I just watched the movie yesterday, as soon as it hit theaters in Mexico. It was a wonderful experience. Halfway through the film, I couldn't help but recall Barbie; I couldn't stop comparing the scene where they told her to 'close your eyes and feel.' I distinctly remember wishing they had shown the curse and miracle of being a woman or simply a person in this world. I couldn't resist wanting to see the heartbreaking development of looking at the world and its beauty. This was eloquently explained in the scene featuring the poor people in the Alexandria segment. We went from seeing everything in black and white to vibrant colors that were overwhelming, ultimately reaching a maturity and seeing the world as it is - full of ups and downs, pain, and joy. I witnessed the growth of a person, the innocence, and how it evolves into a more mature and human path. I'll have to watch it more times because I loved seeing the world through that small window named Bella.
When I walked out of ‘Poor Things’ I told my husband that it felt like the “thinking man’s” ‘Barbie’!! I didn’t particularly like ‘Barbie’ but LOVED ‘Poor Things’, so I feel very seen by this video! I appreciate your views on both films
YES! I had the same thought. I loved loved loved Poor Things. I saw myself in Bella. In Barbie, it just felt like... feminism light. And a crowd-pleaser with several scenes that were really pointless. It wasn't a tight film.
@@user-kn8ul5vz3n because there’s similar underlying themes and concepts but one of them is over simplified and the other is more complex (and therefore harder to understand)
Maybe ‘Barbie’ is a “feeling man’s” ‘Poor Things’. It wasn’t necessary or feminist at all for you to compare two movies that tackle similar themes. Why can’t they both be good movies that help women? I watched Barbie with my mother, and towards the end we just looked at each other and cried. That’s the whole point, you have to feel it. I don’t think you need to put down other women that like Barbie by saying it is less of an intellectual experience. Just completely unnecessary to me.
mark ruffalo is just having the most fun in this movie and i support actors already rich and famous just deciding to commit to a character that is unhinged and unwell mentally and physically, every scene he's just having too much fun act more and more off the rails and i love that for him
This was a great video, when it comes to feminism in poor things I have only seen people with a negative opinion towards the sex scenes I was super glad to find your video because I totally agree with you!
I do not see poor things as a feminist movie at all. Bella has the brain of a child. How can a child consent to sex? Bella is manipulated and exploited by the men in her life with the exception of Ramy’s character. When she first meets Duncan, he abuses her. of what it is because it feels good but she’s a child. This is not a movie about a young girl, sexual awakening, Bella is a child why are people saying this this is a movie about pedophiles
Did we see the same movie? Bella's progression is at an accelerated rate, as is stated and shown. She progresses from toddler to adult young woman in a mere few years. Her mental age is probably not that of an adult yet when she meets Duncan, but at that point she is definitely not a baby. Duncan does not know about Bella's background. He sees an adult woman. It could raise questions as to why Duncan would be attracted to her so much, though. I think it is because of her rebellious nature. He does use her, though, like all men in the movie. You praise Ramy's character (Max), yet you completely overlook that Max does know where Bella comes from, has a front row seat to her mental development, yet it is he who falls in love with her way earlier than Bella meets Duncan. Max does nothing about Bella's situation, is just being upset about it for a bit, but goes along with it like with everything else. He even repeats the experiment with Margaret Qualley's character. He wants to marry Bella and keep her inside the house for herself. And somehow you think this is the good guy? All men in this movie are warped and awful. Bella is not the "poor thing", the men are.
@@kris5465 thank you for this. I agree with Max. I also felt like he was manipulated by God. He seemed to me in the beginning to have no interest in her but as soon as God suggests to marry her, all of a sudden he’s in love with her. Duncan abuses Bella at the first meeting. Yes he doesn’t know anything about her but we do. She is a child, and this movie is basically about a child discovering sex. And we are witnesses to it. I think everyone in the film is a poor thing.
@@kris5465 False, Bella doesn't even walk or talk properly when Max professes her love for her and Duncan has no issue whisking her away and repeatedly sleeping with her. The fact that some many cannot see the grooming at play is EXACTLY why IRL groomers get away with their behaviour.
