I know Balzac is a french novelist, the English dub just caught me off guard and it made me laugh and I decided to share that laughter with you IM SORRY IM AN IDIOT TRYING TO SPREAD JOY
As a French speaker who unfortunately watched the movie let me say that first the actress of Céline is a famous influencer she is not an actress (like Addison ray for ex) also she doesn’t rap to him in the car. She was making fun of he’s way of speaking bc she’s « not like other gen zs 🤪 » so she just talked to him in slang she wasn’t raping.
May I point out that I HATE the „your first time is definitely going to suck“ trope?! Because, no, it isn’t! It’s always portrayed as this cute, romantic moment, when the (obviously experienced) guy warns the girl (oftentimes while they’re about to have sex) that this will hurt a lot, even though she is perfectly calm and relaxed and enjoying herself and he isn’t ramming into her like some murderous lunatic?? Of course, your first time might be less enjoyable than expected, especially when you’re both inexperienced or really nervous beforehand and it’s important to know what might happen - but this „you must fear your first time, because someone will pierce your skin open and you will bleed a fuckton“ is just plain wrong and it pisses me off to no end. I was nervous as fuck because I knew all the stories and prepared myself mentally, only to be surprised to find out that it doesn’t have to be that way and it can be good for both partners without hurting in between.
Not only that, but if you are patient enough to get with someone you actually like then I imagine it can be a really bonding experience. It's probably the most vulnerable a young adult can be.
Love that you said clearly that kissing someone without consent isn`t a joke! My view on consent was BUSTED and I am so happy I got to learn propper consent now. No one gotta kiss me without my consent!
Netflix is slipping into awfulness fast, Umbrella Academy Season 3 was a mess and the low quality stuff they always posted is getting worse, don't even get me started about the amount of good shows they cancelled. The same people than greenlit stuff like this cancelled "I'm Not Okay With This" for fucks sake.
keep in mind they recently spent millions on 2 different transphobic comedy specials. i havent even watched the holy beacon of pop culture known as stranger things season 4 because netflix doesnt need my $15 for ricky gervais. but its ok. i already knew about kate bush so i didnt need to watch stranger things.
Netflix has been going down hill since they've canceled alot of their good original shows. They also spent $100 million to have the license for Friends.
Precisely, the latest series was just a convoluted mess, and I hope that it recaptures some of its former magic. The showrunner states that it's likely to be the final season.
I honestly really want to see a the whole “sex bet thing” but after so long of flirting the cool kid later discovers that the person they’re pursuing is aro/ace and then cool kid and the nerd just start building their friendship and the cool kid realizes how awful their old friends we’re. ✨
It’s a universally acknowledged fact that the worst movies make the best commentaries. I had and have no intention of watching this movie, but listening to you talk about it was vastly entertaining.👍🏻👍🏻
So let me get it straight. The niece of the headmaster comes up with an idea for a "fundraiser" that's an expensive school musical, get her father, the headmaster brother, to direct it. Then all three of them chose her cousin, the director's niece, the headmaster daughter, to play the main character over the super famous, national level famous actress and no one sees any real problem with that????
Having been in a highly financed high school theatre that brought in pretty good profit-I was the construction head, and I can tell you exactly why the profit margin was wide-this could not shock me less. Nepotism? Favoritism? Racism? In my theatre kid dystopia??? It’s more likely than you think.
so many of these comments have really thoughtful points comparing this movie with the source material and other adaptations, but I'm still laughing about "I can hear you tiptoeing around my bimbo, you dumbf*ck" because it took me so completely by surprise and I think we can all agree, that's art.
About the party, Vanessa spiked the punch bowl. That's why everyone is like that by the end of the party. You don't see her drinking anything and there's a scene of her going around with her phone, recording everything (that's how she got the video of Charlotte with Oscar and that girl).
As a fan of both the original 1989 film and Cruel Intentions, I can honestly say that I have absolutely no plans on watching this. I can’t believe that the French screwed up one of their classics so horribly!!!! Like what happened to the Madame Merteuil/Katherine character? She’s the driving force of the movie!! I’m good. Thank you for sacrificing your time and sanity for us
genuinely was cringing until it ended with a polyamorous relationship did they have to get teenage married??? no that's weird but im here for a throuple
Here in Brazil, we had a miniseries based on Les liaisons dangereuses in 2016 on network TV, called "Ligações Perigosas," set in 1920s Rio de Janeiro. Personally I thought it was very good, but it generated polemic for a scene that was supposed to be about seduction, but was made as abuse. In 2018, there was a Korean version, called Tempted, which I am almost done with, I also thought it was good, and much lighter than the other versions I saw.
