The Komm Susser Tod sequence is, to me, the most powerful moment in cinema I've ever personally experienced. I think Eva is really special and I'm glad you decided to give it a shot. Loved hearing your thoughts on this. You should watch the Rebuild films, I think you'd appreciate them based on what you connected with in the series and 'End'
After watching a film you usually feel like you're in the world of the film for about half an hour afterwards. I watched End of Evangelion and felt like I was in the world of the movie for like 2 weeks afterwards. My favourite film.
my favorite thing about anime is the unforgettable single season(ish) shows like this that give you more time than a movie permits to really live in the world, glad you had the Eva experience dude
I will always prefer one or two seasons of an anime over hundreds of episodes some anime’s have. Cowboy Bebop and Eva are some of my favorites from those that I watched
Really glad to hear you liked Evangelion! I think the most recent I felt this way about a film was The Boy and The Heron, it strongly resonated with me in a similar way.
I saw the original australian TV run in 1999 when I was 14 and it stayed with me to this day. I don't remember how old I was when I finally ordered a dvd of EoE from Japan but it was probably around 2003 and it never left me. Hideaki Anno's directing style still influences my filmmaking stylr to this day
Whenever it may be, you should definitely see the 4 movie Eva series. It started as a remake and became something new and I think is just as heavy and emotional as the original series. Plus the 4th movie is the second longest animated movie, right behind The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumia.
Evangelion came to me at the loneliest point in my life and had a profound affect on me as a person and artist ever since, I'm glad it resonated so deeply with you as well, Joel! I think you're right to sit and reflect on the series for the time being but definitely check out the rebuild films when you feel like jumping back in, the reception on them might be mixed but I find them to be just as challenging and rewarding as the original series.
For years I've been wanting to watch the show. I heard it was pretty good, and there seemed to be a lot of references in other media, so I wanted to give it a shot. It wasn't until your video that I decided to finally sit down and watch the show, and wow. It really blew me away. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. My wife and I have rewatched the movie almost every day since. It really is a masterpiece. Thank you so much for your recommendation
I had the same reaction to seeing "End of Evangelion," which has been my official answer to "favorite movie" for 10+ years, though I've only seen it once or twice. Joel as someone interested in and affected by art with this level of psychological and emotional intensity, please do yourself a favor, and watch the short anime series, AKU NO HANA, if you have not. I stake my reputation as a longtime Joel fan on saying you will not regret it.
That's a good one, the closest series I've seen to giving me those Evangelion vibes was a recent anime called Sonny Boy. The premise doesn't make it sound too interesting (kind of like Eva being a standard mecha to start off) but it's allot more about the characters than the supernatural settings they find themselves in. Worth checking out if you dig stuff like AKU NO HANA and Eva
I think Eva shares intellectual roots with Godzilla. Godzilla is the "nuclear monster" who punishes human civilization for doing that which it should not have done. The massive "angels" appearing and continously targeting Tokyo and NERV bears an uncanny thematic echo
Evangelion changed my life both as an artist and a human dealing with hard times. It delivers such a life-affirming message in such a traumatic way that it feels like when you learn a lesson the hard way. I think that's why this series really sticks with the people that get it.
The first time I watched the movie was after a night shift. I had like 5 episodes left in the show, and i blazed through those last 5 and around 1:30 I put the end of evangelion on and i sat in my bed at 3 in the morning and just processing all the story that this show hit me with I was destroyed and a little scared incredible series and movies
It’s such an incredible film. Not sure if you heard, but it was released in US theaters for the first time this month. Watching it with an audience was quite the experience. Truly a great time to be a fan. I’m glad you enjoyed it, Joel. Great video! Happy Easter to you too!