I love both films. Barbie sugars the pill of feminist discourse, and subverts the genre; Poor Things is aimed at an arthouse crowd and a a metaphor for the unpacking of Victorian puritanism. It also alludes to Burke and Hare.
When you comment about Poor Things, please REMEMBER that Bella has the mind of a child inside the body of an adult who was exposed very early by modern standards to the adult world by a marriage proposal and beyond. I believe in this timeline, the age gap was normal in marriages. But in this story, the curiosity of experience, naivety of a child, and the will of a defiant youth plays a big role in telling a story. I think the politics of feminism is very very minor in this movie. But if you insist on feminism as a big thing in all movies, you should acknowledge that every structure, every origin of a sport, and every industry you see in a movie was built by men and so serves as a natural counter to your feminist belief. Feminism is a good idea and I support it but please let us compare fairly organ to organ only excluding the sexy parts.
Didn't see Poor Things yet, but I loved your take on Barbie! I guess it's not only a "feminism 101" but an exploitative neoliberal take on feminism (and even femininity) that is completely bound to a capitalist worldview in service of marketing an idea that only serves to make people buy dolls after they leave the theater and make them forget about real world problems, such as the whole structre (in the marxist sense) that makes the movie Barbie possible. I laughed so hard in the begining of the film when they show 2 barbies taking the trash out on margot robbie's neighborhood, and i was like "oh yeah, they still exploit workers in barbie land, nothing changes, really."
Barbie was alot of fun, I enjoyed it but not as a thought provoking Feminist triumph but as a funny, well produced cute movie that was very entertaining. I 100% agree that it was Feminism 101.
so your saying a man can make a better feminist film than a woman, a man wrote the screen play and man directed and also a man wrote the book .so thank you on behalf of the patriarchy !!!!
This. Such a pick-me, I’m not like other girls energy. Announcement: You can like both, or not, but let’s not make this into a which female-led movie did feminism better type of thing. Are you a Margot or an Emma? 😴🥱 It’s 2024! Stop pitting women against each other for attention.
Both movies are calls to arm. We must prepare. Patriarchy doesn’t like free women. We are growing and developing and busting out of this artificial box we have been placed in for millennia. Our power is rising!
Yorgos Lanthimos is one of the best directors in the world. And I think Greta has made movies as good as this but since barbie is a intellectual property she didn't have the same freedom that Yorgos did with all of his films.
@@nativesiberian я посмотрел, наконец. В общем понял про что... Все так сложно...))) Ещё бы чуть-чуть и я бы не понял. Удачи! 2000 к лету наберёшь на изи
Ugh thank you for this! I just watched Poor Things w my husband and at the end I was like, "Why aren't people excited about the feminist message here as much as Barbie!??" Like you said, Barbie was BASIC feminism 101, literally coated in bright pink so its palatable to the masses. Poor Things shows darker themes we don't like to address, like the spectrum of weird male desires but also, what is wrong with sex work if a woman consents to it. Bella weighs that its worth it to endure sex work (having no other skills yet) to earn money so she can spend the rest of her time studying to be a doctor... Thats her choice! Meanwhile the men around her try to trap her in various ways - in a home, in marriage, and attempted genital mutilation to take away what she finds pleasurable. This is all things that happen in reality STILL and a much darker/serious portrayal of patriarchy.. its not just horses and widescreen televisions.
