Wow. I watched this yesterday, after one of my favourite movie reviewers praised it to high heavens. Don't read his review though if you haven't seen it – his reviews usually contains some spoilers.




Anyway this stars Michelle Yeoh and starts off as a frenetically paced family drama before it becomes utterly unhinged, and yet miraculously coherent with a very strong emotional core that powers through it.

You guys just need to see this. It's totally bonkers, with both infantile and high concept humour, broad multiverse scope and intimate family drama, laughs and tears, all in one. Believe me.

I was really reminded of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind here – both emotional stories about love and family told through a heavily sci-fi-tinged lens, where weird, funky stuff happens that threaten to disintegrate any focus but yet somehow manages to not just work, but refine and concentrate the emotional theme that courses through their veins. This has more wacky stuff that's probably more mainstream though, and has a lighter tone overall... except in parts where the feels really kick in.

Time will tell if it is as good as ESOTSM, but I certainly can't remember being that elated by a movie at the cinema for a long, long time.

PS: if anything, this movie shows that however decent Marvel makes their movies and multiverses, it's still very much confined by its comic book trappings. This on the other hand, is totally unencumbered by anything and flourishes from start to end.

PPS: I was deeply unsettled by the familiarity of Waymond in the first 20 minutes before coming to the suspicion that HE MUST BE SHORT ROUND FROM TEMPLE OF DOOM. It was the first thing I googled after the movie ended. Unbelievable. His voice has barely changed.

This post has been edited by QuickFire: Mar 27 2022, 11:15 PM

Too complicated. No thanks.

Thanks for affirming that you're living in the timeline with the dumbest version of yourself.

Ajaran sesat?

t. pretentious movie snob

Yes so many good reviews . Coincidence With Dr Strange ?

Any movie poster that has a buttplug at each corner is most intriguing!

waymond is a good actor...liked his scenes especially at the end...

Hahaha that's an excellent spot and they do make an appearance in the movie.

chinee movie usually light light kung fu or comedy stephen chow movie..rarely movie so heavy

Hory shiet illuminati triangle hat with eye at center...

It's an English movie with some bits of mandarin/Cantonese.

There's at least a couple of brawls in this that's as good as anything Stephen Chow has done.


To be fair, some of Stephen Chow's movies have an emotional center also, but none to this extent.

When did this movie get released in Malaysia?

Only just watched it few days ago and really enjoyed it. Understand it may confuse a lot of ppl with its multiverse story and jumping around erratically, but its got a fair share of absurd stupid jokes that make it funny and enjoyable to watch if you don't want to think too hard, but I would think that many would be used to multiverse stories when MCU has already brought it to mainstream already with Spiderman, Loki and Dr Strange.

Also surprising that its also got not as much attention in US as well; but I guess it fits into those indie cult movie categories like Eternal Sunshine, Scott Pilgrim etc.
I think if it not for Michelle Yeoh as the main actress, it probably wouldn't even be shown on the big screen here.
But I'm glad she's in it and really killed the role, have never imagined she would do these types of films as we always see her as that serious stern motherly role or a martial arts film - well she still is in this movie but it was almost like a parody of all the roles she played before or that it all fits into this movie as her other varients.
And lastly can't not mention Ke Huy Quan as the husband role, that fight scene with the fanny pack, i wonder at first if it was intentional to put in because of his resemblence to a younger Jackie Chan? - I've never heard of him before this, but reading up about how he was a child actor in Indiana Jones and then never able to get his acting career started from that for 20 years, until he saw Crazy Rich Asian, fomo'ed and decided to give it a go again, I'm certain he will be noticed after this and really happy for him.

This post has been edited by eggplants: Apr 6 2022, 12:23 PM

It was released 2 weeks back.

Yes, Ke Huy Quan looks eerily like Jackie Chan in the fanny pack fight. I'm sure it wasn't a coincidence...

Try watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and see if you can recognize him. It's the voice.