divisive is right. sorry, but I just don't know how to hear out this review after you said that you didn't laugh once ! I felt this film with a BRUTAL resonance and was still laughing my ass off throughout. like any good work of absurdism, Beau is both hysterically preposterous and painfully true.
Love your videos. This movie is my favorite Ari Aster movie by far, and it is even more than I hoped for. It was everything I wanted and more. I understand hate, but I also don't know what people were expecting after seeing the trailer. Most of my opinions would just be repeating what The Oscar Expert said in their review.
Have you watched any aranofsky films? This definitely had that vibe for me. The therapist also emphasized to always take it with water And then when he goes to his computer to Google it the top article is about someone who died from taking those pills without water. I also haven't seen with the pills people acknowledging that switching to new medication can really make your brain do weird things. The play was my favorite part of the movie too! I thought of white bear when the two girls had him in the back of the car but during the boat scene I was thinking more Truman show
The movie was Anxiety & Trauma starring Narcissistic Abuse: The Movie When you assume that Beau actually *did* kill that girl, and possibly ditch his trip "on purpose", you're essentially gaslit by the whole thing. His luggage getting stolen (as well as all the other ridiculous things happening at the apartment -alone- ) are very much out of Beau's control. Like you pointed out in the video - just how much of Beau's life did his mother control? It all comes down to her looking good, using him as the scapegoat, teaching him 'lessons', and the way she builds these narratives about who he is, and how she's the poor victim, the unloved mother to an ungrateful child who she does everything for. As for the guy chained in the attic. That was the other one. Remember the bathtub scene flashbacks? Yeah. That was his brother. The last scene, is all about how he doesn't stand a chance against the narratives his mother has built around him, how that has even gotten much bigger than either of them, to the point where it can't be taken back. THE DEFENSE DID NOT JUMP OFF. THEY WE'RE THROWN OFF. Beau's lawyers demand was the point where Beau's powerlessness in the whole thing really put a spotlight on how little a chance Beau stood. The futility. And the ending - the last two bits of dialogue we hear between them is? "mommy!?!?" "MY BABY!!!" - she gets dragged out by her 'team'. They we're both screwed by the toxic dynamic and abuse at the end of the whole thing.
Dude Ari Aster had the exact same effect on me, I never was that invested in directors and their work (aside from Kubrick) I always just watched the movies that I thought I would enjoy, after Hereditary I knew that I would have to consume ever single piece of work that Aster ever puts out for the rest of my life
I think it's pretty interesting that you struggle to analyze Beau is Afraid, and that you keep reminding yourself that its "completely metaphorical" as if that means that you can't analyze it? Analyzing something is not about finding what the true narrative of a film is, or what "actually happened" or even the one thing the movie is totally about. Like people spend a lot of time analyzing the works of David Lynch even though those are pretty metaphorical. I came out of the movie thinking that it was primarily focused with prenatal trauma, each chunk of the movie looks at it in different ways for sure, the first part of the movie where he is getting ready to visit his mom is rather clear. The second part where he is staying over at the families house is mainly about how the brother being held up by that family is effecting the daughter, this is culminated with her rebelling and painting his room pink, while her self drinking blue paint, she is being suffocated by him. The part in the forest has everyone in the commune being orphans, and in the play, Beaus kids are orphaned as well. I think the most interesting part of this video is how the analysis you do partake in, trying to figure out what events happened in the reality of the film, almost plays right into something the film is commenting on. The last sequence of the movie, the trial, is made to look like a theater, and as the credits roll, the audience in the real theater and the theater of the film are both heading towards the exit signs. By trying to figure out what things happened in reality you are siding with Beau's mother, and often through out this video you do just that, you question if he killed that families daughter, you question did he try and make himself late and so on. I think you could read this as Ari Aster asking the audience to interact with his movie more on the level of themes, or it could just be him doing the classic, "you are just as bad as the villain because you watched this film" thing, who really knows, I'm not him.
i have genophobia bc my mom said that it will hurt like hell and that its against the bible and such, i feel comfortable with this movie, idk its confusing
bro wtf ur criminally underrated
divisive is right. sorry, but I just don't know how to hear out this review after you said that you didn't laugh once ! I felt this film with a BRUTAL resonance and was still laughing my ass off throughout. like any good work of absurdism, Beau is both hysterically preposterous and painfully true.
