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@balabanasireti

2 жыл бұрын

Like always, I enjoy your videos but still don't like your forced criticism. It feels like being there just for the sake of criticism instead of parts that you genuinely don't like about a film (and there are too many aspects for someome who loves movies). Also, some words feel unnecessarily complicated and pretentious. Which can be fine for some people but I doubt that any normal person on KZread would want to watch these kind of reviews.

You cant just reupload the video to hide my comment taylor. I've said it once and I'll say it again. I WILL be withholding my subscription until you review Lemonade Mouth.

@lamarencoche756

2 жыл бұрын

YES PLEASE

@lamarencoche756

2 жыл бұрын

Some excellent film at once

@elizrebezilmadommdo1662

2 жыл бұрын

So will I, and I haven't even seen the movie. We all will unsubscribe and he will have zero subscribers until he uploads it.

@deadringer444

2 жыл бұрын

I crave an acknowledgment that the film is a TERRIBLE adaptation of the book.

@TrippleNineSIXBandOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

I never thought I'd ever see Edgar Wright giving his own film a critical review like this

The type of films I watched as a 14 year old were a lot of 80s coming of age films and Perks of Being a Wallflower, they still hold a sense of nostalgia for me and formed my music taste that is still my music taste today, basically a lot of Bowie and Cocteau Twins

@BrokenGodEnt

2 жыл бұрын

Perks was great at that age. Same with Pump Up the Volume, The Girl Next Door, The Breakfast Club, etc. It's hard for me to watch Perks now, bc I don't get the same feeling I used to. But I still love all those movies. Stuck In Love is another great one. I recommend it if you haven't seen it. It's got Logan Lerman too and it introduced me to Bright Eyes and Elliott Smith. I watched it recently and I still love it so much. Same with Begin Again with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. And Reality Bites with Ethan Hawke and Winona Ryder.

I definitely relate to forming my favorite movies as a teenager and not really out growing them. For example I saw Heathers when I was 14 and decided it was my favorite movie. I’m 26 now and I’ll still tell people that it’s my favorite movie. I even have a tattoo in it’s honor. However I know for a fact there are many other films that have come out since 1989 that I have watched over the last 10 years that I love just as much, if not more. That being said I think a reason Heathers has remained my favorite film is because it aligns with my personal aesthetics and sensibilities in a way that lets people know right off the bat who I am in regards to media.

@Heljhammack

2 жыл бұрын

Also all of these films were in my top films as a teen as well. Luckily Eternal Sunshine brought me to other Kaufman and Gondry films specifically Being John Malkovich and The Science of Sleep. All of the films you mentioned are good jumping off points if the average teen watching them uses the film as a jumping off point. As always great video! Crazy to think when I started watching your channel you were graduating high school and now you have graduated college! Congratulations!

@topaz_no_life9440

2 жыл бұрын

i get that. the perks of being a wallflower has been my favorite movie since i was 13 and it still is. but there are so many other movies that i would say that i love just as much

@Heljhammack

2 жыл бұрын

@tanner howard it’s a noose with roses growing out it. Each rose is a color of a heather and Veronica and the noose has JD in the center.

@hachikos

2 жыл бұрын

yeah i'm the same way with the virgin suicides lol. it's been my favorite since i was 14, there are other movies i like better but the vibe as a whole just encapsulates me best

@golfwang8084

2 жыл бұрын

SAME. I think it was also freshman year when I found what have become my favorite musicians- Radiohead, Tyler the creator, glass animals. I started watching Bojack horseman and mr robot, which are in my top 5 all time Tv shows. I still consume tons of breaking bad content.

I find my favourite movies are my favourite more because of feeling nostalgic for the period in my life when I watched them for the first time.

@tri-angel

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! I always have to stop myself and consider what exactly it is that I like about the movie to try and figure out if I actually think it's good, or if it's just nostalgia. Sometimes it's one or the other, and sometimes it's both

i still like scott pilgrim and theres nothing anyone can do about it

@EJD339

2 жыл бұрын

Ah man. I'm 32 and still love that movie. It's just a really well made and entertaining movie.

@jumptrash

2 жыл бұрын

@@EJD339 one of my favorites lol

@Gwendolyns_Ghost

2 жыл бұрын

I love it so much

@grantgilbert2822

2 жыл бұрын

Amen. Just a fantastic script that’s well acted.

