Naomi Watts - Dangerous Beauty (1998)

[bistokidsfan]

The truth is while wives were not allowed to have anything not even a mind of their own courtesans had to be everything and give everything to their male clients. One was locked in a prison, the other was drained dry. This movie is sickening in that it glorifies being a courtesan when in reality while it did have its perks it also had its downside which the movie conveniently glosses over. It shows you just enough to seem like it has both sides of the story, but in reality it does not.

[bistokidsfan]

I hate this film because it makes it look like that it's the wives fault for being boring and prudish and that they are utterly helpless. They were living beings who had minds of their though stamped down and brainwashed as they were. In fact by being confined it challenges on to strengthen their mind according to what principles they have been afforded. Oh and if you actually read the book this film is based on you will find that Veronica was very different and so was the life of a courtesan.

[bistokidsfan]

For you out there who condemn this woman being who she was raised and expected by men to be have a heart. She is doing her best to please Marco in the only way she knows how and has been raised to do. She is not a bitch. In one scene she actually worries about him. Marco is an ass. He could at the very least accept her as his friend. His first mistake was comparing her against Veronica. She will never be Veronica. It is unfair to try to hold her to that standard.

[orangehysteria7]

Agggh fogot this was on last night. Luckily I found it online this morning at lastnightstvshows (.) com

[caryboyz]

por favorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr suban esta pelicula: dangerous beauty

[miskobriedis]

what movie is this ?

[bradley583]

@miskobriedis Its in the title dickhead...

[dokkkia]

"she'll never be like veronica"? i think this is what the movie is all about, we're all like her but we are taughted to fear.. "if she is a witch, then all the women in venice are"-remember? this lady is a victim of the mentality of her century and of all centuries..things like this still happen

[roguefem]

This scene makes me feel bad for both of them. They're both trying so hard, but there's this uncrossable chasm of differences between them. She'll never be like Veronica, and he will probably never be the sort of stodgy, uptight husband she was trained to please. It's very sad.

[myzzdeedee]

She looks like Nicole from far away!

[blabla2haha]

I simply love the way he is lying on the bed xP

[katchoogranger]

This scene kills me every time.

[Terranova0]

Brilliant scene- tells her whole story in a few short moments. While it builds empathy for her, it also nurtures sympathy for Marco.

Dangerous Beauty is probably one of the most seriously underrated movies of all time. Everything about it is top-notch-- the scenery, costumes, actors, music, and, of course, the story line is superb.

[moodybluesgurl]

she's been brought up from the cradle to be submissive and have no desire to think for herself, its really sad, he tries to help make her happy, to see what it is she wants for herself but as she has no imagination or anything she does not know how to be happy, thats why her character is rather a cold, miserable bitch.

[maqto]

In the other hand the showed that being fair in marriage is worse than not...;/

[thehappyheather]

I doubt the those in charge of making this movie were intending that there be an underlying theme of be a harlot if you want to be happy. It was simply the way things were. You can't change that.

[Jacobitess]

I just can't stand moves that negatively portray the desire of women to be good wives, as if it's better for a woman's soul or heart to be a harlot.

[scottishboomerang]

I think the point is the folly of some who would rather not have educated and passionate wives. But your comment reminded me of something by John Donne - a prayer to God which ends "Take mee to you, imprison mee, for

I/Except you'enthrall mee, never shall be free,/Nor ever chast, except you ravish mee.

The human heart is wicked, is it not?

[cccrsc]

Well you gotta remember that this movie plays to the 20th/21st-C mindset of "be yourself", "romance" and "passion", if you get my meaning. It needs to play Veronica in a sympathetic light, and this scene then excuses Marco from cheating and justifies it. But then again, it was no big deal to have an affair in the Renaissance anyway. But yeh, I get your meaning.