I watched Evangelion in my final years of Highschool with one of my younger Brothers - When we first watched Evangelion it really was this moving piece of art that changed us as people, and I think also really strengthened the friendships that my Brothers and i have . Just the emotional honesty, and also the raw imperfection of the show itself, really made it stand out. It spoke to us or maybe made us have think more about ourselves, being quite young and slowly becoming adults. A new depth of knowledge and feeling that was so different and tonally mature compared to anything else we had seen (I had seen violent gross fucked up stuff, and heaps of technically mature films like Pulp Fiction - but nothing so expressive and quite philosophical) asking us to think in a way that I don't i'd ever really been asked too before at 16-17. We watched End of Evangelion with my Dad (who hadn't seen the series) but it was such an impactful experience sitting with this raw, angry/hopeful yet distressing closing remark on human interpersonal connection that really stuck with us all. I come back to this film over and over - through Lockdown in 2020 with everything going to shit - my Brother and I flatting with my best-friend sate down and watched this show together - and again that strengthen in connection grew. Its a hard watch this series, but every time I've watched it - it's always given me so much. I love it dearly, genuinely one of the most important pieces of art within my life.
End of Evangelion will always be my favorite ending for Evangelion. They've tried to end the series in various ways, but EoE will always be the most striking and poignant to me. There's just no other piece of art quite like it. I marathoned the whole NGE show and EoE with my friends in high school. Throughout the show we were all talking and joking around, but not long into EoE everyone became completely focused. By the time the movie ended, everyone was completely dumbfounded and dazed. It was a very satisfying reaction as a fan of the series
The timing!!! I literally just watched it with friends two days ago, and we were planning to get together for it since november!! Hahah. Can’t believe it
I was thinking on "Pretend that you love me" during the whole discussion, up until you mentioned it. That film really hit me for days after watching it, and it has a secured place on my list.
I would very much recommend the Re:Build movie series for Evangelion. They're a retelling of the story, up to a point, that diverges from the original plot starting from the second movie, and does a really good job of actually wrapping everything up. The ambiguity of the ending of EoE works very well, but it's interesting to see Anno's reinterpretation of his own work decades later when he's in a much better mental state and isn't limited by the studio he's working with having a budget of $20 for an entire animated work.
Glad you enjoyed this story and came away from it with some deep ponderings. It was a good one. There's a series called Space Dandy, which was directed by Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop) and Shingo Natsume (Full Metal Alchemist : Brotherhood). The first season is pretty fluffy, the main character is a somewhat bumbling and mostly inept alien hunter cruising around space. There's not really any story continuity from one episode to the next, it's just stuff happening. However - season 2 starts to pull out these extremely thought provoking subjects. You go into an episode and think something kind of typical and funny is happening but end up sitting there afterwards really just wondering what you watched and why it's opened this box to all these really deep subjects. Hidden gem imo. Ps watch it subbed! Looking forward to the next film Joel! Cheers
It’s such a deeply personal experience, both to the creator and somehow also to everyone who sees it. It’s maybe the only movie I know that manages to be both
If you haven't watched the Evangelion Rebuild movies I highly recommend them. Never has a movie made me cry happy tears as much as the ending of the 4th movie did. It also had me thinking about it still years later. The Director went from hating his series to finally loving it and ignoring all the haters which renewed his love for making movies
I loved the fact that you enjoyed that movie man. I watched it was when I was fifteen, at like 3am. And I will never forget the experience. Love your work, big fan!
I recently watched End of Eva for the third time in theaters. I've been working on not repressing my emotions - a big development need of mine - and I chose to just feel my feelings during this third viewing instead of intellectualizing them as I usually do. I was on the verge of tears the entire time I sat in the theater and other people noticed and I didn't care because it was important that I feel the horror it evokes. It was a painfully visceral experience and I was left reeling. And its message of living life in the face of a complicated, imperfect world finally sat in my gut better. But, ironically, when I saw it, the thought I had was not "I'll never make something like this", but, rather, I HAVE to make something like this. Something bold and extreme and contemptuous of people's wants in favor of my own needs in ways that I have repressed and kept from myself for the nominal sake of protecting others. I now no longer have an excuse to keep myself from being ambitious and weird and myself. It was a cathartic and ruinous emotional experience. Which made Evangelion - a series I have had a contentious relationship with since I watched it in my teens - click in a way it has never done.
A very special movie and series. One of my favorites. I finally finished the rebuild movies earlier this year, and I'm still wrestling with those. Definitely planning a rewatch of the original.
I literally saw your letterboxd review and how that made me reminisce about the first time I watched it and the existential dread I felt afterwards that has somehow lingered for so long.
