Poor Things 2023
I finally went to a movie theatre after a long time. It was the BAM damn which is the only theatre in the city I will go to. I wanted to get away from the fat 7 year old meatball upstairs and his all day stomping, and just to be out in the world. I saw Poor Things, which I loved. Ah Emma Stone how I adore her, and she is remarkable in this fantastic fantasy horror trip. She should win a second Oscar for this performance. It glitters and glows all over the place. Not for everyone no doubt, its rooted in myths and literature including Frankenstein and also references to Jules Verne in its design and the Tod Browning classic "Freaks". The story is boundless in its imagination taking us to a Victorian London and beyond where a scared and scary doctor played by Willem DaFoe operates on dead bodies. One of those dead bodies is Emma Stone who he brings back to life. The adventures of Bella Baxter as she learns to begin again and tastes the treasures of the earth. Its also a broad and sometimes sexually explicit comedy sometimes of errors and misdeeds with Bella at the root of it all. This is great stuff directed by that imaginative man Yorgos Lanthmos who last gave us "The Favorite" and this is the best film of 2023. Also featuring Mark Ruffalo as a damaged lawyer in spirit and deeds. The art direction and cinematography are splendid and breathtaking. Should appeal to artists and demented souls everywhere.