I cant stress out enough how good is the Glenn Close / john Malchovich version. I loved the book and rewatching that movie a good once a year. Cruel intention is one of my fav guilty pleasures movie too.
Uma Thurman In dangerous liaisons was a big stepping stone in my gay awakening when I was a teenager, and I thirst for her still, but I can’t watch it now knowing how young she was. But still, a banger, 10/10, would time travel back to 2011 to watch it again.
I have never seen Cruel Intensions, but I worked in a cinema and we always had movie soundtracks playing in the Foyer. I remeber one of them being that movie and loving every single song on it. So I agree. Amazing music in this soundtrack, unforgettable.
There's a k-drama called Tempted that's also based off the same book, I watched this cause i figured it couldn't possibly end up that bad with a plot like that, and let's just say i think tempted was a much better modern version of it now
15:47 They did a good job on translation, at least. "Balec" is a slang abbreviation of "(je m'en / on s'en) bas les couilles" which is a foul expression meaning "I don't care" (in a much more rude way).
First of all, Cruel Intentions is a masterpiece and a bittersweet classic 🙏 Secondly, If I would have somehow managed to watch THIS on my own, I'd never understood that it was a Cruel Intentions rip-off :D good lord what was that, it's like a fever nightmare And also, are you planning on doing a video on the latest Resident Evil show? I have so many questions and I NEED EXPLANATIONS :D Thanks for the video! 😻
You are so much braver than I could ever be... I am French and I would not have even considered watching this ever... but you did it and all the way through. Also yes "the voice" is pretty big here. It must be like season 15 by now, they do also a kids version... I never really cared for it to be honest.
Charlotte is the school director's daughter and I think he refused to sleep with Ms Merteuil so she's trying to get revenge by breaking his daughter's heart or something. So it's not really gratuitous, she is trying to get revenge.
Btdubs, the book by Choderlos de Laclos (have fun pronouncing that too) is a masterpiece. Bitterly unsettling. Wonderfully written. I may be sensitive but when I finished it, it instantly became one of my favorites!
crying and screaming my roommate and i actually are fans of the glenn close dangerous liasons, since we watched it on our last movie night, so when i opened up netflix and saw this i was like let me take a look... not the POLYAMOROUS TEEN BEACH WEDDING followed up by the WHITE TEEN RAPPER i was absolutely gagged
Amanda, what did you think about The Grey Man? It´s an action movie that dropped on Netflix with Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling and Ana de Armas. Haven´t heard anything really good about it but it´s Netflix´s most expensive movie and the directors did Infinity War and Engame.
"Is the voice a big deal in France?" Norwegian here, so can't speak for France, but talent shows like the voice and it's other similar off-shoots are very popular here, so it would not surprise me if that's the case in other places of Europe. Like Eurovision is a very large event, but it's not believable that just anyone competes there... The voice on the other hand
This whole story could have started with the school play where Charlotte is given the lead role over super famous actress Vanessa, giving Vanessa the motivation to want revenge. And it still could have ended with the premier of the school play. But for reasons… they went in another direction.
Maybe because is for Honore Balzac, one of the most famous french writers, that revolutionise the conventions of his time, like Dangerous Liaison, his books were full of drama, of romances that always ended in misery or couples that cheated each other, that very controversial were there was no divorce in marriage, and the people have this entrench idea that husband and wife should be faithful to each other, tragically, Balzac never find actually love in his life, he die before he could marry and have children, his mother was strict and despised his book, Gerard Depardieu did a miniseries about him, but that was before I realise that Depardieu was a horrible person.
For the first time in days I was struggling scrolling through my for you page looking for anything interesting to watch and Amanda comes in clutch with a terrible movie. Godsend 🧘🏾♂️
The greatest contribution that theatre kids brought after graduating was the proclivity to adapt _everything_ into a musical. And they’re on average pretty stellar.
As a person who doesn't live in France, I found out with Google that The Voice is a big deal in France, most recently wrapped it's 11th season, not as many as the US version which has a whopping 21, due to being on twice a year (not this past television season though), with a 22nd season set to premiere this fall in the US.
Your officially one of my favourite TH-camrs, I have a list of like 5-10 all time favs and your not only in that list but also your in the top 3 channels I’ve been binging recently
I think The Voice is a big deal in France, yeah, being on it would gain someone a lot of recognition. As for Balzac, it's 0% funny for a French person. Bit pompous for a dog's name maybe.