I’m so glad you checked it out Joel!!! I watched it almost ten years ago, and it’s still my favorite film of all time, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything as personal, and brutally honest. I’m glad we have artists like you, Joel, who recognize the value in warts-and-all honesty like that. I’ve always enjoyed that about your art and your approach to communication!
I haven't finished the evangelion series yet but I wanted to let you know that Pretend That You Love Me also made it's way into my thoughts and life for a long time after viewing and still pops up sometimes. I had the same experience of having to pace about for the rest of the day letting it settle in my mind.
I don't know what it is but whenever Evangelion comes to my mind, I feel like crying and need to hold it in. Very few series/films get that strong of an emotional respnse from me.
I’m relieved this wasn’t an April fools joke. As someone who watched the series/movie for the first time last fall, I relate to your initial reaction - I felt confronted, and that was a delightful thing. Ideas of philosophy and existence I’d been considering internally over the year prior were being reflected back at me on screen in all of its beautifully crafted glory. So surreal! Also KOMM, SUSSER TOD is an instant comfort track.
i started watching Eva what feels like years ago and stopped for some reason. When I saw that you posted a video talking about it was when I decided to finish the series and watch the movie. It was worth it. I learned a lot about myself. Unfortunately though what I learned is that I somehow closed my inner self off and wasn't able to grasp many of the concepts without external explanation. In a way I felt very connected to Shinji, but at the same time felt bored by his emotional breakdowns. I think this reminded me that I need some rest and hope to find myself again.
It seems like I only ever comment recommendations for you and other commenters but when you talked about the types of movies you love my very first thought for a small aspect of life was "Cloclwatchers" directed by Jill Sprecher and my first thought for the full journey of life is "Departures" directed by Yōjirō Takita (which still encompasses a small story but with big implications). Highly recommend those too if you're just looking for something to watch.
I watched it for the 2nd time since it came out in theaters recently and it honestly affected me more than any other piece of art I’ve ever witnessed. Legit life changing for me.
Love that feeling when after you watch a movie or finish a series, and you can't get it out of your head. It's an odd kind of toil that I respect when something is powerful enough to draw out of me. Something that feels really rough when it hits, but boy, how thankful you are that it gave you those deep thoughts and feelings.
Its so funny to see this in my feed, I literally just watched the series and movie for the first time this weekend as well with a very similar fear at the beginning. I found the series a bit less interesting as a whole than you did. I mostly had a lot of issues with the music choices and the character choices early in the show. But it picks up a lot of steam past episode 14 and the really goes crazy for the movie.
I watched the whole series with a friend up to the rerelease of it in theaters and I got to say I’ve seen the movie twice now and I had to put it on my favorites on my letterboxd profile page I love it that much.
Evangelion always hits really hard and gets better on a rewatch. The first time is really special. I also had this reaction to it where I couldn't do anything for the rest of the day but just think about whatever I'd just experienced. Truly a unique, life changing piece of art.
I've had the bluray of Yi Yi on my shelf for ages and watched it after seeing this video the other night. Genuinely a transformative experience, I agree that it feels completely all-consuming like End of Evangelion, thanks for bringing it up :)
I love how you are reacting to the experience, thanks for posting this and enticing others to go watch eva. It truly is a special piece of work every human would benefit from watching and talking about.
Based taste. I was able to catch the screening of the End of Eva on March 17th and it was phenomenal, totally traumatized and the film is stuck in my head for the next 3 days
Now even more I'm looking forward to Joel's future movies and other work. His humor is fun but I like him best when he's being emotionally open. The movies "Pretend That You Love Me" and "We Have to Leve Here Together" are my favorites for sure.
It's interesting to hear that you waited to watch the series before watching the movie because I feel like that's allot of people, I'm curious if anyone else has tried this but I've actually had some really fun nights watching End of Evangelion with people who have never seen the show. It's visually interesting enough for my friends who enjoy the spectacle of it, and it's dense enough to be worth another watch if they found it interesting and start from the beginning. It's actually my go to for getting people into the series.
Joel, you are a really important influence on me. I think highly of your recommendations and I'm downloading the series as I'm typing. Thank you you Joel
we and my homie watched all of Evangelion with a 23 beers between us, and sobering up for End of Eva was one of the most traumatic and eye-opening experiences i've ever had, would never do it again.
