White Noise Explained | Ending Explained
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- Опубликовано: 29 дек 2022
- I hope this White Noise Explained / White Noise Ending Explained / White Noise Netflix Movie Explained helps anyone who may be confused. I loved this movie and its message in many ways, so it was really fun to do this breakdown. I did lots of research and thinking, and I think I've wrapped my head around it. Here is my explanation of the movie and the ending. Hope you like it! White Noise starring Greta Gerwig, Adam Driver, and Don Cheadle, directed by Noah Baumbach is a new 2022 Netflix movie. Tune into this Lucas Blue Explained to find out the meaning of White Noise. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. I would love to discuss!
This is a spoiler-filled White Noise Explained video by Lucas Blue.
Let me know your thoughts about White Noise or any of your favorite comedy drama movies in the comments below. I love hearing the opinions!
Outro Song: Let Go
Listen here: smarturl.it/sonorouspletgo
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Greta Gerwig - Adam Driver - Don Cheadle - Raffey Cassidy - Andre 3000 
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Hope my research and ideas help you out and offer some new insights! What were your thoughts and ideas around White Noise? I would love to discuss! Let me know below!
Who would; think the train accident would happen just a year later in the same place.
The scean where he has to rum back for the bunny was superb I can't remember which movies that was in before but the chaos was hilarious
Thank you for sharing a legit analysis! All the videos I've seen so far are basically plot summaries with simple, obvious conclusions. All 3 of the themes you presented are so applicable to our modern world, especially in the past few years with Covid and rampant misinformation. Your video helped me put all the pieces together for a fuller picture of the film's message. Thank you!
Haha yeah I'm just like you, I've never really been a fan of the summary-style explained videos, I prefer an analysis rather than a recap, it's way more fun. But I'm glad you could find this one and you enjoyed it! Like you said, the themes so closely reflect the way we've been over the past 3 years, and the book was written in '85 which is crazy. Thank you so much for watching!!
I casually put this on Netflix and then gave it about 20 percent of my attention as i went back on my phone. From the trailer and overall production i thought it looked like a Steven Spielberg wannabe movie. Even the music was nostalgic. But then that first supermarket scene had me confused at the rhythm of the dialogue. Then noticed what they were saying. Then i realized the movie is called white noise and it felt as though i was being tested to see if i was really paying attention or if i had it in the background like white noise. 😳
I think you found the hidden meaning in the tempo. I knew the title and dialogue was pointing to something and you made perfect sense of it.
Same exact thing happened to me and now it's my favorite thing I've seen in a while.
Such a concise and clear summary on the main themes! I played with the idea of Dylar being an elixir for longer life (Dylar - Die later), and not just a cure for anxiety revolving death. Also loved the part where Jack sees death, Mr. Gray, at the supermarket entrance, with the text "Thank you for shopping" at the above door. Such a melancholic take on dying, whilst only trying to "buy" happiness. Really loved your review, great work!
Super happy to hear you enjoyed this, thank you so much! And I love your insights, many of which I never thought of, especially the "die later" idea. It's one of those movies where every time you watch it, you'll catch something new. Thank you for watching and for sharing!!
Well done. Am I crazy, or did they use different color palates to represent different moods at times. And why were all Murray's groceries black and white. And is the grocery store purgatory? Is Murray an angel? This movie was beyond my comprehension.
In the supermarket scene, one of the teachers has a packet of cookies labelled:
Cookies. In black and white... idk what it means
It’s the generic aisle lol - remember? This was before stores had their own brand name stuff. All the labels were grey and yellow, and plainly labeled “beans” or whatever.
The kids at school would diss by calling things generic. I think it was the name of the aisle on the overhead sign.
@@orbitaljellyfish808 ohh ok
I can’t be the only one who thinks this movie has heavy fight club influences? This movie was really interesting! I just finished watching it this morning and I love how psychological it was. Using concepts of time, death, light and darkness to showcase the inevitability of the cycle of life. I really enjoyed the atmosphere created by the different filming techniques the 70s styled set was beautiful. Totally agree on the articulation of each character being a very powerful way to capture the audience and signify the importance of embracing the unknown. Much like jack doesn’t question who the man is in his bed despite being scared. I love the way Babette speaks haha
I was expecting a Fight Club style twist, but it never came.