No no, although I am a greek and I support 200% Lanthimos since his first steps in Greece, the power key in Poor things are the aesthetics, not the feminism, which is totally for male fantasy well played. Barbie shows not only one exceptional woman (by beauty or brains) but multiple trying to coexist and ground their confidence not by comparing one to another, but each one for herself. Barbie is pretty forward in that manner with her crying scene, introducing us to this concept that no other movie has made!! Bella on the other half has indeed way more trouble with troubled men (both dancan and in paris) and it is very optimistic how she maintains her raw confidence by being "weird" and showing the middle finger to societal norms, indeed. BUT... She s written to be the exceptional, the only-woman-in-her-universe-trope. They even wrote a new woman-experiment to juxtapose how stupid and slow-evolved she proved compared to Bella. And her hunger for rawness is played clearly as a sexy attribute that attracts men more than she gets her into trouble, lets be real with ourselves😅 Meanwhile, Barbie's exceptional beauty is played as a constraint to prove her skills and the character to others wgich is a very revolutionary and empowering message for all girls in their 20's. That's why I think it takes way more feminist writing to build an arc with a character like Barbie. But I still love Emma's raw empowering energy and of course, Lanthimos aesthetics ❤
call it this movie feminist knowing Bella eventually replacing a sociopath man who suffered from his own deep trauma, and exploit many other people, is like saying you can't admit feminism is all about taking all power and not actually about make thing fair.
This movie is 1llum1naughty propaganda, Yorgos is doing the dev1l5 work. They copied kubriks style, but at least kubrik tried warning us about the el1t3, yorgos is a puppet for the el1te
First I have to say that the plot summary and description was very misleading. This movie was very disturbing. I watched it on Hulu last night. I actually fixed a plate of food right when it came on. I was not able to eat my food. Due to all the disturbing imagery. Like the cutting up of brains, and poking scissors into people's eye balls and etc. Couldn't really figure out what was going on with Emma Stone in the beginning. Didn't know if she was supposed to be a retard or some kind of experiment. But it didn't look like she was having fun in the beginning. It was very weird. I definitely ended up throwing my plate of food away. ............................................... This is what I was expecting from the description. I thought it was going to be some kind of time travel thing. Maybe she dies during slavery times. Comes back to life and lives for centuries. And she lives through different times and racism in America. Maybe she spends her new life trying to help Black people fight racism and even the rights of Gay and Lesbian people also. That is kind of like what I thought I was going to see. ............................................................... I did watch the entire film. It was so strange and different, that I had to keep watching. It was weird and disturbing and uncomfortable. But it still was interesting. You can't say the film was not interesting. However, it is not a movie that I will watch a second time. I never laughed during the entire film. I know the writers and whoever meant for certain parts to be funny. I cracked a smile a few times. But nothing really made me laugh. The disturbing parts kind of just sucked all the humor out of everything. One thing, that kept me watching till the end was all the nudity and sex scenes. I am a guy. So she was willing to take her clothes off. And often in this film. So that kept me watching too. And also, I know the actress. She's a child star. I was watching movies with her (Emma Stone) since when I was a kid. I seen a lot of her child work. This may have been the first time I seen her as an adult. So that made it interesting too. But very misleading description. I have just subj8scribed to your channel. So congrats, you just gained another one. I am an advocate on this platform for engaging with others and supporting one another. And returning love and reciprocating feedback. I think that kind of community on here is what we need. If there were more people like me, you might have an extra 500 fans and friends to your channel; right now. Extra. I truly am being sincere when I write that. I have looked at your content. You have been seen. And getting seen is half the battle. Let me win half the battle too. Let me know that you see me. Who knows you might even like one of videos there.
Whelp it’s definitely not about poor people/things. Definitely not your typical Emma stone performance. Great performances by the actors. But if logically think about what the fuck is actually going on. Jesus Criest it’s fuckin brutal…..BRUTAL!!! these European films put out some creative but edgy shit man!
