The next couple of generations might not even know what a newspaper is! Actually, I changed my mind. Newspapers survived radio & TV, so they'll probably still be around, until we can download the daily news directly into our brains (ala the Matrix).
@@Illyriad You're probably right, but there's _something_ about touching real paper which makes it appealing (like real books), even if it's an objectively less efficient way to gather information. Plus one can make a Millwall Brick out of a newspaper (a dangerous improvised weapon that seems perfectly innocent) - you can't do fun stuff like that with a mobile!
I think in the original script Jack (Harry Styles character) was supposed to be way more angry, manipulative, and abusive. Not the toned down version in the film. There was also more signs about Alice having a different life. Like whenever she would wash her hands, she would wash them really throughly like a surgeon and stuff like that.
that's probably why Olivia was dicksucking so hard about Shia being in the film. I wonder if they had cast accordingly (Not shia but someone who could play that type of character well) how it could have gone.
I think they changed it because Harry is playing him. I love my boy Harry but he should’ve played that version of him. I wish they allowed him to be more complex characters.
This movie reminded me of those story ideas that randomly pop up in my brain when I'm half asleep, and at that time my brain is like "holy shit that's the most groundbreaking idea ever, I got to wake up and write it down because it gonna make me famous", but when I read it the next morning I realise it doesn't make any sense
the actual movie that was written was much better…they rewrote it and it wasn’t a big reveal she found out pretty quickly and then is figuring out how to escape secretly
@@brynniefresh9746 WTF that sounds 10x more interesting and its exactly the idea dylan had for it too why did they sabotage the potential of this movie 😭
It actually makes sense that she notices all those weird things but doesnt do anything cause when you're asleep you don't question anything that happens to you in a dream, you just follow
That's a good interpretation- they probably could have capitalised on this idea a bit more. Like the flashbacks to her real life drawing more parallels to her waking up from a bad dream.
No…dying,flight responses, or shocking events in sleep can easily wake people up…the random visions presented throughout the film are mangled together and don’t work well with the random events that take place in the dream world. It’s poor build up and then the execution dies multiple times when it should have taken place no more than 70% of the way into the film.
I mean it makes sense in a way but I’m just wondering how would she escape since Jack is dead? Because she would wake up tied up and he would be dead next to her. Does it mean she died or she found a way to escape?
@@ivanhenderson31 You gotta realize this wasn’t her choice, she was forced into this and chained down to the bed and she couldn’t move and we can probably assume she was drugged with something to stay in the simulation. There’s also something called sleep paralysis where if you have a bad dream or something you can “wake up” and you’ll just be stuck unable to move, this could also be a possible explanation. Sure the sequences are randomly thrown in with no explanation but that’s the point of it, you aren’t supposed to get an explanation and it’s like you’re living through her life.
Phycological thriller ?. Like honestly I really do like psychological thrillers there fun to watch as they hold you in tension and make you really feel it. This had literally nothing tense or good about it. It felt weird and stiff and it was made up of a lot of problems harry styles being one of those problems. I respect him as a person and as a great guy and good singer but his acting ability just sucks and you can see that. It could have done so much better I swear
@@JaneJn-e5c as a harry stan I gotta agree his acting was mid. jumping from a small part in dunkirk to a major role wasn't the best choice especially since he isn't an actor, he's a singer.
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So, I actually read the orignal script by the Van Dyke brothers while I was a Development Intern at a film production company, way before the second rewrite or any stars' attachment. It was messy even then, but it had closure. In the original script, we learn that 'Alice' (name changed from Evelyn) is in the simulation about 3/4's through the script. There were multiple portals around the town that the men could enter back to the real world through. She escapes through one of them, waking in the simulation machine in 2050. She climbs out, walks around the apartment where she discovers that her ex husband 'Jack' (originally Clifford) had kidnapped her and forced her into the machine/simulation. She was actually a famous surgeon, but he faked her death. Clifford then returns home, they fight, she kills him and escapes. The end, lol. It seems the original script was a much more overt critiscim of the horrors of misogyny. Clifford was basically an incel and the simulation was for men who felt emasculated by the women around them being more succesful than them. So, their fantasy was to return to the time where women were 'put in their place as housewives'. Also there was no Chris Pine character or Olivia Wilde's character lol. They went to such lengths in the final film to 'keep you guessing' that no one knew what the fuck was going on by the end lmao
See when they showed them in flashbacks in the real world I thought that was were it's going.. Them splitting and Harry forcing this on her against her will
the real psychological thriller here was watching dylan slowly descend into madness. very entertaining, had me on the edge of my seat. would watch again
Once he said that, my entire opinion and outlook on the film changed. Like, what a sh(t human (apparently), but damn, would his acting and edge have made this film different - perhaps, even better
Shia would play a perfect psychopath because he's definitely got extreme issues and talent. Just don't think it would be fair to his victim. He's in another film right now and it's unfortunate imo.
Very true. As much as I love Harry and am a fan of his music, let's be honest here his acting in the movie was very underwhelming. Shia would've played a better role since admittedly he is talented, but he is a horrible human being.
@@ami8181 he was accused of physically, verbally, and emotionally abusing fka twigs. he later alluded to her in a couple interviews essentially admitting to causing her harm, though never clarifying. he’s directly admitted to cheating on every woman he’s ever been in a relationship with and being aggressive on substances. he seemed to have changed into a better person in the articles i’ve read, but i don’t follow up on him and this might be cherry picked instances of growth
i feel like if the movie started with her being taken to the facility and harry styles screaming in the car, and then the whole movie is her trying to remember what she was trying to solve, and then we get introduced to the world through her eyes from the people gently reminding her of it from her memory loss, which then leads to the plot twist Jack was (something other people have suggested also) some nurse who stalked her, making it creepier...it could actually be a real movie with the material and ideas that they had but chose to make it 'artsy' and lost direction
@@kurtaudiocollagekinda just feels like they focused on the artsy & fancy shots & forgot about the actual plot & then rushed to actually make the movie a movie instead of an aesthetic video lol
The fact that he guessed the plot twist in three different ways throughout this video is both impressive and not shocking at all given how underwhelming the actual twist is
i actually love when dylan legitimately dissects films. like he makes jokes and its funny, but there are also real examination of what went wrong, what could have been done better, what was done right....
if you like analyzing movies and video essays about shows and movies you should check out friendly space ninja. Coincidentally, his name's dylan too. Hes made videos on dont worry darling, do revenge, riverdale (one of his best), gossip girl, pretty little liars, original sin, vampire diaries, euphoria, eternals, fleabag, ted lasso, bridgerton and a lot more. His most popular one is his first one, emily in paris, its called "emily in paris: romanticizing ignorance" i wont shut up about this guy hes too underrated. if you like this dylan youll like the other one too.
@@nila9320as much as i love FSN, i feel like the two men exist on a separate sub-niche when it comes to analysis and dissection. FSN's great, but his perspective's more of a knowledgable audience who's watched enough movies and series to know what's going on. whereas dylan, who afaik also had/has the experience of working on sets, tends to go further in depth with the technical aspects. like FSN may point out that a shot sucks and give some suggestions to make it better, but dylan would actually dive into the practical of _how_ to make it better, if that makes sense? basically am not saying that either of them is better or worse than the other, it's just that if you like dylan's deep dive into filmmaking (even though they're pretty scarce, lol rip) FSN might be entertaining but not quite scratch that itch. unfortunately dylan might be the one and only in this aspect. :/
Sameee. We have every right to laugh because there was no build up to it in anyway. If she would’ve shown like a feeling of being trapped and stared at the wrap for awhile as like a means to escape then we would’ve been attached to the character
it reminded me of something that would be sprinkled into a college sophomore’s post-modern dance piece they choreographed in one semester for a class. it’s just there because it’s there.
I find movies that are being released nowadays are a lot like those girls who go on Tiktok all the time - so focused on being pretty that what they're trying to achieve becomes a hilarious waste of time
Fr I saw my policeman and it was amazing. Olivia and Harry should NOT have been in a relationship during production cuz she changed the WHOLE script THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOOD after she hired him. And didn't even push him to do an American accent ALL BRITISH ACTORS CAN DO ANY AMERICAN ACCENTS 😭 I was so disappointed and I only watched a third of the movie.
I thought like harry styles put his all into his US accent at first (i actually was born and grew up a couple hours away from where he lived in the Uk) and then as like the film went on he was like "Fuck it, they cant kick me off at this point" and literally just gave in lols
What you said about Shia was SO TRUE ! If he was the main actor the quality of this movie would've been so much better bc he would've brought some CRAZY reaction out of Florence.
And Shia is good at doing intense and crazy and angry but also suddenly going soft and sad and vulnerable. You could totally see how he'd do a good job in this type of role. But Harry is like a void.
Yeah… I understand why he wasn’t cast and why they wouldn’t want him on set after the allegations came out. But he would’ve brought something to this film which could’ve been soo good.
