watching *POOR THINGS* for the first time was SUCH a WEIRD experience!! (Movie Reaction/Commentary)
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Please please watch "midnight runners" the Korean movie I promise you will not be disappointed 😂😂😂😂😂😂 please 🥺
The color represents development. When we're born we first see black and white. As we grow, colors are vibrant and bright, and when we mature the colors mute and balance
There's parts early on where sepia creeps over the black and white into the corners or blotched over trees, it's very cool
not only that but when the screen is b&w bella is kind of “captive” in that house, and can’t rlly do what she wants which is leaving to explore the outside world. and then when the screen starts to have colors bella is ouside, free, exploring, curious and fascinated by the world. she was a prisoner in a way at first but then she’s free
@darylridingamotorcycle666 That's a good point too!!
the conversation in this movie about women being preyed on at all stages of life/being something to own or the object of a man's desire (be it for sex or experiments) is very fascinating. glad you guys liked it lol great video
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Rob: I cannot imagine someone going to the theater and watching this.
Me who's seen in 3 times in the theater: 😢
My second hand embarrassment could never - rob
Lucky I only saw it twice
One time in theaters for the first time experience, second time in theaters to watch other movie goers lose their mind
@@ReelTimeYTNow just imagine going to see it with your dad not knowing how graphic the sex scenes were gonna be lmao
I loved watching it in the theatre cause the reaction from the audience was amazing 😂 plus it was worth it to see the beautiful set design on a huge screen
I love when you say "this is a totally different person" in the bridge escene, that shows how well Emma Stone understood the assignment
I’ll forever use the phrase “furious jumping” 😂
i fucking love how at 13:20 you can see a glimpse into each one of the guys personalities 😂 Bryce is digusted, Zuff is intrigued and Rob is shocked.
I was shocked at how much I loved this movie. It started off with, "WTF am I watching?" and ended up with me feeling absolutely inspired by Bella Baxter. The story was amazing, the sets/cinematography/costumes etc fantastical, and the acting tremendous. Such an original and excellent film.
Rob looked mortified through most of it
"She tried to grab my hairy business ". Yo i swear i fell out 😂😂😂
I can’t speak to whether or not she deserved the award over Gladstone, but what I can say is that there wasn’t a single moment I wasn’t convinced by Emma’s performance. One of the best I’ve seen in recent memory.
I don't think any of those women wanted to win over her
I'll speak for you, she definitely deserved it and gave the performance of the year, one of the best actress win in many years
She was great, but not over Sandra sorry.
@@levadamusicThe acting category has absolutely NOTHING to do with the story.
Emma stone definitley had the performance of the year.
Emma Stone took home her second Oscar for Best Actress and the film won for Best Makeup, Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.
I think people stuck on the baby brain are missing the major metaphor the movie works on. It doesn’t make sense if you take it literally, also in a world of duck dogs there a lot of belief suspension 😂
Really well said! It was a tough sell for several people in my life, impossible in fact, to convince them to watch this to because of that part of the premise. Meanwhile I did get my mom to watch it, and she's pretty resistant to fantasy/Sci fi settings... and she just won't stop raving about how brilliant this film is. How apt the metaphors are. If you give yourself over to it and can ever open yourself to the ideas in this, it's really something special.
@jeffblue19onTwitterthat’s literally the point. Men make bad judgements and decisions that affect women’s growth, development, and health all the time. Bella even comes to realize this at the end when she returns to find that Max and God have created a second creature. The movie is full of points like this, and yes, it’s supposed to be awful and horrifying. That’s partly what the filmmakers were trying to say.
@jeffblue19onTwitter it’s distasteful of course, but I immediately recognized it as men loving the infantilization of women and her growth as women’s agency. The metaphors do the heavy lifting. I greatly agree with the criticisms of over sexualization. Also none of the things Bella did were realistic for a baby, more like an adult relearning speech or to walk again post trauma. But I understand if people can’t see through the trope.
