THE FAVOURITE POWER RANKINGS

1. Horatio: The Fastest Duck in the City
2. Nicholas Hoult?
3. Sandy Powell
4. Rachel Weisz
5. the bunny from the end. you'll know the one.
6. Olivia Colman
7. the naked dancing man who looks *way* too much like James Corden
8. Emma Stone
9. taylor swift's neo-nazi boyfriend from Operation Finale

oh my god. you guys are sure as hell aren’t ready for this movie. It’s fucking bonkers. It’s this year’s the lobster for lanthimos. I deeply fell in love with the cinematography, the dark comedic script and the costume design especially for me who loves these kind of films. rachel is fantastic, olivia is amazing and for emma, my queen deserves a oscar nom because I feel like this is a much better performance than la la land. I can’t not wait to see this again with a much bigger crowd.

i’m bloody cuntstruck

It might just be mine too.

OHFHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD??????????????????????????????????????????
OH MY GOD???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

update now that i've gathered my thoughts: this is my favorite movie of the year. The Favourite is to Yorgos Lanthimos’s filmography what The Departed was to Scorsese’s: A burst of focused and uncompromising energy to remind you how long overdue the supremely talented filmmaker behind it is for acclaim and accolades. If you have any doubts about Lanthimos working off a screenplay that's not his own you need to dispel them immediately because he elevates this film far beyond anything, period piece or not, that you've seen before.

"i shall have you stripped and whipped."
"i'm waiting."

Peak Emma Stone. An electrifying Rachel Weisz. A masterclass by Olivia Colman. And the second coming of Stanley Kubrick.

Devilish. Unhinged. Outrageous. A riveting royal madness. Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite is one of the best movies of the year. Highly recommended.

The Scorecard:
Direction: ★★★★★
Acting: ★★★★★
Writing: ★★★★½
Editing: ★★★★½
Visuals: ★★★★★
Sound: ★★★★★
Entertainment: ★★★★½
Overall Rating: ★★★★½

In addition to just looking cool, one of the main effects that a fisheye lens has is leaving you unable to forgot about the presence of the camera. This is especially true when that camera, with that lens, is panning. Yorgos Lanthimos does just that, and often, in his newest film, The Favourite. Your typical, staid and handsome costume drama set in the early 18th century would generally rather you not think about the camera and thus break the illusion of being transported to the past. But what Lanthimos does is typical only to himself...

Read the full review at Battleship Pretension:
battleshippretension.com/afi-fest-2018-the-favourite-by-david-bax/

Bizarre Love Triangle

A picture of the poisonous power of envy.

The fisheye shots never stopped being distracting for me, but that last shot was beautiful. Reminded me of the golden shot in Under the Skin.

SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Y’all motherfuckers ain’t ready for this one. Might as well start engraving Olivia Colman’s Oscar now.

honestly, if i was given absolute power of a country, i would act almost identically to olivia colman in this movie

Embora nada convencional e divertido na medida do possível, “A Favorita” perde com a ausência do nome de Yorgos Lanthimos nos créditos do roteiro assinado por Deborah Davi e Tony McNamara. Fica a sensação de que a interferência do grego no texto, que é cheio de um coloquialismo quase anacrônico, elevaria o filme em seu sarcasmo.

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+ Cobertura da 42ª Mostra: goo.gl/V1xNJr

Absolutely fucking hilarious!!! Beautifully done Yorgos!

This is pretty great for an extended Monty Python sketch