Bugonia

That's what I understand, promo😁
In Clover City, California, anyone could get to the Bugonia screening 10 days before the premiere of the wide-release film for free, but with a caveat: you will be shaved bald before watching.

Lanthimos did not disappoint, although the delight, as from the Poor, unfortunate, still did not happen. That doesn't change the fact that the final third is absolutely magnificent and one of the best this year.
I am very glad that there is a creative union between Yogros and Emma (of course, Jesse is also amazing), The next joint film probably won't be soon, but it's worth the wait.

P.S. For the Russian-speaking space, Don, the film adds a funny layer of irony.

This movie blew my mind 🤯🙃
I liked the poor wretches much more, but Lanthimos can be given credit for the originality of the plot.

In "Bugonia," the shocking twist that she's actually an alien rethinks the whole story-what seemed like an exploration of human manipulation becomes a reflection on difference, empathy, and what it really means to be human. Emma Stone, as always iconic, makes the character compelling and unforgettable.

The final third is great.
The rest is average. By the way, this is a remake.

"Types of kindness" and "Poor-unhappy" came out much better from Lanthimos.
I give 6.5 out of 10.

Well, everything is in the style of Lanthimos, as always spectacular, I shake his hand! 👽

Lanthimos is back in action and delivering a cool black comedy. It may be a remake of a Korean movie, but it still has its own vibe.

Lanthimos' films, in principle, are usually not for everyone and always divide the reviews into enthusiastic and completely opposite ones. As far as I'm concerned, the movie is crazy. unusual and sometimes absurd presentation, philosophical themes and hidden subtexts. the film explodes the brain, intrigues with its secrets and competently ridicules cliches.
I like this, as well as other films of this director. it always surprises with something in its crazy atmosphere.

and of course, a thousand advantages to Emma.
As good as ever🔥

Yorgos Lanthimos and Ari Astaire met once and gave something incredible!

Of course, I'm not a film expert and I rely only on my emotions and feelings, but this film is much cooler than the Oscar-winning "Anora". And yes, this is the third movie I've awarded an Oscar to this year, but why not?)

I liked this picture! The main advantage is the incomparable feeling when you really don't understand almost to the very end whether she's faking it or not? Is Plemons crazy or not? Although in any case, yes)) Magical music that makes everything inside turn upside down. True, in some scenes she was too majestic, but this is Lanthimos))

And, of course, it is impossible not to bypass the castes. How delicately the professional actors are chosen.
Despite the fact that I don't like Emma Stone, I don't like her looks or her raspy recognizable voice - I can't help but recognize her talent.

And how not to mention the debut of Aidan Delbin. Personally, he is unlikely to receive an award, but how cool is it for him anyway that his first role in his life is in an Oscar-nominated film. Well, he really has every chance of winning!
And Lanthimos? He deserves an Oscar. Everyone compares "Bugonia" to "The Poor, the Unfortunate" and "Kinds of Kindness," but I want to remind you that he also directed "The Lobster" and "The Killing of a Sacred Deer." And if Paul Thomas Anderson (Battle after Battle) and Del Toro (Frankenstein) already have awards, then it's time to give Lanthimos, at least for this film.


PS There is a separate respect for Green Day

I looked at the Korean original first.

He seems curious at first, but soon becomes overwhelmed and drawn out. All these lines with cops, detective, circus are boring. Very strange decisions - for the sake of a reference to the 2001 Space Odyssey - to insert a chronicle from the death camps, it's too much. But at the same time, the characters are convincing. And the most important thing is that you don't understand, before you move to the alien ship, whether the guy is really an alien or if he has a good tongue to talk plausible nonsense.

Everything seems to be better in Bugonia, which makes you falsely want to overestimate the rating. But the plausibility is crumbling. It's clear that one of the kidnappers is a moron, but the other one is convinced by the evidence. Instead of experimenting and torturing the headmistress, they give her the remedy to rub in herself, and then they drive the teas altogether. In the original, a man's feet were cut so that antihistamine could be rubbed directly into the wounds and he was electrocuted, not "tortured" with green day. And there's not much doubt, because the heroine repeatedly admits to being an alien. Although the scene with the disclosure story looks unconvincing, since we decided not to copy the demonstration.

There is a certain feeling that they wanted to make the film a subpoena, but disguised it. Therefore, at the beginning, the heroine says a text about diversity, but as if in a comedic way. As a result, the woman is shown in such a way as strong and independent, deciding the fate of civilizations. And the aliens consist mostly of women and blacks.