The fact that Harry's character is exactly like Hardin amuses me. It's so on-brand and I don't even know that the guy playing Hardin knew this would happen in the future
@@criptideancia The “After series” is basically one direction fan fiction (book-turned into movie) movie following Harry’s dysfunctional love life. Harden is the character from that series
this movie has SO many issues but i think the biggest one is how sanitized harry’s character is. he’s supposed to be abusive, manipulative, controlling, and violent, but they hide all of that and it takes so much away from the movie
He's not supposed to come across as any of those things. If he did, we wouldn't be questioning the main character's sanity. Also, that's the point. One of the messages is that any seemingly normal guy could fall prey to this kind of misogynist cult-like mentality under certain conditions. I think Olivia Wilde alluded to the idea (in an interview) that the film was a criticism of people like Andrew Tate who instill dangerous ideas in vulnerable/impressionable male minds.
@@potatospud9365 you still don't question it though, because they give you absolutely nothing. Whatever you think you are questioning is a projection, because Harry delivered nothing like that, he didn't even give off incel vibes when he was discovered. Even the uncovering was boring and by fault of the direction of the movie we already knew the main character wasn't crazy, and it actually was because of how "normal" all the man acted. The meaning and the actual visualization don't match.
@@potatospud9365 the only reason why I understood a bit of what Olivia was trying to do in the film was because I had read her take on jordan peterson, if I hadn't read that, I wouldn't have understood anything which should not be the case. People shouldn't have to read a director's opinion on sth to be able to understand the film that they've made.
@@70RY I watched and liked a lot how it was shot. Cinematography department did a really good job. Scenery and costumes are also good. Screenplay wise is catastrophic. I think that the concept is good (not boring at all), but the movie has on one hand too many plotholes, on the other hand a lot of superfluous scenes (they look superfluous to me, at least). It is not bad, but in my opinion it could have been so much better.
Especially if someone in the house (or car) is a smoker (of any kind)-it’s the best way to clear that gross “residue” that never wants to clean off windows.
i am impressed by Dylan being home alone and watching movies with his noise-canceling headphones on for hours and not tiny bit worrying about whether someone has broken into his home
Lolll,I live alone and use noise canceling headphones as well (but to be fair, I live in a tiny apartment in a busy city, and have a seizure disorder - so the noise canceling is necessary)
in a previous video he actually heard some noise and thought someone broke in and yet he decided to not investigate in it and just continued watching the movie😂😂it was hilarious
One thing for sure, Florence carried that whole movie. She really did her best. The monotone in Harry is so real you’ll notice the camera focuses on the other characters more even when he’s delivering his lines (case in point my policeman, Emma carried that whole movie as well) . Nevertheless hollywood has ran out of ideas and i guess this is the truman version for the younger generation who never watched Truman show
Truly, I never realized how close the after series got to real life until the “drama scene” and his yelling really just hit the “fUckiNg trevuh” nail on the head
the movie feels like that high school short film you do where you already had a script but as filming started you wanted to. make changes so you made changes but when crunch time came you realize your original script was better but there's no time to shoot the new missing scenes so you had to make do with what you had by making it look cool with how you edited and compiled everything your team did and only realized after post-production that it was a shitshow.
@@shannonceleste5557 actually no, we still do that. My dad reads the paper everyday, so we have piles and piles and it's the recommended method. Leaves glass, mirrors etc sparkling
Harry wasn't good As a Harry styles fan I agree to the fact 😭😭 Some fans are just solely saying that his acting is good just cuz they're fans and I hate it
@@indigoround hes definitely not the best but i don't think he cant act at all, maybe with some more acting lessons and coaches. He seems a bit stiff like hes trying to act but cant fully commit to a role. I think his acting was better in My Policemen if you havent seen that already too.
I think the feelings of watching things in a loop was intentional to reflect how Alice was living in a loop. Things freaked her out but she was so brainwashed to live in this world without questions that she didn't. I also like that Harry acted calm because he knew what was up and was trying his best to keep the peace of what he had created for them. The ending was a bit underwhelming and left a lot of stuff unanswered but I really liked the art of it all
@@virginiafernandez6846 it wasn’t boring for everyone. To each their own. I personally really liked it and I think Dylan missed quite a few things. Then again, everyone interprets things differently.
I need a compilation of every time Dylan has just remembered he wasn’t wearing the nose ring, him being triggered by streaming service glitches, and many others cause they make me laugh so much 😂😂
i just don't understand why EVERY director for thriller/horror movies make their characters so incompetent in order to build suspense. there is no reason for alice to be standing around so long after bunny explicitly tells her they are going to kill her. alice's LIFE has been threatened and yet no fight or flight response kicks in until it is nearly too late. the whole car chase would still be just as suspensful if alice runs away immediately like a rational person would do in that situation. there is no logical reason for alice to be standing around, especially after knowing what she is capable of since she just murdered her husband without a second thought.
I havent seen the movie, just this review but even i know that there are 3 biological responses..not 2. Fight Flight Freeze Its actually very common for people to freeze. It has its uses, but oftentime freezing happens when it shouldnt and works against survival. It is not rational when ur on the outside looking in, its actually frustrating, but for the person experiencing it...its disorienting and takes some time to figure out how to even move. Commonly happens during shootings (in real life). U see people running mostly, but a lot of others freeze in place confused, trying to understand whats happening. It actually takes training to get out of freeze mode to fight/flight.
@@VioletIsBulletproof def true but its also probably just done that way for plot convenience/suspense and not actually because it could be realistic so i think thats why its annoying like its mainly for unnecessary drama. I think in this case with her having been brainwashed (apparently, i also havent actually watched the movie) it could make a bit more sense for her to freeze up but it doesn't feel like it was done that way intentionally as part of the brainwashing it just felt like it was done to give a chance to make extra drama u know
The fact that every sensible person who has seen this movie makes essentially the exact same criticisms is insane. It’s not even a bad movie it’s just not doing what movies are supposed to do and Olivia Wilde expects us to be ok with that. It’s weird
I actually loved it and am now watching critics tear it apart while all I can think of is that they aren't saying anything in particular which would justify them not liking this movie. I think movie critics watch too many films to be able to enjoy it completely. As you say, this movie does not have the same flow as others do but that's why it makes you keep watching. Sure, many things could have been done differently which would have improved it, but those are all just details and it essentially turned out good in the end anyway. (I also think Harry Styles did a good job at acting 🤷♀ Anyone who says he underperformed need to realise that 1: he played alongside known and respected actors/actresses so it was a given that he would be outshone and 2: sure this isn't his first rodeo but he doesn't have years of experience either.)
I think there was a lot of plot lines that could have been better and the ending was so underwhelming. Also The characters weren’t set up enough for the audience to truly care about them.
@@MusicLevel128 you clearly have not seen any good movies if you think this is any good, this could have been a good movie like the Stepford wives but in the new generation given how much this movie copies that but it was not, harry was underwhelming ( and you need to accept it, he clearly got the role through olivia cause no casting director would choose him for such a complex role, which is why shia was chosen in the first place) and so was most of the cast except gemma chan, chirs and flo. it was bad directing and writing all combined
No! it's still unbearable and why would anyone do all this for ugl girl like Pug Florence also doesn't make sense 💀 irl Harry dated Olivia wilde and Kendall jenner, he wouldn't touch someone like Pug much less being obsessed with her
@@samanthasmith61 WOW. ok. Jealous much. He wouldn’t date u either and Florence is very pretty and talented. I don’t mean to offend you but quite honestly the only reasoning you gave was that she’s ugly in your opinion.
dylan your channel makes me feel so happy. i was diagnosed with cancer 2 years ago and im cancer free now but i still struggle with the chronic affects of chemo treatment and i’ve had a really bad sick day today. your videos are a breath of fresh air. thank you.
SPOILER ALERT: One thing I think is the reason she’s not really reacting is because she’s stuck in the simulation, she doesn’t have control. Every time that something unsettling happens, she snaps back. Almost like her brain is fighting but it can’t win. And first time she manages to exit the simulation, Jack puts her back into it.
Yeah and I thought the same about Jack too, or his reactlessness what Dylan was talking about. I think Harry wasn't the right choice for the role either but I thought that since he was living his 'dream' life and was sorta playing this character that he was this shadow of a person, so it would make sense that he's not that reactive
Dylan's reaction to the fucking subtitles popping up for the tenth time was a lot more psychotic than Harry's reaction to Florence accusing him of being psychotic.
God that was a terrible fucking story wtf,,, as a screenwriter I AM OFFENDED at the ending what the actual fuck - once again thank you for watching it for us Dylan. I need to go lie down and process that shit of an ending
Even these 35 minutes were such a pain to watch, thanks to Dylan's commentary I was able to get through it. This might be the WORST movie to ever exist
florence pugh and the cinematography carried this whole movie. after watching it i understand that the intention was to leave the viewer confused because we were following the story though alice’s eyes. it really doesn’t make any sense while watching it though. also: when olivia wilde told alice to leave now i kept screaming go and it was so aggravating oh my god
I remember reading an article reviewing this movie and the title of the article was “Olivia Wilde chooses Styles over Substance…” And I honestly can’t think of a better way than that to describe the train wreck that is this movie.
