I Met a Most Peculiar Man Today

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  • 게시일 2020. 09. 24.
  • I was flummoxed in his admittedly grand presence.
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  • @KlemensasKozlovas
    @KlemensasKozlovas 3 년 전 +7332

    the most meaningless and yet the deepest film I've ever seen ,this is life

    • @magicalotterlion
      @magicalotterlion 3 년 전 +214

      this gave me goosebumps like that time I watched Thor: The Dark World

    • @FringeWizard2
      @FringeWizard2 3 년 전 +55

      It is not meaningless it is about Will and Actuality or Becoming and Being and man's struggle to awaken to his true power against the backdrop of man's fall into ignorance symbolized in the garden of Eden.

    • @Laotzu.Goldbug
      @Laotzu.Goldbug 3 년 전 +92

      @@FringeWizard2 true.
      Just like in _Thor: the Dark World_

    • @jmryniec3524
      @jmryniec3524 3 년 전 +65

      That's probably bc this is a meaningless film parodying films that try to be deep. It actually reminds me a lot of that other film, Thor: The Dark World when I think about it.

    • @daithiocinnsealach3173
      @daithiocinnsealach3173 3 년 전 +10

      Life really is absurd. No doubt about it. Keep pushing that rock.

  • @BeBackWhenever
    @BeBackWhenever 3 년 전 +8215

    I will always wonder what would have happened if his mom bought him the right cape

    • @saggybobby3733
      @saggybobby3733 3 년 전 +377

      I think he might have been able to fly sorta like in that movie Thor: The Dark World

    • @Dracopol
      @Dracopol 3 년 전 +50

      He could have flown to an alternative universe more friendly to his kind. He could have sat on a beach, sipped a drink made of sugar-surf, and could have been happy. Blame capitalism and the high price of titanium.

    • @iansojo117
      @iansojo117 3 년 전 +2

      Dona R. I really agree

    • @turnipsociety706
      @turnipsociety706 3 년 전 +7

      Same here. I can't sleep at night over this. I am haunted by visions, wrought with conflict. Not unlike...

    • @CorruptPianist
      @CorruptPianist 3 년 전 +1

      Grace. Elegance. Beauty.

  • @riverboatjohnny9615
    @riverboatjohnny9615 3 년 전 +2742

    “ Whatever this was I was going to see it through.” Is my actual feels as I continue to watch your work.

    • @nateomundsen8530
      @nateomundsen8530 2 년 전 +72

      Unlike the movie "Thor: The Dark World"

    • @Larsgman
      @Larsgman 2 년 전 +3

      Same

    • @svensnation2122
      @svensnation2122 2 년 전 +12

      Lol that’s exactly what I said to myself immediately after I barely escaped not being kidnapped from a catfish and “she” texted me saying “okay I’m ready for you”. Long story short, I went back, the person tried to stall me, and the 90s maroon Chevy van that nearly kidnapped me earlier was pulling up as I was leaving

    • @Cken684
      @Cken684 2 년 전 +7

      This comment has way too few likes

    • @munkyman33
      @munkyman33 년 전

      My thoughts on existence

  • @anchuto
    @anchuto 3 년 전 +5116

    I met a most peculiar man today. He was just sitting on a rock doing nothing, so I approached him. I tried making some light conversation with him, but he barely responded. This was it, the student I had been looking for. First, I taught him my flying technique, but a demonstration was impossible for I was wearing the wrong cape.
    I showed him my technique on how to meld with the shadows. Then I tried my technique on him to see if he could spot me and extraordinarily, he could. This was upsetting to me, but I was also proud that my student had learned so fast.
    He was ready for the ways of nature. I taught him about our God, aswell as the difference between ferns and those evil not-ferns. Then, I led him to the Sanctum Of The Forest, but alas this was too much for him. The space-time continuum still remains a mystery to him.
    It was foolish of me to think that this man could be a good student. I had a feeling he didn’t even see the movie Thor: The Dark World. So I released him from the Spell of Enthrallment I had placed on him, and allowed him to return home.
    The peculiar man still follows me today. I sometimes see him in his car, looking at me. He still wants to be my student, I can sense his thoughts. But unfortunately, he will never be as good as Thor: The Dark World.

  • @pyroparagon8945
    @pyroparagon8945 3 년 전 +5080

    "Certain trees are his God. Certain plants are ferns, others are not. This was a bad thing." Words to live by.

    • @alejolab
      @alejolab 3 년 전 +148

      When he said that it reminded me to the most peculiar book: "The Slow Regard of Silent Things", not to be confused with Thor: The Dark World

    • @theodour8617
      @theodour8617 3 년 전 +13

      That made me laugh too hard.

    • @Jacob-gy9ki
      @Jacob-gy9ki 3 년 전 +5

      @@alejolab Yes! I couldn't tell what it reminded me of, so thanks.

    • @soleilune1992
      @soleilune1992 3 년 전 +3

      Deep af.

    • @kasperv967
      @kasperv967 3 년 전

      best line of the short

  • @MaxMckayful
    @MaxMckayful 3 년 전 +8582

    This started being borderline stupid for me, and then blossomed into something spectacular. Rather unlike the the movie Thor: The Dark World

    • @paul-ye3ut
      @paul-ye3ut 3 년 전 +20

      1.9k and no comment also first

    • @irvancrocs1753
      @irvancrocs1753 3 년 전 +75

      @@paul-ye3ut Congrats for your meaningless achievement!

