Steve Reviews: Ethel and Ernest
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- This week we review the 2016 film, Ethel and Ernest. A story which follows the life of the married couple... Ethel and Ernest, from the beginning, to the very end.... I warn you guys, this is a heavy one!
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you wanna feel even sadder?
The author's wife died 2 years after his father's death. Raymond Briggs, man bless his heart for still having the ability to do children's novels.
Thank you, I feel sadder :(
Bruh
As if I wasn't upset enough already, I have to go and read this. Thank you very much for doing that to me.
Not only that, she had schizophrenia and died of leukemia. Damn it all, this man is a something else for being able to make all those books desipte everything that has happened to him
@@shakieltaylor9995 I suppose it's his "slice of life".
It's sad knowing that a possible reason for Ernest's death could be actual heartbreak as usually the death of a loved one can cause their partner to die within a few weeks to a few months. But this just shows that he really did love her with all his heart.
So you can die from a broken heart? That's a relatively tragic but somehow also poetic way of passing
It was stomach cancer
@@chelsthegameruiner8669 there's a name for that. it's called broken heart syndrome
8 years ago today my Nan died and that was one of the most saddest days I’ve had and I remember my cousins aunties uncles my parents would visit my grandad to check in on him because of that reason and just to comfort him they got married in 1962 so 52 years they had been together for even till this day I’m worried about my grandad
Its Also How Debbie Reynolds Died After Her Daughter Carrie Fisher Passed Away
Well, at least this couple didn't die of radiation poisoning in a hypothetical world where the bombs were dropped. But seriously it really looks like a sweet movie.
It is and it has a soul crushing but bitter sweat ending
Speaking radiation and bombs, oh do I have a movie for you.
@@hafizanshari5035 what movie
@@hafizanshari5035 Aye?
In This Corner of the World / Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni
Older folks put the milk first because good quality porcelain was harder to come by back then. The milk acted as a heat buffer so the porcelain wouldn't crack.
Edit: just reiterating, it's not that you couldn't find good quality porcelain, it was just expensive. Cheap porcelain was still fairly abundant.
And they came from a time when tea leaves were brewed in the teapot.
If there's any bright side to it, the movie heavily implies that they die during their sleep and they remained together until the end.
Eh...not so much in Ernie's case, that looked rather painful.
Even though they didnt
How are you everywhere legit ?!
@@hoist9364 you ever heard about wutai1 nostalgia
At the very least, they were only separated by few months.
"Heartbreaking True Story" A man and a woman find love, raise a family, and die relatively close together. No, mate. That isn't heartbreaking. That is a life well lived. We just don't like admitting that all our lives will end someday.
maybe a normal fulfilling life is the most heartbreaking story of all.
They still went through hardships and heartbreak, though.
Most modern societies are referred to as 'death denying'
Memento Mori
Dont fear the reaper as they say
Out of all the “dark and disturbing” films you reviewed so far....this one actually made me cry
Mary and Max made me cry the most even when i watch it haven't finished the video yet though.
It's so heartwarming and bittersweet
It made me cry too but it a good sort of way like bittersweet
Never did I expect to cry from these vids but....dang this one hits home soo much more than all of the others.
When the wind blows ruind me... They main characters look the same so im preparing to cry
"Who was that old man, in here just now?"
I legitimately exclaimed, *_"Oh nO."_*
Stage 6 is withot descriptiosn
@@turkishundelightful5382 Please god no not EATEOT
@verakumarz Everywhere at the end of time? Sounds like *just a burning memory* to me
@@vitaminc4408 jokes on you i like A1
Even tho I didn't watched the film I started crying
"Their son Raymond (the guy writing the story) joins the army and nothing comes of it. He doesn't die or anything."
Who could have guessed he'd survive.
you know he's dead inside
Who would have though that in a film about the parents, the son character does get developed that much?
i know it's quite off topic but do anyone know a good site to stream new tv shows online?
