tototavros:

the-grey-tribe:

tototavros:

finished cruel intentions and it still remains a mediocre movie aside from the wonderful layered cruelty to it

the acting is incredibly wooden, and it’s hard to not believe it’s just a play shot as a movie, but the writing actually works well as an adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses in the american idiom

I wonder what people think about it if they don’t know what it is. Imagine watching this, or Romeo Must Die, or 10 Things I Hate About You, without knowing the source material, or that it is supposed to be an adaptation. Would it hold up?

when i first saw it, i thought it was a bret easton ellis movie: everyone was awful, except for the decent people who suffered the most, the acting was incredibly wooden and in general it seemed like it was made as a favor to someone

only then i realized that he’d probably be working on rules of attraction, so i looked up what was going on

still, it reads pretty much like some poorly written but heartfelt fanfiction of awful charmers being awful to each other

The influence you are missing that makes this all make sense is Melrose Place (1992-1999)