Pointless and badly done update of "The Picture of Dorian Gray". It takes place (I guess) in 2006. Dorian (David Gallagher) has some media exhibit done of him by his friend Basil (Noah Seagan) who is madly in love with him. The exhibit shows Dorian's face and body on various screens. Dorian says he would never betray a friend, kill somebody or have sex with a man. Naturally he does all three and the exhibit shows the ravages while he remains youthful.
What the hell was the director thinking of when he did this? First of all an updating of Dorian is not needed. Secondly he adds nothing to the tale. And, third, this movie thinks VERY highly of itself. The characters don't talk--they mumble speeches and, for some reason, the director constantly has other voices on the soundtrack when main characters are speaking. This just renders some of the dialogue incomprehensible. Also some lines people say inexplicably appear on the screen in big bold letters. I guess the director thinks we're too stupid to think things out by ourselves.
The acting is as good as it could be. Gallagher is actually quite good as Gray. He's tall, handsome with a nice body and is a pretty good actor. Segan is a little whiny as Basil--but that is his character. I didn't know what to make of Henry played by Christian Camargo. He's always giving these vague sentences with a blank look.
I did something I never do in movies--I walked out (I wasn't alone). After about 80 minutes I had reached my point. The movie was stupid, annoying, incomprehensible at times and--worst of all--dull. This is a pretentious, needless art film that thinks it's something that it isn't. A 1 all the way.
What the hell was the director thinking of when he did this? First of all an updating of Dorian is not needed. Secondly he adds nothing to the tale. And, third, this movie thinks VERY highly of itself. The characters don't talk--they mumble speeches and, for some reason, the director constantly has other voices on the soundtrack when main characters are speaking. This just renders some of the dialogue incomprehensible. Also some lines people say inexplicably appear on the screen in big bold letters. I guess the director thinks we're too stupid to think things out by ourselves.
The acting is as good as it could be. Gallagher is actually quite good as Gray. He's tall, handsome with a nice body and is a pretty good actor. Segan is a little whiny as Basil--but that is his character. I didn't know what to make of Henry played by Christian Camargo. He's always giving these vague sentences with a blank look.
I did something I never do in movies--I walked out (I wasn't alone). After about 80 minutes I had reached my point. The movie was stupid, annoying, incomprehensible at times and--worst of all--dull. This is a pretentious, needless art film that thinks it's something that it isn't. A 1 all the way.