#apparently theres a part of the narrative where ur supposed to be sympathetic of him and that is evil

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other people pointed this out in the post, but Heisenberg's dog tags are also just what Romanian dog tags looked like. Dunno officially what the deal is and the design aint great bc of the potential n/zism but considering the game is set in Romania its worth noting

gonna link this thread i just read bc heisenbergs name is the exact same as an Actual Real nazi physicists name and also touches on how the romainian tag is also not good so yeah its worth a look through

https://twitter.com/scarIetdevils/status/1393324059249807366

#ask #nazi mention #its definately important to keep this in mind bc ive seen ppl like him as a villain #apparently theres a part of the narrative where ur supposed to be sympathetic of him and that is evil #bohello #im posting this just in case so ppl like Know cuz it can kinda be overshadowed with googling his name bc of the game

[curly-q-reviews]

BOOK MOVIES (Part Three)

Cruel Intentions, 1999 (dir. Roger Kumble)

this movies kind of a mess good god where do i start

okay well first i’ll mention that in the late 90′s there was this trend in Hollywood of “re-imagining” classical works of literature as modern-day teenie bopper high school narratives.  10 Things I Hate About You is a reimagining of The Taming of the Shrew, “O” is a re-imaging of Othello, and Romeo + Juliet is a reimagining of, well, Romeo and Juliet.  

this is where Cruel Intentions and our good old novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses come in.  this movie obviously strays the farthest from the original French narrative, though the key elements are sorta still there, just in different ways.  however unlike China’s Dangerous Liaisons where the changes still work for the narrative, the changes in Cruel Intentions just really dont.  

get this.  the movie is set.  IN HIGH SCHOOL.  WHY HOW WHAT

i could go on and on about how this is the worst decision for this narrative but i’ll just say that the reason 40-somethings or even 30-somethings work as experienced sexual experts is because theyve had years and years of experience.  high schoolers are children.  wee babbies.  it just doesnt sound realistic that two high schoolers are sex gods.

anyway this time around our Valmont is a young rich prettyboy named Sebastien Valmont (lol) played by Ryan Phillippe; and our Marquise de Merteuil is his step-sister Kathryn Merteuil (lol) played by everyones fave vampire slayer Sarah Michelle Geller.  yes thats right.  his step-sister.  u read that right.  how wholesome.   ignoring the sort-of-incest these two have really weird chemistry, like apparently they’re supposed to secretly be in love with each other but it never really seems like it???  like even with glenn close and john malkovich u could tell they had some history and some residual feelings.  with geller and phillippe they just act like a couple whiny brats the whole time.  also instead of the Marquise character being sympathetic in a few ways, geller’s character is portrayed and played as just ur typical 90′s teen drama mega-bitch high school girl.  so theres that.

i’ll give Phillippe some credit, his performance was pretty gud albeit a little Malkovich-y.  and his chemistry with Reese Witherspoon, who plays the movie’s Madame de Tourvel named Annette Hargrove, is real gud!  id say that witherspoon’s performance is the best out of the lot, she has that sense of christian goodness that’s always been a part of the character but shes a lot less submissive/passive, shes smart and knows Sebastian’s game from the get-go.  her finally giving in to him feels more like her own choice than Valmont forcing it on her.  

im just gonna list the problems super quick because theres a lot:  racism; homophobia; fetishization of girl-on-girl relations; stereotypical portrayals of gay men/black men/people with mental disabilities; like HORRIBLE portrayal of a person with mental disabilities; like really bad i dont know how they got away with it; sort-of-incest (previously mentioned); sexual coercion/sexual assault (which is prevalent in all three of these movies in different ways); sarah michelle geller plays her character like a 50′s cartoon villain; the dialogue is so bad and weird and sounds nothing like how a high schooler would talk, even if they are in the upper-crust of society; how everything comes to an end is pretty unrealistic and melodramatic

but it looks pretty and i like the soundtrack

watch it if u want it is a bizarre flick to say the least and a train-wreck to say the most.  if anything watch it for the unusual dialogue, like 4 example Sarah Michelle Geller screaming “I WANNA FUCK” at her step-brother like a child who wants candy at the grocery store and throws a fit while their mother looks around in embarrassment.  

#curly q reviews #book movies #cruel intentions #les liaisons dangereuses #roger kumble #reese witherspoon #sarah michelle gellar #ryan phillippe #teen romance #movies #90s movies