The bear house scene was horrifying....

you guys didn't even mention the awesome sound design and the amazing score in the last 15 minutes. definitely worth the price of admission alone. great film.

I loved the final 20 minutes too. It was just cinematic bliss with that score. Felt like my brain was melting first time i saw it

The purpose of the subplot is to show the audience Natalie Portman's reason for being "self destructive". Remember the scene where the therapist talks about why people do things?

Apparently this film was made before there was a change up at Paramount’s studio heads and I guess the director and producer clashed with Paramount ultimately the director got final cut approval(thank god) but now it’s quite obvious Paramount is killing the film slashing it’s location count by a thousand and reduced marketing even selling international rights to Netflix. I hope people support this we need more films like this at this caliber of production.

So the clone of NP contained her strong feelings of self-Annihilation, guilt that she felt due to her cheating on her husband. Which is why it took the grenade and sat there. Just my take on it. Also, F*ck bears.

I think this video COMPLETELY and UTTERLY exemplifies what Stuckmann says-this film offers good talks, film discord among friends and I looooove that.

the bear was one of the creepiest things i have avers een in a movie. It freaked me out. Also i think this is going to be a sci-fi classic as times goes by.

The “anus” tunnel took my breath away. I was on the edge of my seat. The alien was learning, creating, mimics, and it was so unpredictable. Alex is dead wrong. Go Joe!

Damn, Joe looks tired af

This is the first Angry Joe movie review that I paused before the spoilers so I could go see the movie. I look forward to seeing it

SPOILER WARNING - I have a theory regarding the scene with Shepard and the bear. At the end of the film, when Lena gets to the lighthouse, the Shimmer takes part of her DNA and creates a being that mimics her every movement, and then gradually her appearance. There is that moment where the being is beginning to look like her, but the face is very distorted and mannequin-esque. It could be that when the bear killed Shepard, it ingested her DNA and therefore mimicked her voice, but also possibly her appearance, hence why the bear appeared like it was meshed with another species. The bones in its face could have been human.

I loved the final 20 minutes. The score and sound design massively kicked up there and the visuals were crazy. It felt original too. I could not look away. I've said it a lot, I found the whole thing beautifully disturbing. Reminded me a lot of survival horror games (with a lot less enemies). So much to think about too. As far as the mutated bear and all the living creatures, we don't see them go. Just the structures of the shimmer.

You can really feel the tension between joe and Alex on this one

The Natalie's subplot was put in to represent the self destructive nature of human code. Natalie's husband knows she cheated on him but he still loves her so he cant confront her. Thats why he goes on the self destruction mission of the shimmer. Also he tells his mimic to find Natalie which shows that he still loved her but he didnt want her to see him as this refracted version of himself. BTW the bear part with Shepards voice was f*cking amazing

When is this movie coming out? I've looked at a couple of my local (close by) theaters and I'm not seeing anything. Granted they are only showing about 3-4 days worth but I can't seem to find this film. I'd love to see this movie.

Joe I really love the opening theme you use for your movie reviews

Kinda sucks we aren't getting this in cinemas here in Australia but hopefully it'll be out on netflix eventually, this looks right up my alley.

Thanks for the great review! What song is playing during the last 20 seconds of the video? I really like it, but shazam was unable to identify it.

Watched this movie two nights ago... It melted my mind. I loved it.

Idea behind the plot was very interesting. Story was also nice. But I simple grew to hate the trope of "Lets gather best professionals - only for everyone to act as idiots". The idea of "We know nothing about what is going inside, absolutely nothing so go there and do not return untill you know everything" is so dumb. Just few hours after enetering the shimmer they already discovered some important information that would prepare better future expeditions. Why not return at that point, relay info, prepare better , get the opportunity for military to process all the samples they took and then go in again if they would want to? I mean they were not in any serious time rush. They had weeks upon weeks before the shimmer would be visible from nearest town. You gather profesionals who refuse to go with slow but steady and safe progress? And what was with the self-destruction of their team where they on drop of coin turned against each other? Where everyone suddenly schemed against each other and lied to each other? At that point I was wondering if the millitary did not intentionaly send them there to die while second, actual profesional team is sneaking behind them and doing the actual observation while using them as bait.

“Anakin... you’re breaking my heart.”