AGREED. Like he was playing a character who was sweet, until the truth was out & he showed who he really was. He loved Alice, but he was sick in the head & warped what it meant to love someone. She loved him, which enabled him to keep her quiet & complacent. This movie had many flaws, but I feel like this portrayal was intentional.
Love how Dylan predicts every major revelation and plot twist while making jokes lol. Was really looking forward to this movie, it tried too hard to be like midsommar with the ominous tone going on, the direction and the cinematography but it delivered quite literally nothing. Was left super confused after the movie and that ending just made watching paint dry interesting. Props to Dylan for not losing his mind completely.
Since Dylan is confused about the newspaper: Some people swear by wiping a window down with newspaper after washing it since it apparently stops streaks from forming so you just have a nice clear window.
I lived until 50 without ever hearing this, including living with a grandmother who grew up in the 30s and probably would have known a thing or two about cleaning windows once she got her own house in the 50s, the very same one I grew up in during the 70s and 80s.
You don’t even need windex. You can use vinegar and newspaper. I used to work at a store with large front windows and it was amazing how well it works.
As Dylan said, The Truman Show did the "slowly realizing the loop" already, and it was actually successful. Black Mirror did the "fake reality, where just key people know what's going on" with San Junipero or USS Callister, and the twist actually paid off. USS Callister even has the creepy man that's living the fantasy he can't create for himself in real life, down to the makeover. Even the awful 2004 The Stepford Wives, did the overachiever/robotic housewives-loser husbands, dynamic better. There was literally nothing new to this movie, the only thing they had going for them, was the new cool aesthetic and new performances, and they botched it.
Actually The Stepford Wives was a remake of a 1975 film and The Truman Show was inspired by a late 80s Twiligth Zone episode so yeah, this film didnt offer nothing new but it was acting as if the audience have never saw a film like this before.
You could say “it’s been done before” on so many movies. Think about how many movies there are about war, survival, coming of age, love, etc. Every movie is a bit like another movie. People are just looking for reasons to hate on this movie.
@@issiecottrill8419 nah people ain't looking for a reason. People have a f**king reason. This movie was literally dog worst time spent in my life worst movie I've seen in my life. It was so boring so slow so repetitive. Harry's acting was so bad and his actor didn't show any emotion or depth whatsoever. It felt like his acting was as bad as watching a high school/middle school play. It wss just so awful 😖
@@issiecottrill8419 you can’t just group up big concepts like “love” and “war” and compare it to a specific plot and act like it’s the same thing. it’s arguing in bad faith, dishonest, and not grounds for a proper debate or critique. don’t worry darling is not unique or inventive. it’s just another “omg my reality isn’t real!” movie which doesn’t bring any creativity or fun to the genre. they don’t even really succeed with retro theme they were going for, it doesn’t feel like they were going for accuracy more than they were aiming to have a cool aesthetic movie. it’s not a good movie
I feel like the movie would’ve been great if shortened to one hour, and if they went with the ending the original script had instead of what they went with, I would’ve enjoyed it so much more. Towards the end of the original it felt like they rushed it and they ran outta room. But In the original script, Alice discovers the truth when she finds a portal to the real world inside a house for sale. She wakes up hooked to an IV and to a machine that puts people into the simulation. Alice unplugs herself, sees she’s in her apartment and in the year 2050. Upon looking around, Alice discovers that Harry Styles' Jack, due to their impending divorce, signed them up for Alt-Life, the equivalent of the Victory Project. Jack had faked her death and forced her into the simulation. Alice re-enters the simulation so as not to raise suspicion, but Jack figures her out and sends her for shock therapy, but it doesn’t work. Alice tricks Jack and then one night forces him to tell her the truth about everything. Eventually, Jack admits that he put them in the simulation because he wanted them to be happy again and that he was angry she had put work before him. Jack tells Alice the location of the exit portal in their house and Alice leaves. However, Jack follows Alice to the present day, and they get into a physical fight resulting in Alice stabbing him with a knife. In the simulation, Bunny finds Jack dead and Alice unconscious. Alice wakes up back in the 1950s in a psychiatric ward, is told she killed Jack and had dreamed the future where she was free. The final scene of the film is Bunny visiting Alice in the psychiatric ward. Bunny reveals to Alice there is an escape portal behind them and leaves. Alice begins to head towards the door and the film ends.
This would have been much much better. I wonder if the changes to the script were made when they lost Shia? Because this script asks a lot more of the Jack performance, which they couldn’t get from Harry. The change might have been made to have the film depend more on Florence (which was the case on the final product)
I was hesitant to watch because I didn’t want to spoil the film, but I 110% made the right choice watching this reaction in place of the film. I wouldn’t have made it through the movie w/o Dylan’s signature comments.
The movie was actually really good in theater though. Regardless of his review and my third time watching it now I’m happy my first experience was my own and not someone else’s.
@@Raebae457 I’m glad you enjoyed it. Aesthetically it really seems beautiful, but I’m not here for esoteric films, I feel like good art is accessible, and good storytelling is good storytelling. I never made it through nomadland because there was no drive, it was cerebral and sleepy and I couldn’t sit through 2 hours of that even with a brilliant actress at the helm-I feel like that’s what happened with Don’t Worry Darling.
@@Raebae457 I watched the movie in the cinema. It was kinda cool but it wasn't very interesting.. It looks cool though. I guess people who like this movie haven't watched crazier shit than this
Yesterday, I read the original script for Don't Worry Darling by the Van Dyke brothers and it made so much more sense to me than the movie. Like you said, it is easier to root for the main character when it slowly becomes clear what's happening from the beginning. This is exactly what happened in the original script. It would have been better if they kept it like that. I did still enjoy the movie though.
i've been reading that og script, and it is so good honestly wtf, why did they make it so much worse??? I can really see shia and florence pulling off the main pair so perfectly
watching a film through dylan’s movie commentary monday saves me time (especially if i know it’s a bad movie). i honestly appreciate you putting out content of your suffering for entertainment 😂 dylan, you are something to be thankful for this thanksgiving
Man I desperately wanted this movie to be good because genuinely? It's not a bad idea, and it's not the worst movie I've ever seen but it's definitely no masterpiece. I feel so bad because Florence and Chris carried the whole thing I hope they get compensation for the back pain they must have experienced on set 😭
I wish people were allowed to just take the same exact movie concept and remake it like explicitly be like “I can do it better let me try”. So many movies have a great concept and terrible play out but if someone remade it it would be considered a rip off
The most frustrating film! You can't have a transparent plot and then leave so much unanswered at the end because you desperately want your film considered ambiguous and "artsy". Honestly, they'd have more luck making this a short since that's about how much substance it had.
@@valerial9081 agreed, that is an insult to psychological thrillers. There are plenty of them out there that really know how construct a well thought out plot.
Chris pines character gives me sinister vibes. He's played really well do but people aren't giving him the praise he serves. His cruelty towards Florence really explains his character and why Victory project is an inherently evil, violently patriarchal enslavement
The original script was so much better than the final product, but Olivia for some reason decided to water the story And harry's character down, he was supposed to be this crazy dude that kidnapped Alice before she could divorce him or something like that, but made him into him just wanting a "better life" for them both, which i think was in part bc of harry's audience, so they could see him as an "ideal man" (which believe it or not, actually worked) Also, in that last scene where Alice walked out of her house and was walking aimlessly, was supposed to be her walking up to that girl that kiIIed herself earlier, but again, for some reason, Olivia decided to cut a lot of her scenes out of the movie, so it just looks dumb, her just walking towards nothing... i think this movie would've been so much better if it had a different director but oh well 🤷♀️
I love Dylan's commentaries where he just has fun with a film, but as a practicing film critic myself, watching him watch DWD to praise the style choices and Florence, tear apart the pacing, and wish for all the ways in which it could've been so much better, is an even more engrossing experience. 😊👏 Edit: As well as the fact that the most amount of joy he got from it was hearing Shelley name-drop "the troublemakers." 😆
@@imblue9839 yeah no! this concept is just 1 badly done black mirror episode... and there are no points since it's just hypocritical fantasy in itself which is ironic
She was using a newspaper in that window cleaning shot. The paper that the news is printed on is actually really good for cleaning windows because it helps reduce streaking, and in the fifties everyone got a newspaper at least every week. It was also a good way to get more use out of the things you already had.
Wouldn't have helped with the plot, but just imagine Shia's manic energy as the husband who tries to play it cool but is basically a ticking time-bomb. I can't believe this movie really had me going "Boy, we need Shia" :/
Seeing Screamasourous Rex again after so long was such a serotonin boost, glad the little guy is still around with a more terrifying scream than ever :)
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You can always count on Dylan to start hitting on the characters once he’s bored with the movie
Yep 😂
I feel 3 minutes is some sort of record
I don't think I've ever seen dylan this horny but apparently he likes getting punished by pretty ladies lol
Dylan not knowing people used newspaper to clean the windows makes him look younger than that nose ring ever could
The next couple of generations might not even know what a newspaper is!
