Hey everyone, I'm The Canadian Lad and today I watched Everything Everywhere All At Once
at 0.25x speed and found 25 new details that will make you appreciate the film on a whole
new level!
This is by far one of the most requested movies that you lads wanted me to watch, so here
you go, I did and I loved it.
This movie gave us the multiversal story we should have gotten from Marvel.
Anyway, without wasting any of your time, I'll just jump straight to the details:
Number 1: The bagel (yin) represents nihilism, meaning that life in and of itself is meaningless!
Now, the antidote to nihilism turned out to be Waymond's googly eyes which visually look
like the exact opposite of a bagel or it actually looks more like a yang, while the Bagel looks
like Yin.
The Everything Bagel is a black circle, with a white center, while the Googly Eye is a
white circle with a black center, symbolizing how Waymond's anti-nihilism counters Jobu
Tupaki's nihilism.
"Bagel" is also a slang term for zero or nothing, making it the perfect symbol for Joy's nihilistic
worldview.
Number 2: Right at the beginning of the film, Joy aka Jobu can be seen staring into her
"bagel" very early in the film.
I'd argue that the spinning cloths are the bagel, but as the camera pans out you can
see it's actually a googly eye, so this one movement is showing the symbols of the two
conflicting ideologies of the film.
Number 3: At this point, who doesn't know this lady right!
Well, this IRS officer was played by Jamie Lee Curtis and you'll be shocked to know that
the they actually based her look off of a stock photo of an actual IRS employee.
Number 4: In this lightning speed montage where we see Evelyn from many different universes,
if I slow down the playback here, we can actually see that they included a shot
where the VFX Crew is actively editing the film over a Zoom meeting.
Now, all the VFX for this film was done by 9 people, including the two directors, with
the majority of the shots being done by a core group of 5 people.
And you'll be shocked to know that none of the VFX team went to school for VFX.
They were all friends who taught themselves with tutorials they found online for free.
Number 5: When Evelyn masters the Pinky Uppercut, there's a very specific sound effect here.
This sound effect actually refers to Mario's home run bat in Super Smash Bros when you
get a knock-out.
And a fun fact, this is actually director Daniel Kwan's favorite easter egg in the whole
film.
Which brings me to my next detail, Number 6: Daniel Kwan, one of the directors of the
film, makes a cameo in the movie as well and he's the first person to get sucked into the
Everything Bagel.
The Daniels directors both appear in the movie, which happens more than once!
Kwan makes another cameo as the mugger who tries to steal Evelyn’s purse which then
inspires her to learn Kung Fu.
And 2nd director Daniel Scheinert plays a small character who is named Richard Long
in the movie.
The same name as the character he played in his solo directorial movie The Death of Dick
Long, wherein his character dies after having sex with a horse.
Feels like an intentional move there!
Number 7: Waymond quotes lines from the song Absolutely by Nine Days to convince Evelyn
to help him.
Now, a version of the song can be heard later at the BDSM room scene.
Number 8: When Evelyn has to acquire Martial Art Skills from another universe, she was
told to profess her love to Deirdre, which turned out to be pretty difficult for Evelyn.
But if I just slow down the scene here and go through some of the things in this list,
there are some next to impossible tasks there.
For example: Rip out all hair, Jump out window, Break nose, Lick elbows, Repair father relation,
and then Biting your tongue off.
So yes, professing love to Deirdre was the easiest in this list.
Number 9: Near the end of the film, when Joy is helping her parents prepare their receipts
to take back to the IRS, a calculator can be briefly seen, displaying the number 55378008.
When flipped upside down, that number becomes the word "BOOBLESS."
I know it's an old high school joke but the directors decided to have it in the movie
anyway!
Number 10: When the family is singing karaoke together in the opening shot, Evelyn briefly
covers Joy's mouth.
This is because although the audience can't hear it, the song being sung is "Barbie Girl"
by Aqua, and as a mom, Evelyn didn't want Joy singing the lyric "you can comb my hair
/ undress me anywhere."
Even though we cannot hear the song but if you watch this scene at 0.25x speed and try
to read their lips, you can see it's the Barbie song that they're singing.
Number 11: At the beginning of the film, Jenny Slate's dog mom character has to present her
ticket to pick up her laundry.
The ticket number is 42, a number so famous for being the answer to everything.
In fact, if you google the question “What is the answer to everything?”
it will most likely answer “42.”
