It was fantastic! And 20 million dollars is an immense amount of money!

It is a movie of its time whose themes resonate with a lot of people.

It is also well acted, filled with challenging parts for a lot of the actors.

Same, what's stranger is the volume of downvotes people receive from criticising it either here or previously at the other place.

The concepts were pretty standard multiverse stuff but they kept trying to shoehorn some kind of overly ambitious meaning into it. I found the juxtaposition between "literally anything can happen" and "family love crosses dimensions" particularly difficult to swallow.

Decent special effects on a tight budget though.

Yah. I didn't understand this movie and didn't think it was good.

Bro ate a thesauruses huh 🤔

interesting that this opinion is so hated.

I agree with you, and would like to hear why people seem to consider this opinion invalid.

I think it was really good but slightly lost focus for a bit near the end. Though since it's structured as an analogy for the ADHD experience perhaps that's intentional? It does snap quite sharply back into focus again after that.

I’m mostly in agreement but the end ruined it for me. I’m sorry, people with that much trauma just don’t react that way. There was “change” for a short period of time (positivity) but that doesn't undo the past.

It’s hard to say what I’m trying to without spoilers.

Lol I loved the hell out of this movie, but this is valid. The hot dog shit was so funny but so weird. I think the daniels just got a weird sense of humor

I concur with the first part.

There was just nothing enjoyable about it for me.

Yes! Absolutely loved this movie and felt like it was showing me and my parents.

Ya this post is a prime example of why "awards shows mean nothing" is a dumb take -- EEAAO was an incredible movie with loads of great cast interviews, high profile reviews, analysis of themes etc that came out as a result of the oscar campaign and Best Picture win and yet OP somehow missed out on it for like a year and a half

Oh, I believe it did win an Oscar! But you know what? Awards don't always tell the whole story. There are plenty of fantastic movies that didn't receive awards, and on the flip side, some not-so-great films have somehow managed to snag lots of awards. So, it's best not to put too much emphasis on awards alone! Enjoying a movie is what really matters in the end.

Just like the best movie of all time, Suicide Squad 🥰🥰

Honestly, I loved the movie but certain hotdog related scenes were horrondous.

First of all, it suffers from what TV Tropes would call the Eight Deadly Words: "I don't care what happens to these people". I won't fault the acting; I feel the actors did the best they could with the writing they had. It's just that I thought the writing was extremely uncompelling and there was nothing about the characters which made me want to learn more about them or their troubles.

Secondly, I don't like the structure of the film. It's a melodrama, a type of story that I do not enjoy by default, with some plot points that are so heavily telegraphed that it sucked the energy out of the film. The multiverse structure that the film relies on was uncompelling to me. The action scenes lacked any sort of visceral impact to bring them back down to Earth; they were so obsessed with flashiness that there was nothing for me to connect with.

And thirdly, while I can enjoy absurdist humour, this film felt like it thought it was cleverer than it was throughout. I've heard a description elsewhere of this film as "nicecore Rick & Morty" and while that's awfully reductive, it still gets to the root of some of the problems I had with the film.

I don’t really remember what the point of it was.

Sometimes we can feel uncomfortable and unsatisfied with our lives, stop appreciating the things we otherwise would and feel there's something externally wrong that we just can't seem to fix when actually the problem is about our relationship with ourselves and fixing that allows us to joyfully rengage with our lives.

In the case of the main character (and one of the creators) this is due to the struggle they feel between the model they have of how they ought to be and the reality of who they are because of their undiagnosed ADHD. Through the experiences in the film they gain a better understanding and acceptance of themselves which enables them to move forward with healthier relationships with themselves and others and greater fullfillnent in and appreciation of the life they are already living.

Also kung-fu and interdimensional travel and jokes about anal penetration.

the dude that played the husband was Short Round from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

And my goodness he was great in this, hopefully it's the start of lots of great new projects showcasing his acting!

Edit: there are other "points" of the movie but this is arguably the main one and the next most important one is really heavy...