Sorry for the delay! I was quite sick for some time, but now I’m fortunately much better. Would love to discuss Under The Skin with you, this movie is fantastic!
The woman in the beginning wasn’t a human victim, she was an alien hunter that’d failed their mission by letting human emotion in. Also, I don’t think she was dead, more so paralyzed by sadness after letting emotion in (hence the tear). Scarlet is then set to replace her but ultimately ends up meeting the same fate by becoming overcome with emotion. The biker is her handler, he regularly inspects her to check for this emotion.
Yes. Its almost as if they know that it will eventually happen. The alien/women are there to harvest men for meat, but they are also being treated as nothing more than disposable/livestock themselves.
I'm a new father of a child not much older than the one left on that beach in this film, I gotta admit, that sequence really shook me and it stayed with me for days, and even troubled my sleep for the first night. I don't know that it would have impacted me the same way had I not been a father, it made me come face to face with a fear I didn't know I had. To me it was the most horrifying moment of the film.
It might be the most disturbing scene I can think of. I had a toddler at the time and felt physically ill. At the same time, the intensity was raw, stripped of sentimentality. It might be my favorite film.
I've never had children, but that is still the creepiest, most disturbing scene I have seen in any movie! The matter of fact way it was portrayed was chilling.
Oh, that's really an interesting thought, and not to take anything away from Peele, either. I thought Get Out was one of the best horror films of recent years.
Loved the movie too though have to admit there were parts that escaped me. Given you analysis I am eager to watch it again. Thanks nice job on the movie review.
I'm totally with you, I was also unclear on the storyline and meaning at first. It was the visuals and the mystique of the performances that really drew me back to rewatch it. I think you'll love it even more, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you!!
Good Review!! The scene where the guy gets his soul sucked out of him suddenly in the void made me jump out of my seat! Thank you from Denver North Carolina
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The first "dead woman" as you call her is not human. Is the previous alien Laura is replacing. Apparently, she also failed by develipong empathy (simbolozed by her tear).
Classic less is more. Finally watched it on Blu-ray today... and for the 1st time I got something very quickly; IF you have the subtitles on, you wont get the beginning, were she learn "proper English". On the bus, the driver speaks with such an accent that Scarlett doesnt understand anything. It's an interesting choice, if I had removed the subtitles, I would feel just as alien as she is. It's a brilliant movie, where the director have no intention to explain everything. She is made as a siren, and the movie can be a symbol for the male nature. Or not. Who knows? I really love it never explain what happens to the men, and the ending is crystal clear, if you follow what happens when Scarlett arrives. Who was the biker? Her boss? Ah, who cares. Probably Scarletts best performance, just body language
Great video! I think you missed a step in the rescue scene. The wetsuit guy was saving the husband/father who was saving the wife/mother who was saving the family dog. All family drown leaving their baby on the beach. Wetsuit guy gets taken by alien.
Yeah I simplified that part a little too much (it likely has more thematic significance than I credited it for, as you mentioned that chain of sacrifice, thanks for bringing that up). And I’m glad you enjoyed! Thank you so much!!
Thank you this was literally the most confusing part of the movie for me I didn’t realize who the baby was I guess I missed the dog and the mother. Should probably rewatch .
I thought the darkness in the scenes where the victims were encaptured also embodied how the victims went blind for any dangers or red flags in their pursuit of physical affection.
Ive watched several reviews on this movie and yours is the only one that re-examines who the woman at the beginning is and why she's there to begin with. Is she an abductee? Is she one of them? If so, is she being replaced? Is she crying and why is that important? Good job, man!
Pretty sure she's just the previous clone/alien and has succumbed to developing human emotions and tried to escape and was killed. Scarlett is her replacement which is why he examines her at several points checking for any signs of her developing empathy.
Thank you so much! I was just like you about the beginning-end juxtaposition, it was only once I started outlining the analysis that I noticed that that it all loops around, which was so clever by the filmmaker. And I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you so much for watching! Plenty more to come!!
I read in some places the woman who’s clothes are taken off in the beginning was a previous alien automaton(I personally have a theory that the motorcycle dudes are actual aliens and scarjo’s character was manufactured but still alien to humans) that failed. That she experienced humanity the same way before being shut down or whatever. And the reason the motorcycle dude keeps looking into scarjo’s eyes is to check her “experience through perception” because the last one failed.
Yes the motorcyclist is her alien overseer. In the book the female alien has to report to him. Although the book is very different and its set on a farm with him being disguised as a farmer.
