Quickie: The Green Knight, Pig

Almost like a better version of last of us 2

I told someone that Pig is like John Wick if instead of using guns and kung fu, you used postmodern philosophy and cooking.

A retelling of the original Grimm Snow Queen tale would kick so much ass, you have no idea.

@@halowaffle25 The Snow Queen was Andersen's.

@Puss in Boots Dude, Arthurian romance is absolutely no stranger to non-whites. See: Moriaen. Slaves of Mediterranean ethnicities were frequently brought to Great Britain by Vikings during the Danelaw, a time preceding the compilation of most Arthurian romances by a few centuries. Hell, Moorish and Nubian/Ethiopian troops in Roman legions were stationed as far afield as Hadrian’s wall in the Imperial period. Both “Saracens” and “Moors” are featured in Arthurian romances. Gawain is even assisted by a “Turk” on his journey, where the “Turkish” designation was contemporary (12th-15th century) paving-over of the original Celtic identity that Gawain’s story was based on demonstrating that the Saxons realistically viewed Celtic culture as just as foreign and otherworldly as “Moorish” or “Saracen” cultures. There’s no brown-washing, man, only modern racial understandings attempting to be imposed on a wildly different past.

@Puss in Boots Lol you’re acting like darker skinned people didn’t live in Wales when the legend was written. Also fun fact: it’s an adaptation of a fictional story. Gawain can look like anything you want. I thought Patel did a wonderful Gawain. Reducing it to “brown washing” is so intellectually vacuous, it gave me an aneurysm.

@Puss in Boots He wasn’t. Because he didn’t exist lol. And the tiny detail that Gawain was never given a physical description in the story, yet you assume he was white. Not saying he was non-white, but it’s not “brown washing” to make him so. It’s just an interpretation of a fictional character that was given no description beyond being chivalrous and humble.

I loved it as well. Best new movie since Parasite for me.

I love it as well

It's a great movie, but not exactly "enjoyable." Saw it with my girlfriend and buddy and I could see them fighting to stay awake

@@jasonsantiago6308 I thought it was enjoyable but I like slow movies.

@@jasonsantiago6308 I totally see your point but I thought it was pretty enjoyable

I think you are confused with A Ghost Story or are you making a joke?

@@popcultureodyssey4459 it's a joke, buddy

@@flashdelirium2 Ah okay. Yeah that was definitely the weakest part of A Ghost Story.

that scene genuinely did ruin a ghost story for me, green knight is far superior

They had the same scene but this time it's the lady ranting about why the knight is green

He did? Any place on the net to check it out?

@@al112v4 Yeah and even he struggled to think of what the story's true message was.

@@al112v4 unfortunately his translation is not in the public domain (at least I don't think it is.) thankfully, you can get it for cheap on amazon.

Higher than a 7 for me as well. The scene with the head chef at the restaurant and the climactic dinner at the end were very moving for me. Fantastic performance by Nicolas Cage, reminded me somewhat of a parallel of Sandler in Uncut Gems where you have 2 actors who mostly take very questionable roles but can deliver great performances when they have the right material.
P.S. nice Edward Snowden avatar

Sorry for your loss.

My condolences OP

@@pabst25 lol that’s actually me but like ten years ago. And I totally agree with what you said. And thanks for the sympathy everyone.

You're letting your emotions effect your view on art? How dare you! That's not objective!!! I'm reporting you to Efap right now so they can make a 12 hour podcast talking about how objectively wrong you are!

he's one of the few actors that get eccentric movies green lighted. Shows like Mandy or Willy's Wonderland probably wouldn't have seen a budget without his involvement. That's kind of the coolest thing an actor can do.

@@MicahMicahel He got paid something like 23000 dollars for willys wonderland and for such a big name actor like him thats chump change. it goes to show that he just loves movies and i can respect that.