I think they're also missing the part where the movie made that choice deliberately to say something about men who prey on women who are more vulnerable (whether they be young or not)
This movie was an adventure start to finish. Loved all the wonderfully weird characters and visuals. You three cringing on and off throughout gave me the giggles. 😂
14:16 Rob & Bryce simultaneously realize what's happening. 😂
Also, to elaborate on what Rob said, Alfie was going to have FGM (female gen*tal mutilation) performed on Bella, which was a cruel practice done to control women, essentially making s*x for them anywhere from utterly unsatisfying to horribly painful.
Yorgos Lanthimos puts out the most absurd but interesting movies. You don’t have to react to these on the channel but if you liked Poor Things i would recommend watching his other works like The Lobster, Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Favourite
This is a top 3 movie of the year for me. Truly special and original.
I saw most of it, man using women in different stages of life. Bella trying and unphased to learn the world around her with and without the opinions of others affecting her life choices.
My favorite thing about your reactions is Rob and Bryce reacting to Zuff😂
One of the most interesting takes on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein I’ve ever watched.
I feel this is the version Mary wanted to write but in her time ruled by men it was a miracle that a book by a Woman would ever be published, do she had to center it from a man's viewpoint.
you guys need to see margaret qualley in MAID. she is FANTASTIC
Yes, id love to see a reaction to the series!
You guys should watch all of us strangers next beautiful movie
Yesssss
I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH I’m so happy you guys are reacting! It’s incredible and Mark is hilarious lol
35:37 their faces😂
"your musty establishment of good-time fornication" is probably the best euphemism for a brothel, ever.
I also was hopeful she was going to put Godwin's brain into that imbicile. Lol.
Haha I’m so ready for this
Haha right!
It’s visually stunning … and the music… so hauntingly beautiful ❤️🎵
I am addicted to watching POOR THINGS reactions 🤣 It's almost more fun than watching it the first time. Yorgos Lanthimos' previous film, THE FAVOURITE is also amazing and less sexually explicit
“he didn’t kidnap her she wanted to go”- she has the brain of a very small child 🫥
The Green Goblin and The Incredible Hulk walk into a room with Gwen Stacy.
I saw this in the movie theatre without knowing what it was about, and I don't think I've ever been more uncomfortable watching a movie in public.😂
My boyfriend watched Saltburn in theatres with his family, apparently it was the most uncomfortable he has ever been in his life 😂
People are so fixed and I like that it made me uncomfortable
I wasn't uncomfortable (but I live in a very "unprudish" city in a very "unprudish" country - as a kid there were naked people on tv all the time), but the closest I've been to being uncomfortable in a movie theater when I went to see Blue Is The Warmest Colour with my parents. That's like a twenty minute sex scene for no reason and my parents and I just glanced at each other like "yeah".... haha! Cannot recommend the movie, besides the pointless exploitative sex scenes, it was just not that good a movie.
She doesn’t have a “baby brain”. When she starts touching herself is because she reached puberty. You can see her growth process by the way she dresses and talks more appropriately also by the length of her hair. The idea of the movie is that this woman committed suicide but when God changed her brain she rediscovers the world all over again and falls in love with it, by the end she’s not afraid anymore because she knows she has control of her life.
Except that she is not the same woman from before. She didn't "rediscover", she discovered for the first time. There isn't a "anymore" because she was never afraid. Bella and Victoria are not the same person, they are totally different women.
This is entirely wrong.
She literally has a different brain, and is an infant who you are watching grow up through the movie.
The woman who committed suicide is no longer in that body.
Oh my god of course they’re not the same person that’s OBVIOUS. I meant to say that’s the morality of the story. When i say that she rediscovers the world i mean that the body experiences the world twice with very different perspectives.
She does have a baby brain when she starts touching herself. She is also roughly mentally 7 in the book at that point so it lines up with the adaptation. The people above are also right, she's not "rediscovering" anything
@@camilarevinski8521 the body doesn't experience anything. The mind does it.
