It's been quite a while! We've been moving across the country and visiting with relatives, but we're finally settled in! And I've got a new movie review for you guys.
Again, it's a Netflix instant movie, but only until July 1st! Dangerous Beauty is based on a true story, and takes place in Venice in the 16th century, when women were allowed very little rights. The main character is in love with a man who is of a higher rank than she is, therefore his family forbids him to marry her. Her mother convinces her to become a courtesan (creepy) so that she may still be able to have some way of seeing him, and also because it's the only way a woman is allowed a decent education.
Dangerous Beauty balanced fun with drama, laughter with heartfelt moments, and promiscuity with undying love. The cinematography was decent, the acting was very good, but the dialogue did seem a bit too recent in some spots. It felt like it was a British-made film, but apparently it was made in the old US of A. It does raise a question: why then did everyone have British accents?
Overall, the message was something that I felt was still semi-relevant today, and that is about the role of women in society. I don't want to give anything away, so just watch it, but it did make me think about some similarities between then and now.
P.S. There's also a good deal of boobs shown in this film, which does make sense with subject matter, and almost made me shut off the film at first. I did decide to give it a chance, as it wasn't completely out of nowhere or TOO distasteful, but I do think it was a little much. I always wonder how films would be directed if boob shots weren't relied so heavily on...
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