Both of these films have been on my list in the last year, The Favourite at the top. The trailer had tantalised me for so long and the idea of a strange examination of Queen Anne's sapphic's relations with two women from the director of the Lobster just appealed to me. The cinematography was probably more unusual than I'd assumed, the fish-eye lens only one main characteristic. Since I'm alright with Lynch's approach to filmmaking, I could tolerate it in the way others may have found annoying. Olivia Coleman earned her Oscar. Rachel Weiss was brilliant and Emma Stone is my fucking hero. Easily her best performance. It wasn't a perfect film, even if I'd tolerated the cinematic approach, I did find it probably too much by the end. Otherwise it's an enjoyable romp and there's so much to love that I can't wait to see it again. Bear in mind, I did have to go searching outside of paid services to watch this because Netflix takes too long to gain the rights to their films and I was sick of waiting, but I'd probably buy this on DVD. I've been increasingly infuriated with streaming services failing to really capitalise on the popularity of a movie and move to grab it before another service might, however they've been fixated on original content that not everyone will want to see, and it appears to be at the cost of acquiring these sorts of films. I thought since they'd gotten the Lobster, the Favourite would surely make it there. Unless it's only gone to the US, and since our cinema releases aren't always in time with the US, we have to wait longer for shit to drop on streaming services, too.
My Friend Dahmer has been out for a lot longer, and could've easily been bought by one streaming service but sadly I did have to go looking elsewhere. This is a slow burn of a film, and don't expect anything graphic. The examination of Dahmer's descent into madness was probably more interesting than what he went on to do, which becomes the epilogue of the film. There are teasing moments of tension but for the most part this didn't really have me as engaged as I'd hoped from the trailer. There were scenes that could've been shaved back without losing anything, but it illustrated that unlike some of his contemporaries, Dahmer was more someone starved of love and understanding in a time that frowned upon his certain desires, and his inability to form healthy bonds with people most likely drove him to murder. I've found him more fascinating as a murderer than most case studies, I did see one documentary some time ago. I believe the confessions came from a want to end his turmoil and he was prepared to be killed in prison. Ross Lynch delivers. If you're not feeling some degree of sympathy for Dahmer by the end of this, I'd be surprised. Alex Wolff, who've I've seen in other things and notably starred in the Hereditary (which I'm meaning to watch but waiting for an evening I can stomach the content - someone's review of the Suspiria remake put me off going down that road when I'd been keen to see it), gives a great, sympathetic portrayal of Jeffery's close friend. I didn't know anything about this friend of course, so I wasn't sure what his fate would be as others may have been. This was based on the graphic novel of the same name. Again, if you're waiting for something really grotesque from this, you're not going to see much. Still a pretty great film and one I'd probably watch again and enjoy.
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