| Posted by: Badbird at April 20, 2008, 11:33 am | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | I thought the movie was very powerful and touching. Yeah, it's graphic as hell, but so is life. This is about a group of depressed, sexually dysfunctional people who are unable to connect emotionally to the people they love (or think they love). So yeah, there's lots of sex, gay and straight, but it is relevant to the plot. It's a double edged sword, really. While the sex is crucial to the story, it's also the one thing that will keep most people from ever watching this. Oh, and watching it doesn't make you gay. It's just a movie. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Shale at April 20, 2008, 11:04 am | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | Wow, I really liked this flick and am surprised at all the negative comments here. I'm attaching my review that I did immediately after seeing the flick, and my little DVD rating (Yes, I bought the DVD as soon as it came out - ordered it ahead of time actually.) I guess being bi, having had lots of sexual experience with gay guys and done everything that was on screen in this movie made it look more humorous and matter-of-fact to me rather than something shocking. Shortbus Shortbus Review by Shale October 21, 2006 Those who know me from this board and elsewhere will see that this is my kind of movie. It wasn't even on my to-see list this weekend, but I saw an article about it in the paper; how writer-director John Cameron Mitchell had to seek out actors by a Website who would be able to do a film depicting on-camera sex scenes as graphic as those found in porn movies. However, this is not a porn film. OK, maybe I am just too jaded, but there is a difference between a porn movie and a character driven movie t... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Cronos at April 20, 2008, 7:24 am | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | I found the whole thing pretty damn boring. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: someguy at April 19, 2008, 11:14 pm | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | I think it's pretty bad to say a movie is devoid of imagination or integrity after watching ten minutes of it, the opening is kind of there to establish that the movie isn't going to hold back on what it presents. I didn't find it to be really great but I enjoyed it. I kind of had to get over the fact that I was watching Sook-Yin Lee rubbing one out (you'll understand why if you're Canadian) but yeah it wasn't too bad. I really liked the soundtrack too. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Pride at April 19, 2008, 10:28 pm | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | There's nothing thats off putting for me in a film and a dude tasting his own juices didnt bother me but what did was that this film just became an excuse for a gay porno and take out the sex scenes you have nothing left but an empty shell. 5/10 | | Static Link |
| Posted by: ScaryFreak1827 at April 19, 2008, 9:26 pm | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | Never saw it, never want to. Gay porn just isn't for me. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Bourne101 at April 19, 2008, 9:15 pm | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by MsPink I think the film maker just relied on the explicit (for a non porn film) sex as a selling point for a crappy film. Exactly. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: MsPink at April 19, 2008, 7:34 pm | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | From a female perspective, the auto fellatio and gay stuff didn't bother me. What did bother me is the lack of an interesting plot . I think the film maker just relied on the explicit (for a non porn film) sex as a selling point for a crappy film. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: KiKrusher99 at April 19, 2008, 2:17 pm | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | I've been meaning to cheque it out. Oddly enough Sook Yin Lee interviewed me once for CBC Radio | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Bourne101 at April 19, 2008, 1:49 pm | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | Saw this in theatres back when it first came out because nothing else was playing and my friends and I were looking for a surprise. Well, we sure got the surprise, but it wasn't a good one. Just a stupid fucking film. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: jdparker at April 19, 2008, 1:36 pm | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Pirate Mike Spoiler Didn't he just jerk off in this mouth? That's not so bad Yeah maybe.. I turned my head and looked away. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Sonny Corleone at April 19, 2008, 12:46 pm | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | Never seen it, never even heard of it until now. I'm starting to wish I never did hear of it. Sounds like a gay porno. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: QUENTIN at April 19, 2008, 4:57 am | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | I turned this off about 10 minutes in when a guy ejaculated into his own mouth. No thanks. To me, a movie is devoid of imagination or integrity if it must resort to graphic shock tactics. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Pirate Mike at April 19, 2008, 4:51 am | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by jdparker Call me if a prude, but I just did not enjoy watching this movie. I'm sorry but any movie that begins with ***SPOILER*** A man sucking his own dick **END SPOILER** Spoiler Didn't he just jerk off in this mouth? That's not so bad I really liked this movie it WAS very funny in a dark Six Feet Under sorta way. Yeah the three guys were eating each others asses but when one of them starts singing into another's thats was funny! And the vibrator bit too. I thought it was a sweet movie | | Static Link |
| Posted by: jdparker at April 19, 2008, 1:52 am | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | Two reasons of the hundreds, why I didn't like Shortbus I sort of felt they were presenting, gay and lesbian people as living in some kind of hedonistic paradise. Which really just isn't true. I found the morals of the film highly questionable and honestly... I never usually question the morals of anything. Call me if a prude, but I just did not enjoy watching this movie. I'm sorry but any movie that begins with ***SPOILER*** A man sucking his own dick **END SPOILER** isn't something I'm going to enjoy watching. Two guys talking about it on the way to the wake of their friend that just died in a pool, I can dig that. But I don't actually want to see it. Simply put, I'll never like a movie that I don't enjoy watching. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: echo_bravo at April 18, 2008, 11:58 pm | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | A beautiful film?! I respectfully disagree. I find nothing beautiful about watching three men eat eachothers asses out. I also didnt find anything funny about the movie. Its not even that I am too uptight. I enjoy a lot of vulgar films but this aint one of them. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: AaronisMe at April 18, 2008, 5:12 pm | | Topic: Shortbus Forum: JoBlo | | Hands down, it was one of the best movies I have seen in years. Beyond brilliant, poignant, beautiful, funny...I loved it. It has that Once effect where you watch it and you realize it is something special. | | Static Link |
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