Hi Amanda! The terribly formatted (for me specifically) novel not withstanding, I LOVE Dangerous Liaisons. I have Cruel Intentions, the Glenn Close version, Valmont, and tried to watch a Chinese interpretation but couldn't handle the subs with my eyes. But even I wouldn't touch this hot trash lol! And I think someone watched the made for TV movie Scarlett in order to pull off the near drowning shit
IDK, spoiled rich kids having an impractical, cost-ineffective fundraiser idea that, due to them being spoiled and rich, they are allowed to do, seems like one of the more realistic parts of this.
yes, the voice is kind of a big deal in France, esp for middle school students imo. it launched the career of a lot of mainstream french celebrities, first coming to my mind is Louane
To answer your very important question, yes The Voice is somewhat big in France. It's broadcasted on the first TV channel, which is getting the biggest ratings. Not sure if Gen-Zs are watching it, though, but the winners do get a good career out of it. Also, we literally have Disneyland 30mn away by train from Paris. It would be the better option to cheer someone up.
No, Amanda, I'm old and think of the Glenn Close version. 😂 Though I also grew up with and adore Sarah Michelle Gellar and she's amazing in Cruel Intentions.
Why the fuck would they need to fundraise for a surgery in france ? What kind of surgery are they doing on this poor guy that it's not covered by the public healthcare system ? Can he not switch to a public hospital if he can not afford a private surgeon ? What is going on with this dude
"Yes, this movie ends with a polyamorous teenage wedding!" You know, just less than an hour ago at the time of writing this, I was involved in a discussion about how we need more positive representation of polyamory in modern media... this is NOT what we meant! Why is that just tagged on at the end of this movie? What even‽
@@Tripp393 Why? Polyamory isn't the same as cheating; in ethical non-monogamy, everyone involved is aware and consenting that its a poly relationship. What's wrong with that? Judging by your reaction, the stigma and misconceptions surrounding ethical non-monogamy are exactly why we need better positive representation of it in media.
@@furonguy42 Just because it's consensual, it does not make it not promiscuous. And I'm all for people being free. Just don't call it love or get it anywhere near the LGBT conversation. We don't need that stigma.
@@kaichen04 I don’t think there’s any space to condemn promiscuity in queer conversations. Some people have sex. Some people have a lot of sex. Some have none. It’s none of our business and people should be able to talk about their experiences/lives without being shamed for it.
@@kaichen04 That is the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard. As a gay person myself, polyamory is absolutely just as frowned upon and just as deserving to be in the community. Homosexuality was viewed as promiscuous not that long ago. Some people still view it as that way. That's the entire point of the LGBTQ+ community; to show it isn't. Polyamory can be just as innocent, some people just love more than one person. What's wrong with that?
I'm in my 30s and 'he must have experience grabbing the Balzac' gave me the absolute giggles. I hope those kinds of jokes are things you never grow out of.
Okay, this is so disappointing because French Netflix has brought me some of my favorite tv shows and movies of all time like Plan Cœur, Family Business and Je ne suis pas un homme facile. I constantly recommend Plan Cœur to my friends, even those who don’t speak French, because it’s like a long form romcom and I just love love love it.
Balzac is also a cafe chain in Kingston ON, if you want a hot cup of Balzac or some merch. They had a Margaret Atwood blend too so you know it's Canadian
Speaking of foreign Netflix movies, I think you should watch RRR, an Indian film released this year! It was genuinely awesome (in the original sense of the word) :D
I'm in Music Man rn, in Pick-a-Little-Talk-a -Little I have to listen to middle-aged women say BALZAC....good times. Also I'm so proud of myself for knowing what Dangerous Liasions (the book) is thanks to Julia Cudney's After video!
Oh gosh I'm french, and even though I've been out of high school for ten years I just suddenly heard all my french teachers from years past cry out in collective anguish xD
The fundraiser thing gets even more hilarious when you know that like... Unlike the US, we have a healthcare system that works pretty well ? Like how did the writers forget that exactly ? (Also saw that actor who was also in Emily in Paris in a play a few months back - man, he really is so one note and can only play one character, even when put in a freaking Molière I swear.)
One thing I hate about social media in movies or tv, is like they always show "oh this character has like 50 followers wtf" but they've been posting for maybe 5 years. Like, do they not factor in bots?