What I didn't understand was the flat Earth. Because the text about dinosaurs and Prometheus is taken from the original. But the Earth itself is represented as a model on an alien ship. And why is it that when it punctures the atmosphere, only people die? Do animals, birds, and insects stay alive?

Overall, the remake turned out to have a more interesting picture, but weaker, less convincing, and just as drawn out and tedious. I can't imagine who here can see a fantastic comedy. Because there is not a single funny moment here.

It's also funny that the domestic TV series The Planeteers was released this year. Literally the same thing, there's even a prince, but more down-to-earth and even comedic in places.

I've been hooked on this weird director lately.
Therefore, I knew that there would be a maximum of oddities and an interesting atmosphere.
As for the movie: almost the whole movie seemed like the guy was just a psycho, and she was indulging him, playing along to survive and you don't know who to sympathize with her or him. And in the end, it turns out he's not that kind of guy, he's crazy, and he's right.
Well, it's sad after the destruction of humanity, which was so easily destroyed by puncturing the transparent dome on the model of the earth in a spaceship.

I love Lanthimos so much, he's a great director and director. All his works are beautiful, each in its own way of course. You can't watch it in one gulp, you can catch an overdose of a few pictures, but damn how good it is. Emma is definitely a muse, she's sorry. Give this beauty another Oscar, please, what is she doing? For me, the best film of the year has been determined, thank you Lanthimos for being there.

I don't know what's wrong with me, but I expected the main twist right away from explaining the situation. I'm not familiar with the original, if anything. Maybe it was an understanding of what to expect from Lanthimos' work). And yet, I really liked the movie. He is far from being the undisputed (in my opinion) favorite in the filmography of the director of "The Poor, the Unfortunate", but again, for me this is the second place (well, I haven't watched "The Lobster" yet, I haven't watched it!). The two main advantages are, as is already customary, a gorgeous visual and an even more gorgeous Emma.

P.S. I also didn't understand why only people died.

P.P.S. combos and hats of extremely large knitting look shocking, but they are unlikely to ever become fashionable.

P.P.P.S. I can tolerate all kinds of theorists, but the flat-earthers are just infuriating, so at this point I swore from the bottom of my heart🥴

It's like it's a prequel to one of many

Basically, this is how I used to imagine typical everyday life in the office of the ren-TV channel. 👽🛸👾

I've seen the original, but it's still interesting to watch the remake. That's why the film will be everywhere as an entrance to Lanthimos.

Well, it went much further for me than "Types of kindness", it was more interesting to watch and I didn't want to sleep. We expect a twist, but it's no less interesting to watch.
P.S. Plemons didn't look too bad, or so it seemed to me.

Emma Stone is completely unceremoniously, immodestly and brazenly asking for a third Oscar!)

I also thought during the viewing process, if she "does not meet the expectations" of the kidnappers, then why all this? That's how it turned out, I guessed right. Well, the message is clear, an attempt to be brave without people.

It's crazy, but the movie keeps you on your toes. Because of the harsh loud music, it's a huge minus, it's impossible to watch at night, even the neighbors woke up, but that's not the reason they started to move.

Emma Stone was the focus of Bugonia's advertising campaign: just remember how often there were discussions about her shaved head. But in the film itself, she does not occupy a central place. The Greek director concentrates much more on the conspiracy theorist Teddy, played by the emaciated Jesse Plemons, who delivers one of the strongest performances of his career. The actor fascinatingly and frighteningly accurately tries on the image of an ambiguous, obsessed and slightly insane person who becomes a hostage to theories, fanaticism and loneliness.

I was very reminded of the movie "Cloverfield, 10" and the twist, of course not the twist, although we played a little skilfully at the end.

Very good. The Korean original is somehow more outrageous and rougher, although more comedic.

Was Emmie really shaved? About

Well, damn, the worst part here is the spoilers. No matter how they are hidden, everything comes out anyway. And there's no getting away from that now. Previously, you could only find out about the contents of a movie from a narrow circle of friends, but now you can literally find out from everywhere. And this, of course, spoils it. On the one hand, yes, it would be this turn, but on the other hand, everyone already knows that this turn will be, and now this turn would be a completely different turn. In short, you get it (hopefully).

