Post by Vits on Jul 1, 2020 16:37:25 GMT
In 365 DNI (365 DAYS), a man named Massimo Torricelli sees a woman named Laura Biel during a near-death experience. Thinking that she's his soulmate, he looks for her around the world and, when he finally finds her, he kidnaps her. He tells her that he'll let her go after a year if she hasn't fallen in love with him. No, I didn't skip any parts. This is his plan A. Why doesn't he just woo her? I have no idea. Is he a tortured soul who goes to extreme lengths due to constant rejection? No, he's a good-looking millionaire who can be charming when he wants to. If all of this sounds similar to the 50 SHADES trilogy, wait until you sit through the pointless musical montages that try to hide the lack of plot progression. Christian Grey was a controlling jerk, but even he had his limits. He created a set of rules and followed them (a writing technique to give the illusion that he knew boundaries). The reason why that franchise has so many fans is that the story can seem touching or deplorable depending on the viewer's point of view. Here, Massimo is like a combination between Christian and Jack Hyde (a rapist character created to make Christian look better in comparison). What he does can't be interpreted in any other way than rape and he breaks his own rules all the time. The situation is already uncomfortable to watch, but it's worse due to the sensual atmosphere. You know those fan edits that put scary music in a non-horror movie, to make us see something we couldn't see before? This is why they exist in the first place! In order to make Laura not seem like a victim, she doesn't look that scared at the beginning and, once she "chooses" to go along with all this, they both start playing a game of trying to prove to the people around them who's calling the shots. This doesn't work, because: A) while she may have control of a specific situation, as long as she stays in his house, he'll always have the upper hand; and B) this reinforces the myth that all relationships are about a power struggle.
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At one point, the movie still feels the need to have another guy try to rape Laura in order to make Massimo look better. This one is less attractive and, for the first time since the movie began, she looks really scared. Coincidence? Although the "A woman will instantly fall in love with the man who rescues her" trope (used more often in romantic movies than erotic movies) is questionable, it's never been problematic... until now. Massimo saves Laura from drowning and they have consensual sex. From that point on, this becomes a love story. Predictability is usually a flaw, but I'm actually glad that I was able to see this switch coming. Otherwise, the shock and disgust would've been too much to handle. Even the marriage proposal is disturbing. When they wake up, Massimo immediately pops the question and Laura notices that he had already put the ring on her finger while she was asleep. Isn't that a way of saying "We're going to get married no matter what you say"? When talking to her best friend Olga, Laura comes up with all kinds of justifications (for example, calling Massimo an alpha male). Don't worry. Her brain doesn't get injured after all those mental gymnastics.
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