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It's actually tennis for me! I think it's such an entertaining sport to watch, love it when the Grand Slams are on. Was always a big fan of Roger Federer.
track and field
The sound designers of Challengers REALLY wants you to hear Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist's moans.
As they should
..when they uhh.. *don’t* kiss tashi??
This was done on purpose… obviously.
@@AEO21ProductionsI heard the most moans while they were playing, actually, especially towards the end! And Agsma is right - it was definitely an intentional choice. The “unnhh! Unnnh!” back and forth could’ve easily been drowned out, but it was very audible. I think it was a good decision.
I was giggling the whole time it was a fun time
Sometimes a churro is just a churro. This was not one of those times.
I LOVE THE CHURRO SCENE. It does a great job of HEAVILY implying the sexual tension between Art and Patrick
Under the New York Times video about this scene someone said “Churro is the new peach”
Also bananas and spluge packets.
HELPPPP that is exactly what i said
For a second, I thought I was back on Letterboxd. 😏
This is definitely one of those movies where the trailer makes it look like something it isn’t
Glad I didn’t see it
@@3layerdipstack726 bro it came out less than 2 days ago. you acting like it came out months ago.
@@IHandOutLs4Youhe’s talking about not seeing the trailer I assume
@@tomboyd-hall1293 No, he's talking about the Wimbledon final of 2019. Never happened!!
That wad the impression I was getting. It would have been a weird commercial pivot for Guadgnino if it was like the trailer. But I felt like I could see pieces of him through the marketing so I held onto my excitement. Glad it paid off.
I loved the way Tashi’s line at the start of the movie when talking about the boys next match against each other. “I just want to watch a good tennis match”, is continued throughout the entire movie, Art and Patrick are just playing her tennis match, they’re trying to win her and Tashi is just dragging them along to create her idea of the perfect tennis match. the way she describes tennis as a relationship between the two playing tennis, is also continued as we see Patrick and Arts relationship be destroyed by Tashis game
The guy giving this review didn’t even see it, obviously.
I agree Tashi wanted a good game but I don’t think they were fighting for her. Art wanted her but Patrick didn’t care. I think Patrick just wanted art sexually too and didn’t care about much else. He loves Art but kind of resents him bc Art is timid and weak. So he wants to rile him up . He knows he can use Tashi to do that and make art more like him and not a nice guy. But also it’s a lust thing because Art loves Tashi so Patrick reasons that if he can’t have art he’ll just take what art really wants . Like childish payback
Ignore these responses. Your analysis is spot on. Patrick didn’t have to love Tashi to still want to steal her from Art because he enjoys cucking Art.
mike faist does such a good job at making you feel bad for him around the end of the movie oh my god the scene with him and zendaya in the bed and WHEN SHE FINDS HIM SLEEPING IN THE ROOM WITH THEIR DAUGHTER AFTER SHE LEFT HIM ALONE OH MY GOD I BAWLED
Man i wanted to go lay with my son after i got home😂
Wow now I see this comment. Zendaya and Josh characters were talking in the scene before about how Josh is still the teen/young adult. He never changed. Mike is like smaller, more following of Josh. Does that scene tells us that Zendaya's character realize Mike is more like a kid she has to lead in the career, the same way Josh always lead Mike?
The level of analysis here about crap characters in a bad movie 😅
pov of underneath tennis court is crazzy good
POV: u r the tennis ball
Is a close second for me. I started to get a bit nauseous there.
@@mguzman011 there was as shot where they serve the ball straight to the camera and my reflexes almost kicked in
@@tomb411literally texting this 20 minutes after watching it and i swear the ball grazed my glasses
it was that real to me 😭
Yessss
@mguzman011 this was the winner for me tbh. So creative!
mess? this movie has had a hold on me ever since i left the cinema, the passion, electricity and horniness truly did something to me. 😭
genuinely it was such an interesting fucken movie, so many parallels throughout the story i was so captivated
im genuinely changed as a person after this
forreal
never saw just normal movie?