@@pickledrat4232 did you realize Willy's Wonderland is a Conservative analogy? THE American guy would only act on self defence. he cleaned up the mess the leftist authorities made being soft on pedophiles. They sacrificed their kids futures because of their soft policies that feed the criminals. the kids only solution was to burn it down to the ground like leftist protestors do. Nick Cage played a patriotic pinball game. Pinball symbolizing 'old school gamer.' They even played Freebird while Nic Cage put his hands up like the statue of liberty. The whole show is a big conservative analogy and nobody seems to notice because the movie is so low brow. Brilliance hidden inside symbolism.

Yea I didn't really get/kind of forgot about the part at the beginning where she seems to be doing magic or something when the Green Knight shows up

I interpreted it as the witch mom trying to get the throne for herself by proxy by giving her son the magical cloth since she knows that will make him weak and cowardly and therefore easier to control since he is literally dependent on her for survival

That's definitely how the original story went, but I don't know if that quite matches up with the movie. In the original tale he lives in the end, with the green knight deciding that since Gawain accepts the consequences of his actions and is ready for death he passes the test and gets to live. In the movie Gawain still accepts the consequences and is ready to die, but this time the green knight follows through and kills him.

@@LaigledeMeaux Gawain lives at the end of The Green Knight, though.

@@LaigledeMeaux did we watch a different movie ? He just says off with your head and then it cuts away

They’ll probably talk about it on Sardonicast. He gave it a 6, so maybe it’s not notable enough for a quickie.

@@jeffreviews4620 damn he really gave it a 6 . i thought he gonna give it a 7 or a 8 .it was really good

@@herloss448 6 was pretty damn good by his standard. Furthermore, it's a superhero movie, getting a 6/10 from Adum is like a must watch

@@herloss448 I can totally see why he would give it a 6. I seriously didn't care about the characters at all. They all could've died along with Squad B at the beginning and I wouldn't have cared. The character backstories are also extremely forced upon the viewer. Polkadot-man just started talking about his mom out of nowhere and it didn't feel organic at all. His presence on the movie is about as substantial as Weasel's. Compared to the first Suicide Squad however, its 10/10.

@@herloss448 he gave the first one a 2

Impressive that you got all that despite blinding yourself beforehand.

A bit more specifically, the film is about facing death with dignity. Our protagonist knows that if he fulfils his honorable duty, his head will be cut off, so the rest of the film is ridden with anxiety over that looming encounter. I enjoyed it, but I see where the 6/10 review is coming from.
And yeah, I had the exact same experience with regards to the kiss moment you're referring to.

Pretty sure the guy said what you get from the castle you give to me. And he got a kiss from the lady.

They seemed to be hinting pretty heavily that Castle Guy was gay, and despite his friendly demeanor was living in a loveless house where he and his wife never felt much love for the other, hence the wife wanting to sleep with Gawain.
Castle Guy was at peace with this, but wanted Gawain to return what he had been given, i.e. sexual gratification like what Gawain got from his wife, but despite the kiss Gawain refuses.
It forces him to confront his lack of honor not just to his own love, but to the guy that just gave him everything and asked for only one thing in return. It also helps run parallel with the vision at the end where he too winds up marrying someone for the sake of it, living the rest of his days in a loveless house before dying alone.

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Also Gawain returns with the green belt around his wounded neck to symbolize his repentance of his flaw. His only flaw in the tale was that he clung to self preservation at the last minute. He was as noble as any knight could have hoped to be, but he was not perfect, and was upfront about that fact in his return home. The original tale is one of hope towards the human race, modern perceptive tends to much more pessimistic regarding the human spirt.

I'm completely surprised by the interpretation that he'd get his head chopped off at the end. The green knight mirrors Arthur and congratulates him at the end of a quest that Arthur and his mother sent him on to test his character. They even make a point of showing us his mother conjuring or summoning the knight in the beginning. I thought the biggest change from the original was Arthur's character and legacy is given such a central point in this interpretation. Arthur wants an heir. What would the point be of sending him on a quest just to chop his head off?

