Ridiculously shallower than the original

Green 2022-03-20 09:02:06

For those who have read the original work, this version of Dorian Gray's portrait is really rubbish and low taste, directly pulling the beauty of the spirit in the novel to the height of flesh and lust. . For Dorian Gray in the novel, he only describes the extravagance of his life, and does not describe his indulgence and sensuality in great detail. It is all described through Howard's words. There are too many comparison movies. The film makes Dorian's feelings for Sybil like a playboy abandoning his frame, and Howard's feelings for Dorian like a horny gay idiot. It turned out to be the love of art, but it was full of sensuality. It was really disgusting. The movie obviously wanted to sublimate Dorian Gray's image. From the beginning, he kept highlighting his kindness and purity, and then tried his best to describe his lewdness, and then wrote again. He longed for redemption. But the film still fails to reflect the profound changes in the male protagonist's thinking. The props team is really boring. There is a chapter about gems, spices and fabrics... It's very gorgeous, but the crew is really poor. Anyway, these three points are all for the male protagonist, because he is so handsome, although not the blonde in the novel, but more beautiful.

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Dorian Gray quotes

  • Lord Henry Wotton: What are you?

    Dorian Gray: I am what *you* made me! I lived the life that you preached... but never dared practice. I am everything, that you were too afraid to be.

  • Emily Wotton: I hope I'm not interrupting your reminiscence?

    Lord Henry Wotton: One charm of the past, is that it's the past.

    Emily Wotton: Hmm... I hope you're not also a dreary old cynic?

    Dorian Gray: What is there to believe in?

    Emily Wotton: Our developments.

    Dorian Gray: All I see is decay.

    Emily Wotton: For the religion!

    Dorian Gray: Fashionable substitute for belief.

    Emily Wotton: Art?

    Dorian Gray: A malady.

    Emily Wotton: Love?

    Dorian Gray: An illusion.

    Lord Henry Wotton: Bravo!

    Emily Wotton: Well... you both cut the world to pieces, don't you? Thank you for the cigarette!

    Dorian Gray: Unusual woman.

    Lord Henry Wotton: She ought to be... she's my daughter.