In Defence of Beau Is Afraid
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2023
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This is a review and analysis of the film Beau is Afraid.
Snyopsis:
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
From director Ari Aster and starring Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix.
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This movie gave me the worst feeling after leaving the theatre. I loved this thing.
a movie that makes you feel anything is a win in my books.
@@impatrickt agreed. We need more of these wack and otherworldly films I think.
This movie is super important for cinema. A technical achievement. It will be highly regarded in the years to come. looking forward to Asters Western coming next!
A woman walked out half way through due to an induced panic attack.
His what next?
Honestly, Beau Is Afraid is honestly my favorite movie of 2023. But I don’t blame anyone for not liking the movie. It has lots of things that are done well, but there are also many things in the movie that won’t click well with some people
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Out of his three films, I definitely liked this the least but I had an absolute blast watching it. It's insane and long, but I don't think there was a single moment when I was bored. It had great laugh-out-loud moments and was so much fun watching with an audience. It's absolutely not for everyone, but a beautiful, hilarious film that I reckon is worth a watch. Also great to see Richard Kind in general. Big W for that.
I could not have said it any better. It was a terrific film from a cinematic standpoint, but definitely not for everyone. P.S. I laughed waaaay to hard at the scene with Beau still using his broken desktop computer with a shoe on it hahha
This is an absolutely incredible take. I hated it on a first watch. But I appreciate a director taking a risk knowing it won't have mass appeal for anyone on a first watch in the theatre.
Great video as always PT!
I find it intriguing that as humans we “like” or “dislike” art. If it made you feel something, good or bad, it’s expression did what it was intended. I believe Ari and Joaquin were creating something to evoke emotion rather than clearly understand or like//dislike. As a training actor, the separation of emotion and thought are huge in our work. I love what you said about experimentation. Our culture needs a renaissance of experimentation in major distribution so we can enjoy the true depth of human expression and emotion. And this film nods to a lot of that depth. While also subtly poking fun at where we currently are as a society. On the notion of superhero films and other stories told that are square, they lack depth of emotion but just the right amount of filmmaking tricks to hook the surface level consciousness of the masses that are so used to clicking a like button. They treat the audience as robots and not humans which is weirder than this movie. Beau was an Extremely intelligent, well made film. We need more experimental stories to connect us. Doesn’t have be to be like Beu but we definitely need that renaissance of art to usher in quickly before society either implodes or attacks each other over each others opinions. Art should open up healthy discussions for us to come together and chat about life. Somehow it’s gotten to the opposite! We will find our way back as we always do in society -it’s literally written in history. I just hope I’m alive to see the pendulum swing back to a communal glory where art/science and engineering are at the forefront!!
Ari Aster said in an interview that he don't want to do horror movies... It's part of the hoops he has to jump through to get what he wants
SO TRUE and WELL SAID!!!! This film is true Cinema!!!!!! A true piece of art and thank goodness true to the artist’s vision!!! Thank you to A24 for that!! I was totally up for whatever experience AA wanted me to have, even if I didn’t exactly enjoy every minute of it, cause to me enjoyment is totally beside the point!!!
Ari Ester calls it Dark Comedy. I can see it now though, the whole thing is just a comedy but instead of fun laughing, it’s more like a tragic laughing. Spoilers ahead.
I watched it twice, and at the second time I knew straight away that the beginning scene in the apartment with crazy neighbours are all scripted by his mother. That blue pills he took from his psychiatrist is her experimental drug. What kind of sick mother experiment on her own son. It’s no wonder everything Beau see is a heightened induced magic mushroom kinda.
The attic scene makes sense if you think that’s how his mother locked up Beau’s stronger self (the one that dare to oppose his mother) and the idea of his father (the unknown prick literally who abandoned her) away in the attic.
