The Novel, by Oscar Wilde
Brilliant. Witty. Exquisite. Wonderfully written. One of my favourite novels so far.
The movie, 1976
A literal translation of the novel to a movie screen. And a good one, too.But why bother to see the movie when the book plus our imagination are already doing such a marvellous work?
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 2003
Seen as how this movie is but an excuse for special effects and a huge mass-murderer of literature adepts through painful heart-attacks, I will pass on the story (I know, I know, a what now?)However, Stuart Townsend is quite gorgeous as a villain Dorian, so I watched it the same. I kinda hoped he would be ctrl+c ctrl+v into Harry Potter's godfather Sirius, but alas, nope.
The movie, 2009
An adaptation that ads content to the original story and a very interesting twist of redemption at the end.
The vision of the portrait as living is made very clear, even though the "monster noises" it makes are a bit too much. The quite graphic fall into pure hedonism and the following fight for redemption, the multiple evolutions of Dorian and his double-faced reactions are nicely handled.
Plus, it stars Ben Barnes as DG, which gives us such a great deal of pretty to look at. I know, casting a brunette as Dorian seems quite shocking, but just try a look into Ben's puppy eyes and let your indignation be melted away.
The vision of the portrait as living is made very clear, even though the "monster noises" it makes are a bit too much. The quite graphic fall into pure hedonism and the following fight for redemption, the multiple evolutions of Dorian and his double-faced reactions are nicely handled.
Plus, it stars Ben Barnes as DG, which gives us such a great deal of pretty to look at. I know, casting a brunette as Dorian seems quite shocking, but just try a look into Ben's puppy eyes and let your indignation be melted away.
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