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@briannabombshell1921
4 жыл бұрын
What made Kathryn evil was that she was willing to destroy innocent lives with blatant disregard
@Senate300
3 жыл бұрын
And round up a scapegoat, keeping her hands clean.
@jessicahill6418
3 жыл бұрын
That just about sums it up
@briannabombshell1921
3 жыл бұрын
@@Senate300 she’s a bonafide psychopath
@Senate300
3 жыл бұрын
@@briannabombshell1921 But a compelling character none the less. One thing that struck me about Kathryn was that she had to be in control and could not be helpless emotionally. Sarah Michelle Gellar once described her character as a tragic heroine. Can you believe that?
@justschr
Жыл бұрын
And she did it for her own enjoyment… Like he says it’s almost like she started fires just to see how far they’d spread.
@wickedfire91
3 жыл бұрын
Personally, I think you (and a lot of people) missed Sebastian's character journey -- being that it wasn't actually a redemption arc. Sebastian is a terrible person who is only confronted with how terrible he is because he finally develops one semi-unselfish emotion: love for another person. That love isn't necessarily good or healthy, and the second it threatens his reputation he allows Kathryn to destroy it in a heartbeat. The funeral, I always thought, was meant to display Annette's final victory over the entire situation as well as Sebastian's final revenge against Kathryn. Those students weren't mourning Sebastian; they were in shock at the full and explicit truth of his and Kathryn's horrific machinations and the likely truth of how many of those female students were victimized without even fully knowing. There's a reason that Cecile and Annette titled the published journal of Sebastian Valmont as "Cruel Intentions" -- they were both acknowledging that he was ultimately cruel, as was every awful thought he put in that journal.
@Senate300
2 жыл бұрын
I believe Sebastian's love for Annette was genuine but too weak to withstand Kathryn's interference, which he let happen because he valued his worthless bad boy reputation more when the chips were down. All of which was designed for Kathryn to destroy Sebastian in the cruelest way and through him under the bus, resulting his death saving Annette after his fight with Ronald. The memorial service was all 3. Annette & Cecile's final victory, Sebastian's posthumous revenge & Kathryn's true colours exposed. I believe Sebastian giving Annette was his means of re-establishing the trust in Annette he broke due to his own cowardice. I thought naming his Journal 'Cruel Intentions' was a masterstroke. Although Sebastian & Kathryn were a devious pare of step-siblings, the former had a chance to change and squandered it while the latter in her evil streak was marked as absolute.
@alexcoyg3281
5 жыл бұрын
One of the best soundtracks ever
@notwerkinginthishouse8634
3 жыл бұрын
Style of the movie and outfits, soundtrack and meaning are so great
@inframeout
3 жыл бұрын
It's the pinnacle of turn-of-the-millenium ivy league chic
@Alexandra-ew3ep
3 жыл бұрын
No offense to today’s young actor but what’s so great about Cruel Intentions is that all of the actors are so amazing. Katherine never lose her cold bitch attitude, Sebastian literally switch from asshole to lover but when I watch today’s teen movie or serie i don’t find them believable or strong in their character. And this movie has the perfect dose of wicked and moving parts
@drishe08
Жыл бұрын
exactly nowadays there are same movies like TATBILB and the kissing booth which has the same concept (almost)
@KateLicker
Жыл бұрын
it's ONE thing that is great about it/ and you are right. Today they have nothing like it, and no one like these people. Today Sebastian and the black-guy would keep taking 5 during the fight to check their messages. Great selfie opportunity, too, a bunch of other passing fucktards stop to start uploading whole thing to fucking TikTok. Maybe the cab kills him because that driver is fucking with HIS phone.
2 ай бұрын
You’re just not watching the right movies. Good acting is still everywhere .
@MrBambuzle
5 жыл бұрын
I am honestly surprised at how few views this has compared to the level of quality. I wish you all the success you deserve on this platform, keep on making great content!
@inframeout
5 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful sentiment to have on a Friday morning :) Thank you so much for giving our channel a shot, here's hoping we can keep the standard up
@positivelysimful1283
2 жыл бұрын
I like this movie, mainly because I love Dangerous Liaisons but this is a good movie on its own. I don't think Sebastian was meant to be redeemed-- not fully. That's why he had to die. He had to be punished. There was a minor redemption-- he felt something, he got a glimmer of what he'd done, he put someone else first. It showed he had the potential to be something else, but he never lived up to it. He was too far gone for a redemption arc. Exposing his journal wasn't for his redemption; his sins were not forgiven, it didn't erase the things he'd done. He fully exposed himself and his wrongs in order to also expose Katherine. He did this partly to stop her, but also for selfish reasons-- for the victory over her. Ultimately he could not have a happy ending though precisely because he was unredeemable.
