1/10/2019 1 Comment The Favourite (2018)Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
The Favourite is based on English Queen Anne's story. It is mostly true with some fictional interpret on her relationship with Sarah Churchill. IN the movie, when a girl who claims to be Sarah's cousin, Abigail arrives, two women start to crave and fight for the closest spot next to the Queen. It is so messed up, witty, funny and sarcastic at the same time. I just watched Yorgos Lanthimos's The Lobster and I compared him to one of my favorite directors Wes Anderson. So I might as well keep comparing this movie with Anderson's by far the most well-known movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel: 1) One of the most obvious similarities I noticed right away is that both of them are separated in chapters. In The Favourite, every chapter begins with a line that will appear in the later plot. The chosen line is either very funny, weird or important to the development of the plot. 2) The use of colors are particularly noticeable to me in both of the movies. Now anyone who watched The Grand Budapest Hotel would remember the main color of the movie, pink. The whole movie is filled fairy-tale colors, pastel and warm. However the colors in The Favourite, just like the picture above, is cool toned. They provide the audiences a feeling of cloudy and rainy days in England. They also compromise the story pretty well, a tense and dangerous atmosphere. Lanthimos could easily become one of my favourite directors when he comes out with more works. This movie made me become interested in history again. I read the history behind the story and it only makes the movie more intriguing. The Favourite is definitely a dark and messed up comedy, which I enjoy very much (yeah, the old me). I definitely recommend knowing a little bit of the background of what kind of person was Queen Anne and her relationship with Sarah Churchill. *Spoiler*The relationship between Sarah Churchill, Abigail and Queen Anne is so intense and interesting, it never gets you bored during the entire movie. The personal development of the three characters is also well-written and the pace is just right. Queen Anne was very much a puppet controlled by Sarah. She heavily relies on Sarah mentally, emotionally and physically. It gave me a little bit of shock when their secret loving relationship was revealed. I was like "that's where everything goes down, nice." But after Abigail shows up, audiences will naturally stand by her side because of her "innocence" appearance and passive condition. As the story goes on, audiences start to gradually notice the evil side of her until the last 10 minutes where she turned completely into a generally bad human being. Audiences' emotion, at least mine, was kind of swinging back and forth towards all of the characters. *Still Spoiler* Some people say that the ending was unnecessary but I didn't mind it at all. I like open endings. So here's my interpret: Queen Anne sent people to pick up Sarah. She lets Abigail to massage her legs, which is too shameful for the current Lady Abigail. And there is footstep sound in the background (I think)--Sarah came back, the one and the only favourite. Love it. My type of movie. Rating: 9.3/100
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