But that ending is what making this movie a masterpiece. The scene of circular tribunal is a metaphor of guilt and plea for help, heightened by isolation feeling on a sinking boat. The only man who tried to defend him was pushed off the cliff to death. The power is in his mother’s hand, and everyone are on her side. He was judged and thus, he should end. Whether it’s his physical body or only his mental, we only could guess. Personally though I think the scene is definitely only a play in his mind, pretty sure he did actually drown himself. Either way Beau is no longer afraid and so ended the movie.
i need to see it again!
Critics saying career killing are dumb. He’s next film is actually greenlit lol. He will be fine.
100% that was the dumbest part of the critical discourse
I think Ari Aster is so unique and has such a specific point of view that he is bound to elicit responses that are both adoring and hateful, but I think the divisiveness he brings out of people is something worth noting too. Like you said, there are many directors throughout cinema's history that have done this exact same thing before being recognized as one of the "greats". I love all of his work so far and love the conversations it brings between myself and my husband, so I'm along for the ride he's taking us on. I think it will be interesting to see where he goes from here and what he chooses to make in the the future.
absolutely!
this movie is a warm blanket for me. ari aster’s truman show.
That’s why I liked Babylon. It was disjointed, too long, bloated, and felt like a bit much. But it was a great movie going experience. I liked that he took a big swing. Most seemed to hate it but there were a handful who liked it despite its flaws. And I feel the same about Amsterdam, another much maligned movie. These movies weren’t great or brilliant, but they especially in this climate where so many films are so mediocre, I welcome anyone who has the guts to do something more audacious, even if it fails.
Richard Kelly's career most likely wouldn't be killed by Southland Tales in today's era the way it was 18 years ago. Beau is Afraid, like Under the Silver Lake before it, has been compared to Southland Tales, and to me, that's synonymous with 'career killer' even if it does not literally apply in Aster's case, since he's calmly working on his next film. I'm prepared for the possibility of liking Beau is Afraid when it finally releases near me, but the descriptions of the mood palpably deflating in theatres while it plays definitely say something about how niche its possible appeal is.
I find Aster a very interesting director, however, conversely to the point you make in this video that experimentation and boldness are applause-worthy, I believe that harsh criticism, when it's deserved (e.g. Southland Tales), might as well be given straight-up without caveats. I'd refer to Babylon, which I thought was terrible. It doesn't deserve any soft-pedalling in describing how bad it is, because I believe it is trying to make more sober, subtle and slower paced filmmaking (when treating relatively mainstream material) look redundant. Similarly, I think that Aster and Eggers may have received a lot of encouragement in a single direction in their filmmaking, that is, to level up the graphically disturbing content and general 'wildness' of their films. Have you seen Resurrection (2022)? It's something like an Aster knock-off, produced by a producer in common between Eggers and Aster, and without those guys' great cinematography it is exposed much earlier as just fundamentally incoherent nonsense.
I feel you specifically on the "first watch" bit. I saw it last night and the imagery and sense of unease is still rattling around in my brain, and I can remember feeling similarly about other "odd" movies like "Raising Arizona" or "Being John Malcovich" the very first time I saw them. And yes, there isn't as much "connective tissue" in this one as those, but, like you said, I think there are a lot of things to connect to help the film resonate on an almost primal level. The whole thing felt like a nightmare. I think I kinda loved it.....
5 stars for the surreal experience of seeing it by myself in theaters alone. One of the most ambitious and creative movies we'll get for a long time. Anyone who doesnt like this movie just isnt into artsy stuff (and frankly, is probably boring)
when one of the first lines spoken by beau was "i swallowed some mouthwash, does that cause stomach cancer?" or something like that i instantly related to him so much
The pov shots in this movie were awesome.
