Achara is so damn right. Kristen hasnt watched enough movies to know that sad and heartbreaking endings can also be an ending to a movie. Not everything has to be a fairy tale one.
What I think is , there is a reason why two people at a time react to films here bcz it gives two angles to the story and it's not necessary to be the same , the interpretation of it could vary too. So both of their opinions have their audiences.
This is a movie reflecting life. She wasnt gonna leave what she'd built and invested in or desert a husband who she spent her life with. She wasnt gonna become a playwright in Korea nor he an engineer in the US. There are no bad guys to make it easy for you. She had to say goodbye to those possibilities, her childhood. Other movies offer escape. This is not that
No, not ruined, she was still touched by it. Kristen helped lighten things and i’m sure Achara appreciated it. I wish i watched it with someone like her so i didnt hurt so much after, there’s a beautiful balance to things we think should happen in a certain way.
this movie is too mature for her like she's just talking and not even try to comprehend the korean guy's perspective. she's to white and western sorry 💀
The comments are wild 😂 but they are true. Different types of movies for different audiences, and Kristen likely wasn't the best viewing partner for this film. Really took a look out of the scenes. But hopefully this encourages Kristen to expand her views on different types of films.
You have to have a certain level of emotional intelligence and maturity to appreciate and understand this film, to see beauty in such a poetic yet realistic portrayal of "its complicated". But what makes this film so good is also what can make it a bit inaccessible to the masses. Kristen is a good example of some of the audience out there, who just don't get it, and that's fine. For them, there's always Transformer 10 or Fast and Furious 20. It's just such a bummer that they are so uncomfortable with allowing these emotions to fester that they gotta ruin great moments in the movie for others like Achara.
It was so sad to me that you guys were saying Nora shouldn't have admitted all of her complicated feelings to her husband! For me, I wouldn't want to be married unless it could be with someone who I could feel safe enough to say absolutely anything to without worrying that they would flip out or leave me or whatever. That kind of absolute security is so precious and feels like something everyone should aspire to, no?
Exactly. "Masked marriages" are quite common here in Japan. I would rather accept that we've grown apart and take a different path, than keep pretending "til death do us part".
It's so clear that some of the commenters here have never been in real, adult relationships before loool. Some goober commenting that Greta Lee's character was "cheating" on her husband. What? Also has Kristen never seen a real movie before? They don't need to give you some clear-cut resolution and long-winded explanation at the end. She asked "Do they stay in contact?". That's not the part of the story we need to see. Smh.
Exactly, Kristen was the wrong person to react with to this movie. Laughing through emotional scenes, during Acharas emotional reaction she’s going off on tangents and literally during some scenes Achara was focused on the movie and she starts laughing on some thoughts in her head. She wants a movie fairy tale ending and this isn’t that, but how is that bad? This reaction was just odd.
@@Stephensouraskithey reconnected later and that's when they fell for each other ,it wasn't your typical love story,for Nora it was so much more since she had to leave her childhood there in korea, he reconnected her with a part of herself she left back in korea,it's about complex emotions,you clearly didn't get the movie
Kristen sucked the magic right out of it lol of course it's awkward and it's not practical but it's honest coming from 2 completely different backgrounds. It's not the same kind of love at all but there is love there regardless of what arrangements you have in the current moment.
I love this movie. I think it really reflects that life goes on for people even after these big moments. They needed closure after having so many what ifs and were able to reflect on themselves as people. Nora feels stuck between two cultures but knows she loves her husband, she just has to let her emotions out. Haesung also needed closure after having this idea of a little girl he knew a long time ago being ripped out of his life. For the husband, Nora is someone who stays. For haesung, Nora is someone who leaves. Both co-exist
I had the opportunity to watch this film in the cinema upon its release earlier this year and have subsequently rewatched it quite a few times and seen many interviews of the director and writer Celine Song. This film is a story about closures and goodbyes. It is a story of the multiple lives that immigrants live, how they have a life now and a life they left behind with possibilities and what ifs; scenarios that may have played out differently had they stayed back in their country of origin. Nora has a new life in the US with her husband and has become a Korean American, but she tells Hae Sung that the little girl he knew as Na Young does not exist here in America. Nora left her behind in Korea. However, Nora never had closure with that past life of hers and breaks down at the end after Hae Sung leaves almost grieving in closure for that little girl and that past life. She says goodbye twice, once when she first leaves Korea and then again at the end as a final closure on that part of her life. This film is far deeper than ideas of infidelity or unresolved love. This film as the title suggests delves into the multiple lives that one can live in a lifetime and how we sometimes need to grieve the loss of a past life. This film particularly hit me hard as I am an immigrant who had to leave my country for personal reasons and often wonder what life would have been had I stayed back. Celine Song is addressing a more poignant theme in this film and preconceived notions of the viewers must be set aside in order to take in the idea that Past Lives is exploring.
As an immigrant to Canada who left my home country at 14, and has lived here for 15 years, this movie hits home for me too. I mean apart from the childhood sweetheart story- I don’t have that- but just her perspective & how she relates to people from back home who never lived outside of the country. I relate to the line when she said he’s so “korean-korean”, and that sometimes she feels less Korean and other times more Korean than him. I feel the same way whenever I go back to my home country to visit family & friends there whom I have kept very close communications with thanks to social media. I guess that’s what u call an identity crisis? I don’t quite feel like I can 100% relate to people back home (as I have developed western ideologies which they don’t), but at the same time, I also can’t relate to the people here in Canada (as I am still deeply rooted to my culture). I am somewhere in between. And the only ppl who I can relate too are the Asian Canadian immigrants like myself.
