POOR THINGS Explained - Hidden Meaning, Oscar Wins + and DANCE Breakdown!
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- Опубликовано: 9 мар 2024
- Poor Things Explained! Let’s talk about Poor Things-we’re going to explain the ending and break this movie down. It is, obviously, a reimagining of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. But the movie is filled with layers and symbolism that go much deeper than the surface influences of Shelley’s novel
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Written by Victoria Barclay vikibarclay?lang=en
Hosted by Ryan Arey ( / ryanarey )
Edited by Harriet Lengel-Enright, Brianna McLarty, and Lee Mazzio
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What did you think of the movie?
It was my personal choice for best picture of the year.
I found out about the movie only recently and thanks to your video i can see the different things that they did to make the movie regarded as it is. However just reading the plot prevents me from actually watching the film as hollywood's obsession with the "born sexy yesterday" trope weirds me out, and this film seems like another one of it. Pop culture detective has an interesting video on this
I was enthralled by this movie. So glad Emma Stone won best actress for her amazing role.
Great acting Willem and Emma nailed it. The first and last 30-ish minutes were amazing. I didn’t get why they seemed to promote working in the “ho house” for so long. The nudity and adult stuff was fine, but I really hope that doesn’t inspire a person to live that sad life.
I loved it!
I thought they would take Godwin’s brain from his malignant body and put it into Alfie’s body rather than the goat’s brain.
Yeah I would’ve preferred that too. People keep acting as if Alfie was a goat, but it was just a goat inside Alfie’s body.
Absolutely. I was fully expecting the Hollywood fairytale ending. There were so many hints, like Bella's interest in the procedure that created her and her wanting to be a doctor like Godwin. And the perfect circle to her returning the favor by bringing him back to life by the same procedure now in a undeformed body, curing him of his father's torture.
I thought God was going to reanimate as Alfie top! Would have loved that.
This is what I thought was happening when I watched
Yeah...
But...
The biggest laugh I've had this year was that scene. It was a beautiful laugh because it's telegraphed right before.
Since Poor Things was an adaptation of a book with the same name, I wish it was atleast mentioned in this breakdown to give a nod to the author. I get that this was very Frankenstein-esque but to ignore that it was actually based on a different book is a bit iffy to me
Sadly most people don't realize that
80% of the references and allusions you refer to are the work and choices made by Alasdair Gray. You do an excellent job of literally showing how Lanthimos and his production designers moved from Gray's work on paper to film.
i agree.. it wasn't based on frankenstein
@@dianagodwin4504 Like Crichtons Jurassic Park novel the Poor Things novel took inspiration from Frankenstein in the form of a retelling of Shelley novels. Note there's a big difference between an adaptation and retelling.
How was the book?
I just felt I watched a Art history lesson mixed in with philosophy.
So, Contrapoints?
Art, history, and philosophy rolled up into a burrito that was almost as beautiful as Bella
You are far closer to the truth than this reviewer who entirely missed the point of the film. He is stuck on Frankenstein when this film had zero to do with it. Just an epic fail.
@@CuriVideos that would entail some gender swapping.
Psychology too, as a counselling student the nods to Freud were painfully obvious
The movie is based on Poor Things novel written by Alasdair Gray and published in 1992
I'll grant you, the movie script deviates wildly from the source-but the source is NOT Shelley's Frankenstein. The source is actually Scottish novelist Alasdair Gray's brilliant novel Poor Things. (Hence, THE TITLE!) And yes, Gray's novel Poor Things is itself a reimagining of Shelley's Frankenstein, and yes, the filmmakers are definitely referencing various iterations of Shelley's Frankenstein-and they are ignoring key elements of Gray's novel. So this really is kind of its own artistic artifact. But it's unconscionable that Screencrush doesn't credit Alasdair Gray's original 1992 adaptation, which is itself the direct source of THIS film. I mean, yes, screenwriter Tony McNamara and director Yorgos Lanthimos make this film their own story; again, this deviates pretty wildly from Alasdair Gray's novel. But Gray is the most direct source of this film-Lanthimos even directly approached Gray to ask permission to adapt his novel into film. So SAY GRAY'S NAME. Props where props are due, my dudes.