Actually, I changed my mind. Newspapers survived radio & TV, so they'll probably still be around, until we can download the daily news directly into our brains (ala the Matrix).
@@Naptosis we can download it to our hand, that's probably good enough once the boomers go.
We still use newspapers to clean the windows and mirrors, I thought everyone did that lmao??
@@Whogiveafvck lmao there's a window cleaning stash of newspapers in our cleaning supplies cabinet at all times
@@Illyriad You're probably right, but there's _something_ about touching real paper which makes it appealing (like real books), even if it's an objectively less efficient way to gather information.
Plus one can make a Millwall Brick out of a newspaper (a dangerous improvised weapon that seems perfectly innocent) - you can't do fun stuff like that with a mobile!
I think in the original script Jack (Harry Styles character) was supposed to be way more angry, manipulative, and abusive. Not the toned down version in the film. There was also more signs about Alice having a different life. Like whenever she would wash her hands, she would wash them really throughly like a surgeon and stuff like that.
that's probably why Olivia was dicksucking so hard about Shia being in the film. I wonder if they had cast accordingly (Not shia but someone who could play that type of character well) how it could have gone.
why did they change it
why would they leave this out ugh
When Olivia Wilde bought the idea she completely changed a bunch of things about the movie
I think they changed it because Harry is playing him. I love my boy Harry but he should’ve played that version of him. I wish they allowed him to be more complex characters.
This movie reminded me of those story ideas that randomly pop up in my brain when I'm half asleep, and at that time my brain is like "holy shit that's the most groundbreaking idea ever, I got to wake up and write it down because it gonna make me famous", but when I read it the next morning I realise it doesn't make any sense
real
Fr
the actual movie that was written was much better…they rewrote it and it wasn’t a big reveal she found out pretty quickly and then is figuring out how to escape secretly
@@brynniefresh9746 WTF that sounds 10x more interesting and its exactly the idea dylan had for it too why did they sabotage the potential of this movie 😭
I wrote one of those late night notes and I said "She took those two too to" and I thought I was a literary genius 😭😭
Dylan simping over Gemma's character is the most relatable part
Fr
Legit i was literally bored out of my midn most of the movie, the only parts i was engaged were her scenes. The only slay performance.
I agree the only times I liked the movie was when she was on screen. I really hope she gets more significant roles in the future man
she's the main reason I watched this movie. love Florence but she wasn't enough to sell it.
So true
It actually makes sense that she notices all those weird things but doesnt do anything cause when you're asleep you don't question anything that happens to you in a dream, you just follow
That's a good interpretation- they probably could have capitalised on this idea a bit more. Like the flashbacks to her real life drawing more parallels to her waking up from a bad dream.
No…dying,flight responses, or shocking events in sleep can easily wake people up…the random visions presented throughout the film are mangled together and don’t work well with the random events that take place in the dream world. It’s poor build up and then the execution dies multiple times when it should have taken place no more than 70% of the way into the film.
I mean it makes sense in a way but I’m just wondering how would she escape since Jack is dead? Because she would wake up tied up and he would be dead next to her. Does it mean she died or she found a way to escape?
@@ivanhenderson31
You gotta realize this wasn’t her choice, she was forced into this and chained down to the bed and she couldn’t move and we can probably assume she was drugged with something to stay in the simulation. There’s also something called sleep paralysis where if you have a bad dream or something you can “wake up” and you’ll just be stuck unable to move, this could also be a possible explanation. Sure the sequences are randomly thrown in with no explanation but that’s the point of it, you aren’t supposed to get an explanation and it’s like you’re living through her life.
@@kenkan-edgy7206 it was confirmed she escaped. her mouth wasn't covered so i just assumed she screamed loud enough so her neighbors can hear
the fact that this is a psychological thriller and dylan is slowly losing in mind makes it more perfect
Phycological thriller ?. Like honestly I really do like psychological thrillers there fun to watch as they hold you in tension and make you really feel it. This had literally nothing tense or good about it. It felt weird and stiff and it was made up of a lot of problems harry styles being one of those problems. I respect him as a person and as a great guy and good singer but his acting ability just sucks and you can see that. It could have done so much better I swear
@@JaneJn-e5c Let’s just say it was supposed to be a psychological thriller…
@@jensenkaris9534 yeah. It would be so much cooler and more fun to watch if it was done properly
@@JaneJn-e5c as a harry stan I gotta agree his acting was mid. jumping from a small part in dunkirk to a major role wasn't the best choice especially since he isn't an actor, he's a singer.
@@signofthecrimes1534 mid would be average, this was so jarringly bad that it took me out of the movie every time I saw him
Dylan screaming, “I DON’T EVEN KNOW THEIR NAMES! What about the eggs!!” During the sex scene on the dinner table 😂😂
this killed me
True Facts:
-Dylan has a real nose piercing
-He is finished with his book and is writing the sequel
-He is very serious, no jokes
-He went to a real college, no scams there
-Today is Monday, not Friday
and he is 20 years old
and he is young and hip
And he definitely does not watch the movie firsthand and then tries to "guess" the plot
In fact, i think his writing a prequel to his book. That's why he hasn't published it yet 👌😂
This was a serious reaction, it's the movie that is a joke.
So, I actually read the orignal script by the Van Dyke brothers while I was a Development Intern at a film production company, way before the second rewrite or any stars' attachment. It was messy even then, but it had closure. In the original script, we learn that 'Alice' (name changed from Evelyn) is in the simulation about 3/4's through the script. There were multiple portals around the town that the men could enter back to the real world through. She escapes through one of them, waking in the simulation machine in 2050. She climbs out, walks around the apartment where she discovers that her ex husband 'Jack' (originally Clifford) had kidnapped her and forced her into the machine/simulation. She was actually a famous surgeon, but he faked her death. Clifford then returns home, they fight, she kills him and escapes. The end, lol.
It seems the original script was a much more overt critiscim of the horrors of misogyny. Clifford was basically an incel and the simulation was for men who felt emasculated by the women around them being more succesful than them. So, their fantasy was to return to the time where women were 'put in their place as housewives'. Also there was no Chris Pine character or Olivia Wilde's character lol. They went to such lengths in the final film to 'keep you guessing' that no one knew what the fuck was going on by the end lmao
That is so much better whyyy😭
Thanks. This plot is so much better.
I would love this, this idea for a story had so much promise, it COULD have been so scary yk what I mean
See when they showed them in flashbacks in the real world I thought that was were it's going.. Them splitting and Harry forcing this on her against her will
I mean that's basically the stepford wives just updated to be about a simulation instead of robots
the real psychological thriller here was watching dylan slowly descend into madness. very entertaining, had me on the edge of my seat. would watch again
10/10
watching him writh in pain and in literal tears during He's All That was *chef's kiss* cant wait to see the same here
Can't descend into something you are already in :p his reactions make me laugh so much!
We love seeing Dylan in pain
@@annabean1150 his pain is our laughter, which I believe he would be cool with
Dylan is not wrong about how Shia's crazy acting would have been perfect in this.
Once he said that, my entire opinion and outlook on the film changed. Like, what a sh(t human (apparently), but damn, would his acting and edge have made this film different - perhaps, even better
Shia would play a perfect psychopath because he's definitely got extreme issues and talent. Just don't think it would be fair to his victim. He's in another film right now and it's unfortunate imo.
Very true. As much as I love Harry and am a fan of his music, let's be honest here his acting in the movie was very underwhelming. Shia would've played a better role since admittedly he is talented, but he is a horrible human being.
Shia labeouf?
@@ami8181 he was accused of physically, verbally, and emotionally abusing fka twigs. he later alluded to her in a couple interviews essentially admitting to causing her harm, though never clarifying. he’s directly admitted to cheating on every woman he’s ever been in a relationship with and being aggressive on substances. he seemed to have changed into a better person in the articles i’ve read, but i don’t follow up on him and this might be cherry picked instances of growth
honestly i think dylan was more surprised at finding out what a lobotomy actually is than the entire plot of the movie
i mean, fair
dylan guessing the plot accidentally in the first 3 minutes at 2:44 is the best part of this video
I was flabbergasted
what plot, I was just getting into the movie whe it ended
Yep I made the joke and facepalmed when that was the twist
I was just about to comment that 😂
@@mustafafh4402 huh?
SEMI-SPOILER: Very impressed by how it took Dylan less than 3 minutes to unintentionally decipher the truth behind it all.
