Anyone else NOT bothered by the sexual elements of the film?
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LusitanWanderer — 15 years ago(September 19, 2010 10:46 AM)
thumbs up on that!! I watched this film with my 15yo brother and we both loved it.
I feel that sometimes people in North America and Northern Europe have different opinions regarding sex than Southern Europe and Latin America, which is kinda weird since we're all people.
In Portugal I rented the DVD with all the uncensored scenes and it was rated '16 and +' and I've seen much worse and explicit scenes on national tv and it was deemed appropriate for people aged '12 and +'.
I was definitely not bothered by the sex, nor the drugs but the mexican vocabulary required some subtitles
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tapper101 — 14 years ago(September 23, 2011 02:34 AM)
Scandinavian countries, and Germany, have basically no censorship, so saying northern Europe and North America share the same idea and opinions regarding sex on TV/in films is wrong. We're way more open to it in northern Europe (except the UK perhaps), I would even say we're more open to it than southern Europe and Latin America. In Scandinavia we show full nudity on live television and in films, naked children, sex, cussing, etc. We don't censor anything, ever.. and we don't get offended by mature content either. Just saying.
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LusitanWanderer — 14 years ago(September 23, 2011 03:26 AM)
yep, I realize I made a mistake when I said 'North America and Northern Europe are different' but I didnt mean to say they are the same.
in America explicit nudity and sex is still a taboo, in Scandinavia it is quite normal, pure and artistic and in latin countries it is faced as dirty/hot and necessary to keep the audience in whatever show: films, telenovelas, theatres, reality shows and tons of shows that are only about sex.
I find it just a tad stupid to use sex as a way to sell everything. it's like they think everybody's a hormone-bursting teenage boy, which judging by the results of the audiences, they are right
maybe someday we can progress and accept nudity as normal and not as solely sex-orientated.
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There_Will_Be_Plainview — 15 years ago(July 28, 2010 12:02 AM)
I'm 17 and wasn't bothered at all. In fact, I am glad the nudity and sex was done so naturalistic instead of feeling staged. It made the movie feel all the more real. Hollywood often paints pictures of how sex is, and it isn't usually how it is depicted. I credit the film for being frank, but not overly gratuitous. The sex wasn't used to be arousing, but rather to add to the story. In fact, besides for the voice-overs (which I feel didn't work so well), this was a fantastic movie! 8/10
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Ariana902 — 15 years ago(December 06, 2010 03:48 AM)
I agree completely. Not only was the sex completely realistic, it also was not gratuitous. No, the film isn't appropriate for everyone, but that's what ratings are for.
I think some people need to grow up and chill out - it's not the 1950s anymore, and a threeway isn't going to hurt anyone. We've all been there. It's just sex! -
ForeignInfluence — 15 years ago(March 14, 2011 03:27 PM)
Can not agree more. My wife I liked the movie a lot and we both found s*x scenes edgy, intriguing and stimulating.
Way too much space is wasted on comments that go like "Watching this made me uncomfortable ". Movies, expecially "R" rated ones, provoke emotions. Discomfort is just one of them -
lady_of_england — 14 years ago(April 13, 2011 07:29 AM)
Now you my friend are a waste of time and space.
Please feel free to share your opinion but making an immature, unjustifed and quite frankly dare I say it a statement of no interest to anyone whatsoever then please refrain from doing so.
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akakakak83 — 14 years ago(May 15, 2011 07:42 PM)
I wasn't offended so much as I was simply bored. The first hour+ of the movie establishes that they are horny teenagers who don't have the sexual prowess the think they do I think this could have been well communicated in at least half that time. I found this part of the film (i.e. most of the film) interminable and I nearly stopped watching.
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MesoMorph — 14 years ago(October 14, 2011 03:21 AM)
I loved the sexual hints around the film
like in the morning after the three-way, when Juliu and Tenoch were sleeping in the same bed naked there was a long shot of a couple of roostes ("two cocks")
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PoppyTransfusion — 14 years ago(October 18, 2011 01:56 AM)
I can never understand the lurid and somewhat hysterical attention paid to any nudity or sex in films. So she has sex with both of them? So they kiss and have sex with one another? Big deal. In the meantime other important themes and features in the film pass without comment.
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GuyOnTheLeft — 13 years ago(November 04, 2012 02:01 AM)
I think it's silly to be so offended, and I didn't even think the scenes were THAT explicit. On the other hand, I don't think those scenes were as "essential" as some are claiming.
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karaladh — 12 years ago(March 10, 2014 12:25 PM)
And there is a CUT and an UNCUT version
I laughed, though I know it's probably not intentional.
Seriously, I don't mind a few sex scenes, as long as my family isn't watching with me, 'cause then it gets uncomfortable.
The room's a wreck, but her napkin is folded.