I liked the fact that it wasn't too scary. I wouldn't call it horror. It's a story about betrayal, anger, revenge, guilt and redemption. Beautiful. I watched the movie because Dakota was in it. She didn't disappoint.
I thought they were all human. But nice twist ending. What's confusing is if Madeline was half Fey then where did the other Fey come from to clone Ciara? That's a plot hole.
No shade to anyone who worked hard on this movie, but for anyone who was disappointed in the film, the book by A.M. Shine is MUCH better. In fact, "Stay In The Light", the sequel to A.M. Shine's book "The Watchers" is coming out in October! Please give it a chance, as "The Watchers" is a PHENOMENAL book.
her wearing a wig actually makes sense. Showing that perhaps since she hates herself so much, she tries to become and live as another person. Also gives a simile to the fairy creatures; who also transform themselves but literally achieve it, and want to become something else.
Yeah I didnt get that.😂😂😂 I knew she off, cause she knew too much, even the old man in the bunker she didnt say sht... lmao I mean who would ever fall in love with a 20foot black winged alien.. and they say they were GODS amongst thee earth but cant be in the SUN?? Sounds heavily demonic to me!!! Lock that sht up for real!!!
Don't turn your back to the glass: They can't see your face, thus they cannot mimic you. Don't go near the burrows: Death? They lived down there, so going in kept you out of the light. You'd die. Opening the door after sunset: Same as above. You are out of the light, thus you will die. The rules were there to keep them "safe". Mina broke the rules because she was at a point in her life where she didn't care or was very brave, but she was extremely curious as well and wanted to know what the hell was going on. She wanted to leave too, so she broke the rules to figure it out. If she hadn't broken them, they would all be there still and they would have never found the hatch to the bunker below. I really enjoyed it. The ending when Madeline was in the house before the one character came home was surprising. I knew something was up with Madeline and I assumed she was one of them. I figured she was there to give them rules, so they would stay and the Watchers could observe them until the end. I thought she was in on it the whole time. Super fun movie in my opinion. Good to see Dakota Fanning back on screen.
Yup, I feel some critics are just being overly critical for that sake but overall it was a good film esp for a 1st timer (ok, I know she had a lot of help from pops and it's based on a book, still). Would be cool to see a 2nd movie.
@@spendingtimetogether8428 thief of joy is comparison. Her dad is awesome, but she’s got her own way of film making she has to master. She’s on a good path so far!
just came from the movie theaters and this movie didn't dissapoint. I don't think it's too scary but the story is so interesting and the 3rd act of the movie really sold it for me
I just saw this yesterday as well and I really enjoyed the third act too. I thought it was just going to be them trying to escape at the end and that would be the end of the movie. I really enjoyed the fairy/changling folklore and mythology in the third act, I was curious to see what Ishana Shyamalan had in store for us in her theatrical directing debut and I enjoyed the story and the movie. She did an awesome job, great first movie and I can’t wait to see what else she has in store for us. ❤😊❤
@5:37 great observation! when you said "like a train of eyes watching on and observing" that's beautiful man! I never would have thought of it like that. but it's true.
The rules weren't pointless at all. The rules were put in place by the halfling to keep the people safe so she could escape eventually. The watchers didn't like the halfling cause she was different so she also needed to be protected from the full watchers, so the rules were to keep the humans alive, and to keep them away from getting killed from the watchers in the holes. Don't open the door is pretty self explanitory, and face the mirror is to keep the watchers satisfied to study them. So the rules were simple and made sense and the not going to far into the woods obviously made sense cause the professor had it mapped out. So I'm not sure what you mean at all by they were pointless. That is actually kind of a dumb statement. The rules aren't just there to be if you break them you get punished, the rules are there to keep the people safe. When she went in the whole she almost got taken but she was in the light enough. When they were locked outside they were able to hide and get back in, but had the watchers found them they would have both been killed. So it's not like instant death, but again every time the rules were broken you were shown why the rules were made, and then when you find out she's a halfling at the end the rules actually make more sense, that she created the fules and she knows what they are and how to stay somewhat safe, until they figure out a way out.
Shamalam's daughter. Wow she done a great job. Props to her , a masterclass in film making. It's rare to have movies with great pace, intrigue and resolution. It was a very satisfying thrill ride with a great twist. (Maybe I'm a cheap date...you're bar is very high).
I knew it was Madeline, they gave it out the second day when Mina tells Danny “you believe everything Madeline tells you” . “Help me with the rope”. After he helps Mina and they get back in the coup right away Madeline knows everything Mina did and questions what Mina saw (how would Madeline know Mina saw something) .
I don't understand why people hate shyamalan films so much. I actually really enjoyed this film, it definitely had it's writing flaws but it was creative and intriguing. cinematically astounding though, the color grading is 100% my taste when it comes to thriller
They sound like a group of angels that are literally called 'watchers' as well. According to the Book of Enoch, there were angels called "Watcher" angels that were told by God to keep watch over humanity. They did so for a small while, taking care of them, keeping them out of trouble and even living in harmony with them. But than the Watcher angels started to lust after humans, they accepted forms of worship from humanity and gave them the tools to make war. God destroyed both humanity and the watcher angels and their offspring called "Nephilim" with a great flood.
Great movie. I think the watchers were meant to be how we see ourselves and trying to change for others. The glass box representing how we present our untrue selves to the world.
AM Shine is a freemason dirt bag, none of what he wrote in the book was his ideas. He’s simply telling us the story of Reptilians, and is very familiar with the events of ancient times.
I just knew one of them was gonna be the changeling. My first suspect was the old lady after she told her first time meeting one and taking her form and she knew just what they wanted them to do. And also the scene where she explained about changlings mating with humans (Though there were some scenes to throw you off) And the second, the protagonist after recalling how she liked to change her appearance to meet guys in bars and her fondness for the caged bird (like how the watcher liked watching the humans and maybe she didn't know she was changling). Some parts were really stupid though, i would have found the bunker within hours out of boredom. And who and how the hell even built that bunker, and where were the changlings when they were building it? The old lady even said she went there by choice so why didn't they even think of questioning her after they found the bunker? The glass didn't even make sense as they seemed to easily crack it when they tried so how did the professor even manage to study them from inside that? And also like you said, how did that bird became a gps? Maybe it's just me but I just couldn't ignore those missing details and mixing in fantasy with the horror was so weird. Visually stunning though and the irony of the watchers and the ones being watched was funny but
I remember the professor on the recording say he hired workers and the watchers ate them at night and hed hire new ones. Which seems harder than just keeping the same guys. And idk how the materal got out tjere
Does anybody know why Mina went to the forest in the first place? And why the others did to? I assume it was explained and I just missed it. I can't find the answer on forums and its bothering me.