Right. I was like oh 😳 haha
LITERALLY... i was justt like wellll wish i were that onto it lmao
right 😭
no literally
Same
i feel like if the movie started with her being taken to the facility and harry styles screaming in the car, and then the whole movie is her trying to remember what she was trying to solve, and then we get introduced to the world through her eyes from the people gently reminding her of it from her memory loss, which then leads to the plot twist Jack was (something other people have suggested also) some nurse who stalked her, making it creepier...it could actually be a real movie with the material and ideas that they had but chose to make it 'artsy' and lost direction
i agree but it feels like a movie
@@kurtaudiocollagekinda just feels like they focused on the artsy & fancy shots & forgot about the actual plot & then rushed to actually make the movie a movie instead of an aesthetic video lol
2:45 the fact that dylan managed to figure the secret out two minutes into the video and then continued to wonder what the secret was is killing me
It’s just a common trait that he has, especially when he does “horror” movies
It was very predictable tbh. But this idea has a lot of potential and can be executed well if the writers were decent and the olivia wasn’t wildin
@@senpaisear-edge olivia wasn't wildin XD I love that!
My husband says i do the same thing, he says it fascinates him
Let's be real he probably already watched the film beforehand. Like every other reaction youtuber.
8:35
i don’t think we give dylan enough credit, he caught such a specific moment that most people didn’t see
That’s what I’m saying I was so surprised of that part I watched it 2 times and never noticed that
The bar is on the floor
@@toni3762 ?
@@toni3762 did YOU catch that moment?
Seriously I didn't even notice that and I was like what was he trying to pause for making a joke or something about the curtain closing
The fact that he guessed the plot twist in three different ways throughout this video is both impressive and not shocking at all given how underwhelming the actual twist is
Dylan having beef with the language and subtitle options had me laughing so hard
he got a point tho
Better story than the film.
this was hilarious
😂
right? I was so entertained by the intensity of his anger with that subtitles option
I’m so glad Dylan laughed at the plastic wrap scene because my sister and I were dying in the cinema and everyone else was SILENT
Wow, Ig the movie was made for them
@@Narra0002 they were sleeping
My friend and I burst out laughing at that scene and I leaned over and said “when the intrusive thoughts win” 😅😅😅
i actually love when dylan legitimately dissects films.
like he makes jokes and its funny, but there are also real examination of what went wrong, what could have been done better, what was done right....
Right?! I learned a whole new way to watch movies because of him. It's both a blessing and a curse
if you like analyzing movies and video essays about shows and movies you should check out friendly space ninja. Coincidentally, his name's dylan too. Hes made videos on dont worry darling, do revenge, riverdale (one of his best), gossip girl, pretty little liars, original sin, vampire diaries, euphoria, eternals, fleabag, ted lasso, bridgerton and a lot more. His most popular one is his first one, emily in paris, its called "emily in paris: romanticizing ignorance"
i wont shut up about this guy hes too underrated. if you like this dylan youll like the other one too.
@@nila9320 I watched his videos too he's really underrated
@@nila9320as much as i love FSN, i feel like the two men exist on a separate sub-niche when it comes to analysis and dissection. FSN's great, but his perspective's more of a knowledgable audience who's watched enough movies and series to know what's going on. whereas dylan, who afaik also had/has the experience of working on sets, tends to go further in depth with the technical aspects. like FSN may point out that a shot sucks and give some suggestions to make it better, but dylan would actually dive into the practical of _how_ to make it better, if that makes sense?
basically am not saying that either of them is better or worse than the other, it's just that if you like dylan's deep dive into filmmaking (even though they're pretty scarce, lol rip) FSN might be entertaining but not quite scratch that itch. unfortunately dylan might be the one and only in this aspect. :/
props to Dylan for his consistency, I'm blown away by how he always uploads a movie commentary every Monday
i thought my essay was due today but it's actually monday so i'm good! good thing dylan always knows what day of the week it is
Same😆
i dont get it its friday for me???
@@heart.lock. its a joke lol
It's Friday...🤔
Oh wait! I geddit 🤣🤣
Yeah 🤷♀️👀🤣
It takes me a while....
Dylan Rules either way 🥇😎
The fact that Dylan guesses it’s a simulation almost immediately
y’all didn’t catch it right away? the thing that bored me the most about this movie was that everything was already known
@@gaia.cavalcante7942 no I just thought it was funny that he guessed it that quickly
That's just how obvious it was, @@geekgirl616.
I was like - is it aliens keeping them? 🤔 @@gaia.cavalcante7942
Dylan gaslighting us and trying to deceive us into thinking today is Monday, is the best part of the video
It's giving "it feels like a real, like you know 'go to the theather' film movie"
What do u mean? How course it’s Monday;D
Oo
Dylan laughing when she wraps her face made me feel less like a crazy person for doing the exact same thing
Really? It made me feel even more crazy
Sameee. We have every right to laugh because there was no build up to it in anyway. If she would’ve shown like a feeling of being trapped and stared at the wrap for awhile as like a means to escape then we would’ve been attached to the character
I laughed so hard through the whole movie in the cinemas (quietly), and my friend was so confused and mad
i literally do not understand the addition of that scene. at all. i giggled a little too.
it reminded me of something that would be sprinkled into a college sophomore’s post-modern dance piece they choreographed in one semester for a class. it’s just there because it’s there.
The cinematography is all this movie has going for it.
Exactly
Literally
Florence Pugh is such a doll, though.
@@XOChristianaNicole
I LOVE HER!!!
she deserves BETTER than that movie. If she had to carry that movie any more she'd have permanent back injuries!!
I find movies that are being released nowadays are a lot like those girls who go on Tiktok all the time - so focused on being pretty that what they're trying to achieve becomes a hilarious waste of time
Feels like this should have been a 22 minute Twilight Zone episode
Except the Twilight Zone is usually so much better
it felt like a badly written Black Mirror episode
L O L S!
Dylan begging Harry to act better has so much more emotion than anything Harry said in the movie
LMAO
I love Harry but I gotta agree. Him and this movie just don’t work. Everyone but Pugh suuuucked
@@HexGirl420 Chris Pine was pretty good imo
Fr I saw my policeman and it was amazing. Olivia and Harry should NOT have been in a relationship during production cuz she changed the WHOLE script THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOOD after she hired him. And didn't even push him to do an American accent ALL BRITISH ACTORS CAN DO ANY AMERICAN ACCENTS 😭 I was so disappointed and I only watched a third of the movie.
@@daveyJ0nes I feel like she just ruined it herself.
This movie really feels like a real movie I’m glad you’re finally watching a REAL movie
The laugh I just let out 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
fr its about time he watched a go-to-the-theater kind of movie
You can tell Chris Pine is a decent actor, because he didn't even flinch when he heard that.
@@Naptosis bahahaha🤣🤣🤣
I love how Dylan expresses more emotion watching the movie than any of the characters did the whole film
You sound dumb af Florence Pugh performance was greater than any emotion he could ever display for his RUclips channel
I thought like harry styles put his all into his US accent at first (i actually was born and grew up a couple hours away from where he lived in the Uk) and then as like the film went on he was like "Fuck it, they cant kick me off at this point" and literally just gave in lols
yooo leave my girl Florence outta this 😭
I wouldn’t say ALL of the characters. Definitely Harry’s character, but Florence was amazing as always in this movie
Don’t you dare disrespect my queen Florence like that
What you said about Shia was SO TRUE !
If he was the main actor the quality of this movie would've been so much better bc he would've brought some CRAZY reaction out of Florence.
And Shia is good at doing intense and crazy and angry but also suddenly going soft and sad and vulnerable. You could totally see how he'd do a good job in this type of role. But Harry is like a void.
True Shia is a great actor and florence and him would have made thjs movie and the acting so much better.
His performance in pieces of a woman show a little what he could've brought to this movie
Yeah… I understand why he wasn’t cast and why they wouldn’t want him on set after the allegations came out. But he would’ve brought something to this film which could’ve been soo good.
We owe the actor who plays Hardin an apology cause he does a pretty good Harry
Stop, this comment made me cackle because I thought the same thing!
Damn why I was just thinking about this? 🤣
that's what I've been thinking the whole time nooo 😭😭
Who said he plays harry 😃
THATS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUHHT😭
The fact that Harry's character is exactly like Hardin amuses me. It's so on-brand and I don't even know that the guy playing Hardin knew this would happen in the future
LMAO
who is hardin?
@@criptideancia after
@@criptideancia The “After series” is basically one direction fan fiction (book-turned into movie) movie following Harry’s dysfunctional love life. Harden is the character from that series
@@nevermind3630 I see, thank you so much
this movie has SO many issues but i think the biggest one is how sanitized harry’s character is. he’s supposed to be abusive, manipulative, controlling, and violent, but they hide all of that and it takes so much away from the movie
He's not supposed to come across as any of those things. If he did, we wouldn't be questioning the main character's sanity. Also, that's the point. One of the messages is that any seemingly normal guy could fall prey to this kind of misogynist cult-like mentality under certain conditions. I think Olivia Wilde alluded to the idea (in an interview) that the film was a criticism of people like Andrew Tate who instill dangerous ideas in vulnerable/impressionable male minds.
