WHAT DID I JUST WATCH?!?!?!? - Last Christmas (Movie Review)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- This was not a movie I expected to watch. And... wow. Just... how did this happen? I try to think about the number of people who had to believe this was a good idea, many of them with stable enough careers that they could afford to be picky about the jobs they take, and my mind simply reels.
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I'll be honest, the idea of someone being haunted by their heart donor because the donor doesn't think they're enjoying life and appreciating the gift sounds like a good premise for a Doctor Who story
It is the premise of the episode "Private View" of the series "inside nr. 9"
Kind of off-topic but isn't Inside No 9 due back soon? I believe it's been filmed but couldn't find a date last time I tried. Do you know anything?
Didn’t Netflix make a show about something very similar to this?
Indeed in an episode of the TV show Misfits they worked this kind of content into it ...
You know, coincidentally, I wrote a short story based on a lucid dream where the donor talks to the protagonist who had had an accident.
That sounds really weird, it would been even weirder if they had tried to fit in the next line.. "But the very next day you gave it away"
Great point
🤣
Ha! I just commented on this very thing :)
She's promiscuous. does that count as 'giving it away'? ;-)
@@lwaves I don't know, I always gotten stuck on that line,
First line "fine, fine it's symbolic or something and not to be take literally.
Next line "she did what now?"
Why does a Christmas rom-com have the same twist ending at The Sixth Sense?
😂
It's possible they were more thinking something like Patrick Swayze in Ghost when they wrote that
Tbh being an Asian, this is just normal to me
There are plenty of Asian movies like that
Mixed with Joker.
I didn't see what was so shockingly awful about the plot twist (haven't seen the film) until you compared it to the song lyrics. Now, just wow.
I had that exact same reaction 😂
It seems like all this movie is trying to do is bank on Emilia Clarke's natural charm, without actually having in substance to back it up.
If it was just a regular Hallmark movie, it probably would have worked. She's great, and just naturally...likable? But wow.
Happy Industries is evolving
To be fair, she is really hard to dislike.
What's her thing with really fucked up rom coms?? Didn't she also do that other British charm movie with the up and coming pretty boy of the time (Finnick from hunger games), with a supporting cast of charming British character actors, which ends with wheelchair suicide in the last 30mins?
@@siobhanm925 She ain't taking 💩 off today. That's why Clarke turned down Fifty Shades Of Grey
14:08 Ladies and gentlemen, we just witnessed the birth of the Joker.
"All it takes is a little push."
Yeah, that was my first thought, too :D
Me: He was her heart donor? Okay, that's not that ridiculous...
*Sees the title*
Me: Hahahahahahaha!
_Last Christmas_
*_IGAVEYOUMYHEART_*
BUT THE VERY NEXT DAY
YOU GAVE IT AWAY
fuck now it's stuck in my head forever
*THIS YEAR TO SAVE ME FROM TEARS*
I'll give to someone special!
Emilia Clark working for the 'Dragon Lady Boss'? Ha, ironic.
I wonder if Emilia was desperate to get the taste of the final season of GoT out of her mind.
Only in the Alanis sense
So the whole movie is based on a bad joke taking the most famous line of the most annoying Christmas song of all time way too literally? Lmfao.
She is promiscuous, so she keeps 'giving it away' too. ;-)
I can't consider it the most annoying Xmas song though, not even close. There's far better contenders out there IMO.
@@lwaves
As our actual hearts aren't involved in our sexuality (at least not more than they'd be in other types of physical activity) the metaphor doesn't really work tbh.
@Alias Anybody It works fine if you take it as the joke it is, not take it literally like you did. 'Giving it away' can be a sexual metaphor and even 'heart' has multiple meanings. Congrats, it all went right over your head. :-)
@@lwaves
No, I got it, it's just a bad joke. Real organs and giving it away metaphorically just totally clash, there's no punchline, just a weak pun.
@Alias Anynody Nope, you didn't get it because I was never referring to the heart (i.e. real organs) with my comment. I never claimed it was a strong pun or even a good joke, only that it was a joke, which it is.
It seems you are doing exactly what you say the movie doing, taking things way too literally. You can deny it but you are still doing that.
Tom’s character is actually a rom-com role reversal - a Manic Pixie Dream Boi if you will...
