Lolita [1962] (DVD)

Difficult intro bit: There's this book, right, and it is (kinda unfortunately) the better known of this particular author's work, even though he wrote some really insightful and wonderful other stuff. It was originally published in a weirdy pornie type of way (Travelers Companion series)...which, I suppose, it kinda is...but then again it isn't; then there was the normal outraged UPROAR...and then a few years later, just when most of the 'disturbed' memories of Lolita were beginning to settle and gather dust somewhere in the nether regions of societies' brain (apart from those great thinkers of the Legion of Decency and the Catholic ...  Read the complete review

I've tried very hard not to include spoilers in my review, but if you feel that I'm giving too much away, please let me know and I shall edit my review accordingly. My Sunday film review is a few days late this week, as my film of choice happened to be on until 3.30am yesterday morning so I haven't really had any chance to review it since then. I'm fairly nocturnal as it is so it wasn't an effort to stay up for it, but having heard excellent things about Lolita it is likely that I would have stayed up to watch it anyway. Although the subject matter sounded a bit perverse, the fact that the film is over forty years old and is still hailed as being brilliant ...  Read the complete review

Lolita was on the TV last night, and as I only finished the book a week ago, I figured I'd give it a watch. I must say that I was not disappointed. "Lolita" is a classic film depicting the life of Humbert Humbert, a european genius who has a fascination for "Nymphets", sexually charged young girls between the ages of 9 and 14. This classic black and white portrait was the first attempt to put the classic book "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov onto film. The film opens with a battle between two men, which concludes in one, Clare Quilty (Peter Sellers) being shot. The shooter is revealed to be one Humbert Humbert (James ...  Read the complete review

It is not often that you stumble across a movie that is both captivating and uncomfortable to watch, but Lolita, directed by Adrian Lyne is exactly that kind of movie. It is based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov and is the story of a man called Humbert who finds himself falling in love with a 14 year old girl who reminds him of his childhood sweetheart who tragically died young. The film stars Jeremy Irons and he was the reason I was first drawn to it, but I doubt I would've bought it had I not spotted it on special offer. However, I was not disappointed. From the onset Irons brings a sensual subtlety to the character of Humbert. I at first ...  Read the complete review

...Well so I was told. 'Lolita is on tonight, it is about a dirty paedophile who rapes his daughter'. But i was told it was a good film, not my cup of tea by the sound of it, but i gave it a chance. Well, this film is not about paedophiles. Nor is it about incest. It is about two people thrown together and acting on their lustful impulses. And the father does NOT rape the girl - at any time. She is a very willing party in these sexual games, often more so than he is. The pair travel, and often engage in sexual activity, as time goes on, the girl, 12 years old don't forget, begins to initiate sex as a way of getting ...  Read the complete review