@mr.worldwide9680

2 жыл бұрын

Great visuals but im still bothered that he was a groomer

I am 41 and recently I have started looking back at movies my friend group thought were super cool as teens/early 20-somethings. I definitely look at them more critically and some of the stylistic techniques that seemed so edgy to me back then often feel more like cheap tricks to me now. Seeing this video makes me want to go back and re-watch them all the way through again. (I do still have a lot of fondness for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).

Got me right in the jugular there Taylor, bravo. I do indeed still tell people that Eternal Sunshine is my favorite movie, even if the last time I saw it was over 3 years ago. Also still love Scott Pilgrim, even if I have progressively started to roll my eyes at the character.

@videoman9170

2 жыл бұрын

scott pilgrim is so good as long as you acknowledge the fact that scott himself totally sucks

@bort6459

2 жыл бұрын

@@videoman9170 We're we supposed to like him? I always thought it was a stylistic movie about an insufferable child growing the fuck up.

@videoman9170

2 жыл бұрын

@@bort6459 i mean hes a fun character to watch but not a morally good character. like hes definitely not a role model is what i mean lol

@morgangunning30

2 жыл бұрын

you're literally supposed to roll your eyes at him. his character sucking is a function of the story, not a flaw.

@justthetruth3950

2 жыл бұрын

@@bort6459 no we aren't supposed to like him lmao, it's a fundamental part of the comic to understand that Scott sucks haha

This video is great. The intro to this video is shared by yourself, myself, and so many other "film bros" who fell in love with movies and haven't looked back. This is a great reflection of that. I remember when 3 of the movies talked about in this video were literally my 'TOP 3' and now I realize that they're movies I haven't revisited in years.

I understood like 70 % of these words.

@spinakker14

2 жыл бұрын

I understood all his words (almost), but I understood like 60% of what he said

@Yeodoongiiie

2 жыл бұрын

@@spinakker14 😂

@reesekosinski124

2 жыл бұрын

lost me at “parameters”

You are the person I thought I was as a 22-year-old Film Studies student. Your analysis was very thought-provoking as someone who also grew up with these movies. Thanks for the video!

From a fellow KZreadr who recently tackled the Film Bro phenomenon, I gotta say, great job. I especially love your analysis of A Clockwork Orange. Very nuanced take on the film's satirical angle. It's also interesting you brought up Fight Club in comparison given Ebert would react to both very similarly.

@ericthrasher67

2 жыл бұрын

Yooo I watch your channel.

i really like your essays. you’re really eloquent and it makes your videos really easy to watch. thank you for making cool vids :D

okay young george lucas 💁‍♀️

@CrimsionVision

2 жыл бұрын

I now can’t unsee or hear it lol

I am so excited to see you upload! I love your brain.

This really spoke to me hahaha. Other films that made me feel deep: Anything by Gus Van Sant, specifically Elephant, Drugstore Cowboy and To Die For.

@Heljhammack

2 жыл бұрын

To die for is fantastic! I finally saw it last year and was surprised I hadn’t seen it before.

@flawedsanity

2 жыл бұрын

I saw Drugstore Cowboy at 15 and oh man, I was in love. I still enjoy it quite a bit, especially as a recovering addict, but it doesn't make me feel the same as then of course.

@texvirgo9847

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agreed.

@zeltzamer4010

2 жыл бұрын

To Die For is a masterpiece. One of the best satires ever and simultaneously one of the best movies about small-town desperation.

good video man, really felt like an intellectual conversation about film and I agree with pretty much all you said.

I have to say that I’m a very big fan of the juxtaposition between the heady film analysis of this video with the PS3 copy of Brink on your shelf there. Very Avant-garde.

@cat_jk00

2 жыл бұрын

Legit like childhood goodness

You look like you walked straight out of "Mad Men". I mean that as compliment. I love the 70's vibe. I enjoyed your analysis and explanations. The movies never change; our consciousness has - just like the world hasn't changed; our consciousness has.

spot on with these movies

Fantastic video

i’m a 21 girl and scott pilgrim is one of my favorite movies 😭

@jimmyfallonsdealer

2 жыл бұрын

then you have a really fitting username

really good and interesting video

Hey, as an aspiring YA writer, it helps to hear some perspective. If there are duplicates of this video out there, I haven't found them yet. Thanks for sharing!

I watched A Clockwork Orange for the first time as an 18 year old…that was a couple years ago, now. The point is, seeing it as an adult for the first time, the movie didn’t resonate on a “can they do that?” way. I wouldn’t say I love the movie, but I respect it as an anti violence piece. The biggest legacy of it for me is that I love the movie “Singing in the Rain” and yet I can not hear the titular song without being horrified

I still get asked what’s my favorite movie and now it’s just a very hard question to answer because I don’t think I have a “favorite” anymore. There’s a lot to good movies I liked and I just keep it at that.

