Great expectations vs. Cruel Intentions
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crazyhellboy — 19 years ago(February 01, 2007 01:40 PM)
Um..no. they don't share the same qualities. GE is a lush romantic tale of love lost and then found again. CI was just about trashy spoiled brats screwing each other over at every turn. You can't rally compare the two.
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mifih — 19 years ago(February 04, 2007 06:31 PM)
lol i sort of agree CI seemed alot more trashier than GE because unlike GE it heavily delt with manipulation and sexual confusion to the point of almost pure immorality.But it shows in CI visual style that there was probably a strong influence from the visual style of GE
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lpycb42 — 19 years ago(February 07, 2007 08:03 AM)
But then again, CI is supposed to be trashy. It was a very trashy book back then. It dealt with sex, manipulation, promiscuity, deceit, treason, etc etc. It was dirty. So CI is also supposed to be dirty. GE is supposed to be a sweeter book and a lot more romantic.
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NewBreed7 — 19 years ago(February 04, 2007 07:30 PM)
Finally saw this picture this afternoon.. Most people read the book in high school, thus are familiar with the story.. I'm not a fan of Gwyneth Paltrow's but she played the desirable object of Finn's obsession very convincingly.. I was impressed with the film.. I liked "Cruel Intentions" as well, but preferred "Dangerous Liason" (which it's based on).. Vote = Great Expectations..
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mifih — 19 years ago(February 14, 2007 11:02 AM)
not really cuz the movie Dangerous liasons actually takes place during the 18th century and the film Great Expectations was made into a 90's flick so stylistically its similar to Cruel intentions, the only difference is that Cruel Intentions incorperated that teen flick tone
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ctpoet — 19 years ago(March 18, 2007 06:11 PM)
WOW, nothing at all a like.
GE, was about lost childhoods and how people are tragicly drawn to the same pain in hopes of filling the lose void in their lives. CI, is about teenagers quest for power in their world. As for as the deep psychological stuff and existential questions, CI just doesn't rise to that level. It is good in its all right with sexual politics and how power replaces love, but it doesn't reaches Dicken's level. -
crissy92ca — 18 years ago(May 14, 2007 08:02 PM)
Wow I find it highly coincidental and funny that you are comparing these two movies because I JUST rented both of them!
I personally liked Cruel intentions from the first time I saw it. I just finished watching Great Expectations right now and to be honest, i'm not much of a fan. maybe if they did the orginal play and not a modern version then it'd be better. I just no that i totally wasn't feeling it. -
lilianl-1 — 18 years ago(July 24, 2007 11:15 AM)
I read Great Expectations in high school but i've never read or seen Dangerous Liasions. I saw this modern version of GE and I've also seen Cruel Intentions, having said that, I consider Cruel Intentions to be on the top five worst movies i've ever seen. On the other hand, GE was awesome, all of the actors were AMAZING and the modern take on it was really good. Every single one of the characters made me feel really bad for them, even Estella, they were all so convincing. There was just so much depth to this story I wouldnt even know where to begin. Cruel Intentions just sucked. All of the characters annoyed me. Sarah Geller was sooo not seductive and it was basically just a drama teen flick. Maybe Dangerous Liasions is better?
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Rogueboi19 — 18 years ago(August 26, 2007 05:28 PM)
GE is a visual masterpiece! the sets, costumes, performances, script and (espicailly) the soundtrack were all simply devine!
in terms of the story, I agree that, in terms of standard, DL and GE are better suited for a comparison. I only saw CI because i heard it was based on DL. I enjoyed it, more so when I was younger, but it could never hold a flame to GE! -
jameelahere-1 — 18 years ago(December 14, 2007 12:44 PM)
While I agree with the visual pacing of the movie. Cruel Intentions is a remake of Dangerous Liasons which was an adaptation of a french book done many many years ago.
The colors, combined with the music in this movie makes me love it. Cruel Intentions have people I LOVE to hate in them. -
Ninja_Kitty — 17 years ago(May 14, 2008 02:42 AM)
Great Expectations is far better, Cruel Intentions is a truly overated movie, if you talk about the Dangerous Liasons movie with John Malkovich, Glenn Close, Uma Thurman and Michelle Pfeiffer however, it is a different perspective.
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