I also randomly wondered the same exact thing. Like at what point did i miss the reason those 3 ended up in the woods? I guess im wondering why they were chosen to be observed
Don't read this if you haven't seen the movie spoiler alert actually enjoy the movie a lot with some extra good points throughout the movie.. I like the fact that one of the watchers what's the old lady inside with them... I like the fact that they have the professor who was studying the watchers for a long time in his bunker... I like the fact that the professor tried to bring back by using one of the watchers as a substitute to his wife and I like the fact that they have the watchers were result of fairies in humans having babies in as a result they had to put that in the ground to keep them trap in stone cave.. I actually love the ending of the movie where the watcher was always watching and can change her form to anyone and was always watching.. I give the movie at 8 out of 10 I really enjoyed it
2019 Peele gives the movie Us . Also about clones or doppelganger. I haven't seen this Watchers yet, and I'm here to make a decision to give up my time & money.
@@lorrainewallis9560go on movie discount day if you can. There’s waay worse movies I’ve paid to see. It’s on par with the movie “Cabin in the Woods”, if u seen that one, but slightly better and more mature in my opinion, not by a lot though. It’s literally someone’s debut movie, not gonna be super great, a little forced and overdone at times, but that’s life
@@lorrainewallis9560in relation to Us by Peele, the stories are way too different in my opinion. Yeah they’re about doppelgängers, but The Watchers feels like a human story with a doppelgänger/mythological history, and Us feels primarily like a classic Doppelgänger story. That was my impression at least. The Watchers makes you afraid of cloned beasts and Us makes you afraid of humans with no sense of humanity
So would the changlings also kill Madeline because she was a halfling? That’s why she had to follow the same rules with the others until they could help her find a way out of the forest? But at the end of the movie she’s flies, so couldn’t she have just flown away during the day? Or did she need to steal Nina’s identify so she could have a life? The other bit I didn’t get was why did Madeline tell them that the changelings looked like her, she didn’t have to tell them that hmm
Madeline said somewhere that she was an outcast to the rest of the changlings because she was a halfling (but didn’t know it yet) so it’s possible they would have killed her. Or she was just blending in and it was her human side that wanted to stay and protect the people there, as the montage shows at the end that she was loving and protective. At the end, she only got wings when she embraced her loving and caring side. The original fae were like that, and lost them when they were forced underground and developed bitterness towards humans. so when she let go of hatred for humans etc, she got wings like the ancient fae had.
Well mads said in the movie he stayed by their sides to observe them much closer and better. (And just wanted to protect them as much as possible from her kind by giving them the rules she made, stalling her kind to not kill the humans and her while blending in with the humans.) The wing reveal scene, she got her wings because of her change of heart? Not 100% sure she'll be a good person now. But the ending seems like she's still watching over mina. I'M VERY CURIOUS IF THE WOUND MARK has something to do with both of them. Like a blood bond or curse mark where she can always track her anywhere...
I think since they are changelings, the reason why they should never show their backs is so that they can never copy them completely. In our local mythology that is similar to this, they would make their victims get lost in the woods and they would assume their place amongst your family. The missing person then would either turn into one of the trees or was already slaughtered by the doppelganger. To counter this, it is said that you should always wear your shirt inside out to prevent them from copying you completely so you can safely leave the forest and i feel like it is somewhat the same in this movie except they chose the 'not showing your back' since it might been based on a different mythology
Idk why but the rules made sense. 1. Don’t turn you back which mean because the watchers couldn’t replicate or study the human properly if your back was turned, it’s like a painter is painting they can’t paint who you are if your back is turned. 2. Don’t go near the burrows the fairies want to get to know u and replicate you, but they don’t want you to know where they live and what they look like or how they are in prison or secrets . 3.dont open the door. I’m thinking is because there nature was to kill if they killed every human that came through the forest they would get nowhere. But idk that what I got from it.staying in the light reminds me of vampire they can’t adapt to it. Maybe it burns them or weakens them.
It’s definitely considered a thriller. But I suppose they don’t really label movies like that anymore. I actually enjoyed it, but now that I know it was the daughter and not the father who made the movie kinda makes sense now. His movies are usually misses.
How did they stay all clean looking, with perfect hairdos? I didn't see a washer and dryer in the Coop. They lived in there for a year and no one moved the rug? It took them that long to realize that they were above a bunker? The movie made no sense, the dialogue only existed for exposition. Dakota is the only decent actress in the movie, but the script gave her no depth. M. Night's nepo daughter didn't have to make her first movie in the same genre as her father, but she did. That leads me to wonder if dad did more than just produce. And that is a real problem. There are directors who have to work for years in the industry before getting their first directorial gig. Quentin Tarantino comes to mind. After writing for a while, he finally got to make "Reservoir Dogs," and look how great that is. I give"The Watchers " four out of ten. Some in this comment section seem either very young, or not well versed in movies. This is bad. That's a fact, not just my opinion.
i think the caged bird was like the girl, but without causing accidents. When she had the car accident that killed her mother, she was wearing yellow dress and mimicking like the bird. The bird was used the way the mice are used in a sinking ship.. or like the bird in Noah's arc to find the land of freedom.. instinctively they know how to survive. The birds also know when to fly and leave from a place and where to travel. The story connected nicely the fairies legends, with the angels and demons myths and the shapeshifter creatures. i think the watchers are mentioned in the book of Enoch as Nephilim. The angels also lost their wings and fell in love with human and got banished by god and human, because the fallen angels tried to enslave human and wanted to be worshiped like gods. The movie is pretty smart actually. but those who don't know about apocrypha books they will not understand it. Burying them in the underground world, worked like hell or hades or like Tartarus titan's punishment..
I enjoyed the movie, except for the sketchy ending. Madeline has Mina by the throat, and tells her she's going to kill her and assume her identity. Then, in a total reversal, decides not to kill Mina but, rather, fly off to find more of her kind. Ishana appears to be a chip off the old block!
I think ots cause Mina found out her secret. Madeline says to her i can't let u live now that i know my secret. I think if Mina didn't tell her she found out, Madeline would have left them alone
I just started watching it today and i definitely enjoyed it. It had me in awe because the movie itself was terrifying and phenomenal at the same time lbs I’ll give it two thumbs up👌🏽
"The Watchers" is the debut feature of Ishana Night Shyamalan, daughter of director M. Night Shyamalan who is one of the film's producers. Ishana herself wrote the script based on the novel of the same name by A. M. Shine, achieving an interesting story that revolves around folk horror and a dark fairy tale, in addition to doing a great job as a director. The cast gives good performances, Dakota Fanning performs a magnificent role, Georgina Campbell plays a tender role with mastery and Olwen Fouéré demonstrates once again her histrionic ability and her Scream Queen skills. The cinematography work is top-notch, managing to capture a gloomy atmosphere in the filming locations. The soundtrack composed of traditional Irish bagpipes is effective for the story. "The Watchers" is a great film that plays with horror and fantasy.