I just watched the film and personally dislike this version. I really liked the original legend, because it was a tale where Gawain tried really hard to be the best knight he could, but in the end was afraid and sought to save himself. Despite that, he is not blamed for this, he's not cast out or dishonored; instead it is accepted as a human trait, and the lesson he has to learn in the end is more about honesty than bravery. In comparison, the film really emphasises his ineptitude and cowardice, framing it as a truly despicable trait and one worthy of scorn. Only by "manning up" can he be redeemed for his unworthy character. It's a questionable message at best and somehow more conservative than a legend from the 14th century. Maybe there's a different interpretation that makes it better, but I really had a hard time connecting to it.

@@vanyadolly I could see it. While the green knight sees the nobility in Gawain at the end you could make the case that nobility alone can’t atone for past mistakes and that accepting consequences, no matter how severe, is in itself a part of nobility

I was totally ripped on shrooms and didn't have a great time. Think I read the story as a kid but didn't really remember how it went

That's what I've gotten out of the reviews I've seen of it/the spoilers I read. I feel like it's going to get a lot of negative audience reaction/bad worth of mouth though. Like, you could easily come away from the trailers thinking this was an action/adventure movie with a Game of Thrones style weirdness/fantasy bent too it. As opposed to this introspective trippy re-telling of an ancient myth.
The budget on display alone doesn't make one think of this as "you must be high to enjoy this/you need to have enjoyed your english literacy college classes too enjoy this." Though I think that's on point with what I know of some of this directors other work.

@@BladedEdge123 I think it totally depends on the person. I hadn’t read the story nor was I on any substances when I saw the movie, I loved it.

@@MS-wd3ls If you want to freshen up your knowledge but won't work your way through "The Once and Future King", I'd recommend "By Force Alone" by Lavie Tidhar, a hilarious, at times painfully edgy and yet surprisingly gripping retelling of the legend that livens up the boring parts with aliens, kung fu, orgies and the use of prime numbers for self-defense. Easily my favorite novel of last year, especially the parts of Gallahad and the Green Knight are just delightful

@@BladedEdge123 It's an a24 movie. Have they ever made a straight up action movie?

I had no idea a thing existed.

that movie makes you emotional af. time to go rewatch it!

No way.

I demand a puff the magic dragon remake now

What? No? He rated it a 5/10

Nicholas Cage is a good actor. He just isn't very choosy with his roles.

@@xerxsesbreak8455 he will do anything for a paycheck

Pig is my favorite movie in a long time, the most uplifting tearjerker I have ever seen. It will also likely make you hungry.

@@xerxsesbreak8455 I'd say is the complete opposite, he's a very choosy actor. He knows which movies are dumb so he chooses to have fun in them and not take them seriously. Conversely, he also knows which movies actually deserve his time and effort

Nicolas cage is actually an amazing actor, he's just not a conventional one. people who make "nic cage bad" jokes are the same people who haven't seen enough of his acting

What did he do in the movie what was selfish?

He doesn't offer anything to the war orphan, then penny pinches. He doesn't say hell marry the prostitute after her confession even though he likes her because she is low class. He asks for a reward from the ghost. He does lots of selfosh things.

The OG story is just about proving how chivalrous and noble Gawain is, from a Christian moral perspective. It only had like 4 named characters lol