I see it a bit differently. "Nora" was never that little girl. She knew she was destined for a life bigger than Korea. That is why she didn't recognize Hae Sung's crush on her and she said and did things that unintentionally hurt him. As an adult she realized his love for her and it stirred similar emotions in her that she never felt for Arthur. But she knew that she would never go back to Korea and Hae Sung would never fit in NYC, so she had to follow her head instead of her heart.
Wow... comment section did not pass the vibe check. I love this movie. It's not about cheating. I suck at explaining but you guys can check out analysis by Like Stories of Old and Truest Picture because they explained it so well on what Past Lives is about.
32:30 OMG JUST SHUT UP ALREADY KRISTEN- The most precious conversation of the movie ruined for Achara. I get you a different opinion but save it till the end and not ruin another person's experience please
Doesn't surprise me that Kirsten doesn't know any man like Arthur. Everytime whe opens her mouth it's just hundreds of red flags coming out. Any person like Arthur would never talk to someone like that.
She wasn't in love with him. She missed who she was as a 12 year old and needed to say goodbye to her 12 year old self...and she didn't know she needed to do that. 😢
I disagree. I think she had strong feelings for him but knew they could never be together. As a 12 year old she was selfish and said and did things that hurt Hae Sung. As an adult she matured to understand that and came to appreciate how dedicated to her he had always been. This is what stirred her heart.
I’m sorry but Kristen was the wrong person to react with this movie. Half of the times she’s too loud and laughing through sensitive scenes and literally not even looking at the screen. Achara was so serious looking at the movie and Kristen is just laughing her ass how going on tangents and challenging the movie instead of experience it. You don’t need to see the extension of the story, time jumping another 20 years and showing the leads kids? That’s unnecessary to this story of the 3 leads.
This film broke me. I cried. I grew up with a best friend, from kindergarten to 5th grade, then he suddenly moved out of the US b/c his mom wanted pursue her career dream. He never left my thoughts. There were 2 moments where he randomly called, but each call was disconnected after a few minutes. He came back when I was in 11th grade, but I wasn't the same. I was a figure he looked up to, but I felt I had betrayed my past self when he visited as I started smoking pot and drinking, whereas he was still the same. We are both hetero males, so I can't fathom the pain of Celine, and especially Teo Yoo's character, as they were not only just friends, but had that spark of romantic feelings for each other. Good news is that we're still friends today. He's successful as hell, and I'm mediocre, which created a divide for a period, but the divide has recently quelled. The other aspect that broke me was I know what it feels like to lose, who I thought was my soulmate, to someone else, now married. We were best friends before being in a relationship. Even after things ended, we randomly saw each other, and I mean RANDOM. I saw her at a strip club; I went b/c my friend wanted to cheer me up, she went for a co-worker's birthday party. I ran into her in a different city in the exact same bar. Then we ended up in the same elevator, and I scrounged up the courage to talk to her after I got out, and the doors shut mid sentence. I'm pathetic. Then after she was married, the last time I ever saw her...her car pulled up next to mine at a red light. My car in the right lane, her's in the left. We looked at each other briefly, then the light turned green and we both went in opposite directions. I never looked so long in my rearview mirror while driving.
Kristen’s reaction is the worst reaction to a movie i’ve ever freaking seen. i feel so bad for Achara. she was being vulnerable and Kristen had to ruin that moment too.
A film doesn't have to be liked by everyone just because it's sad or because you personally liked it. Every individual has their own perspective on everything in the world. You have no right to say that someone is lacking something just because their perspective doesn't align with yours. People want to see the reaction that matches their own. And these same people talk about maturity. Grow up! All in all, i'm with Kristen on this one.
Gawd! Kristen was an awful audience to this movie. It’s not her fault tho. It’s Jaby's fault that he thought she could be a good choice for this movie.
i thought before watching this reaction that the comments must have been way too harsh on kristen, who i normally love. they werent lol. (well some comments were, of course, thats the internet but still).
Goodness. I would go mad if someone kept talking like that. Kristen literally wasn’t invested in the movie from the start. Two people reactors are better suited for comedies.
Nunca he estado tan en desacuerdo con las conclusiones de otra persona al final de una pelicula. Me alegra y aprecio peliculas reales, fuera de los cliches de holliwood y su facil romanticismo... Esta es una de las mejores ppeliculas del 2023
I think someones enjoyment and understanding of this movie really depends on what you bring to it. if you've ever been in a similar situation you might enjoy it but if you've never had a relationship or situation like this in your life you probably won't appreciate the ending as much.
Kirsten was a bit too comical for this type of movie. What makes this film so great is the intensity of the unspoken scenes... the melancholism at the end is what makes this a great film when all parties realize they're closing a chapter of their lives. Closure is not always happy, it's not always easy. I think Achara understood this better and as a result was able to enjoy and relate to this film much better.
What is YOUR problem? You're telling me that a married woman spending a day with an almost complete stranger who's been stalking her for years is tasteful? Lmao this movie was clearly made for such delusional women then. There is absolutely NOTHING romantic about a guy you lost contact with 24 years ago travelling to meet you and insisting on spending time with you despite you being married. It's creepy.
