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allyC -> RE: Movie - The Pet (12/12/2006 4:28:07 AM)
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---crossposted from another post on another forum--- ****Warning - there is spoiler commentary in this post****
Well, my owner ordered the movie and we just watched it.
In all honestly I thought it was horrible. Seriously.
First off, the screenwriting was very poor... The movie had very little flow and was terribly unrealistic. The acting was as bad in my opinion as the screenplay. The way that the film portrayed the process of enslavement was about as far from the mark (in my opinion) as it could be. If someone is going to write about a lifestyle as profound and serious as one of master and slave, they should have actually made a movie that was a realistic look - not some cliche, badly written (and acted), film where they mix what it is that we do with the ugly and horrible slave trafficking business. Why blur the lines like that? They are not the same thing - not even remotely. In my opinion, those who see this movie who don't know anything about the lifestyle will seriously get the wrong impression about it. If someone wants to make a film that shows the atrocities that are committed in the slave trafficking business, than they should write a movie about that. I find it irresponsible to mix the two as if our lifestyle is so closely tied to something so despicable.
I wouldn't recommend that anyone spend the money to buy this movie. My owner and I were so completely let down by its utter ridiculousness at times that he almost turned it off during the middle.
*****Here's the serious spoiler so please don't read any further if you don't want to know.
If the man in the movie had been poor or even middle class, would she have so willingly (and in such an instant) jumped at the chance to be this man's pet? And the process of her enslavement seemed like it happened overnight. The movie didn't show two even remotely emotionally healthy people entering a relationship that involved the long, beautiful, process of internal enslavement. To the contrary, it showed a guy who was friends with slave traffickers (nice friends, dude) who meets a woman (who was scouted, photographed, hand-picked, and pointed out to him by said slave traffickers) and decides to pay her huge amounts of money to be his dog.
Considering this man is pretty much an absolute stranger, I was floored that she barely gave it any serious thought, jumped right in and bam! Instant, perfect slave! She went from California girl to stepford puppy in the blink of an eye. Now I can see that they were trying to show (after the money exchange) that this woman fit so well and felt so good as his pet and that he truly cared for her (like a man would for his Irish Setter), however, the potential for character and story line development there was enormous and they completely missed the mark. And another thing - As far as the slave traffickers are concerned, who would take months to train beautiful females to be well-trained, obedient pets and then sell them off to be slaughtered for their organs? Isn't that like spending years training an extraordinary thoroughbred for the Kentucky Derby and then selling it when it is prime and perfect to the glue factory before it ever ran a race?
Oh... and as for the branding. What the heck? A cattle iron pressed to human flesh as it sizzles and pops for like 20 seconds? That iron would have gone straight through to the bone. Did this guy do any research at all? Is it responsible to show people that lifestyle folks brand their slaves this way?
Anyway, I thought the story-line was weak and there were several areas where I just thought, 'Huh?"
Three thumbs down in my opinion.
I just wish that someone would write a good, decent, realistic screenplay about M/s and then follow through with hiring actors that can truly portray the roles they were hired for. So far, "Secretary" is the only one that has even come close to the mark in my opinion.
Now my owner wishes he hadn't spent the money. hehe
Well wishes,
Cav's ally
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