@@ScrumChum I think most of those events are disputable. Starting with the “war orphan,” I see no reason for the audience to assume Gawain was even carrying money on him in the first place. Considering that everything he needed for the quest was provided for him and it was supposed to be a straight shot directly to the chapel. Gawain is pretty much painted as being a peasant before his journey starts, he was bumming places to stay at whatever that community house was with the prostitute. King Arthur directly tells us he’s neglected his Gawain for his entire life before the movie starts, and given that he’s the son of a witch I don’t think there’s much evidence to assume he’s of any real status.
We even later find out that Gawain was entirely right in trying to leave the situation at the battlefield immediately. I personally have no reason to assume anything the “war orphan” said was true, considering how bizarrely he acted from the moment we meet him and how many red flags he gave off. He’s just a highway robber trying to lure in victims to his snare. Are you the type to defend modern day European pickpockets? “They just tried to give this bracelet that they forcefully tied around your wrist without consent and are now demanding compensation for, you owe it to them!” It’s not much of “a kindness” at all, it was a very brief interaction where Gawain was trying to escape being tailed, and asked “just show me how to leave.”
As for the prostitute, I honestly didn’t even catch mention that that’s what she was for the entire movie. In hindsight it makes sense, but I don’t think it’s conveyed very well. Maybe the audio in the theater I went too was too low, but I honestly thought I heard “sister” mentioned in the scene where he wakes up, so I assumed incest was the taboo he felt guilty for, not prostitution. Regardless, given the historical context of the time neither would’ve really been looked upon as a chivalrous act for a supposed knight to engage in. Sure we the audience knows better now, but it doesn’t really seem fair to the characters to force an external expectation on them that’s absent from their world, but then have the universe treat them as if they did wrong anyways. And class isn’t really the issue there to ascribe to it. They’re both peasants, she’s looked down upon because what she does is seen as sinful, not because he’s better off than her. In fact she’s probably more well off than he is before Arthur randomly decides to take him under his wing that day.
As for the ghost, I can agree there that way he asked was perhaps rude, but it wasn’t really selfish. He stumbled into a house that he rightfully assessed was abandoned, until she wakes him. He does the polite thing and immediately apologizes and attempts to leave. She is the one who then forces this expectation of completing a quest upon him. At this point, Gawain has never had any adventures, but recognizes that an encounter like this is a typical kind of tale he’d hear from the knights of the round table. We aren’t explicitly told that the events are the same, but given that the opening monologue mentions Excalibur, Gawain might be thinking of a story like Arthur’s encounter with the lady of the lake in which he receives the sword. I feel like him asking “what will you give me in return?” In the scene is more out of naivety than it is a sense of arrogance and Gawain expecting that things will just be handed to him. Gawain has no tales of his own and he desperately wants to be a knight, he assumes this moment will be the event in which something magical happens that gives him purpose. He doesn’t seem to have much reluctance in completing the quest either after she chides him. I feel like the scene was more meant to humble Gawain than it was to burden him with a sense of guilt, and he does seem to be changed by the encounter afterwards.
I’ve heard people say the giant encounter is selfish because he’s “expecting” free help from them, but that doesn’t really hold water either. Obviously from the very blunt reference to “standing on the shoulders of giants,” it’s what the director intended people to think, but honestly ask yourself why that is? What is the actual context of this scene? He’s hitchhiking, that’s it. I’ve never heard anyone in the real world refer to hitchhiking as a dishonorable or selfish act, and its an opinion that sounds like it would be rooted in the hatred of poor people. Gawain is down on his luck, he’s lost his horse, he’s lost the weapon he’s supposed to return, he’s lost the only item that secures his survival, he has no food, and he’s ostensibly going to be late to his appointment given that the journey was described as six nights in horseback and he lost his horse the first day. He asks them for help. That’s it. Honestly after putting it that way if you still think he was deserving of the situation because he: was a penny pincher to someone who stalked beat and robbed him, had doubts about a relationship, and asked a rude question to a person that may or may not have even existed, I think you’ve drank the movies Kool aid. Gawain seems to me like an honest but flawed young person just trying to find his way in the world, but the entire world is stacked against him. Sure he has lessons he needs to learn, but why is this movie determined to punish him instead of letting him grow as a person? You all realize characters are meant to be flawed, right? Why is he of all people in this world the only one expected to be held accountable? The highway robbers making a quick buck off the exploitation of countless pointless deaths are just fine, hell they’re even painted as justified in what they did because Gawain was “selfish.” Gawain’s mother sending him to his death is completely fine and justified, because she’s just fucking with him. The witch lady who rapes him in the lord’s manor is excused in her acts, because the movie needs us to feel like Gawain failed, even when he held steadfast against all of her prior advances. But her forcing herself upon him while he’s half asleep, afraid of her, and terrified for his life is fine because it’s him giving into temptation. Was the knightly thing for him to keep fucking whores his whole life? What difference does it make that another whore fucked him instead?
Honestly the amount of people that just blindly eat this shit up because the movie’s framed it for you on a silver platter that the confused young peasant trying to make something of his life and not getting everything perfect on the first try was deserving of death disgusts me.