Hey, I was thinking that was what it sounded like! But does Tom also have no interior life and only exist in relationship to Kate? That's a requirement for true Manic Pixie Dream SO status, you know. ;-D
@@astrinymris9953 Well he's a ghost who doesn't seem to exist on this plane of reality except when interacting with Kate...
I thought it was going to be about Clark's character being terminally I'll and this was literally her last Christmas. She finds a guy who is her soul mate and even though he knows she's dying, he stays with her and gives her the best Christmas/holiday she'd ever had. Giving her the best memories of her life before she dies. Finding reciprocal love during your last holiday on this earth seemed like a depressing, inspiring romance movie. I thought that's where they were going.
Your version was better than the final script.
I saw the film last night. I had seen the trailer three months earlier, and figured out THEN that Tom was an angel/ghost (I think someone in the comments went so far as to guessing that he was Kate's organ donor), because he was simply too good to be true. So I went in knowing exactly what I was in for.
Honestly, I enjoyed it. This is far from my usual taste, but the actors are good, they all have sincere chemistry with eachother, and the cinematography is absolutely stunning. I don't think anyone but Emilia Clarke could have done this role and made the film as enjoyable as it was. She was believable and engaging in every way (as a hot mess, as someone dealing with trauma, as someone trying to make amends). My family and I have an Eastern European background so seeing Emma Thompson playing a convincing Slavic matriarch added an extra level of joy for me. And there was something about Kate/Clarke's vulnerability when discussing her surgery, and her feelings of worthlessness afterwards, that really moved me.
Don't go into the movie expecting to be surprised. Go in it for the (eye-wateringly) beautiful lights, and for an uplifting story about overcoming depression and finding your place in the world.
Right...
Sounds like an idea the writers had as kids and never got out of their head. I’ve had some dumb ideas that I went through with years later just so I could stop thinking about it.
My husband and I have a tradition of watching awful Christmas movies this time of year, so this just shot straight to the top of my must-watch list.
This movie is amazing
Here's my pitch for making the movie for the whole line “last:
Starts the same, but goes an extra step. The ‘very next day’ after her life-saving heart transplant, she herself is hit by a bus or something, and the same heart is transplanted AGAIN, this time into the chest of a genderfluid person.
Both ghosts are now haunting the same person. They start bickering like a married couple about what happened, and our genderfluid character starts to think the two represent their own feminine and masculine sides fighting for dominance.
The three work things out and become a polyamorous couple. They all live happily ever after, even though two of them are dead. ~DA END~
That actually sounds like a really interesting idea. I'd give that movie at least one watch. 👍
And the award for most obvious twist of all time goes to.....
@Anjelica Snorcket This! I just didn't want to believe it because I thought it's written by Emma Thompson and starring Emilia Clarke! They wouldn't! Ha! 😒
Omg from the trailers i assumed it was the old xmas angel trope setting her straight.
I thought it was perfectly reasonable to be a ghost, from Christmas Past maybe or something. Switching it up to be her donor seems pretty reasonable
Honestly, when you were describing the lead-in to the reveal, my first thought was "he's the literal, actual Santa". Wouldn't have been any dumber than what actually made it to the screen.
No that would be to reasonable for a Christmas movie
You know you’re a Doctor Who fan of the first thing that comes up when you see the title last Christmas is the 2014 Doctor Who special.
You are perfectly fine for laughing at the on-the-nose aspect of the story. Also, I normally do not see romantic movies on the screen, but curious about what made it unique.
I think it was about being grateful and getting out of a rut. Maybe you haven't been in that place so it's hard for you to comprehend. It was a really nice movie. Nice message. My fav line : "I knew the lightening was gonna be shitty so I brought my own."
Someone either took the lyrics of a single sentence of the song too serious and ignored the rest or saying it's based on the song is judt a marketing thing cause what?
"Last christmas I gave you my heart" *LITERALLY*
Oh my god what the hell. The twist is so.... Huuuh. But thanks you i have a great laugh (and my coworkerfriend will watch your video just because of this :))
"This year to save me from tears i'll give it to someone special." And he gave her his heart , because she is special. And he said to her: with accident or without it was ment to belong to you ( his heart ).
The ending nearly made me cry to be perfectly honest...
