I saw the movie SHORTBUS last night....
If you havent heard about this movie you can check a quick synopsis on Wikipedia.. or keep reading because I'll post it, right..
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"Shortbus is a 2006 dramedy film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell. It was released for widespread distribution in October of 2006, after premiering in May at the Cannes Film Festival. The film aims to 'demystify' sex by explicitly showing it on the screen in several scenes. Much of the sex in this movie, including several orgy scenes, is unsimulated. The film's working title was "The Sex Film Project". The film's final script was adapted and written in collaboration with the cast of the project (as is noted in the credits of the film). Its original concept was loosely based on a series of events known as the Lusty Loft Parties that occurred at DUMBA between 1999 and 2002, as well the weekly CineSalon, both of which were organized, in part, by Stephen Kent Jusick, who plays Creamy in the film."
Now, the only reason you may have heard about this movie is it was made by an American, vs. a European or Japanese director, and actually shows full penetration sexual acts. The other reason you may have heard about the movie is unlike pornography, this movie literally tries to have plots and subplots and characters which should draw in viewers and tweak some sort of emotional interest. HOWEVER, the movie is literally a skinemax flick with 'normal' looking people vs. the fembots and he-hunks found in porn and soft-porn "B" movies. When you get down to it, the movie has the sad stupid plot of a woman trying to learn why she can not achieve an orgasm. Intertwined is a suicide story and a gay male love triangle. The writers threw in some dominatrix related crap and added that the woman who cant have an orgasm has a husband who really wants her to beat him, which, of course, leads to him winding up with the dominatrix. For anyone who likes watching regular joes have sex, and I mean joes, janes et al., then this movie is for them. Otherwise, if you like your porn straight, or you like your porn gay, then it is highly suggested that you AVOID THIS MOVIE AT ALL COSTS because it can confuse the hell out of you watching a man and a woman have some serious sex, only to look over their shoulder and see three guys blowing each other, or a guy and a girl blowing one guy, or a guy fucking a guy while fondling a woman's breast. Lets just say the movie started with a guy trying to suck his own dick, and by the middle of the movie the same guy ejaculates on his own face and into his mouth (and remember this is real, it is shown, and you have NO DOUBT what you just saw).
If that is your cup-o-tea, THIS IS THE MOVIE FOR YOU, if you prefer your porn full of impossible beauties and huge cocks.. stick to the adult movies made in the valley and remember YOU ONLY KNOW the name of this movie because it shows true explicit sexual penetration -straight and gay- and Americans are so sexually puritanical and closed mined, that it caught some media attention because 'oh my god, they are realllllly fucking arent they'.
6 comments:
Thanks Ricci...for telling us the whole goddamn movie! I'll call Ebert and have you sit in on the show so you can tell us all the endings of the movies before we see 'em!
ya weirdo..
Hey, I wouldnt have said a thing if it was any good. Bottom line is Caligula showed 'real sex' and was a horrible movie, but the 'real sex' was satisfying. If I felt the movie was any good I'd left the plot stuff out, but there wasnt any real plot, and since the sex stuff wasnt 'good' I felt free to say the rest. I guess if I saw KRULL and thought it was one of the all time horrible movies, like for example CONGO, and gave it a review without also letting you know how crappy it was, then, perhaps I'd understand. However, telling people about one of the more crappy movies ever made, that is only known because of the sex, I dont feel bad at all. I'll do that EVERY TIME. This movie, without the explicit sex, wouldnt have even gotten a distribution deal or a showing at Cannes. It wouldnt have been downloaded, it wouldnt have made it to VIDEO TAPE.
I dont even remember ONE CHARACTERS NAME FOR CHRIST SAKE.
CALIGULA was a CLASSIC! One of my favorite movies of all time! and the SEX...WHOOO!!! ..changed my life. '79 was a great year. I saw "Apocalypse Now" that year as well. ..talk about some MOVIES!
CALIGULA was a classic PORNO, but as a MOVIE.. dude.. come on. IF 300 had explicit sex, IT was CALIGULA.. and I wouldnt tell anyone to see 300 unless they enjoy men in great shape running around in their underwear.
A classic.. HA..so you MUST HAVE LOVED CONGO.
You CRAZY. Caligula was BIG TIME. It was a FIRST in so many respects. Sure it was a PORNO but a "porno" placed in major First-run theatres! And a GOOD porno at that!
The story line was pretty good, but the mopst important aspect of Caligula was that it took no prisoners! it was balls-to-the-wall in sex, violence, decadence..the whole nine. JUST like Caligula's reign. THAT'S why I liked it. It was made with passion, drive, conviction and thought. How DARE YOU compare Caligula to "Congo"! How daaaaare you!
Caligula is/was the LAST of the great era of people trying to make MOVIES that just happened to have people truly screwing. Since they were backed by Mr. Bobby-Penthouse they had a ton of money and the movie proves that porno with a budget can be entertaining...
But it made no money, its still one of the reasons they say Guccione lost his empire (that and Coke)...
THIS MOVIE AINT CLOSE TO CALIGULA..but CALIGULA aint close to a good movie..its OUTSTANDING PORN.
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