Best review I've seen by far. I especially appreciate your analysis of the "Dylar Affair," as opposed to what everyone else seems to be framing as "her cheating" or "her confession." They totally miss the point describing it that way, and you NAILED it. When Jack tries to frame her in terms of himself ("The whole point of Babbette is that she speaks to me. She reveals and confides."), she says, gorgeously, "This is not a story about your disappointment in my silence. The theme of this story is my pain and my attempts to end it." What a fun script. Wow.
The final dance sequence was also a celebration of LCD Soundsystem
I read the book many years ago. It tells the story of the characters, sure, but unlike most stories, the footprint left in my mind was not their story or death blah blah, but the ingenious way it reveals the absurdities of how we listen to the media tell us the weather vs looking outside, or, having seen firsthand account, only accepting what we saw after the media tells us that it’s a “feathery plume”.
The book is a trainload of exposing “the media is the medium” - the mechanics of which are best characterized by the scene at Daffodil about the real event being a subordinate topic to the simulations of a disaster. Utterly brilliant dialog, and spelling out the construct of so many other points the book and movie make. This film is up there with The Big Lebowski.
Great video!! 👏👏
Great point!
Simuvac's attitude reminded me of "don't let a good crisis go to waste".
I love all your videos!! You actually explain the movie and not just summarize the plot for 6 min
I am really so pleased I discovered this channel! I really enjoy your thoughtful and well fleshed out analysis! I'm sorry I'm just now discovering it but I have been bingeing
Thank you so much! I'm glad you were able to find it, and I'm so happy you're enjoying everything. I'll upload every week so always feel free to share your thoughts. Thank you again!!
Excellent video essay! The more I thought about it the more I liked the movie ! The end song and dance routine has just amazing
Thank you! I totally agree, I recently watched this film a second time and liked it even more. And yes, the ending is perfection! Thank you for watching!!
Bizarrely prescient after seeing the disaster in East Palestine. Derailments aside that supermarket choreography was fantastic!
So well done. Ironic that Covid kept this out of theaters; too few became aware of it period, and most moved on with no commentary. Good catch filling the void!
Wish I had the words to match your content and delivery!! Beyond amazing
This video is amazing! I just watched the movie and you answered every single question I had, thank you my man!!
Thank you so much! And I'm so glad the video was informative, that's always my goal, thank you for watching!!
Brilliant insight; thank you!
LUCUS, Thank you. Well done. Your voice is very soothing.
My pleasure, thank you so much! It's comforting to know my voice is tolerable so thank you for that as well, I'm so glad you enjoyed!!
amazing analysis. I have a feeling once more people see the film, this video will blow up. subscribing now
Thank you! Yeah, sometimes the videos blow up a couple weeks after I upload them haha we'll see I guess, but thank you so much for watching and subscribing!!
By far, the most in depth analysis of this film on RUclips.
Thank you for your concise and well interpreted review! I love the way you broke down each theme and I had the same observation of the children. They were so observant and lacked the fears that the adults had.
Well done!
Thank you!! And yeah totally, the children were always willing to accept reality when the adults wouldn't. It says a lot about us today. I'm so glad you enjoyed this, thanks so much for watching!!
Thank you for the video, great review and explanation
My pleasure, I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed it. Thank you so much!!
Great video!! Thanks for your work
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it!!
Most detailed and astute observations. Thank you
My pleasure! Thank you!!
Very nice analysis! I really enjoy this film.
My first job was at the A&P so i loved that. BTW...excellent explanation! Thank you! I didn't know it was a book but I saw Adam Driver was in it.
Haha that's awesome, and thank you for your kind words! We're in the same boat, I had no idea this was a popular book from '85 but I'm so happy I got to see it with the right actors and director to do it justice. Thank you for watching!!
