Poor Things!

"Poor Things" is a cinematic masterpiece, blending stark black-and-white with intensely vivid colors to highlight the protagonist's journey. The shifting camera angles, enriched by vivid imagery and exuberant costumes, complement the stellar performances of Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo, who breathe life into characters inspired by Alasdair Gray's novel.

It's macabre, weird, peculiar, satirical and refreshingly outstanding, offering a different perspective of Dr. Frankenstein as a character. If you can survive the gore and the moral conundrums of the whole experience, the cringe-inducing sex scenes with a weird depiction of the unwanted men who frequent the French establishment, you will be very glad that you stuck around.

The feminist undertones in the movie are thought-provoking, and the movie is so associable with the forgotten curiosity and exuberance of youth. We see through Bella the need to explore and the quest for adventure. I related a lot to the movie, especially during our times plagued by wars that cause human suffering and the realization as you get older of how cruel people can be. I don't want to take a cynical tone, but empirical data proves otherwise.

Subjectively, I don’t agree with the movie's point that you have to degrade yourself to find yourself. We don’t have to experience unhealthy relationships, toxic relationships, or harm in order to achieve a state of elevated wholeness.

Yorgos Lanthimos' work of art, supported by the stellar performance of the cast to portray this eccentric film, might make you feel like needing to take a long shower afterward, but you will not be forgetting it any time soon. More than you can say about the Marvel trash you watch.