Valmont
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Movie Reviews of Valmont
Movie Review: Best version of LIAISONS
Summary: 5 Stars
Milos Forman was scooped. Stephen Frear's DANGEROUS LIAISONS came out first and had a starrier cast. But it was Forman's film that captured the tragic irony of the original book. Frear's film is pure cornball. Glenn Close and Malkovich ham it up as rich, spoiled, and extremely mean people who go through great lenghts to use and hurt as many people as possible for no apparent reason, until the day that Malkovich falls for the nun-like Pfeiffer and then the plot develops with all of the misunderstandings and forced tears of the old, stage melodramas.Milos Forman's film, however, is a masterpiece. He did not make the characters so black and white as they are in the other film, and he also gave his characters motivations, which justify all actions and turns of the plot. In fact, the film is a vast improvement on the novel, as Forman adds his great observations of human nature and his own unique brand of irony. In VALMONT, you never assume anything. I recommend seeing both films as a great tool to compare real art with crap.
Movie Review: Much more enjoyable!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my all time favorite movies and the Editorial Review is in my opinion way off the track. Dangerous L. was sarcastic and bitter - a cast of vile characters that left a bad taste in your mouth. Besides who would ever believe that somebody as ugly as John M. could possible seduce any woman - a real miscast. Now this movie treats the same somewhat sordid story of the bored French aristocracy in a completely different way. Colin Firth is completely believable and utterly charming as Valmont. Even so a schemer and seducer the director also shows the the softer, more vulnerable side of the main character - which gives him humanity, so lacking in the first movie with John M. I also completely disagree about the Meg Tilly versus Michelle Pfeiffer character. Meg delivers an outstanding performance and her fragile beauty can be heartbreaking. The movie also has humor, completely lacking in the other adaption. The cast here is outstanding - I highly recommend THIS adaption - forget about Dangerous L.Movie Review: Best adaptation of D.L
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderful! I loved Colin Firth, Fairuza Balk and Meg Tilly; Annette Bening was magnificent and Sian Phillips made her role. The appearance of Jeffrey Jones as the older man whom Cecile is to wed was wonderful, also Henry Thomas was very handsome in this.
There is more heart in this version and the acting was better, the performances were outstanding. J.M in D.L made a good Valmont-calculating, cold and frighteningly menacing but Colin was more human and real in my mind. The saying "no-one is purely good or purely bad" is true and Colin was able to show Valmont as having heart and being nice at times, whilst also able to be very bad at others.
My advice is to watch and enjoy both versions for what wonderfully different portrayals they are, but please don't slash one for the sake of the other, they're both worthy films to see.
Movie Review: Extremely enjoyable!
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this movie! I watched it and Dangerous Liasons within days of each other and I have to say I agree with the reviewer that said DL was cruel. John Malkovich did a great job of bringing that cruelty to the screen, but it didn't make the movie enjoyable; whereas Colin Firth can be both conniving and sensitive. Michelle Pfeiffer was disappointing and I felt that Glenn Close's character was pathetic. Where Annette Benning portrays a woman who has a tarnished reputaion, but doesn't care about appearances; Glenn Close's portrayal was of a pouty and petulant woman worried about how things will appear to society which in the final scene seems to be written all over her face! Valmont was multi-faceted with conniving characters who also enjoyed their romps, while DL had two dimensional mean characters who didn't even seem to enjoy their lives.Movie Review: One must always honor her bet.
Summary: 5 Stars
One of my all time favorite Colin Firth fixes. The smiles, the dimples, the EYES. This is a must own. I will have to buy the dvd when it is released due to the fact that I have worn out the tape. I only wish they had done a sequel, a Valmont 2...sigh. Just think, CF could play the son born to Cecille and continue on the tradition.Finally, my dvd is here!!! The missing scene is most distressing and I would like an explanation as to why it was deleted off the dvd. Otherwise, the dvd is more beautiful and lush than my vhs, but it was probably wore out. I love the trailer to this movie as an extra, it should be released in theatres again, I feel it would do v.v. good.