Nice! Thank you!
Well done, it's a complicated movie, even with a better understanding I can't say I actually liked it that much, it did remind me of a Chuck Palahniuk style
Really helpful analysis.
Thx
Thank you!! Super glad to hear it helped!
Thank you for this great analysis.
My pleasure! Thank you for watching!!
Love this movie and love your analysis. Did anyone else notice the plain brands that only Murry had in his basket? (At the end we see the teachers dance in a isle full of them). Couldnt help but think was a reference to Repo man.
Thank you!! And honestly, I never noticed that until you mentioned it. I went back to the clip and you're right. I haven't seen Repo Man so it very well could be. Hopefully someone else can chime in if they have a clue
I just watched it knowing nothing about what to expect. It was so much better and deeper than I expected. I'm still thinking about it and need to rewatch it but I like your thoughts on it for sure. I tend to think the best movies can't be pinned down to one "right" interpretation, but I do agree with basically every thing you said.
thank you for this analysis! as a non english speaker, it's kinda confusing for me to understand the movie. the symbolism also. but weirdly i still enjoying the movie till the end. it's so interesting. now i kinda wanna rewatch it back. thank you again 👍🏼
Totally my pleasure, thank you!! The movie is so layered, you notice something new every time you think about it. I'm so glad you enjoyed it like me and enjoyed this video. Thank you so much for watching!!
Great movie. Love the subtle pieces.
Hey! Great review! I also really liked Megan but it looks like the comments were turned off for that one. :( Anyway, it's been a while since you posted a video and I wanted to let you know I miss your film reviews! They are so insightful. I'd love to hear your thoughts on The Whale, Causeway, and other Oscar nominated films. Hope all is well!
Ah thanks for the breakdown. Now it all makes sense. I was feeling pretty dumb after finishing the movie. I guess that proved my point :')
One of the books on my growing list of books I want to read, but never will…
It's weird
Excellent
Love this analysis.
I loved the nod to Elvis when the Dylar guy gets shot and we think he's going to die on the toilet.
Such a rich and unique film.
Woww that's a brilliant observation and seems so obvious once you say it. So happy to hear you loved the video! Thank you!!
Also, did you notice the tv in the motel room played a video of him “entering her body”? That was an interesting callback to her annoyance with authors speaking of women this way, it was something she did not want to hear and certainly not something she’d consent to in the way they portray his entry or maybe it showed just how desperate she was to seek relief that she’d give her body to be entered so entirely that he became 100% within.
I had some moments of pondering if their children were actually, in reality, one child who was dealing with their gender identity. I thought it interesting she clung to the toddler and interacted with the eldest daughter but insofar as the other2, I’m not sure she really saw them ormuch listened. It seemed peculiar towards the Ed when she stated her one great hope is that “Wilder” forever stay the age he is…maybe I just read too much into the drawing and rubber penis not noticed or give attention by Jack and then the way the kids seemed to be in unison while in the possible “afterlife/grocery store” but other times they either speak all over each other in hard to follow/understand conversation trains of thought while in other parts only one seems to be active.
Wow I never thought of if like that, what an enlightening observation! That is very telling about Mr. Grey’s character
Since this train wreck just happened
I’d love to hear your thoughts now
I initially enjoyed the movie but hated the ending. You've made me rethink it
Oh dammit, this was really about death anxiety?
I honestly thought the movie was portraying a slow marriage breakdown, midlife crisis, coverup with return to faith...like a look into suburban life. At least, that was the most rational view I mustered to explain what was happening. I've never read the novel nor knew of it.
Now I need a female rock band called the Athiest Nuns
what do you think about Triangle of sadness? I sure you gonna love it
I still haven't seen it, I missed so many good movies when I was away in November. I'll certainly catch up on them in January, and maybe I could do a full analysis. Thank you for letting me know!