so good - i also loved all the match cuts when time would fast forward
Well said dude! Yes Beau was a tough one to get through but it definitely is something original that scares you, makes you anxious, and leaves you laughing hysterically. That reveal towards the end... I just couldn't contain myself 🤣
I honestly understood it 100% and I thought it worked very well for what it was doing but I read the plot before watching because I was worried about all the Oedipus talk (i saw that one short of his lol). I think this movie will grow on people when they start breaking down the pieces and the thing is they are very in your face. Very very explicit (I mean i've hardly seen anyone talk about things like the paint color the girl puts on her brother's wall and drinks; its blue and pink). There are so many things I haven't seen people talk about yet that seem obvious but the movie is so weird that just staying on board is a task. But it shows anxiety very well. And it is funny because anxiety blows everything out of proportion. And I think that's the cohesion. It just opens itself up to a lot of different anxieties. But anxiety ruins everything (even your fantasies) because there's always a negative to attach to even if it's a feeling and not explicit (aka the feeling of always being chased). Watching this and having anxiety felt so relatable but also really sad and almost like a call out.
It's also sad all the career ender talk. I think we need more movies like this too. I wish A24 hadn't completely pulled david robert mitchell's Under the silver lake from theaters because that was a weird but interesting (career ending) film too. I'm so glad these exist. They feel like a breath of fresh air. And I think something like banshee's shows its worth the risk (because at the end of the day that movie was unusual too).
As much as it’s Ari’s most flawed movie to date, I still loved it. I found it absolutely riveting and hilarious and fresh. I embraced its absurdity and found myself only taken back by a few small moments. I’d probably still place it below Hereditary and Midsommar, but only by a small margin, as I still think it’s great.
agreed
No one asked mate
It reminds me of my reaction walking out of mother! in 2017: "That was amazing. I dont ever want to see that again."
it kinda reminded me of a few of terry gilliam's films with the
SPOILERS (for both beau is afraid and terry gilliam's films)
seemingly pointless ending where all the events resulted in nothing, time bandits and brazil and even monty python's holy grail come to mind.
i think a downer ending can be really impactful especially if the build up to it was so involved like it was in this film
Great takes. Thanks, lookin' forward to more.
That was a swell take on Beau is Afraid. Yes, we need more movies like this. Specially in terms of structure...
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Ari is an Artist, so yeah his films isn't gonna be for everyone, thats how u know ur making Art bc its for a particular person.
Indeed we do.
i’m not on film twitter, and these were my exact thoughts walking out of the theatre. i’m glad i’m not the only one
Never watched this movie before.. I'm definitely checking it out because it definitely sounds like the kind of content I'd enjoy very much and we don't get alot these days or any day for that matter...
Thanks for this awesome review ❤
That PT intro is insane 🔥
thanks!
I like to tell people who have never seen his movies that I like his movies but I never really enjoy watching them in the moment. They are uncomfortable and they are weird and claustrophobic at times. The performances are gut-wrenching, and you feel the pain and anguish that these people are going though. But he is my favorite writer/director in film right now, and his films are some of my favorites of all time. I love them. I think I like them so much because they challenge me and I can look deeper without things falling apart. I just… really like Beau Is Afraid. Within the hour of leaving the theater, once I had shaken that horrible feeling it gave me, I immediately started trying to plan to see it again. Incredible film.
Patric, I just started watching your video, and only here and now I find out that Ari Aster has a new picture out!?!?
Not sure if I fell a sleep under a rock, oblivious to this fact, but I wasn't even aware this movie exists!
I absolutely love Ari's films and think he, alongside Robert Eggers, are the new visionaries that cinema students to be, will learn about.
Absolutely thrilled to watch a new Ari picture now, and to continue your video!
Thanks Patric!
happy to spread the news then! let me know what you thought of it. its a ride!
I'm a humanist but this movie got me thinking about getting a camera and doing my own content. Ari shows the level of freedom one can get in a movie.