@@potatospud9365 you still don't question it though, because they give you absolutely nothing. Whatever you think you are questioning is a projection, because Harry delivered nothing like that, he didn't even give off incel vibes when he was discovered. Even the uncovering was boring and by fault of the direction of the movie we already knew the main character wasn't crazy, and it actually was because of how "normal" all the man acted. The meaning and the actual visualization don't match.
@@potatospud9365 no she used the opportunity to insult Jordan Peterson
@@beanybabyrabie Nice
@@potatospud9365 the only reason why I understood a bit of what Olivia was trying to do in the film was because I had read her take on jordan peterson, if I hadn't read that, I wouldn't have understood anything which should not be the case. People shouldn't have to read a director's opinion on sth to be able to understand the film that they've made.
so glad i didn't waste my time actually watching this movie and decided to just watch this instead lmfao
I went to the cinema to watch this. What an L
same
me with like every movie dylan watches lmao
same
Same tbh
i appreciate dylan sacrificing his sanity for us
The movie wasn't bad though.
@@70RY Seems pretty bad. I'm glad I didn't waste time watching it.
@@70RY it was worse it was BORING
@@zzdreams66 I don't know why you @ me. I liked it and I didn't think it was boring. I would watch it again.
@@70RY I watched and liked a lot how it was shot. Cinematography department did a really good job. Scenery and costumes are also good. Screenplay wise is catastrophic. I think that the concept is good (not boring at all), but the movie has on one hand too many plotholes, on the other hand a lot of superfluous scenes (they look superfluous to me, at least). It is not bad, but in my opinion it could have been so much better.
The reason she was using newspaper to clean the window is because it simply works better than towels. It absorbs more and doesn’t leave behind lint.
yup we do it also
life hack
Sometimes the older ways are the best ways. My great grandmother did this, too.
Yep. Best way to clean your bathroom mirror too.
Especially if someone in the house (or car) is a smoker (of any kind)-it’s the best way to clear that gross “residue” that never wants to clean off windows.
i personally would like to thank dylan for saving me from watching this film out of curiosity. your suffering was not in vain
Nah it was good movie wasn't even that bad
It wasn’t that bad this Dylan is just impatient and doesn’t let the movie actually sit in at all.
@@josiahneal1771 cap
@@josiahneal1771 y'know its funny that both you and the guy above you both have black&white pfp
1k likes! 💙🤗
Daniel radcliffe wouldve been the perfect cast for charming psychopathic british husband and you cant convince me otherwise
🤔🤔............Actually, I would've loved to have seen him going off in this movie.
I think the only reason Jack was British was because Harry wanted to keep his accent for the majority of the movie.
i am impressed by Dylan being home alone and watching movies with his noise-canceling headphones on for hours and not tiny bit worrying about whether someone has broken into his home
I swear i always think of that, I'd be so scared to even use normal headphones homealone
Lolll,I live alone and use noise canceling headphones as well (but to be fair, I live in a tiny apartment in a busy city, and have a seizure disorder - so the noise canceling is necessary)
LITERALLY i always think about this!
in a previous video he actually heard some noise and thought someone broke in and yet he decided to not investigate in it and just continued watching the movie😂😂it was hilarious
@@ems5454 same
One thing for sure, Florence carried that whole movie. She really did her best. The monotone in Harry is so real you’ll notice the camera focuses on the other characters more even when he’s delivering his lines (case in point my policeman, Emma carried that whole movie as well) . Nevertheless hollywood has ran out of ideas and i guess this is the truman version for the younger generation who never watched Truman show
The disrespect to Pine......
Imo, it felt more similar to Peele's Get Out in a way rather than truman show.
@@ninjanibba4259I felt gross by him like my stomach twisting, showed he did a great job acting from that
Harry’s voice sounded like that for a reason. He’s faking being a Brit and mixing an American accent with a British one for the movie
@@beth_m no that is just what he sounds like in real life. he didn't fake being a brit, you guys made that up.
Truly, I never realized how close the after series got to real life until the “drama scene” and his yelling really just hit the “fUckiNg trevuh” nail on the head
LMAO I'm dead 💀
Funny how Dylan showed more emotion and anger at the pause button / audio option drama than Harry did throughout the entire film...
“I’d feel like I’m in a simulation” Dylan proving he’s psychic every video (or cutting out the ten times he guessed the wrong plot)
Dylan, it’s really important to me that you know that cleaning glass with newspaper is actually a thing and very effective 😅
lmao i was looking for this comment
Same, it’s a pretty common thing 😂
I've never heard of it, but I'm intrigued. Is it any old newspaper, or is it a certain kind?
We did this during navy recruit school before all the room inspections. Worked better than kleenex, but not much
@@eleonoralorenzet6715 I'm starting to think it's only that common in italy lol
the movie feels like that high school short film you do where you already had a script but as filming started you wanted to. make changes so you made changes but when crunch time came you realize your original script was better but there's no time to shoot the new missing scenes so you had to make do with what you had by making it look cool with how you edited and compiled everything your team did and only realized after post-production that it was a shitshow.
🤣🤣
This sounds so specific
did this happen to u by any chance…😭
Well guess what, the original script is miles better for this.
Sounds so close to what happened
dylan’s ongoing battle with the audio/subtitles menu will never not be funny to me
fun fact: in the 50s/60s (I believe) it was very common to clean windows with newspapers as that leaves less streaks than with a cloth
My mom still does that (and makes me do it) lol
The ink would smear, no?
@@shannonceleste5557 actually no, we still do that. My dad reads the paper everyday, so we have piles and piles and it's the recommended method. Leaves glass, mirrors etc sparkling
Wait really!? I gotta try that...
You still do that now. But it’s harder to get newspapers …
Dylan's hatred for Harry Styles' acting somehow has more passion and intensity than Harry's acting itself
Harry wasn't good
As a Harry styles fan I agree to the fact 😭😭
Some fans are just solely saying that his acting is good just cuz they're fans and I hate it
This.
@@indigoround literally though. Im not a crazy Harry fan but I do enjoy his music and quite frankly I think he’s good staying a singer lol.
@@indigoround no fr 💀 first time i watched dwd istg i was trying not to laugh in the silent theater everytime he got "angry"
@@indigoround hes definitely not the best but i don't think he cant act at all, maybe with some more acting lessons and coaches. He seems a bit stiff like hes trying to act but cant fully commit to a role. I think his acting was better in My Policemen if you havent seen that already too.
the anxiety I feel during every video waiting for dylan to segway into the sponsor segment will forever be unmatched
I think the feelings of watching things in a loop was intentional to reflect how Alice was living in a loop. Things freaked her out but she was so brainwashed to live in this world without questions that she didn't. I also like that Harry acted calm because he knew what was up and was trying his best to keep the peace of what he had created for them. The ending was a bit underwhelming and left a lot of stuff unanswered but I really liked the art of it all
Yes I agree !
Groundhog Day does the looping without being boring tho. So does Happy Death Day.
But it's boring, what use is a good concept without the execution. My girl made me sit through this and I fell asleep, I never sleep at movies.
You need to watch more movies
@@virginiafernandez6846 it wasn’t boring for everyone. To each their own. I personally really liked it and I think Dylan missed quite a few things. Then again, everyone interprets things differently.
dylan has more conflict with the subtitle menu than anyone in this film has with each other lmaooo
I need a compilation of every time Dylan has just remembered he wasn’t wearing the nose ring, him being triggered by streaming service glitches, and many others cause they make me laugh so much 😂😂
I live for this moment in every video 😆
Dylan’s face when he realizes he forgot his nose ring is better than some movies he commentates 😅
i just don't understand why EVERY director for thriller/horror movies make their characters so incompetent in order to build suspense. there is no reason for alice to be standing around so long after bunny explicitly tells her they are going to kill her. alice's LIFE has been threatened and yet no fight or flight response kicks in until it is nearly too late. the whole car chase would still be just as suspensful if alice runs away immediately like a rational person would do in that situation. there is no logical reason for alice to be standing around, especially after knowing what she is capable of since she just murdered her husband without a second thought.
I havent seen the movie, just this review but even i know that there are 3 biological responses..not 2.
Fight
Flight
Freeze
Its actually very common for people to freeze. It has its uses, but oftentime freezing happens when it shouldnt and works against survival.
It is not rational when ur on the outside looking in, its actually frustrating, but for the person experiencing it...its disorienting and takes some time to figure out how to even move.
Commonly happens during shootings (in real life). U see people running mostly, but a lot of others freeze in place confused, trying to understand whats happening.
It actually takes training to get out of freeze mode to fight/flight.
@@VioletIsBulletproof def true but its also probably just done that way for plot convenience/suspense and not actually because it could be realistic so i think thats why its annoying like its mainly for unnecessary drama. I think in this case with her having been brainwashed (apparently, i also havent actually watched the movie) it could make a bit more sense for her to freeze up but it doesn't feel like it was done that way intentionally as part of the brainwashing it just felt like it was done to give a chance to make extra drama u know
@@livs9961 I saw the movie and to me she seems disoriented when she comes out which could be also the result of the commited murder.
