or okay review is fake.... like, surely??? this is one of the most laughably awful movies ive ever seen. and its embarassingly creepy. maybe they would have better chemistry if they werent giving mother-son vibes 💀

@harmonandrews2849

23 күн бұрын

@@thiccrat Thank the lord for one realistic review here! The book was nauseatingly cringe to me. I'm giving the movie a hard pass due to that.

That was the slickest lead up to an ad read I've seen in a while. I don't think I will use skillshare for that particular craft, but other aspects of it intrigue me

I liked the movie, but it definitely has a very different feel to the book. In the book, he's the one who makes a point to follow her to art events, rather than her going on tour with the band. He tries to learn more about art. It's a really important part of her story that her ex-husband never showed an interest in her work, whereas Hayes tries to understand and appreciate her passion. That’s how she moves from seeing their relationship as just a fling, to falling in love with him. He also fucks things up several times by doing things like hauling her out of an important art show, and that highlights their different levels of emotional maturity. I liked the film too, but I think it would be better if they hadn't sacrificed this part of the story. Now we just get "two beautiful people fall in love because reasons". It would've been so easy to just include a little scene where he walks past a piece of art and correctly identifies the artist, to show us (and her) how much effort he's putting in. It's a fun movie, but it's just missing a bit of the depth that would've made it a great movie.

fun(?) fact: the frontal lobe does not finish developing at 25, in fact so far it seems like it never stops developing! it's a common myth that comes from misreporting of a study that expected to find that development ended in the 18-25 age range and so stopped gathering data after 25 but in reality they didn't observe any end in the development process, they just didn't have the means to keep the study going

Amanda PLEASE do a episode on Dead Boy Detectives! It needs more attention!

@filmfangirls9163

26 күн бұрын

Anything with Ruth Connell deserves attention!

I normally don't like age gaps but give me a hot, charming, tattooed, younger British musician and I will make an exception lol. I also have no kids to embarass.

@starcrysis23

25 күн бұрын

Why not? Two adults consenting shouldn’t have any issue unless there’s abuse.

@arithmomania1237

24 күн бұрын

​@@starcrysis23 Well yeah but a lot of the time there is.

@strikethatreverseit9108

22 күн бұрын

@@arithmomania1237 Yeah well you probably shouldn't think you know what's going on in strangers relationships. That's so judgmental and not nice and frankly none of your business.

Fun fact actually really really sad fact the author who wrote this story (who ia black) originally had them as black but was told to change it by the oublishers because they felt like thay couldn't sell blck leads. Don't you just love the book industry

@harmonandrews2849

23 күн бұрын

Yep, that is tragic. It's a shame they couldn't change the casting to reflect diversity given that we are now in 2024, not 2017.

@Chibbykins

22 күн бұрын

​@harmonandrews2849 this movie with a Gabrielle Union type lead and a K-pop type love interest would break the internet

@harmonandrews2849

22 күн бұрын

@@Chibbykins would defo be more interesting 😂

it's the happy version of a great book AND has Anne Hathaway!

Harry deserves better. Seriously, enough. What a bizarre reality he’s living in.

@harmonandrews2849

23 күн бұрын

Yep, I actually feel for him

This tiring shit about what’s problematic and what’s not really takes me out of enjoying anything unless I just don’t interact with other people ever. As long as two people are consenting adults and there’s no abuse, I don’t care. A position where abuse can be easier does not make it abuse or make it abusive inherently. If that was the case we shouldn’t have straight relationships at all, since men are physically stronger than women by average, which makes you in an advantageous position to abuse. It’s silly and I’m tired of hearing about it. Ever single situation or relationship is individual and situational and should only be judged in the context of that specific relationship. Do you see abusive tactics? No? Then shove off. “But what could you possibly have in common?” What would a successful lawyer of the same age and gender have in common with an artist who is in poverty? You can do that with anything, then it becomes arbitrary.

@_valor

24 күн бұрын

This. I get that feeling skeeved out by a non traditional relationship comes from a good place (not wanting to encourage unbalanced or possibly harmful power dynamics), but feel-good romcoms don't feel like the place to have these discussions? Like, let people turn off their brains. And I feel bad for the kids of healthy couples with huge age gaps, some of who have left comments on this vid that an age gap isn't inherently a bad thing. My parents married inter-racially, and I wish people didn't treat it like a red flag/exploitative so I can kinda relate 😕

Amanda I love your videos! Been watching your content for years and now I'm watching in the living room of the house we just bought

the movie elevated from the book when they starts with aged up the male lead, then they can play more with his emational maturity. i'm so so so glad that they removes all the unnecessary side-plot and also love that they get back together in the end after a period of time and hinted that maybe the publics will accept their relationship now (open up conversation on age gap relationship). their chemistry really sold the love story.