Does anyone know the actual song name for the Kaleidoscope anus scene? It seemed different from “The Alien” track that was specified on the OST.

howd the clone husband get out? why did every expedition have to be in there for day? didnt anyone go -walk in, walk out- lol? still that was awesome.

The end credits are the best end credits of all time, especially if you’re baked

How drunk is Joe

What is the second song that plays in the outtro?!

Hey Joe, could you do an Angry Review of SAO: Fatal Bullet that was released yesterday? I'm interested what do you think about that game.

"In the name of science I will put my face in it!"

It needs more microtransactions and loot boxes

Thanks for pushing all these videos out and you Joe and that your family the all Angry Joe I know its a bit difficult to keep on pushing videos out so thank you and thank you all guys for giving us something to actually enjoy

What book was this based on? Because it really reminded me of Roadside Picnic

What's up Angry Joe are you going to do a review of Kingdom Come Deliverance?

The ending was not run of the mill lol, what a joke that guy on the left was.

I got trailer in December, however it doesn't screen in my country.

"Little advertising" "Came out of nowhere" bitch we been seeing ads for it every three minutes on YT and the Olympics

Joe seems like he liked the movie so much he wanted the others to agree with him. The movie seems to have a lot of unanswered questions !

*BOOK SPOILERS - I RECOMMEND READING THE BOOK, IT IS NOT LIKE THE MOVIE!* Ok so I wanted to express my thoughts on the film and why I think it could have been better. If I went into this movie not having read the book, it would probably be a 9/10. Stunning visuals, music and theme. Having read the book I'll give it a 7/10. These are the main points in which the movie alters from the novel: - Lena's husband never returns from the shimmer. The novel ends with her trying to find her husband, which have written in his diary that he will try to travel to one of the nearby islands. The whole alien copying other organisms is not a part of the novel. - The book is super abstract. Not a lot gets explained and handed to you, which I really loved about it. The way the movie tries to explain the alien thing by having it copy other organisms kind of ruined the mystery for me. I agree with the guy on the left that the humanoid CGI thing could have been handed in a different way. By destroying the lighthouse and the alien, you would think the shimmer disappears. This does not happen in the book, its conclusion makes the reader think about what creation and destuction really is, based on what the protagonist goes through. - A BIG part of the novel is the tunnel (or "tower" as Lena calls it in the novel). It it is not located in the lighthouse and is this really deep mysterious kind of staircase in which Lena knows something is located at the bottom of it. The walls are covered in fungus that creates this endless sentence by shaping words. Lena gets sprayed in the eyes by this fungus and that is how she is "changed". In the movie the tunnel is mixed in at the end with the lighthouse, which was really disappointing for me. Every time the novel centers around the tunnel, you get this feeling of claustrophobia and dread, which was non-existent in the movie. - There are only 4 women on the mission in the novel and they are never refered to by their name: A biologist (protagonist), a surveyor, a phychologist and an anthropologist. Don't know why there were 5 in the movie. Not a deal breaker for me. - The physchologist's role made little to no sense in the movie, even less than in the book. In the book she has manipulated the minds of the other 3 members and she can control them by voice commands. One of these commands is "Annihilation", which orders the other members to commit suicide. For example, she manipulated one of the members to enter the tunnel to try and gather a skin sample of an unknown monster-like entity, which roams around down there. She seems evil and mysterious in the novel and we get to see why. We don't in the movie and I feel like she was misused. - The way the lighthouse is described in the book is really cool. A fortress, where the last expeditions have defended themselves with barricades against something unknown. At the top all the diaries of the last expedition members are gathered in a big pile and Lena finds her husbands, which feels really rewarding. It does not get burned down or destroyed in any way, and in the movie it feels so escalated how they used it. - At the bottom of the tunnel, Lena find this incomprehendable thing, which I REALLY liked how Garland depicted. It's so alien, as it should be. It does not get destroyed and does not make a copy of her. Its function is just unknown and mysterious. Maybe he thought it would be too unsatisfying to have it just be that? I totally get that Garland was going for something different and wanted to alter from the novel, but IMO if some of these elements I listed were used as in the book, it would have been a better movie. It is a really good movie for those not having read the book! :)

I keep hearing this was released on Netflix instead of released in theaters! But I cant find it anywhere lol