🤣
@@kanejaxxon599 bot much?
“I could’ve married a deep-sea diver..”
“Well why didn’t ya?”
“Because I didn’t love him.”
*Wholesome 100*
3 yr old comment with no comments? Lemme fix that
I love how monotone he sounds while talking about dark stuff
Its because hes seen so much...
@@Chimichongas99117 He deserves a lot of respect for watching all of this emotional torture for us!
I love it too
Yeah and that’s why we’ all sub to him for that just to review dark stuff.
Steve has a lovely voice
Rest in peace Raymond Briggs. He passed away barely a month ago on August 9, at the age of 88.
I hope Raymond knows how beloved his parents are because of him. Their memory lives on and on because of him
This film was basically Britain's version of Ghibli films like Only Yesterday.
The only ghibili film that this film made me think of is Grave of the fire flies
my neighbor schlotoro
“I’m a lucky girl” 😭 I’m crying he brings her a flower everyday in the hospital ❤️
This film is absolutely beautiful. They way Raymond recreates the life of his parents in both the book and the movie is amazing. It show's how he wanted to honor his Parents trough good times and hard times. It is truly a heartwarming film and I'm sure Raymond's parents must be really proud of him.
Seeing Ethel laying in that bed and then saying "who was that old man" reminds me too much of my grandma in her final years. It really is a soul crushing thing to witness, especially firsthand.
“Did he just put milk in first?”
*My dad who puts coffee whitener first*
Putting in milk first when making tea is a FAR worse crime than with coffee. Practically treason.
@@sunnie9754 How about chamomile tea with pepper?
coffee isnt to bad since all you need is it to disolve. putting the miks in first with tea makes the water cooler, and therefore releases less flavour from the tea. its a disgrace.
@@LucasBurrell probably one of the few people who prefer blander stuff
stay right there, I'm calling the police
"Did he just put milk in first?”
Me who just drinks tea without any additive: "You guys put milk on tea?"
I put honey on my tea.
Me who eats teabags
@@turkishundelightful5382
This may have been a joke, but I definitely have chewed on a few tea bags because I liked the feeling.
@@HarryStikers Me who plants bag teas
i drink mint tea with sugar
you should do a review of a danish animated movie “the princess” is dealt with heavy issues and is very dark, i really recommend you to watch.
I completely forgot about that movie. I think that would be a great movie for Steve to review.
I'm danish, but i don't think i have ever heard about that movie.
Yep. That movie ouf'd me as a kid.
Good idea!
is it in english?
"but i do want to warn you however, that this show was a slow burner"
*shows literal fire slowly burning a house*
My heart dropped when I heard her say, "Who's that old man?" My Grandmother said things like that about her husband, my Grandfather, in the last few months of her life before passing away last year. That hit home.
The death scenes are very accurate. As a Nurse assistant in a nursing home, I am thankful for them. Nowadays we try to make them presentable for their loved ones of course. But we can't hide the yellow color of their face or what their jaw does when they are dead even though we use clamps to close the jaws , the face just... changes.... in a very particular way. Even in that simple art style it is perfectly captured. Also the casual silent atmosphere. There is almost never a dramatic element in the death of an old person. Death in itself is earily .... normal. We feel it shouldn't be, but it just... is. In a weird way, I am always sad and morn at the beginning of somebody dying, when the symptoms of the end of life start, I sometimes cry, bug death itself, is something peaceful and almost festive, like with every time you wash them or give them a little sponge with their favourite drink (dying people can't swallow but they feel thirsty and long for their favorite drink) it feels like you honor their life and like you are handling something precious and fragile. It is hard to put into words.
This made me realize how strange it must have been when rotary phones became widely accessible. Seeing Ethel be scared by its ringing seems like it would scare the living crap out of you if it rang in the middle of the night and probably took a long time to get used to.
The bit when she said "who's that old man who just left?" I cried my eyes out. It reminded me of my nanna peggy the last time I saw her she didn't see me as her granddaughter because my hair was short.