I thought there was a montage of "what is reality?" when they were checking into the camp. The computer operator said that it was all a simulation. Then there's a whole discussion about scientific explanations. Outside, the shadows on the tent look like Plato's shadow puppets from The Cave (that is, what we see as reality is just a shadow of the real reality). And I think they run through the options for those that realize we will die and everything is meaningless (religion, suicide, stoicism, avoidance, and self-created meaning - according to Tolstoy.)
The twist that she's cheating legit took me out. Like it's just a disgusting twist and her bs loopiness also enraged me
Is everything alright, Lucas Blue? I see that you haven't posted a video in two months and the comments on your latest vid have been turned off. You've got a great channel. I hope the 1% of the internet isn't getting you down. Please be well.
Haha oh my god, my M3GAN video has been glitching since I uploaded it, the comments keep disabling. Thank you for letting me know, I’ve re-enabled them! And I wasn’t uploading because I was struggling to get access to the movies I wanted to cover here in Canada. But now we’re back on track and Canada is releasing things better. New video tomorrow! You probably know what movie it is!! And thank you for checking on my health, that’s extremely kind of you and means so much to me!!
I re liked the movie. Great cinematography, music and characters. It is all over the place but so is the book. I would love if the movie would be about the accident as this part was so well done but of course it would be different story 😂
We do not live for reality; (since no one knows everything), We live for our fantasies! Enjoy yours. Roadside Philosopher Thanks this was all i needed to see of the movie. Good thoughts.
This film was so weird
Yeah I thought this was about the cheesy horror movie White noise 😂 that actually is a good horror movie
Wow.. awesome overview and insight 👏👏
It reminded me of "The Squid and the Whale" meets the "The Big Lebowski"
Great analysis. I really liked this movie, I picked up on all the symbolism. What's crazy though is that on the news this morning was a train wreck in Ohio carrying a toxic substance. You can't make this up!
Whats more crazy is that happened a week ago and there now starting to talk about it
What is even more crazy is Germanys Chancellor, Baerbock; the heir to Hitlers genetics; just got off her presidential jet that has a Nazi iron cross on it.
Lol I thought it was some deep metaphor for covid.
Care to do a sequel with the actual airborne chemical event the movie was based on but only happened after the fact? We're living in the matrix
anyone have an analysis on the green visor?
Yeah...
Awareness of our death does not need to poison our lives. Accept the fact that we are all struggling to avoid the void, and maybe life will be less painful.
Death is not that scary until you realise how insufferable life could be
I don't find death scary, but we humans all collectively scared of the unknown, by which death also represents
This movie made me want to actually die.
But I was actually laughing through most of it and how insane it was. So not a total waste.
Do a synopsis on Tar
please make a video on Tar
Analyze it all you want death comes for us all.
Number 3 is key.
I watched this movie last night and if I’m honest I don’t understand it and found it confusing
You basically explained why we went crazy over toilet paper in 2020 in the grocery store.
Haha that is exactly it
This movie made absolutely no sense to me. I mean, I enjoyed it. But when it ended I was so confused.
Dylar. Die Live Reincarnate ? I just thought of it right now.
I personally hated this film and could not finish watching it. I think it was ludicrous for Netflix to spend so many millions making such a heady, boring film. I have not read the book, and I'm not sure how faithful the film is to the source material. But I feel it was a huge misstep to make this film. Not every book is transferable to film. Some just don't work. And to me, this film did not work. Unlikeable characters monotonously rambling on and on about these very heady topics... So much symbolism squished into every scene it made me cringe.
If there is only one thing more annoying than Woody Allen in a Woody Allen movie, it's Adam Driver pretending to be Woody Allen in a some highschool-level Noah B. Movie.
So many contemporary themes handled so poorly tediously and annoying and obvious and eye rolling.
"Dylar" is a Turkmen word meaning "languages".
Theres a lot to catch on this movie and u made a great analysis. Unfortunately still mid to me, like we get it you’re scared to die everyone is 😂 also not as entertaining imo
It couldn't be the propaganda industry creating misinformation. Blame the family
I didn't understand this movie at all because I never followed the science. If anything the directing is a direct reflection of what will be produced in the future by the children that lost the ability to learn anything between the years 2019-2022...