I thought that it was gonna turn out that Mina, Ciara, and Daniel were actually in a psych ward and that their traumas were making them crazy and hallucinate a forest. I thought that the “Professor” was the psych ward creator watching their progress in rehabilitation. I knew Madeline was different cause she knew way too much, I didn’t think she would be a halfling, but more a doctor keeping them from going crazy in the ward. My theory was very off but interesting. Edit: I also thought this because Mina saw her sister when they were children in the same outfit as when her mom died. I thought that she was hallucinating because the watchers had never seen her sister especially as a young child so I didn’t think the watchers would know how to become her.
Naw.. movie was too predictable. I didn't even think it was a horror. And I agree the Madeline character gave it away by explaining the "Cloning" and showed her cloned so I was like "Oh she knows too much that's not original" and then the door on the floor was M.Night-ish but I expected that already.
And to be honest ..... The movie could have ended with them on the boat. I would have been satisfied 🤷🏽🤷🏽 Could have left the monster reveal until they got to the boat.
She needs to act like one of them and I guess she does not know how to use a computer and maybe once you get trapped inside the forest in any direction other than that of the river, you'll never be able to get out. Madeline may have doubts about getting herself out but when she said that she could feel it while they were running, that's when she knew she could like how she could walk free during the day. It's how I see and understand it.
I just finished watching this a few minutes ago. I took from this that the creatures were the fallen angels. The professor said they lived along with humans and even fell in love and reproduced then something happen banishing them underground but the hafling children still were free roaming the earth.
I have a feeling that mina is a half changeling at the end. Cos im sure her sister is not a twin Now im thinking all four is halflings because they leave none alive.. but im sure they dont turn you into a fairy. So how did daniel become a fairy? Since ciara is alone, her husband no longer with her. If shes a changeling, wouldnt she want to change into Lucy as Mina's estranged sister to not be lonely anymore? Maybe ciara, daniel and mina is the halflings of the professor and madeline. And that each of them were givej cover stories. And somrhoe mina was the only to escape? Ciara's husband is definitely human that ciara fell in love with.
maybe the professor had built Some sort of electrical interference mechanism so people would get stranded/trapped and he could observe them? Still don’t understand how her car “disappeared” if it was daylight hours and they don’t come out during the day…
I feel like the bird scene what was happening when they first left the vehicle. That’s why we got a shot through the Birds Eye’s. I felt like regardless if it’s a “house bird” or not, it would have still lead them to water. Because birds can find water through sight and sound.
I will start off by saying...I really enjoyed the book. The ending of the book was better. It was adapted okay they missed important parts of the book that would've explained more background. So many parts were glazed over or changed.
The movie worked best at the beginning when the main character found herself trapped together with others in the forest and we didn't know the reason, though the basic premise was far from new and remined me of the Maze Runner and also the numerous "evil forest" movies. But then the movie tried to over-explain things at the end, and as you said the stories about the faeries and the numerous "rules" were never made clear. I never really understood how the humans managed to "banish" the faeries in the woods since those changelings and even half-lings seemed so powerful (they could change into any human and can even fly). Overall, this seemed to be bits and bits of different movies or genres mixed together. There were too many side-plots and subplots that were inconsequential or never followed up. As just one example, what was the point of Dakota's twin sister (who suddenly appeared at the end) and their backstory of their mother's death? It was not a bad movie, but nothing to get excited about either.
And also the forest giving hallucinations and all of them especially daniel who was there for 8 months was soo clean? Me after 1 month would have looked like a cavemen
@@JSB-2Z-2K Madeline is a Fae. When Madeline was wandering around the Forest, she saw a Fae mimicking her (Madeline). Madeline knew she (Madeline) was for a Human when she saw a Fae mimicking her (Madeline). I hope that explains it to you, also, watching the movie would explain it to you as well.
@@schrisdellopoulos9244 The movie did make sense, you just don’t have enough I tellin e yo make sense have sense to you. Stop projecting your shortcomings on me, they have nothing to do with me.
I liked the movie but I want them to make a movie or series about how the fairies and the humans live in peace before they went to war and what made the human and the watchers create hybrids or like a romance between themmmm im so invested
Not great. Solid idea squandered in typical Shyamalan fashion. Twists pretty much revealed the second there was any set up and really insulted the audience moving into the third act. I'd recommend bc it was done fine, but if you've seen a lot of horror movies, this is a wasted opportunity with no surprises.
@@lizduffy9825 I try to draw a line between A) Probably wasn't worth it for ME, and B) Not worth YOUR time. The two things don't always go hand in hand, and this could very well be greatly enjoyed by someone who likes horror movies but doesn't have a broad experience with them. There are movies I really liked in 1983. When i watch them now, I think either, "This one really stood the test of time," or "I liked this because I was 13." 🤣
I really liked theWatchers........the movie was scary, suspenseful,well acted, and had the obligatory plot twist that the Shymalan's have adopted. the movie had great allegories. I personally ultimately judge movies based largely on entertainment value and i found theWatchers highly entertaining. My name is Fred Twilight Shmeezer by birth by the way!
come on, they are not fairies but the WATCHER ANGELS! They call them fairies in the film, but there are many parts in the film that clearly refer to angels. of course Hollywood doesn't like it when the plot revolves around angels and God's existence. (SPOILER) for example, these creatures corrupted humanity, but it is always said that they only made people strong... they mated with human women and fathered giants. GOD instructed his archangels to punish the WATCHERs of heaven very severely by crushing them forever deep in the earth under rocks and stones and no longer being able to see the light. twist the truth a little and it works... there is supposed to be a book about this film. if the book describes the plot of the film like this, the author has based it on the story of the WATCHERs and changed a few things
@@duvetboa These things happened long before Christianity. Whether Celtic mythology or Nordic, Greek or Egyptian or Hinduism... it doesn't matter, it all has something to do with it! The fallen angels pretended to be gods. Zeus, Osiris, Apollo, Ra, Horus, Seth, etc. and recreated the world according to their ideas. They were the founders of every mythology on this earth! The most powerful of these angels/demons founded the most famous of all mythologies, such as Egyptian or Greek, for example. Hinduism has the majority of all fallen angels, namely over 30 million. There were 33 million in total. The fundamental truth of this world is that God the Creator created everything and his son is Jesus Christ. Yes, what is written in the Bible is the only truth.
They left the last part of book where Madaleine comes to Mina and say they are more watchers in land and they are always welcome watching. The bird is in the book and could not left out of the movie and Danny died but him dying saved the group by giving them time to get in the boat.
I actually enjoyed it I enjoy quite a few of his films. I understand his types of movies, but I didn’t know his daughter had a part of this very interesting. I think my favorite part was the ending. I was surprised.