Number 12: The two antagonists fighting Evelyn with buttplugs shoved up their butts are listed
in the credits as "Alpha Jumper - Trophy" and "Alpha Jumper - Bigger Trophy".
These are literally their character names!
Number 13: In the scene where Evelyn is being chased by Deirdre, she moves from one cubicle
to the other while squatting down and on the phone.
This scene is almost exactly the same as a scene from The Matrix, where Neo is hiding
from the agents in his office building.
Now if you don't know, I have watched the Matrix at 0.25x speed already, so make sure
to watch that video once you're done with this one, I promise you, you'll love it!
Number 14: Ke Huy Quan, the actor who plays Waymond, was a production assistant and an
assistant action choreographer for the movie The One, also a movie that features a multiverse.
Numbet 15: Next to Evelyn's security monitor, at the lower left corner, a toy of Rico from
Penguins of Madagascar can be seen.
The toy was available in McDonald's Happy Meals in 2014, and would shoot a fish out
of his mouth.
A running gag in the Madagascar series is Rico containing seemingly everything in his
stomach, able to cough up whatever item the scenario called for.
This parallels the movie's plot of pulling out any item or skill for the needed situation.
And notice at the end of the film, the Rico toy's mouth is wide open, symbolizing the
opening of the multiverse.
Number 16: When Chad is first introduced to us as a grill chef, notice we could still
see a raccoon tail coming out from the base of his hat even though at the time we didn't
know a raccoon is the source of his skills.
So this tail being visible was a huge hint towards that plot.
Number 17: The fact that Evelyn is a movie star in another universe was actually foreshadowed
right at the beginning of the film.
In this scene, Waymond mentions how Evelyn wanted to become an actor!
Number 18: The two characters with the trophy buttplugs are actually brothers Brian and
Andy Le, who run the MartialClub YouTube channel together.
So if you want, subscribe to their channel as well.
Number 19: During her fight with Evelyn, Jobu grabs a branch and it quickly morphs through
various forms.
But notice for a split second, she can be seen holding an Oscar.
And chances are, this movie might end up winning one!
Number 20: As Evelyn's acceptance of the multiverse grows, the aspect ratio between worlds noticeably
changes as well.
This is one of the first things I actually noticed while watching the film at 0.25x speed.
So hats off to the Daniels who even made the aspect ratio have it's own arc.
Number 21: Evelyn and Waymond have a van which the whole family uses to travel together.
Now notice, it is the same van used by Alpha Waymond and his crew in the Alphaverse.
Number 22: In the hot dog finger universe, instruments that require fingers are heard
to be played poorly.
This is especially heard through the many classical pieces.
And I really appreciate this background detail, because probably nobody noticed it but the
directors made sure to keep it accurate anyway!
Number 23: In the first shot of the movie, where the Wang is family singing karaoke,
notice a small raccoon figure can be seen to the bottom-right of the mirror, foreshadowing
the "Racaccoonie" universe.
Number 24: At the beginning of the film when Jobu Tupaki travels from the Thetaverse to
our Evelyn's universe, in between she travels to 2 other universes.
But notice in one of them, she's a bus driver who is probably about to die with all her
passengers.
Number 25: Now this detail is not related to 0.25x speed but it's something that I've
observed and would like to share with you lads.
Notice, in the first half of the movie, we are made to think that the bagel is here to
destroy the world.
And in the second half we realize it's a depressed person trying to destroy themselves.
My favorite thing was how, early on, we learn that this particular Evelyn can hop universes
because she's literally - objectively - living her worst life... yet in the end, that's
the life she chooses to continue living even though she could potentially merge with any
of her other selves.
Hollywood needs to take note, Evelyn is how you write a female character.
Michelle Yeoh shows that she can still hang when paired with competent writers that care
about character development and delivery.
The reason why this movie worked is because it just takes everything about action movies
and turns it into something more personal.
And that always works.
Unless you have something personal at stake, the audience just can't invest themselves
into a story.
And that's been the missing element in Marvel's entire Phase 4.
So I hope Marvel comes back around with Phase 5 and shows us their true sense of storytelling
as they did with Phase 3.
And that's it, this would be my breakdown of Everything Everywhere All At Once at 0.25x
speed.
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In fact, lemme make a vow, I wanna make it to 2 million subscribers before my birthday
on 24th of April.
With that in mind, I plan on uploading twice a week instead of just once and I know you
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Take care lads!