Yoo, I was going to the movies alone without having watched the trailer or anything, but then my mom was like "hey, why don't we make this a family trip?" and I ended up in a movie theatre with MY MOM, STEPDAD AND STEPBROTHER.... Awkward doesn't begin to cover it.
Well, ive seen it in the theater blind and it was one of the best cinema experiences ive had soooo..yea
I guess it depends on your personality. Someone who enjoys deeper movies, storytelling and cinematography will absolutely enjot this alot.
It was also a dark comedy which surprised me in a good way
The movie really isn’t that deep… it hits almost all of the thematic notes of your average Frankenstein story.
@@YourBlackLocal are you implying Frankenstein isn't deep or doesn't explore deep messages?
@@アキコ2003 I'm implying Frankenstein can tell the same themes without the shock value, and having that shock value didn't make those themes any deeper.
@@YourBlackLocal there is no shock value in this movie. Unless you're a virgin conservative
@@アキコ2003 ??? Right... because watching your main character have sex over and over again, is something that's usually in movies...
Who else caught the Princess bride reference from Rob😂 “MaRRIage!”
not only are you guys my favourite reaction channel, but you're the only channel to react to my favourite movie of 2023
Emma's brilliant performance aside. Mark was the next best performance out of the cast. It sucks that he lost the award to RDJ who, played himself in Oppenhiemer.
You could say...that general was the GOAT.
_(ba dum tss)_
38:09 "she ruined him" excuse me? He ruined himself
They just repeated what he said
Been waiting for this one I really liked this movie i get the concept can be off putting but I thought the performances we’re outstanding from all Emma transforms through the film she deserved that Oscar imo but it’s mark ruffalo who was the surprise for me so hilarious he was my best supporting actor pick for the Oscar great reaction as always guys
“It was obvious. I took the infants brain out and put it in the body of a full grown woman .” So nonchalantly 😂😂😂😂
Zuff’s monologue on night lights and monsters was probably my favorite part of this video
Ya'll gotta look up the meme of Emma Stone and Ryan Gossling before and after Poor Things....its so accurate XD
OMGGG I’m so happy you guys decided to react to this movie I enjoy your reactions they’re always so fun
I never would have thought you would watch this, especially because of the editing for your channel must have been mad!
I love this film. I wish Mark would have won the Oscar for Supporting Actor, but RDJ was due as well.
00.30 "She's probably one of my favorite actresses.". Lol. Prepare to drop the "probably". 🙏❤️
Clicked immediately, this should be fun
This was such a good movie idc what anyone says lol
Just commenting before watching you watch this…you’re not readyyyy 😂😂😂
Didn’t watch the trailer and went to see it blind with a friend in theaters, one of the biggest movie surprises I’ve ever had. I enjoyed it but h*rny Frankenstein (what my friend and I call it when talking about the movie) was definitely a movie that amazed and disgusted me at the same time. I defiantly didn’t know how to feel after.
Good day for Bella Baxter
i went to the theater watching this with friends and i didn‘t know a thing about it. I was a bit traumatized (not really but you know what i mean) but what impressed me a lot was the picture design, sceneries and the sky. i loved it
Mark is such a funny character in this, i hope he do more comedy
I saw this on my bday last month my best friend and I went in blind and we were seriously contemplating walking out everyone in our theater we’re traumatized from what we witnessed
Thanks to Bryce, Rob and Zuff! 👶➡👩 I love this one. I hope you'll see other titles by director Yorgos Lanthimos. The first I ever saw of his is THE LOBSTER (2015). I loved it... and have loved everything of his I've seen since. They're all unusual... not *as* unusual as this one, though.
Shocked!! And THRILLED to see a reaction to this. Love!
Dude I just watched Poor Things for the first time a few days ago!! Had originally planned to see it in the theater with my mom. Can say I'm glad that didn't pan out.
lol I wasn’t planning on seeing this movie, but if it’s filtered through you guys I might give it a shot
Imagine being told that you are both your baby and your mother.
