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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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.)
http://bitmaelstrom.blogspot.com/
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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.
That's why it's so dangerous.http://bitmaelstrom.blogspot.com/
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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/
Fight the storm.