Shut up hahahah
Thank you for this, going to read the book as soon as I can. I loved the movie, but I always enjoy the book more, even if I see the movie first.
@halfjack1031 Heads-up: the novel is VERY different. Not going to say better or worse. The movie took a permissive approach to adaptation, but I loved it. And I love the novel, too. Each is excellent.
The set design on this film are among the very, very best very worth Oscar winners.
When I came out of it I thought to myself, “That was the most inventive, creative Science Fiction movie in years”. Compare it to something more conventionally considered sci-fi, that was released around the same time, like Rebel Moon, which doesn’t have a shred of an original idea. This is one of the foundations of science fiction, to explore ideas that are creative and unusual and that are not limited to rules and tradition.
Rebel Moon is just another stylized action-superhero movie, that just happens to be in space. The "Sci Fi" of that movie is secondary, it's a movie about a woman who is trained to be a soldier, who is dragged back into fighting for something she believes in, after she thought she got herself out of the fight, she becomes the "hero" when she decides to be selfless and help the farmers who are unable to defend themselves.
It was originally written for star wars but Disney wasn't for it and Netflix picked it up so Snyder changed it up. I'm keen for more.
And isn't it so absolutely wonderful to know creativity, originality and new or new-ish ideas can still be brought to life?
How old are you?
sci-fi requires the sci, since our understanding of the sci has grown, such movies are purely fi, without the sci. Move along.
Ok, maybe retro-sci.
I love that you guys aren't afraid to do deep and thought provoking analysis of unique cinema. As well as fan boy deep geek sessions! Long live Doug! Long live the video store!
Hear! Hear!
They didn't go very deep at all if they're saying it is based on Frankenstein and didn't even mention the movie is based on a book called Poor Things. Talk about not doing your research then trying to look like you know you're talking about. The book was obviously inspired by Frankenstein as is any human reanimation story no matter how directly or indirectly.
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@@BradElliott69 they did touch on that. However, all the material considered, I stand by my original statement. If you could do better please do so.
This isn't about me doing better, it's about these people saying it's a reimagining of Frankenstein in the Description (it isn't) and continually referring to Frankenstein in the video instead of the book it actually based on and I'm far from the only one who has brought it up in the comments. If they can't even get that right why should we think anything else they're spewing has any credibility? But go ahead and keep being impressed by them.
Seeing Alfie eat grass like a beast remined me of the book of Daniel. Daniel told King Nebuchadnezzar that he would eat grass amongst the animals for 7 years until he learned to humble himself before God. Since Bella is a creation of Godwin and she shot Alfie in the foot out of disrespect, it just reminded me of that.
I feel like everyone is missing the point at the ending, Alfie was dead, that was a goat’s brain in Alfie’s body.
Biblical themes for sure
@@angryox3102It begs the question. Is Alfie not his own body? Is Bella - Victoria, Victoria’s child, both, or neither?
I see the Nebuchadnezzar association. However, the king eventually returned to normal after seven years. But, Alfie is completely dead. That’s a goat living in his body.
@@randomsarcasm2022 What question? Alfie is not in his own body. His brain has been chucked out. He’s dead. There is a goat living in his body. Bella is Bella in Victoria’s body. There’s no mystery.
it's actually an adaptation of the titular book by alasdair gray
Exactly. I commented something similar but that comment seems to have disappeared
Yes we all know it’s an adaptation of Gray’s novel which is a reimagining of the Frankenstein story. So it goes without saying.
Extremely odd that Gray’s novel was not mentioned in the video, since it grapples with these themes with complexity and depth often simplified or elided in the film.
@@carisakremin1713due diligence at least
@@carisakremin1713 I mean not when you're making a video about it kind of needs to be said.