It was by the professor and workers. Then during the night the Professor would go into the bunker and leave them out there which meant that The Watchers would then get them
Remember, the Professor built the coop and the bunker sacrificing the lives of many Irishmen in the process. Mina isnt a watcher but perhaps Conor McGregor is I believe
That’s a good thought. I was confused though about the bird because the guy said the bird doesn’t speak, but it started speaking in the forest and she never mentioned it or seemed bothered by it 🤔
In the film when she is watching the videos of the professor he explains he ended up “treating” the window, so it used to be normal but he made it into a 1 way thing, I can’t remember his reason but he does say why.
Didn't she just do a film adaptation of a book that already existed? I don't know, for me that doesn't require as much criticism because it requires a little less creative input (at least where the story is concerned) I feel like if people dislike the ending, they should mostly take it up with the book's author (considering they're identical)
Like you I was really hoping for a Sixth Sense ending but it jast kinda failed to bring me up and kinda left me there...... Definitley not a 4k purchase for my media library.
I did enjoy this movie, I would have liked to see it end a bit differently though. Like if you can’t believe anything you see in the forest it could have given them the illusion of escaping and still trapped in the forest. But that wouldn’t have gone good with the deeper meaning of the movie that they could be anyone, anytime, anywhere. But all in all I did enjoy it
Hera has nothing to do with Irish Mythology it was humans who forced (after defeating them in a war) all the Irish Gods and magical creatures to retreat to their own world
Americans can relate to breaking the rules immediately. So that part makes sense to us lol. Maybe if your from a place that makes the rules for most of the last 1,000 years you see things differently
Thought it was great up until they lost me at fairies. Would’ve been better if they just kept it as random monsters or something other than fairies. Corny
This movie was decent but my god that last part ruined it for me. Like the movie went hey audience if dont know still lets explain it all over and drag this out so you get it. It had 2 good areas to cut and leave questions. 1 should cut after the escape with maybe a hint she was one of them. 2 end when fannings character saw and image of her.
@@loucipher7782 your clearly just watching the show & movie for a thrill of fear when you should of been paying attention to the similar story’s they both have. (Novice)
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Of your review I think is shallow, and doesn't even grasp the surface-obvious.
It's a must see movie
Better then joker 2
I thoroughly enjoyed it
The rules were made by Madeline. She knew what The Watchers wanted and needed the most. So she made "rules" for the best viewing experience.
I was rooting for the bird the entire film and was glad that it survived.
RIGHT?! I COULDN'T WATCH ANY ANIMALS GETTING HURT 😭😭
Yessss!! Darwin being in that small cage bothered me!
i was hoping only the bird made it but not any of them else
that was so dumb they let it go than they get on the boat the cage is still empty than bam their in the real world with the bird.
That’s the only thing I cared about. The first thing I googled was “does the bird die”. 😊😊😊
I loved it :) great breakdown. The rule to not turn their backs was because if the watchers couldn’t see their faces they couldn’t mimic them
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Creepy 😮
Fairies fu*king fairies makes it a good movie it's like her dads movie plants kill people lame
Ty. Just finished & didn't understand that part.
Agree
I liked the fact that it wasn't too scary. I wouldn't call it horror. It's a story about betrayal, anger, revenge, guilt and redemption. Beautiful. I watched the movie because Dakota was in it. She didn't disappoint.
Yeah she was good in it to be fair!
Honestly I didn't think that deeply as it's basically invasion of body snatchers. It's better than Alex Garland's annihilation with the same concept.
I feel like it's really fantasy and I love it
@@TommyDay-kq1jjagree, i felt like it was a fanatasy movie too, not scared just curious
@@Lina-ch5ee True, I want more stories about the fairy
I knew something was up with Madeline because she knew the rules that weren’t posted anywhere so well. I didn’t think she was fae though.
I originally thought she was the professor
I thought they were all human. But nice twist ending. What's confusing is if Madeline was half Fey then where did the other Fey come from to clone Ciara? That's a plot hole.
@@jonfreeman9682This movie is too good I need a sequel or prequel
@@jonfreeman9682 do you mean the fey that crawled on the wall? That was Madeleine. She has super speed
Madeleine was definitely not someone to trust
No shade to anyone who worked hard on this movie, but for anyone who was disappointed in the film, the book by A.M. Shine is MUCH better. In fact, "Stay In The Light", the sequel to A.M. Shine's book "The Watchers" is coming out in October! Please give it a chance, as "The Watchers" is a PHENOMENAL book.
Books are always better ❤
Also I want to see both so I’m glad someone gave me hope for the movies too
So you're saying the movie didn't live up to the book? The movie seems pretty complete. What's missing in the movie?
@@jonfreeman9682True like is really giving fantasy vibes
Thanx will definitely get. Books are usually always better.I enjoyed the movie .
her wearing a wig actually makes sense. Showing that perhaps since she hates herself so much, she tries to become and live as another person. Also gives a simile to the fairy creatures; who also transform themselves but literally achieve it, and want to become something else.
when madline told the guy "i should have killed you" i knew she was sus🤣🤣
This is a big fact
Yeah I didnt get that.😂😂😂 I knew she off, cause she knew too much, even the old man in the bunker she didnt say sht... lmao I mean who would ever fall in love with a 20foot black winged alien.. and they say they were GODS amongst thee earth but cant be in the SUN?? Sounds heavily demonic to me!!! Lock that sht up for real!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Don't turn your back to the glass: They can't see your face, thus they cannot mimic you.
Don't go near the burrows: Death? They lived down there, so going in kept you out of the light. You'd die.
Opening the door after sunset: Same as above. You are out of the light, thus you will die.
The rules were there to keep them "safe". Mina broke the rules because she was at a point in her life where she didn't care or was very brave, but she was extremely curious as well and wanted to know what the hell was going on. She wanted to leave too, so she broke the rules to figure it out. If she hadn't broken them, they would all be there still and they would have never found the hatch to the bunker below. I really enjoyed it. The ending when Madeline was in the house before the one character came home was surprising. I knew something was up with Madeline and I assumed she was one of them. I figured she was there to give them rules, so they would stay and the Watchers could observe them until the end. I thought she was in on it the whole time. Super fun movie in my opinion. Good to see Dakota Fanning back on screen.
Yup, I feel some critics are just being overly critical for that sake but overall it was a good film esp for a 1st timer (ok, I know she had a lot of help from pops and it's based on a book, still). Would be cool to see a 2nd movie.
@@spendingtimetogether8428 thief of joy is comparison. Her dad is awesome, but she’s got her own way of film making she has to master. She’s on a good path so far!