I am sorry, in no way a principal of a school would be able to afford living anywhere close to Biarritz 🤣A tiny appartment, yes, but no full size family house.
Ah yes, those confused movies that insert a random/tangentially connected if you squint progressive monologue that is then made nonsensical 5 seconds later. Love it.
Juste one little thing Amanda. Liaisons is a feminine noun so you have to say 'dangeureuses' and pronouncing the SE at the end. The way you said it sounded like the masculine form 'dangereux' You're usually great with your French! - A fellow neighbor french-canadian
I have to say I struggled to watch through this cause of the large amount of cringe from influencer movies. But I pushed through cause of you! Great job!
i remember watching the movie this is inspired on and not being that impressed whit it, cant imagine teens these days paying attention to this long enough to figure it out
22:51 Made me cackle when I first heard it. This man said “🎶I can hear you tiptoeing around my bimbo, you dumbfuck🎶” and I’m not supposed to keel over?
Cruel Intentions was the movie that taught me that it was OK to enjoy trash. Also, what Cruel Intentions got, that this movie doesn't seem to, is that you have to LIKE everyone involved. Sure, it might be a hate-like in the case of Sebastain and Kathryn (which also goes for Freddie Prinze Jr's character in She's All That) but you still like them. You like watching them and you like hating what they're doing. Without that, these stories are just not worth making.
I know Balzac is a french novelist, the English dub just caught me off guard and it made me laugh and I decided to share that laughter with you IM SORRY IM AN IDIOT TRYING TO SPREAD JOY
I used to watch a show called Geo Kids with a chameleon puppet named Uncle Balzak! My parents ALWAYS laughed!! XD
But you do spread joy, we love potty humor at our house and will watch it for this!
Imagine your name being Balzac and not taking an alias as a writer
She wants a spanking but I know how it feels to be hurt 🔥💯💯
@@MissMoontree it doesn't have that same connotation in French. I never even thought of it until now
As a French speaker who unfortunately watched the movie let me say that first the actress of Céline is a famous influencer she is not an actress (like Addison ray for ex) also she doesn’t rap to him in the car. She was making fun of he’s way of speaking bc she’s « not like other gen zs 🤪 » so she just talked to him in slang she wasn’t raping.
It’s *rapping, if you forget that extra P it changes the meaning extremely unfortunately
FRANCE HAS HEALTHCARE WHY DOES THE OPERATION NEED FUNDING????
May I point out that I HATE the „your first time is definitely going to suck“ trope?! Because, no, it isn’t!
It’s always portrayed as this cute, romantic moment, when the (obviously experienced) guy warns the girl (oftentimes while they’re about to have sex) that this will hurt a lot, even though she is perfectly calm and relaxed and enjoying herself and he isn’t ramming into her like some murderous lunatic??
Of course, your first time might be less enjoyable than expected, especially when you’re both inexperienced or really nervous beforehand and it’s important to know what might happen - but this „you must fear your first time, because someone will pierce your skin open and you will bleed a fuckton“ is just plain wrong and it pisses me off to no end. I was nervous as fuck because I knew all the stories and prepared myself mentally, only to be surprised to find out that it doesn’t have to be that way and it can be good for both partners without hurting in between.
Not only that, but if you are patient enough to get with someone you actually like then I imagine it can be a really bonding experience. It's probably the most vulnerable a young adult can be.
@@Mediados Exactly!
It actually hurt more afterwards than during for me, which is something I never see people mention in the movies..
@@Mediados this was my experience and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
It feels like an over correction from when first times when always being described as magical by the media
Love that you said clearly that kissing someone without consent isn`t a joke! My view on consent was BUSTED and I am so happy I got to learn propper consent now. No one gotta kiss me without my consent!
Balzac = "Ball-sack"? 🤣 Ça c'est une liaison dangereuse!
In the English dub the Z felt a lot less pronounced aha
ha ha it's really more bahl-zak than ball-zack, very funny though
Netflix is slipping into awfulness fast, Umbrella Academy Season 3 was a mess and the low quality stuff they always posted is getting worse, don't even get me started about the amount of good shows they cancelled. The same people than greenlit stuff like this cancelled "I'm Not Okay With This" for fucks sake.
keep in mind they recently spent millions on 2 different transphobic comedy specials. i havent even watched the holy beacon of pop culture known as stranger things season 4 because netflix doesnt need my $15 for ricky gervais.
but its ok. i already knew about kate bush so i didnt need to watch stranger things.