An Ari Aster Superman movie sounds like the best movie ever.
i know LOL
I got a feeling this will be a cult classic lol.
agreed
I wasn’t crazy about either of his other films. I went to this one because of Joaquin and because it was billed as a comedy, so at least I’d get some laughs. And I was NOT disappointed! It was fucking hilarious, loved every minute of it. I don’t understand the negative reactions from various quarters. It’s one of the batshit funniest, most entertaining movies I’ve ever seen. It was like a crackhead version of a Charlie Kauffman film, which is saying something! If Hollywood made more films like this instead of that “superhero” fascist MIC propaganda they’re usually pumping out, I’d be in a movie theater every weekend, eating it up.
I haven't seen "Beau Is Afraid", yet. But, I liked Midsommer and Hereditary. Personally, I don't care what critics say about movies. And I try to see as little as possible about a movie before I see it. Maybe a trailer. But, my best experiences with films have been where I literally saw a poster while standing outside a theater, and just decided to walk in and see it right then and there. In the end, I decide based on my own experience of a film.
Nice little video.
Thanks for watching. Let me know what you think Beau when you see it.
Critics and the audience have the same score
@@fl1490 I don’t look at any of that or trust it as a gauge of anything
@@impatrickt Critics or the audience?
@@fl1490 In the end, I will see a film regardless of what anyone says. And if I like it, that's all that matters. Very few critics, if any, have any real experience with filmmaking much less storytelling.
Whenever the discourse is instantly vitriolic I knew for a fact a film is worth checking out. Beau Is Afraid has yet to leave my top 5 of the year.
Thanks for a fair and intelligent review! I was looking forward to the movie for a while, but then was a little concerned when I started hearing feedback (and a joke that was made by Aster and repeated by others. Made me think I should forewarn the friend who might see it with me, just in case some adult stuff might bug her). I was prepared for anything, once I started hearing the mixed reviews.
I ended up seeing it with my bf (my friend had to bail, but not because of any concern about anything 'adult'), and I did find it challenging. The length was a lot to go through, and of course it included what seemed like so much detail, such a grueling journey. It's like, I felt how long the story was taking, but I was also invested in Beau trying to accomplish his goal, hating to see him fall into the path of other hurt people hurting people, dreading the seemingly real danger pursuing him.
I'm really still processing it. I'm trying to get my head around some symbolism and am thinking of seeing it again. Thinking about the symbols right now, and thinking of Ari saying he just wanted to make a funny movie that was also horror, makes me think of other horror comedies that were heavier on the comedy than the horror? I kind of think the darkness outweighs the funny (mostly?) in Beau is Afraid. Maybe that's part of what's hard to take? I am grappling with it. 🤔
This was a fantastic analysis & i agreed with literally everything you said! I loved this movie a lot and I love Joaquin Phoenix & Ari Aster films. Midsommar was not one of my favorites, but it did affect me many times after watching it and still enjoyed the film from a cinematic and art standpoint. I saw this film in IMAX and had a blast. I'm happy people like Ari Aster make these type of films just to give the world a dose of good old fashioned art, not just money to impress the movie industry's pockets. I'm glad Joaquin signed on and was so committed to this role just like he always is with any role. I'm already looking forward to getting the 4K blu ray to this film.
this was my favourite of his movies tbh
honestly going to twitter for movie reviews(or any opinion in that matter) is a complete waste of time
absolutely its really become a cesspool. i posted a review on tiktok and the vileness in the comments is insane.
One thing I’ve been hearing a lot is that the studio should have been able to restrict him, tell him no. Which is horrifying to me. Why would people advocate for studio intervention. How many movies have been considered awful because they were overly controlled.
This movie excites me, it made me feel like I did the first time I saw Everything Everywhere All At Once. Mostly in the way that I felt I had NEVER seen a movie like this. I hope A24 allows Ari to experiment , considering they seem to be the “experimental” studio I think it’s a safe bet they will.
I thought it was a great watch. Seeing in under the influence of mushrooms was quite the intense experience. Loved the film.
Yes we do.
It felt a little like back when music videos were just for filmmakers to try out different filmmaking styles. There was a lot that was really cool and funky and surprisingly that worked best for me. What I didn't love was the last act. Up until that point I was having an absolute blast and it ended in a way that felt a little tired.