I kinda share a lot of points with them. Here are my goods VS bads (spoilers): GOODS - Good premise, original, prioritizing exploration, suspense, and even horror sometimes. I like that they portrayed the threat as a neutral phenomenon that affects and changes living beings instead of simply destroying/killing everything. - The First Half (exploration) is suspenseful and intriguing. The pacing takes its time and I like the fact that the crew spends several day in the forest moving their way forward and discovering stuff along the way. - The Bear! The bear makes my favorite part of the movie and I was chilled throughout the whole scene. BADS - Ending killed it for me too. The reason is that I liked the idea of investigating a "Phenomenon" stronger than themselves that instead of destroying things, completely change the ecosystem into something new. The phenomenon is a bit illogical but fits well into the exploration of the unknown. The ending however was just a big return to "it's aliens folks" (even the ship screams generic aliens) and they even clone human which reminds me too much of "conquer the world!!!" kind of vibe. Even the ending twist where Portman is revealed to have changed was unnecessary which amplify this feeling: "OMG AN ALIEN DISGUISED AS A HUMAN TO CONQUER THE WORLD!!". One part says it's just changing stuff into something new, then "nope, we just cloning humans". - The "no so scientific" crew. First of all (it was said by AJ) they had no equipment at all for any eventuality (pff who cares let's just breathe the air in there, especially when everybody but one could return alive, and by the way he was sick and vomiting blood when he came back...). Also, they seemed to have nothing planned out in advance. What exactly was their plan when they would reach their destination??? The leader had an iron will to reach the lighthouse and her reason felt extremely weak: "We need to find a way to deal with this phenomenon". Like, how? What would you do at the lighthouse? Take pictures? Collect samples of whatever? THAT would help solve how to deal with the phenomenon? - Subplot: one flashback was enough, but there was way too much. I was tired to see it especially when it interrupted to very good suspense of the exploration part. - Stupid actions of the characters: 1. Sheppard STANDS in the open when its completely dark to try to "Help" Lena. She could've stayed up the watchtower for a perfect vantage point and even get a better view of the parameter to warn Lena? 2. The lead don't care, decides to go ALONE at the watchtower when anyway Portman would go there just a bit later. In the end, she just became crazy and explode. Way too random and illogical for my taste. 3. Josie who just decides to accept to be part of this nature and vanish. It felt way too sudden but it's not that bad overall.

The climactic duplication scene was the best part of the movie - Change my mind

This film is defenetly my favorite film and it had one of the best soundtrack I've ever heard in a movie so far!, damn Joe u should've mentioned the soundtrack... What happened man?

what was with the skeletons arranged outside the light house?

That scene at the end kind of reminded me of the scene in interstellar when they first go through the black hole and anne hathaway looks out the window

What's the point of the guys flanking Joe? He won't even. Let them speak

I know I'm 2 years late for this review. But I just watched this movie tonight, and I had goosebumps all the way through. I don't think I'm gonna be able to sleep after the ending, and that fucking bear.

Kane(Oscar Isaac) even asks the copy "have you ever seen a phosphorus grenade?" "No" says the copy. "It's bright, cover your eyes." Strange interaction.

This is some of the best movie talk on KZfaq. I need more of you and Stuckmann. Great review(s)

"deplicted"

where are the new games reviews? Monster Hunter, Kingdom Come..?

She is pushed against the door, because she pushed the alien away. Its only the mimic reaction, not a hostility. When she hands her the granade, the mimic process is completed (metal form to human form) and they are merged into each other. So the alien is letting itself walk out the door. Also as soon as the merger is complete, the left behind burning character turns to the husband corps, showing us that Portman fully merged with the alien. Similar as with the bear earlier. He ate her vocal cords (quote from movie) and probably ate some rodent or smth to have the mouth changed.

I just got done watching this movie and I’m still physically shaking. It’s been a while since I watched a movie that made me shake, literally.

The film clearly has stunning visuals, and the story should get high marks on its creativity. However, the characters are seriously lacking COMMON SENSE! You can argue about the ending, or the mysteries of the "Shimmer," but it's annoyingly difficult to try and get past the characters pitfalls. Lacking urgency at times, willing to split up, sure why not? Go ahead and breath in the fresh alien spores while your at it, no contamination here! No need for any psychological evaluation from this group, they all seem fine!? It's not like anyone is cutting themselves to feel more alive before they take on this adventure, perfectly natural. In addition, we can see scientists in a research compound wearing HAZMAT SUITS! Hmm.. First Clue? Maybe someone from the "Shimmer" is INFECTED? Regardless, we see five women enter the alien contamination area without a hazmat suit, respirator or even goggles? And these are scientists??? (Alien: Covenant anyone?) For once, why can't we see a movie where the main characters do everything RIGHT and still fail? Make it more BELIEVABLE!!! Watching the film I ask myself, "would I do that?" "who the hell would enter a dark alien hole?" Did they forget they still have to make it back to base to deliver vital information!? But no, they have to dumb down the characters to move the story along. The film is a 7/10.