I didn't think this review did it justice tbh. I loved it.
why not just burn the damn forest
Thank you for this.
just came from the movie theaters and this movie didn't dissapoint. I don't think it's too scary but the story is so interesting and the 3rd act of the movie really sold it for me
I just saw this yesterday as well and I really enjoyed the third act too. I thought it was just going to be them trying to escape at the end and that would be the end of the movie. I really enjoyed the fairy/changling folklore and mythology in the third act, I was curious to see what Ishana Shyamalan had in store for us in her theatrical directing debut and I enjoyed the story and the movie. She did an awesome job, great first movie and I can’t wait to see what else she has in store for us. ❤😊❤
This movie is garbage xD
@@notBrocker okay… keep watching spider man….
@@notBrockerUm okay..?
It really did disappoint for me
@5:37 great observation! when you said "like a train of eyes watching on and observing" that's beautiful man! I never would have thought of it like that. but it's true.
I never see them eating anything or drinking. Their hair looks so fresh all the time while they haven't bathe for months or more.
That is true actually
Thank you! I thought about that, as well
MAGICK!!!!
If you want to watch someone eat with nice haircuts just go to the near reastorant 😊
Yeah they live in a bunker without a bathroom or shower and are fresh as a daisy.
The rules weren't pointless at all. The rules were put in place by the halfling to keep the people safe so she could escape eventually. The watchers didn't like the halfling cause she was different so she also needed to be protected from the full watchers, so the rules were to keep the humans alive, and to keep them away from getting killed from the watchers in the holes. Don't open the door is pretty self explanitory, and face the mirror is to keep the watchers satisfied to study them. So the rules were simple and made sense and the not going to far into the woods obviously made sense cause the professor had it mapped out. So I'm not sure what you mean at all by they were pointless. That is actually kind of a dumb statement. The rules aren't just there to be if you break them you get punished, the rules are there to keep the people safe. When she went in the whole she almost got taken but she was in the light enough. When they were locked outside they were able to hide and get back in, but had the watchers found them they would have both been killed. So it's not like instant death, but again every time the rules were broken you were shown why the rules were made, and then when you find out she's a halfling at the end the rules actually make more sense, that she created the fules and she knows what they are and how to stay somewhat safe, until they figure out a way out.
Shamalam's daughter. Wow she done a great job. Props to her , a masterclass in film making. It's rare to have movies with great pace, intrigue and resolution. It was a very satisfying thrill ride with a great twist. (Maybe I'm a cheap date...you're bar is very high).
I knew it was Madeline, they gave it out the second day when Mina tells Danny “you believe everything Madeline tells you” . “Help me with the rope”. After he helps Mina and they get back in the coup right away Madeline knows everything Mina did and questions what Mina saw (how would Madeline know Mina saw something) .
exactly! i knew something was up the moment she questioned mina about what she saw or did.
I don't understand why people hate shyamalan films so much. I actually really enjoyed this film, it definitely had it's writing flaws but it was creative and intriguing. cinematically astounding though, the color grading is 100% my taste when it comes to thriller
They sound like a group of angels that are literally called 'watchers' as well. According to the Book of Enoch, there were angels called "Watcher" angels that were told by God to keep watch over humanity. They did so for a small while, taking care of them, keeping them out of trouble and even living in harmony with them. But than the Watcher angels started to lust after humans, they accepted forms of worship from humanity and gave them the tools to make war. God destroyed both humanity and the watcher angels and their offspring called "Nephilim" with a great flood.
Great movie. I think the watchers were meant to be how we see ourselves and trying to change for others. The glass box representing how we present our untrue selves to the world.
Interesting!
Please shut up
Nah
This movie is based on a book, so not quite an original story, but still interesting none the less.
The book is amazing with so many twistes. Can't wait for part 2 book.
Yep "The Watchers" by AM Shine
So you're saying the book is better? This movie was just okay saved by the twist ending. The script needs work as it's clunky.
@@jonfreeman9682No one said that both great😍✊
AM Shine is a freemason dirt bag, none of what he wrote in the book was his ideas. He’s simply telling us the story of Reptilians, and is very familiar with the events of ancient times.
I just knew one of them was gonna be the changeling. My first suspect was the old lady after she told her first time meeting one and taking her form and she knew just what they wanted them to do. And also the scene where she explained about changlings mating with humans (Though there were some scenes to throw you off) And the second, the protagonist after recalling how she liked to change her appearance to meet guys in bars and her fondness for the caged bird (like how the watcher liked watching the humans and maybe she didn't know she was changling). Some parts were really stupid though, i would have found the bunker within hours out of boredom. And who and how the hell even built that bunker, and where were the changlings when they were building it? The old lady even said she went there by choice so why didn't they even think of questioning her after they found the bunker? The glass didn't even make sense as they seemed to easily crack it when they tried so how did the professor even manage to study them from inside that? And also like you said, how did that bird became a gps?
Maybe it's just me but I just couldn't ignore those missing details and mixing in fantasy with the horror was so weird. Visually stunning though and the irony of the watchers and the ones being watched was funny but
I think the bunkers was created by the old villagers farmers who were later on massacrated, the professor mentioned these farmers, not sure thooo
Psyayayayayayay!
@@youtubeaccountserio2633old villager farmers can construct a metal bunker of that size and strength? How did they manage that? 😂
@@schrisdellopoulos9244same way we build the pyramids
I remember the professor on the recording say he hired workers and the watchers ate them at night and hed hire new ones. Which seems harder than just keeping the same guys. And idk how the materal got out tjere
Does anybody know why Mina went to the forest in the first place? And why the others did to? I assume it was explained and I just missed it. I can't find the answer on forums and its bothering me.
Mina was the on the way to drop off the golden bird at the zoo. The road she took her into the forest. As for the other people I’m not sure
@@mannyistall3010 Oh okay I definitely missed that, thank you for clarifying.
I also randomly wondered the same exact thing. Like at what point did i miss the reason those 3 ended up in the woods? I guess im wondering why they were chosen to be observed
maybe they just doing vanlife you know
Clara and her husband were prolly hikers or there for an excurtion, john had some excurtion gead
The visuals (irish countryside), cinematography and Dakotas performance were good enough to lift the movie for me..
Don't read this if you haven't seen the movie spoiler alert actually enjoy the movie a lot with some extra good points throughout the movie.. I like the fact that one of the watchers what's the old lady inside with them... I like the fact that they have the professor who was studying the watchers for a long time in his bunker... I like the fact that the professor tried to bring back by using one of the watchers as a substitute to his wife and I like the fact that they have the watchers were result of fairies in humans having babies in as a result they had to put that in the ground to keep them trap in stone cave.. I actually love the ending of the movie where the watcher was always watching and can change her form to anyone and was always watching.. I give the movie at 8 out of 10 I really enjoyed it
2019 Peele gives the movie Us . Also about clones or doppelganger. I haven't seen this Watchers yet, and I'm here to make a decision to give up my time & money.
