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kvetcha said:
I need to rewatch this. The only time I’ve seen it was a shit quality Amazon Prime rental the year it released. It looked like garbage and was probably not a great way to view a movie the main draw of which is lush gothic visual design.
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I think this may have been my first watch of it since I saw it in the theater back in 2015. I can see why watching a poor quality version would give you a bad impression of it because this is not a movie that really works when divorced from its visual style. It's one of GDT's most gorgeous and atmospheric films and that's enough for it to earn a passing grade from me, but the story isn't especially strong.
 
kvetcha said:
I really enjoyed myself but I think it’s kind of…beautifully made trash? I have complicated feelings.

It was hilarious with an audience, though. People were gasping.
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when he went all American Pie on the grave?
 
saw Poor Things last night. wasn’t aware of yorgos lanthimos’s game of making fucked up movies and the only thing i knew about this film beforehand was that emma stone’s character had been sort of frankenstein’ed. soo, i was pretty… perplexed watching this. but i enjoyed it, it was great.

i get that it’s not for everyone. i can also sympathize that it is written/portrayed through the lens of a male perspective. but i still feel that the general theme of the movie is portrayed efficiently in the way it’s presented here. the whole movie we see that a woman’s body (both in the literal and figurative sense) is an object for man to tamper with. every single man that bella (stone’s character) interacts with tries in some way to manipulate her, even when the intentions aren’t as nefarious as others. like, for instance,
harry’s big moment in alexandria, even if he wanted to look out for bella’s naivety, is just another type of mental manipulation bella is a victim of.
it’s instead bella’s interactions with other female characters where bella is allowed to flourish and grow as a person. like,
swiney showing bella her grandson and teaching bella the maternal instinct she had stated to be lacking earlier in the film is such an underrated moment, but so good.
again, i get it, this movie has too much and nearly crosses the line in going too far. but as i interpret it, it’s man saying “yea, we humans, specially us guys, are very messed up”.

as far as (lack of) menstrual blood in sex, uhhh the movie is already bloody enough as it is with all the other mutilation scenes, i dont think it needed more than that imo.
but yeah, good movie. definitely leaves you with lots to think about.
 
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