THE FAVOURITE, a film by Yorgos Lanthimos

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!

This ruled

Finally saw this, reminded me of a more commercially-minded Peter Greenaway. Also was that crazed organ music on the soundtrack Messiaen? Olivia Colman was fantastic, she's shaping up to be this generation's Judi Dench if that's not an absurd assertion (I realise it probably is).

Do we need one?

as soon she accepts any royal honours she's on the list - no exceptions

Huh just watched this an hour ago too, really liked it. It's nice just to have a movie with three female leads. Certainly my pick of the Best Picture nominees (though yet to see Green Book)

Funny seeing Olivia turn up as a secretary in Green Wing last night which was presumably from before she had made a name for herself.

Or at least, had it on the tv for the first time in ages. Have the box set from shortly after it was on tv for first time.
& while she is a recurring character she is a lesser part of an ensemble cast. Or something to that effect.

Peep Show was already airing when it debuted

Was Mitchell and Webb Look post Peep Show?

yes

she appeared in a few other sketch shows with them prior to Peep Show though

her work on Peep Show is god-tier

Colman met Mitchell & Webb when all were 18-19 yrs old at the Cambridge U. Footlights (1992-93).

but let’s not hold that against her

another one for the dossier!

hang on

https://acrossthepondtv.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/mitchell-colman.jpg

This was what I was hoping Phantom Thread would be, the difference being that I actually wanted to hang around these characters. Loved the economy of the screenwriting within the lavish setting.

That’s kind of an enigmatic take

Finally saw this last night. It was ok, but overall it was underwhelming compared to Lanthimos' other films. I did like the lens choices, and belly-laughed at the dancing in the grand ball scene.

"That’s kind of an enigmatic take"

lol otm, i kinda disgree with every assertion in that sentence.

this was ok.

Eazy, you wanted to hang around... vermin?

Saw it the other day. I hated the other Lanthimos movie I saw (The Lobster), but liked this quite a bit. It reminded me of Barry Lyndon a little.

^blasphemy

natural light, period piece

comparison falls down bcz The Favourite is not so boring that you ossify to death halfway through

comparison falls down bcz The Favourite is not so boring that you ossify to death halfway through

Well, tbf that's where comparisons to any Kubrick film fall apart.

weirdly significantly better than i expect oscar winning films to be

yeah wigs wigs wigs

xp Well, were it not for Olivia Colman's natural charisma, it would've gone 0-for-10 there.

weisz was best imo

phantom thread is better tho

flop otm

"are you here to seduce me or rape me?"

"were you sent here to ruin my evening, or possibly my entire life?"

shot, chaser

Just viewed. I was enchanted until the last 5 minutes, and really wish this could have stuck the landing.

The Draughtman's Contract (likely Lanthimo's major inspiration) is a better film (though the available video transfers from 16mm aren't), but this will remain in rotation.

Really? I thought the ending was perfect! They both realized they were trapped, but were in their own separate versions of reality. After all of the harshness of the preceding story I thought it was kind of moving

this was okay, mostly just reminded me that every 10 years or so everyone in the industry appears to develop an insatiable need for an artsy royals/costume drama to enthuse over

But especially if it lets loose with the c-word throughout.

Dangerous Liaisons, Marie Antoinette, etc. Something about combining the grotesquerie of prior eras' ruling classes and then rendering them "human"

er combining portraying

thought this was really excellent -- Rachel Weisz is becoming one of my "favourite" actors (her failed attempt at seducing the queen immediately after returning from her traumatic accident was darkly hilarious) and i always enjoy Colman and Stone, though i was most surprised by Hoult in this. he's vv funny and also extremely fucking tall, i mean he really downplayed that height in Fury Road w/that hunched over gait i guess but damn. i thought this looked great and just generally the ending was really something else, abrupt but appropriately so. Anne realizing the cruelty of Abigail in that moment and turning on her was quite the moment. i enjoyed the general uselessness of the male characters and the cinematography was really beautiful.

"Anne realizing the cruelty of Abigail in that moment and turning on her was quite the moment.”

yes! and Abigail realized that she was trapped right at the same time. it was a great ending.

Shakey, that's a bizarre argument ocnsidering that 'costume dramas' aren't a static genre. We wouldn't say the same about acclaimed sci-fi, film noir, etc. We can have more than one good genre film per quarter

more lesbian cutthroatery than costume genre

think YL will produce something less fashionably pandering next

The Favourite wasn't even close to a, ah, favorite of mine last year, but I remember it being #1 in the box office for several weeks and grossing well over $500 million, thanks to its fashionable pandering

proof positive!

it shtunk but as usual Shakey doesn't know why