Great analysis, I'd like to add - In the end scene - the trucker is dressed, in 2 types of high vis, like a dangerous creature in nature, like a wasp or poison dart frog. And I find it a strange twist at the end - he changes roles - when he realises his victim is some sort of abomination, and burns her to death
Thank you for a great review! I only wish you could mention more about the original book and differences between the book and the movie. For some reason this movie reminded me of Melancholy by Lars von Trier. I agree 100% about emotional pressure on women and high beauty standards. And this women's greatest fear of aging and not being able to meet these high standards... 😢
This was one of the freakiest movies I’ve seen especially since Scarlets Johansson seemed so surreal in this role! The first time a24 started to become more known in the cinema world of horror/sci-fi . I’d love to see what your thoughts are on The Holy Mountain by alejandro jordowsky. Glad to see you back Lucas! Need to link up
That's super interesting, I didn't know this was one of the breakouts for A24. It's well deserved, and I'm really glad I've been able to go back into A24's catalogue, since all of their films are so thought-provoking. And thank you man, I'm really glad to be back and feeling better. I'll send you an email tonight! Thanks again!!
The sound design is especially important. If you note even at the beginning, the unfastenin of the belt buckle while taking the clothes of the woman on the ground, to the muffled and stifled sounds within the van. The van is her UFO she abducts men into, and siren-calls them into utter doom. I can’t and won’t explain it as well as another old review of this movie did, not my own thoughts, but it makes so much more sense. It does it much more justice watching these videos after a fresh watch of a film.
The woman in the begining could be an alien hunter that has either gone rogue, as Johansson's character OR been attacked (as was Johansson). I offer the second idea since her body is found by the side of the road off an embankment. Maybe she ran off (as Johansson when abandoning her van), or she was tossed out of a car, attacked, and left to die. Does it matter? In the end, not really. She still arrives to the same realization of feeling (tears) as Johansson's character. Hey, wanted to add, this is my introduction to your channel, and I just subscribed. Thank you for the content.
Seen this film years ago and I thought it was quite good.. bizarre, but really unique. Scarlett's best role, imo and she looks absolutely beautiful in the role.
This is great. I think it’s possible the director tapped into what the almost daily life of a young woman is like (nearly all girls are groped before 12 years old, and 3 out of 5 women are assaulted or coerced into sex at least once). Later, women reach menopause, and many describe living a second life, devalued on several levels, but at least in less fear of assault. I would like to believe more men have tried to meditate on that some and empathize with how that must feel. When I saw this film I couldn't help but feel the symbolism. I thought it was also interesting that her original skin was black, I think that was symbolic too, based on other studies of dark skinned organisms in horror sci-fi (Alien, Predator, etc.). If she had been light skinned would the logger have kept her alive and around longer?
Dang it! I watched this Friday night and was so confused I hated it. After watching your video analysis, I now think it is a brilliant movie and will watch it again. I do think it is amazing that I could see this young lady naked and not see it as purely gratuitous movie sexuality like so many other series or movies. I had no idea this is the same actress that plays a super hero in Marvel movies. Thank you for this work! Great job!
I think you over analysed it at the end, its not about how women are objectfied/treated based on beauty, more just how life is brutal and eventually you can't escape that. In the book it says that these alien women are part of a lower class on a planet where there is a huge gap between rich and poor, and they volunteer to come to earth believing its a way to escape their situation. As its sold as being a good opportunity or alternative to a life of working low paid menial/manual tasks.
I don’t think your take on “societal pressure and female beauty” has anything to do with the overarching meaning of the film. And that is what it means to be human, not just the female sex of humanity.
Those who love this film are quick to say, as if saying this means it is inconsequential... but of course we are not told what is going on.... so great that we must use our imaginatuin to fill in all the blanks ect. ect. Seinfeld had touted his show was... About nothing...and Under The Skin mimics that Seinfeld credo. Two hours about nothing, Except for all those using their imagination to come up with...you guessed it...everything. A surefire example of the "you just didn't understand it" crowd.