My wife and I went out for a rare trip to the movies she saw Barbie and I saw Oppenheimer. Still not sure why she even wanted to see nostalgic girl fluff like Barbie given that she is usually a very principled feminist but I suspect that Oppenheimer had the better plot (even if it was a waste of IMAX IMHO). 01:22 "... a movie about the evil corporations produced by the evil corporations ..." Great line - so true. Remember that cinema and TV are both art forms and businesses. The art is just too expensive to make without lots of money and you can't get kind of money without a prospect of big profits (and movies are notoriously risky investments). Makes no difference whether they come via box office or merchandising. I've worked on kids shows for Mattel where the characters brought their toys to life for the kids, who then hassled their parents to buy all the toys. 01:35 "... I think Barbie is just a very weak feminist statement..." If I were looking for feminist statements, this is not where I would start and more than I would look for films about the meaning of life starring Sly Stallone. 03:02 The reviews on Poor Things have been so positive and the concept behind it so interesting that I'll have to see it. Glad you liked it too. Wait Poor Things is you? Reconstructed from the dead with lots of sex? Could that explain why you are single? 05:04 "... it's not about the gender, it's about your brains ..." When I was a boy I believed (and I suspect was encouraged to believe) that boys were physically stronger, were emotionally tougher and were smarter than girls. Over the decades I've come to understand that the last two were quite wrong and as for the first, well we have female firefighters and soldiers now, so even that is suspect. 06:00 Why have they made up Willem Dafoe to look like Kirk Douglas in his dotage? Do you really think most American men are put off by smart women? Wouldn't smart men (yes they do exist) want relationships with smart women? Maybe you're living in a neighborhood with mostly dumb men who fear you? Once I finally get to see "Poor Things", I'd love to do lunch with you and discuss it, but now I feel too intimidated. (Besides, I'm not in NYC). 🇨🇦 Great video, thanks Liz!
"Do you really think most American men are put off by smart women? " haha no i dont think so, everyone has their own taste. and im single not because guys don't like smart women, there are so many other criteria to be with someone
@@nativesiberian Well I'm a little mystified. Is RUclips Liz we see here an AI driven avatar? Are you part of another Russian internet disinformation scheme? (I don't suppose you would admit it if you were). RUclips Liz sure looks attractive. She feels like someone who has been around a bit, has had a decent education, has lived in vastly different cultures, makes interesting conversation, is independent minded with a lovely sense of humour that shows a slightly sarcastic edge and yes, has standards and expectations of other people (which IMHO comes across as being reliable and trustworthy). Why is real Liz not having to beat off hordes of smart, decent (if maybe not cute 10/10 and ripped) guys with a stick? Does the real Liz have terrible body odour or something? Does being blunt and "telling it like it is" generate female incels in NYC? I just don't get it. I have a good friend I've known for many years who lives in LA (incidentally she is also ethnic Asian) who used to be my producer (i.e. my boss) and she is smart, attractive, friendly but - like a typical producer - can be very blunt (but not to the point of insensitivity). We had a wonderful time for a while many years ago then reality intervened and our paths diverged, but had that not happened we might well be together today. Mutual love and admiration works wonders. Churchill once described Russia as "...a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma... " Maybe that also applies generally to Russian women?
Bella has the brain of a child. She’s being exploited. This is not about sex, or the sex scenes. It has nothing to do with being prudish, she’s a child, not a woman
if it's not put in words and told daily - doesn't mean it doesn't exist. there are so many other ways to deliver a message, and most of these massages are inbreed in us from the vey childhood
well... exactly... so if you walk around telling yourself there is this huge pressure.. is there really? or is it coming from inside your own insecurities. the other answer you gave was very vague and who can possibly define that... if no one says it out loud, how is it a constant thing over someone's head then... i just wonder... :) that's just my thought take ir or leave it 🌺@@nativesiberian
there's no reason to worry about me. I'm not experiencing as much pressure because i am very self aware and can recognize most of negative thoughts right away. i know tho that these patterns and beliefs are true for millions of women around the globe - that's the reason i talk about it.
Poor Things is Anti-Barbie. Bella is a better Weird Barbie. Ken is more likeable than Duncan tho. Swingy is a darker version of Ruth Handler. Godwin is more relatable than Will Farrell’s CEO.
I just watched the movie yesterday, as soon as it hit theaters in Mexico. It was a wonderful experience. Halfway through the film, I couldn't help but recall Barbie; I couldn't stop comparing the scene where they told her to 'close your eyes and feel.'
I distinctly remember wishing they had shown the curse and miracle of being a woman or simply a person in this world. I couldn't resist wanting to see the heartbreaking development of looking at the world and its beauty. This was eloquently explained in the scene featuring the poor people in the Alexandria segment. We went from seeing everything in black and white to vibrant colors that were overwhelming, ultimately reaching a maturity and seeing the world as it is - full of ups and downs, pain, and joy.