I just got done watching it and I absolutely loved it!!! It’s so much better than I expected it to be and now I’m recommending it to everyone!

This reminds me of the 2005 film Prime with Uma Thurman as a 40-something-year-old recent divorcee who ends up in a relationship with a 23-year-old artist. There are major differences between them, but a number of plot beats are similar, including the ending.

@DizzyBusy

12 күн бұрын

With Meryl Streep as her therapist who turns out to be his mother? I remember that one

I did actually love that final kiss scene with all of the emotions and the colors that they pulled from her favorite painting to really hammer home that they feel everything with one another.

I watched this film on my phone on a train and didn't really like it and felt like it could have gone more in depth about things like her shame and his fear of being a joke and how those interplay, but maybe I was biased because it did feel like fanfiction and I don't think I can enjoy that without cringing at myself yet.

Cant believe how much i enjoyed this movie. Was this movie perfect? Definitely no. But did it make me gigle and kick my feet and gave me all the feels definitely yes. So ya it has become one of my comfort movie now. And obsessed witn the songs of this movie already ❤

18:02 THANK YOU! I feel like the conversation about the comparison between Solene and Hayes to Daniel and Ava in the movie reeeeally glossed over the problem of the cheating. Sure the age gap seemed to be a significant issue for all of them but the betrayal of the cheating(and him falling in love with his AP) was the big problem.

Love you Amanda!!!!

Thanks Amanda! I had fun with this one for sure, and appreciate the additional context with the book!

@RinnieButterfly

23 күн бұрын

Cute cattie.

Isn't it actually (now) an Anne Hathaway Fanfiction?! ❤

Every video of yours that I watch, I love your content more and more. I liked this video a lot!!!

The wings didn't burn, they melted.

@maddiedoesntkno

26 күн бұрын

Both. They were what’s been translated as osier (a kind of willow-good for weaving) and secured with wax. So the wax would melt and come free. The branches would burn.

What’s fun with your channel is that I am discovering things I have never heard about before. This movie seems nice and Anne Hathaway is so loveable. Tomorrow I am going to see The Fall Guy and it just hit me this afternoon while booking my ticket on line that the movie is based on the 80’ serie.... 🤦‍♀️As for once they didn't translate the title in french, I didn't make the link between the american title and the french one : L’homme qui tombe à pic 🤣🤣 Thx for your videos, it is always a pleasure to follow them. Are you going to the Cannes festival this year too ?

I legit love your movie reviews. ❤

I would love it if they got some merch for the band out, I'd buy that so quick, you'd think I never left my boy band phase! Also, great video! Really interesting to know how the book played out!

These book smut quotes are sending me? Girl- what????

I haven't watched it, just you review, but the ending reminded me of The Rebound with Catherine Zeta Jones, which is in my top 10 romcoms.

The producers of Dance before we walk also worked on what makes you beautiful.

Man the thing with age gaps is... my mom is 25 years younger than my dad. And, like, none of the issues I ever hear mentioned about age gaps was the issue with them. I can't think at all right now, it's 7 in the morning and i haven't slept, so i can't actually explain what i meant by anything

@katlouise12

26 күн бұрын

How old are they now? One of the issues with large gaps is that one partner will be elderly when the other is middle aged and the younger will end up as a carer. Maybe they aren't there yet but they will be

@starcrysis23

25 күн бұрын

@@katlouise12that’s not the kind of problem that you should be shamed for.

@Strannik01

25 күн бұрын

I feel that, after all those centuries of not recognizing potential power imbalances that can exist in some relationships, folks overcorrected, and treat potential issues as fait accompli. Every relationship is different, and there are always nuances, because, at the end of the day, it's two unique people trying to build a common thing.

@starlight8554

25 күн бұрын

Depends on the age when they met rather than the age gap itself I think. A 40 year old and a 65 year old? Chill. A 19 year old and a 44 year old? Sus.

I didn't read the book, but based on everything I've heard it makes sense that they didn't get back together. I noticed that at my local bookstore it was shelved in the general fiction area and not in romance, I feel like that tells a lot about where people's expectations should be.