Bro, you just read the premise and described the movie. Nothing substantial here. Should probably just put up a spoiler alert and not an explanation.
Nice take before the actual event. This movie is against God (atheist Nuns) then having the detailed toxic train filmed in Palestine, OH with the extras the locals that died a year later from the actual event that was preplanned, sick. This is how they did 9/11 preprogrammed Lone Wolf TV episode months before the actual event. Then running trying exercises on Air traffic controllers screens of simulated hijackings the day of 9/11. Notice in “White Noise” he is arguing with the emergency response team that was their for the simulation of the actual event say “the disaster is practice for the exercise” while in real life the filming of movie of “White Noise” acclimating its residents for the planned out toxic Train derailment disaster. While atheist nuns are used to try and take the souls of its extras to Hell. Satanic evil and criminal planning and executing premeditated murder of Palestine, OH residents!
@@dukevalentino Good catch on the books. I missed that one. Just that SIMUVAC scene reminds me of the 7/7/05 bombings in London
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Running the training exercise during the actual event. The Hitler Crescendo speech identifing death as the Toxic train derailed in the movie reminded me of the Reichstag Fire Event Feb 1933.
@@dukevalentino it’s crazy right.
Here is the one for COVID
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911 exercise
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I mean look at the COVID one Oct 2019 1:43 in we made up a disease later says coronavirus then says COVID-19 this was months at least a month before the 1st Chinese infection made up at Event 201 black and white. 911 military exercises were even more obvious.
@@dukevalentino Bluebeam is everything Elon Musk was created well propped up promoted for. I had thought I sent it. The show “Salvation” on CBS 1st season can be seen on Prime, but the 2nd season has to be watched on CBS streaming. 99942 Apophis extinction level event Astroid impact everything Elon does Nurolink to upload to computers that will be sent to Mars as a lie BS Ark away from the impact that they will later say was a camouflaged alien invasion probably his Starlink satellites as a big tv screen in the sky. Why he made that Pre-teen video game " Blastar is mostly a mix of Space Invaders and Asteroids” Dr their or the other movie preprogrammed preparation like “Greenland” the wife was the Alien invasion leader in tv show V, “Don’t Look Up” Netflix with John’s Hill throwing up the devil horns on icon thumbnail. Even fitureman with Haley Joel Osment who saw dead people Bruce Willis (in “Armageddon”) in the “Six Sense” he was “AI” as he blows up the kids head when he thinks he is going to Mars in Hulu’s “Future Man”, Elon was the name Warren Von Braun said in his book would be the caption to Mars & was the one who warned us about Project Bluebeam the fake Alien invasion. The man who ran NASA during the moon mission’s & hung Jews before launching V2 rockets on England was worried enough for humanity to tell us. Elon has the Boring company to build deep underground bunkers with unlimited military funding unlimited funding. This was planned and subliminally put in our media for over 50 years. Salvation on CBS that’s like a documentary.
@@dukevalentino every year the XFL has played Events changed this country 2001 9/11, 2020 COVID lockdowns, 2023 ….. I’m guessing US grid down nationwide Blackouts blamed on Russia.
