The Favourite

the favourite is one of the most unique movies i've ever seen. usually when you think period piece, especially victorian era, you think stanley kubrick's 'barry lyndon'. this movie bares a key feature; slow moving, almost still cameras. but yorgos lanthimos' 'the favourite' is the complete opposite of that. sporadic cameras that almost become a character of their own, and the frequent fisheye lens shot just to reveal the absurdity of the situation.
and it is a very absurd movie. if you really think about it, it's all very silly, almost akin to playground drama. everyone acts like spoiled children (case in point, the queen), and a part that makes me especially laugh is the dancing scenes as they reminded me of the bird mating rituals you'd see on a david attenborough documentary.
more on the queen, i think it's a great decision to have the person with the most power be the least mature, and the people who serve her subtly manipulating her. olivia coleman does a perfect job (as she always does, she's probably my top 5 actresses) as this simple, naive person who has obviously been comforted her whole life and never suffered any hardships. everyone else is stellar too, and i can see why emma stone is yorgos' favourite actor as their styles complement each other so well.
overall, i think you have to have such a creative and genius mind to come up with an idea like this, let alone make it work, and it was so enjoyable as my introduction to yorgos.