Shortbus
Actually I am planning to write three postings today, but I want to start off with Shortbus because it’s the the most recent one and therefore the one where my impressions are still very fresh.
Again, I won’t delve as deep as Prog into the whole story, especially since Milkmaster and I really didn’t think much about it – we basically just sat there and enjoyed the funny scenes. Actually that was a topic we’ve talked about: We don’t have any of these sex problems as those character, neither that kind of relationship problems; therefore, there was nobody (at least not for me) among them who I could identify myself with. Consequently, I won’t talk much about these problems because I don’t think I can judge anything at all. However, I do get the impression that these dialogues are sometimes a little bit clichéd, but it didn’t really bug me – after all, I don’t hear those kinds of dialogues very often, because it’s been ages that I’ve watched any american sitcoms like Sex and the City.
By the way, Milkmaster’s favourite character is the owner of Shortbus. Mine is Ceth, obviously *g* I mean, he’s really cute and even though he played an awfully boring character, he was funny and sympathetic. Aside from Ceth, I felt really sorry for Jamie because he had to bear with the fucked up character of James. After all, this is something the movie did really well: The characters were the most interesting point of the film, and I am a sucker for “character films”.
I should maybe mention the sex scenes as well: I didn’t find them repulsive at all. When I saw the DVD itself, I first found it a little bit disturbing, but in the film itself, the sex looked quite aesthetic in my opinion. I also didn’t think there was too much of it. On a side note, the sex wasn’t turning me on directly, but after watching it, it seems it kind of, say, influenced our actions that evening. *hrr hrr*
All in all, Shortbus was really funny and we thoroughly enjoyed it. I even think it is worth to be watched a second time, some scenes (like singing the hymn into the other’s ass) were just priceless.