Sex scenes are the lamest page fillers in the entire world of screenplays, and it is sad to know that these directors will film the lamest scenes. Do you realize that Elias "Casey Jones" Koteas can show all his friends his boning scene of Angelina Jolie?
The evil that is "Cyborg 2".Well, I can't say that Canada's least appreciated actor on the American scene getting to grab the premier mammaries in entertainment is a bad thing. For someone who feels he is under appreciated in nearly all aspects of society (especially my wrestling career), it is kinda cool seeing the little guy finally get some. It is just sad to see the fallen priest from "The Prophecy" greatest cinema moment may belong to such a piece of garbage.
Stupid web browsers. They can keep my blog title, but not my content when they (perhaps I) mess up.
I am all for nudity in films. If a film takes place where we would see some, the director should not be clever and show how he can shoot around it. We all want to leave the movies with some genitalia tingling, but that does not mean the director/writer can waste time with a sex scene. A scene that in most cases stops the flow of the story.
In "Cyborg 2", a film I was watching on Flix, I decided to start writing this blog after I confirmed that those were Angelina Jolie's tits being grabbed by a Greek Canadian. The story was not going anywhere, and my ex girl owns "Gia", so if I needed a none-porno related jerk off, I knew where to get it.
When the story has a scene like this, the writer is giving the viewer a break. Unfortunately, if you are a guy at the movies, you'll feel like you have been just labeled a homo to either leave for a snack or piss.
Any good writer would throw in a montage. Like in "Rapid Fire" with Brandon Lee. Yes, there is a sex scene that shows us who our hero is doing, but it is cut with images of the Triads offing Mafioso.
The story continues, but if you left for a snack or piss, coming back to see the mobster with a few throwing star placed in vital organs is a clear enough visual to tell you where the film is going to go from here. This may also get the director a PG-13, the financially sound rating.
Because the Japanese put pause button on remotes for a reason, you know a writer does not have to break up the action in the name of your bladder. Sex scenes for the most part are a way to avoid writing a full 120 pages to make a two-hour screen play.
Love was done better in the old days. The lovers kiss, the film fades out, and then we get back to seeing Sean Connery kill the crazy sailor from "Jaws". If they had a full blown scene, not only would it be pointless, there is the chance that it would be lame.
Like in "The Terminator". Some may say that the emotional roller coaster Linda Hamilton was on would justify Michael Beihn getting a pity shag, but personally I could care less to see the Ex- Mrs. Cameron's mounds. That 80's haircut kept distracting me from seeing them.
Or in "Prey for Rock n' Roll". I thought the lesbian scene was pretty lame. Call me nostalgic, but I wanted to see Gina Gershon's boobs more than those of the girl who (allegedly) blew the casting director for those five minutes on film.
A good sex scene is essential to the story like in "Monster's Ball". Animalistic, emotionless, and maybe even discomforting, but it defines at that moment who the characters are. In my opinion, Halle Berry should have sucked Billy Bob Thorton's off after the Oscars. She couldn't have done it without his uncomfortable looking ass.
Or in "A Clockwork Orange". Not just the "Singing in the Rain (in the rain...thanks Dim)," but that some British Guy and the "underage" girls at the record shop's scene. Again, this defines who Alex is, and it is funny as hell since it was sped up to the "William Telle Overture". And let us not forget efficient. How many shags actually took place?
I know this part of the rant stems from the Jolie sex in "Cyborg 2", but when I watched the film, I realize the writer did have some good ideas that only a director could mess up, by insisting he could make that budget work. Believing that fight scenes can be filmed from one angle. Only seeing parts of Jack Pallance's face on grainy TV screens (did everyone in the early 90 think that TV picture quality wasn't going to improve). Horrible camera work on an essential sex scene. Wasting Billy Drago!!!
One can argue that he was just filming what the script said, but if you are that dumb to not take artistic liberties, you are to blame for the final project. I would assume that showing that you are a true artist is the only reason you would want to do a script that is total garbage. Prove you are great director at least.
Even if you are a great director, if you choose a project, you are responsible for the delivery of the picture. Of course, you can blame the producers, but they only tell you to do a bad project or else. They allow writers of questionable talent to have work, but with a little integrity, a bad script can be prevented from seeing the light of day.
Perhaps I expect too much from the movie industry, but I think we can put an end to bad movies. We just have to demand that a director has good taste. The only downfall is that video stores would go down the tubes because we would inevitably watch all the good ones. Since, I can't get a job at one, maybe that isn't a bad thing.