Hi Kristen and Achara ... The ending was little bit of a miss .. So .. OK, before the Uber comes there was this painfully long silent stare .. where for 8 seconds they just stare directly to each other ... I'm saying at least hug, kiss ... say something ... but NOT. But it recovers for me at the end where shockingly she just painfully cries in the arms of Arthur. My first thought was that in the Bar Scene, NORA claims that she is no longer that little girl ( that cries like a cry baby ) , but at the end when she finally Cries ... then at the end ... Nora "Is" that little girl that loves Hae Sung and innocently claims " I will Marry him someday". What a great ending .. Celine Song and Greta Lee pulls out the 3 point winning basket at the end ( using little Hae Song's Basketball )
It is like: In another moment, in another place, in another life, we be happy together. And they understand that, because is not about love, is about something else, is about connection.
I feel like Achara and Kristen are right here, it depends on the how much they are crossing the lines. But majority of the relationship will end up cheating. So can't trust anybody.
I loved your reaction 😊 I love sad movies, but I must say that this movie was too sad for me. One of the best movies I have been watched. Great 50 minutes of review, I'm happy that I watched you both 😊
OMG OMG OMG OMG 8 loved watching this in the theatre. Such fun! Also, Bébé Nora and Bébé Hae-sung deserve a separate recognition for their lovely performance.
This is quite possibly one of the most obnoxious reactions I've seen to this movie (or really in general) This may not be a movie that everyone understands but there doesn't seem to be any need for Kristen to be so disrespectful while watching it 🤷
If you want a what Kristen wants check out the 2023 K-drama 'Call It Love'. It gives you 16 hours of feelings like this film and then has 'that ending' she wanted.
I liked this movie, especially the realistic ending, but i had higher expectations idk why. I guess it’s one of those movies that hit harder after you have reached a certain age and you have more what ifs and could have been(s) and alternate life paths to wonder about.
Watch 2018 #Indian movie - "96" ❤❤❤. Similar story & concept, but in the perspective of the male lead. Very sweet and emotional story. I'm sure u will love 96, even more than #PastLives
Kristen was absolutely not the right audience for this movie lmao 😂. I was annoyed at her reaction, but the good thing is she did make things lighten up for Achara 😁, like a good friend.
Greta's taste in movies is like being served a plate of candy. Generic, one dimensional, and in your face Achara taste in movies is like being served a plate of sushi. Appreciation for the complexity in what looks simple. Really would've loved for Achara to expand on her thoughts with this one instead of being interrupted with the "I can't believe it wasn't a happy ending" dialogue from Greta.
@kristen I wanted to like your reaction but you talked way unnecessarily during the movie especially during very important scenes..ruined this reaction video for me
Exactly Jaby or Achara need to do a better job on knowing which reactors and suited for certain genres of movie. Put Kristen in a mass masala action comedy entertainer, or Horror. Not in an A24 Oscar Drama movie.
Sorry to say that Kristen but you rly ruined the experience for a lot of ppl watching this reaction video. You acted so immature and detached throughout the movie that at some point I was enjoying those little moments where you didnt speak at all.
Kristen was not right choice for this movie reaction.She was so extra. Keep chirping went she needs to keep shut. There were many scenes where it requires silence.
I'm doing the watchalong via your patreon. And I gotta say, I just stopped it about 45 min in and just watched this reaction. 😅 It was such a snails pace type of drama. I get what they were going for, but I started getting antsy with all the staring and silence. I think this is the first full reaction I gave up on lol edit: the movie, not your guys' reactions 😅 just to make clear.
A little better than the movie 96, 96 has very catchy and touching music and Vijay sethupathy Also make kristen react to 96 she definitely cry like a baby
It’s ’Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ meets ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ meets ‘Hum Tum’. It did feel very familiar BUT yet it’s an entity of its own especially with the opening moment.
WHY OH WHY DIDN'T ACHARA WATCH THIS WITH JABY INSTEAD? Those cry babies would have cried their eyes out 😂😂 We would have seen it on the thumbnail even before watching the video 😂😂 Kristen is too logical for a silly movie like this
I frigging love Kristen for her reaction 😂😂😂 I mean I already loved her but I love her even more now. She's proven that she actually uses her brain when watching movies and is not just some emotional cry baby who cries at any emotional scene regardless of how dumb the movie is. Those criticizing her in the comments are just emotional intellectually lethargic people who can only appreciate dumb movies. This movie is so silly and so unrealistic yet to those who like it think it's so true to life. If you used even 3% of your brain you'd have seen the movie for what it truly was.
I love your guys reaction but I dont think you understood the theme or the meaning of this movie like what it was trying to tell completely bounced off you….
I love this movie, and I loved the ending, but I also have to say that there's no right or wrong way to react emotionally to a film or story. I wish people could be kinder, in that both women came from an honest place in their reactions, and just because my own reaction was closer to Achara's doesn't give me the right to disrespect Kristen's. Let's aim to be more understanding and gentle, kind of like Arthur.
Lol the women in this comment section are delusional af. There is NOTHING romantic about a guy you lost contact with 24 years ago travelling 13 hours to see you and insisting on spending time with you despite you being married. It is instead extremely creepy. This is clearly a fairytale story. No husband, no matter how good he is, would ever allow his wife to spend a day with her childhood crush that the husband doesn't even know and has never met.