I’m so so happy for this reaction!!!
There were only 5-6 people in the theater when I watched it, it was awkward but I was the only one laughing during the whore house scenes 😂
Same here.
So excited for this reaction, but even more excited you guys will be watching Sharp Objects!
Also, when you do get to the Sharp Objects finale, please please please don't stop watching until the credits are done rolling!
loooove poor things. did not expect this story but i loved it.
you need to watch maid with margaret qualley and nick robinson, it's gonna be amazing
Poor Things is a good movie---that I don’t disagree with. But it might have done with some writing improvements.
There's a reason it swept the Oscars' visual categories. The stunning quasi-technicolor visuals, quirky fisheye angles (though I agree with Rob that those were crazy in some places lol)---the aesthetic in general was really cool and I enjoyed it. Some hating people say it overly focuses on style over substance, but I don't find that true either; imo it's actually layered in its character work. For example, I agree with Bryce about God becoming kinda likable by the end because his initial portrayal as this cold, scientific man ("she's an experiment" etc...) is slowly explained (glimpses into his childhood abuse at the hands of his scientist father who seemingly considered him a specimen before he was a son) and subverted (him letting Bella go even when McCandles is still hesitant) in a subtle and consistent way. It's no "Taxi Driver" or whatever but its character work holds up, methinks.
But I just think the central plot line---exploring the awakening and reclamation of women's sexuality as analogous to a child's development---is too outlandish and creepy for most people to swallow... and rightfully so. I've racked my brain for possible improvements. Best I can come up with is having the brain be an alien's rather than a literal baby. Then we still get the novelty of an uninitiated brain exploring a new world without the bizarre/creepy feelings. I guess the issue with that is it's not captivating enough.
IDK, I just think I've seen the most obtuse, copium takes ('if you're weirded out by the baby-brained-protagonist having sex every 2 seconds you're not imaginative enough to appreciate/understand it" and things like this) from people who (like me) wanna like the film or at least recognize what it's trying to do but can't square that up with the clearly weird premise. I think it's fine to be honest and say it was uncomfortable. Maybe that was the point.
Anyway, Yorgos is developing a cool catalogue and is probably someone to watch out for in the coming years, but I'll be side-eyeing him if he ever puts out something this crazy again, lmao.
Loved you guys' reaction as usual!
I think you are completely missing the point of why it had to be a baby’s brain. The fact that it’s damn creepy is exactly the point.
I also completely disagree that the movie is about “awakening and reclaiming woman’s sexuality”. I see this as a movie about a woman trying to explore a world without a background of following society’s rules. She wasn’t raised to be a woman in those times, she was raised as a human experiment, so she does what she wants and ignores the prejudices of what she is ‘supposed’ to do. And yes, that INCLUDES sexuality, but it’s not only about it. She feels like an equal to everyone so she asserts herself the same way making others play by those rules too. For example Mark Ruffalo’s character expected her to be all sad and weepy that he was using her for her body, but not only she wasn’t sad about it, she was also having fun and using him for his body back. That unexpected reaction to his actions was what made him fall in love with her
Her being a baby was supposed to make you uncomfortable and more sympathetic towards her as she was constantly used and constrained by the men around her. People kept deceiving her, and as a child, she couldn’t know any better. Like that man who wanted to find out on which side her skin was “softer” as an excuse to touch her body in intimate places. If you don’t find that rightfully disgusting, I don’t know what to tell you.
Not a single sex scene of this movie was there for funsies and didn’t serve SOME purpose. When the movie didn’t need for sex scenes (on the ship for instance), they were not there
I started this movie with cautious curiosity and ended up absolutely loving it. It’s in my all time top list for sure.
i love that you guys watch love island
This film gives me vibes of:
- Frankenstein
- Pygmalion
- Flowers for Algernon
- Corps Bride
- The lighthouse
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When she tells the priest "You have a gift, my friend," he replies, "C'est une malediction." = "It is a curse."