I witnessed the growth of a person, the innocence, and how it evolves into a more mature and human path. I'll have to watch it more times because I loved seeing the world through that small window named Bella.
thanks for the comment!
When I walked out of ‘Poor Things’ I told my husband that it felt like the “thinking man’s” ‘Barbie’!! I didn’t particularly like ‘Barbie’ but LOVED ‘Poor Things’, so I feel very seen by this video! I appreciate your views on both films
the thinking man's Barbie! love that! :)
YES! I had the same thought. I loved loved loved Poor Things. I saw myself in Bella. In Barbie, it just felt like... feminism light. And a crowd-pleaser with several scenes that were really pointless. It wasn't a tight film.
How exactly was poor things thinking man's barbie?
@@user-kn8ul5vz3n because there’s similar underlying themes and concepts but one of them is over simplified and the other is more complex (and therefore harder to understand)
Maybe ‘Barbie’ is a “feeling man’s” ‘Poor Things’. It wasn’t necessary or feminist at all for you to compare two movies that tackle similar themes. Why can’t they both be good movies that help women? I watched Barbie with my mother, and towards the end we just looked at each other and cried. That’s the whole point, you have to feel it. I don’t think you need to put down other women that like Barbie by saying it is less of an intellectual experience. Just completely unnecessary to me.
mark ruffalo is just having the most fun in this movie and i support actors already rich and famous just deciding to commit to a character that is unhinged and unwell mentally and physically, every scene he's just having too much fun act more and more off the rails and i love that for him
oh absolutely, it was such a pleasure see his acting!
This movie asks me to laugh at a rapey predator, no.
Such a great review and discussion of the main themes, thanks!!
This was a great video, when it comes to feminism in poor things I have only seen people with a negative opinion towards the sex scenes I was super glad to find your video because I totally agree with you!
aw thanks a lot! ever since I watched it like 2 weeks ago i was thinking how strong the message is
Absolutely agree with you 🙌🏻💯
I thought you did a great job with this video. I only wish you had explored the movie longer!
I do not see poor things as a feminist movie at all. Bella has the brain of a child. How can a child consent to sex? Bella is manipulated and exploited by the men in her life with the exception of Ramy’s character. When she first meets Duncan, he abuses her. of what it is because it feels good but she’s a child. This is not a movie about a young girl, sexual awakening, Bella is a child why are people saying this this is a movie about pedophiles
Did we see the same movie?
Bella's progression is at an accelerated rate, as is stated and shown. She progresses from toddler to adult young woman in a mere few years. Her mental age is probably not that of an adult yet when she meets Duncan, but at that point she is definitely not a baby.
Duncan does not know about Bella's background. He sees an adult woman. It could raise questions as to why Duncan would be attracted to her so much, though. I think it is because of her rebellious nature. He does use her, though, like all men in the movie.
You praise Ramy's character (Max), yet you completely overlook that Max does know where Bella comes from, has a front row seat to her mental development, yet it is he who falls in love with her way earlier than Bella meets Duncan. Max does nothing about Bella's situation, is just being upset about it for a bit, but goes along with it like with everything else. He even repeats the experiment with Margaret Qualley's character. He wants to marry Bella and keep her inside the house for herself. And somehow you think this is the good guy?
All men in this movie are warped and awful. Bella is not the "poor thing", the men are.
@@kris5465 thank you for this. I agree with Max. I also felt like he was manipulated by God. He seemed to me in the beginning to have no interest in her but as soon as God suggests to marry her, all of a sudden he’s in love with her. Duncan abuses Bella at the first meeting. Yes he doesn’t know anything about her but we do. She is a child, and this movie is basically about a child discovering sex. And we are witnesses to it. I think everyone in the film is a poor thing.
@@kris5465 False, Bella doesn't even walk or talk properly when Max professes her love for her and Duncan has no issue whisking her away and repeatedly sleeping with her. The fact that some many cannot see the grooming at play is EXACTLY why IRL groomers get away with their behaviour.
There's also a sex scene infront of two children. These people are weird...
By the end of the film she performs surgery and is studying to be a doctor, you bonehead.
