"Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent."
I won't add anything further about the plot, since I'm afraid to spoil for those who still haven't seen it.
What I first of all didn't like about this movie was that all of the things that happened would in reality have been highly unlikely to occur. There were one "miracle" after the other, and it never seemed to end. I also didn't like the fact that Dustin Hoffman played one of the parts since we've seen him in waaaay too many other movies before. It was difficult to think his previous characters aside.
What I did like however was the raw portrayal of the 18th century low class life. They didn't leave anything out! In fact, the beginning of the movie totally grossed me out. I think it's important that we understand that the 18th century wasn't all about beautiful dresses and highly decorated interiors which is exactly what I think this movie shows us. They even made the higher class society seem "dirty". I also liked that the for me totally unknown guy who played the main character actually was pretty talented.I also found it a positive thing that he wasn't beautiful since beautiful actors are always such distractions. haha And no, Edward Cullen from Twilight is NOT one of those. :P
I advice you to see this movie if you haven't already. It's very different.
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3 comments:
This is one of my favourite movies :)
Have you read the book? It is much better!
And the ending...did you expect it?
Liz - No I haven't! I have to be honest I didn't even know there was one! O_O
No, the ending was very unexpected, but I sorta liked it. In a way. XD
First time I saw this film it totally mesmerized me, the scenes, the soundtrack! I have seen it three times since then so the effect is not as big anymore... but I agree with you, it's a different film, and with a very different portrayal of the 18th century.. you really should read the book, it's very good (Perfume - the story of a murderer by Patrick Süskind), one of the most special 18th century books I've read . And the thing is that the book and film gives you different experiences, the film a fantastic, visual one - the book a literary, abstract one.
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