I just watch the entire movie but did not really enjoy it but finished it to give it a chance to persuade me otherwise. The disturbing scene with the couple at the beach, pissed me off and sadden me, it was quite disturbing, because they had an infant there and they both die and so does the baby because the mother tried to save the dog. The newscast lets you know that the tide ended up taking the baby also because it was missing, and they only found was the dad's body. That baby was dependent on it parents for it care in an isolated area and safety and to make good decisions. Mom should not have tried to save dog and dad (it sad to say) should not have gone into water to save mom the water was too rough. Saw some in the comment read the book and that the only way someone could make hide and tail of this movie. At first, I thought she was getting them for their skin but when she was still taking the disfigure guy, I was like are they going to use him for parts, since she focused on his hands. Thanks for reading the Google explanation it wraps it up really well that she just processing meat for consumption. but in the comments, I did find some interesting information. It did not change my mind about not liking it. One thing was curious for me why did the aliens really care if the person did not live with someone or have family, wouldn't they just be missing? And the guy that took her in did not look for her nor inquire why she did not have a vagina, he just hit a wall? I would love to claim my time back that it took to watch the movie.
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A good analysis. On unintellectual level I'm in complete accord with it. But the film left me cold. I really disliked it. Its vision was just too bleak for me.
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Sorry for the delay! I was quite sick for some time, but now I’m fortunately much better. Would love to discuss Under The Skin with you, this movie is fantastic!
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The woman in the beginning wasn’t a human victim, she was an alien hunter that’d failed their mission by letting human emotion in. Also, I don’t think she was dead, more so paralyzed by sadness after letting emotion in (hence the tear). Scarlet is then set to replace her but ultimately ends up meeting the same fate by becoming overcome with emotion. The biker is her handler, he regularly inspects her to check for this emotion.
Yes. Its almost as if they know that it will eventually happen. The alien/women are there to harvest men for meat, but they are also being treated as nothing more than disposable/livestock themselves.
12:45 he said that
The biker is her handler, her pimp
Yea I tried to explain this to a friend who thought she was a random woman kidnapped
I'm a new father of a child not much older than the one left on that beach in this film, I gotta admit, that sequence really shook me and it stayed with me for days, and even troubled my sleep for the first night. I don't know that it would have impacted me the same way had I not been a father, it made me come face to face with a fear I didn't know I had. To me it was the most horrifying moment of the film.
Its just a movie bro
@@simracingchannel7691 no shit Sherlock, it just hit a chord which is what good filmmaking does. Have you never been moved by a movie before?
It might be the most disturbing scene I can think of. I had a toddler at the time and felt physically ill. At the same time, the intensity was raw, stripped of sentimentality. It might be my favorite film.
I've never had children, but that is still the creepiest, most disturbing scene I have seen in any movie! The matter of fact way it was portrayed was chilling.
It was tough to watch
I have a feeling that Jordan Peele got the idea for " the sunken place" from this movie i could be wrong but seems right on point
Oh, that's really an interesting thought, and not to take anything away from Peele, either. I thought Get Out was one of the best horror films of recent years.
The way that people were digested by the alien in Peele's Nope is also similar to the "processing" of her victims in the dark liquid in this movie
Loved the movie too though have to admit there were parts that escaped me. Given you analysis I am eager to watch it again. Thanks nice job on the movie review.
I'm totally with you, I was also unclear on the storyline and meaning at first. It was the visuals and the mystique of the performances that really drew me back to rewatch it. I think you'll love it even more, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you!!
Good Review!! The scene where the guy gets his soul sucked out of him suddenly in the void made me jump out of my seat!
Thank you from Denver North Carolina
Only the truly introspective, intellectual individuals appreciate movies like this. This was an awesome movie, and was grossly unappreciated.
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That was excellent. Your choices even with this and Sacred Deer tell me I'm going to enjoy your picks. We get to see enough off the film to get satisfaction if we've seen it, yet not enough to spoil it if we haven't. I can tell you're a genuine lover of intelligent films. Subscribed.
The first "dead woman" as you call her is not human. Is the previous alien Laura is replacing. Apparently, she also failed by develipong empathy (simbolozed by her tear).
I think you are correct
Classic less is more. Finally watched it on Blu-ray today... and for the 1st time I got something very quickly; IF you have the subtitles on, you wont get the beginning, were she learn "proper English". On the bus, the driver speaks with such an accent that Scarlett doesnt understand anything. It's an interesting choice, if I had removed the subtitles, I would feel just as alien as she is. It's a brilliant movie, where the director have no intention to explain everything. She is made as a siren, and the movie can be a symbol for the male nature. Or not. Who knows? I really love it never explain what happens to the men, and the ending is crystal clear, if you follow what happens when Scarlett arrives. Who was the biker? Her boss? Ah, who cares. Probably Scarletts best performance, just body language
Thank you so much for covering this amazing movie!
