Bound (1996)

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Bound (1996)
by JimBell in JimBell Blog

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"Bound (1996) is sometimes recommended as a modern version of a classic 1940s film noir. Although the themes are similar, Bound fails miserably to make us care about the two main characters. Every film’s basic premises create challenges which must be overcome. In classic film noir, a recurring problem is how to make us sympathize with a protagonist who is dumb or ignorant or criminal or overwhelmed by events, and usually the movies succeed in some way—he’s an ordinary working Joe, he had a terrible childhood, he may be a criminal but he is fair minded, and so on. But with Bound, the two main characters . . . well, see if you empathize with them. One is a Mafia prostitute who, after witnessing yet another torture/murder, feels she’d like to steal 2M dollars from the Mob and get out. The other is a self-described dyke with a mighty pout who is hired to do reno work in the Mafia apartment block, has sex with the prostitute, and thinks she can put her robbery " [More]

10 Movies Sold on a Sex Scene
by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com

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"There apparently are other reasons to see Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona besides the infamous lesbian kiss between Scarlett Johansson and Penélope Cruz or the threesome between these actresses and Javier Bardem. But as the first things most of us heard about the movie, the sex scenes are certainly a big sell (the ménage à trois is even being used in a promotional contest to win a “threesome” with ScarJo). Even if they’re reportedly underwhelming. Promise of tantalizing footage has been an appeal for moviegoers likely since the dawn of cinema, with film pioneer Eadweard Muybridge’s The Human Figure in Motion - Descending Stairs and Turning Around featuring nudity as far back as the 1880s. And if you’ve seen any of the titles included in today’s list, chances are their respective sex scenes were at least part of what made you buy a ticket (or rent the video).