The fact that every sensible person who has seen this movie makes essentially the exact same criticisms is insane. It’s not even a bad movie it’s just not doing what movies are supposed to do and Olivia Wilde expects us to be ok with that. It’s weird
Harry was trying to gaslight us when he said that it was a real movie!
I actually loved it and am now watching critics tear it apart while all I can think of is that they aren't saying anything in particular which would justify them not liking this movie. I think movie critics watch too many films to be able to enjoy it completely. As you say, this movie does not have the same flow as others do but that's why it makes you keep watching. Sure, many things could have been done differently which would have improved it, but those are all just details and it essentially turned out good in the end anyway.
(I also think Harry Styles did a good job at acting 🤷♀ Anyone who says he underperformed need to realise that 1: he played alongside known and respected actors/actresses so it was a given that he would be outshone and 2: sure this isn't his first rodeo but he doesn't have years of experience either.)
i think there is plenty of reason to justify not liking the movie
I think there was a lot of plot lines that could have been better and the ending was so underwhelming. Also The characters weren’t set up enough for the audience to truly care about them.
@@MusicLevel128 you clearly have not seen any good movies if you think this is any good, this could have been a good movie like the Stepford wives but in the new generation given how much this movie copies that but it was not, harry was underwhelming ( and you need to accept it, he clearly got the role through olivia cause no casting director would choose him for such a complex role, which is why shia was chosen in the first place) and so was most of the cast except gemma chan, chirs and flo. it was bad directing and writing all combined
florence carrying this whole movie is basically the only reason it's remotely watchable
Yeah it's true
Loved her
No! it's still unbearable and why would anyone do all this for ugl girl like Pug Florence also doesn't make sense 💀 irl Harry dated Olivia wilde and Kendall jenner, he wouldn't touch someone like Pug much less being obsessed with her
@@samanthasmith61 WOW. ok. Jealous much. He wouldn’t date u either and Florence is very pretty and talented. I don’t mean to offend you but quite honestly the only reasoning you gave was that she’s ugly in your opinion.
@@samanthasmith61 get a life bro
Dylan basically said "go on, Harry. give us NOTHING" and i can appreciate that because SAME lmao
when i watched this in the cinema, everyone in the audience was laughing at harry’s acting. i think that speaks for itself😭
dylan your channel makes me feel so happy. i was diagnosed with cancer 2 years ago and im cancer free now but i still struggle with the chronic affects of chemo treatment and i’ve had a really bad sick day today. your videos are a breath of fresh air. thank you.
I’m glad you beat it! Glad you’re here with us
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So glad you're still with us ! I wish you comfort as you heal
If you want his attention, try telling him through DMs
He should've responded to this. Anyhow, glad you're doing better!
not even 2 minutes into the video and dylan already wished for death. i love his consistency.
Not his upload consistency lmao 😂
@@paddyrobbo1683 shots were fired😶😭
SPOILER ALERT: One thing I think is the reason she’s not really reacting is because she’s stuck in the simulation, she doesn’t have control. Every time that something unsettling happens, she snaps back. Almost like her brain is fighting but it can’t win. And first time she manages to exit the simulation, Jack puts her back into it.
Yeah and I thought the same about Jack too, or his reactlessness what Dylan was talking about. I think Harry wasn't the right choice for the role either but I thought that since he was living his 'dream' life and was sorta playing this character that he was this shadow of a person, so it would make sense that he's not that reactive
Dylan's reaction to the fucking subtitles popping up for the tenth time was a lot more psychotic than Harry's reaction to Florence accusing him of being psychotic.
Dylan's anger towards the caption menu was more expressive than Harry's performance.
the pure panic on Dylan's face when he realised he forgot his nose ring had me cackling
I am SO glad he decided to watch this so I don't have to! Thank you for service and losing your will to live for us, Dylan
I AM ALREADY WHEEZING AT THE INCLUSION OF HAROLD'S STUPID "IT'S A REAL MOVIE" CLIP - you get it Dylan!!
WAIT DYLAN YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU WIPE GLASS/WINDOWS AND MIRRORS WITH PAPER?? Bro,,, that's how you make sure there's no dried water stains on them
God that was a terrible fucking story wtf,,, as a screenwriter I AM OFFENDED at the ending what the actual fuck - once again thank you for watching it for us Dylan. I need to go lie down and process that shit of an ending
Even these 35 minutes were such a pain to watch, thanks to Dylan's commentary I was able to get through it. This might be the WORST movie to ever exist
i didn’t watch the movie i only watched this commentary and even i feel a bit sick
florence pugh and the cinematography carried this whole movie. after watching it i understand that the intention was to leave the viewer confused because we were following the story though alice’s eyes. it really doesn’t make any sense while watching it though.
also: when olivia wilde told alice to leave now i kept screaming go and it was so aggravating oh my god
Florence wasn’t acting when Harry left.
She was genuinely shocked at how underwhelming Harry’s acting is.
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i don’t blame her
I mean it was though. Like he's a great singer and a great guy but his acting ability just kinda sucks
@@JaneJn-e5c eh Kristen Stewart is worse LMAO
the fact that dylan predicted the movie in the first two minutes and then moved on to say “i wonder what the mystery is” im screaming
I remember reading an article reviewing this movie and the title of the article was “Olivia Wilde chooses Styles over Substance…”
And I honestly can’t think of a better way than that to describe the train wreck that is this movie.
Whoever wrote that-is a summary genius. 😂👍
Harry was perfectly fine. Ppl are overreacting
@@issiecottrill8419 I never said anything about the guy's acting.
@@issiecottrill8419 ew no! you have no taste or brain
“i need punishment” DYLAN IM CRYING
I honestly found Harry’s lack of emotion more terrifying than any emotion could be
but, but was that his intention? did he try to convey that with his acting..
The problem isn't that he isn't displaying any emotion. The problem is he is trying to act out emotion and failing.
Yeah, and also he's supposed to be like a whiny incel loser so I think the acting matched that pretty well
@@diancloete976 this 😭😭
AGREED. Like he was playing a character who was sweet, until the truth was out & he showed who he really was. He loved Alice, but he was sick in the head & warped what it meant to love someone. She loved him, which enabled him to keep her quiet & complacent.
This movie had many flaws, but I feel like this portrayal was intentional.
Love how Dylan predicts every major revelation and plot twist while making jokes lol. Was really looking forward to this movie, it tried too hard to be like midsommar with the ominous tone going on, the direction and the cinematography but it delivered quite literally nothing. Was left super confused after the movie and that ending just made watching paint dry interesting. Props to Dylan for not losing his mind completely.
Thosw two things aren't complicated lol
Midsommar was so fucking confusing 😭😭I still don’t understand that movie
@@rissa1001 it was straight foward. How old are you? 😆 🤣
Since Dylan is confused about the newspaper: Some people swear by wiping a window down with newspaper after washing it since it apparently stops streaks from forming so you just have a nice clear window.
When I’m doing my spring cleaning I swear by newspaper and windex. My windows are so clean.
I lived until 50 without ever hearing this, including living with a grandmother who grew up in the 30s and probably would have known a thing or two about cleaning windows once she got her own house in the 50s, the very same one I grew up in during the 70s and 80s.
It does stop streaks! I use it for car and home windows
Newspapers and Windex are the holy grail of glass cleaning
You don’t even need windex. You can use vinegar and newspaper. I used to work at a store with large front windows and it was amazing how well it works.
Dylan being so mad at the audio bar is so much more entertaining than the entire movie.
As Dylan said, The Truman Show did the "slowly realizing the loop" already, and it was actually successful. Black Mirror did the "fake reality, where just key people know what's going on" with San Junipero or USS Callister, and the twist actually paid off. USS Callister even has the creepy man that's living the fantasy he can't create for himself in real life, down to the makeover. Even the awful 2004 The Stepford Wives, did the overachiever/robotic housewives-loser husbands, dynamic better.
There was literally nothing new to this movie, the only thing they had going for them, was the new cool aesthetic and new performances, and they botched it.
Actually The Stepford Wives was a remake of a 1975 film and The Truman Show was inspired by a late 80s Twiligth Zone episode so yeah, this film didnt offer nothing new but it was acting as if the audience have never saw a film like this before.
You could say “it’s been done before” on so many movies. Think about how many movies there are about war, survival, coming of age, love, etc. Every movie is a bit like another movie. People are just looking for reasons to hate on this movie.
@@issiecottrill8419 nah people ain't looking for a reason. People have a f**king reason. This movie was literally dog worst time spent in my life worst movie I've seen in my life. It was so boring so slow so repetitive. Harry's acting was so bad and his actor didn't show any emotion or depth whatsoever. It felt like his acting was as bad as watching a high school/middle school play.