All those slow mo scenes in the end was nauseating
Zendaya portrays the obsessed athlete so well, someone for whom nothing less than perfection will satisfy, and who cannot ever really love anything or anyone but the game.
Yeah that's one thing in the review I don't agree with: I don't think this movie is about being in love because I didn't get the feeling that any of the three characters were in love or even wanted to be in love. To me the message of the movie is more like you can argue that all three had victorious ending, got what they wanted, but is that really such a good thing?
If this had just been a typical Hollywood Rom-com, the fact that they are tennis players would have been completely incidental. There might have been some cheap jokes and sight gags to make the tennis/sex connection but it sounds like this film makes tennis part of the characters psyches, which is exactly my kinda movie.
“tennis is a relationship” And Zendaya wants to see good tennis.
@@thats_suber a lot of people say that zendaya is the one obsesses woth tennis but i fell all of them are, and in one way or another, all agree with her
This film was extremely fun and electric. The 3 leads are perfect and the score is already my new obsession.
Really I thought the soundtrack was annoying sounded like club music during intense moments really took me out of the movie and the ending was horrible so she cheats on her husband and we’re suppose to still like her character she’s married and has a daughter but who cares tennis is more important lol.
@@ericmorrow4040 not to sound like a dick, but i don't think these kind of movies are up your alley man. There's so much to enjoy here as a film enthusiast
@@ericmorrow4040That‘s probably the dumbest plot summary I‘ve ever heard… 😂
@@benaffblack your absolutely right this movie was horrible I don’t know what any movie enthusiast would like about it but to each there own one of the worst ending.
@ericmorrow4040 listen man and again, not to sound like a dick, but clearly artistic films that are written with high-level literary elements and shot with an expanded creative vision just might not be your cup of tea...and yeah to each their own, but it's not really the films fault that you didn't connect the dots or didn't understand what the puzzle pieces it had laid out were trying to show you....but yeah I mean some people see a sunrise as the pinnacle of nature's beauty and others see it as a sleep killer and the start to a terrible work day.
The ending means they’re gonna fuck in a 3 way banger fest
😂😂
This is how i interpret it
we were robbed of that scene
Hell, that SHOULD have been the ending.
After credits scene
I love how both MJs, Zendaya and Kirsten Dunst, have now starred in Tennis movies, 20 years apart.
Emma Stone also was in a tennis movie, which is fun.
@@NaomiHoefsshe disappeared into that part.
If you're a live-action Spider-Man love interest, you WILL be in a tennis movie.
Both can’t act for s**t.
Maybe we'll end up seeing Hailee Steinfeld in a Wes Anderson tennis movie or something
They were giggling at that scene about 'tell me it doesnt matter"? In my theater everyone gasped
When he asks her if she’ll still love him if he retires and she asks, “What am I, Jesus?” and he earnestly responds “Yes”, my whole theater fell silent. Incredible sequence
There were more than a couple times SOUNDS just made their way out of me as I watched it. What an experience man
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In my theater, I heard our hearts break. We were stunned to complete silence.
@@tetrahedron_in_space In my theater most laughed. Like wtf lol
Celine Song being married to the potion seller was truly life-changing information when I found out
Didnt he just write the movie? He isnt the director is he?