Netflix has been going down hill since they've canceled alot of their good original shows. They also spent $100 million to have the license for Friends.
Precisely, the latest series was just a convoluted mess, and I hope that it recaptures some of its former magic. The showrunner states that it's likely to be the final season.
@@bbear2695 Most of the entire world is "transphobic."
Don't get me started on the cancelling of Santa Clarita Diet and the Everything Sucks. As a xennial, the latter cancellation hits hard personally.
I honestly really want to see a the whole “sex bet thing” but after so long of flirting the cool kid later discovers that the person they’re pursuing is aro/ace and then cool kid and the nerd just start building their friendship and the cool kid realizes how awful their old friends we’re. ✨
It’s a universally acknowledged fact that the worst movies make the best commentaries. I had and have no intention of watching this movie, but listening to you talk about it was vastly entertaining.👍🏻👍🏻
This, Persuasion and Resident Evil. Man, I know that Netflix is flipping back to see how many beloved things could ruin in one month.
So let me get it straight. The niece of the headmaster comes up with an idea for a "fundraiser" that's an expensive school musical, get her father, the headmaster brother, to direct it. Then all three of them chose her cousin, the director's niece, the headmaster daughter, to play the main character over the super famous, national level famous actress and no one sees any real problem with that????
Basically she passed the audition and the super famous national level actress didn’t.
Having been in a highly financed high school theatre that brought in pretty good profit-I was the construction head, and I can tell you exactly why the profit margin was wide-this could not shock me less. Nepotism? Favoritism? Racism? In my theatre kid dystopia??? It’s more likely than you think.
Sounds like nepotism
just like Hollywood
It's France
so many of these comments have really thoughtful points comparing this movie with the source material and other adaptations, but I'm still laughing about "I can hear you tiptoeing around my bimbo, you dumbf*ck" because it took me so completely by surprise and I think we can all agree, that's art.
About the party, Vanessa spiked the punch bowl. That's why everyone is like that by the end of the party. You don't see her drinking anything and there's a scene of her going around with her phone, recording everything (that's how she got the video of Charlotte with Oscar and that girl).
As a fan of both the original 1989 film and Cruel Intentions, I can honestly say that I have absolutely no plans on watching this. I can’t believe that the French screwed up one of their classics so horribly!!!! Like what happened to the Madame Merteuil/Katherine character? She’s the driving force of the movie!! I’m good. Thank you for sacrificing your time and sanity for us
My favorite part about watching Amanda's reviews is how quickly she disintegrates from calm intro to WTF!! mode. I love it!
Amanda has the best shirts on TH-cam
2:02 why these movies think we care about a character's social media following?
It's the writers telling the teen audience how important these people are
@@sadrabbit53 very true.
So, apparently my phone was listening while I was watching this video. I got a targeted ad for a knitting tote bag that had “Ballsack” on it 😂
genuinely was cringing until it ended with a polyamorous relationship did they have to get teenage married??? no that's weird but im here for a throuple
Everyone knows the cure for a concussion is naked spooning
Here in Brazil, we had a miniseries based on Les liaisons dangereuses in 2016 on network TV, called "Ligações Perigosas," set in 1920s Rio de Janeiro. Personally I thought it was very good, but it generated polemic for a scene that was supposed to be about seduction, but was made as abuse. In 2018, there was a Korean version, called Tempted, which I am almost done with, I also thought it was good, and much lighter than the other versions I saw.
As someone who read the play version of Les Liasons Dangereuses for a college theater class, I was horrified as soon as I read the title of the video.
I cant stress out enough how good is the Glenn Close / john Malchovich version. I loved the book and rewatching that movie a good once a year. Cruel intention is one of my fav guilty pleasures movie too.
Uma Thurman In dangerous liaisons was a big stepping stone in my gay awakening when I was a teenager, and I thirst for her still, but I can’t watch it now knowing how young she was. But still, a banger, 10/10, would time travel back to 2011 to watch it again.
The best adaptation is with John Malkovich And Gleen Close, a masterclase in acting
I have never seen Cruel Intensions, but I worked in a cinema and we always had movie soundtracks playing in the Foyer. I remeber one of them being that movie and loving every single song on it. So I agree. Amazing music in this soundtrack, unforgettable.
There's a k-drama called Tempted that's also based off the same book, I watched this cause i figured it couldn't possibly end up that bad with a plot like that, and let's just say i think tempted was a much better modern version of it now
So far I am not regretting my decision to drop Netflix. Every review I watch about a Netflix movie or series; I do not regret it.
