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Okay, if you are going to watch one historically incorrect, 50% badly acted, badly directed and not to mention endless scenes of terrible dialogs, which [...]
the paper it's written upon isn't worthy to wipe my ass ( Geoffrey Rush as the Marquis De Sade, 2001:
Quills), watch the 1996 movie version of Marquis De Sades life. Which cleverly enough is entitled...
The Marquis De Sade. Oh, how original! This will be a long rant so I hope you`ll stay with me in my state of momentarily logical blindness due to this rare piece of extraordinary crap ever to be captured on film.
First of all, the acting was
BAD. Apart from Nick Mancuso who plays the lead, which I consider be the remaining 50% of descent acting in a 40 piece cast ensemble, you can do nothing but laugh as the rest of the struggling actors and actresses try to imitate states of fear, sadness and above all sexual ecstasy. In which they fail...big time...This kind of acting is what brings the sensory, artistic and fictional levels to shame...I didn't even know that was possible. One example; Janet Gunn, who plays the female lead. Gorgeous outfits and lovely wigs, but obviously got the lead because of her two illustrious and voluptuous benefits...The director failed to notice her obvious speech impediment as well. She continuesly says "Monsieur De Sod" instead "De Sade". Why don't you dance on his grave while you're at it...And by the way...you're supposed to play dumbstruck and disgusted like the aristocratic and pure personality your character has, when the Marquis does obscene hand gestures towards you, not play hard to get. It is true that throughout the movie you will develop stronger feelings for him ( oopsie...spoiler!) but you do not need to rub yourself against the bars of his cell during the your FIRST meeting. It's just not natural with the way you were brought up...By the way, that was major rubbing. The Marquis has a fair chance to indirectly shag you through the fabric of his waaaay too tight breeches. Seeing certain aspects of the male anatomy moving though a tight fabric is not what I prefer to see on an actor who's just passed 48...(that goes for Bowie in
Labyrinth as well) But Nick's acting really stands out among the cast of monotony sheep. I won't say his performance is breath taking, neither is it excellent but compared to the others, his portrayal of a mans corruption of proper young ladies, is both chilling and psychologically sickening. He plays his part well. He has the right devious smile and the right piercing eyes, but compared to Geoffrey Rush's outstanding portrayal of the same character in the movie
Quills from 2001, the performance is average. He kinda reminds me of James Hook from Peter Pan as well. Now that I think about it, the resemblance is uncanny...Freaky...*June imagining Hook and Peter Pan in
Philosophy in the budoir *
Yikes...And not to mention that half of the actresses were dubbed with überamerican accents because of the original audio was not understandable...
The script...my my my...where do I begin...? This brings me to the female leads name; Justine...who in the midst of the plot is trying to find her sister Juliette. Absolutely no reference to the two books...[insert witty sarcasm icon here] Stick to one story, please...Oh, and there are these unbearable questions from Justine when the Marquis is telling his story...2 minutes into his story we know that the actress he is pleasuring himself with is Justine's sister and after an inscrutinizing 15 minutes of the other sister playing the hard to get game as well, Justine looks up from a veil of tears with an incredible monotone voice and facial expression..." That actress...was my sister, wasen't it..?" Well, DUH...! We even knew that it was your sister when the Marquis asked you to dictate his sixth chapter " The Seduction of an actress"
What else...? Oh yeah, John Rhys-Davies is in this one. Eh, no biggie...After watching LOTR beforehand, his performance cannot be described as anything but boring...He is meant to portray crazy little dwarfs or narrate Discovery Channel documentaries, not authority figures.
So, in conclusion...If you have a proper insight in the Marquis` history and literature ( which means that it's not enough to watch two, three movies about him), please do not watch this movie, you will come manically depressed...as I am...But to cheer myself up, here are some quotes from the man himself...
"I find pleasure in humiliation. No other thrill is quite so forbidden as profaning that which is sacred..."
"Pain is remembered long after pleasure is forgotten"
(when asked about love, wrote) " Love...that is a word that is truly obscene. Love is what we aspire to but never acchieve. Love is an illusion. The most we can hope from life is passion"
Oh, be still my heart :D
And before you all start calling me a sadist, no, I do not practice nor fantasize about the practices he preaches about in his fiction. But then again, what I practice or fantasize about is and has never been any of your buisness, so cool down ( blah, the italic button is screwing up YET again)
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