The worst part was she didn't recognise my dad as her son that was so painful
I had an Auntie Peggy and I always remember the last time I saw her; she was on oxygen and could just barely recognise who people were. My Auntie Ettie, every time I saw her in her last few weeks, would always say "eee I've not seen you since you were this big!", as if she'd not seen me since I was five. It really is painful to witness.
Ernest really is the kind of bloke I'd have loved to meet in a pub. Honest, genuine, down to earth chap with the cracking humour and civility of a working class lad.
As someone who's lost two grandparents since Summer '19, I can tell I'm not in the right headspace for this movie right now.
I'm sorry for your loss, maybe come back to this when you feel ready.
I can kind of understand, although it's been a longer amount of time since losing my grandmother to old age and dementia. Some parts of this are hard to watch.
Wait which '19?
1919?
2019?
@@josh_the_alien Minute 19)
"I'm Labour mum."
"Shush dear."
Lol, if only that worked today.
My whole family’s labour, my whole street is actually. We are hardworking and community oriented. It’s truly lovely.
*I'm not crying you're crying*
**Continues to cry**
'ere, 'ave a Kleenex.
RIP Raymond Briggs. Maybe now he’s finally up there talking to his parents, getting the full story.
Imagine if he reviewed an actually happy movie and we keep expecting something bad to happen but it never does.
That could be a nice April Fools video.
Does such a movie even exist?
@@yucol5661titanic
The ending to this film makes the ending to The Snowman seem jolly if you ask me! But at least he's with his parents again now, RIP Raymond.
Ethel and Ernest remind me so much of my great grandmother and grandfather, they had this lovely cottage we would go and visit when we were children, and they would bicker, but behind it, you knew there was love behind it from two people who had loved each other for nearly 70 years. What I wouldn’t give to hear them bicker lovingly at one another again.
Ugh, the visual of the father dead in the hospital bed is pretty similar to what my dad looked like when he passed earlier this year. Though my dad, despite being 71, never had the chance to go fully gray. But other than that, basically the same.
I’ve been watching all your reviews because it’s been a year since his cancer diagnosis… and somehow, watching/reading really dark and fucked up shit helps me cope?! So thanks!
Rhat meme was correct when they said UP put together a more convincing relationship in 5 minutes then the entire Twilight series did with a franchise.
I absolutely love diagetic sound design. A choir being at a hospital through the TV is genius! I love diagetic sounds emphasizing scenes too, most of the examples I can think of come from Edgar Wright movies like cash registers dinging when people get ideas and so forth. The more natural it is the better.
To be honest, when I first found this film, it was out of boredom and needing a new movie to watch years ago. It became one of my top favorite films to watch. It has a calm, wholesome feeling to these two characters that we come to love and feel their struggles, joys and loss throughout the film. I say if anyone has not seen it, I would say give it a chance.
I hope that crying wasn't about their kid dying.
"They were my parents"
I hope that crying wasn't their kid dying.... oh wait
it took me a while to get through my head that the kid isn't going to die in the film.
Yeah, it really makes you realize how used to that sort of thing in movies like this we are.
Anyone else notice that, after Ethel dies, one of the bars on the electric fireplace goes out
I hope to one day see you review "Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade" from 1999.
Also I doubt I'll ever sit down and watch this one as dementia hits way to close to home for me.
Dementia and Alzheimer's is brutal. I was young when my great grandma and grandpa had it so I didn't understand at the time. Now that I'm older, I do understand how heartbreaking it must have felt for a parent to forget their own child.