@@potionseller2083yes, they didn’t say he directed it
I truly can't wait for the screenplay from their third.
thank you for this amazing information
NO WAY AHAHAHAHAH
i'm utterly obsessed with this movie
that last scene, the tension, it is outstanding
my interpretation of the movie: art is ego, pat is passion, tashi is discipline. The characters are placeholders for these qualities and how they interact, their relationships and careers reflect these qualities. pat was the better player of the two when they were younger showing passion is a strong source of motivation and progression to oneself but art always wanted to win, pat just loved to play. This leds them down different paths when tashi is introduced. Tashi is discipline(damn near obssession), art and pat saw her life and who she was and were envious, they wanted her and fought for her, passion won. Pat went on tour and that distanced him from tashi and art, his discipline and desire to win(ego), this led to their break up because she simply "didnt want to be with a tennis player that sucks" (her words not mine). When they broke up, coincidentally she had her career ending injury immediately after, when discipline loses passion it needs new purpose. Art comforts tashi as your ego should. tashi decides to become his coach, and he gets to become a successful well known tennis player, and she gets to live through his tennis career, Pat became a bum. Art begins losing and loses his will to play but is afraid of losing tashi if he retires. Ego is afraid of letting go of something that encompasses a very large part of itself. Art worked so hard to get to this point and is afraid of letting it go because its such a big part of who he is. Before Pat and Art's match, tashi and pat meet and do cool stuff. passion finds discipline again and his drive to win. The game is even, showing that passion and ego can be equal motivators to ones purpose. As the match reaches the end both players had submitted to each other, pat submitting to his desire to win and art overcoming his fear of loss in pursuit of enjoying the match. this final match they finally all 3 come together for a moment when they are aligned. Much like a player in any sport, a moment when your drive to win, your passion for the sport, and your training and hardwork are aligned is best described by tashis monologue. So it wasnt important who won only that we got to see them play and how each of them brought out what the other was missing. //feel free to tear this apart I just felt this had good continuity and these experiences are pretty relatable to most//
this was such a brilliant and psychoanalytical approach. freud would be proud, and i'm impressed.
Best take
Zendaya as a tennis prodigy was very authentic. She was a mix of Osaki, Serena, & Kournikova all wrapped in one. 3 great performances.
It was a film for bisexuals and I love it for that!
GOD YES. I was so satisfied.
Ikr finally an actual love triangle for once
@@moi5206not a triangle IMO, it was a straight line. Patrick liked Art, Art loved Tashi, Tashi loved tennis. While bisexuality was exhibited in the film, ultimately it was a straight line. But could be viewed as a triangle, no need to shit on your parade. Life is all about perspective so essentially your comment is your perspective and my comment (this) is my perspective. Therefore, you’re right and I am wrong(in your eyes, and in my personal assumption). Hope you learned something from this comment. Re-read it & digest it if you have to. (I have no problem with LGBTQ+) my comment was/COULD BE useless and unnecessary. Great film, loved it.
@@smittyttg2029 no i get you!! i just meant that most films with 'love triangles' are based solely on two people after one, whereas challengers have them interact as a throuple (kind of, you know, at least the boys kiss at one point and have chemistry with one another) but yeah their relationship is more a straight line than anything
@@smittyttg2029WAIT. PATRICK LIKED ART??
the last scene of the movie feels like a deleted scene from Whiplash
EXACTLY
Had the same thoughts. It's those face close-ups with the slow mo
3:46 I think it's a good face cuz it's just a classic Kubrick Stare, and a good one at that. The cherry on top is the closed mouth smile. Smug and devious
She wasn't trying to play mind games with them, she was trying to bring out the best in the both men. Which she did.
@@firstnamelastname816By playing mind games 🤷🏾♀️
This movie def wasnt a mess. She wasnt weird Zendaya this was a character who knew how much power she held and used it very well.
This and Past Lives are the best double feature since Lost in Translation and Her.
YES✍🏻✍🏻✍🏻✍🏻
Funny Games and Suspiria say Hi.
past lives is overrated
Sorry what’s a double feature
Funny that the directors for both movies are married LOL
In my opinion, Challengers is neither a mess nor a masterpiece. The film is very good, I was positively surprised, but definitely nothing outstanding. The cinematography is impressive, the dynamic editing and music make this film pulsate. The plot itself is quite simple, the characters are not deepened, but what is most important happens in the relations between the three characters, you can feel the electricity between them. For me, it's a film about passion, love for tennis and what flow is.
