Cruel Intentions (1999)

Not to mention that he has an ass that you could serve a dinner party off of.

[quote]an ass that you could serve a dinner party off of

If, for some reason, that's something you'd want to do.

r1 So true!

"I'll let you put it anywhere"

RP looks like an angel, but in no way can he touch James Spader in teenage smarminess.

R4 "Any hole you want"

I actually met him. At around that time. Totally not my type, but stunning. And a good film.

[quote]Totally not my type

Mine, either. But he transcends "type."

Joshua Jackson was really cute in it, too...

Ryan Phillippe was/is beautiful, but he could never act.

That "lower my voice and whisper" to sound like I'm an actor shit (like Chuck on Gossip Girl) is very affected and annoying.

I think Ryan did his best work in Damages...

Even as a teenager I felt like this was a terribly acted, completely preposterous movie. I love Ryan Phillippe. He’s gorgeous. He was great in Gosford Park because he was cast as a bad actor who tries to get away with an unconvincing manner of speaking. He was perfectly cast in 54 because he’s gorgeous and that’s all the role called for. He’s perfect for Instagram because he’s gorgeous and, as it turns out, has a bizarre perspective of the world. He’s an awful actor because of his line delivery, and his emoting rivals Keanu Reeves’s—make of that what you will, but it’s fair.

Reese was charismatic in this. Perhaps it was because of the direction, but Selma Blair and Joshua Jackson (like most of the cast, but with less charisma) come across as children pretending to understand how adults tick. Phillippe is really bad in this. Gorgeous, but an awful actor.

And the script and direction together are terrible unless this is meant to be watched as pure camp, but most people I’ve discussed the movie with view it as a serious drama. The general positive reaction to this movie, interpreting it as a drama, makes me feel like most people are not very perceptive.

I always took his starring in Cruel Intentions as a "No, I am NOT gay like Billy Douglas" move.

[quote]Selma Blair and Joshua Jackson (like most of the cast, but with less charisma) come across as children pretending to understand how adults tick.

I think that was the point, Rose.

The other thing he has in common with Keanu is vampirism and the fact that neither have aged in decades! While this movie as a whole hasn't held up over time it still has its moments - the final scene where Kathryn is finally exposed for the crazy bitch she is while "bittersweet symphony" plays remains one of the best closing scenes in a movie ever!

R15 That’s ridiculous. Both have aged. They’re just both very attractive and both obviously have had some procedures to keep them looking youthful that will eventually have to relent to the passing of time or which soon will make them look disfigured. Phillippe in particular has a simply gorgeous face that would age well whether he appears young or old.

His head has broadened, as happens as people age, and it’s something that no surgery can “fix.” (Not that biological processes are mistakes...sigh.)

And in this recent close-up photo you can tell easily that he has had cosmetic procedures including Botox and/or fillers because there’s something “unnatural” about the overall appearance. And it’s not vampirism. His cheeks are juiced up to maximum hyarlaunic capacity and he has that “Real Surprised Housewives of California” look without his glasses.

The whole shape of his face has changed from elongated to broad (aging) and he has considerably more “baby fat” in his face (despite having a chiseled body) now than he did at age 18. His eyebrows are yanked into a higher “surprise!” arch, which suggests he may have had a full, traditional facelift (!), his upper lip has lost some fullness as always happens with age.

Diagnosis: Naturally stunning celebrity who is fighting the passing of time with medical interventions. Not a vampire.

R16 yeah... I was being facetious, I don't really believe in vampires. My point was they both have aged well. Take it down several notches with your in-depth analysis

I so wanted to shoot my creamy load all over Ryan’s fat juicy lips. 👄

R18 LOL...read it as tongue in cheek, desr. Really, I wanted to examine his face and see if I could discern any interventional work. Lo and behold, it’s way more than I expected looking at that red carpet photo. Honestly—yes, he is gorgeous, gorgeous, top .000000000001 percent conventionally beautiful. And he is just on the cusp of turning himself into a freak if he continues with the cosmetic procedures. Look at the upper half of his face in R16. It’s very Housewives like, five or so years away from the beginning of Kenny Rogers/Wayne Newton “youthful” degradation.

Joshua Jacksons scenes made me so horny, being a gay closested teen....I remember getting hard in the movie theater

"The man's got a mouth like a Hoover."

I haven't watched this movie since 1999, but I remember even then that Ryan's performance was very sassy, and he pinged like a mf to me. He wasn't believable to me as this pussyhound, uppercrust straight guy. He's better at playing working-class men. But I may have to watch it again since I was only a late teen when the movie was released.

