I guess the director of Destroyer asked her to be particularly terrible, but that scene is cringe worthy not because of how creepy that guy and his requests are, but because her skills look goddamned awful!.
She has shot three handjob scenes, one worst than the other.
Look em up, the saddest compilation ever.
For non explicit content, it almost has to be done that way. A good sensual handjob is more of a massage and not much movement away from the explicit area.
When they're just showing from the elbows up, it works better on screen with that frantic jerking motion.
Well, maybe that's explaining the poor appearance, but she could at least look happy, or into it, or concentrated.
Instead she's always angry, frustraded, and seems disgusted.
I must confess that I'm unfamiliar with the scenes in question. I suppose from your response that they were intended to be intimate and loving. However, if they were in a context where she was doing it out of obligation or was forced or blackmailed or otherwise coerced into it, then it could fit.
Again, I'm breaking my own rule and talking about something I have no direct knowledge of here.
Okay, I applaud you. You hooked me and I bit.
Instead she's always angry, frustraded, and seems disgusted.
That's Destroyer, the other two senes are as awful and she's supposed to be into them.
But about that one:
I wrote in my op that the direction was probably to be terrible, but that went overboard.
You'll feel sorry for that guy. One thing is doing something begrudgingly, another one is to do it wrong.
It seems to me her idea of a normal handjob is to quickly mangle the partner's privates with the stone cold look of an executioner on her face. If she shoots a haircutting scene, she would show up holding a machete.
*sigh* okay. From the Killing of a Sacred Deer script
"80 EXT. DESERTED ROAD - MORNING
Matthew’s car is parked on a deserted road on the edge of town. There are no pedestrians and very few cars. Anna stares straight ahead as she jerks off the anaesthetist. He pushes his seat back to the reclining position. As soon as he comes, he pulls the chair forward, starts the engine, and they drive off."
The context is that she's doing it in exchange for information. I'm not sure why you would think "she could at least look happy, or into it, or concentrated."
I'm not sure how any of this has anything to do with Nicole Kidman's handjob skills specifically. She an actress that is acting a part. Acting a part as written in the script. Based on your opinions here, it would seem she did a good job of it.
1~in this istance, she was not forced. She's trying to make that guy happy (for whatever reason). Again, she's looking like it's gonna kill her, she obviously doesn't know how to be good at it. Was that part of her role?
2~I doubt they were written as "she gives a terrible, sad handjob". I'm not saying she should have acted like a porn actress, but she's on the other side of the spectrum, towards "it looks painfully bad". That is, in my opinion, her lack of skills in the matter, like when you see some actor barely bouncing a ball but pretending to be a basket champion.
3~these are sex scenes, one is supposedly cringeworthy (but she ruins that too by being so bad at it) and the other two are just handjob scenes with no horrific connotation (and again, she looks like she's punishing her partner).
4~I like your analythical responses, but what we see on film are three scenes that are extremely grating (pun intended), and I don't think that was the intention.
The creep in Destroyer was a gang banger whom she hated, so I can see the vitriol.
In the other, she is still following the script she's given. "stares straight ahead as she..." implies disinterest.
Unless it’s your job being handled I fail to see how you can make that judgment with any real authority.
shareI do by watching the scenes. Unless those characters are turned on by angry cheese graters, I don't believe they are enjoying her performance.
shareHuh. Maybe that’s why she’s never won the Oscar for best hand-job in a supporting role.
Just out of interest, which actress do you think is a convincing jerk-off performer if Kidman is so bad? Just so we know what you’re judging it against.
I don't know, I'm not really an expert on handjob scene in movies.
But she has not one, not two, but three handjob scenes, and they all look awful. And she's a worldwide recognized sex symbol.
I would expect that such a scene would look like a nice moment, or a sexy one, or at least something somebody would be getting some pleasure out of.
She looks like she's hating it, and from what she does I cannot believe the guy is having any pleasure either. Cui prodest?
If you're not an expert on handjob scenes in movies then how do you know the three handjob scenes Kidman has done are one more worse than the other if you have nothing to compare against? Geez. I come to this message board for expert insight...not some amateur shitposting.
shareWell, I guess you got me there...but I can't think of many other actresses giving handjobs in movies other than Lucy Punch.
sharelol is this her thing now? I stopped watching her movies years ago. those are really violent aggressive handjobs.
shareI know, horror scenes to watch. I don't know why she does them like that.
Even the scenes where she is not supposed to enjoy it, she still is trying to finish the job by mauling the dick instead of just making it pleasurable and be done as quickly as possible.
But I have to say that the directors could have given better directions, or don't shoot that kind of scene at all wtf.
The handjob scene in Birthday Girl wasn't that bad , it actually looked pretty hot.
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