This is my last time commenting since y’all are intentionally missing the point. 1. Their last time communicating wasn’t 24 years ago, I feel like you skipped the middle of the movie when they went back to communicating with each other. Regardless of that people to rekindle friendships after not speaking for a while, it is a real thing that happens in the real word💀 2. Aside from that fact, that wasn’t the point. This is life story about 2 people who grew apart and found each other again. You know life isn’t as straightforward like most movies and it’s more complicated like the story told in this movie, it’s meant to be more realistic. It’s not your typical “romance” movie and nobody is endorsing cheating on your spouse
@@sophia21s 1) They texted and shared a few video calls 12 years after their last meeting and ended communication. He then returns 12 years later to meet her. HIGHLY unlikely and suspicious. Lol any real man who did that would so obviously be called an obsessive stalker, like have women lost their minds to say otherwise? 2) They still never met physically before, she had no idea what he was like. No reason for a married woman to reconcile with someone like that. 3) Emotional cheating is also cheating. She obviously showed feelings towards Hae Sung, that alone is very disheartening for the husband. How was the husband to feel any different than being a roadblock between the two of them through his marriage? Any real man would be devastated after that, wondering if his wife ever truly loved him or did she really just marry him for green card. The movie is written by a woman who is trying her best to justify emotional cheating. There was nothing romantic about this movie, it was purely creepy and disheartening solely for the husband. The two leads were so self-centered and so indifferent to the husband's feelings.
@@HarryK-ld2ed you’re acting like the communication aspect wasn’t mutual or reciprocal, this isn’t a stalker story. And like I said before cut they’re not justifying anything, just telling a life story, it’s as simple as that. We weren’t supposed to be rooting against the husband, he was mature enough to know what needed to be done
@@sophia21s Mature enough? He practically allowed the most immature things to happen, like letting his wife spend time with a stranger (for him) that she seemed to have feelings for. That isn't maturity. The film sets an unrealistic standard for husbands in women's minds that men should just be "mature" and let their wives hangout with other guys because they're "friends". Cause travelling 13 hours to a foreign country to meet someone you last met when you were 12 years old and on a date is TOTALLY a "friend" thing to do. Such bs.
@@HarryK-ld2eddid someone hurt you like this in real life 😂 the whole comment section is filled with your flawed review. If you're American you probably wouldn't understand how it is for immigrants , anything that reminds you of your past and roots means so much more in that context, the love she had for him need not be romantic, I feel the hugs they shared also seemed pretty platonic, throughout the movie she shares everything with her husband , you are looking at it from a very black and white lense. Things are always either wrong or right. They literally showed them connecting over Skype later on,it's a movie , they're not gonna show them talking to each other for half an hour for your understanding, she even has a small breakdown when she tells him to take a break. For someone who's only real relationship has been in long distance it was very believable.
Lesson to self: don’t watch an emotional movie with your golden retriever 😂 She’s adorably happy, but can’t comprehend the complexity of human dilemma and emotions.
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Achara is so damn right. Kristen hasnt watched enough movies to know that sad and heartbreaking endings can also be an ending to a movie. Not everything has to be a fairy tale one.
more like reality ending
Achara clearly has way more knowledge and maturity when it comes to films. I’d rather just watch reactions with just her if I’m honest
Same 😅 ( not wanna sound mean)....
that's mean.. I can definitely relate to Kristen's feeling.
@@rupidmdidn’t mean to sound mean apologies. Just wanted to express my opinion
What I think is , there is a reason why two people at a time react to films here bcz it gives two angles to the story and it's not necessary to be the same , the interpretation of it could vary too. So both of their opinions have their audiences.
OK, so it's not just me. Maybe just not the best pairing for this film.
Kristen kept on talking at the most crucial moment of the movie . I was like duh!! Stfu Sister
Seriously! No hate on Kristen, but she kept wanting to talk at the most heartful moments to avoid feeling anything.
This is a movie reflecting life. She wasnt gonna leave what she'd built and invested in or desert a husband who she spent her life with. She wasnt gonna become a playwright in Korea nor he an engineer in the US. There are no bad guys to make it easy for you. She had to say goodbye to those possibilities, her childhood. Other movies offer escape. This is not that
Kristen was NOT the guest to watch this movie with💀 I hate it got ruined for Achara somewhat
No, not ruined, she was still touched by it. Kristen helped lighten things and i’m sure Achara appreciated it. I wish i watched it with someone like her so i didnt hurt so much after, there’s a beautiful balance to things we think should happen in a certain way.
this movie is too mature for her like she's just talking and not even try to comprehend the korean guy's perspective. she's to white and western sorry 💀
@@kiddlorenz7582too white? Damn.. plain racism in 2023.
@@Batt-man u think i care? too white, too basic, too colonizer, too caucasian, too albino, too mayonnaise for her taste. idgaf
@@kiddlorenz7582she grew up in Japan 😂
The comments are wild 😂 but they are true. Different types of movies for different audiences, and Kristen likely wasn't the best viewing partner for this film. Really took a look out of the scenes. But hopefully this encourages Kristen to expand her views on different types of films.
You have to have a certain level of emotional intelligence and maturity to appreciate and understand this film, to see beauty in such a poetic yet realistic portrayal of "its complicated".
But what makes this film so good is also what can make it a bit inaccessible to the masses. Kristen is a good example of some of the audience out there, who just don't get it, and that's fine. For them, there's always Transformer 10 or Fast and Furious 20. It's just such a bummer that they are so uncomfortable with allowing these emotions to fester that they gotta ruin great moments in the movie for others like Achara.
100% The ending was perfect, but she completely missed it. The eternal conflict between head and heart.
