Dorian Gray: The Review: "A toast." "To what?" "Intoxication..."

[cloudysky]

As promised, a proper review of Dorian Gray, opposed to me simply fangirling over how pretty Ben is...

Dorian Gray, the latest classic to be reworked into a movie for the modern audience, and they didn’t do too badly either. Ben shines in this movie and for the first time since he came to our attention as the lead in Prince Caspian, we can really

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[benbarnesfangal]

thanx for the review, somehow i feel i will have the same opinion with you! i know about the jammy scone scene and i had a sly smile when i was served a scone last week cause of that! oh Lord, save my poor soul!

can't wait to watch the film myself to discuss it with others!

thanx again!

[lily_winterwood]

Whyyyyyy isn't this in US theaters already?!?!?! *growls*

Oop, I moved this comment to here because everyone else commented here

[omg_palindrome]

And this is in no way a reflection on your review but but but
WAIT, THE GAY KISS IS WITH BASIL?

okay, I'm totally not reading anything else about this movie. I can't find a cinema that is showing it here, but I'm going to save my outrage and capslock until I get to see it play out ~before my eyes~. Then I can sit there, rocking myself and reminding myself that I don't get upset when movies completely fuck books up and essentially miss the point.

[lpbrowncoat]

I may need to drag out my copy of the book because I don't have a clue who Emily is. Come to think of it, I only remember half of the characters...it's been a long time since I read the book.

Pfft! Loony teenage girls.

[cloudysky]

You won't, she was invented for the movie lol. I love the book so much, when I have some money I'm going to buy myself a copy, because I leant it off my friend to read it last year.