    • @Hybries
      @Hybries 3 년 전 +43

      More like the movie Thor: Ragnarok then

    • @artemixzs
      @artemixzs 3 년 전 +22

      @@Hybries I’ve read so many comments saying “Thor: The Dark World” I accidentally read that as “Thor: The Dark Ragnarok”

    • @gregaciousgracieux8939
      @gregaciousgracieux8939 2 년 전 +2

      Nice comment. You have the the same double type disorder as me!!!!
      Lets blame a fast brain

  • @spoopypost
    @spoopypost 3 년 전 +974

    This is oddly Lovecraftian, not unlike Thor : The Dark World

  • @gabbycotto4024
    @gabbycotto4024 3 년 전 +1283

    “It was at this point I called my family to tell them I would miss dinner. Whatever this was, I would see it through.”
    Never before has a man exhibited such commitment to the Faustian spirit of discovery in the face of arcane madness.

    • @Milianati
      @Milianati 3 년 전 +10

      Where I don't get the meaning of your second sentence, I feel like flattered by it, as it happened to me living this kind of stuff and commiting to learn more about those guys... Hope it was a sentence of admiration, otherwise I'll feel dumber :P

    • @ThPid
      @ThPid 2 년 전 +25

      @@Milianati Faust was trying to lean about and discover everything, but in the process of learning things, he felt like he would never really get to the true essence of things, of what the universe was really made of and made it tick. It drove him mad that he felt like he could never get to 'it', and he always kept trying to find new ways of experiencing and learning, going so far as to want to kill himself, not because he wanted to die, but because he felt like maybe in death, his mind might be freed from earthly restrictions and he might be able to reach a higher state of consciousness.
      Whether or not that's a good thing is up for interpretation i guess. He certainly wasn't happy though...

    • @theflyingspaniard6881
      @theflyingspaniard6881 2 년 전 +26

      Just like in the movie, Thor: The Dark World

    • @SebHaarfagre
      @SebHaarfagre 2 년 전 +8

      @@ThPid I find that spirit of exploration and thirst for knowledge and meaning and drive admirable.
      Some OCD, some negligence of self and maybe a slight misdirection to what is or could be important - as that's entirely subjective by design. But still admirable in its own way

    • @richardmangelmann4975
      @richardmangelmann4975 년 전

      Wait do a lot of people outside of Germany know Faust and it’s author Goethe?

  • @johnathanmonsen6567
    @johnathanmonsen6567 3 년 전 +4470

    I felt that I was not supposed to see that. Like the movie, Thor: The Dark World.

  • @bamgb8811
    @bamgb8811 3 년 전 +9830

    This feels like a documentary about a Learning disablement , but it also has a strong resemblance with the film Thor: The Dark World.

    • @zeriel9148
      @zeriel9148 3 년 전 +111

      So, the same thing then.

    • @orestmarkheva7325
      @orestmarkheva7325 3 년 전 +212

      This comment is very accurate. Just like Thor in the movie Thor: The dark World

    • @Meeminator
      @Meeminator 3 년 전 +43

      because they both have capes.

    • @ChaosBW
      @ChaosBW 3 년 전 +45

      Would it make sense to you if I told you movies like "Thor: the dark world" are made for the learning disabled?

    • @RyanScarbrough
      @RyanScarbrough 3 년 전 +10

      It's a Disney movie right?

  • @Ishidalover
    @Ishidalover 3 년 전 +1038

    This makes me miss this one kid in my middle school with a disability that I'm not sure what it was. He was very bad at judging the room and would just say things on the full cringe scale, but he was cool to talk to when you could put your own ego aside. We shared the same interests in comics and games and stuff, so i would talk with him, regardless of the laughs I'd get. He gifted me yugioh cards he thought I would like. He never gave me the girly ones "because that's too obvious to give to a girl" so he gave me a Mystic Clown "because we make good jokes in class". He would do stuff like this. Dress up and run around making decisions about what he saw in the world and sticking with it, stringing me along for the ride. I kinda envied how happy he was, even though people would laugh at him, and being in middle school, I really cared after a while about what everyone else thought of me. I struggled to associate with him because of my own ego. I haven't seen him since high school but I'm glad I got over the peer-fears those last few years. Haven't seen him, but I keep the card safe. Just in case we meet again. His memory was awesome, I know if we ever talk again, he'll remember the card too.

    • @orbismworldbuilding8428
      @orbismworldbuilding8428 2 년 전 +66

      That's beautiful

    • @silversurfer6360
      @silversurfer6360 2 년 전 +12

      Wow

    • @hrsantiago
      @hrsantiago 2 년 전 +61

      this is a dope story, thanks for sharing

    • @darthclone7
      @darthclone7 2 년 전 +66

      You met the realest guy in this world of illusions

    • @JacobPrater
      @JacobPrater 2 년 전 +51

      I remember you too, I am not your disabled kid but another alternate universe aka different school's disabled kid and am here to represent the fellow disabled and slow to say hello and nice to see you again

  • @dankdisney7714
    @dankdisney7714 3 년 전 +387

    "My foot hovering just above the gas... always hovering... with such potential."
    This cracked me up

    • @WildBluntHickok
      @WildBluntHickok 2 년 전 +29

      If he had hit the gas I'm sure the guy would've come back from the dead with no explanation, just like Loki.

    • @God-xr4yu
      @God-xr4yu 2 년 전 +52

      @@WildBluntHickok Loki, in the film, “Thor: The Dark World”.

    • @gotchathespider7850
      @gotchathespider7850 년 전 +2

      @@God-xr4yu I don't think Loki was even in the movie, "Thor: The Dark World".