Saw this in theaters. Was really fun movie
definitely - especially if you get a good crowd
@@impatrickt i was one of 4 people there on a weird wed late night.
I laughed so hard, and was the only one laughing. Was at one of the scenes in the attic at the end
@@thirdcoast6513 amazing LOL
Nah it was a masterpiece by all means hands down the best movie of the 2020s thus far
it's my fave movie of the year so far. seeing it again this week!
The film's problem is that it's too long, could have used some fat trimming to add dynamism.
I'd like to say, before finishing this video (which I'm enjoying! 😊), that even though one person's anxiety or panic might not be as extreme as Beau's, another person's could be. ❤️
I didn’t t say you didn’t experience it I said you couldn’t experience it as Ari. This is his anxiety.
@@impatrickt Fair enough. 😊
When movie night costs us 50$+ (w/🍿 🥤🍫), we want a movie we can MOSTLY understand and enjoy.
We're more willing to watch something artsy, experimental & confusing if we're at home, watching it on some streaming platform.
It's great to be able to re-watch an important plot point that didn't make sense the first time. Ya can't do that in the theater!!!
yeah i definitely don't agree with that
Nice !
I really understand a lot of people not enjoying this film. This is for a subset of a subset of film fans. I'd liken it to something like Mulholland Dr. (maybe more so eraserhead), Synecdochy New York, The Phantom of Liberty (or anything by Luis), Naked Lunch, or even "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover"... The problem is that there are a ton of people watching this that would hate these other surrealist films as well, so I don't really know what to say about that. It's just not their jam and that's okay, but people should probably stop the whole "A24 needs to put a leash on Ari" and "35 mil was wasted we need better financing decisions at A24" thing. I keep hearing that people are afraid of the "pretentions fans" that this film will garnish, but comments like that are the most pretentious stuff I've found surrounding this film. It's almost like they've never seen one of the many films of inspiration to compare this to and because of this they're convinced he just flung paint at a wall and put the mess in a theatre (I know, a bit of a dig but I had to after seeing the guy below lol).
I do have to disagree that the film is more "parts" than "whole" though. Like you mentioned, the film is really tough as a first watch. The tone is already difficult to access and then it seems to switch to a completely new thing right when you feel you've got it. But once you know that 4-act structure and don't need to figure it out, it really works as a fantastic journey (which I really felt on a second watch). It's a lot like the Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland, where the character is on a grand journey down a road that stops 3 or 4 times to experience a new environment with a new tone and a new cast of characters. Just instead of a rabbit hole or a yellow brick road, this is the deranged nightmare of an anxious (maybe schizophrenic) overly-sheltered man trying to get to his Mom's house--And I just love that idea. It really felt like a fantastic complete journey the second time. Maybe grand answers are still not achieved, but many fantastic films don't provide that (I do think that Ari has a grand answer to the films overall meaning, but I don't know if it's in the cards for us to find it or him to tell us).
Something that this film does really well that I think begins to match some artistic traits of great literature is contrasting really dissonant stuff at many different levels of the art form (scene-by-scene, act-by-act, and technical contrast with what is on display). The movie jumps from very funny to genuinely disturbing (often being funny and disturbing at the same time), the acts move from Stanley Kubrick/Terry Gilliam style ultraviolent streets all the way to beautifully crafted play performances, and often the dumbest stuff gets some superbly crafted directing from Ari and amazing performances from Joaquin and the rest of the cast. One could call it "Very thoughtfully crafted stupid stuff". It reminds me of stuff Thomas Pynchon would do masterfully in text, but PTA couldn't actually realize in cinematic form with Inherent Vice (I love the movie, but Pynchon's writing is on another level).