I was able to overcome this horrible 3-month long feeling through a couple realizations: 1. EoE is not dogma. It’s an expression of a lot of emotions but it is not a guide to living life. It doesn’t need to change you because… 2. EoE is not for me. All the freaky shit in this movie was specifically designed to inspire change in the people who sent death threats to Gainax after the original series’ ending. It was an evil the staff didn’t know existed prior to that happening. It’s a film none of them wanted to make and that’s reflected a lot in the angst and misery of it all. Recreated fan mail exists in the frames of the movie for a reason. It is THE biggest part of the story of its creation. If you’re like me, you would never send death threats to someone cause you didn’t like their ending. If so, then you don’t need to see the anger in the film has defining you. Even if you are the type to send death threats, I would argue that you still aren’t supposed to let this film define you. I think what it wants is to force those people into change. They are letting their self-hatred turn into hatred of the world around them. It’s bad behavior. It hurts real people. Shinji in the TV show is only really hurting himself through his self-hatred (which is also a bad thing, mind you. You gotta love yourself. That’s why the tv show ending is the way it is.), but EoE Shinji allows his self-hatred to actively hurt everyone around him both physically and mentally. EoE wants self-hating people who hurt others to go to therapy and change. I personally started going to therapy because I thought the message was for me. After realizing that I didn’t need to bear the weight of this film, I am still glad I go to therapy. Therapy is just a good idea for anybody. You don’t deserve to hate yourself, and other people don’t deserve that hate. So therapy is a conclusion at all times. Love yourself, and please love others.
I rewatched End of Eva a few years back and he just couldn't stop laughing because every few minutes there is another "Ah that's where that's from" meme.
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"It feels like a movie that's gonna be wrestling inside me for a long time."
The rest of your life, brother.
*hums Komm Susser Tod whilst doing the dishes
watched this series and movie like 22 years ago and still wrestle with it, lol.
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Joel talking about Eva is the Easter gift I never knew I always wanted.
The Komm Susser Tod sequence is, to me, the most powerful moment in cinema I've ever personally experienced. I think Eva is really special and I'm glad you decided to give it a shot. Loved hearing your thoughts on this. You should watch the Rebuild films, I think you'd appreciate them based on what you connected with in the series and 'End'
Neon Genesis Evangelion means "new beginning good news".
End of Evangelion is the end of the good news.
The pinnacle of animation imo.
After watching a film you usually feel like you're in the world of the film for about half an hour afterwards. I watched End of Evangelion and felt like I was in the world of the movie for like 2 weeks afterwards. My favourite film.
When you said "Ill never make anything like that" I thought "But you made Pretend That You Love Me"
Joel will appreciate this comment 🙌 still need to get round to watching Joel’s movies!
I literally compared PTYLM to EoE and EVA as a franchise when I watched it with my friend, he agreed
my favorite thing about anime is the unforgettable single season(ish) shows like this that give you more time than a movie permits to really live in the world, glad you had the Eva experience dude
I will always prefer one or two seasons of an anime over hundreds of episodes some anime’s have.
Cowboy Bebop and Eva are some of my favorites from those that I watched
@@boredgoddesstori6635 hell yeah, both of those are in my top 10 as well
Really glad to hear you liked Evangelion! I think the most recent I felt this way about a film was The Boy and The Heron, it strongly resonated with me in a similar way.
I had the EXACT same feeling after seeing it. "I could never make this." The way you spun that to be positive really moved me
I saw the original australian TV run in 1999 when I was 14 and it stayed with me to this day. I don't remember how old I was when I finally ordered a dvd of EoE from Japan but it was probably around 2003 and it never left me. Hideaki Anno's directing style still influences my filmmaking stylr to this day
Whenever it may be, you should definitely see the 4 movie Eva series. It started as a remake and became something new and I think is just as heavy and emotional as the original series.
Plus the 4th movie is the second longest animated movie, right behind The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumia.
