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Is this a very good movie?

posted 16 years ago by jimpemmas
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I don't care how much graphic the sex is.
How good is the movie artistically?Worth my time?

p.s.Last tango in Paris is a great movie for me.

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[–] Krustallos 16 years ago

I think if you liked "Last Tango" you'll definitely like this. It's maybe not got the breadth and depth of Bertolucci's film, but it's well worth seeing IMHO.

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[–] mjmelia2002 15 years ago

its beautiful.

[–] jedwards8 15 years ago

To me it was extremely emotionally and aesthetically rich. I haven't experienced anything like it. And it brought up things about relationships and sexuality that were very interesting to me. You aren't a prude, so I think it would definitely be worth your time.

[–] kausix777 15 years ago

Artistically, the movie is good in parts but not in whole.

The art really takes over in the second half and the acting is good.

[–] call-betelguese 15 years ago

with a lot of these so called arthouse porn movies the plot is not all there and the movie drags but visually its quite beatiful and graphic (not in the sexual or mutilated sense). It's definently worth watching if your the type to get over the "real sex" of it.

[–] Larry-115 15 years ago

I think people who make plot comments like this basically are looking for a typical Hollywood product off the Sid Sheinberg conveyor belt. Sometimes a story is best told when it does not dutifully march from plot point A to plot point B.

[–] call-betelguese 15 years ago

sometimes people making comments like that are genuinly confused by the directors story telling. I hate it when people snub thier nose at "hollywood films" get off your high horse. I'm not looking for a plot that goes from A to B. It can go from A to wherever, as long as it has a story Arch, if it doesn't its bad story telling.