Thank you for spending time on movies like these. I mean, I love me a good superhero movie, but the fact that you also provide incredibly insightful and witty commentary on a movie like this just further increases my respect for this channel. Also, the dog creating it's own Frankenstein monster was pure gold 😂!
What a masterful review rooted in great research, careful writing, and solid insights. I'm in awe. Genuinely. Well done and thanks for all the effort to make these videos so informative and entertaining.
Great work, but it seems you're unaware that it's based on a book called Poor Things.
Thanks to Ryan, Victoria, Harriet, Brianna and Lee! 🧠 I loved it. I actually re-watched it recently.
Really great work! the best Poor Things analysis I've seen so far. I know it has less views than the other videos, but really hope you make more of these too.
For me the parts that felt so relatable was when she was on the ship and seeing poverty, despair, and as an adult, when you finally realize how cruel the world is. That shook me. Cause I still battle with that as a kid who was sheltered and thought most things were good, when the world is full of evil and you make decisions on being a good person. That whole chapter was 100%.
Poor Things was a book. The movie is not based on Frankenstein. It's based on *Poor Things, by Alasdair Grey.* Did you just make a video essay cutting out the actual writer of this IP? like... a google search tells you there's a book. y'all didn't do a google search?
Alasdair Grey was deeply inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. So, it’s not completely incorrect to say the movie based on Grey’s novel was also inspired by Frankenstein.
But they should’ve given credit to the book, I agree.
Amazing review and thoroughly complex explanation! Thank you for this
Poor Things honestly is in my top three films of last year. It's a bizarre yet phenomenal masterpiece! There is so much to love about this film like the incredible cast and all their brilliant performances to the almost ethereal setting, set design, and costume design throughout the entire film. I'm of course rooting for Oppenheimer to take home as many Oscars as possible but in all honesty I'm also hoping Poor Things takes away just as many Oscars as Oppenheimer! Poor Things is genuinely one of my favorite movies of the decade so far and it's a movie I'm going to be remembering for a very long time.
I absolutely agree. Well said.
Felt the same
Yes. And read the book too.
@@terrygamer-dg6vi I think you'll like the book better.
I know comic book and nerd content is your guys’ thing, but more videos like this please. Incredibly smart and insightful breakdown of the film. Loved the philosophical breakdown.
It is not a smart breakdown at all he doesn’t even mention the author of poor things. This comment is incredibly uninformed.
@@lemonsherbet8741 ...and your comment reflects how uniformed you are about grammar and punctuation.
@@k2sworld I didn’t advertise a great understanding of grammar. When I click on a video doing a breakdown of a movie I expect it to at least reference the titular book the movie is based on. I appreciate your irrelevant nit picking have a great day.
Love these explained videos for movies such as Poor Things.. keep them coming! 👏🏼👌🏼
This movie is such a masterpiece. So many subtext, so many discussions happening all the time. I left the theater very psychologically estimulated, trying to put everything in order in my mind, making sure I could sum it all up, but then my friend who watched it with me had totally different perceptions.
This is art
love this channel. this is by far the most interesting video ive seen from you guys. so props for that man
Just saw Bosch’s Garden of earthly delights in Madrid a month ago. I didn’t catch that the last scene was an homage to it. Nice work! This helps me give some intellectual thought to my visceral reaction to the movie which was overwhelmingly positive.
As always, this is such an excellent breakdown of the art. I love what you do, Mr. Arey.
Victoria Barclay & Ryan Arey for the WIN. This is a Doctoral Thesis on a GREAT film. You have brought the light of knowledge to this humble viewer. Seriously, thank you both. Great stuff!
It seems that you're saying the movie is based on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, where in fact the movie is based on a book called Poor Things by Alasdair Gray, which is heavily inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
This was such a colorful descriptive breakdown. With this analysis it helped me understand more from what I watched. I loved the references back to the paintings and even back to the book "Frankenstein". This was very well done.
Why didn't you mention the original novel the movie was based off of?
Yeah, super in depth comparison to the wrong source material.
@@liamallan5828 Exactly!
Its very weird.