I bawled my eyes 🥺😭💔
This movie was actually a really big hit here in the UK.
I hate the British movie audience so much.
Simone Salvatore define really big?
hardfugoo Like No. 1 at the UK box office for 3 consecutive weeks big.
Pseudo profound things tend to be very popular everywhere
@@FortoFight As if urs is any better
This is to take "I gave you my heart" in to the most literally way possible! Such a weird plot!
It’s absolutely lovely to see you laughing so hysterically!
I woke up today in a really bad mood (side effect of working retail this time of year), but watching your reaction to this movie brought a genuine smile to my face. I thought you were going to break yourself laughing that hard, and it made me laugh on a day when I didn't have all that much to laugh about. So thank you, for that. And, I guess, thank you Emma???
the catharsis of watching this, after unfortunately seeing the film, is immeasurable. thank you
I had no interest in seeing this at all prior to this review.
Having seen this review, I NEED to watch this now.
Oh my goodness, I literally can't believe I called it as soon as you were like 'nobody really has any lines with him'...
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, so when I looked up reviews I was so confused as to why so many people didn’t like it, so I came here to see why people don’t like it, and all you did was tell us what happens and laugh. I’m still confused! 😂 Each to their own I guess.
Haha, thanks, had exactly the same impression as you did. I really didn't think it was that bad or ridiculous.
This was probably the best Christmas movie ever made and u just get haters laughing about the plot it’s crazy 😂
I am also so confused. This was such a thoughtful and good movie for the holiday season. I really enjoyed it and I don’t understand where all the hate is coming from
Barely even got to the 20-second mark of this video before I was thinking "Oh, this is gonna be goooooood!"
And by the end: Welp, I now have a list of songs I NEVER want Emma Thompson to write rom-com screenplays around. These include: 'Crawling in My Skin,' 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head,' 'Bleeding Love,' 'Killing Me Softly....' ooh, I could go on and on...
I wasn't going to ever watch this after I saw the trailers, but I had no idea it'd be this insane. Thanks for watching it so we don't have to.
Saw this movie last week. I wasn't expecting a twist at all as we were not paying that close attention. The twist blew us away. Loved it. Again only half paying attention so it hit harder. It was like a hallmark movie switched studios at the end of production. Trouble is you cant really watch again this way. Its a one and done movie.
i'm so happy we're finally getting the fanfiction adaptations we deserve
I thought he would've been Santa. Your friend has better intuition than I do lol
Also, Emma Thompson either is in tune with some older, more eccentric producer. Or, the pictures have been returned to said producer and they have since been burned. Never to be seen by anyone. -Matt
Spoiler comment!!
How the hell did Tom see the Bird outside the shop if he wasn't real? I get the other stuff because she could've see them around but never state at them.
Me and my friends were absolutly floored by toms reveal --Not because it was sad or anything, but because it meant that everything she was doing up until that point, she was doing it alone. She was stripping in the streets (Alone), She was climbing through alleyways and breaking into Ice skating rinks (Alone). She was kissing on a bench (Alone). We were also just dumbfounded about the fact that, during the movie, She somehow gets into a for-sale apartment all by herself. I dont know if for-sale apartments in London are useally unlocked, but if they arnt, then she just basically committed breaking-and-entering.
Oh, I really love the new titles!
I just finished watching this for the first time and came to RUclips to see what people thought of it. All these videos are making me feel kinda dumb for actually liking it now. I legitimately liked it. Is something wrong with me?
I'm genuinely surprised that this wasn't a weepy ending in which Emilia Clark dies. I thought the trailer was pretty heavily hinting that she was ill. But I guess I was ministerpretting plot elements relating to the insane actual ending.
This might be the best review you have ever done. I adored this, and I didn’t even expect to care when I clicked beyond just loving your videos.
Did they all really enjoy the episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation when Dr. Crusher has a Harlequin romance style vacation with the ghost in the candle?
I kinda believe this happened because everyone thought the idea was so pure and sweet....only issue is yes it could have worked as short or twilight zone type episode but not a major film.
Thompson is beloved in the uk film industry and Feig likes England. So no one was able to say no to them
I now really want to watch this just for the sheer ridiculousness of it.
You: Not only is he...
Me: Nooo...
You: *reveals full twist*
Me: Nooooo!
Screeching Christmas Gibbon.