Exactly what i thought of the film, not a masterpiece but great. I’d watch again. I think the film has some more depth with the social dynamics between characters.
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agree w u completely
yeah i think in order to be a masterpiece it needs to be deeper, yk have a bigger message but it doesn’t…which is okay cuz it’s not tying to be, instead it’s just this fun and really well made film that excels in what it’s trying to sell and we need more of these films
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When Zendaya went "My potions are fit for a beast, let alone a man", I gooned.
on jah my rizzler!!
@@jonathanmak1424 mom, please stop
Did you guys notice in the tashi and Patrick scene the poster of her and art were behind them
Yes, I saw that immediately and slightly shrunk in my chair as if he was going to see me as well. The whole time I was thinking ‘ oh God, not right in front of your husband’. 😂
totally agree on the dance music
i came out wishing more films used edm scores and its actually crazy just how much you can do even within a single genre such as house or drum and bass
i teared up at both knee centric scenes (the tree scene and the pt room) and i as well have had a devastating knee injury. welcome to the club. it fucking sucks
I like how immersive the tennis scenes were I kept feeling like the ball would hit me at times lol
This movie is such a of fresh air. It trumps any current movie. It’s a cocktail of a perfect score, genius writing and a new use of camera angles that had me intoxicated at the end of the movie.
i left the theatre like 4 hours ago and i'm still thinking about that ending scene
Also had a knee surgery similar to hers two years back and almost cried in the theatre today because the scene was so frustrating lol i hope you're recovering well!!
I just watched it and it was an amazing film - totally unexpected the way it was edited and scored. I also liked the fact that Luca Guadagnino doesn't always frame his characters in a perfect way?! He has beautiful composed shots but sometimes it feels that he and his cinematographer avoid perfectly framed medium shots as they want to keep some sort of naturalistic feeling. It shows in the editing as well. He is not afraid of having his scenes feel a big roughly cutted and roughly framed. Great movie! Great cast!
I really love how luca doesn't make a movie that outright says what it means. I love that he does through music and color and cinematography. Its really interesting. I can see why people have issues with this film. its really complex. it requires some digestion and maybe even a second watch. but I love films that are something real. something that can be understood without actual words. What I love most about Lucas films is how easy it is for him to film emotion. through all of the elements, you get EMOTION. i felt our characters anger, stress, and tension. I felt how much inadequate art felt. and i felt how much patrick wanted to be seen by someone. it was almost as if this love triangle was phyiscally binding the three together with a tight rubber band and you were actually watching it snap.
I feel like a lot of people don't talk about the knee scene enough tbh. I also had knee surgery (blew my ACL and meniscus) and seeing the injury occur, seeing the emotional aftermath, Zendaya pushing herself through, the frustration, it all really hit me to my core. The way her knee gave out and the recovery process was eerily similar to what I went through, and I was fighting for my life during that scene man 😭
It's also my favourite movie of the year so far! And I agree on the knee scene: a knee injury ended my (not-as-promising) football career and I felt Tashi's so viscerally. I think injury scenes often feel silly or over-the-top but this was just spot on.
damn everyone keeps praising this movie! i can't wait to watch it!
Pls do a reaction vid!! 🫶🏾
I can't wait for you to react to you Chu !
It was horrible don’t recommend it
definitely watch it in cinemas first before doing a reaction if you ever want to do one
@@ericmorrow4040🧢
you want a sexy sports romcom?? Someone hasn't seen Love and Basketball
That is not a romcom. It’s a sports romance through and through
I feel like this movie was a darker Love and Basketball but for white people, with two guys who ultimately end up falling back in love lol…
Oh yeah and the girl is evil lol
@@Nooooooooooooooooooooo7913 Love and Basketball for bisexual white people I’m crying 😭 😂
@@SmartStart24 lmaooo yup!
I LOVED every messy, complex, co-dependent minute of it!