@Senate300
2 жыл бұрын
The deleted scene where Sebastian hits Kathryn after she humiliated him in the cruelest way before they declare war on each other would've added more to your argument of them being as bad as each other if Roger Kumble chose to keep it in the final cut of the film. Him erasing it presented Sebastian to us as just another of Kathryn's victims. Basically saying however bad he is, she's 5 times worse. Before Annette, Sebastian was proud of the sins he committed. Particularly the seduction and defilement of girls with affluent & influential parents.
@justschr
Жыл бұрын
@@Senate300 Kathryn was the superior villain and I think in several ways Sebastian was just as much one of her victims as everyone else. Going back to the ending being less of an honest redemption arch but a last ditch effort to finally win and take down Kathryn.
@Senate300
Жыл бұрын
@@justschr In what sense do you think Kathryn to be the superior villain? My guess is that compared to Sebastian, she was capable of anything.
@justschr
Жыл бұрын
@@Senate300 Motivation. Kathryn needing to maintain the appearance of being Marsha Brady motivates her to be as cruel as she is… Sebastian lacks any significant motivation other than the fact that he can because there’s no one to hold him accountable. That said I don’t think villain is the right word to describe Kathryn. I watched another video after having made my initial comment… The creators (either intentionally or unintentionally) kind of missed the mark on making Kathryn the story’s anti-hero. She’s really a victim of society valuing purity over allowing woman to be honest about their sexuality.
@TheJoeSwanon
3 жыл бұрын
Sarah Michelle Gellar carried this movie by far she should have got an Oscar for her performance
@Aster_Risk
4 жыл бұрын
This was a really great video about one of my favorite ridiculous movies. And thank you for bringing up the soundtrack, because those songs are forever linked to this movie for me. I think I may have heard Bittersweet for the first time in the movie when I was about 8 or 9.
@inframeout
4 жыл бұрын
The placement of that song throughout the film is peak-90s film perfection
@brurnettebetty
5 жыл бұрын
I first watched cruel intentions a year or two ago with my sister, and when we reached the ending we both were SO mad about the ending. It felt like such a slap in the face to everything the movie was leading up to. I guess we expected sebastian to face the consequences of his actions as well as kathryn. In comparison to Gossip Girl, which i started watching recently and feels similar to me, it feels so needlessly cruel (lol) for the sake of torturing the characters and the audience without any......emotional resolution. anyway yeah i love seeing sarah michelle gellar in this movie bc shes fantastic but the writing of sebastians character wishes he'd just fall into a cheese grater.
@justschr
Жыл бұрын
But didn’t he face consequences? As someone said in another comment the ending was less a redemption arch and more of an expose of Kathryn and Sebastian’s cruel antics. Even if he wasn’t around to see it happen.
@KateLicker
Жыл бұрын
Sebastian pays with his life, obviously...that must be at least somewhat redeeming..and yes, he actually was vulnerable and fell to one of his marks..the one complicating factor, I thought, was the manner of his death. He dies accidentally, a traffic-accident intervening in a fairly gutsy street-fight. Even if the fight is a huge tragic manipulated misunderstanding. Sebastian is no coward during the fight. Most anyway resembling him, or what we take as his overall type/ character...WOULD be. No way would most assholes like that step right up like that.
@Tip_Top
Жыл бұрын
That's the point. Men get away with it and women are punished forever. At least that's the theme of the book Dangerous Liaisons
@Tip_Top
Жыл бұрын
@@KateLickerbut he dies a hero, while Kathryn is left as the only villain
@KateLicker
Жыл бұрын
@@Tip_Top well, yes...but it was all her idea, even if he was originally almost as bad as her...lol..not that I do not have compassion for her, I actually do, as mentioned elsewhere, mostly because she is still damned hot..lol
@DiamanteDea
4 жыл бұрын
Kathryn is a queen sociopath
@TheJoeSwanon
3 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna go with psychopath The same way many CEOs and successful Professionals are
@DiamanteDea
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheJoeSwanon sociopath
@briannabombshell1921
3 жыл бұрын
Psychopath. She had little to no emotions and the little emotions she did have revolved around her and her own reputation. She was more organized in her plot schemes and everyone was a toy for her. A sociopath snd psychopath are very similar one is just more organized
@deadassdgaf100
Жыл бұрын
they're essentially the same thing. BOTH are only colloquialisms. the definitions of either are subjective, varying from person to person. clinically, NEITHER exist. they would actually be Antisocial Personality Disorder. period. therefore arguing over which she IS, in your own opinion is as futile as arguing apples vs. apples, based on their color.