Love your videos. This movie is my favorite Ari Aster movie by far, and it is even more than I hoped for. It was everything I wanted and more. I understand hate, but I also don't know what people were expecting after seeing the trailer. Most of my opinions would just be repeating what The Oscar Expert said in their review.
Have you watched any aranofsky films? This definitely had that vibe for me.
The therapist also emphasized to always take it with water
And then when he goes to his computer to Google it the top article is about someone who died from taking those pills without water. I also haven't seen with the pills people acknowledging that switching to new medication can really make your brain do weird things.
The play was my favorite part of the movie too!
I thought of white bear when the two girls had him in the back of the car but during the boat scene I was thinking more Truman show
The movie was Anxiety & Trauma starring Narcissistic Abuse: The Movie
When you assume that Beau actually *did* kill that girl, and possibly ditch his trip "on purpose", you're essentially gaslit by the whole thing. His luggage getting stolen (as well as all the other ridiculous things happening at the apartment -alone- ) are very much out of Beau's control. Like you pointed out in the video - just how much of Beau's life did his mother control?
It all comes down to her looking good, using him as the scapegoat, teaching him 'lessons', and the way she builds these narratives about who he is, and how she's the poor victim, the unloved mother to an ungrateful child who she does everything for.
As for the guy chained in the attic. That was the other one. Remember the bathtub scene flashbacks? Yeah. That was his brother.
The last scene, is all about how he doesn't stand a chance against the narratives his mother has built around him, how that has even gotten much bigger than either of them, to the point where it can't be taken back.
THE DEFENSE DID NOT JUMP OFF. THEY WE'RE THROWN OFF. Beau's lawyers demand was the point where Beau's powerlessness in the whole thing really put a spotlight on how little a chance Beau stood.
The futility.
And the ending - the last two bits of dialogue we hear between them is? "mommy!?!?" "MY BABY!!!" - she gets dragged out by her 'team'. They we're both screwed by the toxic dynamic and abuse at the end of the whole thing.
also, FWIF here's some good companion pieces to this movie:
Mother
Brazil
Renfield (yes, Renfield)
Good video. Heard a lot of places that this movie cannot be analyzed which is interesting😂
I stumbled across this channel in my sound tech class only to find a video where you analyze the greatest movie
Dude Ari Aster had the exact same effect on me, I never was that invested in directors and their work (aside from Kubrick) I always just watched the movies that I thought I would enjoy, after Hereditary I knew that I would have to consume ever single piece of work that Aster ever puts out for the rest of my life
Gonna comment with the second channel to help boost the video lmao. Second, hell yeah
"Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life." --A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
I think it's pretty interesting that you struggle to analyze Beau is Afraid, and that you keep reminding yourself that its "completely metaphorical" as if that means that you can't analyze it? Analyzing something is not about finding what the true narrative of a film is, or what "actually happened" or even the one thing the movie is totally about. Like people spend a lot of time analyzing the works of David Lynch even though those are pretty metaphorical.
I came out of the movie thinking that it was primarily focused with prenatal trauma, each chunk of the movie looks at it in different ways for sure, the first part of the movie where he is getting ready to visit his mom is rather clear. The second part where he is staying over at the families house is mainly about how the brother being held up by that family is effecting the daughter, this is culminated with her rebelling and painting his room pink, while her self drinking blue paint, she is being suffocated by him. The part in the forest has everyone in the commune being orphans, and in the play, Beaus kids are orphaned as well.
I think the most interesting part of this video is how the analysis you do partake in, trying to figure out what events happened in the reality of the film, almost plays right into something the film is commenting on. The last sequence of the movie, the trial, is made to look like a theater, and as the credits roll, the audience in the real theater and the theater of the film are both heading towards the exit signs. By trying to figure out what things happened in reality you are siding with Beau's mother, and often through out this video you do just that, you question if he killed that families daughter, you question did he try and make himself late and so on. I think you could read this as Ari Aster asking the audience to interact with his movie more on the level of themes, or it could just be him doing the classic, "you are just as bad as the villain because you watched this film" thing, who really knows, I'm not him.
22:00 just like that grandpa
i have genophobia bc my mom said that it will hurt like hell and that its against the bible and such, i feel comfortable with this movie, idk its confusing
Wtf man? Are you serious? Joker... Joaquin Phoenix is famous not because of Joker. He's famous because of GLADIATOR.
Yooo
Hell yeah, first