@@ernestocuengil1366 it’s arguable that the OG story is more about how it’s ok to make mistakes and it’s better to own up to them, but this movie would have you believe that being flawed, ever, makes you irrevocably a coward and deserving of death

Old was still very good though, an entertaining film for sure, great as it reached the climax. Was able to be both grotesque and funny. Pretty bad script though, the dialogue actively worked against every characters performance.

Do you think Adum is working through a back catalogue and has yet to get around to 'Old'? Because I've been desperate to see his review of it.

I think maybe the movie is just too scary for Adum to review

@@victorymansions he is

It's interesting you say that because I am also well familiar with the source material and I think that's what made me dislike it. I'm glad you liked it though!

Can you recommend what part of lore I should familiarize myself before watching? I don't want to overindulge and read a spoiler or something.

a movie should stand on its own. To present a story without context to a general audience is kinda haphazard, no? Like, reading the stories isn't going to change that the movie is more or less incomplete in it's own details

@@farhaaz237 yeah same question

I actually went in blind with my friend, save for knowing it's an Arthurian tale of some sort. Absolutely loved it, and really had me interested in the book. Not sure if my understanding of the movie's story is of the same as the book's story, but it got me interested enough to start reading it

How dare you, have you not seen Willies Wonderland!?
XD

It doesn't seem, it is.

Mandy?

Color out of space, mom and dad, and mandy. All pretty fuckin great recent Nic cage movies. Hes not Bruce Willis, you can tell hes never phoning it in.

Look up nick cage talking about his roles. He clearly cares a lot and seems to genuinely try in everything he does. He just is that crazy of a dude, sometimes hes hilariously campy and over the top, and other times hes a fantastic actor. Who else can deliver actually good movies AND so bad its good movies. Both consistently 🤣

It’s actually the only Disney remake that was better than the original.

@@thecinematicmind There was that one where they turned the cartoon lion movie for children into a real movie for adults

@@thecinematicmind i had no idea there is a remake of Pete's Dragon

@@soapbiter36577 lion king remake is an abomination

@@seandavis9320 at least the lions look cool in the remake and not lame and 2d😒

The original Pete’s Dragon isn’t very good imo. It’s a given that it hasn’t aged well, but it also doesn’t really have much charm. David Lowery’s remake is very much it’s own thing tho and it’s actually pretty damn good, especially compared to the glut of other Disney remakes.

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@@Crackparty803 yet you watch his content...

@@Crackparty803 you are silly

That's a pretty good reason honestly

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your head should be removed for comparing TGK to any of those 3 films. Disgusting.

How did the film convey this?

@@MS-wd3ls it looked at honor from a different angle, more so criticizing a knights code of chivalry and saying there is no way to remain completely honorable. Besides that I saw an even larger theme dealing with mortality, death, and how time is always marching forward, as well as how we desire to be remembered and lead a worthwhile life

I read the film smilairly though as Story about showing true courage and perseverance . The green knight was testing Gawains Courage, through out the film the green knight was giving him many opportunities to give up, or fall too to temptation. And through out the film he did it mostly .And I belvie if Gawain actually would have survived the beheading at the end like the Green Knight did at the beginning because he would have proven to him that he had courage and self control to be king, but becuse he chickened out last second he proved that he was not fit to be king and everything fell apart.

@@MS-wd3ls I did not see the film. I am referring to original story it was based on. I'm sorry if my original text did not convey this. He talked about how aesthetically pleasing the film was and that aspect made me want to watch it. I was pointing out my own personal interpretation of the original story since he said he would like to hear such things over watching it again. He emphasized it looked nice and even though I did not read the original story since 5th or even possibly 6th grade I would check out the film in the future.