@@liamallan5828he didn’t research. He just reads what his team researched
Loved this! So well-written. Excellent breakdown and delivery! Lots of words! I hope it brings home many Oscars tonight!
lol I thought we were working up to your 4 legged friend standing over you on an operating table with something of a line like "Cant wait for my new body to be ready" lol - great video as always!
Hi Ryan, Doug and Viki, what a great breakdown. So impressed ❤
I’m 30 seconds in… you keep saying Frankenstein & Mary Shelley… please tell me you know this is actually based on a BOOK of its own called POOR THINGS… and yes that takes inspiration from Frankenstein, but saying Yourgous based the film on a completely different book is kind of weird! This film… is based on the novel POOR THINGS!
Thank you for this very thorough and enlightening description. Great job
I've been waiting for a breakdown on this movie. Well done sir!
The breakdowns of films like these are much better than Heavy Spoilers and New Rockstars. Plus Doug is VERY cute
Just watched this brilliant film and I love how much this video helped me understand it more! Great video!
Great analysis! But did I miss any mention of the novel it's directly based on, by Alasdair Gray, whose paintings were clearly also used as visual reference?
What a wonderful, utterly rewatchable work of art. Its the dialogue that enthralls me. It's just so my kind of thing. Along with Tarantino, Coen Brothers and Von Trier, my discovery of Lanthamos just may put him on the same list as "my fave film directors". With this quirky beauty, I'm going to look into his other works.
So good dude! Thanks for doing this rundown!
It’s also an adaptation of a book with the same title.
Loved this breakdown. Exceptional film! Great job.
A couple things i didnt care for….the length of the brothel part of the movie, I think it made movie run too long and we got the point after like 2-3 clients. I also didnt understand why god let bella go so easily, when up til then, he has been super overprotective. Maybe he just felt she was gonna go regardless at that point, bc she did so much to try and leave?
I just finished watching this, and I absolutely loved it. Every second of it. Such a beautiful, terrifying, and exhilarating human experience. What a journey. 🖤
That was really really fun. Thank you to the entire Screen Crush crew.
This video is full of words… genius
Amazing review. Great job Sir!
Bravo and thank you!
“What was I made for?” 🤔
Dude, another awesome video. Thank you!
This video is exactly the breakdown I was looking for. Super insightful, my perspective is opening to the overall context & symbolism of this film. Personally, I was moved by the film - whether disturbed, excited or enlightened, it made me feel something & ask many questions.
I watched it recently and thought it was brilliant. The weirdness of it made it fun and intriguing. Emma and Mark were both so quirky yet deep characters. Bravo
You forgot to mention the book it was adapted from called POOR THINGS. That’s why the movie is called Poor Things btw.
This is extremely well done. Thank you for this hard work.
The bridge jump at the beginning reminded me of Black Narcissus
Very entertaining video, but the fact that it completely omits the fact that it was based on a book (and all possible context of that) is just sad and it angers me a little bit
poor things has its own book lol, isn’t just frankenstein
The dog genuinely helped me deal with watching this movie. Cheers.
It's not embroidery, it's quilting. An entirely different subtext of meaning. Also, just as all that glitters is not gold, not all shiny satin cloth is silk.
I just watched 5 different reviews looking for some worthy analysis (not entirely focused on the sexual component of the film), and I found it here. Thank you!
This is the stuff I love, great analysis!
Sensational job Screen Crush!!!
Your explanation is amazing. I love your analysis of different movies and theatre works. Thank you very much ❤❤❤
I loved it! now I’m trying to find the novel based off of it with the original cover art!
Great recap and explainer! The movie has so many layers and you dissected is beautifully 😉🙌🏼 my only thing to add is; when you mentioned her figuring out how to exist as a woman in a world run by men (while in the brothel), the way she took her control back was through her strategy of asking questions, storytelling and jokes with the men before the act. She created a situation where they were also vulnerable. I thought that was masterful psychology.
