tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237781251652279105.post1981070866769648579..comments2024-03-05T04:01:05.933-05:00Comments on Fascination With Fear: Dorian Gray (2009) : Vanity Will Get You Nowhere...Christine Haddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16932508146588027867noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237781251652279105.post-82605926415596929532011-02-11T14:30:22.519-05:002011-02-11T14:30:22.519-05:00Warning: I'm going to nerd out here since I sp...Warning: I'm going to nerd out here since I spent much of last year studying this book & watching it's various film adaptations.<br /><br />I wasn't crazy about this movie. It had some good points and was really well made compared to the other 00s adaptations, but I did not like how Lord Henry became a easily shocked patrician character at the end. I'm not crazy about how most modern adaptations of the book shove a hetero love interest in during the last 30 minutes, and this one was really bad. Emily had a personality, then it was lost as soon as she fell in love with Dorian (i.e., "let's see if this will bring the Twilight fans in...hey kids, Prince Caspian is shirtless!"). Granted, this adaptation was the most ballsy one since the 1976, but it also was trying to adhere to the 1945 version which couldn't be ballsy due to both cultural and Hollywood restrictions back then.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045762845324520838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237781251652279105.post-36592294111562122932011-02-10T22:34:46.601-05:002011-02-10T22:34:46.601-05:00I was glad to see a review of this because I'v...I was glad to see a review of this because I've been wanting to see it for some time, but then forgot about it for a while... I'm going to have to put it back on my list of movies to see. It looks as if the movie will at least be visually appealing, and I tend to like that dark, gloomy Victorian atmosphere as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237781251652279105.post-2657737306632167342011-02-09T13:29:48.995-05:002011-02-09T13:29:48.995-05:00I too love Wilde's novel, though it has been m...I too love Wilde's novel, though it has been many years since I've read it. I deliberately avoided this in the cinema because I thought it looked too, juvenile, or diluted or something. I'm sure all of the simmering, red-raw subtext from the book has been obliterated in favour of, as you pointed out, CGI paintings and pretty boy poutings. But hey, maybe after a few glasses of something red, I'd be more on your page. I didn't know Colin Firth and Ben Chaplin were in it, either. Can’t be all bad then, can it!James Graceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968719719213071671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237781251652279105.post-30538328433107335872011-02-09T08:15:14.489-05:002011-02-09T08:15:14.489-05:00My gripe with this film was that there was no subt...My gripe with this film was that there was no subtlety. The sex and debauchery is just shoved in your face. The appeal of the book for me was that it was all suggestion. I guess that is just the hazard of transferring books to a visual medium.Monster Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512345969721307138noreply@blogger.com