    • @God-xr4yu
      @God-xr4yu 년 전 +7

      @@gotchathespider7850 He was indeed in the ‘hit’ film, “Thor: The Dark World”

    • @TheCosmicChicken
      @TheCosmicChicken 9 개월 전 +1

      I kind of wonder if the car is in drive or reverse, because that changes the context quite a bit.

  • @louieandtommysdiscountedit3177

    I really appreciated that reference to the very obscure art-house film, “Thor: The Dark World.” More people need to know about this movie!!!

    • @jimmysgameclips
      @jimmysgameclips 3 년 전 +46

      Was that, 'Thor: The Dark World'?

    • @RonaldoVODS
      @RonaldoVODS 3 년 전 +58

      @@jimmysgameclips That's a common question since a LOT of people tend to call it just masterpiece

    • @BlondieYouTube
      @BlondieYouTube 3 년 전 +64

      To be frankly, not many people would have the necessary IQ level to even phantom 'Thor: the Dark World'. Like other masterpieces, it shares a nihilistic existential question. Such is in the case of Thor; "Why am I a god? Am I really a god? What if I'm not a god?". You can see his struggle with both his divinity and mortality, not people would get that, and just laugh as his hammer goes all over the place. I can guarantee people to watch 'Thor: The Dark World', but maybe watch some other existential art pieces like Rick and Morty to slowly get into the "IQ curve". As one cultured gentleman to another, I tip my hat for you sir.

    • @chucklebutt4470
      @chucklebutt4470 3 년 전 +8

      @@BlondieKRplus Do the more common religions in our world, Christianity, Islam, etc. exist in the reality of Thor: The Dark World? Why would people still believe in that stuff after coming into direct contact with a real god? Can we use modern science to open up the Rainbow Road, er I mean the Rainbow Bridge?
      Okay, but for real... why is Kat Dennings as the character "Darcy Lewis" a main character in that movie? Will she be gaining powers in the way that Jane Foster played by Natalie Portman will??? Spoilers, she's going to be the new Thor. Yeah. No joke.

    • @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828
      @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 3 년 전 +4

      i didn't like it tbh
      it's budget was too low anyways

  • @xazelnighthaunterfanboy975

    "Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?"
    -Some Space wizard

    • @REDACTED-as_opposed_to_dacted
      @REDACTED-as_opposed_to_dacted 3 년 전 +62

      "Be Like Zaphod Beeblebrox. Be the fool AND the fool that follows it and the frood who very much doesn't pay for drinks, all in one." -Zaphod Beeblebrox

    • @drewsnyder1436
      @drewsnyder1436 3 년 전 +35

      This seems to align with a movie I’ve seen called Thor the dark world

    • @jayhickey5012
      @jayhickey5012 3 년 전 +19

      Now all we need is someone handing out laser swords to a farm boy with absolutely no information or instructions on it's safe use or handling.

    • @tobiasfischer7921
      @tobiasfischer7921 3 년 전 +4

      @@jayhickey5012 thank you I was thinking something similar

    • @pocketpicker6613
      @pocketpicker6613 3 년 전 +1

      *hello there*

  • @fredarok579
    @fredarok579 3 년 전 +961

    Fuck, I just realized that some people probably have stories like this about me.

    • @slurponaut
      @slurponaut 3 년 전 +109

      You remind me of a character in a certain film. Was it "Thor: The Dark World"? I can't seem to remember.

    • @magusperde365
      @magusperde365 3 년 전 +78

      We are all secretly laughing behind your back. Everyone in the entire world

    • @Jaydee-wd7wr
      @Jaydee-wd7wr 3 년 전 +41

      @@magusperde365, Shhh, don’t tell him, you’ll spoil our fun.

    • @magusperde365
      @magusperde365 3 년 전 +36

      @@Jaydee-wd7wr Don't worry he's too stupid to believe us anyway he'll think its just a joke comment on the internet

    • @forgetfulstranger
      @forgetfulstranger 3 년 전 +15

      @@magusperde365 ahahahahah

  • @jasongodmere9882
    @jasongodmere9882 3 년 전 +361

    I’ve legitimately seen this over 100 times. And I’m only now starting to understand that it describes the eternal conflict I have in myself. Two extremes that cannot exist on their own and yet completely contradict each other.
    Not unlike the movie Thor: The Dark World

    • @Manas-co8wl
      @Manas-co8wl 9 개월 전 +2

      … I don’t get it.
      Not unlike the movie Thor: the Dark World, which I totally understand completely.

  • @nokeric
    @nokeric 3 년 전 +2832

    Joel please if you need any help there are numbers you can call.

  • @UVtec
    @UVtec 3 년 전 +1402

    This is what I am missing in other art films. A strong pop culture references, like ... I don't know, Thor: The Dark World (don't know why I thought of this one in particular).

    • @Joel-Haver
      @Joel-Haver  3 년 전 +660

      Never heard of it, I will have to check it out! Weirdly enough, it has the same title as this other movie I saw, Thor: The Dark World.

    • @zachsh
      @zachsh 3 년 전 +101

      @@Joel-Haver That movie's plot line was bland and its timeline too linear. I'd suggest watching a more engaging movie: World Dark the, Thor.

    • @kimgkomg
      @kimgkomg 3 년 전 +5

      @@Joel-Haver thor the dark world

    • @ericmedlock
      @ericmedlock 2 년 전 +5

      Yes but have you considered, just for a moment... Thor: The Dark World?