Just watching this literally make me wanna cry, for some reason it remind me of my grandparents, they are both from the uk in the country side, I seriously miss them badly, I remember there story how they meet, about ww2, there life story, they show me old pictures in black and white colours and many more. I enjoy spending time with them every moment when I visit them, i just hope this pandemic will be over soon so i can finally meet them to give them my hugs and kisses, they are both already in there 90s this year and is sad they have to stuck at home without any human connection because of this pandemic, i hope there health stay strong so i can meet them again, I would feel awful if something terrible happened to them that I might regret it in life because they are my precious grandparents and i love them more then anything in this world, i may be young but I enjoy the old style like in this video just like how my grandparents when they were young, thank you so much for reviewing this video and I totally would watch the full of the movie if i can find it, I hope you stay safe out there and hope you have a wonderful weekend.
I really want to watch this… watching animated films that give you a glimpse into other people’s lives gives me such a melancholic yet relieved feeling. Films like this remind me that I’m not alone, and that there’s many people out there with stories and lessons to teach.
He made a book about his parents meant. It's basically the most beautiful thing that I've ever heard.
Guy: "No HARD feelings."
Modecai & Rigby: "OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!"
For those snobs out there that laughed at Steve saying BBC grow up he said British Broadcasting Company.
yea
OK I'm not even joking
Yesterday I was thinking
"hmm, Steve reviews should review Ethel and Ernest"
I woke up today and this was number 1 on my recommended
*RUclips can read thaughts now*
Here’s a not so fun fact for you: Raymond’s wife Jean died two years after his parents... I wish I didn’t know that but I was curious and looked up more about Mr. Briggs
Then, who was that in the hospital scene? His new girl?
@@marcusblackwell2372 No, that was his wife. She died after he lost both his parents
I also think it's pretty sad that they never got to have children either
Jean also suffered with mental illness - bless her.
13:42
"... along with a bit of fire when needed."
Ethel: "You wicked, wicked boy! I could KILL YOU!"
Yeah, yeah, just a bit of fire, mhmm.
I do find it nice that when Raymond explained what schizophrenia was to Ethel she was sincerely sympathetic for Jean ("The poor dear") despite being quite conservative and stuck in her ways. Especially since that must've been Ethel's reaction in real life
two minutes in and it already gives me strong "when the wind blows" vibes, the animation/style is quite similar
(which i mean in the best way possible)
edit: aaaand two more minutes and you said it and i'm dumb
Oh man.. The shot of Ernest on his deathbed looked very similar to my own grandma the last time I saw her at the hospital... Hurts to revisit.
Its not gone. As long as someone remembers it, nothing will ever be lost. That's why we're here now. We'll never forget them, and even if Ethel could keep her memories until the end, she had a good life. And I think that's what truly matters
I quietly sobbed in the cinema at 11am. Then Paul started singing that rubbish song.
*Edit* Am I the only one who noticed the horse defecating when Ernest got to her door at the start? A statement about class, maybe?
Paul?
@@Esplodiamoinallegria mccartney
That is a really touching tribute. What a wonderful gift to the memory of his parents.
I've been having a difficult time trying to cry out tears to Paul McCartney's beautiful song, "In the Blink of an Eye."
Watching this in tribute of Mr. Briggs.
RIP, glad to know you've reunited with your parents again.
It takes a fine writer to present ordinary life so well. The people may not have been extraordinary but their lives were monumental to them, and lovingly remembered
One of the reasons why I'm worried about finding someone i love. Seeing them go will hurt soo damn bad.
Nah. It's much worse to think that you have wasted your life by being lonely. People develop and grow when they meet other people. Look at your family, friends, how they change after they meet someone. Plus lonely people are outsiders. There is no one to stand up for them when something bad happens. It's easy to forget that little fact when you're young and seem not to need anyone.
The saddest part of it is that this is real and we will all go through moments like these
Did they use real people when making this movie and just Trace over their movements with animation? Because that's the feeling I'm getting from this. Their movements are very similar to Snow White.
No, it was traditionally animated.
1:03 KNEW IT, the wife and husband screamed "When the wind Blows" style.
I have always described this story as being 'the opening of UP expanded into a movie and it was definitely one of the best graphic novels I have ever read.
