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Nothing but porn

posted 11 years ago by overseer-3
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Definitely disappointed in this version of Dangerous Liaisons. I don't like seeing nudity and simulated sex within the first five minutes of a film, any film. If there is going to be intimacy like that shown it should come near the END of a film so that the tension builds for it. The old "fade to black" has worked well in films for over 100 years, the Asians need to get back to that.

I felt this cast was wasted on a poor script. Others comment that Bae's character shows growth but I didn't see it AT ALL. He died what he was, an abuser of women and a cad.

After seeing his solid performance in Winter Sonata this was a disappointment. No wonder why his acting career has taken a back seat to other business adventures. April Snow had some nudity and simulated sex too.

The Chinese version of this story with Ziyi Zhang is much better and more dignified.

[–] bill_kilgore 10 years ago

Well, IMO the purpose of the opening scene was to establish the main character as a womaniser. Sure, it could have been less explicit, but that is the choice the director made, I guess.

Calling it "Nothing but porn" is pretty ridiculous seeing as there would not be more than five minutes of sexual content in the entire movie.

I believe that the main character did change, as he genuinely fell in love with Jeon Do-yeon's character. But he was in denial and realised it too late, and in doing so realised how empty and meaningless his life had been. I can see why some would feel no sympathy for him, though, as he should have known beforehand the potential of how cruel and heartless what he was doing to JD-Y's character would be. I don't feel much sympathy for him because of this. All of my sympathy goes to JD-Y's character.