My pleasure, thank you so much for watching!!
Great video! I think you missed a step in the rescue scene. The wetsuit guy was saving the husband/father who was saving the wife/mother who was saving the family dog. All family drown leaving their baby on the beach. Wetsuit guy gets taken by alien.
Yeah I simplified that part a little too much (it likely has more thematic significance than I credited it for, as you mentioned that chain of sacrifice, thanks for bringing that up). And I’m glad you enjoyed! Thank you so much!!
Thank you this was literally the most confusing part of the movie for me I didn’t realize who the baby was I guess I missed the dog and the mother. Should probably rewatch .
I thought the darkness in the scenes where the victims were encaptured also embodied how the victims went blind for any dangers or red flags in their pursuit of physical affection.
It’s just a movie bro
Ive watched several reviews on this movie and yours is the only one that re-examines who the woman at the beginning is and why she's there to begin with. Is she an abductee? Is she one of them? If so, is she being replaced? Is she crying and why is that important? Good job, man!
Pretty sure she's just the previous clone/alien and has succumbed to developing human emotions and tried to escape and was killed. Scarlett is her replacement which is why he examines her at several points checking for any signs of her developing empathy.
Just a fabulous review, how did I miss the juxtaposition from beginning to end ? ! And great postulate about the victim. Subd!
Thank you so much! I was just like you about the beginning-end juxtaposition, it was only once I started outlining the analysis that I noticed that that it all loops around, which was so clever by the filmmaker. And I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you so much for watching! Plenty more to come!!
The fact they shot much of it around Glasgow, Scotland (Depressing looking place and a hell hole) just ads to its unerving atmosphere.
I read in some places the woman who’s clothes are taken off in the beginning was a previous alien automaton(I personally have a theory that the motorcycle dudes are actual aliens and scarjo’s character was manufactured but still alien to humans) that failed. That she experienced humanity the same way before being shut down or whatever. And the reason the motorcycle dude keeps looking into scarjo’s eyes is to check her “experience through perception” because the last one failed.
Yes the motorcyclist is her alien overseer. In the book the female alien has to report to him. Although the book is very different and its set on a farm with him being disguised as a farmer.
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Omg thank you so much! Maybe one day, but creating itself is so much fun. So happy to hear you enjoyed!!
Great analysis, I'd like to add - In the end scene - the trucker is dressed, in 2 types of high vis, like a dangerous creature in nature, like a wasp or poison dart frog. And I find it a strange twist at the end - he changes roles - when he realises his victim is some sort of abomination, and burns her to death
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Thank you for a great review! I only wish you could mention more about the original book and differences between the book and the movie. For some reason this movie reminded me of Melancholy by Lars von Trier. I agree 100% about emotional pressure on women and high beauty standards. And this women's greatest fear of aging and not being able to meet these high standards... 😢
This was one of the freakiest movies I’ve seen especially since Scarlets Johansson seemed so surreal in this role! The first time a24 started to become more known in the cinema world of horror/sci-fi . I’d love to see what your thoughts are on The Holy Mountain by alejandro jordowsky. Glad to see you back Lucas! Need to link up
That's super interesting, I didn't know this was one of the breakouts for A24. It's well deserved, and I'm really glad I've been able to go back into A24's catalogue, since all of their films are so thought-provoking. And thank you man, I'm really glad to be back and feeling better. I'll send you an email tonight! Thanks again!!
Jonathan Glazer has another A24 film coming out in December (maybe??) called The Zone of Interest.
Your review is amazing dude
Thank you so much my friend, I’m so glad you enjoyed!!
The sound design is especially important. If you note even at the beginning, the unfastenin of the belt buckle while taking the clothes of the woman on the ground, to the muffled and stifled sounds within the van. The van is her UFO she abducts men into, and siren-calls them into utter doom. I can’t and won’t explain it as well as another old review of this movie did, not my own thoughts, but it makes so much more sense.
It does it much more justice watching these videos after a fresh watch of a film.
The woman in the begining could be an alien hunter that has either gone rogue, as Johansson's character OR been attacked (as was Johansson). I offer the second idea since her body is found by the side of the road off an embankment. Maybe she ran off (as Johansson when abandoning her van), or she was tossed out of a car, attacked, and left to die. Does it matter? In the end, not really. She still arrives to the same realization of feeling (tears) as Johansson's character.
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Seen this film years ago and I thought it was quite good.. bizarre, but really unique. Scarlett's best role, imo and she looks absolutely beautiful in the role.
