Thread: Perfume

I've been meaning to see this movie since it came out. I havent had the time however. Just the plot of th movie had me interested. I actually would like to read the novel before watching it. I think it's a book..

Really?? i never knew that...from a book huh..l.and yeah familyguyfan..
i think it's quite new here...my mom reccomends me 2 watch it..i think im gonna watch it when i'll have the time...still busy now sigh...

I've read the book. Perfumer and serial killer Jean-Baptiste Grenouille hunts young, nubile girls to concoct the perfect perfume... Haven't seen the film. But I've read the book, and people tell me the book's way better.

Stayed up all night to finish it. Not for the squeamish. Otherwise, enjoy the book. Only dull moment perhaps was when he lived in the mountains all alone.

But the movie kinda shortened the time when he was living all alone...
and this movie's plot is kinda confusing sometimes... but it is full with naked girls YAY~! i am glad i watched it hahah~!

Originally Posted by RayMe

But the movie kinda shortened the time when he was living all alone...
and this movie's plot is kinda confusing sometimes... but it is full with naked girls YAY~! i am glad i watched it hahah~!

Another note. In the movie, the first girl he kills (the red-haired girl in green) is much older than the one in the book. Well, it would be a travesty if they allowed him to kill and strip a pubescent girl on the big screen now, would it?

lol yeah that might be bad...no way..much younger??? sheesh...i did not know that...between the book and the movie which is better to u?

Originally Posted by RayMe

lol yeah that might be bad...no way..much younger??? sheesh...i did not know that...between the book and the movie which is better to u?

The book, written by Patrick Suskind, is arguably much better. Makes you wonder if Suskind had any latent lolita complexes, though... his first victim and his greatest victim were both young girls, although he had to wait a couple months... or years for the latter (to get her "essence" to mature, so to speak). You get to understand things better in the book. And Grenouille's not as handsome in the book as he is in the movie.