@@lorrainewallis9560go on movie discount day if you can. There’s waay worse movies I’ve paid to see. It’s on par with the movie “Cabin in the Woods”, if u seen that one, but slightly better and more mature in my opinion, not by a lot though. It’s literally someone’s debut movie, not gonna be super great, a little forced and overdone at times, but that’s life
@@lorrainewallis9560in relation to Us by Peele, the stories are way too different in my opinion. Yeah they’re about doppelgängers, but The Watchers feels like a human story with a doppelgänger/mythological history, and Us feels primarily like a classic Doppelgänger story. That was my impression at least. The Watchers makes you afraid of cloned beasts and Us makes you afraid of humans with no sense of humanity
So would the changlings also kill Madeline because she was a halfling? That’s why she had to follow the same rules with the others until they could help her find a way out of the forest? But at the end of the movie she’s flies, so couldn’t she have just flown away during the day? Or did she need to steal Nina’s identify so she could have a life? The other bit I didn’t get was why did Madeline tell them that the changelings looked like her, she didn’t have to tell them that hmm
Madeline said somewhere that she was an outcast to the rest of the changlings because she was a halfling (but didn’t know it yet) so it’s possible they would have killed her.
Or she was just blending in and it was her human side that wanted to stay and protect the people there, as the montage shows at the end that she was loving and protective.
At the end, she only got wings when she embraced her loving and caring side. The original fae were like that, and lost them when they were forced underground and developed bitterness towards humans. so when she let go of hatred for humans etc, she got wings like the ancient fae had.
Well mads said in the movie he stayed by their sides to observe them much closer and better. (And just wanted to protect them as much as possible from her kind by giving them the rules she made, stalling her kind to not kill the humans and her while blending in with the humans.)
The wing reveal scene, she got her wings because of her change of heart? Not 100% sure she'll be a good person now. But the ending seems like she's still watching over mina. I'M VERY CURIOUS IF THE WOUND MARK has something to do with both of them. Like a blood bond or curse mark where she can always track her anywhere...
I think since they are changelings, the reason why they should never show their backs is so that they can never copy them completely.
In our local mythology that is similar to this, they would make their victims get lost in the woods and they would assume their place amongst your family. The missing person then would either turn into one of the trees or was already slaughtered by the doppelganger. To counter this, it is said that you should always wear your shirt inside out to prevent them from copying you completely so you can safely leave the forest
and i feel like it is somewhat the same in this movie except they chose the 'not showing your back' since it might been based on a different mythology
Good review!! Your thoughts are very understandable. thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I honestly felt like the film over explained itself, and everytime they broke the rules there were literal consequences.
Idk why but the rules made sense. 1. Don’t turn you back which mean because the watchers couldn’t replicate or study the human properly if your back was turned, it’s like a painter is painting they can’t paint who you are if your back is turned. 2. Don’t go near the burrows the fairies want to get to know u and replicate you, but they don’t want you to know where they live and what they look like or how they are in prison or secrets . 3.dont open the door. I’m thinking is because there nature was to kill if they killed every human that came through the forest they would get nowhere. But idk that what I got from it.staying in the light reminds me of vampire they can’t adapt to it. Maybe it burns them or weakens them.
It’s definitely considered a thriller. But I suppose they don’t really label movies like that anymore. I actually enjoyed it, but now that I know it was the daughter and not the father who made the movie kinda makes sense now. His movies are usually misses.
How did they stay all clean looking, with perfect hairdos? I didn't see a washer and dryer in the Coop. They lived in there for a year and no one moved the rug? It took them that long to realize that they were above a bunker?
The movie made no sense, the dialogue only existed for exposition. Dakota is the only decent actress in the movie, but the script gave her no depth.
M. Night's nepo daughter didn't have to make her first movie in the same genre as her father, but she did. That leads me to wonder if dad did more than just produce. And that is a real problem. There are directors who have to work for years in the industry before getting their first directorial gig. Quentin Tarantino comes to mind. After writing for a while, he finally got to make "Reservoir Dogs," and look how great that is.
I give"The Watchers " four out of ten. Some in this comment section seem either very young, or not well versed in movies. This is bad. That's a fact, not just my opinion.
I loved the movie
People u just have to watch it for yourself, some will like it some won't.
not rly horror I'd describe it as more of a creepy mystery film
i think the caged bird was like the girl, but without causing accidents. When she had the car accident that killed her mother, she was wearing yellow dress and mimicking like the bird. The bird was used the way the mice are used in a sinking ship.. or like the bird in Noah's arc to find the land of freedom.. instinctively they know how to survive. The birds also know when to fly and leave from a place and where to travel. The story connected nicely the fairies legends, with the angels and demons myths and the shapeshifter creatures. i think the watchers are mentioned in the book of Enoch as Nephilim. The angels also lost their wings and fell in love with human and got banished by god and human, because the fallen angels tried to enslave human and wanted to be worshiped like gods. The movie is pretty smart actually. but those who don't know about apocrypha books they will not understand it. Burying them in the underground world, worked like hell or hades or like Tartarus titan's punishment..
I enjoyed the movie, except for the sketchy ending. Madeline has Mina by the throat, and tells her she's going to kill her and assume her identity. Then, in a total reversal, decides not to kill Mina but, rather, fly off to find more of her kind. Ishana appears to be a chip off the old block!
4:04 I was lost why Madeline attacked Mina and Ciara after helping them leave the forest 😂
I think ots cause Mina found out her secret. Madeline says to her i can't let u live now that i know my secret. I think if Mina didn't tell her she found out, Madeline would have left them alone
Good reviews , thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
I just started watching it today and i definitely enjoyed it. It had me in awe because the movie itself was terrifying and phenomenal at the same time lbs I’ll give it two thumbs up👌🏽
Brother.. The movie itself explained the ending so clear that even a 10-year old could understand, was kinda jarring how hand-heldy it was at the end.
But what's not explained is if Madeleine was Fey then where did the other Fey come from to clone Ciara. So there's two Fey who escaped.
It’s always madeline bro, she has super speed, it’s easy to understand
@@jonfreeman9682it's just Madeline impersonating all of them.
Thank you for the video!❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
"The Watchers" is the debut feature of Ishana Night Shyamalan, daughter of director M. Night Shyamalan who is one of the film's producers. Ishana herself wrote the script based on the novel of the same name by A. M. Shine, achieving an interesting story that revolves around folk horror and a dark fairy tale, in addition to doing a great job as a director. The cast gives good performances, Dakota Fanning performs a magnificent role, Georgina Campbell plays a tender role with mastery and Olwen Fouéré demonstrates once again her histrionic ability and her Scream Queen skills. The cinematography work is top-notch, managing to capture a gloomy atmosphere in the filming locations. The soundtrack composed of traditional Irish bagpipes is effective for the story. "The Watchers" is a great film that plays with horror and fantasy.
Thanks for the summary, M. Night! 😂
Nice copy/paste. Still not impressed by this movie.
