tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post812738678843519653..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: The Internet is for PornSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-6970273597043812942022-06-01T18:04:07.741-05:002022-06-01T18:04:07.741-05:00The problem with this isn't that there is sex ...The problem with this isn't that there is sex involved. The problem with this is that there is nothing but sex involved.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-87429308699575186012022-05-26T17:42:50.176-05:002022-05-26T17:42:50.176-05:00"For the record, this probably isn’t one you ..."For the record, this probably isn’t one you want to watch sitting on your living room couch with the kids running around."<br />This cracked me up. This is most definitely not family time in front of the telly.<br />TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-57539456384657989202013-04-06T08:12:12.512-05:002013-04-06T08:12:12.512-05:00I think there's a bit more than that here, but...I think there's a bit more than that here, but you've seen it more recently than I have, so you may be correct on the total amount of actual sex in the film. But the film is completely obsessed with sex, as you say. <br /><br />The end is based on the truth, but it's also pretty sick, but again, somewhat appropriate for what we've seen.<br /><br />Ultimately, my issue here isn't so much with the ending or even the sex, but with the fact that it's nothing but. I got bored with it, and watching became a chore. There's a way to tell this story without descending into this, I think, and this wasn't it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-68862391384199518082013-04-05T16:36:01.230-05:002013-04-05T16:36:01.230-05:00All of this made me curious ("go ahead; you k...All of this made me curious ("go ahead; you know you want to look") and I bumped this to the top of my netflix queue.<br /><br />I found it to be both more sexual and less sexual than your post led me to believe. I will explain.<br /><br />I found it to be less sexual because if you remove about 30 total seconds from it (15 seconds of oral sex, 1 second of phallic object penetration, 1 second of egg insertion, 10-12 total seconds of vaginal penetration) there is nothing more explicit than a regular softcore film. The rest is people pretending to have sex, shot from angles that do not show anything explicit.<br /><br />I also found it to be more sexual because of the obsessive nature of the protagonists. I got the feeling that if the woman could have fused their two bodies into one she would have.<br /><br />I agree that the ending with what happened to him was really obvious. I could have done without the last bit of violence, but in a weird way it actual is fitting. And I found out afterwards that this was basically a true story, and that last bit really happened, so that also makes it fitting. (I wonder if this is Lorena Bobbit's favorite movie.)<br /><br />That was one of only two scenes that bothered me. The other was when she hurt the little boy by grabbing his genitals. It wasn't remotely sexual, so I wasn't bothered for that reason. It bothered me because of his "it hurts" line. That whole scene with the two kids looked like it was just adlibbed. I think she was really huring him when he yelled and that's why it bothered me. Yes, it foreshadows her cruel nature and what she will eventually do, but I think most people would have understood that about her anyway.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-76769143087459854022013-03-07T22:24:37.714-06:002013-03-07T22:24:37.714-06:00Yeah, exactly. At some point, it begs the question...Yeah, exactly. At some point, it begs the question of how long watching people have sex can be interesting. Answer--less than the length of this film.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-70388259815580020072013-03-07T14:54:04.858-06:002013-03-07T14:54:04.858-06:00"Icky."
Yah. I found none of this terr..."Icky."<br /><br />Yah. I found none of this terribly sexy. It's just... sex. Constantly. All the time. I don't think I was as troubled by this one as Salo, but that's not exactly saying much.siochembiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487373396181856763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-56641625716170469072013-03-07T12:34:08.982-06:002013-03-07T12:34:08.982-06:00I s'pose that shows you exactly my level of co...I s'pose that shows you exactly my level of contact with the Playboy Channel, etc. And it's not so much that the sex scenes are bothersome--it's that the entire film is pretty much nothing but loosely connected sex scenes. It's a constant. It's all sex all the time to the point where it's just kind of...icky.<br /><br />So it's not that there are scenes of penetrative sex that bother me. It's that there are almost no scenes of something else. In the 1:42 runtime (roughly), there might be 20 minutes where someone isn't actively engaged in sex. It's just too much.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-34640657342515849822013-03-07T10:37:57.222-06:002013-03-07T10:37:57.222-06:00I haven't seen this yet, although that's n...I haven't seen this yet, although that's not for any attempt to avoid it. I just haven't gotten around to it. I doubt the sex scenes will bother me any unless they turn violent, which I realize they might. There have been dozens of mainstream films with real, unsimulated sex in them and I've seen several (i.e. 9 Songs).<br /><br />Related to this, your paragraph about how people might try to wax poetic about the virtues of the film reminded me exactly of Salo. People try to ascribe all kinds of higher meaning to it when it's nothing more than S/M porn where real underage teenagers are forced to eat real excrement.<br /><br />Just a heads up on two things: 1. The Idiots has a few seconds of explicit penetration in it; and 2. Playboy is actually R rated entertainment. There's no explicit penetration in either the magazine (which I have had a subscription to since 1986) or in the films they produce. I think you're thinking of Penthouse.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-7338786554751960992013-03-07T07:55:20.602-06:002013-03-07T07:55:20.602-06:00I get that. It was tempting to walk away from it m...I get that. It was tempting to walk away from it multiple times, and I'd be lying if I told you I watched it straight through. It's not even that there's actual sex--it's that the sex is constant. It's never <i>not</i> sex. It's never <i>not</i> nudity. <br /><br />In large part, it reminded me of being dragged to a strip club for someone's bachelor party. It's titillating for five minutes (Woo! Boobs!), then it's overkill, then it's just sorta gross.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-54072909436406083642013-03-07T07:22:46.921-06:002013-03-07T07:22:46.921-06:00This is the only film on the list I've refused...This is the only film on the list I've refused to finish so far (I haven't got to Salo yet, can't say I'm looking forward to it). I was not expecting the sex, as I went in knowing nothing about the film, and such was my level of naivety that I spent the first few minutes trying to work out how they'd made it look so realistic, before the penny dropped. I think I made it about 10-15 minutes into the film before I decided that this was not how I wanted to spend the next 90 minutes of my life. Congratulations on making it all the way through.JayCluitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972011198109066985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-856696129449954782013-03-07T01:45:03.583-06:002013-03-07T01:45:03.583-06:00A high colonic is better than Salo. I'd choose...A high colonic is better than <i>Salo</i>. I'd choose pretty much everything I've ever watched for this blog over seeing <i>Salo</i> again.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-88052674524169299472013-03-07T00:18:32.222-06:002013-03-07T00:18:32.222-06:00I agree, this is artistic porn. I was a bit shock...I agree, this is artistic porn. I was a bit shocked when I watched it, but it was better than Salo at least. LOL!Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-90881254140780956782013-03-07T00:09:01.496-06:002013-03-07T00:09:01.496-06:00It actually gets pretty close to that at times, bu...It actually gets pretty close to that at times, but that's more <i>Salo</i> territory.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-47128277377055826792013-03-07T00:02:09.113-06:002013-03-07T00:02:09.113-06:00"...covers pretty much every possible meaning...<b>"...covers pretty much every possible meaning of explicit sexuality you can likely think of."</b><br /><br />2 Girls 1 Cup? Hard to imagine. That's more a German thing.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.com