I love both films. Barbie sugars the pill of feminist discourse, and subverts the genre; Poor Things is aimed at an arthouse crowd and a a metaphor for the unpacking of Victorian puritanism. It also alludes to Burke and Hare.
When you comment about Poor Things, please REMEMBER that Bella has the mind of a child inside the body of an adult who was exposed very early by modern standards to the adult world by a marriage proposal and beyond. I believe in this timeline, the age gap was normal in marriages. But in this story, the curiosity of experience, naivety of a child, and the will of a defiant youth plays a big role in telling a story. I think the politics of feminism is very very minor in this movie. But if you insist on feminism as a big thing in all movies, you should acknowledge that every structure, every origin of a sport, and every industry you see in a movie was built by men and so serves as a natural counter to your feminist belief. Feminism is a good idea and I support it but please let us compare fairly organ to organ only excluding the sexy parts.
Didn't see Poor Things yet, but I loved your take on Barbie! I guess it's not only a "feminism 101" but an exploitative neoliberal take on feminism (and even femininity) that is completely bound to a capitalist worldview in service of marketing an idea that only serves to make people buy dolls after they leave the theater and make them forget about real world problems, such as the whole structre (in the marxist sense) that makes the movie Barbie possible.
I laughed so hard in the begining of the film when they show 2 barbies taking the trash out on margot robbie's neighborhood, and i was like "oh yeah, they still exploit workers in barbie land, nothing changes, really."
Barbie was alot of fun, I enjoyed it but not as a thought provoking Feminist triumph but as a funny, well produced cute movie that was very entertaining. I 100% agree that it was Feminism 101.
so your saying a man can make a better feminist film than a woman, a man wrote the screen play and man directed and also a man wrote the book .so thank you on behalf of the patriarchy !!!!
This. Such a pick-me, I’m not like other girls energy.
Announcement: You can like both, or not, but let’s not make this into a which female-led movie did feminism better type of thing. Are you a Margot or an Emma? 😴🥱 It’s 2024! Stop pitting women against each other for attention.
Both movies are calls to arm. We must prepare. Patriarchy doesn’t like free women. We are growing and developing and busting out of this artificial box we have been placed in for millennia. Our power is rising!
Yorgos Lanthimos is one of the best directors in the world. And I think Greta has made movies as good as this but since barbie is a intellectual property she didn't have the same freedom that Yorgos did with all of his films.
Привет. Пока не смотрел, но лайе уже поставил
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@@nativesiberian я посмотрел, наконец. В общем понял про что... Все так сложно...))) Ещё бы чуть-чуть и я бы не понял.
Удачи! 2000 к лету наберёшь на изи
Ugh thank you for this! I just watched Poor Things w my husband and at the end I was like, "Why aren't people excited about the feminist message here as much as Barbie!??"
Like you said, Barbie was BASIC feminism 101, literally coated in bright pink so its palatable to the masses. Poor Things shows darker themes we don't like to address, like the spectrum of weird male desires but also, what is wrong with sex work if a woman consents to it. Bella weighs that its worth it to endure sex work (having no other skills yet) to earn money so she can spend the rest of her time studying to be a doctor... Thats her choice! Meanwhile the men around her try to trap her in various ways - in a home, in marriage, and attempted genital mutilation to take away what she finds pleasurable. This is all things that happen in reality STILL and a much darker/serious portrayal of patriarchy.. its not just horses and widescreen televisions.
No no, although I am a greek and I support 200% Lanthimos since his first steps in Greece, the power key in Poor things are the aesthetics, not the feminism, which is totally for male fantasy well played. Barbie shows not only one exceptional woman (by beauty or brains) but multiple trying to coexist and ground their confidence not by comparing one to another, but each one for herself. Barbie is pretty forward in that manner with her crying scene, introducing us to this concept that no other movie has made!! Bella on the other half has indeed way more trouble with troubled men (both dancan and in paris) and it is very optimistic how she maintains her raw confidence by being "weird" and showing the middle finger to societal norms, indeed. BUT... She s written to be the exceptional, the only-woman-in-her-universe-trope. They even wrote a new woman-experiment to juxtapose how stupid and slow-evolved she proved compared to Bella. And her hunger for rawness is played clearly as a sexy attribute that attracts men more than she gets her into trouble, lets be real with ourselves😅 Meanwhile, Barbie's exceptional beauty is played as a constraint to prove her skills and the character to others wgich is a very revolutionary and empowering message for all girls in their 20's. That's why I think it takes way more feminist writing to build an arc with a character like Barbie. But I still love Emma's raw empowering energy and of course, Lanthimos aesthetics ❤
very insightful comment, thanks!
