The video is a review of the movie "In the Tall Grass," which was sponsored by ProtonMail. The reviewer begins by discussing the sheer number of movies produced globally, before launching into a critique of the film. He finds the premise, about people getting lost in a field of tall grass, to be unoriginal and simplistic.
The film, he explains, is based on a novella written by Stephen King and his son in 2012. The plot revolves around a field of grass in the United States that lures in victims, who are unable to find their way back once they lose sight of the road. The field contains a large rock, which, when touched, grants the ability to navigate the field, but also makes the victims unable to leave.
The reviewer delves into the film's complex plot, which includes a time loop where the same seven characters enter the field each day, making the same mistakes. The protagonist, Tobin, eventually manages to kill Ross, the antagonist, but sacrifices himself to navigate the field and help Tobin escape.
Despite the complexity of the plot, the reviewer finds the solution to escape the field to be absurd. He suggests that the characters could have survived without the death and suffering presented in the film if they had considered different ways to escape the field. These include picking up a dead dog to become immune to the field's spatial antics, or giving Tobin a piggyback ride while he constantly winks until they reach the road.
The video ends with the reviewer thanking his patrons and inviting viewers to suggest their own solutions to escape the field in the comments.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The video is sponsored by ProtonMail.
2. The Lumiere brothers debuted their film in 1895.
3. An estimated 500,000 movies have been made worldwide since 1895.
4. 871 movies were released in North America in the year mentioned (not specified in the provided text).
5. The movie "In the Tall Grass" is based on a novella by Stephen King and his son, written in 2012.
6. The movie takes place in a field of grass that changes and reorients itself.
7. The field is sentient and moves people around based on its own motivations.
8. The only way to navigate the field is by touching a large rock at its center.
9. Touching the rock allows a person to know the whereabouts of everyone else in the field and the location of the bordering road.
10. However, touching the rock also causes a person to lose the ability to leave the field.
11. The field exists in a time loop, where the same people enter the field over and over again.
12. The movie suggests that the rock may not let people leave the field unless it wants them to.
13. Dead things in the field do not move and can be used as a beacon for others.
14. The field is not endless, and it is possible to find the edge if one is near a dead thing.
15. The movie is about a group of people who get trapped in the field and try to find a way out.
16. One possible solution to escaping the field is to pick up a dead thing and carry it across the field.
17. Another possible solution is to give one of the characters a piggyback ride while they constantly wink to avoid breaking line of sight with the object they are trying to reach.
18. The field changes the location of characters when they break line of sight with an object.
19. The characters in the movie do not try to escape the field by using the dead thing rule or the piggyback ride method.