I not only agree with your comment, but the "Transformer 10 or Fast and Furious 20" bit gave me the biggest laugh in about a month. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
So we are doing "big brain" movies now huh? And everyone who hates it - is immature. VERY mature of you.
If Kirsten ever reacts to “in the mood for love” she might explode
It was so sad to me that you guys were saying Nora shouldn't have admitted all of her complicated feelings to her husband! For me, I wouldn't want to be married unless it could be with someone who I could feel safe enough to say absolutely anything to without worrying that they would flip out or leave me or whatever. That kind of absolute security is so precious and feels like something everyone should aspire to, no?
That’s very true, people say they want truth and honesty but somehow run away from it because the honesty is hard to digest.
Exactly. "Masked marriages" are quite common here in Japan. I would rather accept that we've grown apart and take a different path, than keep pretending "til death do us part".
It's so clear that some of the commenters here have never been in real, adult relationships before loool. Some goober commenting that Greta Lee's character was "cheating" on her husband. What? Also has Kristen never seen a real movie before? They don't need to give you some clear-cut resolution and long-winded explanation at the end. She asked "Do they stay in contact?". That's not the part of the story we need to see. Smh.
Exactly, Kristen was the wrong person to react with to this movie. Laughing through emotional scenes, during Acharas emotional reaction she’s going off on tangents and literally during some scenes Achara was focused on the movie and she starts laughing on some thoughts in her head. She wants a movie fairy tale ending and this isn’t that, but how is that bad? This reaction was just odd.
They barely knew each other. How many people in middle school you barely know are you stocking right now?
@@Stephensouraskithey reconnected later and that's when they fell for each other ,it wasn't your typical love story,for Nora it was so much more since she had to leave her childhood there in korea, he reconnected her with a part of herself she left back in korea,it's about complex emotions,you clearly didn't get the movie
@@Stephensouraski - what type of adolescent question is that? It's almost as if you missed the entire point of the film. 🤣
sorry to say but Kristen was definitely not the one to watch this movie with lol.
omg fr
This is not a romantic movie- this about people having to let go- one of the best drama in 2023
Kristen sucked the magic right out of it lol of course it's awkward and it's not practical but it's honest coming from 2 completely different backgrounds. It's not the same kind of love at all but there is love there regardless of what arrangements you have in the current moment.
I love this movie. I think it really reflects that life goes on for people even after these big moments. They needed closure after having so many what ifs and were able to reflect on themselves as people. Nora feels stuck between two cultures but knows she loves her husband, she just has to let her emotions out. Haesung also needed closure after having this idea of a little girl he knew a long time ago being ripped out of his life.
For the husband, Nora is someone who stays. For haesung, Nora is someone who leaves. Both co-exist
They were just acquaintance though, its really creepy. Imagine finding someone you barely knew in middle school and stocking them.
@@Stephensouraski *stalking
@@Stephensouraski STFO
That was one of the best endings to a movie I have seen in a long time. Loved this movie
I had the opportunity to watch this film in the cinema upon its release earlier this year and have subsequently rewatched it quite a few times and seen many interviews of the director and writer Celine Song. This film is a story about closures and goodbyes. It is a story of the multiple lives that immigrants live, how they have a life now and a life they left behind with possibilities and what ifs; scenarios that may have played out differently had they stayed back in their country of origin. Nora has a new life in the US with her husband and has become a Korean American, but she tells Hae Sung that the little girl he knew as Na Young does not exist here in America. Nora left her behind in Korea. However, Nora never had closure with that past life of hers and breaks down at the end after Hae Sung leaves almost grieving in closure for that little girl and that past life. She says goodbye twice, once when she first leaves Korea and then again at the end as a final closure on that part of her life. This film is far deeper than ideas of infidelity or unresolved love. This film as the title suggests delves into the multiple lives that one can live in a lifetime and how we sometimes need to grieve the loss of a past life. This film particularly hit me hard as I am an immigrant who had to leave my country for personal reasons and often wonder what life would have been had I stayed back. Celine Song is addressing a more poignant theme in this film and preconceived notions of the viewers must be set aside in order to take in the idea that Past Lives is exploring.
I know exactly what you mean.
As an immigrant to Canada who left my home country at 14, and has lived here for 15 years, this movie hits home for me too. I mean apart from the childhood sweetheart story- I don’t have that- but just her perspective & how she relates to people from back home who never lived outside of the country. I relate to the line when she said he’s so “korean-korean”, and that sometimes she feels less Korean and other times more Korean than him. I feel the same way whenever I go back to my home country to visit family & friends there whom I have kept very close communications with thanks to social media. I guess that’s what u call an identity crisis? I don’t quite feel like I can 100% relate to people back home (as I have developed western ideologies which they don’t), but at the same time, I also can’t relate to the people here in Canada (as I am still deeply rooted to my culture). I am somewhere in between. And the only ppl who I can relate too are the Asian Canadian immigrants like myself.
I see it a bit differently. "Nora" was never that little girl. She knew she was destined for a life bigger than Korea. That is why she didn't recognize Hae Sung's crush on her and she said and did things that unintentionally hurt him. As an adult she realized his love for her and it stirred similar emotions in her that she never felt for Arthur. But she knew that she would never go back to Korea and Hae Sung would never fit in NYC, so she had to follow her head instead of her heart.
@@MarkGarrett that’s a good analysis of the story! 💕
Kristen is getting COOKED in the comments😂😂😂
Wow... comment section did not pass the vibe check. I love this movie. It's not about cheating. I suck at explaining but you guys can check out analysis by Like Stories of Old and Truest Picture because they explained it so well on what Past Lives is about.
