dorian gray by oscar wilde has been made into a movie this year any views i personaly thought it was amaizing any thoughts ?

I've honestly never heard of it, but then again I'm not too big on books

Never read the book, but the film looked like some awful twilight-esque shit, so I avoided it like the plague.

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hey allseeingeye, i read the book this summer for the first time and thought the movie kind of killed it.
why? because oscar wilde is a literary genius, he has such a poetic way with words and the movie ignored that. most of the best use of language was when the artist and dorian's muse were arguing, and the best philosophical debates were left out of the movie. the movie glorifed dorian's debauchery to a hollywood extent, and i was not fond of it at all. i was also not pleased with the casting...ben barnes as dorian? come on, not what i expected at all. also, they made his girlfriend (the actress) such a passing thing in the movie, she was a huge aspect of the book and her death actually seems like a big deal.
there were other parts that the movie kind of mangled i just refuse to account for them all.
so no, its not really 'Twilight'ish but i think they screwed up the best parts of the book, i think the ending was different too.
god damn i hate what movies do to books.

I watched the Dante Inferno's movie (based on the game) and I had to completely separate myself from the real Divine Comedy because it completely misses the point and basically changes everything. I watched the movie as if I never read the poem and thought the fight scenes were entertaining enough. I guess with Dorian Gray I expected more-it was not advertised well and I don't know anyone else who has seen it but it did not TRY to be a good film, if you know what I mean. Take Pride and Predijuce, where you can tell there is some effort in being true to the book. This movie just seemed to take the general idea and run with it, and vamp up the sex. A movie does not have to be an EXACT copy of a book to be good (aka LOTR) but I think Dorian Gray missed the mark.

I must ask, isn't dorian gray immortal and can't look at his own picture?

its interesting as its not just the painting aging while the vanity obsessed dorian stays forever youthful, it is his sins that reflect themselves in the painting. the painting becomes a representation of his soul which is beyond corrupt.

Haha, I will own it all eventually. Broke at the moment. B| Ya gotta love a good serial killer though.