THE FAVOURITE, a film by Yorgos Lanthimos

Yep

i loved this. it's the only film of his i've loved although i liked both dogtooth and deer. i just loved eveything about it. it is gorgeous to look at.

Lanthimos prefers animals to people (and why not?)

disagree w this premise

thought this was great. a little bit slight, and i thought Rachel Weisz would come back one more time (also nearly everything was in the trailer smh). but i really liked it. the score was excellent

as with The Lobaster, I spent the first half absolutely mesmerised and the second half wondering exactly when it was going to end. He seems to introduce all the excitement and fun right near the beginning and then the wheels start spinning and it becomes samey. But yes, I really did enjoy this. The three leads were amazing, the set was incredible, the script perfect. Just could have done with a small trim

i like that every film I've seen by him (as far as I can remember) has a ridiculous dance sequence and a scene where someone deliberately smashes themself in the face

we've all been there

Yes I loved this, mainly for the acting by the three leads - but also for the dialogue, and the costumes (great work by Sandy Powell). I saw two Rachel Weisz films at the weekend (the other was Disobedience), and I’m really impressed by her versatility. I think this will be a cult film in years to come.

I'm not much of fan of anything the director has done since Dogtooth but thought this was very decent. Weisz puts in a right shift, and even that perennial useless fucker Hoult is pretty good. I've not enjoyed the design and costumes of a mainstream brit royal period movie this much since Kapur's Elizabeth.

how is he useless? He bats his eyelashes and purses his lips when he knows I'm watching.

lol!

Yes, I loved this too - and what a delight to hear a Luc Ferarri piece on the soundtrack.

Hoult is pretty good at playing a ridiculous popinjay tbh.

Loved this, three central performances all excellent, there was something to enjoy in nearly every line, which is rare these days. It's the only one of his I've enjoyed all the way through - although the first half of The Lobster is phenomenal. Not seen Dogtooth.

Dogtooth is very very good and I think my fave so far (although it was the first I saw)

flappy bird, Alps is streaming on Kanopy (as is Dogtooth) if you have access

Just saw this, enjoyed it, but nobody seems to be a very sympathetic character maybe that's good.

I haven't seen this yet but I am very happy that it is boosting Olivia Colman's US profile because she is awesome and should be cast in everything.

Loved her since this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0fJNDOHYp4

I enjoyed this but it wasnt amazing or anything. Not as good as Dogtooth or The Lobster but much better than Sacred Deer (which I hated)

The dialogue could have been a bit sharper though. It leaned a bit too heavily on actors in aristocratic clothing saying "cunt" for comic effect

I don't remember Colman in The Lobster... or Hot Fuzz. That's the only other stuff i've seen her in.

(no, I don't watch contemporary Brit TV comedy, how much time do you think I have?)

Queen Anne was a sympathetic character.

xp- watch Peep Show, dumbass

look around you >>>>>>>

Look Around You was brilliant. Colman is a national treasure.

It leaned a bit too heavily on actors in aristocratic clothing saying "cunt" for comic effect

yeah I thought the lines were well written and delivered perfectly but the novelty of 'cunt' wore off v quickly*

*that's a clause I never thought I'd write

she's in a lot of contemporary Brit TV drama too

one key scene, for me, was the incredibly amusing dance routine (i liked the various anachronistic touches) and then the shift to Queen Anne's face while that was happening. at first i was like "i want to see more of those moves! show me them!" but gradually you realise that you're watching something far more interesting - the change in Coleman's expression - that's the point at which your sympathy for her character is created. that's an acting masterclass right there.

i love this film more than any new film i've seen for a long time.

the thing i loved most were the candle-lit scenes. those were truly stunning.

xp- watch Peep Show, dumbass

I've heard of it. On what, fuckface?

you watch a lot of DVDs from the library and also have a computer

You have a library card, fuckface.

are y'all quoting All About Eve outtakes?

I've heard of it. On what, fuckface?

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 9, 2019 8:23 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dailymotion.com, dickwad

(btw, site is good for most old sitcoms)

Yet to see it, but reading descriptions I want a parody with Coleman & Stone uttering "Now we know. Now we know." in unison...

my libraries do not have Peep Show DVDs, dickoids.

i gen avoid starting on TV shows. I couldn't even get through Twin Peaks s3, and I liked it.

i did watch a Charley Chase short on YT last night

I couldn't even get through Twin Peaks s3

ugh morbs!!!!

There are many things to watch.

https://g.co/kgs/Do9dWW

i'll prioritize Twin Peaks and Peep Show the second i find out i'm dying, how's that?

fair

There are many things to watch.

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, January 10, 2019 8:23 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the truest expression of our times

Peep show is at the top of any list of things to eat g. Wish i could watch it for the first time again..

All very well but this is the thread for The Favourite, a film by Yorgos Lanthimos.

rumor has it they share a performer

jed, have you watched Peep Show?

my libraries do not have Peep Show DVDs, dickoids

ILL, and you're still on a computer

yeah, Amazon Prime has it

what makes the Required Viewing list is rather easy to predict around here

I haven't! I don't think I like David Mitchell. He's annoying on panel shows.

you should watch it. shame about having that baggage going into it, but it’s the best sitcom of the 21st c imho

I can't fucking stand the sight of either of 'em on panel shows or in peep shows, nauseating tossers!

I meant to say that I didn't find her a revelation because I always think she's extremely good.

I think about the draughtsman's a lot with regard to this.

― Funky Isolations (jed_), Friday, July 12, 2019 7:28 PM (forty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is interesting. i haven't seen the draughtsman's contract in years but would be curious about how you see them relating. there is a certain formalism and they both have some episodic plotting. maybe it's just tough for me to relate greenaway to anything.

I relate Greenaway to Derek Jarman, not that their styles were that similar, I guess because they were both experimental British filmmakers from the 1980s-1990s

Not hard to find Lanthimos namechecking Draughtman's Contract in at least 4 interviews.

4 Oscar-Nominated Directors Reveal Their Biggest Inspirations

During preproduction we looked at different films — some of them period, some contemporary — in order to be inspired in different ways. We looked at period films that made bold choices in the past and were creative in how they dealt with the genre including Amadeus (Milos Forman), The Madness of King George (Nicholas Hytner), The Draughtsman's Contract (Peter Greenaway) and Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman) in terms of tone but also visually.

I loved the first episode of The Great - ploughing much the same furrow as The Favourite (right down to Nicholas Hoult's obnoxious performance), but it's one I apparently can't get enough of.