I just finished rewatching EOE and I forgot that love isn’t a feeling but it’s a gift that we share with others
"put that stink on the screen" - best filmmaking quote
Evangelion came to me at the loneliest point in my life and had a profound affect on me as a person and artist ever since, I'm glad it resonated so deeply with you as well, Joel! I think you're right to sit and reflect on the series for the time being but definitely check out the rebuild films when you feel like jumping back in, the reception on them might be mixed but I find them to be just as challenging and rewarding as the original series.
challenging is a good word for them for sure.
For years I've been wanting to watch the show. I heard it was pretty good, and there seemed to be a lot of references in other media, so I wanted to give it a shot. It wasn't until your video that I decided to finally sit down and watch the show, and wow. It really blew me away. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. My wife and I have rewatched the movie almost every day since. It really is a masterpiece. Thank you so much for your recommendation
1:29 walked for like 3 miles in the rain
That's the most appropriate reaction to End of Evangelion
I had the same reaction to seeing "End of Evangelion," which has been my official answer to "favorite movie" for 10+ years, though I've only seen it once or twice. Joel as someone interested in and affected by art with this level of psychological and emotional intensity, please do yourself a favor, and watch the short anime series, AKU NO HANA, if you have not. I stake my reputation as a longtime Joel fan on saying you will not regret it.
That's a good one, the closest series I've seen to giving me those Evangelion vibes was a recent anime called Sonny Boy. The premise doesn't make it sound too interesting (kind of like Eva being a standard mecha to start off) but it's allot more about the characters than the supernatural settings they find themselves in. Worth checking out if you dig stuff like AKU NO HANA and Eva
the music in the shin Godzilla and evangelion are made by the same guy, the music in Godzilla is awesome
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I think Eva shares intellectual roots with Godzilla. Godzilla is the "nuclear monster" who punishes human civilization for doing that which it should not have done. The massive "angels" appearing and continously targeting Tokyo and NERV bears an uncanny thematic echo
Shin Godzilla is directed by Anno as well.
@@PlebCentre what! lol, how did i miss that, holy shit
@@PlebCentre and i thought i was a fanatic lmao
Evangelion changed my life both as an artist and a human dealing with hard times. It delivers such a life-affirming message in such a traumatic way that it feels like when you learn a lesson the hard way. I think that's why this series really sticks with the people that get it.
Evangelion is such a unique series so I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed it
The first time I watched the movie was after a night shift. I had like 5 episodes left in the show, and i blazed through those last 5 and around 1:30 I put the end of evangelion on and i sat in my bed at 3 in the morning and just processing all the story that this show hit me with I was destroyed and a little scared incredible series and movies
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It’s such an incredible film. Not sure if you heard, but it was released in US theaters for the first time this month. Watching it with an audience was quite the experience. Truly a great time to be a fan.
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Joel. Great video! Happy Easter to you too!
I’ll always remember the scene where they decided to end Evangelion. Quite the bold creative move, to be sure!
I watched Evangelion in my final years of Highschool with one of my younger Brothers - When we first watched Evangelion it really was this moving piece of art that changed us as people, and I think also really strengthened the friendships that my Brothers and i have . Just the emotional honesty, and also the raw imperfection of the show itself, really made it stand out. It spoke to us or maybe made us have think more about ourselves, being quite young and slowly becoming adults. A new depth of knowledge and feeling that was so different and tonally mature compared to anything else we had seen (I had seen violent gross fucked up stuff, and heaps of technically mature films like Pulp Fiction - but nothing so expressive and quite philosophical) asking us to think in a way that I don't i'd ever really been asked too before at 16-17. We watched End of Evangelion with my Dad (who hadn't seen the series) but it was such an impactful experience sitting with this raw, angry/hopeful yet distressing closing remark on human interpersonal connection that really stuck with us all. I come back to this film over and over - through Lockdown in 2020 with everything going to shit - my Brother and I flatting with my best-friend sate down and watched this show together - and again that strengthen in connection grew. Its a hard watch this series, but every time I've watched it - it's always given me so much. I love it dearly, genuinely one of the most important pieces of art within my life.
End of Evangelion will always be my favorite ending for Evangelion. They've tried to end the series in various ways, but EoE will always be the most striking and poignant to me. There's just no other piece of art quite like it.
