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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2020 3:17:49 GMT
Which of these iconic, erotic thrillers starring Michael Douglas do you prefer?  |
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Sept 12, 2020 3:21:26 GMT
Obviously really different films but Basic Instinct for me. While it’s mostly known for the infamous leg cross scene, I actually think it’s a really good mystery thriller.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 12, 2020 3:23:30 GMT
1987 - trashy, boring, somewhat regressive/sexist
1992 - trashy, fun, ahead of its time
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2020 3:29:42 GMT
1987 - trashy, boring, somewhat regressive/sexist 1992 - trashy, fun, ahead of its time Would you like Fatal Attraction any more if it had retained its original ending? |
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Post by Drish on Sept 12, 2020 3:31:48 GMT
Everything about Basic Instinct is superior and that includes the ladies' performances too. It's legitimately a great movie.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Sept 12, 2020 3:50:59 GMT
Lol, are you kidding?
Fatal Attraction is a decent event of its time, but Basic Instinct was a visionary work from an auteur who understands both the genre and its influences.
Fatal Attraction is talked about for Close only. Basic Instinct is a superb work of nerdom, and it shows in every aspect of the film including Jan De Bont's vibrant cinematography creating a pulpy world of San Francisco that was equally ahead of its time and at some moments... felt like Vertigo.
And ..... I prefer pretty much all the actors of Basic Instinct as well.
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Post by stephen on Sept 12, 2020 4:00:02 GMT
They're both trash, but Basic Instinct is at least fun trash.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Sept 12, 2020 4:44:28 GMT
Movie : Basic Instinct > Fatal Attraction
Performance : Glenn Close > Sharon Stone
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 12, 2020 6:08:19 GMT
1987 - trashy, boring, somewhat regressive/sexist 1992 - trashy, fun, ahead of its time Would you like Fatal Attraction any more if it had retained its original ending? Hmmm I'm not sure. Don't think it would've mattered. I just dislike the whole premise of Douglas putting his dick in crazy, as it were, being played so straight as cautionary tale, holding up the ideal white suburban family as this ideal to come back to. It's just pretty boring. One would think the idea of a puritanical sex thriller would be oxymoronic, but that basically sums up America's relationship with sex; this blend of prurience and prudishness. But I agree with Maria Helena. I love both Close and Stone in these movies but I'll always take the bunny boiler. |
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Post by TerryMontana on Sept 12, 2020 13:52:35 GMT
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Post by cheesecake on Sept 12, 2020 16:10:45 GMT
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Post by stinkybritches on Sept 14, 2020 14:00:11 GMT
basic instinct, easily. verhoeven near the top of his game. fatal attraction is not much more than a pumped-up Lifetime TV movie.
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