The act-specific scores also impressed me a lot the second viewing. There was so much to focus on the first time that I didn't really notice it. But a lot of the music is like some slightly off variation (like a dream logic version) of the music you'd expect. Like the crazy electronic tunes next door, or the weird chaotic jazz stuff as he walks the streets (I thought it was very reminiscent of Naked Lunch). The constant hum from that spinning box at the play was also such a great way to turn that scene into some kind of mind-numbing meditation. I've seen a lot of people mention that this section is oddly captivating like some trance, but I haven't seen this mentioned as the tool to pull that off.
The film is really a feast of so many things cinematic. On top of all this I've been reminded of so many parts of so many great movies from the past 50 years and have learned of so many more by watching others talk about it. I'm not surprised, given Ari's encyclopedic knowledge of film.
My prediction is that this film will grow to be something respected like Mulholland Drive in the future. I think it is just far too dense for one viewing and it will grow on its target audience over time. It's also possible that I will grow to realize why it is not so great, but I hope not. It has really been a fantastic week diving into this film.
Thanks for voicing your frustrations about the negative discourse around this film. I feel the exact same way and I really enjoy finding open takes like yours. It gives me a bit of hope.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 🙏
Best watched in 3 parts.
This movie doesn't hit alot of people but this hit me so deep I laughed cried in a movie theater full of people
Saw this movie with my dad that's divorced from my mom and I had to live with my mom because she cheated on my dad and so this movie is awesome maybe cause life aquatic with Steve zissu is my favorite movie of all time
They told me Aster used Guy Madden films and the film Casa de Lobo (the wolf house) as inspiration I never heard of these but plan on checking them out
When it got to end credits I hated the film but I was more annoyed by the audience because you can tell they were more of a mainstream a part of me was like please let one of them ask me what I think so we can talk
I intern an art house theater so over there it was much better to discuss it as a few of us have seen it
I think I needed to process it which I did a few hours later and days later
When they asked me what I thought I say “idk I hate that movie but I think I kind of love it at the same time” I think something like is good.
Yeah I think I love it now too. Need to see it again soon.
I agree with a lot what you said. This is my favorite movie of the year but you don't have to put down comic book movies to uplift this. They can coexist
I’m done with them
@@impatrickt that's fine just keep talking about the awesome indie content!
@@ZachAttackReviews sure but we can't keep accepting all the garbage either
@@impatrickt I love both. I dont want just a bunch of films like this or a bunch of MCU/DCU/Star Wars films. I love Shazam 2 and I love Beau. Variety!
@@ZachAttackReviews interesting. i could do with a nice 10 year break of never seeing a comic book character on screen again.
Beau is one of these films that will grow a cult following. It's a masterpiece (in my opinion) that doesn't try to please.
Yeah i'm due for a rewatch too.
I hated this movie with a burning passion (like, I literally walked out halfway through, which is something I’ve never done before), but I completely agree with you that I’d take a huge swing and miss over so many of the bland movies that keep coming out and feel like more of a waste of time, because at least with Beau Is Afraid I felt something and every recent huge IP is instantly forgettable. Wow, talk about run-on sentences…
well everyone is saying this movie is stupid. it wasn' t stupid for me at all! But then I remeber that I'm mentaly ill...
arent we all to some extent?
Late gang in the house. I wasn't able to catch Beau is Afraid, bcuz . . . busy. I'm super interested in it & read some SPOILERS that legit made me chuckle. Thought Act I of Hereditary was solid, Act II was great, but the Satan stuff at the end killed it for me, especially cuz I had a feeling it was going to be that for quite some time. Toni Colette def shoulda gotten *at least* an Oscar nom for that role. Her performance was one of the very few times I felt disturbed by a film ever. Still haven't seen Midsommar :/
Imo, beating up The Flash in regards to griping about cape sh^t is a bit low-effort considering the Ezra drama & also not really fair since it's not come out yet, there are worse offenders, & Michael Keaton is a legend. This is not the quality content I sh^tpost for, Patrick. *swings lantern* SHAME
Edit: Hahaha, I totally forgot to mention Gareth Edwards' next film, his first after Rogue One, is The Creator, which is an original concept & Sandburg is officially done with cape sh^t.