It was a very unique movie-going experience. I went in not know a single thing about this movie, and was very surprised by it. Still processing, but I do believe I liked it.
Karsten PLEASE watch God's Own Country. what Josh does in that movie is crazy. truly one of the best working right now.
He’s incredible. I still can’t believe he was Prince Charles in The Crown as well. He’s extremely versatile
Loved this movie, banger score, great acting, well told story and solid drama
i actually really enjoyed the movie. the music and tension were insane.
Genuinely loved this film so much- need to see it at least 3 more times
i looooved this movie, just amazing pace and editing with the music and the different shots of them playing just ahhhhh loved it. Plus yes I agree they were all beautiful people, filmed beautifully, like wowwww
This movie was sooooo good omg. Me and my friend are now obsessed with it. Music was fire, characters were fun to root for because of how good everyone looks, the pov of the tennis ball was so good, we were never bored while watching this. I wish I could experience this in theaters for the first time again. New favorite movie for sure!
That is exactly what I said after coming out of the theatre. Yes, I was aware of how ridiculous it could be seen as, it was perfect, and HOW HAS NOTHING BEEN MADE LIKE THIS BEFORE.
100% agree with the mike faist theatre kid thing. Also zendaya sometimes gives Disney channel vibes to me
Probably because you had known both these informations before the movie. That being said….i knew both the info too but halfway through the movie I was just pulled in and just thought of them as their characters.
We surprisingly really enjoyed this movie. It was really well written with flawed characters that made it fun to watch. It was a fun drama to watch.
been watching you for a while. just want to say thanks and i think your video essays are important
This formula worked for me. Was I into Tennis before the movie? Absolutely not. After? No, but I’d watch a match if it were playing. This was a breath of fresh air. I didn’t think it would be worth the watch in IMAX. I was proven wrong. I may never watch this movie again, but I will watch the final scene. There were corny parts for sure, but those can be forgiven. The jokes for the most part landed and didn’t tire out even it was reused. The payoff was incredible. It was incredible storytelling. I liked how Art’s injured wasn’t even mentioned as to how it happened. The focus was about the three main characters and what they had to do with each other. If it didn’t involve individuals it was both, three, or nothing. I liked how you saw the Zendaya’s first match career go through in the background noise. It was thought out and kept you entertained the whole time. The only thing I would change is use less slowmo. If it wasn’t for the direction of the film and all the other things it had going for it, it would have been unbearable. It is forgivable especially for those last few minutes of the film.
That soundtrack was so amazing, felt like dancing in the middle of the scenes lol
“Luca Guadagnino is one of the only directors working today who knows how to make an entertaining movie” lmao what? Like, I’m a huge fan of the guy but that’s such a blanket statement
Yeah wtf was that comment I had to go back for a second
I was hoping someone called this out, I laughed out loud.
I was thinking the same-- I feel like Yorgos Lanthimos is bringing something different too
added to one of my favorite movie ever. I was hooked to every emotion of the throupe
This film was one of the best I’ve seen this year. I will definitely be going to see it again, something I haven’t done since spiderverse last year. Few films grab my attention like this one.
I fell for this film, and even harder after that ending. Such an incredible film
8:09 yup my favorite movie of the year too ❤
Yeah seeing Zendaya about to have a three way in the trailer really opened my eyes like bruh
they made a christopher nolan movie for queer people
this comment is the type of shit you’ll find on letterboxd
@@Nolasssssand it’ll get 300 million likes and be the top review of the film
Explain more, havent seen it yet
this implies that tenet isnt gay as hell
A good movie? Well of course I will compare it to Nolan because he’s the only director out there apparently.
i loved this one so much
I’m sorry, you weren’t crazy about his Suspiria remake? WHAT? the fact that I just found out the guy who directed that movie directed this movie makes me wanna watch this movie
I loved it up until the ending. I had NO IDEA what was happening for the last fifteen minutes or so! Maybe I need to know more about Germany in the late 70’s?