And the movie is great. The confrontation between an incomprehensible aunt from the rich and strange and some kind of fucked-up conspiracy theorist turned out to be very cool. Nothing seemed to be happening, but I had a strange feeling. Really, you don't know who you're rooting for. And it's not that both are sympathetic... in the beginning, it's the other way around. No one is sympathetic. And then they give you details that gradually change your feeling and you don't know who to root for. And then... In general, it's a good movie.

The film holds the attention and surprises. Ari Astaire's hand as a producer is very tangible. It turned out to be a kind of mix of Lanthimos and Ari Astaire, I really like them both. Great. 5/5

I'll write a different opinion from others: the first two thirds of the film are cool and the last one is not-you know-what, just to surprise. As for me, the story of the fanatical kidnappers is much more interesting (yes, it's typical and not new, but it all depends on how it's shown, and it was shown great). And this "look at what wonderful aliens we've come up with, so that you'll all be surprised by this twist" - well, this:(

As in the director's previous works, "Bugonia" balances on the edge of black humor, surrealism and philosophical hints. However, this time, for the first time, Lanthimos is working not with an original idea, but with a remake of a South Korean film that is little known to a wide audience. and here the main question arises — did he manage to surprise and knock the ground out from under the viewer's feet again?

Unfortunately, for me personally— it's not completely true. despite the general tension and stylish presentation, the main plot twists are easily guessed in advance: the hanging guns are firing regularly, and the ending turns out to be too straightforward and unambiguous for the director, from whom you usually expect more risk and discomfort.

the acting trio, however, works flawlessly. Jesse Plemons stands out in particular — he literally attracts the eye and holds the attention until the very end. I really want to believe that this role will bring him well-deserved nominations and awards. 👏

6/10 🌟 is a film that strives to be provocative, but for me it has become neither truly strange nor truly authorial. The game of subtexts and hints seemed to have lost its former charm… or maybe he wasn't here in the first place.

The movie was dubbed by a Cube in a Cube, I'm running to watch =)

Unexpectedly, it's a great movie without too much hype. The dialogue part is a little too long, but that makes these twists look even cooler. 👍

Amazing! What an unusual director. 🙃 The setting of the shot at many moments is a delight
, the acting, especially Stone, is excellent, in my opinion there is not a drop of doubt in their phrases and actions
Towards the end, I started to worry a lot that the film might end corny, and then it wouldn't be particularly memorable for me and would be one of the "maniac movies" , but I was so happy about the ending . It's a great movie.

Despite the fact that the main twist was clear almost from the beginning, the film is still decent: moderately dynamic, beautiful and interesting. 👏🏼

I'm very skeptical about this movie, because the previous movie, "The Poor Wretches," turned out to be a complete mess that I tried to watch, but I never got over it. Mb I'll look at it one day. At least for the first 20 minutes.

Well, the end was disappointing. It would be better to leave the story of the crazy kidnappers!

Lanthimos is not cheating on himself, everything is very strange!)

Very well played. Stone and Plemons, it's like fire

I really liked it, I love such films with an unconventional idea and all sorts of oddities.

Ruthless people, or "the experiment is obviously unsuccessful."

Conspiracy theorist Teddy Gatz and his cousin Don kidnap Michelle Fuller, the head of the pharmaceutical conglomerate Auxolit. Teddy is convinced that Michelle is a representative of the Andromedan aliens. Michelle, "slightly" blown away by what is happening, tries in various ways to break out of prison, while Teddy is ready to do anything to get the hostage to meet with the leader of the aliens.

In my opinion, the film "Bugonia" has only one significant drawback. A few hours after watching it, I found out that it was a remake of the almost twenty-year-old South Korean film "Save the Green Planet!". It is rather ironic that two of the three films that I liked most from the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, "The Favorite" and, accordingly, "Bugonia", were not written by him. However, Lanthimos, even in projects based on other people's scripts, almost legally seeks the right to rework the script/final editing and all that sort of stuff. The remake script, by the way, was written by Will Tracy, who already has the thriller "Menu" (in many ways, by the way, in terms of the balance between drama and comedy, reminiscent of "Bugonia"), the mini-series "Mode" and several episodes of "Heirs". After reading the original version of the script, Efthymis Philippou, Lanthimos' regular collaborator, even exclaimed, "And why didn't I write it?!". Anyway, Bugonia is so much in the spirit and style of Lanthimos that it's impossible to notice any kind of trick. By the way, Ari Astaire ("Reincarnation", "Solstice") sent Will Tracy a link to the Korean original, advising him to pay attention to it. Astaire himself produced the film. Thus, "Bugonia" became the first collaboration of two very notable directors. This is an event for me, considering that I like the work of both Astaire and Lanthimos, but their latest works did not enter my mind at all. Unlike Bugonia, yes. But, on the whole, even for Lanthimos, it's a shame that initially it wasn't his idea or his friend Philippa's.