  • @mitchellmeyer8997
    @mitchellmeyer8997 2 년 전 +19

    “Certain plants are ferns, others are not”
    So true, so deep

  • @fellowmicrowave2448
    @fellowmicrowave2448 2 년 전 +35

    This film has a certain energy I am mysteriously drawn to, it feels like a shitpost but also like a deep secret, a meaning or a type of meta commentary for something I do not quite comprehend yet, I have made my way to this video and will most likely do so again, much like Thor: the dark world

  • @MichaelNatrin
    @MichaelNatrin 3 년 전 +812

    Was this an ad for the movie Thor: The Dark World

    • @whine9495
      @whine9495 3 년 전 +12

      nes

    • @kevinm5940
      @kevinm5940 3 년 전 +40

      It would be quite a late advertisement
      But maybe that's just because space-time was broken in the woods.

    • @australiananarchist480
      @australiananarchist480 3 년 전 +20

      @@kevinm5940 much like in the film, Thor: The Dark World

    • @undecided3
      @undecided3 3 년 전 +6

      No it's an ad for ferns. Free in a woods near you.

    • @shytendeakatamanoir9740
      @shytendeakatamanoir9740 3 년 전 +1

      @@undecided3 just like you can freely watch Thor the Dark World, deep in the woods of the Internet

  • @jojojorisjhjosef
    @jojojorisjhjosef 3 년 전 +947

    If the returning reference to Thor wasn't there, this would've been abstract art.

    • @whine9495
      @whine9495 3 년 전 +355

      Similar to the movie Thor: The Dark World

    • @lass7212
      @lass7212 3 년 전 +62

      Instead it's comedy

    • @Shotblur
      @Shotblur 3 년 전 +59

      kinda says something about abstract art if you can make it just by memeing on it

    • @pesii1452
      @pesii1452 3 년 전 +36

      @@lass7212 just like that movie Thor: the dark world

    • @lenlen8099
      @lenlen8099 3 년 전 +38

      I kind of wish the references weren't there, it reminds me of how disappointed I was when I learned that side story of the squirrels in American Dad wasn't a random story they inserted but just a reference to some film older people know and can say "oh look they're referencing that film haha"

  • @UtaShirokage
    @UtaShirokage 3 년 전 +98

    I liked this short film. Unlike the movie Thor: The Dark World

  • @sparrowfox2294
    @sparrowfox2294 3 년 전 +44

    I feel like the guy who wrote this was hanging out with his young son and as kids do, just started making stuff up. He thought to himself, "if this were an adult this could be a weird story."

  • @MichaelNatrin
    @MichaelNatrin 3 년 전 +1005

    These shots are beautiful and those fall colours look incredible 🤤🍂 I agree that it's bad that not all plants are ferns

    • @favoritemustard3542
      @favoritemustard3542 3 년 전 +3

      @Robo Cop your boat top:
      Unlike Thor: The Dark World, which is a masterpiece of shit...

    • @kimgkomg
      @kimgkomg 3 년 전

      You and your ferns

  • @natevmp
    @natevmp 3 년 전 +521

    My dreams are now fittingly haunted by memories of a short film about a man who is haunted by thoughts of a man who is strangely enamored by the movie Thor: The Dark World

    • @zh9664
      @zh9664 3 년 전 +3

      i like your comment, i think it should be top comment on this vid

    • @zackt2042
      @zackt2042 2 년 전

      And mine are haunted by a comment from a poster about their dreams being haunted by memories of a short film about a man who is haunted by thoughts of a man who is strangely enamored by the movie Thor: The Dark World.

  • @Liam_D
    @Liam_D 3 년 전 +62

    I met a man that could have been his brother in a bar in Colorado Springs. He was trying to hit on my sister as we played pool, then followed me into the restroom. He gave me his business card which described him as a "soul reader." That was his occupation. Oh, and he wore a bowler hat and cape. It might have been this guy actually.

  • @icebear326
    @icebear326 3 년 전 +47

    If this was the only evidence humans existed, I would be satisfied

  • @TheToomykins
    @TheToomykins 3 년 전 +194

    i love how they dont even bother to hide the microphones and they're not even used

    • @pyroparagon8945
      @pyroparagon8945 3 년 전 +99

      Not unlike the microphones in Thor: The Dark World

    • @Shoebill77
      @Shoebill77 2 년 전 +2

      @@pyroparagon8945 69 likes noice

  • @asgold8
    @asgold8 3 년 전 +396

    This video enraptured me, just like the movie Thor: The Dark World.

  • @dreamer2260
    @dreamer2260 3 년 전 +48

    One thing I really appreciate is how often Joel shoots videos in nature, and kind of glorifies and re-mystifies it in an age when most people (in industrialised societies anyway) I think see nature as something in many ways mundane, understood, dull, and very separate from us. Something about Joel's films seems to go against that, and I think that's great.

    • @trent6319
      @trent6319 2 년 전 +9

      Not unlike Thor: The Dark World

    • @annabellelin7730
      @annabellelin7730 년 전 +1

      I think part of the reason is that people in urban areas rarely see nature like this. Maybe an oak tree or some grass at best. Nothing taller than knee length. I think that millenials (and younger people) are more aware of nature and find it somewhat interesting. But I get so wrapped up in modern urban life that it's sort of hard to envision a nature beyond what I see everyday.

    • @dreamer2260
      @dreamer2260 년 전

      @@annabellelin7730 Yep, I agree on all of that. Which is why it’s so important to ensure people have access to nature from a young age. Otherwise they’ll grow into adults who just don’t give a shit about it because they didn’t form that connection and attachment when young.

