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Dorian Gray review

Oscar Wilde's cursed and debauched protagonist hits the big screen again in an atmospheric and effective new adaptation...

The timing couldn't be better. Fresh from the frolicking and bohemian antics of the BBC's Desperate Romantics, and with teenage audiences lusting after young and hot vampires both on the small and big screen, the next antihero to beguile us is none other than Dorian Gray, hedonist and libertine extraordinaire.

Parochial orphan Dorian (Ben Barnes) inherits a fortune and moves to London, where he proves easy prey to the temptations laid in front of him by Lord Henry Wooton (Colin Firth). Wooton is an arch-libertine and bon viveur who shows his protégé the way to pleasure before reluctantly retiring into family life and leaving Dorian to explore a life of excesses without boundaries.

Under the protection of a discreetly-presented spell, our hero falls into a life of hedonism and sin, retaining his youth and looks while his portrait rots away in the attic, a visual representation of the degeneration of his soul...

Oliver Parker’s third Oscar Wilde adaptation (after An Ideal Husband and The Importance Of Being Earnest) reveals a city full of gothic key-notes; Dorian's London is a gorgeous tableux of grey winter hues and moody weather, its men dandyish and impeccably clothed.

This adaptation allows the more homo-erotic elements of the source-novel to shine through, adding to the ambiguity of its protagonist. Yet for all that it's supposed to show a degenerate lifestyle, Dorian Gray is surprisingly coy at times. It's a welcome restraint: scenes of debauchery are shown in small details, close-up and in slow motion, avoiding any prolonged or voyeuristic titillation. A lot is left to the imagination; with so much only hinted at or partially-shown, the viewer is left to imagine the rest. Hopefully this will be enough for spoilt young audiences looking for quick visual thrills.

The eagerness with which Dorian allows himself to be sucked into a life of highs, carnal pleasures, murder and immorality is a lttle puzzling: obviously vain, Gray is instantly enamoured by his own likeness in the painting (like everybody else in the movie), but the reason for this propensity to sin is not really explored. Perhaps it's true that if one could get away with it, one’s morals would instantly be forgotten..?

There's a lot of looking and fancying, admiring and longing in Dorian Gray. Even the painting gazes back at us, and all this is tragically appropriate for a story which centres upon appearances and an obsession with youth. If there is a point to be made, it seems to regard how our own culture can be so unforgiving of physical imperfection, and how we're willing to forgive the young and beautiful everything - as if physical beauty couldn't possibly hide a wicked soul.

Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian in The Narnia Chronicles) pitches Dorian at too low an emotional register sometimes, but perhaps this is exactly the point, as he is supposed to be oblivious to all but his own pleasure. Always beautifully-dressed and groomed, he really looks the part, even if it can be difficult to believe in his later internal conflict of good-versus-evil.

Behind every bitch theres an asshole who made her that way.

Time it was
and what a time it was
it was...
a time of innocence
a time confidences
long ago it must be
I have a photograph
preserve your memories
its all that's left you.

--- Paul Simon / Art Garfunkel

Jesus Just Left Chicago.

Heejsan Då hittade man sina 3D glasögon i jackan. Tyckte att jag kunde lägga upp en rolig bild på mig och dem.

I don't wanna fall back on my face again. And if it hits, better make it worth the fall.

Heejsan alla snömonster, nu är man hemma igen efter en dag av snö och knäck. Igår var somni alla vet Jag och Martin och tre andra och kollade på storfilmen Avatar. Den var bättre än jag någonsin kunnat tro, och jag tror att jag kommer se om den några gånger. Därefter snoozade jag hos sötnosen och vaknade upp tidigt för att vi skulle kunna gå på skolans vinteravslutning. Mitt lag kom trea och allt var mycket trevligt. Därefter fastnade jag hos Martin och vi kollade på Kill Bill. Jag ber dock om ursäkt till Rikard (Martins bror) som jag förstörde dagen för. Filmen Kill Bill var väl helt okej det e kanske inget jag kommer o se om eller så men den va ju värd att se. Efter några mackor och lagandet av knäck. Efter att Dick, och Elias hade kommit så stack vi sex till parken och hade snöbollskrig. Efter det anlände Sammy, Mickaela och Paulin. Vi hade mycket roligt och jag fick mulla massa personer. Men efter det blev allt mycket kallt så vi gick alla hem till sig. Nu ska jag ner och äta popcorn med Arcas. God Jul på er alla.

...and the prince kissed the princess and said; uhm.. I'm actually gay!

I taste sweet melodies evry time I kiss you, I yearn and toss and turn, every time I find myself missing you.

if you think my t-shirt is dirty. you should try a night with the owner.

you have the sinner, the saint, the dumb ones, and then you have me.

Heejsan alla idag har jag inte åstakomigt särskillt mycket. På multimedian va jag hos Jasmine och kollade på csi, och one three hill. Vi åt glass och snackade vilket var behövligt. Sen hade jag en matte lektion där jag mest snackade med Tom, Awat och Linus. Vi hade jätte roligt när vi retade Martin vi telefon hihi. Sen gick jag och mattias iväg till idrotten, vilket vi inte hade. Men jag fick se slutet på trippelbollen och Handel van. Jag träffade Dick och Hjalmar där och vi satt och snackade ganska mycket. Sen efter det stack jag till Dick oh käkade. Men nu när jag är hemma så sitter jag på skype och snackar med Martin och Jakob. Det är ganska roligt men allt spel snack orkar jag inte med. Nu kollar jag på Paranormal Activity. Hypen om att den här filmen skulle vara läskig är helt över. This movie sucks.