Your Jake Sully shirt is a Bigg-Daddy vibe, all around, but the designers seriously messed up not by not making the text in Papyrus font. I'd write the T-shirt homies an angry letter, if I were you.
I'll denigrate the comment sections of your other two new vids after I do my dishes. See you in a bit!!
Who is calling this a career killer? I hear people arguing against that but no one arguing in favor. Besides, Aster shows so much writing/directing chops in this movie and makes great use of respected actors. Even if the movie sucked, it was obviously made by an expert, and yeah that makes sense.
Do a quick scan of social media and critics.
@@impatrickt Not finding that term on metacritic, in fact even the mixed reviews still seem to praise Aster for the most part. If by social media you mean Twitter, that’s not a place for serious opinions. The movie has stellar reviews from a lot of big-name rags, even some normie ones. I would take “career killer” claims with a grain of salt.
@@Fake_Robot I don’t read critics reviews
@@impatrickt Does anyone?
I kinda feel like this movie was a giant cry for help...
I liked beau is afraid. I liked the original script for it better though, in some ways. The og script seem to have more comedy and wouldve been liked better.
Got my tickets for this Saturday and will go see it high🌿 because admittedly 3 hours is a long time from what I been told but I'm Open-minded to strange and unique movies except the outwaters... fuck that movie dude really cut his ding dong off at the end and that fuck me up a bit😂😂😂😂
Great video on a movie that is definitely something. I didn't really like Beau is Afraid. It took me awhile before I realised what he was going for, but still after that I just did not click for me. I generally like weird movies and weird stuff in movies but in this one it left me frustrated and sometimes bored. Maybe this is a cliché but the movie was too long. Not in the sense that it was three hours but that there were too many ideas/scenes. I felt that every scene is basically Beau being, well, afraid. It didn't explore his anxiety really but just showed it at 100% all the time. There was no nuance. I will say that I do not myself suffer from anxiety so maybe I am missing something about the movie and its intent. So all in all I was disappointed since I like Hereditary (also the ending because I am a sucker for that folk horror thing) and Midsommar.
However, I agree with you that it is great that Ari Aster had the opportunity to make this movie. And I am glad I saw despite not liking it that much. The movie business definitely needs more weird, mid-budget (which is how you characterise Beau is Afraid, right?), big swings like this.
well said! sorry it didnt click for you but i think you should revisit in a few months (or even years) see how it plays the 2nd time.
The fact that people are saying BIA is a career killer is kinda silly. Three films under his belt (2 of which were well received) and he’s already out? The movie’s not even poorly done it’s just not a movie with “mainstream” appeal. How many of those have come out recently (the Lighthouse) that may be polarizing but have not destroyed the career of up and coming directors of this generation?
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Holy shit you sound like Philip de Franco (or he sounds like you)
I wanted to love it, I did not.
Mommy Issues: The Movie lol. Well, to me, Beau is so inept and that's all rooted from his mother's controlling and manipulative child raising. I'm sure Freud would have plenty to dig into with this film. That's what I understood from it. It is his funniest film. I think it's a mixed one for me because I think it goes on too long in certain parts. I've heard a bunch about Job parallels from the Bible about a man that's beaten without knowing why to prove some wager between God and the Devil. Anywho, I appreciate making something outside of the box, but I feel the Daniels did it better with EEAAO last year. I think Hollywood plays things so safe that they look to the past to rehash popular or older IPs rather than looking for fresh material to adapt or create because they're looking for the lowest common denominator to recoup their safe investment and make a quick buck. It takes an independent studio like a24 to give us variety with varying degree of success, but they tend to offer for variety storytelling. The sad thing about all this is that these sort of films I often see them are from other countries. It's nice to see those sensibilities appearing in (North) American filmmakers like Ari Aster, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Robert Eggers, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Iñarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Charlie Kaufman, or even Darren Aronofsky.