15:47 They did a good job on translation, at least. "Balec" is a slang abbreviation of "(je m'en / on s'en) bas les couilles" which is a foul expression meaning "I don't care" (in a much more rude way).
I didn't realize this was a new video and was confused because there were no comments
Really missed a good chance to pull a ‘FIRST’
First of all, Cruel Intentions is a masterpiece and a bittersweet classic 🙏
Secondly, If I would have somehow managed to watch THIS on my own, I'd never understood that it was a Cruel Intentions rip-off :D good lord what was that, it's like a fever nightmare
And also, are you planning on doing a video on the latest Resident Evil show? I have so many questions and I NEED EXPLANATIONS :D
Thanks for the video! 😻
You are so much braver than I could ever be... I am French and I would not have even considered watching this ever... but you did it and all the way through.
Also yes "the voice" is pretty big here. It must be like season 15 by now, they do also a kids version... I never really cared for it to be honest.
Charlotte is the school director's daughter and I think he refused to sleep with Ms Merteuil so she's trying to get revenge by breaking his daughter's heart or something.
So it's not really gratuitous, she is trying to get revenge.
26:31 I think that is the funniest thing I have ever heard
The way he’s so sincere 😭
Thank you Amanda I just watched this ridiculousness last night and I so happy you just posted about it!
Btdubs, the book by Choderlos de Laclos (have fun pronouncing that too) is a masterpiece. Bitterly unsettling. Wonderfully written. I may be sensitive but when I finished it, it instantly became one of my favorites!
crying and screaming my roommate and i actually are fans of the glenn close dangerous liasons, since we watched it on our last movie night, so when i opened up netflix and saw this i was like let me take a look... not the POLYAMOROUS TEEN BEACH WEDDING followed up by the WHITE TEEN RAPPER i was absolutely gagged
Amanda, what did you think about The Grey Man? It´s an action movie that dropped on Netflix with Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling and Ana de Armas. Haven´t heard anything really good about it but it´s Netflix´s most expensive movie and the directors did Infinity War and Engame.
It's just Bourne Identity with an identity crisis
"Is the voice a big deal in France?"
Norwegian here, so can't speak for France, but talent shows like the voice and it's other similar off-shoots are very popular here, so it would not surprise me if that's the case in other places of Europe. Like Eurovision is a very large event, but it's not believable that just anyone competes there... The voice on the other hand
Cruel Intentions is a film I like to call a guilty pleasure lol it's so fun!!
This whole story could have started with the school play where Charlotte is given the lead role over super famous actress Vanessa, giving Vanessa the motivation to want revenge. And it still could have ended with the premier of the school play. But for reasons… they went in another direction.
I absolutely love it when instead of watching something I probably wouldn't enjoy, I can just watch you ranting about it and have loads of fun
I couldn't watch it past the "cosplay" party, but God, I sure didn't expect it to be THAT bad. And I do know how it feels to be hurt :(
Why is it so hard to follow the source material?! Sis, the answers are *RIGHT* therrreeee 😭😭
"This is art" has now entered my daily lexicon.
Maybe because is for Honore Balzac, one of the most famous french writers, that revolutionise the conventions of his time, like Dangerous Liaison, his books were full of drama, of romances that always ended in misery or couples that cheated each other, that very controversial were there was no divorce in marriage, and the people have this entrench idea that husband and wife should be faithful to each other, tragically, Balzac never find actually love in his life, he die before he could marry and have children, his mother was strict and despised his book, Gerard Depardieu did a miniseries about him, but that was before I realise that Depardieu was a horrible person.
I love Amanda's commitment to pronouncing Balzac as ball sack through the entire video 10/10 no notes
You should watch "les 7 vies de Léa" it's a new series on netflix and it's great, i don't usually watch french shows but i loved this one
0:44 Woah, I totally forgot blonde Joshua Jackson was in Cruel Intentions. That was a time for teen movies for sure.
For the first time in days I was struggling scrolling through my for you page looking for anything interesting to watch and Amanda comes in clutch with a terrible movie. Godsend 🧘🏾♂️
When I watched this movie one of my first thoughts was that I hope Amanda reviews it. I'm so excited to see that you did!
I always say "The french just be doing shit" and usually it's a good thing, see Raw, but my God, it goes both extremes
I can't believe one of the few times I get a character with my name it has to be like this
If you like Cruel Intentions for the music, def check out the musical! There’s a fun camrip of a live performance of it on TH-cam.