  • @ryanromanyk1112
    @ryanromanyk1112 년 전 +9

    I’m not sure how many times I’ve watched this video now, but this has to be the greatest video on KRplus

  • @elishmittywerminghanjensen1264

    Little did you know, the fedora held the aether. Just like in the movie, Thor: The Dark World

  • @jasonbuechel6235
    @jasonbuechel6235 3 년 전 +206

    Is this... The Warlock of the spooky woods?

    • @Joel-Haver
      @Joel-Haver  3 년 전 +103

      It's crossover time baby, this is like when Frasier went back in time and appeared on that show Cheers

    • @abhi36292
      @abhi36292 3 년 전

      Iol probably

    • @kimgkomg
      @kimgkomg 3 년 전

      @KujQn82w8kkwC91l8 it's not

    • @VBrinkV
      @VBrinkV 3 년 전 +1

      @@Joel-Haver Frasier is so good :)

    • @johnnycovenant2286
      @johnnycovenant2286 2 년 전 +1

      He appears to be a druid wizard multiclass

  • @SeffyRoth
    @SeffyRoth 3 년 전 +5

    "Just hovering with potential."
    That's some fine writing right there, I could feel the tension.

  • @Lucky-sq3ky
    @Lucky-sq3ky 3 년 전 +10

    "Always hovering. With such potential."
    Is he now just contemplating murdering the mysterious man

    • @milanhvozdik3379
      @milanhvozdik3379 2 년 전 +4

      Nah, there is just a lot of potential energy when things are hovering

  • @hermannbjorgvin
    @hermannbjorgvin 3 년 전 +218

    You should make a feature film like Good Will Hunting, or Thor: The Dark World

    • @Joel-Haver
      @Joel-Haver  3 년 전 +99

      I’ll make a movie that combines the good qualities of Good Will Hunting and Thor: The Dark World

    • @The_child-catcher
      @The_child-catcher 3 년 전 +18

      @@Joel-Haver so just good will hunting then.

    • @kimgkomg
      @kimgkomg 3 년 전

      @KujQan82g1w8tkkwC91l8f hello

    • @shytendeakatamanoir9740
      @shytendeakatamanoir9740 3 년 전 +6

      @@The_child-catcher Good Will Hunting, but played by the characters of Thor the Dark World

    • @spookyknife4645
      @spookyknife4645 3 년 전 +4

      @@shytendeakatamanoir9740 “Say Loki, how do you like them apples?”

  • @guytorie
    @guytorie 3 년 전 +220

    THis film was interesting, and I'm nOt fully suRe whaT to make of it. HE may have been sick, or aware of something more powerful than the narrator was, or maybe both, but it DAwned on me towaRd the end of this video that maybe it didn't have to matter. Kind of comedy, but kind of poetry. Whatever vague message yOu happen to take away fRom this video, it seems fair to say that Life always brings us these peculiar souls who Do things we won't ever understand.

    • @blakekillionfilm
      @blakekillionfilm 3 년 전 +90

      I feel like there’s some hidden meaning in this comment, somewhat unlike Thor The Dark World

    • @Red-jl1qr
      @Red-jl1qr 3 년 전 +37

      Was this worth it. Was it.

    • @zacharyrawlings3600
      @zacharyrawlings3600 3 년 전 +23

      @@Red-jl1qr This was definitely worth it

    • @saggybobby3733
      @saggybobby3733 3 년 전 +13

      @@Red-jl1qr I'd say it was

    • @8lec_R
      @8lec_R 3 년 전 +10

      @@Red-jl1qr hell yea

  • @michaelchristmas2572
    @michaelchristmas2572 2 년 전 +9

    I’m being 100% serious when I say this: this is one of my favorite movies ever. Yes, it is a short film, but still a film. Yes, it is on KRplus, but it’s genuinely better than most of the “cinema” released today.

    • @MakoProfessionalJerk
      @MakoProfessionalJerk 2 년 전 +4

      It's definitely enjoyable, and I have watched it. Unlike the movie Thor: The Dark World

  • @deleteduser84924
    @deleteduser84924 3 년 전 +14

    i was the weird kid...
    I would use my free time to scour through the woods alone. The fantastical worlds my young mind conjured up were overlapping reality. the two were indeferentiable to me.
    there werent many other kids in that village i grew up in. But one boy would, much like the lyrical first person narrator of this short film, follow me and listen to my meniacle ramblings, participate in my ideas, accept them even to a degree. But always with a certain observant detachement, like it was more curiosity than friendship that made him stick around.

  • @blazemordly9746
    @blazemordly9746 3 년 전 +151

    Never before has a film been so aptly scored, except maybe ‘Thor: The Dark World’.

  • @rathodkaran6190
    @rathodkaran6190 3 년 전 +57

    You met a peculiar man? I asked Joel.
    Yes, *yes I did* Joel said, flapping his cape.
    And so he did...

  • @joseville
    @joseville 2 년 전 +4

    Man, this is such a gem!
    Does this style have a name?
    I have seen several like this (including others by Joel Haver) and they are all so good in a unique way. I can pick out some common themes:
    - Narration
    - Reflection or introspection
    - Contemplative instrumental score
    - Slow-motion shots
    - Surreal or absurd scenario treated with gravity

  • @murdershake
    @murdershake 3 년 전 +16

    There has to be a name for this type of comedy. It just gets better every time you re-watch it

    • @joshorton9061
      @joshorton9061 2 년 전 +6

      Not unlike the hit feature film, Thor: The Dark World

    • @cho4d
      @cho4d 년 전 +4

      absurdist? surrealist? it's top tier whatever it is.