32:30 OMG JUST SHUT UP ALREADY KRISTEN- The most precious conversation of the movie ruined for Achara. I get you a different opinion but save it till the end and not ruin another person's experience please
Wow….. this comment section was shocking, a lot of people not getting the movie
Doesn't surprise me that Kirsten doesn't know any man like Arthur. Everytime whe opens her mouth it's just hundreds of red flags coming out. Any person like Arthur would never talk to someone like that.
She wasn't in love with him. She missed who she was as a 12 year old and needed to say goodbye to her 12 year old self...and she didn't know she needed to do that. 😢
I disagree. I think she had strong feelings for him but knew they could never be together.
As a 12 year old she was selfish and said and did things that hurt Hae Sung. As an adult she matured to understand that and came to appreciate how dedicated to her he had always been. This is what stirred her heart.
Lol everyone is just projecting their own shit onto the movie thinking they understand it better 😂😂😂
I’m sorry but Kristen was the wrong person to react with this movie. Half of the times she’s too loud and laughing through sensitive scenes and literally not even looking at the screen. Achara was so serious looking at the movie and Kristen is just laughing her ass how going on tangents and challenging the movie instead of experience it. You don’t need to see the extension of the story, time jumping another 20 years and showing the leads kids? That’s unnecessary to this story of the 3 leads.
Totally. It's a quiet movie that kinda requires quiet watching, I guess.
This film broke me. I cried. I grew up with a best friend, from kindergarten to 5th grade, then he suddenly moved out of the US b/c his mom wanted pursue her career dream. He never left my thoughts. There were 2 moments where he randomly called, but each call was disconnected after a few minutes. He came back when I was in 11th grade, but I wasn't the same. I was a figure he looked up to, but I felt I had betrayed my past self when he visited as I started smoking pot and drinking, whereas he was still the same. We are both hetero males, so I can't fathom the pain of Celine, and especially Teo Yoo's character, as they were not only just friends, but had that spark of romantic feelings for each other. Good news is that we're still friends today. He's successful as hell, and I'm mediocre, which created a divide for a period, but the divide has recently quelled.
The other aspect that broke me was I know what it feels like to lose, who I thought was my soulmate, to someone else, now married. We were best friends before being in a relationship. Even after things ended, we randomly saw each other, and I mean RANDOM. I saw her at a strip club; I went b/c my friend wanted to cheer me up, she went for a co-worker's birthday party. I ran into her in a different city in the exact same bar. Then we ended up in the same elevator, and I scrounged up the courage to talk to her after I got out, and the doors shut mid sentence. I'm pathetic. Then after she was married, the last time I ever saw her...her car pulled up next to mine at a red light. My car in the right lane, her's in the left. We looked at each other briefly, then the light turned green and we both went in opposite directions. I never looked so long in my rearview mirror while driving.
Kristen’s reaction is the worst reaction to a movie i’ve ever freaking seen.
i feel so bad for Achara. she was being vulnerable and Kristen had to ruin that moment too.
A film doesn't have to be liked by everyone just because it's sad or because you personally liked it. Every individual has their own perspective on everything in the world. You have no right to say that someone is lacking something just because their perspective doesn't align with yours.
People want to see the reaction that matches their own. And these same people talk about maturity. Grow up!
All in all, i'm with Kristen on this one.
Gawd! Kristen was an awful audience to this movie. It’s not her fault tho. It’s Jaby's fault that he thought she could be a good choice for this movie.
OMG YES!!!! The part that got me wasn't even in this reaction. It was the 'one who leaves' and 'one who stays' part.
i thought before watching this reaction that the comments must have been way too harsh on kristen, who i normally love. they werent lol. (well some comments were, of course, thats the internet but still).
Kristen is writing her own A24 Movie on the side reacting to this lol
A24🤣🤣 More like Columbia.
love how you just yap through the climax of the movie. good work yall.
Goodness. I would go mad if someone kept talking like that. Kristen literally wasn’t invested in the movie from the start. Two people reactors are better suited for comedies.
Nunca he estado tan en desacuerdo con las conclusiones de otra persona al final de una pelicula. Me alegra y aprecio peliculas reales, fuera de los cliches de holliwood y su facil romanticismo... Esta es una de las mejores ppeliculas del 2023
I think someones enjoyment and understanding of this movie really depends on what you bring to it. if you've ever been in a similar situation you might enjoy it but if you've never had a relationship or situation like this in your life you probably won't appreciate the ending as much.
This movie just reminded me how beautiful Seoul is.
Kirsten was a bit too comical for this type of movie. What makes this film so great is the intensity of the unspoken scenes... the melancholism at the end is what makes this a great film when all parties realize they're closing a chapter of their lives. Closure is not always happy, it's not always easy. I think Achara understood this better and as a result was able to enjoy and relate to this film much better.
I love this film, my fave film of this year. That last scenes broke my heart into pieces 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
7:16 I can’t type in Bengali. It takes forever to type 3 words. Also, it’s not a language a lot of us have experience on the keyboard.
this movie is amazing what is the problem with this comment section…yall have no taste.
Imaging a guy you barely know in middle school stocking you while you are married. You have no taste. Unless you like that kind of stuff.