He was gorgeous in this film, though, and he was at the peak of his beauty around the late 90s early 2000s.

"Cruel Intentions" and "Rules of attraction" provided me fap material for years before gay internet porn was readily available to newly teenage gay boys must hurting puberty. You young'ins don't know how lucky you are with you Grindrs and your free internet porn...

PREACH, R24!

“You youngins don’t know how lucky you are......”

True that! I had a stash of International Male catalogs and those were the hottest thing I could get my hands on as a boy in high school in the late 80s!

I suspect that was the true purpose of the "international male" catalogs - was anyone actually wearing that ridiculous shit?

I had a friend, r27, a very good-looking friend, whose entire wardrobe came from International Male. More than one person called him "the worst-dressed cute person I've ever met."

Sarah Brightman sang a song from the movie for her La Luna album. It was the opening song for the first European edition of the album. Video has nothing to do with the movie or Sarah.

I can't imagine wearing one thing from IM - your friend must have craved any attention, good or bad. Because I refuse to believe anyone would see those outfits and think they look good, stylish or sexy.

r30, yes. Attention is what he lived for.

Oh no. Seeing Ryan’s new face has upset me.

Anyone remember the hot gay guy that was one of Kathy Griffin’s gay on early D-List and was in Joan Rivers reality show? Hnnnng he was hot. Saw him recently all puffed up like Ryan only worse. So sad. And what a waste it looks so much worse than crows feet.

[quote]I suspect that was the true purpose of the "international male" catalogs - was anyone actually wearing that ridiculous shit?

I was wearing them, and I looked hot.

Sarah was great in this and i actually listened to the soundtrack last week.

[quote]"The man's got a mouth like a Hoover."

Nose, too.

R32 Tony Tripoli.

The puffed look looks worse than the old pulled back wind tunnel look. I think the human brain processes puffy as ill or injured and it’s jarring.

This and even better in Digby Goes Down playing an upper crust douche really well. Great movie.

[quote]"The man's got a mouth like a Hoover."

Loved that line. A gay character talking about receiving an expert blowjob from another man in a mainstream movie was pretty great at the time.

Dangerous Liasions > Cruel Intentions

Did someone say Close?

The scene on the couch where Sarah grinds on Ryan and gets him hard gives me serious wood and I never usually get turned on by anything with a m/f pairing

I used hoovering as a verb a few years ago and the Millennial I was talking to had no idea what I was talking about. “Like Herbert Hoover?” I explained it was a vacuum and she had no idea why Hoover would imply vacuum. We decided that that’s an age test, since the only vacuum brand people know how is Dyson.

Here in Ireland/U.K. hoover is still the word just like Americans made Kleenex the universal synonym for tissue. Nobody says vacuum cleaner and only people who consume lots of American tv would know what a vacuum is.

It is a great film but not better than Dangerous Liaisons.

James Spider was gorgeous. I loved him in The Watcher, two great looking guys, James and Keanu.

Again you assholes don't get it, Ryan Phillipi s still young, he does not need any plastic surgery yet. What is the matter with you (truely ignorant) plastic surgery freaks?

Correct he doesn’t need it but he’s gone and had it. Sad.

People in my family still look young and pretty fresh when they are in their 40s...some of you must come from very ugly and wrinkly families.

The comments here are funny.

Valmont’s Jag has always been an obsession of mine. No sexier car exists IMO.

I typed Dyson above one hour ago and now I have a Dyson vacuum ad on my Instagram. They track every single thing we type into these things.

This movie is a guilty pleasure of mine, even though most of the performances are pretty awful. I get that Sarah Michelle wanted to play a bad girl, but I think the movie would have worked better if she had switched roles with Reese.

I loved Katherine's cocaine rosary.

His acting is laughable but his ass is oscar worthy.

Tennis anyone?

We all decide where to invest our energies. Keanu and Ryan never put any work into their acting jobs so they could direct their energy toward mitochondrial cellular sustenance. So there you have it: they both look five to seven years younger than they are, and among their 100 acting roles, neither ever turned in a single convincing performance.

Hollywood employs faces and bodies, not talent. Wise decisions on their parts.

It's one of the last great 90s movies. It has that great 90s sensibility that I really miss in cinema. The best scene is the one where Reese slaps Ryan after he breaks it off with her. It's the only scene where you sense real emotion going on. Oddly, given that they both ended up together in real life, there isn't a huge amount of chemistry between them.

What do you mean by 90s sensibility, R57? I can't quite put my finger on it.

This movie is a teenybopper retelling of Dangerous Liaisons, updated to modern times (like Clueless did for Emma). Neither update transcends the original source material.