It wss just so awful 😖
@@issiecottrill8419 you can’t just group up big concepts like “love” and “war” and compare it to a specific plot and act like it’s the same thing. it’s arguing in bad faith, dishonest, and not grounds for a proper debate or critique. don’t worry darling is not unique or inventive. it’s just another “omg my reality isn’t real!” movie which doesn’t bring any creativity or fun to the genre. they don’t even really succeed with retro theme they were going for, it doesn’t feel like they were going for accuracy more than they were aiming to have a cool aesthetic movie. it’s not a good movie
Chris Pine managed to be almost as ominous as he was in "Princess Diaries 2"
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(just joking, I enjoyed his performance)
I feel like the movie would’ve been great if shortened to one hour, and if they went with the ending the original script had instead of what they went with, I would’ve enjoyed it so much more. Towards the end of the original it felt like they rushed it and they ran outta room. But
In the original script, Alice discovers the truth when she finds a portal to the real world inside a house for sale. She wakes up hooked to an IV and to a machine that puts people into the simulation. Alice unplugs herself, sees she’s in her apartment and in the year 2050. Upon looking around, Alice discovers that Harry Styles' Jack, due to their impending divorce, signed them up for Alt-Life, the equivalent of the Victory Project. Jack had faked her death and forced her into the simulation. Alice re-enters the simulation so as not to raise suspicion, but Jack figures her out and sends her for shock therapy, but it doesn’t work. Alice tricks Jack and then one night forces him to tell her the truth about everything. Eventually, Jack admits that he put them in the simulation because he wanted them to be happy again and that he was angry she had put work before him. Jack tells Alice the location of the exit portal in their house and Alice leaves. However, Jack follows Alice to the present day, and they get into a physical fight resulting in Alice stabbing him with a knife. In the simulation, Bunny finds Jack dead and Alice unconscious. Alice wakes up back in the 1950s in a psychiatric ward, is told she killed Jack and had dreamed the future where she was free. The final scene of the film is Bunny visiting Alice in the psychiatric ward. Bunny reveals to Alice there is an escape portal behind them and leaves. Alice begins to head towards the door and the film ends.
omigod that is literally so much better, why did they rewrite it. still not sold on the ending but whatever
Ummm that’s SO MUCH BETTERRR
This would have been much much better. I wonder if the changes to the script were made when they lost Shia? Because this script asks a lot more of the Jack performance, which they couldn’t get from Harry. The change might have been made to have the film depend more on Florence (which was the case on the final product)
Well shit now I feel robbed that sounds badass!
This sounds so much better!
I was hesitant to watch because I didn’t want to spoil the film, but I 110% made the right choice watching this reaction in place of the film. I wouldn’t have made it through the movie w/o Dylan’s signature comments.
The movie was actually really good in theater though. Regardless of his review and my third time watching it now I’m happy my first experience was my own and not someone else’s.
@@Raebae457 I’m glad you enjoyed it. Aesthetically it really seems beautiful, but I’m not here for esoteric films, I feel like good art is accessible, and good storytelling is good storytelling. I never made it through nomadland because there was no drive, it was cerebral and sleepy and I couldn’t sit through 2 hours of that even with a brilliant actress at the helm-I feel like that’s what happened with Don’t Worry Darling.
Same. I got bored with the movie, but watching it through Dylan’s perspective is far more fun. 😂
@@Raebae457 I watched the movie in the cinema. It was kinda cool but it wasn't very interesting.. It looks cool though. I guess people who like this movie haven't watched crazier shit than this
the movie really isn't that boring....really only like the first 30 min
“I’d feel like I was in a simulation” not Dylan clocking the movie 2:57 into it 😭😂
Yesterday, I read the original script for Don't Worry Darling by the Van Dyke brothers and it made so much more sense to me than the movie.
Like you said, it is easier to root for the main character when it slowly becomes clear what's happening from the beginning. This is exactly what happened in the original script.
It would have been better if they kept it like that. I did still enjoy the movie though.
i've been reading that og script, and it is so good honestly wtf, why did they make it so much worse??? I can really see shia and florence pulling off the main pair so perfectly
@@ciarajohnson4807 well she didn’t want to work with him because of the accusations against him
@@phoebemarrissxo5933 that’s not why
@@gabrielaortiz8046 that is one of the reasons tho
Florence or Olivia? And where can you read the script?
watching a film through dylan’s movie commentary monday saves me time (especially if i know it’s a bad movie). i honestly appreciate you putting out content of your suffering for entertainment 😂 dylan, you are something to be thankful for this thanksgiving
Yes this is how I watch bad movies I want to see but don't want to waste 2 hours of my life. Its great 😄
You should watch "movie recaps"! honestly it saves me sooo much time lol
Man I desperately wanted this movie to be good because genuinely? It's not a bad idea, and it's not the worst movie I've ever seen but it's definitely no masterpiece. I feel so bad because Florence and Chris carried the whole thing I hope they get compensation for the back pain they must have experienced on set 😭
Omg yes lmao their back must be broken
I read the summary of the original screenplay and it is so much better than what it ended being
Try Immigration Nation. Same kinda idea but I feel done a bit better.
Great premiss, poor execution
I wish people were allowed to just take the same exact movie concept and remake it like explicitly be like “I can do it better let me try”. So many movies have a great concept and terrible play out but if someone remade it it would be considered a rip off
Not me feeling embarrassed that it took me a whole movie to realize what Dylan realized 2 minutes in.
I think people don't appreciate how consistent this man is.
The most frustrating film! You can't have a transparent plot and then leave so much unanswered at the end because you desperately want your film considered ambiguous and "artsy". Honestly, they'd have more luck making this a short since that's about how much substance it had.
that’s why it’s a psychological thriller ashley
@@phoebewhittaker-holmes don't insult psychological thrillers like that
@@valerial9081 agreed, that is an insult to psychological thrillers. There are plenty of them out there that really know how construct a well thought out plot.
Chris pines character gives me sinister vibes. He's played really well do but people aren't giving him the praise he serves. His cruelty towards Florence really explains his character and why Victory project is an inherently evil, violently patriarchal enslavement
Honestly him and Florence’s performances were the best parts of the movie.
The original script was so much better than the final product, but Olivia for some reason decided to water the story And harry's character down, he was supposed to be this crazy dude that kidnapped Alice before she could divorce him or something like that, but made him into him just wanting a "better life" for them both, which i think was in part bc of harry's audience, so they could see him as an "ideal man" (which believe it or not, actually worked) Also, in that last scene where Alice walked out of her house and was walking aimlessly, was supposed to be her walking up to that girl that kiIIed herself earlier, but again, for some reason, Olivia decided to cut a lot of her scenes out of the movie, so it just looks dumb, her just walking towards nothing... i think this movie would've been so much better if it had a different director but oh well 🤷♀️
I love Dylan's commentaries where he just has fun with a film, but as a practicing film critic myself, watching him watch DWD to praise the style choices and Florence, tear apart the pacing, and wish for all the ways in which it could've been so much better, is an even more engrossing experience. 😊👏
Edit: As well as the fact that the most amount of joy he got from it was hearing Shelley name-drop "the troublemakers." 😆
apparently the original script was loads better
@@imblue9839 they had a different script? I feel like anything would’ve been better than what they stuck with
@@imblue9839 Mmm, I'd heard about that through Amanda the Jedi's video. Too bad; it's an interesting premise that could've been so much better.
@@imblue9839 yeah no! this concept is just 1 badly done black mirror episode... and there are no points since it's just hypocritical fantasy in itself which is ironic
She was using a newspaper in that window cleaning shot. The paper that the news is printed on is actually really good for cleaning windows because it helps reduce streaking, and in the fifties everyone got a newspaper at least every week. It was also a good way to get more use out of the things you already had.
dyland simping for gemma chan is the most relatable thing ever
Real😏Gemma Chan is my religion🛐
Dylan as he called Gemma Chan “The stick lady.” She is so pretty and talented!
I love her
Dylan 5 minutes into the movie *casually discovers the entire plot of the film* “it’d be like I’m living in a simulation”
Wouldn't have helped with the plot, but just imagine Shia's manic energy as the husband who tries to play it cool but is basically a ticking time-bomb. I can't believe this movie really had me going "Boy, we need Shia" :/
It's crazy that it took three people to write the story. It felt A.I. generated and acted 😭
Heard the original plot and it was so much better! Olivia Wilde and someone else rewrote it...
it was rewritten by Olivia Wilde and someone else the original is so much better
@@valeria-cg5wy I think it’s good how it is
Seeing Screamasourous Rex again after so long was such a serotonin boost, glad the little guy is still around with a more terrifying scream than ever :)
Where can I get one?
Dylan's anger at the pop up hit harder than Harry in this movie 😂
Frank: “What are we doing?”
Everyone: “Changing the world”
Frank: “What are we doing”
Dylan: “Giving your wife’s phone number”😂😂😂
i feel like i must be living in a simulation
DYLAN YOU'RE ONLY 2:44 MINS IN AND YOU LITERALLY GOT IT RIGHT
Florence deserves an award for carrying the movie by her damn self
I almost watched this and now I’m glad I didn’t because I definitely would’ve hated it, thanks for taking one for the team. Did everyone a solid.