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This is great. I think it’s possible the director tapped into what the almost daily life of a young woman is like (nearly all girls are groped before 12 years old, and 3 out of 5 women are assaulted or coerced into sex at least once). Later, women reach menopause, and many describe living a second life, devalued on several levels, but at least in less fear of assault. I would like to believe more men have tried to meditate on that some and empathize with how that must feel. When I saw this film I couldn't help but feel the symbolism. I thought it was also interesting that her original skin was black, I think that was symbolic too, based on other studies of dark skinned organisms in horror sci-fi (Alien, Predator, etc.). If she had been light skinned would the logger have kept her alive and around longer?
Watched it for the third time last night, bought the blueray. Starts off not happy, and then gets less happier.
Dang it! I watched this Friday night and was so confused I hated it. After watching your video analysis, I now think it is a brilliant movie and will watch it again. I do think it is amazing that I could see this young lady naked and not see it as purely gratuitous movie sexuality like so many other series or movies. I had no idea this is the same actress that plays a super hero in Marvel movies. Thank you for this work! Great job!
My wife also believes that the first gal was an alien.
Thank you for explaining this. I just started studying film and I didn't understand this at all.
So glad you're getting into it and it's so great that I can help in any way. All the best with your learning journey, thanks so much for watching!!
funny. alien becomes human for 2 days and discovers how terrible it really is
I think you over analysed it at the end, its not about how women are objectfied/treated based on beauty, more just how life is brutal and eventually you can't escape that. In the book it says that these alien women are part of a lower class on a planet where there is a huge gap between rich and poor, and they volunteer to come to earth believing its a way to escape their situation. As its sold as being a good opportunity or alternative to a life of working low paid menial/manual tasks.
but its not the book. its the movie which is clearly about women.
@@dm-qy3yu Regardless of whether its the book or film its about an alien.
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When I was watching the end of the film I thought "so even a female alien can't escape from being r4p3d" it is a tragedy
No one ever mentions the baby seated in her back seat after she leaves the beach.
I thought she left the baby on the beach
@@deankruse2891 She does, thats why you see it still there later at night.
This movie is a real 💎.
Yes very much a gem, I'm so glad it was suggested to me by so many. Thank you for watching!!
@@lucasblue20 keep these videos coming !
Have you read the book?
I don’t think your take on “societal pressure and female beauty” has anything to do with the overarching meaning of the film. And that is what it means to be human, not just the female sex of humanity.
Loved the movie, totally F'd up...
Those who love this film are quick to say, as if saying this means it is inconsequential... but of course we are not told what is going on.... so great that we must use our imaginatuin to fill in all the blanks ect. ect. Seinfeld had touted his show was... About nothing...and Under The Skin mimics that Seinfeld credo. Two hours about nothing, Except for all those using their imagination to come up with...you guessed it...everything. A surefire example of the "you just didn't understand it" crowd.
It still feels they only made the movie to show Scarlett Johansson naked.
I just watch the entire movie but did not really enjoy it but finished it to give it a chance to persuade me otherwise. The disturbing scene with the couple at the beach, pissed me off and sadden me, it was quite disturbing, because they had an infant there and they both die and so does the baby because the mother tried to save the dog. The newscast lets you know that the tide ended up taking the baby also because it was missing, and they only found was the dad's body. That baby was dependent on it parents for it care in an isolated area and safety and to make good decisions. Mom should not have tried to save dog and dad (it sad to say) should not have gone into water to save mom the water was too rough.
Saw some in the comment read the book and that the only way someone could make hide and tail of this movie. At first, I thought she was getting them for their skin but when she was still taking the disfigure guy, I was like are they going to use him for parts, since she focused on his hands. Thanks for reading the Google explanation it wraps it up really well that she just processing meat for consumption. but in the comments, I did find some interesting information. It did not change my mind about not liking it.
One thing was curious for me why did the aliens really care if the person did not live with someone or have family, wouldn't they just be missing? And the guy that took her in did not look for her nor inquire why she did not have a vagina, he just hit a wall?
I would love to claim my time back that it took to watch the movie.
I would love the time back I wasted reading your comment.
Good films are not just there to make you feel good. They also do not answer everything.
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A good analysis. On unintellectual level I'm in complete accord with it. But the film left me cold. I really disliked it. Its vision was just too bleak for me.
Strange movie but scarlett is a knockout and scotland is a depressing country.
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