I still cried at the end when I saw it on film because even though it was sad and normal, it felt like lives well lived.
Ooof, Ethel's decline and death hurts on a personal level.
the decline of Ethel reminds me a lot of my own family. currently my grandmother's health is declining due to dementia and the same happened to my grandfather and my great grandmother. while the bond I had with my grandparents was never the same as the bond between a child and their own parents, its still very heartwrenching and painful to watch someone you care about deteriorate to the point that they can't even remember who you are.
its a sad reality but I think its important that its brought up in children's media since many children will have to watch their grandparents go through Alzheimer's or dementia at a young age, and its difficult for small kids to understand what's happening or why. its great that this film portrays it in a respectful and realistic way, and not for the shock factor.
2:50 that is, supposedly, how a cup of tea is served properly. This way, the milk does not break down the antioxidant qualities of the tea... Or something like that.
Looking at their home, it reminds me a lot of how my grandparents house was when i used to visit them. Kind of easy to forget that your grandparents weren't always just old folks and that they also have their own story.
the way this hits me is that my own grandma is having trouble moving sometimes and is often forgetfull... my tears almost just blew out all over my PC when the last Steve showed the last shot
*looks at the art in the thumbnail and has a flash back to when the wind blows*
The thing you said about characters and "plots" being mentioned, I think, is what makes it more realistic. Most of us are never really going to have a "B Plot" in our lives. Your son goes to war and he comes back, life goes on. Your friend lost a kid in the war... Dude, I'm sorry but life goes on.
This movie is about watching a charming couple go through the real world and it's BEAUTIFUL!
Very beautiful Steve. Im glad having you reviewing this in such a beautiful manner as always
Just came here from learning how to make the MOTHER OF ALL OMELETS
It has been quite sometime since i've watched this channel have a good day.
I love this style of animation. There's a comfort to it I just can't quite describe. Also, it's pleasing that Channel 4 have made it a thing to have an animated special every Christmas now.
Anyway, when I watched this on TV, I sobbed my sorry heart out but in a very cathartic way. I can't believe it was over 5 years ago already.
Many years ago, the Daily Mail in the UK used to publish short strips from the book every week in their weekend supplement magazine as a way of promoting it. One such strip that I remember was when the father was talking to his son over the phone, and learnt that the love of his life had passed away in hospital. In three panels he went from barely holding himself up to slumping onto the floor in complete bereavement. It’ll be a strip I’ll never forget.
''It's a slice of life kind of film''
Weebs who enjoy SOL animes: Tell me more, cartoony man
Saw this with my little brother right after the passing of our grandma. An absolute beauty and I'm so glad I found it again.
It's actually a very good movie.
I'm crying at the line "It's me in the pram now."
The tragedy, the love, the memories.
She's lived a long lovely life but coming to the wilt of her bloom.
This hurts because I couldn't imagine my boyfriend living after me.
This is beautiful. There love is going to live on forever because of their son.
“Because I’m reviewing it so why would it be?” Needs to be on a T-shirt.
I'm an in home nurse and my grandfather is bedridden so I since that was my field of work anyway I spend all my time caring for him. Him and my grandmother we're married for 56! Years. She suddenly died of a stroke two years ago and it broke my grandpa. I've never seen him cry and neither had my mother and he sobbed at her bedside. It was truly heartbreaking. And even now as I'm caring for him throughout the day I will hear him talking to her picture as I'm going about the cleaning in the house. It's so hard on him to be without her. He thought he would die first. He has a pacemaker and when he got it in his 60s they said he would only have ten years left. That was almost 20 years ago. He never expected to have be without my grandma. They were truly soul mates. That kind of love is true love. That's why stories like UP and this movie touch so many peoples hearts. I've also worked with Alzheimer's and dementia patients.
Older generations habitually put the milk in first, not only because using a pot to brew loose leaf tea was the thing to do when they were young(teabags weren't commercially popular until the 60s), but apparently the crockery available at the time could crack if you poured very hot water first. It's not a problem with modern ceramics so the norm for younger generations is brewing tea in cups.