Now please watch The Favourite!!! Also from Yorgos and Emma starring, it’s amazing
Was too lazy to watch this movie. Thanks for this 😂
My mom and I did not know what we were walking into when we went to go see the movie for her birthday and boy was
I glad that we decided that just us two would go together instead of bringing the rest of the family which would have included my 10 year old brother, my 9 year old sister, & my 13 year old sister. (dad too but he's not a kid so wouldn't have had to worry about him😂)
i saw in on the cinema here in Brazil and people were laughing a lot during the film haha i feel like americans are so prudish when it comes to sex scenes.
Frenchman here. Same happened in the theater I was in. Yeah, young Americans are getting more and more prudish, it's annoying.
you're right, i've noticed that before, they really are weird about it....
i'm latino and saw this movie in london and people were laughing and just having fun
I am in southamerica, in a smaller city, and the cinema was full and everyone was laughing and having a good time.
i went to the cinemas to watch this and i was uncomfortable throughout was so tempted to leave at certain points. now i understand why it’s rated an 18 😭
You guys need to watch on my block it’s so good
I love the dance scene. I saw an interview where the director said that Emma is a very good dancer so it was hard for her but it was easy for Mark as he is a bad dancer.
you guys should watch the first omen! it's a really good prequel.
You don't mention it so I'm not sure if you know, but this movie is based on a book by the Scottish writer Alasdair Gray, so that's a Scottish accent Dafoe is doing, even though the setting has been supposedly moved from Glasgow to London. The story in film and book is broadly the same, but the weird steampunk atmosphere is unique to the movie and the book has an extra element that is not in the film. It's definitely worth reading.
Here we go haha
Ya'll.....I finally caved and watched it last night so I could watch this reaction....and I'm already getting second hand embarrassment for you guys!
Guys... I saw this in the cinema with my mother.
uh oh this one? Good luck Rob
haha...yup. One of the poor things is Rob.
Loved this movie and the way it discussed such a disturbing topic…although will not recommend watching with family esp my young sister ( I had no idea what the movie was about before watching😂)
I really want to watch this, but I don't know if I can handle Zuff today. Let's see...
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Y'all should've watch this stoned 😂
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Omg...
I think this movie is visually gorgeous but the fact that SotS lost to this for makeup makes me upset 😂
I absolutely love this movie.
Honestly, it's a movie! People just lost the artistic license sense of criticism.
C'mon no one watched twilight thinking Bella (oh we have a fav name here) was in a relationship with a 117 y man!
so the guy on the left... what's his deal? not trying to be disrespectful, but all the ticks, fidgeting, eyeballs? pretty sure some kind of a neurological disease of some sort. just asking what it is. Mad respect for him fighting through it to make these videos.
Bella is truly iconic! 💗
I have mixed feelings on his film. Overall, I consider it somewhere between a “good” and “very good” film, but it could have been great. Just a general statement…there was a run from the late ‘80’s through around 2010 where there we had some truly outstanding films in all sorts of different genres. It feels like there’s only been a handful of decent movies since then. 😕 To be fair, the number of outstanding shows/series has exploded. Guess it’s a trade off. It’s probably almost entirely the result of digital streaming.
Anyway, this film is visually stunning. Emma’s performance was really fabulous. The translation of the Frankenstein story was done in an intriguing/unique way. But I just wish it would have more consistently taken on the wider view of the human experience…it felt like it ended up on sex-obsessed detour. I promise, I’m not a prude. 😂 I get that sexuality is a part of the human experience - I don’t mind a sex scene or two, a bit of nudity. But it was gratuitous here - far more than what was needed to tell the story. It was more distracting, and therefore detracting, than additive. Just my opinion. 🤷♀️
i don't really like this movie but the cinematography was incredible and mark ruffalo hilarious
I saw this in the theatre with my daughter (27). She hated it more than I did lol
The accents are not a meme
Willem dafoe sounds Scottish not Irish.