@@notchuckproductions5029 That is cool. I have not seen the movie but I have read the original source material when I was young. If the the film captured this it has become a must watch for me.

Spoiler - we see the green knight scratch his neck with a fingernail so he does deliver a blow.

Huh, I knew going into the movie the basic story, but I took the end of the movie as the Green Knight taking Gaiwan's head. It doesn't show it either way, but the last line is literally, "Off with your head." It's probably one of those things that is up for interpretation, but I didn't even think of him living until reading this comment.

@@copecake4582 ahhh, I’d have to watch that back then cause I definitely missed that

One could interpret the Green Knight's kindly "well done, my brave knight" as Morgan Le Fay speaking to her son through him, and the final "off with your head" as a morbid pun telling him he can leave. It's really ambiguous how much agency the Green Knight has on its own or if it's just a mindless golem in this adaptation.
While I could understand Adam's perspective, I really enjoyed this movie and how it picked up and elaborated on the themes of the original poem without being particularly heavy handed.

He even used nats picture lol

His acting in this film was unbearably bad, so it's understandable.

I'm torn. (Spoilers)
Apparently in the original King Arthur story, the Green Knight is the man Gawain meets at the manor under a spell to trick Gawain since he took the belt without giving it to him. In the movie, it appears that he actually kills Gawain, but the story seems to say it WAS a lesson in honor and honesty.

@@theparagonal it's more heavily adapted than people realize. It's not a completely faithful retelling, ESPECIALLY the ending.
It's definitely a commentary on honor, with lots of room for interpretation. It's a movie that is very rich in themes, but ultimately is one more fun to talk about than actually watch. I liked it. Glad I saw it. Won't see it again most likely.

Mm wasn't his vision his life without honor? He didn't take off the sash or let the Green Knight finish the game

@@MS-wd3ls You could interpret it that way. I saw it more as speaking to the lie of honor: he returned and got all the honor he ever wanted. He took the throne. And it ended in his unceremonious death anyway. In the end, all the "honor" he obtained meant nothing. He would see his wife and child die, and his crown taken. The tale would then be told and, as the woman at the manor stated, changed. Punched up. Made more exciting and more "honorable" But it was all a lie. Or as King Arthur said "Remember, it's a game." Yes, in the moment he was talking about The Green Knights challenge. But he was also talking about The Game of honor. You don't win honor; it's bestowed upon you by the judges ie, those who follow you.

If you are going to see it, see it in a nice theater that can really handle the darker images. A cheap projection bulb or poorly lit tv will make some of it a bit hard to make out visually.

@@owen______ thanks for the advice.. I was planning to watch it on my TV but rater I should just go the a theater

It's definitely worth it, but it's not a masterpiece or anything.

I loved the Green Knight. Amazing ending IMO.

the film didn't drop the ball. Adam just straight up didn't understand the story the film was trying to tell. Him insisting there was no story or point is flat out wrong and sounds schizo.

@@demiliomason1565 nah he’s right. the film was boring af and served little to no purpose

Yeah I don’t think the filmmaker or the film drops the ball. I wasn’t familiar with the story because I hadn’t read it. I went with my friend who did read it in school. I had no trouble following it or getting the story and yet he was lost and found it boring. I loved the movie. I think it depends on the viewer and also how invested they are in the story. I think if you honestly pay attention to the movie it explains its narrative fine without explicitly spelling it out for you. I think part of the problem is that so many films hold the viewer’s hand that when one doesn’t some don’t know how to do it for themselves.