Thanks for this video :)

Powerful essay

This hit close to home.

This could be a multi video series, i feel completely called out w it in the best way lol

my standard pre-teen/teenage film education experience involved staying up late to surf the movie channels (HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz) at my uncle's on the weekends because he had Primestar aka DirecTV. This is where I first saw Pulp Fiction, Fear & Loathing, Big Lebowski, City of God, all before I was 14-15 years old, which eventually lead to me renting more obscure films at the video store my friends would tell me about or that I would see mentioned in other shows or movies via pop culture references. Once I got broadband at like 18 years old that's when I really started to dive into CINEMA and tracked down legendary films via AFI's 100 Greatest and various LiveJournal posts.

you're such a good KZreadr

I want to say I was a cinephile my whole life. Born in 1985, I remember just watching whatever I could watch. My earliest film memory was the ending of Empire Strikes Back, I became obsessed with RoboCop by the time I was three, and I just kept devouring. We used to have a black box as I got older so I would watch whatever would come on. I probably watched Casino dozens of times on repeat when I was ten, second only to Gods and Monsters when that was on PPV. Jerry Maguire was my first R rating film in theaters, by myself (I was in the fifth grade and my dad just dropped me off while they did Christmas shopping). By the time I was around 14 or so, I was starting to get into Wes Anderson and comic book films were about to really take off, with Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings and the Prequels about to go. Now I'm 36 going on 37 and while filmmaking techniques have vastly improved, it's very rare to find anything as good as the pre-MCU days. Not to take a shot at them, because I'm more of a Paul Thomas Anderson guy who enjoys all kinds of cinema, but outside of A24, cinematic standards have fallen with alternative cinema to what Fiege and what Marvel has done. But that's fine, because there's still a lot of films out there to find and we're living in a golden age of technology where those films are easily accessible.

@Sockimus

2 жыл бұрын

I think I was 14 when I first watched Schindler's List. That was one I do remember waiting; I might've seen Private Ryan before Schindler's List.

Your opinions on movies seem very affected by what other people think of them

@Aster_Risk

2 жыл бұрын

That's how a lot of people are.

@dylan351321

2 жыл бұрын

He shares similar views with other people about movies, that’s crazy.

@freyathesage1749

2 жыл бұрын

@@dylan351321 He stops liking movies once other people start liking them

A Clockwork Orange also fcuked me up, come to think about it. I first saw it when I was in my teens too 😳

I think your point about Jojo Rabbit is a good one - something can be satirical (i.e. have satirical elements) without being a satire

My favorite movie at 14 was The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Diminsion.

I’ve seen your videos before, I like them, you’re well versed but honest about being human, not being perfect, and admitting you have room for growth. We all do, and I massively respect that. This video hits the nail in the head about this very topic, especially the “Growing out of Tarantino” piece, I’m one to have done that myself, especially given released details about his strange personal life, as well as seeing interviews with him, very arrogant. Not a great role model for interviews. You on the other hand, are respectable and well put together. Funnily enough, your videos would be great to teach someone how to present themselves in an interview, the exact opposite of Tarantino’s demeanor. You earned my subscription man, keep up the great work!

22:10-22:11 i remember like 2 years ago, i was watching netflix with my sister, and she played this movie, and when it got to the part where kevin spacey's character was fanaticising about that cheerleader naked on petals of flowers, it made me think of the accusations of him, and i walked out with disgust from the living room

well said

AtlasVPN was my favourite movie as a teen filmbro

I saw the title and hoped to see Donnie Darko here. It’s Def one of those movies you think of as deep when you’re a teen, just to realize as an adult that it’s really not.

@BumboScumbo

2 жыл бұрын

Good movie

@FrankMenken

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly though as an adult that's just given me more reason to enjoy it. It's dumb and egregious and wants to be so much more than it is and I LOVE it

@crappymcdick

2 жыл бұрын

The film isn't really trying to be clever, just puts you in the head of the main character and more over expresses something that feels very special emotionally and thematically.

@RUSEOfficial

Жыл бұрын

It's as deep as you allow it to be.

Just found your channel, and I love this video. I think it's great to go back and watch films after a long absence. You usually get a deeper appreciation for the really good ones because you a different person than you were then.