URL. Please!!
The greatest contribution that theatre kids brought after graduating was the proclivity to adapt _everything_ into a musical. And they’re on average pretty stellar.
As a person who doesn't live in France, I found out with Google that The Voice is a big deal in France, most recently wrapped it's 11th season, not as many as the US version which has a whopping 21, due to being on twice a year (not this past television season though), with a 22nd season set to premiere this fall in the US.
Good life advice Amanda. Thank you for giving us this “ gem” to laugh through lol
i nearly choked in shock at the first bar of the song at the end i am CRYINGGGGG
Spoiled rich kids?
The French?
How do I leave?
Your officially one of my favourite TH-camrs, I have a list of like 5-10 all time favs and your not only in that list but also your in the top 3 channels I’ve been binging recently
I think The Voice is a big deal in France, yeah, being on it would gain someone a lot of recognition.
As for Balzac, it's 0% funny for a French person. Bit pompous for a dog's name maybe.
That rap line is right up there with “Now I get to watch her leave out the window, guess that’s why they call it window pain” -Eminem
Hi Amanda!
The terribly formatted (for me specifically) novel not withstanding, I LOVE Dangerous Liaisons. I have Cruel Intentions, the Glenn Close version, Valmont, and tried to watch a Chinese interpretation but couldn't handle the subs with my eyes. But even I wouldn't touch this hot trash lol!
And I think someone watched the made for TV movie Scarlett in order to pull off the near drowning shit
26:24 and somehow it gets worse, it cuts to triston rapping again🤣🙏
IDK, spoiled rich kids having an impractical, cost-ineffective fundraiser idea that, due to them being spoiled and rich, they are allowed to do, seems like one of the more realistic parts of this.
yes, the voice is kind of a big deal in France, esp for middle school students imo. it launched the career of a lot of mainstream french celebrities, first coming to my mind is Louane
unrealistic, comments in the intagram lives wasnt full of people going "💀" 0/10
This is the year of Dangerous Liaisons, as there's also a prequel show (prequel to the novel) starting on Starz on Sunday and already renewed.
To answer your very important question, yes The Voice is somewhat big in France. It's broadcasted on the first TV channel, which is getting the biggest ratings. Not sure if Gen-Zs are watching it, though, but the winners do get a good career out of it.
Also, we literally have Disneyland 30mn away by train from Paris. It would be the better option to cheer someone up.
Or the Asterix Parc
I just watched this with my friend the other night, but we shut it off before the credit scenes. Can't believe we missed the best scenes of the movie.
No, Amanda, I'm old and think of the Glenn Close version. 😂 Though I also grew up with and adore Sarah Michelle Gellar and she's amazing in Cruel Intentions.
And John Malkovich! The one time I found him sexy 😅
old here too. remember when sarah michelle gellar was kendall hart on all my children?
I love cruel intentions 🥰
Why the fuck would they need to fundraise for a surgery in france ? What kind of surgery are they doing on this poor guy that it's not covered by the public healthcare system ? Can he not switch to a public hospital if he can not afford a private surgeon ? What is going on with this dude
"Yes, this movie ends with a polyamorous teenage wedding!"
You know, just less than an hour ago at the time of writing this, I was involved in a discussion about how we need more positive representation of polyamory in modern media... this is NOT what we meant! Why is that just tagged on at the end of this movie? What even‽
Yea we don't need that either actually.
@@Tripp393 Why? Polyamory isn't the same as cheating; in ethical non-monogamy, everyone involved is aware and consenting that its a poly relationship. What's wrong with that?
Judging by your reaction, the stigma and misconceptions surrounding ethical non-monogamy are exactly why we need better positive representation of it in media.
@@furonguy42 Just because it's consensual, it does not make it not promiscuous. And I'm all for people being free. Just don't call it love or get it anywhere near the LGBT conversation. We don't need that stigma.
@@kaichen04 I don’t think there’s any space to condemn promiscuity in queer conversations. Some people have sex. Some people have a lot of sex. Some have none. It’s none of our business and people should be able to talk about their experiences/lives without being shamed for it.
@@kaichen04 That is the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard. As a gay person myself, polyamory is absolutely just as frowned upon and just as deserving to be in the community. Homosexuality was viewed as promiscuous not that long ago. Some people still view it as that way. That's the entire point of the LGBTQ+ community; to show it isn't. Polyamory can be just as innocent, some people just love more than one person. What's wrong with that?
