Poor Things is like a much, much more accessible The Lobster. It is almost as good as Everything Everywhere All At Once which is an unbelievable compliment. See it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlbR5N6veqw
@codinghorror Everytime I see the promotional photos, I think that the lead actor is Paul F Tompkins and not Mark Ruffalo, and I get disappointed, because Paul should work more.
"If you encounter any problems, any tensions, any arguing, that you cannot resolve yourselves, you will be assigned children, that usually helps." oh man The Lobster. So good. Bur Poor Things is the best intro. If you like that, go for The Lobster next.
@codinghorror I imagine I will very much like Poor Things, but as someone who really did not like EEAAO (but appreciate those who do), I abide by different strokes for different folks.
@codinghorror@u47 EEAAO felt gimmicky to me, like Inception or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It also had too much of a “we need to hit the Korean market” marketing feel to it.
@ristkof@u47 well, ok, but the academy awards disagree with you 11 times, so objectively.. uh.. that's let's say a "rare" opinion. ;) I could also cite metacritic, but we're good :)
@codinghorror@u47 that's ok, I disagree with the academy awards often. But not always: I loved Nomadland (2021), for instance. CODA (2022) I haven't seen (hadn't even heard of the film).
They're not the holder of "objective good taste” anyway (I'd even argue that that doesn't exist), and they have a lot of clear misses to prove it (quick google: https://parade.com/1350972/maramovies/oscar-snubs/ )
@codinghorror@u47 now you're trolling right? 11 is not HUGE. That’s one less than 12, which is still not huge. And even it was a gazillion, which is a big number, I'd still not change my mind over it and it’d still not make it an “objective good taste”-o-meter.
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