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dragonyphoenix ([personal profile] dragonyphoenix) wrote2015-01-31 11:09 pm

Gray vs. Secretary

Fifty Shades of Gray. Valentine's Day. Time to borrow Secretary from the library. Hey, if I'm gonna watch a dysfunctional BDSM relationship, why would I pick one whose soundtrack doesn't include Leonard Cohen's “I'm Your Man”?

[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
I think I'll go for Almodovar's classic Matador.


Gabrielle

[identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
My library doesn't carry that one, although it does have Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down.

[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
That sucks, because Matador is amazing. How can you not love a film about a female lawyer who's also a serial killer?


Gabrielle

[identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Looking for it on Netflix led me to this:


Blancanieves
2012 PG-13 104 minutes
Shot in black and white and without dialogue, this unusual take on "Snow White" follows the young daughter of a matador who finds fame after escaping the clutches of her evil stepmother to join a band of bullfighting dwarves.

[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Not quite the same film... but wow. Niche indeed.


Gabrielle

[identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
No, not the same film, but the description tickled me.

[identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 11:01 am (UTC)(link)
I read that as Secretariat and thought "Wow, I so did not get that from that movie."

[identity profile] snogged.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I prefer Secretary as well.

[identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
*laughing* I've never actually seen Secretariat. Is it good?

[identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I have to imagine 50 Shades isn't going to be very good.

[identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com 2015-02-01 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh, it's a movie about horse racing. I watched it with one eye several years ago, I don't remember much about it.

Secretary is a far better movie.

[identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com 2015-02-03 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
And then there's this (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mistress-trinity/fifty-shades-of-grey-dominatrix_b_6583118.html)...

However, Fifty Shades of Grey has some value for me as a domme.

I currently use the book in sessions as a torture device. Very bad slaves have to read the book aloud and act out scenes. One of my slaves pleaded for me to stop the pain, offering to receive 100 strokes of the cane if he could just stop reading. Another used his safe word and willingly gave up a year's salary to me to "end this horrific task."

[identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com 2015-02-03 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
That is delightful.