Annihilation, hail. Ghostbusters, fail.

Hey joe can you upload some gameplay of squad v10

God damn it Joe. You know I like your shit when I watch the longest KZfaq commercial ever without skipping. Much love!

Is A Joe stoned or drunk lately? Winter cold perhaps? He's slower, has cottonmouth and is almost moody sounding.

I am absolutely married to the ending especially the Capri sun guy it was so off putting and intriguing to me and I loved it. 9/10

The human plant in the swimming pool was cool. Almost looked like something from Doom.

Totally thought this was for Doom: Annihilation as it showed up in my "angry joe doom" search lol

"Deplicted" -oj

You really have to pay attention to start to understand what the movies meaning really is. It’s very deep and it gives you goosebumps for sure but once you understand what it’s all about it really gets you thinking. And the soundtrack is absolutely amazing it gives you chills.

does alex have A twitter page

Joe, make a review about the new netflix series "Dark" please. thanks.

This movie was freaking awesome

Alex seems bored

Sucks that this is going straight to Netflix in the UK. I really wanted to see it on the big screen.

That was the first thing I wondered, is why didn't they burn up too when the rest burned... *sorry being vague because I don't want to spoil it for people who don't watch the spoiler part.

I'm a little shocked by this review guys. Natalie Portman, being the narrator, is the only character in the entire movie whom receives a full fledged back story, unfortunately it's all done with these cheap flashbacks. Which after we've seen them all by the end of the second act, you've already figured out what's going on and how the movie's going to end. So the only real full fledged character in the entire movie comes off as entirely pointless, which you would think would be the movies greatest flaw, sadly it's greatest flaw is it's lack of characters. Besides the narrator the rest of the characters aren't characters at all, they're caricatures. The movie tries to pretend that they're actual characters by constantly divulging exposition about them, but than the very next minute completely ignores that exposition and makes them behave like caricatures all over again. We're supposed to believe that they're broken and damaged in some way to build empathy for them, but we never actually see it for ourselves, we're simply told that they are and are expected to accept it. Tessa Thomson is nothing but a caricature of the 'Nerd Of All Nerds', with no friends, glasses, et al. Cause her having glasses and no friends makes her 'Nerd' caricature totally legit yo! That's how it's done! Gina Rodriguez is suppose to be the 'Tough Girl', the 'Strong Man' caricature of the group. Yet acts out her caricature so poorly that she simply comes off as a lame Vasquez from 'Aliens'. The other two were so monotone and one dimensional I couldn't even tell you what caricature's they were supposed to represent, they were that poorly written. The only character we get to know is Natalie Portman and she's kind of reprehensible, you don't really like her. We watch these 'characters' descend into madness, but it's not the least bit riveting and is sometimes completely random. Not that it matters, because I simply can't bring myself to care about any of them. This movie was nothing but, 'Oh... oh... Look, look, every actor is a woman carrying a big gun, including the lead, aren't they all so awesome and strong.' 'Storyline, Plot, The hero's journey, Characters, Character development... the movie having none of these doesn't matter. Because it has lot's and lot's of 'Pretty, pretty things in it.' 'Oh... oh... look, look... rainbow colors, alien horse's, Oh... isn't it awesome! if you don't love this movie you hate womenz!' What a fucking joke...

Sounds like they entered a Björk music video. The effects sound a lot like what Andrew Thomas Huang usually implements in videos he directs.

I have a different explanation for the bear: Maybe it melded with a parrot and hence its vocal chords became reflective of the sounds around her, namely Sheppard.

The affair Lena is having is intended to be the motivation for Kane to go on a year long mission. Every character that goes into The Shimmer is self destructive in some way (The Oroborous tattoo is a very big sign). Lena's destructive tendencies are what led to the affair. The way it took the ending is that the alien and The Shimmer represent our destructive natures as humans and the clones are the new versions of ourselves that have accepted trauma and the bad things that have happened to us. Those who died succumb to their destructive tendencies, where Kane and Lena (the only ones to make it out) become copies of themselves with the lessons of those experiences taken to heart.