@@Stephensouraskidid you watch the movie, they didn’t just know each other from middle school
What is YOUR problem? You're telling me that a married woman spending a day with an almost complete stranger who's been stalking her for years is tasteful? Lmao this movie was clearly made for such delusional women then. There is absolutely NOTHING romantic about a guy you lost contact with 24 years ago travelling to meet you and insisting on spending time with you despite you being married. It's creepy.
Holy shit I was going to give Kristen the benefit of the doubt, but she was a bit too much. Especially at the end.
Hi Kristen and Achara ... The ending was little bit of a miss .. So .. OK, before the Uber comes there was this painfully long silent stare .. where for 8 seconds they just stare directly to each other ... I'm saying at least hug, kiss ... say something ... but NOT. But it recovers for me at the end where shockingly she just painfully cries in the arms of Arthur. My first thought was that in the Bar Scene, NORA claims that she is no longer that little girl ( that cries like a cry baby ) , but at the end when she finally Cries ... then at the end ... Nora "Is" that little girl that loves Hae Sung and innocently claims " I will Marry him someday". What a great ending .. Celine Song and Greta Lee pulls out the 3 point winning basket at the end ( using little Hae Song's Basketball )
Right? she IS that little girl.
Which means that she was lying the whole time in the bar and to her husband when they were in bed.
It is like: In another moment, in another place, in another life, we be happy together. And they understand that, because is not about love, is about something else, is about connection.
I feel like Achara and Kristen are right here, it depends on the how much they are crossing the lines. But majority of the relationship will end up cheating. So can't trust anybody.
I know this lead actress from Jordon Peele's "Twilight Zone" season 2 last episode finale
I loved your reaction 😊 I love sad movies, but I must say that this movie was too sad for me. One of the best movies I have been watched. Great 50 minutes of review, I'm happy that I watched you both 😊
OMG OMG OMG OMG 8 loved watching this in the theatre. Such fun! Also, Bébé Nora and Bébé Hae-sung deserve a separate recognition for their lovely performance.
This is quite possibly one of the most obnoxious reactions I've seen to this movie (or really in general) This may not be a movie that everyone understands but there doesn't seem to be any need for Kristen to be so disrespectful while watching it 🤷
If you want a what Kristen wants check out the 2023 K-drama 'Call It Love'. It gives you 16 hours of feelings like this film and then has 'that ending' she wanted.
I'm sorry but Kristen ruined this reaction : (
She didn’t get it. There was an ending.
not yall eating kristen up 💀😂
Deserved tho lol
I liked this movie, especially the realistic ending, but i had higher expectations idk why. I guess it’s one of those movies that hit harder after you have reached a certain age and you have more what ifs and could have been(s) and alternate life paths to wonder about.
Watch 2018 #Indian movie - "96" ❤❤❤.
Similar story & concept, but in the perspective of the male lead. Very sweet and emotional story. I'm sure u will love 96, even more than #PastLives
Kristen was absolutely not the right audience for this movie lmao 😂. I was annoyed at her reaction, but the good thing is she did make things lighten up for Achara 😁, like a good friend.
Greta's taste in movies is like being served a plate of candy. Generic, one dimensional, and in your face
Achara taste in movies is like being served a plate of sushi. Appreciation for the complexity in what looks simple.
Really would've loved for Achara to expand on her thoughts with this one instead of being interrupted with the "I can't believe it wasn't a happy ending" dialogue from Greta.
@kristen I wanted to like your reaction but you talked way unnecessarily during the movie especially during very important scenes..ruined this reaction video for me
Exactly Jaby or Achara need to do a better job on knowing which reactors and suited for certain genres of movie. Put Kristen in a mass masala action comedy entertainer, or Horror. Not in an A24 Oscar Drama movie.
Everything new is well-forgotten old.
Sorry to say that Kristen but you rly ruined the experience for a lot of ppl watching this reaction video. You acted so immature and detached throughout the movie that at some point I was enjoying those little moments where you didnt speak at all.
Great reaction!!
My god, I hated the way the woman in black interpreted the film, as if it were some cheap "they will cheat" story
Why does the girl on the right talk through the entire heartbreaking finale??
Kristen was not right choice for this movie reaction.She was so extra. Keep chirping went she needs to keep shut. There were many scenes where it requires silence.
I'm doing the watchalong via your patreon. And I gotta say, I just stopped it about 45 min in and just watched this reaction. 😅
It was such a snails pace type of drama. I get what they were going for, but I started getting antsy with all the staring and silence. I think this is the first full reaction I gave up on lol
edit: the movie, not your guys' reactions 😅 just to make clear.
Kristen has the American view of marriage.
A little better than the movie 96,
96 has very catchy and touching music and Vijay sethupathy
Also make kristen react to 96 she definitely cry like a baby
It’s ’Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ meets ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ meets ‘Hum Tum’. It did feel very familiar BUT yet it’s an entity of its own especially with the opening moment.
The approach is so much better though,it's beautiful
I was thinking it was closer to the Tamil movie 96 (2018). I highly recommend it (Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha are the 2 leads).
The girl on the right needs to stop watching movies cause wtf was she talking about at the end 💀
you needs to stop wasting your time on watching reaction because wtf your commenting
WHY OH WHY DIDN'T ACHARA WATCH THIS WITH JABY INSTEAD?
Those cry babies would have cried their eyes out 😂😂
We would have seen it on the thumbnail even before watching the video 😂😂
Kristen is too logical for a silly movie like this
I thought it would be much more hitting than 96 (Indian Movie), there were similarities but i cried in 96 twice.
