August 25, 2005
Received and watched The Picture of Dorian Gray today via Netflix, and also wasn't impressed with it.
Because I'm familiar with how difficult it is to make a good novel, and how it's even /harder/ to effectively transfer from a novel to film and retain a novel's essence, I'm willing to cut this version some slack. Someday, though, I'd like to read the Oscar Wilde novel from which it is based.
I like the idea of the story, it just wasn't a particularly compelling retelling.