  • @BingBangPoe
    @BingBangPoe 3 년 전 +218

    This sheds a whole new light on the film _Thor: The Dark World._
    The movie was criticized, but they didn't get the message it was trying to convey.
    Joel Haver did. Joel Haver understood the nuances behind the masterpiece that is the film _Thor: The Dark World._

    • @mus6926
      @mus6926 3 년 전

      lol it's joel

    • @Devin-hg8cq
      @Devin-hg8cq 3 년 전 +3

      Wow, your comment is just like that part in the movie Thor: The Dark World when someone was making a comment about something!

  • @myname7937
    @myname7937 3 년 전 +123

    Is that a deconstruction of playing outside with your children?

    • @virtualmartini
      @virtualmartini 3 년 전 +4

      Nah.

    • @ingreedzz5204
      @ingreedzz5204 2 년 전

      there has nothing to do witht he movie Thor: The Dark World

    • @myname7937
      @myname7937 2 년 전

      @@ingreedzz5204 children bring up random things they've seen 2 days ago and act like everyone knows what the references or characters are. my interpretation fits perfectly.

  • @mariahgumm8314
    @mariahgumm8314 3 년 전 +14

    I watch this everytime it comes across my feed... much like I watch Thor: The Dark World every time I see it on Netflix.

  • @Deadeye777
    @Deadeye777 3 년 전 +6

    "Whatever this was I was going to see this through" and the clenched buttcleavage at 42 had me hurting.

  • @stonii420
    @stonii420 3 년 전 +60

    When you want to join a cult but don't know how

  • @kevinmathiasen7334
    @kevinmathiasen7334 3 년 전 +150

    I literally had a childhood friend that acted like that when I was little. And sometimes he said that I should run, because he didn't want to kill me, but he wouldn't be able to control himself. And when he did he just screamed up in the air and started hunting me down like some sort of unearthly creature. Sometimes I wonder how he's doing today. I'm 24 now, back then I was 4 or 5, him, about the same😁👍

    • @quondamchoir6615
      @quondamchoir6615 3 년 전 +29

      Wow. That’s wild, man. I wonder about people from my past too sometimes. Like Lloyd. Lloyd and I liked the same girl. She rejected me so I was like Lloyd, go for it. He decided we weren’t friends after that for some reason. We were like 8.

    • @loudassvictor
      @loudassvictor 3 년 전 +15

      I really need to know how this guy turned out.

    • @kevinmathiasen7334
      @kevinmathiasen7334 3 년 전 +4

      @@loudassvictor hehehe, to be honest I have no clue. I'm sorry😅

    • @4nd3rzzon
      @4nd3rzzon 3 년 전 +5

      I had a friend whose friend moved away, so he just went up to me and said you're my new friend know.

    • @fredarok579
      @fredarok579 3 년 전 +4

      I’m pretty sure I *was* the kid that was like this.

  • @CobusGreyling
    @CobusGreyling 3 년 전 +6

    I feel like everyone knew a guy like this in high school

  • @jamesgatz5301
    @jamesgatz5301 2 년 전 +4

    The look of pure blank confusion on Joel’s face is perfection

  • @MrLTiger
    @MrLTiger 3 년 전 +77

    so his foot was hovering above the gas because he was wondering if he should mercy-kill him or..?

    • @RyRidge
      @RyRidge 3 년 전 +18

      Yes

    • @C4H10N4O2
      @C4H10N4O2 3 년 전 +11

      Not if the car was in reverse.
      Was the car in reverse though ?

    • @indeedmyson
      @indeedmyson 3 년 전 +2

      @@C4H10N4O2 or in park

    • @EridanAmpora311
      @EridanAmpora311 3 년 전 +3

      I believe the mercy would be to himself

    • @SJNaka101
      @SJNaka101 3 년 전 +6

      Yes, he was wrought with conflict

  • @SaintJimmy379
    @SaintJimmy379 3 년 전 +25

    I can't get over how well Moonlight Sonata works with this...

  • @ev29xyro
    @ev29xyro 7 개월 전 +1

    This is the first of Joel's films, and now after rewatching I can say it is my favorite. Love from Austria

  • @gigginbig3
    @gigginbig3 3 년 전 +5

    As much as this video is a joke it’s actually a piece of art

    • @AbrahamCasas
      @AbrahamCasas 2 년 전

      comedy is also a type of art

    • @alexo2303
      @alexo2303 년 전

      @@AbrahamCasas just like the movie Thor: The Dark World

  • @LoiusJoe
    @LoiusJoe 3 년 전 +63

    This is deep, not as deep as the movie Thor: The Dark World though. But no video, nor song or even a poem could be deeper than the movie created in the year 2013, Thor: The Dark World.

  • @dimitriantanov3150
    @dimitriantanov3150 3 년 전 +65

    He is spoofing the movie "The Lobster". The narration style and the music is used throughout the movie... and its really good. As is everything directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

    • @The_child-catcher
      @The_child-catcher 3 년 전 +9

      Is it as good as Thor the dark world?

    • @dimitriantanov3150
      @dimitriantanov3150 3 년 전

      @@The_child-catcher Hahahah.

    • @The_child-catcher
      @The_child-catcher 3 년 전 +1

      @@dimitriantanov3150 for real though it sounds interesting, I'll look it up.