And illustrated so well how woman have survived in a world run by men...through intelligence and wit. But until recently none of that changed the fundamentals, and the fight continues...
this video reminded me when wisecrack was at its peak.
I’ve been following the channel since 2020 and I wasn’t sure how I felt when I saw you review/ explain new types of movies. But I’ll say I think this could have been your best movie analysis so far.
This was fantastic. Thanks ScreenCrush crew, including Doug the Wonder Dog.
I’m glad you are covering this, I thought that this movie was a better companion to Barbie: an artificial woman gaining consciousness and learning how to be a human, while men try to control her… and both have scenes where men try to put her in a box.
I liked that Poor Things wasn’t afraid to be weird, horny, gross and disturbing while still being very beautiful and thoughtful.
It's much less palatable to the masses than Barbie though. Poor Things is a much more mature take & I appreciate both.
LOVED the movie AND thank you to Victoria B for this amazing essay💝
Excellent breakdown, thank you!
Another thing I noticed is that the composer made the music very plucky and infantile in the beginning, and as she matured, so did the music. The very last scene is a full beautiful orchestra. Brilliant.
a super enjoyable reading of a super enjoyable film. thank you so much for this!
This movie is an experience. The cinematography, the costume interpretations, vivid colors, and unique mix architecture was amazing! I loved it and have purchased to watch again and again to enjoy. Emma just won the Oscar for!
1:16 also a reference to "Bram Stoker's Dracula" from 1992, the scene with Elisabeta
I think a movie should stand on its own on first viewing but should also stand on repeated viewings. PT does this in abundance and left me with more questions than answered when leaving the cinema. Very good review and analysis here and I can’t wait to get the DVD so I can go through it in detail. PT is a marvellous grown up film and one of my top 10 of the last decade.
Very original and bold concept. Feels like the alt cinema from Europe
I’m glad to finally see a movie of originality this year. In my opinion It’s been awhile for an original piece of work to come to the screen and be something of substance.
Bella would've been the perfect bride for the monster had Victor just adhered to his request.
This was a fascinating video! A great complement to the movie which I loved so so much for how intellectual and philosophical it was. One of my new favorite films.
Thank you, Ryan, for pronouncing Budapest correctly!
I enjoyed your explication more than I enjoyed the film itself. Well done!
I appreciate the analysis but how did nobody know this was adapted from a book of the same name?
Wow! 🤯 This is be far the best review/explanation of the film that I’ve seen 🙏🏽 Thank you! ✨ But I’m still waiting for someone to point out the homage to Pablo Ferro on their title cards ☺️
Amazing breakdown, I loved it!
Amazing breakdown, one of my favourite movies in years.
Excellent analysis!very insightful
It was hard, but I had to watch this movie over and over and over again until I was satisfied with my interpretation of the deeply penetrating meaning and the finer points of the film.
BRILLIANT!
GDI I LOVE THIS CHANNEL
Thank for this wonderful video
Loved this breakdown
ive never seen one of yourvideoes i lienjoyed it very much makes me wish i had the breadth of knowledge
I loved this. it was so insightful and helped my understanding to this great movie.
I am forever changed by Bella Baxter, in the best possible way. I was suffering depression and anxiety until I saw Poor Things. Now I am free. This is not a Movie, it's a HEALING. Thank you to Emma Stone, Alasdair Grey, Yorgos Lanthimos, the deeply lovable cast, crew and all involved. For the masterpiece that, for those who need to release the trauma of repressed culture, CPTSD, shame and conditioning can find a new lease of life through Bella and all who brought her into being.
Wow. Loved this analysis.
Great analysis!! Onward!
Great analysis Victoria
muy bueno amigo, me encantaria verte analizando mas pelis por fuera del cine mainstream de super heroes
I really enjoyed the movie and the best part was every time I thought it was going in one direction, it went completely in a different one. Definitely the most enjoyable movie I have seen in a while.
Excellent video expose'. Thank you.
Thank you Victoria!
I was too distracted with Emma Stone’s furious jumping scenes to pick up on the philosophy of the movie.