This reads like it was written by ChatGPT
I thought that it was gonna turn out that Mina, Ciara, and Daniel were actually in a psych ward and that their traumas were making them crazy and hallucinate a forest. I thought that the “Professor” was the psych ward creator watching their progress in rehabilitation. I knew Madeline was different cause she knew way too much, I didn’t think she would be a halfling, but more a doctor keeping them from going crazy in the ward. My theory was very off but interesting.
Edit: I also thought this because Mina saw her sister when they were children in the same outfit as when her mom died. I thought that she was hallucinating because the watchers had never seen her sister especially as a young child so I didn’t think the watchers would know how to become her.
Naw.. movie was too predictable. I didn't even think it was a horror. And I agree the Madeline character gave it away by explaining the "Cloning" and showed her cloned so I was like "Oh she knows too much that's not original" and then the door on the floor was M.Night-ish but I expected that already.
Trapped there for months and no one thinks to look under a rug..
Lol 😆
I agree with you 100%
@@Art-v5h Good point, they should've made it more hidden, like a plank that came loose snagged on the carpet while it was being yanked away.
And to be honest ..... The movie could have ended with them on the boat. I would have been satisfied 🤷🏽🤷🏽 Could have left the monster reveal until they got to the boat.
Yeah! To be fair I thought it was gonna be the ending at first
boat ending would be so lame
the professor told them to go to the university, would be really lame if that part did not happen
only thing is why didnt she tell them about the bunker sooner !
Very true!
And why didn't she leave by herself?
She needs to act like one of them and I guess she does not know how to use a computer and maybe once you get trapped inside the forest in any direction other than that of the river, you'll never be able to get out. Madeline may have doubts about getting herself out but when she said that she could feel it while they were running, that's when she knew she could like how she could walk free during the day. It's how I see and understand it.
I just finished watching this a few minutes ago. I took from this that the creatures were the fallen angels. The professor said they lived along with humans and even fell in love and reproduced then something happen banishing them underground but the hafling children still were free roaming the earth.
I have a feeling that mina is a half changeling at the end. Cos im sure her sister is not a twin
Now im thinking all four is halflings because they leave none alive.. but im sure they dont turn you into a fairy. So how did daniel become a fairy?
Since ciara is alone, her husband no longer with her. If shes a changeling, wouldnt she want to change into Lucy as Mina's estranged sister to not be lonely anymore?
Maybe ciara, daniel and mina is the halflings of the professor and madeline.
And that each of them were givej cover stories.
And somrhoe mina was the only to escape?
Ciara's husband is definitely human that ciara fell in love with.
Did Madeline just become half human? Or was she the child of the Professor and the one he captured?
No. She was the one he captured but was always half human.
Someone clapped a fae and Madeline was born.
@@calaz4054 ohh gotcha thanks
I was hoping the movie would trim the overbloated parts of the book, but both had the same problems!
Currently reading as well and I do agree. Incredibly bloated. I’m thinking this would’ve been better as a more open ended, ambiguous short story.
I don’t get how the changelings could jam car and certain electric signals
I think that was to do with the 'magic' in the forrest!
maybe the professor had built
Some sort of electrical interference mechanism so people would get stranded/trapped and he could observe them? Still don’t understand how her car “disappeared” if it was daylight hours and they don’t come out during the day…
I started laughing out loud in the theater when the digital radio display started showing Celtic(?) runes as it was glitching out...
5:28 That is not true. When doing tomb raids, your average house bird is enough to help you survive.
I feel like the bird scene what was happening when they first left the vehicle. That’s why we got a shot through the Birds Eye’s. I felt like regardless if it’s a “house bird” or not, it would have still lead them to water. Because birds can find water through sight and sound.
Am glad you’re not an AI who explains the movie recaps!
I guessed what she was when she threw the bike back with no fear and we didn't see any death in the prof videos
I will start off by saying...I really enjoyed the book. The ending of the book was better. It was adapted okay they missed important parts of the book that would've explained more background. So many parts were glazed over or changed.
Can you give us some more info about the book ending please that would be helpful to know? :)
The movie worked best at the beginning when the main character found herself trapped together with others in the forest and we didn't know the reason, though the basic premise was far from new and remined me of the Maze Runner and also the numerous "evil forest" movies. But then the movie tried to over-explain things at the end, and as you said the stories about the faeries and the numerous "rules" were never made clear. I never really understood how the humans managed to "banish" the faeries in the woods since those changelings and even half-lings seemed so powerful (they could change into any human and can even fly). Overall, this seemed to be bits and bits of different movies or genres mixed together. There were too many side-plots and subplots that were inconsequential or never followed up. As just one example, what was the point of Dakota's twin sister (who suddenly appeared at the end) and their backstory of their mother's death? It was not a bad movie, but nothing to get excited about either.
And also the forest giving hallucinations and all of them especially daniel who was there for 8 months was soo clean? Me after 1 month would have looked like a cavemen
yea but the rules were created by madeleine who is a halfling so obviously they’re to benefit her idk
Madeline knew she was passing for human when she saw a Fae mimicking her.
what?
@@JSB-2Z-2K Madeline is a Fae. When Madeline was wandering around the Forest, she saw a Fae mimicking her (Madeline). Madeline knew she (Madeline) was for a Human when she saw a Fae mimicking her (Madeline). I hope that explains it to you, also, watching the movie would explain it to you as well.
@@hera7884that, just like the movie, makes zero sense. LOL 🤣
@@schrisdellopoulos9244 The movie did make sense, you just don’t have enough I tellin e yo make sense have sense to you. Stop projecting your shortcomings on me, they have nothing to do with me.
@@hera7884 what
I liked the movie but I want them to make a movie or series about how the fairies and the humans live in peace before they went to war and what made the human and the watchers create hybrids or like a romance between themmmm im so invested
Also Mina was a watcher herself. She liked to change into different people and go to bars
How the coupe was made? How it gets electricity?
Not great. Solid idea squandered in typical Shyamalan fashion. Twists pretty much revealed the second there was any set up and really insulted the audience moving into the third act.
I'd recommend bc it was done fine, but if you've seen a lot of horror movies, this is a wasted opportunity with no surprises.
👏👏👏👏👏well put. Thank You.
@@lizduffy9825 I try to draw a line between A) Probably wasn't worth it for ME, and B) Not worth YOUR time.
The two things don't always go hand in hand, and this could very well be greatly enjoyed by someone who likes horror movies but doesn't have a broad experience with them.
There are movies I really liked in 1983. When i watch them now, I think either, "This one really stood the test of time," or "I liked this because I was 13." 🤣
I really liked theWatchers........the movie was scary, suspenseful,well acted, and had the obligatory plot twist that the Shymalan's have adopted. the movie had great allegories. I personally ultimately judge movies based largely on entertainment value and i found theWatchers highly entertaining. My
name is Fred Twilight Shmeezer by birth by the way!