“I can hear you tiptoeing around my b*mbo, ya dumb f*ck” 😂😂😂 Ive watched that like 4 times. 😂😂😂Might just have to watch this.
This film actually makes "Cruel Intentions 2" look like a masterpiece.
I'm in my 30s and 'he must have experience grabbing the Balzac' gave me the absolute giggles. I hope those kinds of jokes are things you never grow out of.
Okay, this is so disappointing because French Netflix has brought me some of my favorite tv shows and movies of all time like Plan Cœur, Family Business and Je ne suis pas un homme facile. I constantly recommend Plan Cœur to my friends, even those who don’t speak French, because it’s like a long form romcom and I just love love love it.
I deadass went into this video like "can it possibly be worse than Valmont?"
The answer appears to be yes
Do a review of Resident Evil: The Series on Netflix, heard it was a piece of crap.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
It was reeeeeaaaaally good!
LMAO
Yep it's terrible I only to two episodes before I stopped watching 😬
Balzac is also a cafe chain in Kingston ON, if you want a hot cup of Balzac or some merch. They had a Margaret Atwood blend too so you know it's Canadian
Speaking of foreign Netflix movies, I think you should watch RRR, an Indian film released this year! It was genuinely awesome (in the original sense of the word) :D
It’s one of my favorites this year!
A new romance video!? No way- oh it's not about dragon's... that's ok. We can wait until that video comes around. Ruby Dixon can wait too.
I'm in Music Man rn, in Pick-a-Little-Talk-a -Little I have to listen to middle-aged women say BALZAC....good times.
Also I'm so proud of myself for knowing what Dangerous Liasions (the book) is thanks to Julia Cudney's After video!
Can't think about Ballzac without thinking about middle-aged women singing pick a little talk a little
Cheap cheap talk a lot pick a little more
Oh gosh
I'm french, and even though I've been out of high school for ten years I just suddenly heard all my french teachers from years past cry out in collective anguish xD
The fundraiser thing gets even more hilarious when you know that like... Unlike the US, we have a healthcare system that works pretty well ? Like how did the writers forget that exactly ?
(Also saw that actor who was also in Emily in Paris in a play a few months back - man, he really is so one note and can only play one character, even when put in a freaking Molière I swear.)
One thing I hate about social media in movies or tv, is like they always show "oh this character has like 50 followers wtf" but they've been posting for maybe 5 years. Like, do they not factor in bots?
"She wants a spanking but I know how it feels to be hurt."
Wow-- Christian Grey needs to take notes, Drake needs to leave the music industry.
Me, a French dude, slowly realizing how "Balzac" sounds in English : "What is she.... Oh. Oh. Oh, no"
I would have loved if this movie was just about that poly relationship
I was just baffled that the running gag from Arrested Development is based on a real film????
The video we didn’t know we needed
I am sorry, in no way a principal of a school would be able to afford living anywhere close to Biarritz 🤣A tiny appartment, yes, but no full size family house.
Ah yes, those confused movies that insert a random/tangentially connected if you squint progressive monologue that is then made nonsensical 5 seconds later. Love it.
Cruel Intentions does take place at a high school. It’s just private. My favorite is the version with Glen Close
Juste one little thing Amanda.
Liaisons is a feminine noun so you have to say 'dangeureuses' and pronouncing the SE at the end. The way you said it sounded like the masculine form 'dangereux'
You're usually great with your French!
- A fellow neighbor french-canadian
I have to say I struggled to watch through this cause of the large amount of cringe from influencer movies. But I pushed through cause of you! Great job!
i remember watching the movie this is inspired on and not being that impressed whit it, cant imagine teens these days paying attention to this long enough to figure it out
22:51 Made me cackle when I first heard it. This man said “🎶I can hear you tiptoeing around my bimbo, you dumbfuck🎶” and I’m not supposed to keel over?
Cruel Intentions was the movie that taught me that it was OK to enjoy trash. Also, what Cruel Intentions got, that this movie doesn't seem to, is that you have to LIKE everyone involved. Sure, it might be a hate-like in the case of Sebastain and Kathryn (which also goes for Freddie Prinze Jr's character in She's All That) but you still like them. You like watching them and you like hating what they're doing. Without that, these stories are just not worth making.
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The way I lost it at "She wants a spanking, but I know how it feels to be hurt." Oh God, I'll be laughing about that for days.
God damnit why is THIS the polyamorous representation we get?!