Hmm. I actually want to give this a watch now. I can’t even lie, I assumed it was a pretty basic movie but I was wrong, it’s nothing like what I had thought. Also just so you know, the hiss was warranted.

God I am such a nerd for my hobby. You bring up the post sandwich thing and I am pausing it trying to figure out if that is a crochet top and what kind of yarn it's made of...

I love your shirt in this video.

Omg I'm so early. Love your work ! You make my comfort videos!

I've recently seen some other youtube videos were the youtuber did not like this movie so yours was a relief lol. I wonder if stories about falling for a boy band singer will always be referred to as Harry Styles/1D fanfiction? Maybe that is the case here, maybe not, but I've always had a soft spot for these types of movies. Like Marry Me and that other one I can't think of the name of with Freddy Prince Jr lol. They usually have at least one song I like and it's such a fantasy it's just a fun time. On a side note, I'm looking forward to the inevitable BTS bandmate with American woman fanfic movie that will inevitably come out.

Michael Showalter being involved in this is absolutely breaking my mind

Loved it and loved your response 100% agree

the "okay i’ve had a moment" and her little sigh of relief had me pausing the movie to run laps around my room 🏃‍♀️

Fun movie for me too :D I am waiting for book. In Poland it will came out at 15th of May.

Amanda, that segue into the sponsor was actually hilarious wtf

I was pleasantly surprised by this one, and glad that a majority of people seem to like it as well. Definitely gonna rewatch at least once.

I feel this is kinda related. There’s a season 2 of MILF Manor. Can’t wait for you to cover it!! New twist this year.

I actually disliked most of the art in the movie so I spent a lot of time distracted by that. I really enjoyed it overall, but it did gave me the ick thinking about real life Harry and what happened with him. Poor guy. Edit: I would full on fight the book ending.

I loved this movie but I'm also divorced for a couple of years and 53. I have seen so so many videos that slam the movie because of the age gap and it's such a young generation thing to me. Obviously is it's a minor it's a crime or some wild young person and someone way way older to where the power structure there is obvious. However what's the big deal. She is older but he isn't a kid in college living in a dorm. It's fictional and he is wealthy and has travelled the world for years so I'm sure while he's young the maturity level Would be pretty different than the average 24 year old. This age gap ordeal is a newer thing. I was barely 18 and was dating a guy who was 26. I also had my own place and wasn't a kid at home going to school. We were married 28 years. I thought the story was great because it focused on her and her finding herself after a shit divorce and trust me I've been hit on by guys in their 20's and no it's not my thing and I have kids who are 30 but listen if it was Harry styles for instance I would be like "kids what kids" 😂 it was good we are older women not dead

I feel like this movie borrowed a bit from The Rebound with Catherine Zeta Jones and Justin Bartha- especially the 5 year fast forward at the end. That movie focused more on the age gap as the problem vs this one where his game is really the obstacle to their relationship. Either way, both good fun in their own ways.

I would leave everything for Anne Hathaway too 🫠

Fantastic ramble

Loved the little Icarus tangent...

Imma be honest, if Anne Hathaway fell in love with me, I would probably act like Hayes, too lmao

Hey y'all. not much of a commenter, just dropping in to say: Hi Amanda, love your vids. So bingeable and light, but still thoughtful. Also, I haven't seen the movie yet, but I cried at the end when I read The Idea of You. This is weird for me. Its only the second novel I've ever cried at (movies get me more easily). Its also weird for me because I don't normally get very invested in fictional couples that are heterosexual. Whatever we want to call it, I thought the novel worked really well. For me anyway. I'd recommend it. I thought it was smart, funny, layered... there were even dashes of existential horror in there which took me by surprise. Kinda broke my heart honestly, all in all. Thanks for coming to my ted talk. 👍😊

Another great video.

Great examination. I did not like the end of the book (major understatement). I felt like it took us on this wild, wonderful, joyous ride only to shove us in front of a bus with the last two sentences. Both made me cry: the book in pain and rage; the movie because of all the emotions. I was overwhelmed, but in a good way by the movie.

I really liked the movie. As a past reader of The Devil Wears Prada fanfiction, I also got an extra kick out of Anne Hathaway being the older person in a May-December romance.

The ending of the original novel is much more realistic. Solene and Hayes break up permanently, though it's implied that she never really gets over him. Author Robinne Lee was reportedly displeased with the change.