We will argue my resume at a later date. The point to my rant is that someone in the motion picture industry, has got to take some responsibility for what the kids see. If you stop making bad movies, parents won't use them to babysit their kids. Hell, it might allow me to knock off this seemingly futile job search, and take sitting up as a profession.
Come on Hollywood, give me some kind of break. This will prevent me from possibly writing bad scripts, and give me employment. If you cannot help all, at least help me.
Stupid web browsers. They can keep my blog title, but not my content when they (perhaps I) mess up.
I am all for nudity in films. If a film takes place where we would see some, the director should not be clever and show how he can shoot around it. We all want to leave the movies with some genitalia tingling, but that does not mean the director/writer can waste time with a sex scene. A scene that in most cases stops the flow of the story.
In "Cyborg 2", a film I was watching on Flix, I decided to start writing this blog after I confirmed that those were Angelina Jolie's tits being grabbed by a Greek Canadian. The story was not going anywhere, and my ex girl owns "Gia", so if I needed a none-porno related jerk off, I knew where to get it.
When the story has a scene like this, the writer is giving the viewer a break. Unfortunately, if you are a guy at the movies, you'll feel like you have been just labeled a homo to either leave for a snack or piss.
Any good writer would throw in a montage. Like in "Rapid Fire" with Brandon Lee. Yes, there is a sex scene that shows us who our hero is doing, but it is cut with images of the Triads offing Mafioso.
The story continues, but if you left for a snack or piss, coming back to see the mobster with a few throwing star placed in vital organs is a clear enough visual to tell you where the film is going to go from here. This may also get the director a PG-13, the financially sound rating.
Because the Japanese put pause button on remotes for a reason, you know a writer does not have to break up the action in the name of your bladder. Sex scenes for the most part are a way to avoid writing a full 120 pages to make a two-hour screen play.
Love was done better in the old days. The lovers kiss, the film fades out, and then we get back to seeing Sean Connery kill the crazy sailor from "Jaws". If they had a full blown scene, not only would it be pointless, there is the chance that it would be lame.
Like in "The Terminator". Some may say that the emotional roller coaster Linda Hamilton was on would justify Michael Beihn getting a pity shag, but personally I could care less to see the Ex- Mrs. Cameron's mounds. That 80's haircut kept distracting me from seeing them.
Or in "Prey for Rock n' Roll". I thought the lesbian scene was pretty lame. Call me nostalgic, but I wanted to see Gina Gershon's boobs more than those of the girl who (allegedly) blew the casting director for those five minutes on film.
A good sex scene is essential to the story like in "Monster's Ball". Animalistic, emotionless, and maybe even discomforting, but it defines at that moment who the characters are. In my opinion, Halle Berry should have sucked Billy Bob Thorton's off after the Oscars. She couldn't have done it without his uncomfortable looking ass.
Or in "A Clockwork Orange". Not just the "Singing in the Rain (in the rain...thanks Dim)," but that some British Guy and the "underage" girls at the record shop's scene. Again, this defines who Alex is, and it is funny as hell since it was sped up to the "William Telle Overture". And let us not forget efficient. How many shags actually took place?
I know this part of the rant stems from the Jolie sex in "Cyborg 2", but when I watched the film, I realize the writer did have some good ideas that only a director could mess up, by insisting he could make that budget work. Believing that fight scenes can be filmed from one angle. Only seeing parts of Jack Pallance's face on grainy TV screens (did everyone in the early 90 think that TV picture quality wasn't going to improve). Horrible camera work on an essential sex scene. Wasting Billy Drago!!!
One can argue that he was just filming what the script said, but if you are that dumb to not take artistic liberties, you are to blame for the final project. I would assume that showing that you are a true artist is the only reason you would want to do a script that is total garbage. Prove you are great director at least.
Even if you are a great director, if you choose a project, you are responsible for the delivery of the picture. Of course, you can blame the producers, but they only tell you to do a bad project or else. They allow writers of questionable talent to have work, but with a little integrity, a bad script can be prevented from seeing the light of day.
Perhaps I expect too much from the movie industry, but I think we can put an end to bad movies. We just have to demand that a director has good taste. The only downfall is that video stores would go down the tubes because we would inevitably watch all the good ones. Since, I can't get a job at one, maybe that isn't a bad thing.
We will argue my resume at a later date. The point to my rant is that someone in the motion picture industry, has got to take some responsibility for what the kids see. If you stop making bad movies, parents won't use them to babysit their kids. Hell, it might allow me to knock off this seemingly futile job search, and take sitting up as a profession.
Come on Hollywood, give me some kind of break. This will prevent me from possibly writing bad scripts, and give me employment. If you cannot help all, at least help me.
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