When I first began watching this film, I was absolutely frustrated with Jane's thinking she should keep the money based
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kidjay83 — 12 years ago(December 01, 2013 11:07 AM)
It just seemed like a put on too me it was made crytal clear before that,that.She was in the adult film industry .Everyone knows what pornography is and what it looks like on screen.We aren't stupid in sean bakers mind we are maybe he does it to make himself feel better or smarter;just seems like he's overcompensating for something.
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jeremyseanbell-600-688879 — 12 years ago(December 03, 2013 04:15 PM)
It bothers me the way we set the bar higher for scenes that are shocking or unconventional. Why is it that no one is demanding justification for the scene where she feeds her dog? Every scene, whether shocking or mundane, serves the purpose of drawing the story arc and developing the characters. In fact, I would argue that it is because it is both shocking and mundane (shocking for us & mundane for the characters) that makes the sex scene so important.
That being said, I really wonder why Dree Hemingway would agree to do something like this. Can you imagine going to work and having to have sex with one of your coworkers? She must have really believed in this movie. I also wonder how they found a guy who was able to do it. I learned in one of my Human Sexuality classes that about 90 percent of guys who audition for adult movies turn out to be incapable of getting an erection on cue. And that's without having to factor in whether they can actually act!
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irod — 12 years ago(February 02, 2014 12:10 AM)
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Suriname86 — 12 years ago(February 12, 2014 10:52 PM)
At the risk of being called a prude, the sex scene kind of ruined the atmosphere for me too. I know it's what she does but, the movie had a feel-good energy up to that point, even with some of the darker scenes. Not everyone wants to see smut.
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irod — 12 years ago(February 13, 2014 02:27 AM)
It's not about "what you want to see," but what the film makers want you to see, and feel. That was the whole point of the scene. To make you uncomfortable and conflicted about what she does and who she is, to provoke a deeper reflection.
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tboll01 — 11 years ago(May 18, 2014 04:56 AM)
I agree. I really liked the movie and thought I would recommend it to family and even "grandma", but the graphicness of those scenes did make feel me feel like we were watching clips from a porno film. I think they could have conveyed what line of work she was in without showing so much detail.
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tboll01 — 11 years ago(May 18, 2014 06:36 AM)
From what I've read on this bulletin board, netflix had been showing an edited version but recently switched to un-edited version. I'm amazed that the movie only made $88,000 but maybe it is partially due to the explicitness of some of the scenes and had this been rated it might have gotten an NC-17 (or maybe not I don't really know what the "standards" are anymore).
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stemal-1 — 11 years ago(October 06, 2014 08:54 AM)
I agree tboll. Absolutely unnecessary.
Once it is established what she does for a living, there was no need to show explicit sex scenes, however brief. I know what a pop shot is, everyone understands what's going on, now move on.
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Xyzzy — 11 years ago(July 14, 2014 05:14 PM)
Really? You suppose the OP regularly and happily watches films with (un-simulated) violence and murder? Are there a lot of those? Are there any? (The "Faces of Death" videos are largely faked.)
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Nimble-Bird — 11 years ago(August 18, 2014 07:01 AM)
Really? You suppose the OP regularly and happily watches films with (un-simulated) violence and murder? Are there a lot of those? Are there any? (The "Faces of Death" videos are largely faked.)
NO, BUT THERE ARE A HELL OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WATCH BOXING, WHICH WE COULD TECHNICALLY CALL "UNSIMULATED ASSAULT".
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Xyzzy — 11 years ago(August 18, 2014 06:35 PM)
I used to love boxingbut I watched it for the strategies and tactics, not the violence. A couple of matches where they started seriously injuring each other (which really isn't supposed to be the point) and I had to stop.
In any case, that's not what chilledmail was referencing. He was just dragging out the old "sex is so much better than violence" rhetoric.
Duh.
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Xyzzy — 11 years ago(August 26, 2014 09:01 AM)
You practically sodomized it in front of its family.
Toh-may-toh, Toh-mah-toh, I guess.http://bitmaelstrom.blogspot.com/
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