call it this movie feminist knowing Bella eventually replacing a sociopath man who suffered from his own deep trauma, and exploit many other people, is like saying you can't admit feminism is all about taking all power and not actually about make thing fair.
You mean God? He was dying 😂
stop MUMBLING!
Stop whining
Poor Things is just Barbie but wrote by and for man
Aren't you the one with the transplanted brain of a goat at the end.
This movie is 1llum1naughty propaganda, Yorgos is doing the dev1l5 work. They copied kubriks style, but at least kubrik tried warning us about the el1t3, yorgos is a puppet for the el1te
Poor things is trash
First I have to say that the plot summary and description was very misleading. This movie was very disturbing. I watched it on Hulu last night. I actually fixed a plate of food right when it came on. I was not able to eat my food. Due to all the disturbing imagery. Like the cutting up of brains, and poking scissors into people's eye balls and etc. Couldn't really figure out what was going on with Emma Stone in the beginning. Didn't know if she was supposed to be a retard or some kind of experiment. But it didn't look like she was having fun in the beginning. It was very weird. I definitely ended up throwing my plate of food away. ............................................... This is what I was expecting from the description. I thought it was going to be some kind of time travel thing. Maybe she dies during slavery times. Comes back to life and lives for centuries. And she lives through different times and racism in America. Maybe she spends her new life trying to help Black people fight racism and even the rights of Gay and Lesbian people also. That is kind of like what I thought I was going to see. ............................................................... I did watch the entire film. It was so strange and different, that I had to keep watching. It was weird and disturbing and uncomfortable. But it still was interesting. You can't say the film was not interesting. However, it is not a movie that I will watch a second time. I never laughed during the entire film. I know the writers and whoever meant for certain parts to be funny. I cracked a smile a few times. But nothing really made me laugh. The disturbing parts kind of just sucked all the humor out of everything. One thing, that kept me watching till the end was all the nudity and sex scenes. I am a guy. So she was willing to take her clothes off. And often in this film. So that kept me watching too. And also, I know the actress. She's a child star. I was watching movies with her (Emma Stone) since when I was a kid. I seen a lot of her child work. This may have been the first time I seen her as an adult. So that made it interesting too. But very misleading description. I have just subj8scribed to your channel. So congrats, you just gained another one. I am an advocate on this platform for engaging with others and supporting one another. And returning love and reciprocating feedback. I think that kind of community on here is what we need. If there were more people like me, you might have an extra 500 fans and friends to your channel; right now. Extra. I truly am being sincere when I write that. I have looked at your content. You have been seen. And getting seen is half the battle. Let me win half the battle too. Let me know that you see me. Who knows you might even like one of videos there.
Whelp it’s definitely not about poor people/things. Definitely not your typical Emma stone performance.
Great performances by the actors. But if logically think about what the fuck is actually going on. Jesus Criest it’s fuckin brutal…..BRUTAL!!! these European films put out some creative but edgy shit man!
My wife and I went out for a rare trip to the movies she saw Barbie and I saw Oppenheimer. Still not sure why she even wanted to see nostalgic girl fluff like Barbie given that she is usually a very principled feminist but I suspect that Oppenheimer had the better plot (even if it was a waste of IMAX IMHO).
01:22
"... a movie about the evil corporations produced by the evil corporations ..."
Great line - so true. Remember that cinema and TV are both art forms and businesses.