I knew something was wrong with madeline
Your voice gives me David Attenborough vibes. 😄
Never had that before but i'll take it!
come on, they are not fairies but the WATCHER ANGELS! They call them fairies in the film, but there are many parts in the film that clearly refer to angels.
of course Hollywood doesn't like it when the plot revolves around angels and God's existence.
(SPOILER)
for example, these creatures corrupted humanity, but it is always said that they only made people strong...
they mated with human women and fathered giants.
GOD instructed his archangels to punish the WATCHERs of heaven very severely by crushing them forever deep in the earth under rocks and stones and no longer being able to see the light.
twist the truth a little and it works...
there is supposed to be a book about this film. if the book describes the plot of the film like this, the author has based it on the story of the WATCHERs and changed a few things
Why would a film/book about Celtic/Gaelic mythology and folklore have anything to do with angels and Christianity?
@@duvetboa These things happened long before Christianity.
Whether Celtic mythology or Nordic, Greek or Egyptian or Hinduism... it doesn't matter, it all has something to do with it!
The fallen angels pretended to be gods. Zeus, Osiris, Apollo, Ra, Horus, Seth, etc.
and recreated the world according to their ideas.
They were the founders of every mythology on this earth!
The most powerful of these angels/demons founded the most famous of all mythologies, such as Egyptian or Greek, for example.
Hinduism has the majority of all fallen angels, namely over 30 million. There were 33 million in total.
The fundamental truth of this world is that God the Creator created everything and his son is Jesus Christ.
Yes, what is written in the Bible is the only truth.
@@onkeldolf2924Wow. Im speechless
What I don't get is, did they really eat crows?
What did they drink?
Where did they bath?
How did the professor build that bunker?
Yes. It rained. They probably didn’t.
And it said he took workers from local towns and used them to help build it
They left the last part of book where Madaleine comes to Mina and say they are more watchers in land and they are always welcome watching. The bird is in the book and could not left out of the movie and Danny died but him dying saved the group by giving them time to get in the boat.
I actually enjoyed it I enjoy quite a few of his films. I understand his types of movies, but I didn’t know his daughter had a part of this very interesting. I think my favorite part was the ending. I was surprised.
The reviews are bad and people hate on it but my group and I loved the movie
I just wanna know how the coop even got built. Also i think Mina is a watcher.
It was by the professor and workers. Then during the night the Professor would go into the bunker and leave them out there which meant that The Watchers would then get them
@@BrainPilot why did the professor sacrifice the workers?
@@testing6753to build the bunker, it was probably the only way to do it without raising suspicion
Remember, the Professor built the coop and the bunker sacrificing the lives of many Irishmen in the process. Mina isnt a watcher but perhaps Conor McGregor is I believe
@@jameslambert7046yes Conor Mcgregor is a watcher, he changes appearance to slide in every wife DMs LMAO
I love the world building. The environments felt real.
I thought the changeling was gonna be the Mina. She's loved dressing up and imitating/repeating what other have said.
Big big facts! That did not make any sense but prolly just an easter egg on the theme
I believe the store owner that sent her with the bird was one of them as well
That’s a good thought. I was confused though about the bird because the guy said the bird doesn’t speak, but it started speaking in the forest and she never mentioned it or seemed bothered by it 🤔
Kira woulda been watched by the police 24/7 after the disappearance of her husband.
“It was a house bird that wasn’t used to the wild” on a film with creatures that kill people in the woods 😂😂
I think this movie is an allegory of shapeshifters or the nephilim
I felt the one way mirror made no sense as the professor was there to study them
In the film when she is watching the videos of the professor he explains he ended up “treating” the window, so it used to be normal but he made it into a 1 way thing, I can’t remember his reason but he does say why.
Didn't she just do a film adaptation of a book that already existed? I don't know, for me that doesn't require as much criticism because it requires a little less creative input (at least where the story is concerned) I feel like if people dislike the ending, they should mostly take it up with the book's author (considering they're identical)
Going to the burrows could’ve potentially blow Madeline’s cover .. REMEMBER IT WAS HER RULES
I REALLY LIKED THIS FILM
Why were there two shots if she killed him?
Like you I was really hoping for a Sixth Sense ending but it jast kinda failed to bring me up and kinda left me there...... Definitley not a 4k purchase for my media library.
Yeah i probably wont watch this movie again
I agree with everything this video said.
Glad you agreed
I did enjoy this movie, I would have liked to see it end a bit differently though. Like if you can’t believe anything you see in the forest it could have given them the illusion of escaping and still trapped in the forest. But that wouldn’t have gone good with the deeper meaning of the movie that they could be anyone, anytime, anywhere. But all in all I did enjoy it
It wasn’t humans that imprisoned them beneath the Earth, it was your Goddess Hera 🤭
Hera has nothing to do with Irish Mythology it was humans who forced (after defeating them in a war) all the Irish Gods and magical creatures to retreat to their own world
@@slainemccool2875 They lied to you.
At the very ,very, end? What was that all about when she was a double?
That was her twin sister. Look carefully at the flashbacks when they got into the accident. They’re twins.
It has to start with great characters. Make us care!
Yeah exactly!
Changelings are a metaphor for AI 🤖
OMG….I knew someone out there had the same thought!
Americans can relate to breaking the rules immediately. So that part makes sense to us lol. Maybe if your from a place that makes the rules for most of the last 1,000 years you see things differently
Americans break the rules so much that they created incest😂
i think it was a great movie tbh one of the best thrillers of 2024 it's the story behind it that makes it great
Are you gonna talk about the new season of Interview with the Vampire?
I'll aim to do a full season breakdown when it concludes!
Not fairys. Fallen angel's. And this is real. Basically. Nobody can see them. But i can
You should ask your doctor about religious psychosis and schizophrenia
This was a good movie, I break down some secrets about this movie on my channel as well. Thanks for your take on it
Thought it was great up until they lost me at fairies. Would’ve been better if they just kept it as random monsters or something other than fairies. Corny
You did not explain the ending😢
They were faires and angels that lost their wings and couldn't go in the sun only halfbreeds with humans are changelings
I loved it. Strangely, Mina needed that nightmarish episode in order to forgive herself and move on.
This movie was decent but my god that last part ruined it for me. Like the movie went hey audience if dont know still lets explain it all over and drag this out so you get it.
It had 2 good areas to cut and leave questions. 1 should cut after the escape with maybe a hint she was one of them. 2 end when fannings character saw and image of her.
The beginning was really dark I thought it was my tv.
This movie and the show From are similar.
not at all lol
From is so much better and scary
@@loucipher7782 your clearly just watching the show & movie for a thrill of fear when you should of been paying attention to the similar story’s they both have. (Novice)
@@Heartoflife9 From have more story
so whats your point boy?
@@loucipher7782 🙄 you a (NOVICE) stop