that was visual

[tsuki_no_bara]

tonight i left work early so i could see only lovers left alive, which is a weird, weird movie. but i liked it a lot. it looked fabulous, all dark and cluttered and old and frayed and falling apart. the audience laughed at some things that weren't really funny - altho some of them were kind of darkly funny or kind of ironic - and i wanted

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[beadslut]

But... but ... it IS a psychological horror thriller?

[kita0610]

Thank you.

That dude belongs in a horror movie. Or you know, jail. Honestly if the story had any idea how fucking gross and creepy it was, it might actually be interesting. This way its just viscerally appalling.

[tsuki_no_bara]

and they're selling the movie as this great erotic romance. yeugh.

[kita0610]

That's bc "all women secretly want to be submissive to men"- actual quote from the author.

You know, I'm super excited when a fandom author makes good. I don't even really give a damn if they're supposedly horrible as a person, ie CC. But this is so absolutely disgusting on so many levels that I truly hope this godamn movie tanks so we don't have to get TWO FUCKING MORE.

[tsuki_no_bara]

but that's not how they're playing it. i mean, the movie is coming out on valentine's day and there will no doubt be a lot of sexy romantic promo for it. whereas you watch the trailer and think "this girl is going to end up floating in the harbor, isn't she". (i probably shouldn't comment on the book because i never read it, but from what i heard, yeah, it kind of is psychological horror, just very badly disguised as erotica. and not even good erotica at that.)

i expect to be facepalming a lot in horrified fascination at the inevitable train wreck.

[beadslut]

I read it so I could savage it with impunity. It is my opinion alone that a naive and inexperienced young woman cannot give informed consent without knowing what BDSM entails. It hit a lot of my 'Oh, HELL no" buttons.

The Warwick rowing team is a lovely palate cleanser.

[tsuki_no_bara]

that's pretty much what i heard. i mean, it's not just your opinion, it's A LOT of people's opinion. i can only hope the screenwriter tried to make it more in line with actual consent as is practiced by actual human beings, and not fictional consent as is implied by writers who don't know what they're doing. (i don't hold out hope, because that would probably mean writing an entirely different story, but hey, you never know.)

when in doubt, admire the hot naked dudes and their sense of humor. :D

[beadslut]

I am a sad old hypocrite. Tabs open with BDSM, slave fic, ABO, and the fact that this is a movie with a girl in it squicks me.

By all means, bring on that man carrying the wood.