The art is just too expensive to make without lots of money and you can't get kind of money without a prospect of big profits (and movies are notoriously risky investments). Makes no difference whether they come via box office or merchandising. I've worked on kids shows for Mattel where the characters brought their toys to life for the kids, who then hassled their parents to buy all the toys.
01:35
"... I think Barbie is just a very weak feminist statement..."
If I were looking for feminist statements, this is not where I would start and more than I would look for films about the meaning of life starring Sly Stallone.
03:02
The reviews on Poor Things have been so positive and the concept behind it so interesting that I'll have to see it. Glad you liked it too.
Wait Poor Things is you? Reconstructed from the dead with lots of sex? Could that explain why you are single?
05:04
"... it's not about the gender, it's about your brains ..."
When I was a boy I believed (and I suspect was encouraged to believe) that boys were physically stronger, were emotionally tougher and were smarter than girls. Over the decades I've come to understand that the last two were quite wrong and as for the first, well we have female firefighters and soldiers now, so even that is suspect.
06:00
Why have they made up Willem Dafoe to look like Kirk Douglas in his dotage?
Do you really think most American men are put off by smart women?
Wouldn't smart men (yes they do exist) want relationships with smart women?
Maybe you're living in a neighborhood with mostly dumb men who fear you?
Once I finally get to see "Poor Things", I'd love to do lunch with you and discuss it, but now I feel too intimidated.
(Besides, I'm not in NYC). 🇨🇦
Great video, thanks Liz!
"Do you really think most American men are put off by smart women? " haha no i dont think so, everyone has their own taste. and im single not because guys don't like smart women, there are so many other criteria to be with someone
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Well I'm a little mystified. Is RUclips Liz we see here an AI driven avatar?
Are you part of another Russian internet disinformation scheme? (I don't suppose you would admit it if you were).
RUclips Liz sure looks attractive. She feels like someone who has been around a bit, has had a decent education, has lived in vastly different cultures, makes interesting conversation, is independent minded with a lovely sense of humour that shows a slightly sarcastic edge and yes, has standards and expectations of other people (which IMHO comes across as being reliable and trustworthy). Why is real Liz not having to beat off hordes of smart, decent (if maybe not cute 10/10 and ripped) guys with a stick? Does the real Liz have terrible body odour or something?
Does being blunt and "telling it like it is" generate female incels in NYC? I just don't get it.
I have a good friend I've known for many years who lives in LA (incidentally she is also ethnic Asian) who used to be my producer (i.e. my boss) and she is smart, attractive, friendly but - like a typical producer - can be very blunt (but not to the point of insensitivity). We had a wonderful time for a while many years ago then reality intervened and our paths diverged, but had that not happened we might well be together today. Mutual love and admiration works wonders.
Churchill once described Russia as "...a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma... "
Maybe that also applies generally to Russian women?
Men don’t necessarily fear smart women. They fear being inferior to women, any women, and smart women make them feel inferior.
Bella has the brain of a child. She’s being exploited. This is not about sex, or the sex scenes. It has nothing to do with being prudish, she’s a child, not a woman
Highly disagree
geniune question... WHO tells you in your daily life, that you have to be perfect and have it all together?
if it's not put in words and told daily - doesn't mean it doesn't exist. there are so many other ways to deliver a message, and most of these massages are inbreed in us from the vey childhood
doesn't answer my question though...
lol i though it does. no one tells me in my daily life that i have to be perfect lol, what kind of toxic environment is that
well... exactly... so if you walk around telling yourself there is this huge pressure.. is there really? or is it coming from inside your own insecurities. the other answer you gave was very vague and who can possibly define that... if no one says it out loud, how is it a constant thing over someone's head then... i just wonder... :) that's just my thought take ir or leave it 🌺@@nativesiberian
there's no reason to worry about me. I'm not experiencing as much pressure because i am very self aware and can recognize most of negative thoughts right away. i know tho that these patterns and beliefs are true for millions of women around the globe - that's the reason i talk about it.
Poor Things is Anti-Barbie.
Bella is a better Weird Barbie.
Ken is more likeable than Duncan tho.
Swingy is a darker version of Ruth Handler.
Godwin is more relatable than Will Farrell’s CEO.