“Poor Things” or “Orange Days”?

David and I have different tastes when it comes to movies. Recently, he watched “Poor Things,” which won an Oscar and Golden Globe award this year. It’s a raunchy porn film, in my opinion. The female lead (Emma Stone) is a nymphomaniac, who engages in wild sex with a guy she is not engaged or married to. The sex scenes in this movie are so graphic that they leave nothing to the imagination. To me, it’s disgusting. But, David loved it. The whole premise of the story is crazy, i.e., a goat’s brain can be surgically implanted in a human, and when the human awakens, he immediately behaves like a goat. Yes, “Poor Things” is supposed to be a comedy. You’ll need a weird sense of humor to appreciate it.

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Meanwhile, I watch Asian dramas on Netflix.

“Orange Days” is a Japanese movie about a young violinist, who goes deaf. She tries to play the violin in an orchestra, but is kicked out, because she is “dissonant,” being unable to hear the pitch of the notes she is playing. She has more success playing solo piano in a hotel. She imagines the music in her head as her fingers stroke the keys, but, sadly, she cannot hear a single note. Eventually, she has surgery. Some hearing is restored, and she is able to function better in society. I loved the music she played in this movie. Beautifully done.

As you know, I am a violinist, who studied music in New York and Hawaii. I can’t imagine going deaf. What an ordeal that would be. It got me thinking about how I take my ability to hear as well as see for granted. It would be dreadful to lose either sense.

However, if I had to choose, I would want to keep my ability to see. I am more dependent on my eyes than on my ears. I cannot imagine the hardship I would have to endure if I could no longer read, write, cook, drive, or find things in my house. Blindness would be devastating and intolerable. More so than deafness.

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“Orange Days” is a much better drama to watch than “Poor Things.” I recommend it highly.