miscast
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yorick-23 — 11 years ago(March 27, 2015 01:50 AM)
The plot is so unbelievable to me because both Malkovic and Close are disastrous miscasts. Glenn Close is a great actress of course but an ugly woman. () And John's sex-appeal also must be in the director's eyes only. They just can't sell the story to me. Sorry.
The fact that they don't look like underwear models makes this cast so perfect. This movie is about the art of seduction. To have to repel applicants just because of prettiness isn't seduction.
Valmont may not be a handsome man, but he compensates this lack with wit, charme, personality and unscrupulousness. That's why he's that famous seducer. At one point Merteuil states, she had to have him
before
they even met, for the sake of her self-esteem. So his looks were completely irrelevant. -
furienna — 11 years ago(April 03, 2015 11:54 AM)
To me, there was nothing witty or charming about Valmont. At least not enough to make it realistic that he seduced a teenage girl, who was in love already with a guy much more suitable for her age-wise. He was only disgusting to me.
Intelligence and purity. -
yorick-23 — 10 years ago(April 10, 2015 12:08 AM)
Valmont may be older than Danceny, but unlike that pale bore (another perfect cast: Keanu Reeves) he's interesting. If I had to choose between John Malkovich and Keanu Reeves, it would be John Malkovich, hands down. But like Marquise de Merteuil said so wisely, why either or you can have as many as you like.
Seduction is not a matter of the looks, it's a matter of the skills.