In general, "Buhonia" is such a "Red State" if Kevin Smith, as he initially assumed, would have gone to the end without abandoning his original plans due to budget constraints. Adjusted for the fact that Smith might have a mystique. The vector is slightly different here. Lanthimos had no problems with money, by the way - "Bugonia" suddenly became his most expensive film. They say it's even more expensive than the "Poor-unfortunate" ones. However, I would not say that this is particularly noticeable in terms of scale, although the picture (and Lanthimos' commitment in recent years to the seemingly defunct VistaVision format) does not disappoint.

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons are playing for all the money. Plemons, in his madness, is at the same time quite convincing, but at the same time, obviously driven. Since the fifth season of Breaking Bad, Plemons has been doing a great job in such roles. Stone, whose heroine repeatedly adapts to Teddy, trying to find the "key" to him, evokes both sympathy and pity, and this despite the fact that Michelle is without question a corporate-capitalist evil that everyone of us is familiar with one way or another. Of course, it helps that Stone allowed herself to have some kind of procedure in reality. Not Christian Bale with a few tens of kilograms of weight loss, but also impressive, especially for a girl. Well, debutant Aidan Delbis played an autistic brother superbly.

Some Western critics suffered paralysis of consciousness from the finale. Like, the message is kind of murky. Like, what's going on, huh?! I don't know, the ending is logical and perfect for me. That was the case when it was possible to ruin everything with an understatement, and Lanthimos went all in. In the original, plus or minus, as far as I understand, everything ends similarly, but it's been almost a quarter of a century since its premiere, and now it's an American movie where it's impossible for "white trash" to be right about something. Even if it's a black comedy, it's still a comedy that's better not to take too seriously, even if there's enough reason to think about it against the background of all the surrealism of what's happening.

Lanthimos goes on a sabbatical after "Bugonia", during which he will shoot landscapes of his native Greece. Let's hope that the director "left, but will definitely return" in the very near future. Otherwise, his madness will be missed.

Rating: 5 Sacred Bee kills out of 5

I don't understand why I watched it at all, in the end I was just minding my own business and he was walking in the background.

I'm fucked up, of course. I am not familiar with the films of this director. It's interesting to watch, very unusual, and the ending is of course. I mean, he opened up and fucked everyone up, but the ending. Emma is gorgeous, but Jessie Plemons is just like that. He's great to play like this, worthy of an Oscar, and Jordan will be given for playing himself.

"good luck, babe!"

It's a great movie, and you seem to doubt what's going on until the end. The picture is just brilliant, and Emma Stone is shining again.

When I found out that the Poor wretches and Bugonia were filmed by the same person, everything suddenly fell into place. Even all the questions have disappeared.

Lantis is gorgeous. I wanted her to be an alien and confirm Ted's theory at the same time, and I didn't want him to get caught and turn out to be a paranoid nut.
The last shots are incomparably like frozen paintings.

I told the whole ending at about the tenth minute of the movie and... I was not mistaken. I was expecting "Cloverfield, 10", but I got a bunch or a stretched series from a black mirror. God, if only she turned out to be a Terminator from the future, why would she make such an obvious twist?

The acting is good and beautifully shot, but otherwise not very good. You can still somehow watch up to the last 10 minutes, and then...
it's a bit tedious, it pulls out a Jesse Plemons movie. A purely subjective opinion, not a single Lanthimos film has been released yet. Probably not my director.

A masterpiece!! I really liked the movie, I just couldn't get off the screen for the whole 2 hours. For the first 10 minutes, I thought it was bullshit, but nooo, how incredible and addictive it turned out to be. Well, the ending... It was really unexpected, although at some points I thought that something was wrong here - it came true. Overall, I fell in love with Emma Stone again and I highly recommend the film!

P.S. Now he's my favorite Oscar nominee.

And people are trying to prove to me that Mark Zuckerberg is not an Andromedan. 🤦♂️😂

Can you explain to me why the policeman apologized to the hero of Plemons? I must have missed something)