Oh c'mon midsommar was so stupid. Full of stuff that made no sense.
i watch it once a week
@@impatrickt that foot in the flowerbed lol. So many things that were just stupid. Plus the whole thing felt like a rip off from the original wickerman
@@freebee8221 easily one of the greatest films of the last 20 years. sorry it didn't work for you.
@@impatrickt well i guess if you arent a fan of logic and reason, then that movie works for you.
Am I first?
Depends what you mean by first.
U did it🎉
This movie bothered the hell out of me and stuck me for days on end.
I think more directors should be like Ari Aster, seeing a movie by him I feel you get more bang from your buck because it sticks with you. Where other movies I see are just bland or feel lifeless then after you just forget all about them.
This movie was so hard to get thru I love u ari but this was a mess
You are an INFJ
“ mid sommar “
No we don't
Why not?
@Patrick Tomasso As a moviegoer, I appreciate a well-crafted story that ties together its various elements into a meaningful message about life. It doesn't matter if the message is uplifting or depressing, as long as it makes me think or feel something.
But Beau Is Afraid doesn't offer any such satisfaction. It's a random and bizarre mess of scenes that defy logic and coherence. Every time I thought I was getting closer to understanding what the movie was trying to say, I was jolted by a loud sound and a new wave of absurdity. Nothing made sense, nothing mattered.
And to make matters worse, the movie dragged on for an excruciating 3 hours. I don't mind long movies if they have something to say. But to me Beau Is Afraid was a waste of time and energy. It felt like a bad trip that never ended.
@@aa-ron9485 I found the movie to have the exact quality you defined as being appreciable... It crafted a meaningful message about life.
I totally understand how not everyone will like it, but to disagree that movies like this should exist is painful to hear. Just because you don't "get it" doesn't mean that the artist failed.
We need to always let creativity be expanding and exploring. (or do you just want 12 more Fast and Furious movies?) I'm kidding there, but my point is that just because you didn't like it doesn't mean it was a waste of creative talent. (Many people/critics love it.)
I hated Hereditary and Midsommar, I hate horror movies that have no purpose. This sound like Vivarium, which I loved. I'll take a look.
Curiously, every 10 years or so, more punctually than clockwork, an extremely overrated director emerges from the slough. It's Ari Aster's turn.
What don’t you like about their work?
@@impatrickt I honestly think that within today's society in which social networks (especially fast tiktok videos) have greatly damaged the ability to concentrate, and in which people can no longer surprise or excite themselves about anything (due to the impossibility of eternal storytelling), here within this scenario I find it normal that authors who seek excess such as Ari Aster are exalted. The problem is that these kind of authors have nothing to tell, and excess is the only tool they use to polarize the audience and surprise viewers in a disgusting or inappropriate way. The way Ari Aster narrates agony is out of place and is far from the task that a true horror film should perform. I'm not surprised that he strongly wanted what is probably the best living actor in the world, because with a ridiculous basic idea and a script as awful as Beau is Afraid the only one who could save the situation a bit was just an actor of the caliber of Joaquin Phoenix.
@@stefanosandrelli134 I agree on social platforms that people have a short attention span, but there's so many shows and movies that people seem to have no issue sitting through. I don't think we have a long form pandemic as many seem to assume. I also suppose I don't see Ari as that original. He's doing things he was influenced by but with a modern spin on them. You should check out CURE by Kurosawa. I feel like it explains Ari's taste fully.
I think something like Evil Dead Rise more so illustrates your excess point. I have a hard time voluntarily subjecting myself to that kind of imagery, contrary in an Ari film I feel like the "shock" is more earned by his premises. Who knows. Maybe it's all garbage now and we're beyond saving though. Ha.
Aster needs a better editor. Sometimes less is more and that perfectly describes this mess of a movie.
i am curious about the full cut as this was chopped up a bit