“Jericho” cbs is the plan
Daniel 7:5
5 “And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’
3 ribs are the 3 NERC uS power grids East Coast, West Cost, & Texas Texas will join last win the war for one of the Coasts. It will eventually set up one world government for the Antichrist then unite the world with the common enemy Aliens like Ronald Regan said. They just straight up tell us in entertainment “And the lady America was finally slaughtered
And divided into 3 quarters
Her children the cities fell”
Master P Geto D- Eyes on you Enemies like 1998 so the this just happens to match the show Jericho made 10 years later? ERCOT in Texas was bought out by San Diego Power & Light that caused the Enron blackouts in Cali in 2003. This is for Grid 2030 www.energy.gov/oe/articles/grid-2030-national-vision-electricitys-second-100-years
@@dukevalentino yea that Titan book was written in 1897 15 years before the Titanic sunk, why they remade the movie on the Titan books 100 yr anniversary I think. JP Morgan had bought the shipping lanes (Europe’s migrant ships) to go along with his trains. Nov 11, 1910 Jekyll Island the planned the Federal Reserve. Said your crazy untill the 100th anniversary then they had a 100 year celebration where they had previously said nothing had happened at. Well they killed all the opposition (Aster’s) to the Federal Reserve on the Titanic April 15, 1912 on the next Christmas Day they literally voted in the Federal Reserve Act (Not federal no reserves) and have you pay taxes on the Sinking of the Titanic’s anniversary April 15th every year, crazy. Not to mention they killed JFK 53 years to the day of the Nov 11, 1910 Jekyll Island meeting Nov 11, 1963. It’s the British Royal Family with the Rothschild’s that run the show. By way of the CIA & they own the IRS why it’s headquarters is in Porto Rico (Port of Riches). These people invented Corporations as legal people own the equity groups above the corporations that appoint these corporations CEO’s. Used Knights Templar’s (now Freemasonry’s) Fiat money system in place of our constitutional Gold & Silver requirements. CIA killed Kennedy Queen took over USA. HW did it with Woody’s father why they cast him in “Natural Born Killers”, “LBJ” (the person that called the hit), and “The Hunger Games” teaching Katniss how to assassinate Presidents Coin & Snow cause his daddy did in JFK in real life.
Confession of JFK assassination
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I mean CIA funded Walt Disney World to brainwash your Daughter into pretending to be a Princess idolizing Monarchy again. HW was cousins of the queen. Harry lives here now & asks Disney for a job here I wonder why? The Queen originally funded the foundation of Disney through the CIA.
British monarchy is Not British they are Vampires literally. House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha trace the bloodline back to vlad the impaler Vlad III (actual Dracula) Transylvanian. Why do you think on one side of Walt Disney World is Hotel Transylvania - The Haunted Mansion Experience it’s about the British House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. On the other side of Disney World is Space mountain where Warren Von Braun the Nazi that landed us on the moon for NASA opened up the ride w Walt Disney himself. I mean they the CIA had Charles Manson kill Rosemary in Walt Disney’s original house the month after the moon landing. That is for a blood sacrifice to Rosemary Kennedy the Moon (lunatic Lunar child) “Rosemary’s Baby” movie June 1968 released days after her brother Robert Kennedy was a blood sacrifice to the movie about his sister exaggerated. Ted is murdering his secretary after Apollo 11 (July 1969) launched blood sacrifice to the Moon ritual not to mention the director’s wife of Rosemary’s baby murdered along with her unborn child Manson was CIA. I could just keep going to. I mean Arnold is the 33rd cloned child of Hitler in “Boys from Brazil” about the Twin Dr (Josef Mengele) why you think Arnold stared in the movie “Twins” his mother in law ran Special Olympics why Rosemary’s lobotomy created the Special Olympics (what here father did to Rosemary Kennedy is the most evil thing) maybe not I mean we are talking about Mengele the evil behind Hitler. They cloned Hitler that is the big secret Mengele used Rosemary Kennedy for and just told you in the movie “Boys from Brazil” Amazon has a spin off now called “the Boys”. Queen I would guess knows or planned part of these. My guess is there is a secret group that uses Adrenochrome & that it is so evil to make those that have taken it will never & I mean ever talk and they have been doing it since Vlad III would use impaled people to extract the adrenaline. I think it was after the Civil war British monarchy killed Lincoln, with a Shakespearean actor no less, when he would Not agree to pay back the Civil war debt they got a foothold over the US the two treasures of both the North & the South were Juda Benjamin & Augusta Belmont Rothschild bankers.
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Adam Driver and Don Cheadle were fantastic and hilarious. Otherwise this movie was stupid. Basically it told you to be a sheep ... even when there was very real and present danger.
it didnt tell you to be a sheep... it showed you that americans are dumb sheep
The hell with the symbolism. How Abt the Ohio train wreck that really happen in real life .
