 By all metrics everything everywhere all at once is the greatest Asian-American film ever made but Welcome everybody to the hotpot boys. It's official It's the highest grossing a-24 film ever that means it's beat out uncut gems And it is also a oscar frontrunner david people cannot stop talking about how much they love this movie How it's made and michelle yow. They love michelle yow So many people asked us to make this breakdown and you know on our channel We're always going to take an asian cultural analytical view on it So we're going to go from the micro work our way to the mid and then go to the macro Listen, we could spend 20 minutes talking about how great this movie was and how you should go see it and the editing and the pacing However, it's more interesting for us to talk about why it is actually low-key more stereotypical than you think So if you're excited by that video, please hit that like button and let's get into it In the micro andrew there are 600 review channels breaking down the masterful Technician work of the daniels the russo brothers. Is this an asian film? Is it not? But let me tell you guys this to the regular watcher. It's almost like the matrix mixed with rick and morty Mixed with like turning red And sort of in a weird way a lot of asian films that came out in the past five years Yeah, we're gonna expand on that later But I would say when it comes to a-24 as a studio, you know They're kind of known as the biggest independent or like art house film studio So I guess in the rap world I would consider some of these movies if they were artists like kendrick lemar and lupé fiasco j coal Chance the rapper these are people who who don't necessarily have the most club bangers And they kind of exist outside of maybe like the the true gangster rap scene However, they are like very well respected right right I would compare them to like a A24 to like raucous records in the early 2000s where it was like mo's dev Talib Kweli all the underground artists that were making major sales But still making like boom bap like non club music Or we're on there and that's sort of like a 24. They are the biggest indie house All the other indies got to be looking at a 24 like man y'all getting too big y'all ain't even belong as sun dancing David is is this film an asian american film quote-unquote? Man, it's tough to say because probably on the top six or seven Most important people to make this film like turn if you guys know about like everything that needs to happen in front of this Camera and behind the camera probably only like two are asian It was probably daniel kwan and michelle yo are the most like asian essential pieces and the other five out of the top seven Or probably not asian right probably white to be honest So, you know, I don't know in the micro I will say this and the only plot point that I will make And that I thought was interesting is some asian hipsters and we know that asian hipsters are notoriously picky right williamsburg silver lake wherever you live They're not gonna take like the teaching asian lessons from a film unless the refinement and polish is on the Like exterior like form side right so like even though to me I would say tiger tail or even some of the other asian movies farewell or you know different pieces We're probably way more like hitting me in the fields than this movie For some people they might need this movie to make them feel something About like their relationship with confucian parents or filial piety Well, some people don't want to eat chinese food unless it's a hipster chinese restaurant mission chinese Yeah, I mean I think people feel things differently You know and sometimes it has to be delivered in a certain way for that person because I will say this a lot of Past asian american films have been at times kind of cringy Yeah, the execution level is not there because like we said, this is a hybrid of a lot of different movies Like we said rick and morty the matrix a bunch of you know asian filial piety kung fu movies However, and or the execution like we said the polish was 10 out of 10 It kind of reminds me of like, you know those hybrid kairis or the more controversial spizzikes Where it was like man, this is a mixture of a bunch of things, but I kind of like it I don't know if people would agree the spizzikes are cool You might be on an island on that one david moving on to the mid on why this movie is actually successful the real reasons why Aside from the amazing filmmaking and editing and set to sign guys it's Like a lot of other asian films that came out it is it's just a crazy remix By the guys who made turn down for what by the way guys This is not a diss on the film. I think it is the greatest asian american film of all time I've seen it multiple times. I will say this it's michelle. Yo reminds me of the hottest mom at church times two with more of a queen vibe on her I was in a scene with her in crazy rich asians. It got cut out. Oh, and you were actually in it I made it in a few frames behind michelle. Yo, I have been on this I've been within 10 feet of michelle. Yeah, so let me tell you this I can feel her greatness I didn't get to meet her but on the crazy rich asian set in sygapore people were treating her like a god Or god is uh guys it is similar Very very similar to movies such as shang chi turning red umma farewell crazy rich asians tiger tail These all have to do with a parent and uh son or daughter relationship You know one that is usually contentious. Sometimes they fight in the movie one of them dies sometimes Listen, this is what it's about and so for I feel like a lot