@JacobGeller
5 жыл бұрын
Always wished Sarah Michelle shared my Geller spelling instead of Ross. (ALSO THIS IS EXCELLENT)
@inframeout
5 жыл бұрын
Then again, she could argue that your first and second names aren't spelt "S-A-R-A-H M-I-C-H-E-L-L-E", so all things being equal it's a draw (although you have a significantly more robust beard, so you win that round)
@billyharan354
4 жыл бұрын
One off my favourite movie and Kathryn is my favourite character ever
@justschr
Жыл бұрын
Kathryn as the story’s anti-hero is the element that this story is missing. You can tell that they tried but just missed the mark.
@streakydrip8792
4 жыл бұрын
This movie is awesome
@spiteu9272
3 жыл бұрын
10:06 - 10:22 Never considered this an aspect of adaptation, total eureka moment. Mind fuckin' blown.
@AlexanderSerpico
4 жыл бұрын
... and Tara Reid (lmfao) also, fred norris is a meter maid
@timmyweeb7492
3 жыл бұрын
why are there so many underrated videos :(( great work!
@MsJIAmove
2 жыл бұрын
The actress playing the therapist in Cruel Intentions is the same actress that plays the mother of Cecille in Dangerous Liaisons.
@gemma1874
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic movie
@TheJoeSwanon
3 жыл бұрын
Watching this movie I always felt Sebastian was the more evil of the two of them
@MCLogikILL
2 жыл бұрын
How?
@Nightman221k
2 жыл бұрын
I thought both were irredeemable. Sebastian happened to die at a high point for his personality but I didn't buy that it would've stuck if he lived.
@aelinorholloway3669
7 ай бұрын
Watching this film as an adult Sebastian is definitely a creep, I do prefer Kathryn more than Annette but that's mainly because as vicious as Kathryn is she at least seems to kinda see what a dick her step brother is. With Annette it's like come on girl wake up!
@maskoolio5824
Жыл бұрын
In The Company of Men is an amazing, terribly underseen film.
@Senate300
3 жыл бұрын
I can't tell whether this is a critique or a moral outcry.
@awhidafrid1080
2 жыл бұрын
This is exquusite work
@iancuentas
2 жыл бұрын
This video was amazing, the quality of your coment is really good, new sub.
@jenlindley7780
4 ай бұрын
You are looking to a 1999's film with 2020's lens, you're doing it wrong.
@inframeout
4 ай бұрын
Pretty sure sexual assault and supplying a child with alcohol was still illegal and bad in the 90s. Also - I saw this film the month it released, so I was just using my human eyes
@jenlindley7780
4 ай бұрын
@@inframeout Off course it was bad, he was a bad boy with CRUEL INTENTIONS, didn't you read the title of the movie? Lol
@briannabombshell1921
3 жыл бұрын
It’s his stepsister not his blood sister. I don’t see the huge deal.. it’s not normal I agree but it’s not exactly inscest either
@maskoolio5824
Жыл бұрын
The big deal is that it's not normal. That's it. You got it already.
@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan
3 жыл бұрын
I found far too tame to be interesting
@MentalDeviant
5 жыл бұрын
He's not a sex offender, they all concented but releasing the video was wrong. He changed at the end he changed but they dies trying to save somebody. You sound like you don't know what you are talking about rather than smart.
@inframeout
5 жыл бұрын
He spikes an underage girl's drink with alcohol, then threatens her unless she engages in sexual conduct with him.
@JacobGeller
5 жыл бұрын
Love to take my advice about sexual assault from a dude named mental deviant
@cayceh
5 жыл бұрын
Even ignoring the fact that consent doesn't apply to either minors or inebriated people, videoing someone without their consent and releasing a sex video without consent are both sex offenses.
@TheJoeSwanon
3 жыл бұрын
@@inframeout let’s just say you should not take Notes from this movie on how to behave on a date
@elenaovcharuk8529
3 жыл бұрын
@@inframeout He was a teenager too, Who was he supposed to sleep with?
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