I marathoned the whole NGE show and EoE with my friends in high school. Throughout the show we were all talking and joking around, but not long into EoE everyone became completely focused. By the time the movie ended, everyone was completely dumbfounded and dazed. It was a very satisfying reaction as a fan of the series
The timing!!! I literally just watched it with friends two days ago, and we were planning to get together for it since november!! Hahah. Can’t believe it
You're in the matrix. Wake up. Coincidences don't exist....
@@Cringeharvester I’d love to think so. Perhaps
I have had much respect for hideaki anno for a long time and it's so awesome to hear you talk about his work joel!
I was thinking on "Pretend that you love me" during the whole discussion, up until you mentioned it. That film really hit me for days after watching it, and it has a secured place on my list.
I just watched the whole series and then saw EoE in theaters. It kind of changed my life.
Thank you for teaching me about this series Joel. You are a beautiful soul.
I would very much recommend the Re:Build movie series for Evangelion. They're a retelling of the story, up to a point, that diverges from the original plot starting from the second movie, and does a really good job of actually wrapping everything up. The ambiguity of the ending of EoE works very well, but it's interesting to see Anno's reinterpretation of his own work decades later when he's in a much better mental state and isn't limited by the studio he's working with having a budget of $20 for an entire animated work.
Also his Shin movies, namely Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman (he wrote, not directed) and Shin Kamen Rider.
Glad you enjoyed this story and came away from it with some deep ponderings. It was a good one. There's a series called Space Dandy, which was directed by
Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop) and Shingo Natsume (Full Metal Alchemist : Brotherhood). The first season is pretty fluffy, the main character is a somewhat bumbling and mostly inept alien hunter cruising around space. There's not really any story continuity from one episode to the next, it's just stuff happening. However - season 2 starts to pull out these extremely thought provoking subjects. You go into an episode and think something kind of typical and funny is happening but end up sitting there afterwards really just wondering what you watched and why it's opened this box to all these really deep subjects. Hidden gem imo. Ps watch it subbed!
Looking forward to the next film Joel! Cheers
It’s such a deeply personal experience, both to the creator and somehow also to everyone who sees it. It’s maybe the only movie I know that manages to be both
If you haven't watched the Evangelion Rebuild movies I highly recommend them. Never has a movie made me cry happy tears as much as the ending of the 4th movie did. It also had me thinking about it still years later. The Director went from hating his series to finally loving it and ignoring all the haters which renewed his love for making movies
It's rare when an artist can fit the epic and the personal into a single work of art and still have it be so entertaining and cool and mysterious
I loved the fact that you enjoyed that movie man. I watched it was when I was fifteen, at like 3am. And I will never forget the experience. Love your work, big fan!
I recently watched End of Eva for the third time in theaters. I've been working on not repressing my emotions - a big development need of mine - and I chose to just feel my feelings during this third viewing instead of intellectualizing them as I usually do. I was on the verge of tears the entire time I sat in the theater and other people noticed and I didn't care because it was important that I feel the horror it evokes. It was a painfully visceral experience and I was left reeling. And its message of living life in the face of a complicated, imperfect world finally sat in my gut better.
But, ironically, when I saw it, the thought I had was not "I'll never make something like this", but, rather, I HAVE to make something like this. Something bold and extreme and contemptuous of people's wants in favor of my own needs in ways that I have repressed and kept from myself for the nominal sake of protecting others. I now no longer have an excuse to keep myself from being ambitious and weird and myself. It was a cathartic and ruinous emotional experience.
Which made Evangelion - a series I have had a contentious relationship with since I watched it in my teens - click in a way it has never done.
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So glad you watched it! Great stuff
I love the aspect ratio of this video. Also you should definitely check out the rebuild version of the films
A very special movie and series. One of my favorites. I finally finished the rebuild movies earlier this year, and I'm still wrestling with those. Definitely planning a rewatch of the original.
I definitely got some End of Evangelion vibes from "Hello My Beautiful Creatures"
Watching it now with my wife working our way up to the movie
I watched the movie without the series context and it still blew my mind.
I can't really explain it, but I needed to hear this talk.
I've never seen any film joel mentions but the way he talks about them is always interesting
Joel has summarized every feeling I had/have after watching this artwork over 20 years ago
I literally saw your letterboxd review and how that made me reminisce about the first time I watched it and the existential dread I felt afterwards that has somehow lingered for so long.
