Poor Things

[Prrambulate]

This comes out in a few days - some people might have seen it already? Looking forward to the discussion on this.

saw this - enjoyed it very much. loved the ending.

Hated it. Got very over watching people pretend to have sex.

I couldn't watch all the sex to be honest. If they release a cut version I'd give it a go.

it was just vigorous jumping

Deciding if to watch tonight - shall I give it a go

oh i would!

It's streaming on Disney Plus now. Might be next weekend's viewing.

I take it back. The sex wasn't as big a part of it as I thought. And I find it a truly touching film.

Watching it right now and I'm halfway through and I'm loving it so far

I was only going to watch a few mins to see if I liked it and 2 mins in i knew I'd love it

I thoroughly enjoyed it

I had previously read the book and regretted wasting my time on it when I got to the end. Sawit appear on Disney this week and having heard so much hype about how marvellous it is, watched it and again was sorry I bothered. Appalling, with myriad inexplicable changes. Liked the cinematography and the music but that was all.

Forgot to add, surely Mark Ruffalo must be in line for the Dick van Dyke worst English accent award!

20 minutes in, I read a review saying it was reminiscent of ' a bunch of drama students given too big a budget' and so far that's pretty accurate.
Director: give me toddler tantrum Bella. Now truculence, you're just learning to walk, now look gormless. Do yourself with a cucumber etc etc.

Frankly, so far, I think it's absolute bobbins.

30 minutes in, I don't hate myself enough right now to carry on.

I really abhorred its politics but loved its aesthetic. The world created onscreen was magical and I loved being immersed in it but I absolutely hated the idea of a woman being implanted with a baby’s brain. The dick (haha typo/Freudian slip. I meant to say sick) thinking behind that concept is imo deplorable.

i couldn’t get past the fact that i was being made to watch a woman who is essentially a toddler, masturbating. Eurgh!

Ok maybe I enjoyed it but not thoroughly

I don't mind a bit of boundary pushing so long as I'm ok with it which I was

Off the point I know but was struck by this painting at the Tate Britain John Singer Sargent exhibition (c1889). Remind you of anyone?!

Saw it last night.
Loved it.

Wow, as a pp commented, the aesthetic was stunning! Absolutely loved that element of the film, wish there were more films being challenging in this way.

The blue of her dress, even just a detail like that, blew me away.

I wasn't prepared for the amount of "furious jumping" involved!

I thought all the actors were excellent, particularly enjoyed Willem Dafoe.

WobblyLondoner that painting is beautiful.
I'm hoping to get up to see the Sargent exhibition.

Saw this this week.

Its such a shame that they couldn't have Bella developing and finding herself other than through sex because I'm not sure what the
message really was. All the sex and prostitution stuff was really predictable and as soon as they showed her nipple really early on (for no reason) I thought oh he we go.

Also made me wish we had more English actors playing English roles as weird accents that change with each line of dialogue are really distracting.

I started watching it last night, and couldn't get past her masturbating with food at a table, while a child. Honestly, I love quirky things, I love sexy things, but this made me feel horrible watching it

Me too.

Bloody brilliant, empowering, Emma stone was amazing and I loved Bellas character and the set up at the end of the film was perfect 😁

Especially liked the boat scenes.

Amazing movie ❤️

I really enjoyed it.