I cannot stop laughing.
Omg, thanks, I laughed so hard, it sounds like a bad dad joke
And now it seems like I'll be giggling every time I hear this song during this holiday season :D
This is Me Before You all over again. A minority man (disabled, asian) dies in order to help Emilia Clarke live her life to the fullest.
Me Before You was at least based on a book - actually a series of books now - I guess rather than made up by the film makers.
I like how many times he was about to go full-on Joker but held it in.
And this movie didn't even have anything to do with the Joker!
The League of Gentlemen did the "Twist" of this film so much better, with more references to Evil Dead 2.
What?
Daimon Atkins a character getting an transplant which causes them to be haunted by the original owner who tries to make them a better person. Instead of a heart it's an arm.
lol I thought the twist was gonna be that he was from the Webster Dictionary family and super rich. After I found out the real twist, it suddenly seemed like a horror movie.
Loving the new intro!
Wow. I thought he was an angel come to teach her to love/value herself after a nasty breakup/suicide attempt. Like an update of It's a wonderful life (hopefully without the blatant sexism).
I don't know what to say about a heart donor. It's like a grade schooler's joke turned into a multi million dollar production.
Fun video and your laughing was infectious but....I gotta say the whole idea of basing the twist of the movie on a VERY on-the-nose interpretation of the song lyric is kind of adorable. :) It still holds more appeal to me than the idea of a 'Solo spinoff off movie without Jabba the Hutt.....and having his last name come from an Imperial military recruiter. :o
But... this concept has been done before. There was a story (book, movie, idk) in which someone got a donated organ and they retained the memories of the original owner of the organ or something. Idk, maybe I hallucinated it.
41% critics against 81% audience score on rotten tomatoes.
It is a fun film and I liked it 😊
The odd tone of the trailers makes a lot more sense knowing the twist. My husband I had this conversation about them:
Him: "What is this?" Me: "I dunno. One of those dumb holiday romantic comedies, I guess."
Him: "It's a comedy?" Me: "I mean, I assume so. That's what the genre is called..." (Ponders not only odd lack of jokes in the trailer but also a strangely creepy/somber delivery of the "last christmas" song.)
I wondered if he were some kind of alien or supernatural being, but...wow.
This review was hilarious. Thanks for the much needed moment of levity. And hey, you got to give them points for finding the most on the nose way to work the song into the script lol.
so uh, they went with the Literal Interpretation...
I'm just going to assume that your borderline-scary, eerily unblinking stare during the "shiny Christmas gibbon" bit was intentional...XD
Another movie in 2019 were there’s a twist that makes me go “who thinks this up?”
I actually have a theory on this movie. Basically, I think it was supposed to be a "love actually" type of movie but then, they got Emilia Clarke and decide to make the movie more about her (because I love Emma Thompson, Michelle Yeoh or Henry Golding but none of them have the star power that Emilia has)
Last Christmas I quite literally gave you my heart.
And now you're wasting it, bitch. Get your life together.
That seemed to be what he was saying - more diplomatically - any way...
i knew they werent actually gonna follow the song cuz its about a girl who got her heart broken and the next year she found someone new, because none of the trailers mentioned the past relationship but WOW i was not expecting it to be that stupidly literal LOL
I mean, how many plots could there possibly be left for a Christmas movie that haven't been done already?
"But wait, it gets dumber."
Oh dear! Not one for me then. Maybe "Knives Out" would have been a better bet. I look forward to watching any review you upload of that one. :)
What if... The Sixth Sense was a rom-com
That twist is hysterical! Thanks - you made my day.
I guessed the twist when I saw the trailer. It was so laughably bad that I had to watch your video just to be sure that I was correct.
same with me.
At first I asked myself why?
Then I realized it's worth it to see your reactions.
Lol, that is exactly what I gathered from the ads for it.
This movie is basically a weird doppelganger of Joker.
This movie is in theaters, but if y’all want some cheesy Christmas romcoms, most streaming services have about a dozen of em this time of year. Save your money!
Thank you so much! You made my day 😂💖 me and my partner can't stop laughing at this 😂
Wow, the movie may have been a mess, but this video was definitely worth my Patreon pledge - I'm going have to put it on my "Watch again because of your reactions" list. My trajectory on Tom - Manic Pixie Dream Dude; Angel/Ghost; OMG, he's the donor. I can't believe I didn't see the title/lyric/plot convergence coming, though.