You gotta watch the four rebuilds now! They start diverging in the second movie, and the fourth one especially rounds out the entire series!
what you said about 'i could never make that' is so true and a very positive way to think about it, probably the best way
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I get that reference hoho
Aw, glad to hear you enjoyed the movie, Joel!
Being peerless is a special kind of lonely, but at least it won't last forever.
I’m so glad you checked it out Joel!!! I watched it almost ten years ago, and it’s still my favorite film of all time, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything as personal, and brutally honest.
I’m glad we have artists like you, Joel, who recognize the value in warts-and-all honesty like that. I’ve always enjoyed that about your art and your approach to communication!
this film has had a stranglehold on my creative process for the past number of months, it has been something ill never ever forget
I just watched both the series and the movie and I gotta say it’s one of my favorite shows ever. This shit is legendary
I haven't finished the evangelion series yet but I wanted to let you know that Pretend That You Love Me also made it's way into my thoughts and life for a long time after viewing and still pops up sometimes. I had the same experience of having to pace about for the rest of the day letting it settle in my mind.
I don't know what it is but whenever Evangelion comes to my mind, I feel like crying and need to hold it in. Very few series/films get that strong of an emotional respnse from me.
I’m relieved this wasn’t an April fools joke. As someone who watched the series/movie for the first time last fall, I relate to your initial reaction - I felt confronted, and that was a delightful thing. Ideas of philosophy and existence I’d been considering internally over the year prior were being reflected back at me on screen in all of its beautifully crafted glory. So surreal!
Also KOMM, SUSSER TOD is an instant comfort track.
i started watching Eva what feels like years ago and stopped for some reason. When I saw that you posted a video talking about it was when I decided to finish the series and watch the movie. It was worth it. I learned a lot about myself.
Unfortunately though what I learned is that I somehow closed my inner self off and wasn't able to grasp many of the concepts without external explanation. In a way I felt very connected to Shinji, but at the same time felt bored by his emotional breakdowns. I think this reminded me that I need some rest and hope to find myself again.
So happy you enjoyed Evangelion Joel, it's one of my favorite pieces of art
It seems like I only ever comment recommendations for you and other commenters but when you talked about the types of movies you love my very first thought for a small aspect of life was "Cloclwatchers" directed by Jill Sprecher and my first thought for the full journey of life is "Departures" directed by Yōjirō Takita (which still encompasses a small story but with big implications). Highly recommend those too if you're just looking for something to watch.
I watched it for the 2nd time since it came out in theaters recently and it honestly affected me more than any other piece of art I’ve ever witnessed. Legit life changing for me.
Love that feeling when after you watch a movie or finish a series, and you can't get it out of your head. It's an odd kind of toil that I respect when something is powerful enough to draw out of me. Something that feels really rough when it hits, but boy, how thankful you are that it gave you those deep thoughts and feelings.
Its so funny to see this in my feed, I literally just watched the series and movie for the first time this weekend as well with a very similar fear at the beginning. I found the series a bit less interesting as a whole than you did. I mostly had a lot of issues with the music choices and the character choices early in the show. But it picks up a lot of steam past episode 14 and the really goes crazy for the movie.
Joel put it well. It’s definitely one of those special pieces of art that, no matter what you thought of it, you’ll never forget.
I watched the whole series with a friend up to the rerelease of it in theaters and I got to say I’ve seen the movie twice now and I had to put it on my favorites on my letterboxd profile page I love it that much.
100% wasn’t expecting this and I’m so down for it
Evangelion always hits really hard and gets better on a rewatch. The first time is really special. I also had this reaction to it where I couldn't do anything for the rest of the day but just think about whatever I'd just experienced. Truly a unique, life changing piece of art.
I think Joel is one of the most relentlessly positive individuals I’ve seen on RUclips in a completely genuine and honest way
That introspect made me smile . Well done! His live action stuff is really fun too. I enjoyed "Love and Pop".