of asian movies can't get out of this One there is kung fu and lots of kung fu. So of course it helps that michelle. Yeah has a kung fu background Of course, but also it's just like the whole like Just kid and parent thing like what is it about this theme that just every asian movie has to have this Kind of the dorky soft asian father too. Yeah. Yeah, that's he was a hero But to be fair somebody I saw the argument on the internet Well in a lot of modern chinese families, the dad is the weaker one And I was like, yeah I kind of see that for some people um for me Basically, this was like some off-white jordan ones in the chicago colorway still kind of something you're familiar with But elevated or andru why is rude so popular right now in the streetwear world? It just looks like tobacco supreme, right? Because it reminds you of multiple things that you never see mashed together But it's so masterfully done and that's why it's 600 for a pair of rude sneakers. Yeah Hey one other comment. I gotta say somebody was like, uh, hey, listen I love michelle yow and james hong and these guys are they just going to be in every asian film? Probably yeah to be honest But you know, like I said guys, uh, you know, there's a lot of asian Content being made now. Some of it doesn't have these people in it. Some of them will so it is what it is Um, david moving on to the macro zooming out. What does this mean for asian america? Can this movie be the greatest asian american film ever be extremely progressive and yet at the same time Be very stereotypical Absolutely, because that's how a lot of things are when you go into the buddhikans and the hakasans And the pf chains and even you know, how noodle to some extent even though how noodle being from asia You know, it should be a little bit different They're gonna give you some of the things that you very much expect But it's gonna give it to you at an elevated level and didn't typhoon got famous for serving xiaolongbao They did not invent the xiaolongbao the xiaolongbao is not even from taiwan. It is from shanghai, but it got improved in taipei guys, you know, uh Jeremy lin are our beloved friend man. Oh, what I say beloved like he's gone. Anyways joe guys jeremy lin He He broke a lot of stereotypes. He was killing and they mba dunking on people whatever hitting game winners That's something that people did not think asians could do previously, right? But jeremy is also an avid gamer and plays dota So that's also very and he went to harvard with a 4.0 in high school. That's also very stereotypical so As jeremy broke stereotypes He also confirmed some and and that's just okay. That's is what it is just like everything all at once It broke some stereotypes as in like, oh Uh, non-asian people don't want to watch asian faces. I think it broke that stereotype But it also confirmed it with a lot of the common asian american tropes Right. No for sure. And I think that that's how progress is going to look so progress is never going to be like a Perfect perfect progress. I mean for a process. I'm sorry I mean just like shang chi had a lot of elements of kung fu movies in there like a ton But it was a marvel movie You never thought there could be like a legit asian marvel superhero But but you had never seen marvel back a kung fu movie and you had never seen andrew hipster movie Makers and producers on a a1 plus tier ever lend themselves to a primarily asian cast So everything is baby steps guys here here here here. David. Are you saying everything? Everywhere is baby steps all at once I'm captain to the multi-verse Uh, yo shout out to data from the goonies wayman. I keep I keep forgetting his name wayman But I know that he had a really cool story because he had to go to Hong Kong because he felt like he was like Man, I got kicked out of the industry after goonies was done I couldn't get any more roles after crazy rich Asians got motivated to come back Listen guys I mean all in all guys I would just like to say that this can still be the greatest asian american movie of all time even though there's some debate whether or not it's fully asian american or not and Still fall in a stereotypical societal tropes and move them along at a Snails or baby step pace at the same time and I don't think anybody should be offended by us saying that Hey, again, it is a great movie if you made it this far and you have not watched the actual movie itself You need to go see it. Um, it is kind of mind bending mind blowing extremely entertaining So check it out. Let us know in the comments down below what you think about our take Listen, you can disagree with this or agree with us Let us know if you thought it was the greatest asian american film ever And uh, you know what just why don't you list off? What else you're looking forward to because I did hear that they might make a sequel to this movie already They're thinking about it, but they don't want to do it in a cringy way Of course people like fusions more than they think man as cringe honestly Say less the rock shrimp and there and then budakon. I mean it's fire. This movie was like, uh It's like a hoppa baby. You like it's half asian. It was the rock shrimp at budakon guys But by the way, I love that rock shrimp every time I go to budakon David was everything all at once Like the eileen gu of movies winning gold medals, but everybody likes her. She's good looking Well, it's probably not gonna get as many hits in china as eileen gu did But anyway guys, let us know in the comment section below I think there's a lot of comparisons agree or disagree until next time. We the hot pop boys be out peace