@thehappyrecluse

26 күн бұрын

I prefer the Hollywood ending because I don't watch a romcom like this to be left feeling sad.

@AnxietyRat

26 күн бұрын

​@@thehappyreclusethis. It was also a weird choice to make for a capital r romance novel, which is what it was marketed as. The vast majority of the time capital R romances have a happy ending.... So I was actually pretty upset and HATED the ending of the book. 🤷‍♀️ I really don't think that it was a realistic ending at all because they both very very clearly were still deeply in love with each other she just gave up and ghosted him. It really seems like they BOTH never got over it... He just eventually stopped texting her because she refused to reply to his texts. It just made me sad and angry and I don't really like feeling that way after reading a romance novel. 🤷‍♀️ Other people might feel okay feeling those emotions... but it's NOT my cup of tea whatsoever. Romance novels make me happy... that's why I read them. I was happy during the process of reading the book but the ending did not make me happy. Very glad they changed it in the movie.

I actually had fun watching it, but that might be because I read fanfiction

@AnxietyRat

26 күн бұрын

Same. The vibes were a little bit fanfictiony. But my main source of reading is fanfiction so I totally Vibe with it. I felt the same about Red white and royal blue. It had a LOT of fanfiction vibes. But the author has said that it was very intentionally fanfiction vibe-y because they also LOVE fanfiction... So yeah, I'm totally fine with published works feeling like fanfiction... Some people try to use that as an insult but I just don't see it as one. 🤷‍♀️ Because there are plenty VERY well-written fanfictions out there.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It felt like a classic romcom in a way that a lot of movies lately fail to. Maybe because Anne is a great actress, beautiful and charismatic so it's easy to run with it lol

Ocean Boat Employees is going to be my hit single

That whole One Direction/Harry Styles wave passed me by. All these Rom-Coms & Romance films that apparently feature Harry Styles surrogates are lost on me. Aside from Hayes being British & in a boy band I didn’t know what the similarities were.

Love love love Anne Hathaway but I’m not so sure about the bangs choice

Not a day goes by where I don’t think about Anne Hathaway saying “What a forward young man you are”

your "Ocean boat employees" line killed me! =))))

Anne Hathaway ruined me for all 'just Romance'/Romance Dramas after Love and other drugs... I havent watched a Romance since then unless it had comedy, action or some other gimmick, it affected even my reading choices 😂 bl webtoons have slowly been bringing me back 😅. I thought this was gonna be more fun and comedic... I was wrong.. this was almost Love and other Drugs again 😂😂😂 I was squealing, laughing, sobbing, then broken. I NEEDED THAT ENDING. I wouldnt have recovered if they didnt give me that ending! I loved whY they did with most of it... it was a bit ro artsy at the end there with the lights but i understood why they did it, so its fine. ❤ loved it, will watch again.. in a few years after I recover 🥹

I loved the book but there needs to be a book 2. Because I hate how it ended. In the book they were dating for almost a year, while in the movie they were only dating for a few weeks. It made me sad they didn’t have more happy moments together compared to the book. Another thing they didn’t touch on in the movie, was the tension between Ollie, Hayes and Solene. I know why they didn’t bother, but it’s kinda sad they didn’t

Jup, I won’t lissyen to the aufiobook just based on your review. That’s the power you have.

15:23 OMG I was NOT ready😅

Anne Hathaway saying lines like I'm too old for you and I'm old enough to be your mom is just Hollywood Twilight-Zone territory. Technically, yes, in actual chronological years, sure, okay, fine. But something still seems off. Can't quite put my finger on it. Yeah, no. Wait, yes I can. It's odd because she's Anne MF Hathaway. Helloooo. Did you see her take off the coat to reveal that spray-on dress to remind everybody, Yeah. I'm still Catwoman. Meee-ow. Age isn't a factor in this scenario because, again, helloooo. They cast the human fountain of youth Anne GD Hathaway. But, it's cute how the movie still puts her in Clark Kent glasses and mom jeans so we can all participate in the shared illusion of going through the motions collective lie that she isn't really immortal and a warrior goddess Amazonian from Asgard. Downright adorable. It's like Hathaway getting to cosplay for unwashed commoners day. She's a GD genetic freak of nature and complete utter delight. Anne could rock a fat suit and still raise the tent pole hype to full staff without a half mast to be found. Yeah. Metaphors. Not for amateurs, baby.