She said goodbye to the old crybaby her. Then let out the crybaby to her new husband who hadn’t known that side before.
This was a beautiful movie. So well made and so many great performances.
it is a gross story about how a self center woman cheat... and justify herself
5:58 Conscription doesn’t work for every country though.
React to 'Talk To Me' another A24 Classic
the friend who laughs at EVERYTHING.........annoying af
I absolutely loved this. It's in my top five films of this year easily.
I frigging love Kristen for her reaction 😂😂😂
I mean I already loved her but I love her even more now. She's proven that she actually uses her brain when watching movies and is not just some emotional cry baby who cries at any emotional scene regardless of how dumb the movie is. Those criticizing her in the comments are just emotional intellectually lethargic people who can only appreciate dumb movies.
This movie is so silly and so unrealistic yet to those who like it think it's so true to life. If you used even 3% of your brain you'd have seen the movie for what it truly was.
ok the blonde girl please take several seats and go watch the transformers or fast and furious
She wanted to get married to Arthur anyway achara is right
I presume it's hard to find a great guy in LA, Achara
I cried at the ending 😢
i wanted Kristen to talk less. i waited but to no avail
Kristen talked so much it ruined the sad moment
Please react to In the mood for love...
I love your guys reaction but I dont think you understood the theme or the meaning of this movie like what it was trying to tell completely bounced off you….
More reactions with Steph please. Achara and steph - the best combo.
She is blonde, thats it
Achara God of war 3 story reaction when ? 🥺
This film destroyed me. It's awesome in a very sad way 😢
Kristen, you should never do a serious film again
It waa artists retreat
I love this movie, and I loved the ending, but I also have to say that there's no right or wrong way to react emotionally to a film or story. I wish people could be kinder, in that both women came from an honest place in their reactions, and just because my own reaction was closer to Achara's doesn't give me the right to disrespect Kristen's. Let's aim to be more understanding and gentle, kind of like Arthur.
Kristen is a CHILD.
Do "Didi"
For me 96>>>>>>Past lives
That girl needs some dosis of real life.
Kristen clearly hasnt seen la la land or the before trilogy
Lol the women in this comment section are delusional af. There is NOTHING romantic about a guy you lost contact with 24 years ago travelling 13 hours to see you and insisting on spending time with you despite you being married. It is instead extremely creepy.
This is clearly a fairytale story. No husband, no matter how good he is, would ever allow his wife to spend a day with her childhood crush that the husband doesn't even know and has never met.
This is my last time commenting since y’all are intentionally missing the point.
1. Their last time communicating wasn’t 24 years ago, I feel like you skipped the middle of the movie when they went back to communicating with each other. Regardless of that people to rekindle friendships after not speaking for a while, it is a real thing that happens in the real word💀
2. Aside from that fact, that wasn’t the point. This is life story about 2 people who grew apart and found each other again. You know life isn’t as straightforward like most movies and it’s more complicated like the story told in this movie, it’s meant to be more realistic. It’s not your typical “romance” movie and nobody is endorsing cheating on your spouse
@@sophia21s
1) They texted and shared a few video calls 12 years after their last meeting and ended communication. He then returns 12 years later to meet her. HIGHLY unlikely and suspicious. Lol any real man who did that would so obviously be called an obsessive stalker, like have women lost their minds to say otherwise?
2) They still never met physically before, she had no idea what he was like. No reason for a married woman to reconcile with someone like that.
3) Emotional cheating is also cheating. She obviously showed feelings towards Hae Sung, that alone is very disheartening for the husband. How was the husband to feel any different than being a roadblock between the two of them through his marriage? Any real man would be devastated after that, wondering if his wife ever truly loved him or did she really just marry him for green card. The movie is written by a woman who is trying her best to justify emotional cheating. There was nothing romantic about this movie, it was purely creepy and disheartening solely for the husband. The two leads were so self-centered and so indifferent to the husband's feelings.
@@HarryK-ld2ed you’re acting like the communication aspect wasn’t mutual or reciprocal, this isn’t a stalker story. And like I said before cut they’re not justifying anything, just telling a life story, it’s as simple as that. We weren’t supposed to be rooting against the husband, he was mature enough to know what needed to be done
@@sophia21s Mature enough? He practically allowed the most immature things to happen, like letting his wife spend time with a stranger (for him) that she seemed to have feelings for. That isn't maturity.
The film sets an unrealistic standard for husbands in women's minds that men should just be "mature" and let their wives hangout with other guys because they're "friends". Cause travelling 13 hours to a foreign country to meet someone you last met when you were 12 years old and on a date is TOTALLY a "friend" thing to do. Such bs.
@@HarryK-ld2eddid someone hurt you like this in real life 😂 the whole comment section is filled with your flawed review. If you're American you probably wouldn't understand how it is for immigrants , anything that reminds you of your past and roots means so much more in that context, the love she had for him need not be romantic, I feel the hugs they shared also seemed pretty platonic, throughout the movie she shares everything with her husband , you are looking at it from a very black and white lense. Things are always either wrong or right. They literally showed them connecting over Skype later on,it's a movie , they're not gonna show them talking to each other for half an hour for your understanding, she even has a small breakdown when she tells him to take a break. For someone who's only real relationship has been in long distance it was very believable.
Lesson to self: don’t watch an emotional movie with your golden retriever 😂 She’s adorably happy, but can’t comprehend the complexity of human dilemma and emotions.
So happy you guys watched it. Not enough people reacting to this amazing film.
Where's god of war 3 reaction