    • @morejolli
      @morejolli 3 년 전 +1

      I'm not sure I could draw enough parallels to call this a spoof of The Lobster, but that is a truly excellent film.

  • @stevealigheri
    @stevealigheri 3 년 전 +1

    "Whatever this was I was going to see it through"
    I feel like wars start like this.

  • @gamefantus9076
    @gamefantus9076 6 개월 전 +2

    ok ok sooo I haven't seen this skit in ages, but every.fucking.time... it just kills me! I die laughing in call randomly and everyone's confused - then it spreads! The music, the story, the acting its all fantastic! I'm so excited that your still making awesome content! (Though your live action performances will always be my favorite!!)

  • @kaiserharry6568
    @kaiserharry6568 3 년 전 +226

    This is honestly beautifully shot
    just like the movie Thor: The Dark World

  • @SarahZ
    @SarahZ 3 년 전 +201

    This has the same energy as a Justin Kuritzkes video. I love it

  • @TheHobbyExpert
    @TheHobbyExpert 년 전 +1

    This is a video I occasionally come back to when I watch your videos. It just hits different

  • @michellel9739
    @michellel9739 2 년 전 +1

    This is one of my favorite Joel videos.

  • @jayhickey5012
    @jayhickey5012 3 년 전 +8

    This mans level of commitment to this interaction is extraordinary.

  • @changer_of_ways_beep_bop_boop

    The greatest mystery of all of this is how anyone remembers the existence of Thor the Dark World.

  • @misterammaiu9157
    @misterammaiu9157 년 전 +1

    This had surprisingly good cinematography and lighting weow, like that car shot at the end was impressive, where you cold see both Joel inside the car and the car headlights

  • @cazzacatti
    @cazzacatti 3 년 전 +2

    The cinematography as well as the lighting is always beautiful in your videos. It’s better than most movies like, Thor: The Dark World.

  • @thatsithlord9906
    @thatsithlord9906 3 년 전 +16

    This was really well made, just like Thor: the dark world

  • @alexanderangelkov6338

    Peculiar man was tripping on acid

  • @johnnyringo5777
    @johnnyringo5777 3 년 전 +7

    This really feels like something you'd see at the start of an indie movie. It's really easy to forget that this is just a sketch until he says "like in the movie thor: the dark world" 😂

  • @ralek592
    @ralek592 3 년 전 +2

    "Whatever this is, I'm going to see it through"
    Reminds me of Thor: The Dark World

  • @RyRidge
    @RyRidge 3 년 전 +11

    That's word for word what's on the back of the DVD for Thor: The Dark World

    • @chickenrick4563
      @chickenrick4563 3 년 전

      Hey Man, I just picked a comment at random. How was your day today? anything cool happen?

  • @DiazGames
    @DiazGames 3 년 전 +10

    Not gonna lie, these videos are getting really cinematic!

  • @asmolbean9300
    @asmolbean9300 3 년 전 +8

    For a minute I forgot this existed, just like the movie Thor: The Dark World

  • @Elric54
    @Elric54 3 년 전 +6

    It's as if the narrator found the Aether and became its host, then became a weapon himself. ...much like Jane in "Thor: The Dark World"

  • @BJBowen
    @BJBowen 3 년 전 +3

    Great job with this one

  • @jorgeleiva6067
    @jorgeleiva6067 3 년 전 +2

    This feels like what It felt like talking to an unknown child When I was 9 and on a vacation

  • @denitator
    @denitator 3 년 전 +1

    I'm so happy to get this channel recommended. This is very talented!

  • @Ponen77
    @Ponen77 3 년 전 +9

    maybe if he had stepped on the pedal and accelerated the most peculiar man may have got up and Tore through the Dark Wood

    • @8lec_R
      @8lec_R 3 년 전 +2

      I see whattchu did there

    • @ingreedzz5204
      @ingreedzz5204 2 년 전

      like in the movie Thor : The Dark World

  • @CyrionWillems
    @CyrionWillems 3 년 전 +4

    This looks amazing!

  • @themadtitan8379
    @themadtitan8379 개월 전 +1

    It’s been three years and I still quote this video, and get disappointed when nobody gets it

  • @jamesbuchanan5962
    @jamesbuchanan5962 3 년 전 +3

    It's clear to me that the look at light penetrating the trees above was a map of the nine realms. In particular the upper rotating branch is representative of Svartalfheim, the titular "Dark World" of the elves in the hit Thor sequel.

  • @ZuquapStudios
    @ZuquapStudios 3 년 전 +3

    This was powerful and beautifully shot

  • @brendancoulter5761
    @brendancoulter5761 3 년 전 +7

    The narrator is more peculiar then the peculiar man.

  • @isolatedGirlthing
    @isolatedGirlthing 3 년 전 +2

    This channel feels like the sort of thing you watch at night in a tent ten miles from the nearest town

  • @gottafindacoolname

    I really mean when I say that this is in my opinion Joels best video. I really love it! ♥️ The mood, the narration.
    We are invited into this odd persons world, with Joel as the guide representing us or our facades and prejudice. We understand when he says: “i’d have to see this thru”. It’s funny, deep, random, stupid and I love every second of it! 🥳
    Also this was my first encounter with the channel and Joel. ♥️🙏🏽

  • @Rinocapz
    @Rinocapz 3 년 전 +6

    "and the Oscar goes to...
    Thor! From the movie Thor: the Dark World!"

  • @oreore949
    @oreore949 3 년 전 +4

    This is the story mode from Tekken 7.
    I'm not even joking, it actually is.