The message of the Bible is that no matter how evil you think you are, no matter how far you feel you are from God, you can get right with God. You can go to heaven.
All you have to do is put your full trust in Jesus. The message of the Bible is that Jesus was punished for all the evil things you have done or will ever do. He loved you so much that he was willing to die a horrible, brutal death for what you did. He was punished for your actions. If you believe in him and trust him you will have eternal life with God. You will not go to hell because Jesus already went for you.
All you have to do is trust in Jesus. Nothing else. You don't have to go to church. You don't have to give money to people. You don't have to do anything but believe in what Jesus did. That he sacrificed himself for you so that you could go to heaven.
The fact that this movie is based in Ohio 😅
Decent attempt
....and look at Ohio now....
This movie sucked. I could barely watch half of it before turning off this nonsense
You get it all wrong
The movie isn't all that deep. The main themes - existentialism/fear of death and consumerism as religion - are pretty obvious. This isn't anything nearly as dense or inscrutable as a David Lynch film.
Good content, but you fall into the same trap as the other less successful reviewers: you're too in love with your own voice. You think these pauses and slow roll of words makes it dramatic. It doesn't, especially if it's a part you're only narrating. If you want better effect, when you get to those pauses, make sure the camera is on you. A dramatic pause isn't dramatic if we can't see it. But the choppy, dramatic slow sentences and pauses for effect.. No bueno. It doesn't look as cool as you think it does. Cool, just trying to help... Good luck!
The film adaptation was a letdown. I’m a Baumbach fan but several things didn’t work. Greta Gerwig as Babette was miscast. In the novel, she feels more mature, more like the glue of the family. It’s Jack who seems like the neurotic and needy parent. The scene when she admits to taking the pills in the novel is weighty, but in the film, it feels so flat. She’s trying to emote but doesn’t succeed.
There were many things that were omitted and altered in the film. The third act was far more quirky, lighthearted, and comical in the adaptation. But in the novel, you see Jack starting to crack and it’s more disorienting. It’s a plan gone awry and Babette isn’t part of the sequence.
I was most looking forward to how they were going to film Wilder on the highway (if you’ve read the novel, you’ll understand) but the section was omitted. Instead the film chooses to introduce an ominous boogie man in Jack’s bedroom, and really exaggerates the scene where they follow the Land Rover. The film never mentions how much more intense and beautiful the sunsets are after the “ATE”.
As with any film adaptation, compromises must be made and editorial choices create a different product than the original, but I was most disappointed in the tone of the film.
The dialogue was so deadpan and lifeless. The tone was more overtly comical and quirky where the humor was much darker and subtle in the novel. The chemist doesn’t inform Jack that she’s finally got some news on this mysterious pill he had her analyze. In the movie, he calls a number and Mr. Gray is basically a drug dealer. The suspense is reduced to a sliver.
The things I did like were the performances of the children, especially Heinrich and Denise. The actor gave me a little bit more Jesse Eisenberg vibes, but overall, they were pretty true to their characters in the novel.
The Airborne Toxic Event was filmed in an overtly Amblin style, which felt like a nice touch. And it felt very true to an 80s style Spielberg film. Don Cheadle was good as Murray, even though he was different than I had imagined. Driver was also good as Jack, but also different from what I had imagined.
Ideally, a novel like this would have been better served as a multiple episode limited series. That way it wouldn’t have to sacrifice as much and could really get into the nuances of the mood and undertone. This is a classic case of the book being better than the film. But isn’t that usually how it goes?
This movie is bad. Supermarket scene is cringy . Unwatchable.
Please tell me of a
another family that has the kind of conversations these guys have in the first twenty minutes. Talk about white noise! Very off-putting for my tastes.
This movie was garbage. It gave me a headache. Did not even finish it. I wanted to watch because of the predictive programming claims about the Ohio train derailment but it really was just wierd and chaotic.
small brain goes brrr
Fantastic video. My friend was disappointed saying “ I don’t get it, can we watch something else? This is weird” and I ended up watching the movie alone later that night. She just wanted to watch a sitcom 🥲