Heyo, Great video! just a little titbit to add. There are a lot of audio listeners here on KZread, and it would’ve been really appreciated for you to have said the title of the movie you were talking about out loud instead of just assuming we were watching the video as it going on!

went to go see scott pilgrim in theaters while in high school and i loved it still watch it from time to time. none of these are my favorite films but i do love all of these. for me i think the movie i never grew out of is The Breakfast Club, I watched it in 10th grade and decided its my favorite movie lmao

you got me on every one

I had to pause the video for a good five minutes to gather my thoughts but “epic bacon aesthetic” is definitely the best description of Scott Pilgrim I’ve ever heard.

@stephaniewilliams6756

Жыл бұрын

It's a summary of the 2010s

These are great movies

Congrats on graduating! How was Taylor’s commencement speech haha

@TaylorJWilliams

2 жыл бұрын

I went in wanting to be a hater but it was good!

Tartentino is the ultimate director for 14 year olds because he’s so vocal about his influences and as a 14 year old you go “well I can just keep rewatching Kill Bill” until you finally get a galaxy brain and watch Lady Snowblood. It’s like he’s challenging you to grow past him lol. And I’m very interested in how Letterboxd’s top 250 and the criterion channel will warp the minds of 14 year olds today. Are 14 year olds going to fuck with Woman in the Dunes and Paris, Texas? They will make good GIFS!

@balabanasireti

2 жыл бұрын

Nah

You should interview the world’s premier film buff, Gregg Turkington

hehe ''a messed up thriller'' same :P love ur vids

Epic

All are good movies, film bro phase is golden

got into film about a year ago and am currently going through this phase lol

@dennyfader7559

2 жыл бұрын

Take your time! Videos like these can sometimes feel a bit elitist, but at the end of the day, we're all just watching movies to feel something, and discovering things on your own and at your own pace is what it's all about

"Me and Earl and the dying girl" also falls into that kind of category

American Beauty is baby's first photogenie

I think Scott Pilgrim Struck all of us 20 something's in our childhood/adolescence and we're now all Manic Pixie Dream Girls

At 14, my favourite film was still The Lego Movie.

@tvsonicserbia5140

2 жыл бұрын

At 19 my favorite film is still The Lego Movie

@jeolban3287

2 жыл бұрын

@@tvsonicserbia5140 It's not my favourite anymore, but still definitely one of them

@tvsonicserbia5140

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeolban3287 Lord and Miller are some of the most innovative filmmakers working today, and what's crazy is they have their whole career ahead of them.

@duyanhng8430

2 жыл бұрын

Solid choice

Wow…I found my people. You spoke my mind. Weird. Donnie Darko is why I still wear Adidas campus II’s.

I still think Alien is my favorite movie due to how it touched me as a teenager. Granted that one is less concerned with young adult sensibilities

Lmao clockwork orange is really what got me deep into films when i was 13

i like ur shirt

also i remmember watching pulp fiction for the first time when i was fourteen and being obsessed with star wars

Saw Scott Pilgrim (on tv) when I was 11 and loved it, 20 today and still love it. Besides the weak third act and the ton of story it skips in favor of being a movie, it's a pretty damn fun one and I still love it

@balabanasireti

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, the third act is still good

@blueguygaming1330

2 жыл бұрын

@@balabanasireti it’s the most rushed part of the movie and clearly not as fleshed out as the rest, which has a valid reason since the last couple volumes weren’t finished yet, but it still drags down the movie to me. Loved the nega Scott part though

i’m 14 and feel very called out

Lemonade Mouth is awesome

Wow!

The cinephile boyfriend of my dreams back at it again with another great video

@wweep

2 жыл бұрын

Haha same......

@macstrong1284

2 жыл бұрын

These guys are a dime a dozen at any film school in North America

I know you disagree with a lot of a Kubrick conspiracies but I think the Bear symbolism in The Shining is absolutely real, I can’t see a scenario where all the beat stuff & the ball rolling into the room when Danny goes there while Jack uses that same ball later to throw against a wall & the magazine Jack reads that has a section labeled “incest, why parents sleep with their children” is all just coincidence

you know you're watching a good movie analysis channel when they drop a scooby doo reference in there

In that case, what are your current favorites?

why's the volume so low? when the ads played it blew my speakers out because your mic is so quiet. you owe me a new television.

