From the director of The Favourite, of course I mentioned Poor Things in it whilst reviewing it which I'm going to do Poor Things right now, and Emma Stone is in it and now this. As I'm watching this movie, all I can say is that this is just a drama filled with really weird and bizarre imagery I have ever saw in my life. It might be everybody's cup of tea which I know that they don't wanna see weird images that are completely bizarre. That might just put them off and they might be having dreams about them even though this film has got strong scenes of sex in it. A mute woman who is not actually mute at all called Bella Baxter played by Emma Stone, who is a childlike female infant but not as you know her due to the scientist Godwin Baxter played by Willem Dafoe. He recruited Max McCandles to record the behaviour of Bella Baxter. He falls in love with Bella and proposes marriage to her. She accepts, but soon discovers sexual things which leads her to run off with lawyer, Duncan Wedderburn played by Mark Ruffalo. She wants to go out and explore the world like she has explored before as she has never been out like ever. What's really amusing to me which I didn't just like The Favourite is that this is actually a comedy drama. Why didn't I think of this before? Well, I'm more focus on the drama but later recently I found out is that this is actually hilarious. "Good God, Bella, you cannot speak like this." "Polites of society. I forgot." And as I didn't expect the film to be funny, I found myself as he said: He has sent a demon at large into the world. The devil's wrapped in an alluring body that cannot be satiated and a mind that picks people apart stitch by stitch like a bloodied and burned rag doll shat out of an elephant's arse." (Laughing) Oh, God! (Laughs) And after he said that line and Max said to Duncan that Bella's her fiancé, he just farts and I was like "Did you fart?" That's how unbelievable the dark humor is hilarious. It looks like Yorgos Lanthimos makes his films more comedically dramatic even this one has incredibly bizarre imagery looking things you might be puzzled as you're asking yourself "What am I watching?" like you've seen nothing like this before. This is something that Tim Burton would do if he came up with an idea himself but with the sex and nudity brought on board, he might be thinking that this is not his thing so he is known for creepy and horrifying imagery of his films so here's that. Speaking of weird and bizarre imagery, you cannot deny the fact that production designs in this movie are absolutely gorgeous. Whether it was taken place in a town, the ship, the sea, anywhere. And that's what makes the cinematography itself look very appealing. Emma Stone as Bella Baxter is your typical woman child acting like a female infant but as she's about to explore the world like she'd nothing like ever before, she not acting childish at all. She's being normal especially when she's talking rude, furious jumping and of course, w***ing other men. Good God Almighty! And that's why her performance is so incredible you can't help but root for her. As much I love The Favourite which is well beloved by many people who think Yorgos Lanthimos is a fantastic director, Poor Things is an incredible movie that brings many joys which at first may find it weird to it's weird bizarre imagery they might see if they're curious or not but whatever weird film I'm into, this one really is memorable with it's phenomenal acting, immense directing, beautiful production designs, incredible cinematography, the story is compelling and the dark comedy is absolutely hilarious. I would honestly say that any film that is going to be weird which I didn't expect to be weird, I don't care, I'm all in for it. There is another film by Yorgos Lanthimos called Kinds of Kindness which I know for certain is a comedy before seeing it after looking up on it on Wikipedia and for all I know it stars the same cast from Poor Things too, and yes, I'm interested in seeing it too without a doubt. Also, if you remember Poor Things in general even if you have an Letterboxd account, this is where you see that still from that movie before The Substance took over. So anyways, Poor Things is an incredible film, love it to death. Call me a weirdo to liking this movie, I'm not a weirdo, you are. I am a courteous movie reviewer.
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