@@bayonetababe9697 don't misunderstand me, I think that the movie looks great. I was just suggesting that in terms of wide approachability, that the somewhat academic subject matter, as a bar to entry, might have turned off the potential broader audience that the film could have had.
I understand that some people are not into swords and sorcery, or historical fiction, even though it's very much my bag, but I've been surprised by showing the preview to some people and having them walk away confused and uninterested in seeing the film, despite the fact that the preview had the exact opposite effect on me: it made me super excited to see the film.
I'm fairly sure that my experience will be similar to yours and I'll end up loving it, but I think this is often a problem with the adaptation of any source media; it's trying to get people to appreciate a story that they're not familiar with. People who were already familiar with the media: no problem: they're most likely going to love it, unless it strays from The source or has other problems.
Perhaps the ball dropping that I spoke of had more to do with the advertising? I mean again, I'm not speaking of myself because I found it very compelling, but I know people who were turned off by it, and it's surprised me, because they're people that I generally think of as being intellectual and interested in this sort of thing.
Anyway, I'm enjoying the discussion!

@@ravelordnito478 the movie was about how men want to be great and fight for honor and stupid and futile it is to what to be great or even honorable if you are going wind up dead. So there was a point.

i completely agree.

Yeah whoever did the marketing for Pig needs to rethink some shit, lmao.
I originally had no interest in Pig, then saw RLM's review of it and the very next day went out to watch it myself. No regrets here.

IM LOOKING FOR A TRUFFLE PIG, shouldve been the tagline, that's where they failed

I didn't dislike Pig but the trailer made it look way more enjoyable than it ended up being imo

I thought it was perfectly engaging.

@@anthonymartensen3164 That’s the fascinating thing about A24 movies. Even if their visually great movies doesn’t completely land for everyone, there’s always another project around the corner that could be more engaging. While this was too art house and slow for my liking, there’s that Lamb movie later this year I’m keeping an eye on.

Same thing as the lighthouse. In tired of these films that make no fucking sense and are so overly cryptical and symbolic. Yes they are masterpieces but i end them with zero interest

@@Enel97 Classic with A24. Once you've seen a handful of them that are similar like that between Hereditary, Midsommar, The Lighthouse, you have an idea of what those independent films are like when you see that A24 logo (at least for a handful of them). Outside of that, A24 has the other side of the coin with normal slice of life dramas like Minari or wild thrillers like Good Time that are more accessible for casuals audiences.

@@Enel97 watch MCU movie bro if u dont want any cryptical and symbolic shits in a movie, u could turn your brain off and enjoy the action lmao

He's great but people only dunk on him because he was on Nickelodeon

Yeah i still dont get why he didnt like his performance

It can be an exciting concept. Swiss Army Man was also about honesty but I assume the Green Knight has a different take on it.

Hmm I guess my other comment was deleted. Plugging my letterboxd was pretty cringe i guess ngl

I'll dismiss them, those guys are also hacks

@@cw4019 James Gunn is no hack, neither is Taika Waititi. You can have Rian Johnson.

He’s directing Peter Pan & Wendy next for Disney+, which I’m pretty interested in because I quite liked his Pete’s Dragon remake.

@Mavis Beacon I guess I just wanted to here more details on why he didn't like it, hopefully they'll do a Sardonicast on it.

Oh it had a plot, a very shit plot.

I think a lot of those encounters were showing us that Gawain wasn't exactly the greatest person. He gives money to the guy who gave him directions only after he asks him, he asks what he'll get for helping the girl who had lost her head, he throws rocks at the fox and later yells at him for trying to help him, he sleeps with the wife of the lord despite knowing it's wrong.
He's not a horrible person, he doesn't actively seek to do bad, but he almost seems to always take the easy way out of situations. At the same time he still thinks that he deserves honor and high status, and naively thinks he'll get all of that from this one journey.
So only at the very end he finally realizes this, when he's come all this way and there is no honor and glory, but just the green knight with the axe, waiting to chop his head off. Then he finally realizes that maybe this is what he deserves, what's meant to be his journey. He could go back and live a fraudulent life as king, but he'll still eventually get what's coming to him, so he might as well accept that as the kind of person he is - he deserves this kind of simple end to his journey.
So I would say it's not necessarily pointless, it's kind of a story of redemption, but in a more subtle way than we're used to.

@@akaranzo I love this interpretation!

@@TheyLoveThemLLC thank you!

Audiences are split down the middle with The Green Knight, don't worry, you're not alone.