It wasn’t the best novel I’ve ever read, but it made me think in different ways and that’s one thing that I really enjoy doing. It centers around fantasies and how most of the human race is so afraid to take their fantasies beyond sexual. Quite a few chilling scenes as well. I don’t feel the need to write up a review about this, but I did like it…though it could have been a bit sexier I think.
I’ve actually seen this movie before, but I decided to pop it in the DVD player today just to keep my mind busy while I did some other things around the house.
I love this movie! Quentin Tarantino is one of the better directors out there today, and his foray into humor is just as good as anything else he’s done to date. In this movie, Tim Roth is cast as a bellboy working alone on New Year’s Eve. In the course of his night, he visits four different rooms, each with their own separate story that he seems to unwittingly get pulled into. Between witches, kids, hollywood actors, and kinky couples, he finds himself highly stressed, quite agitated, but much better financially for the tips made throughout the night.
There are several stars in this film, many taken from other QT movies, such as Bruce Willis, Antonio Banderas, and Tim Roth. Madonna and Jennifer Beals both make appearances as well. This film is definitely one of my favorites.
So many great foreign films seem to come out of France, so I was quite excited when a friend of mine recommended this one. Because of the subtitles, I couldn’t even do my normal multi task routine…I actually had to sit down and watch it, but with this one, it was probably a good thing.
The movie starts out with two children who begin there own game of “Dares” using a carousel tin given to the boy by his dying mother. The one holding the tin gets to dare the other to do anything…and the other has to do it. The game causes grief for their teachers, their parents, their siblings…pretty much anyone in the adult world who has to deal with them.
Then they enter adulthood, where the game continues, the dares still as outrageous as they were ten years prior. Only now, they can’t seem to figure out what’s true and what’s a dare. When human emotion comes into play, so does the hurt. Becoming so wrapped up in the thrill of the game, they find that there might not be much worse than not being with the one you love.
I don’t mind admitting that I was just a tiny bit confused by the ending of this movie, but that’s one of the things I really liked about it. It’s open for discussion. Though the movie has the element of romanticism to it, its mostly a fun romp, waiting to see who’s going to outdo the other and who’s going to win the Dare war. Full of little surprises here and there, the movie definitely kept my attention and I did indeed find it to be worth watching.
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