Very thoughtful review, Ms GGG. After reading it, I went back to skim the earlier parts of the thread and came across the following remark from Jessica Drake (who, by the way, is so close to perfection it's eerie; could she perhaps be an ideal anabot in real life? :-) )Okay, I will take the minority view (lunatic fringe view?) here. Partly for the reason some others mentioned: in a feature film, overlong sex scenes interrupt the narrative flow. But, I dislike really long scenes on merit. Quite honestly, I don't find the mechanics of sex (watching it, not doing it) all that riveting. If they go on too long, I begin losing interest and soon fast forward. Very few scenes will hold my attention for 25 minutes, unless there is something unusually enthralling about them: an especially passionate performance, great erotic development, lots of variety in action or choices of camera angles or editing, whatever. Otherwise, I bore easily. This is particularly true of scenes with excessive use of closeups. For me, the in and out of screen-filling genitals interacting quickly palls, and I reach for the remote. I much prefer shots that show a beautiful woman's face and body. (And, as one final aside, isn't "beautiful woman" nearly redundant?) Umm, I thought I should edit in a final comment: one might well ask why I watch porn if I don't like to watch sex. Well, I do like the sex; I just find a minimally varying scene of undue length to be dull. What I really like, though, is eroticism (with or without explicit sex) and often just sexual tease. Not sure, if pressed, that I could accurately define what I mean by "eroticism" here. As the judge said, I know it when I see it. Edited by - alphadachs on 4/4/2010 6:08:17 PM
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Gore Gore Girl (and Taylor_Swift, who initially asked the question), the lead singer of Rusty Eye is not a porn star and Rusty Eye is not the band in 2040. The band in the movie is a different group that Brad Armstrong brought together for the sequence. But I'm Rusty Eye's publicist and if you followed the link to RTM in the review that's probably where you got the idea. :-) And of course, GX3 even though I already said it by email - thanks for the great review!
As always, a great review GGG! Although you know I found this video far less intriguing than you did, your comments and analysis are always great reading. I love intelligent critiques of art, regardless of whether I agree with their positions. And, in regards to sex scene length, I think it's not as much a matter of length, but interest value. The unfortunate thing is that too many porn performers are anabots in real life. A sex scene in a well acted dramatic film often destroys tension built up by the narrative. I think porn directors really need to make up their minds: if a feature is being made, the sex scenes should function as part of the narrative. If the director wants to shoot "porny" sex, then they shouldn't attempt a feature.