I'm so glad to hear it was good. I've been really excited for this one.

i wonder what movies alex would give a 9 or 10 to

I thought the movie ending was amazing especially the 5th dimension take on it since the screensaver is supposed to be a tesseract. My interpretation was that the alien transformed the area around her to be 5th dimensional and when it dies, the self preservation of the alien is what transforms Lena and husband.

Joe if you're impressed by that portal, you should look up the TV series Sliders. The portal was highly similar to the one in that tv show, except in higher resolution and with more colors.

The ending leaves you hanging. Would have been great to see more of the beings, their intentions, where they came from etc.

Drunk or high joe is a funny Joe. Seemed like a bit of tension between Alex and Joe in this one. Have to come bXk and finish the video after I see the movie. I like your horror/ sci fi movie reviews. It’s been awhile since I’ve tuned into your show.

I love how the alien is now the cape I sun guy lol

How many yes has Joe said "the highest possible 8 I can give with an angry seal of approval"?

9/10.... really ....cmon.....really???

Joe, my dude. You HAVE to stop interrupting your guests! I find it very annoying, and disrespectful. If you're going to talk over your friends. Then do a movie review by yourself.

That shimmer effect is so amazing! it looks like a soap bubble. Really Joe?

There was near instantaneous dispersion and refraction of DNA or energy or whatever through the alien effect of the shimmer. The rates of change varied most likely with range from the ship/lighthouse. Portman gave the grenade at a point during the assimilation (at the core mind you) and the process of explosion, like the DNA, enrgy or whatever was "shimmered throughout. Any carbon based components of the assembled monstrosities at that point burned. Not convinced the alien "died" however. We know it survived in Portman and that guy but ill bet it survived at the lighthouse as well and took a different form. We all saw the strange form it was before that drop of blood - it is highly unlikely a simple grenade "tricked" it into death - probably just into a different form ...

The "new" alien that mimics Portman isn't fully developed yet and wouldn't understand the grenade. As it is about to die it is still forming into her. I think a few minutes later it wouldn't have taken the grenade.

You all look so tired!

The movie this reminded me most of is Stalker. The whole journey of seekers aspect, the inner transformation mirroring the warped landscape, the vague nature of the "zone", the wish granter/lighthouse that they all want to find for different reasons, very stalkeresque.

Will be released on March 12th here in Germany on Netflix. Wish this would've been released on the big screen though. Was eagerly awaiting this after seeing the first few trailers in cinema :(

Metal Gear Survive Angry Review pls

Loved the ending. Loved the movie. Great stuff all around.

I literally thought I was on drugs while watching the ending, I felt like I was going insane, it was just like a mushroomtrip :D

Just finished watching it and I really liked it. I was pretty much interested the whole time even though it was slow at parts. Me personally I appreciate endings like this and I loved the scenes inside the lighthouse.

Missing these Angry Game Reviews from you Angry joe Nobody else though

Crazy how the opinions differ, the ending/3rd act was one of my favorites in sci fi history, loved the film so much.

I thought the song they used when Natalie was in the light house was amazing and really helped set the scene.

I see this is based on a book written by Jeff Vandermeer who I know is a Weird Fiction writer, which is a slightly obscure (to mainstream non-readers at least) but trending genre, taking its inspiration from writers like HP Lovecraft, and which tries to have really creative and alienating styles and ideas. If you've browsed fantasy and science fiction books on Amazon you might at least have come across the name "China Miéville". I just find it surprising that now there is a big movie based on a "niche" writer like that.

Sweet thank you for the new video😎

AngryJoe, u gotta allow people to finish their sentences n thoughts. U interrupt a lot. I know it's YOUR show but u do invite other minds for a reason. I like ur reviews. I'm not dumping on ur channel.

@ 23:44, It explains that the shimmer refracts your DNA, so the bear absorbed parts of Sheppard, during her last moments, into itself, along with another person. This is why the bear has a human skull on its face, and is in a constant state of suffering, accounting for its aggression. Hence how the Alligator was fused with Shark DNA, and how Radek fuses with plants/flowers.

Great review. I agree with AJ on the subplot but I agree with OJ on the ending. The subplot, while essential, would've been better as one scene than split up into different parts of the film