'Poor Things': WTF?

RE: 'Poor Things': WTF?, posted on January 29, 2024 at 07:41:04
pbarach Audiophile Posts: 3310 Location: Ohio Joined: June 22, 2008	Is that the only thing you have to say about this truly unique film? That Emma Stone appears naked?

Yep . . ., posted on January 30, 2024 at 13:56:09
Billy Wonka Audiophile Posts: 3771 Joined: April 25, 2013 Contributor Since: October 15, 2013	I don't fall for the gimmickary of visual overload. I dozed off a couple of times.

I love how Billy Wonka immediately gets to the. . . , posted on January 30, 2024 at 15:52:23
Chris from Lafayette Audiophile Posts: 26541 Location: SF Bay Area Joined: February 17, 2004 Contributor Since: February 6, 2012	. . . most critical aspect of any film he posts about. I haven't seen "Poor Things" myself, but I suspect he's right in this case too! ;-)

RE: I love how Billy Wonka immediately gets to the. . . , posted on January 30, 2024 at 16:01:34
pbarach Audiophile Posts: 3310 Location: Ohio Joined: June 22, 2008	I saw it. It was a fascinating, creative, unique movie.

It's funny how this film is the "darling" of the internet......, posted on January 30, 2024 at 18:09:32
TWB Audiophile Posts: 7408 Location: Long Beach, California Joined: January 5, 2001	along with Barbie which I absolutely found a waste of time! I have not seen Poor Things and won't. A film about a female Frankenstein with a baby brain that LOVES to f**k is NOT my cup of tea... Emma Stone is a good actress, but frankly I thought she had better taste in material.....

RE: It's funny how this film is the "darling" of the internet......, posted on January 30, 2024 at 19:11:51

JDK
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Look up the 1990 low budget horror/comedy "Frankenhooker".
There is more than a passing similarity in the conceptual basis of the two movies.
I am somewhat surprised that the Poor Things "remake" got the critical acclaim it is getting.

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RE: 'Poor Things': WTF?, posted on January 30, 2024 at 19:29:19
JDK Audiophile Posts: 19703 Location: Sydney Joined: June 26, 2000	Not really so unique - see my post to TWB above. It is big budget though. Trying to hide from entropy John K

RE: It's funny how this film is the "darling" of the internet......, posted on January 31, 2024 at 04:16:59
pbarach Audiophile Posts: 3310 Location: Ohio Joined: June 22, 2008	"Poor Things" is, on the surface, as TWB describes. But that analysis is like saying that Moby Dick is about a whale. No, Poor Things is about a woman controlled by and defined by men who takes control over her sexuality and then over her life. You may not like the movie or its message, but clearly it's not a nudie remake of Frankenstein.

But, but... is Stone as hot as..., posted on February 2, 2024 at 12:01:55
musetap Audiophile Posts: 31899 Location: San Francisco Joined: July 8, 2003 Contributor Since: January 28, 2004	was? "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

Am I the only one in this thread who has actually seen it?, posted on February 3, 2024 at 03:27:42
pbarach Audiophile Posts: 3310 Location: Ohio Joined: June 22, 2008	Several people posted their opinions about "Poor Things" apparently without having seen it. So I guess I can add my opinion about "Oppenheimer" here (because I haven't seen it): It's too long. You can't hear the dialogue. It's funny without being vulgar. Cillian Murphy ran the gamut of emotions from A to B. Emily Blunt isn't as hot as Elsa Lanchester.

Can't wait to see it...., posted on February 5, 2024 at 09:43:48
musetap Audiophile Posts: 31899 Location: San Francisco Joined: July 8, 2003 Contributor Since: January 28, 2004	Agree about Oppenheimer, which we did see. The Elsa Lancaster comment was a Frankensteiny riffette. Mary Shelly was hotter than Emily Blount, too. "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

I totally agree! I finally watched it...., posted on March 16, 2024 at 22:24:05

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to see what all the hoopala was about... It took me 3 or 4 attempts to get through it, I kept falling asleep. I still stand by what I said about it from the get go. I will add that some of the technical aspects of the film are interesting. Having said that, it reminded me of what a friend mine used to say... "It was weird, for the sake of being weird". THAT I believe is true! Also, I am NOT a fan of the "fish eye" filming technique... I find it distracting and does not further the narrative of the film. Emma Stone WAS the stand-out, but I really was not invested in her character and could have cared less what would happen to her....

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'Poor Things': WTF?

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