  • @gottafindacoolname

    This is my favourite Joel Haver production...! It's just perfect!

  • @cre8ivecat23
    @cre8ivecat23 3 년 전 +1

    I can’t stop. Every week I come back to this video. It’s deep but completely without meaning. Maybe if I see it one more time I’ll understand it. I’ll understand everything. It has jokes but is completely serious, without any comedy. It’s an encapsulation of life itself; a mystery whose pieces lay bare before us, but whose solution is just out of reach. Just beyond human comprehension.

  • @slanggemz2419
    @slanggemz2419 3 년 전 +6

    Seems like a live action version of something animated by filmcow

  • @Sacrato
    @Sacrato 3 년 전 +3

    I can't stop watching this, it is a masterpiece!

  • @tnktsinik
    @tnktsinik 2 년 전

    I am actually amazed! How can someone come up with this script. This words. What inspires you. Run, Hide, Spot, Upset

  • @jimmymittens
    @jimmymittens 3 년 전 +2

    "My foot hovering just above the gas, always hovering, with such potential."

  • @a.9913
    @a.9913 3 년 전 +4

    Sometimes storytelling and cinematography reach a level of purity and honesty matched only by true art. An example of such brilliance could be seen in the movie Thor: The Dark World.

  • @tombuck
    @tombuck 2 년 전 +6

    I love the amount of effort that goes into something like this. It’s ridiculous but filled with sincerity. You can either watch it and think, “Heh, that was goofy- what’s next?” Or you can take a deep dive into a critical analysis, dissecting the film’s universe, characters, and purpose while constructing your own meaning. Honestly, I finished my English Lit degree in 2009 and definitely spent a lot of time wondering why we had to focus so much on textual analysis and discussions of “author’s intent” versus “reader’s perceived meaning”. And now I know- it was preparing me for a film unlike any other. A film that would rock me to my core and make me question my place within the universe itself, not unlike Thor: The Dark World.

  • @davidraleigh4118

    Joel you are one of the most creative/innovative sketch comics around today. Thanks for your art!!

  • @b52goats
    @b52goats 3 년 전 +2

    This reminds me of a kid from highschool. He was known by every grade and every grade had a name for him. "Buzz light year/ Dragon slayer/ Lasers" where every you are I hope the best for you man.

  • @ffatheranderson
    @ffatheranderson 3 년 전 +35

    Here are the Russian subtitles to this video.
    Joel, if you please could add them to the video - it would simplify, widen and improve the experience of your Russian audience:
    0:01: Сегодня я повстречал самого необычного человека.
    0:04: Я сидел на камне, занимаясь своими делами, когда он приблизился.
    0:08: Он спросил - пробовал ли я Скитлс.
    0:12: Я сказал: Да.
    0:13: Потом он захлопал руками изо всех сил, но не смог взлететь.
    0:16: Дело в том что его мать отказалась покупать ему плащь из подходящей ткани.
    0:21: Он настаивал что если у тебя есть влокна из титанового сплава -
    ты можешь летать как они летали в фильме "Тор: Тёмный мир".
    0:30: Затем он угнездился на камне.
    0:32: И вот что он сказал.
    0:34: "Если взгромоздиться на одном месте достсточно надолго, достаточно сильно, с полной самоотдачей - ты сольёшься с Тенью."
    0:42: Дальше мы в течении часа играли в игру.
    0:45: Он убегал, он прятался, я находил его, он огарчался этому.
    0:50: Убегает. Прячится. Я нахожу его. Он огорчается.
    0:54: Убегает. Прячится. Я нахожу его. Он огорчается.
    0:58: Некоторые деревья - его Бог.
    1:01: Некоторые растения - папоротники - другие нет - это плохо.
    1:07: После ЭТОГО - я позвонил своей семье: Я пропущу ужин сегодня.
    1:12: Что бы это ни было - я хотел видеть ВСЁ.
    1:15: Он привёл меня в лес.
    1:17: Это было его святилище.
    1:19: В его святилище пространственно-временной кантинуум нарушен безвозвратно.
    1:25: Прямо как в фильме "Тор: Тёмный мир".
    1:29: Затем он накричал на дерево.
    1:32: Я чувствовал что я не должен был быть этому свидетелем.
    1:36: Затем, без объяснений - я был отвержен.
    1:40: Напугал ли я его?
    1:43: Напугал ли он меня?
    1:45: Напугал ли я себя?
    1:47: В постели меня преследуют видения.
    1:51: Он выглядит одиноким... Ужасно одиноким....
    1:55: Я в машине и я пристально смотрю на него.
    1:57: Моя нога аккурат над педалью газа.
    2:00: Всегда... лишь парит в сантиметре... С Таким потенциалом...
    2:05: Я не могу уснуть. Я охвачен конфликтом.
    2:08: Прямо как Тор в фильме "Тор: Тёмный мир".

    • @realfangplays
      @realfangplays 2 년 전 +3

      I'm actually pretty surprised with google translate on your comment

    • @ffatheranderson
      @ffatheranderson 2 년 전 +1

      @@realfangplays why? :)

    • @realfangplays
      @realfangplays 2 년 전 +4

      @@ffatheranderson Most of the time, people really complain about Google Translate but translating your comment back to English they seem like accurate enough subtitles for the video with minor mistakes

    • @Vamp898
      @Vamp898 년 전 +1

      This comment didn't age well ^^

    • @noahshad7185
      @noahshad7185 년 전

      @@Vamp898 why didn’t it age well?