From the sound of it, anybody seeing this movie since the stroke of Sunday who's participating in Whamageddon is pretty well done for. (Go as long as you can in December without hearing Wham's rendition of the song.)
BTW, the bonus clip at the end letting your hair down was adorable - I always wondered how it fit under the hat.
Let's hope they don't hear Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart...this year, to say me from tears, I'll take it back and give it to someone better than you
There were a lot of people who guessed the twist from the trailer alone...
I am surprised you went to it...would not have even considered this type of film (I've avoided it despite being a big Dame Emma fan)🎩
At my pharmacy I was offered tickets to go see this movie and I thought "it sounds stoopid, but stupid flicks with friends can be fun"
Then my coworkers and boss and their kids daughters wanted to see the movie and I excused myself.
The next morning they were all pretty confused xD
But apart from that: if a movie is spoilt if you know the twist it's a terrible movie. I first watched "the sixth sence" when it was already like 10 years old and it was really fascinating seeing the details that apparently everyone else missed on their first viewing.
There was a BBC drama where a woman fell in love with the man that received her husbands heart but I don't remember the name
I actually went to see this, not knowing much about it, just from the tv trailers. I enjoyed the cheesiness of it but that ending had me going ‘wait what?’ I didn’t cop the twist at all which is probably a good thing 😂. I said to my mum as we left the cinema ‘they took those lyrics way too literally’ 😂
This movie actually felt like a fever dream
Oh my god this movie sounds like a hot mess 😂
Oh my God... It took me way too long to get the pun 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Only after recently watching this movie and its silly twist did I remember that you warned us about it years before!!! 😳
Honestly I thought the twist would be that he was stalking her and trying to cheer her up because someone in her family paid him to and that he was a total fraud but then they fall in love anyway??
Other subject, but since we are already talking about Last Christmas: It is my absolute favorite Doctor Who Christmas Special and it has kind of become a tradition for me to watch it every year. It just never gets old.
Not sure if you are looking for any more video ideas for this month (probably not), but if you'd like to just give us a list of nerdy holiday episodes, I personally would love it very much. I am currently doing a Winter Holiday Special review series on Tumblr, so I put together a list of like 12 Christmas and 3 New Years episodes (I skipped a bunch of Doctor Whos). If anyone is interested, I can give you the list.
I saw the trailer months ago and right away thought he was a dead person. I thought it was meant to be known...
Just to be accurate, it's not a George Michael song, it's a Wham song. Let's not forget Andrew Ridgeley as he was just as much a part of that group of George, maybe even the real talent (voice aside).
When I first heard of this I didn't get the Hallmark feeling but completely got the generic Xmas movie thing. I was still okay with it after that because sometimes a seasonal feelgood movie is welcome. Then I heard about the 'twist' and it fell right into place as a Hallmark movie. The type of movie that Rachael Leigh Cook, Kimberly Williams and between season CW superhero show actors get.
The idea that he was the ghost of the heart donor (based on the lyrics of the song) was guessed by someone immediately the trailer was released and is in the comments section of the trailer video.
Apparently it turned a profit. :D Tripled its shooting budget if you count all markets. Probably also make money on Netflix or something. I thought it looks kind dumb from the commercials, but Emilia Clark looked the best she's looked outside of Dani.
I mean... It would be a good plot for a horror movie, a guy stalking a girl because he apparently doesn't approve of the life she is living with his heart and trying to kill her... "But the very next day you gave it away / This year, to save me from tears / I'll give it to someone special"
It gaves me stalkerish vibes (and serial killer ones)
"Tell me, baby / Do you recognize me?"
And, of course, the dismemberment of the girl to get his heart out of her.
"I wrapped it up and sent it / With a note saying, "I love you, "
Oh, but it doesn't end there because, as Supernatural teached us, ghosts hunt what they left behind and this will happen again and again and again.
A horror christmas movie for ever tied to one of the most popular christmas songs.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Emilia Clarke is becoming the female Jai Courtney, not being a terrible actor but not being a great one either, they can be good and then constantly getting lead roles in bad movies and giving an okay performance
This is one of the best reviews you have done.