I didn't like this film at all. I stopped it and rewound it about 30 minutes in.
The acting was good; I am particularly fond of Michael Caine and Geoffrey Rush. The directing was good. The cinematography was first-rate, and the costumes were perfect. I liked the glimpse of Napoleon and the trip into the morés of that time.
It was the story I didn't like. Not the screenplay, mind you - the story. It is a boring story. I am no prude; I've done many of the things that the adolescents who post on this board snicker about. I'm as much a hedonist as the next fellow.
However, in my opinion, if the Marquis de Sade had not been an aristocrat...if he were writing in another time - say, this one - he might possibly get some action at a free-hosted web site. Beyond that, the man's life is a huge bore. This film will even have Satanists yawning.
The acting was good; I am particularly fond of Michael Caine and Geoffrey Rush. The directing was good. The cinematography was first-rate, and the costumes were perfect. I liked the glimpse of Napoleon and the trip into the morés of that time.
It was the story I didn't like. Not the screenplay, mind you - the story. It is a boring story. I am no prude; I've done many of the things that the adolescents who post on this board snicker about. I'm as much a hedonist as the next fellow.
However, in my opinion, if the Marquis de Sade had not been an aristocrat...if he were writing in another time - say, this one - he might possibly get some action at a free-hosted web site. Beyond that, the man's life is a huge bore. This film will even have Satanists yawning.