@TaylorJWilliams

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not the most savvy but if I raise the volume any higher in premiere, it starts to clip. I’ve never been able to figure out if there’s like a master export I can raise or what, but regular movies peak like crazy in premiere. It’s stupefied me for years

the original author, Anthony Burgess, wrote a clockwork orange as an indictment of the belief that it was better to be conditioned to be good than to choose to be bad-take Walden 2 by B.F Skinner. I haven’t watched the movie, but it’s pretty clearly outlined when Ludovico’s Technique is discussed, and someone brings up the fact that Alex doesn’t want to act morally out of duty, or out of desire to do good or love for the world-he hasn’t learned anything. He acts in accordance with duty, but only out of fear and self-interest. So while I take your point, and I don’t necessarily agree with the fervency Burgess outlines his point, Alex is the ultimate symbol of free will. (also, i think it’s interested to add that Burgess hated Kubrick’s adaptation because it cut out the last chapter of the novel, leaving it with a much more cynical feel)

“took a film class in high school” homie forgot to mention he TAUGHT one

u get a third comment good fuckin job. your explaination of tarantino’s appeal was really good to hear. i’m wholly aware of how his movies and fandom are problematic, but i still dig his work. nice to hear someone voice his merrit in a nuanced way

i think it speaks about the film education in the united states more than your film education. You have to want to get out of the "amercian films doctrine" to actually watch something from a different country. Something like european cinema, or latinoamercian cinema or even african cinema, they different perspectives of life.

Some movies are just good no matter what.

I cant belive u just called me out like that

I saw film bro and I was like I know that guy

I will not denounce my love for Eternal Sunshine. Thank you for the criticism though, interesting perspective.

This was Sofia Coppola films for me a hundo p

super 8 is a classic

I also tried to watch all of the imdb top 250 then I realised there's no reason I should listen to a list that says The Dark Knight is better than Spirited Away

@VideoGuy232

2 жыл бұрын

Both phenomenal and very different movies. Why compare them?

@IsSarahPi

2 жыл бұрын

@@VideoGuy232 I hate basically all superhero films

@VideoGuy232

2 жыл бұрын

@@IsSarahPi So do I. But there will always be movies that transcend their genre, the Dark Knight is among them imo. Nolan has a solid record as well

@Courier_333

2 жыл бұрын

There are so many worse movies above both of them . Why pick 2 great movies?

@Sockimus

2 жыл бұрын

@@IsSarahPi "I hate basically all superhero films" so you aren't a real cinephile then.

this rlly got me questioning whether i have ever liked any movie ive ever seen.

@jocas5289

2 жыл бұрын

like what makes a movie a favorite? my initial experience of watching it? my continued and consistent experience with it over time? my personal assertion of its artistic value?

@jocas5289

2 жыл бұрын

in truth, i think all the things i call my "favorite" thing are just things i identify with. or more specifically, things i chose to identify with. its the stuff i line the walls inside my head with to remind myself who i chose to be. or something like that.

Way to call out my former edge lord teen tastes 😂

I see many comments about how they’re ashamed of still likening these movies now and i feel like they completely missed the point he’s making lol. Rewatch the movies you loved when you were younger and see how you perceive them now given your life experiences and everything that has passed. It’s okay to just outgrow things and feel uncomfortable by how you don’t love something as much as you once did, change is part of growing up!

Just wanna point out that this man owns Brink on PS3

@Madallen2002

2 жыл бұрын

I remember that game.

You're my new fave bro, you do you, i'm rooting for you. This is the thinking man's film bros' video essay. I am the niche and you found me.

Yeah I like movies too.

I’m not feeling those criticisms on Eternal Sunshine - though I love some properly flawed films and enjoy them despite their shortcomings: Be Kind Rewind, He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, The Illustrated Family Doctor. I don’t think Burnham is a creep, even as I’ve grown closer to his age. The symbolism is a bit heavy handed but that’s not a fault. This film embodies the feel of 1999. Rather than tail off, it’s grown in statue for me. Too video though 👍

Holy shit this is accurate

Holy shit that is one fucking gorgeous head o hair

Super 8’s still dope tho

I am extremely surprised Larry Clark Kids didn't make the list very well made shocking obviously why somebody at 14 would definitely enjoy as an adult uhhhhhhhh really hard to get through

I smiled a lot when I noticed the Roberta Marie Monroe book on your self, one of my favorite books :)

I am currently 14, and the only movies I like are x rated films from the 1920s

When I was 14... only one of those movies had been released. At 14 my favorite films were Sunset Blvd, All About Eve, The Little Foxes and Baby Jane. Looking back on it now, I was either obsessed with Bette Davis or desperately wanted to be a drunk homicidal washed up actress. Im now a middle aged gay man who lives in La Jolla, so I guess nothing has really changed.

Scott Pilgrim and Kill Bill movies are great, i dont care what people say, they both are a fantastic watch