I've had the bluray of Yi Yi on my shelf for ages and watched it after seeing this video the other night. Genuinely a transformative experience, I agree that it feels completely all-consuming like End of Evangelion, thanks for bringing it up :)
become soup with me joel
I love how you are reacting to the experience, thanks for posting this and enticing others to go watch eva. It truly is a special piece of work every human would benefit from watching and talking about.
I share your sentiment about hoping to make your own Evangelion. We can try! I thoroughly enjoyed Pretend That You Love me, by the way.
Based taste. I was able to catch the screening of the End of Eva on March 17th and it was phenomenal, totally traumatized and the film is stuck in my head for the next 3 days
Thank you for the reminder that it’s actually time for me to go back and rewatch it and crack open my Pandora’s box.
Now even more I'm looking forward to Joel's future movies and other work. His humor is fun but I like him best when he's being emotionally open. The movies "Pretend That You Love Me" and "We Have to Leve Here Together" are my favorites for sure.
It's interesting to hear that you waited to watch the series before watching the movie because I feel like that's allot of people, I'm curious if anyone else has tried this but I've actually had some really fun nights watching End of Evangelion with people who have never seen the show. It's visually interesting enough for my friends who enjoy the spectacle of it, and it's dense enough to be worth another watch if they found it interesting and start from the beginning. It's actually my go to for getting people into the series.
Joel, you are a really important influence on me. I think highly of your recommendations and I'm downloading the series as I'm typing. Thank you you Joel
That's a sick sweater
i have been waiting for you to talk about this movie
So beautiful, Joel. Can't wait to see more of what only you can make :)
Joel I didn’t think i could love you more until i saw this.
It is really beautiful to see someone unabashedly loving art. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the film.
I don’t often end up on the floor when I watch a movie. However…
we and my homie watched all of Evangelion with a 23 beers between us, and sobering up for End of Eva was one of the most traumatic and eye-opening experiences i've ever had, would never do it again.
Welcome aboard, Joel.
This movie made me feel terrible. I don’t have any friends and I feel so alone. How am I supposed to move on.
I was able to overcome this horrible 3-month long feeling through a couple realizations: 1. EoE is not dogma. It’s an expression of a lot of emotions but it is not a guide to living life. It doesn’t need to change you because… 2. EoE is not for me. All the freaky shit in this movie was specifically designed to inspire change in the people who sent death threats to Gainax after the original series’ ending. It was an evil the staff didn’t know existed prior to that happening. It’s a film none of them wanted to make and that’s reflected a lot in the angst and misery of it all. Recreated fan mail exists in the frames of the movie for a reason. It is THE biggest part of the story of its creation. If you’re like me, you would never send death threats to someone cause you didn’t like their ending. If so, then you don’t need to see the anger in the film has defining you. Even if you are the type to send death threats, I would argue that you still aren’t supposed to let this film define you. I think what it wants is to force those people into change. They are letting their self-hatred turn into hatred of the world around them. It’s bad behavior. It hurts real people. Shinji in the TV show is only really hurting himself through his self-hatred (which is also a bad thing, mind you. You gotta love yourself. That’s why the tv show ending is the way it is.), but EoE Shinji allows his self-hatred to actively hurt everyone around him both physically and mentally. EoE wants self-hating people who hurt others to go to therapy and change. I personally started going to therapy because I thought the message was for me. After realizing that I didn’t need to bear the weight of this film, I am still glad I go to therapy. Therapy is just a good idea for anybody. You don’t deserve to hate yourself, and other people don’t deserve that hate. So therapy is a conclusion at all times. Love yourself, and please love others.
You’re awesome Joel!
Love you too pal, have a good one. I will have to take the time to watch it.
Glad you got to experience it
9:00 welp here i am on the night shift, just hearing about this movie, time to give it a watch im so excited !
I rewatched End of Eva a few years back and he just couldn't stop laughing because every few minutes there is another "Ah that's where that's from" meme.
I wanna watch Speed Racer with you Joel. I don't care if you've already seen it, I don't care if I've already seen it. Just wanna watch.
Thanks for the recommendation, Joel. I've been looking for a good anime to watch.
I remember feeling the same way after watching it, and then feeling it again after watching 3.0+1.0
Really excited for Joel's next full feature movie, End of Evan Gelion.
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Were you lucky enough to see it in the theaters a week or two ago?