Up is one of the best films Pixar has put out and no one, I repeat, NO ONE can change my fucking mind.
This is probably one of the most heartfelt films I've ever been tempted to watch. I initially came to this channel because I love a fair, in-depth movie critique... but this has also given me a lot of good recommendations to try out. Thank you, Steve ✨
I really missed you, Raymond .you are one of my favourite book riders from my childhood. I hope you’ll be alive.
I read all of Raymond's kids books when I was really young so it was so surprising for me to learn about his darker things. I appreciate them just as much as the lighter hearted ones
Wow. This video actually made me cry. The "who was that old man" line reminded my of my great grandma. The last time i visited her, she asked who i was. After that i was just "the boy" to her. She didnt remember my name. Or my face. Or that we were related...
At 3:37, when he said it was much simpler back then, it made me think about how back then when you did something to win over a girl that you would called a simp for now, was perfectly fine, what THE F-
absolutely love your voice its so relaxing you should make longer videos with less cutting
I want to see The hunchback of Notre Dame get a review here. Just because it's such a good movie but with a happier tone for a change.
Considering how dark the original novel is, I think Steve should go for the closest, most faithful animated adaptation.
I honestly don't cry often from media but watching this review it brought me to tears so cootos to you for the excellent content please continue don't stop I love it
Oh crap, when I saw the style of the movie, I immediately thought of When the Wind Blows. and I feared that Ethel and Ernest would be in the same situation as the couple from When the Wind Blows.
Briggs did base Jim and Hilda Bloggs (who were introduced in the lesser-known graphic novel Gentleman Jim) on his parents.
When the Wind Blows was true horror - the worst thing to possibly happen that we can't really fathom, set in a very familiar location with likeable characters suffering it. It's horrifying and heartbreaking, because while of course nuclear war is a possibility, it's this horrible, terrifying thing that nobody can really fathom.
Ethel and Ernest was heartbreaking in a completely different way, because it's completely, 100% relatable. It made me sad, of course, and I've seen a very similar scenario to the end of this film play out with my grandparents and my dad dealing with that, but equally, the film shows all of the joy and happiness too, and the long, meaningful road they've taken together. It's bittersweet, but it's an outline of a full, actual couple of human lives, which always contain both joy AND sadness, and for that reason I don't think I was as destroyed by the ending as some were. The two of them had a genuinely good life together, and provided a good life for their son too, and despite the ending being sad, despite Ethel losing her memories and the two being shown very unceremoniously after their deaths, it doesn't matter because it still all MEANT something.
When the Wind Blows is horrible because the deaths were meaningless, painful and completely undeservedly early, because of something pointless, beyond their control and caused by the mistakes and egos of people they've never met and who don't care about them. Ethel and Ernest was horrible at the end in a different way, because we all know this is a certainty for us (and more relevantly, our parents), but the blow is softened by it being a story about two lives that, ultimately, were lived long and well.
Hey Steve you should check out "nutcracker fantasy", it's a 1970s animation that, while the stop motion isn't the best, it can get really dark and complex at times
Steve: did he put the milk in first?
Me: did he put milk in his tea?
C'mon man. Review the prince of Egypt. Some dark material in there
A loving couple with differing views is refreshing, as my boyfriend and I have somewhat different views but have been together 11 years now..also, Ethel's mind going is a real fear of mine, as dementia runs heavily in my family, I fear to one day lose so many memories I currently hold dear
3:34 and this is why I’m subscribed to this man. Keep up the good work and jokes my friend 👌🏻😂
I loved this film! It's sooooo underrated, I wish it got more attention. I also think it should've been nominated for best animated feature at the oscars.
"Who was that old man?"
OK. Here comes the waterworks
When Ethel says "Who was that old man in here just now?" I broke she just forgot him