Suspiria is soo boring
@@samfilmkid 😂 I’m sure they were up to some wild shit
@@hazardrock7120 ironically I feel that way about ‘Call me by your name’
Suspiria and Call Me By Your Name are still my favorite Luca movies.
Going to see this tomorrow. Can't wait
Edit:The horniest film I've seen in a while.
people seem to be forgetting Malcom & Marie, genuinely one of Zendaya's best performances.
zendaya smiliming like the grinch for some pensi
in my theater everyone laughed at the....j*rk off scene 😅 i think that's honestly the best way to describe it lol - but everyone was quiet for the tell me it doesn't matter. yeah - it's been a couple hours already and I can't stop thinking about it. it's really something special - for some reason it felt like an old movie and a new movie all at once - like classic but also fresh - i was asking myself "why aren't more movies like this"
i loed this movie. it was cinematic and dramatic. i loved the complexity of the characters and their dynamics.
Luca Guadagnino did it again!! A masterpiece and I knew you would love it Karsten 💙👏
The review we are waiting for is here!
I just got out of the theater. I absolutely loved this movie
Happy to hear your thoughts on this Karsten, was also hoping for a video on Civil War?
I fucked up my knees nearly a decade ago, and that knee scene sent me back to the same traumatic shock I felt in that moment. I had to stop watching and lay down for a few minutes, but I can't help but respect a movie with that kind of power over me.
He Karsten on my Runquist till I feel things
I was pleasantly surprised
I ate this REVIEW the fuck up. Watched Challengers on Monday and have been waiting with bated breath for your thoughts
I watched this movie yesterday. I watched two other big RUclipsrs that do theater reviews. This man gets it, the other two don't. Subscribed!
Challengers was a movie about breaking tennis rackets
The film was truly compelling, I was just captivated the entire time wondering how I’ve never seen a film like this before. And good lord, that score. Yeah this needs a rewatch.
This shit was fire 🔥🔥 probably the best film of the year so far .
Damn I’m suprised I kinda was waiting for it to end by the last act!!
They ate, but we were fed.
Can't wait to watch it now
Masterpiece definitely 100%
Seeing it tomorrow and very hyped !
"You can't call it boring" Yes I can because it is! I didn't care about these characters, they aren't interesting or likeable so the best cinematography or score can't make this a good movie for me.
Maybe cause you went into it with a negative opinion or you don’t realize humans are complex. During the scenes, I felt sympathy and at times shook my head but …what can you say all three characters are flawed. And so are you and me. Maybe that bit annoyed you.
Literally just came from the theater to watch this. This is a masterpiece ! They must have put crack in it or something.
I loved this movie. just saw it today.
Really liked Josh O'Connor in La Chimera a couple of weeks ago. Really excited for Challengers now.
His is my favourite performance in this movie. But I also wanted to see more of him and Zendaya onscreen - that’s the relationship I wanted to see more of.
the day i found out that trent and atticus did the score, i was sold. i dont even needto watch a trailer.i didnt evenit was about tennis lol
We get it - they're sweaty. We get it - it's windy.
Trailer feels a bit reductive now that I’ve seen it. It’s so much more interesting than the trailer would lead you to believe. But - as far as going viral goes - trailer knew what it was doing 😂
That knee scene lowkey was a jumpscare.
I truly love this film and its easily my favorite of the year, yes even over Dune Part 2 lol
Movie seller. I am going to the cinema, and require only your strongest movies
My movies are too strong for you traveller
YES I am so glad Kirsten Runquist validates my feelings about this movie. SO SO good
this movie left me w my mouth open
Between challengers and la chimera I love Josh o Connor
Fantastic review ❤
my favorite movie of the year!
My favorite movie ever haha
It's too bad about the overuse of slo-mo. Thought this was Snyder film for a sec