WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!
I see Massassians writing game and movie reviews so I thought I'd pitch in. This is actually a film I discovered while browsing the Internet, I had not heard any recommendations from a friend or anything like that, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Anyway, let's start with the facts:
Cast:
Naughty Allie (I'm assuming this is a stage name)
Some guy who's uncredited
Directed by:
The aforementioned uncredited guy
Runtime:
9:27 mins
The film starts off with a guy (I'll call him Jake from here on as that's what he's referred to as in the movie) approaching a girl who's sitting leisurely in a wooden chair, one of her legs resting on the chair seat. She's talking on the phone into which she utters the opening lines of the movie, which I think are "Yeah, we do, we do, you've got to tell her more often..." but I could be wrong as she's not that clearly audible to me. She continues talking on the phone until Jake, who's now made it to her immediate vicinity (I should note that the point of view throughout this film is Jake's, an interesting choice of a storytelling method by the director: we literally see what he sees), interrupts her with a casual "Hey" upon which she excuses herself to the person on the other end of the phone with "Can you hold on a second?" It becomes apparent that he wants her to end the phonecall at this point, to which she objects, appealing to the fact that she hasn't talked to "Cindy" in a long time (leading us to conclude that she obviously wants to learn about what Cindy has been up to).
One of my main gripes with this movie is that the character of Cindy is never really fleshed out, that is to say she remains a rather soulless figure, serving merely as an excuse for Allie's character to continue the phonecall until the very end. A lazily contrived plot device, if you will.
At this point Jake confesses that he's "Horny as **** so I'm gonna go jerk off until you've finished up your phonecall" much to the woman's obvious disappointment, which in turn gives her an idea: she gets up, walks off to another room (leaving Jake in hapless wonder), only to return with a small bottle which she happily waves in front of Jake. He becomes intrigued (which is made apparent by the camera's slow approach toward her as she's back on her chair). After asked by Jake as to what she's doing, she commands him to take off his pants. What follows is an incredibly long sex scene taking up a majority of the movie's length. The dialog, however, continues throughout. One of my favorite couple of lines follows the scene I just described: "I thought you were on the phone?" "I am but you seem to be really horny!" This, to me, sets the tone for the rest of the movie: this is clearly a very spontaneous woman, so you can expect to remain on the edge of your seat, wondering what she'll come up with. Sadly, the movie ultimately fails to deliver on this promise.
The nudity is quite graphic as we see male frontal nudity (again, from his perspective), female toplessness, and a bodily fluid toward the ending. This one's clearly not for the kids.
The acting performances work well enough, an important point in a movie with only two characters with any dialog. The phone conversation was carried out in a way that I found believable, I wouldn't be surprised to be witnessing such a conversation in real life.
Overall, however, I would say that there's a lot more entertaining and intellectually rousing short films out there. This one's a rental, although in my case I found it on an internet website where it was freely distributed.
I see Massassians writing game and movie reviews so I thought I'd pitch in. This is actually a film I discovered while browsing the Internet, I had not heard any recommendations from a friend or anything like that, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Anyway, let's start with the facts:
Cast:
Naughty Allie (I'm assuming this is a stage name)
Some guy who's uncredited
Directed by:
The aforementioned uncredited guy
Runtime:
9:27 mins
The film starts off with a guy (I'll call him Jake from here on as that's what he's referred to as in the movie) approaching a girl who's sitting leisurely in a wooden chair, one of her legs resting on the chair seat. She's talking on the phone into which she utters the opening lines of the movie, which I think are "Yeah, we do, we do, you've got to tell her more often..." but I could be wrong as she's not that clearly audible to me. She continues talking on the phone until Jake, who's now made it to her immediate vicinity (I should note that the point of view throughout this film is Jake's, an interesting choice of a storytelling method by the director: we literally see what he sees), interrupts her with a casual "Hey" upon which she excuses herself to the person on the other end of the phone with "Can you hold on a second?" It becomes apparent that he wants her to end the phonecall at this point, to which she objects, appealing to the fact that she hasn't talked to "Cindy" in a long time (leading us to conclude that she obviously wants to learn about what Cindy has been up to).
One of my main gripes with this movie is that the character of Cindy is never really fleshed out, that is to say she remains a rather soulless figure, serving merely as an excuse for Allie's character to continue the phonecall until the very end. A lazily contrived plot device, if you will.
At this point Jake confesses that he's "Horny as **** so I'm gonna go jerk off until you've finished up your phonecall" much to the woman's obvious disappointment, which in turn gives her an idea: she gets up, walks off to another room (leaving Jake in hapless wonder), only to return with a small bottle which she happily waves in front of Jake. He becomes intrigued (which is made apparent by the camera's slow approach toward her as she's back on her chair). After asked by Jake as to what she's doing, she commands him to take off his pants. What follows is an incredibly long sex scene taking up a majority of the movie's length. The dialog, however, continues throughout. One of my favorite couple of lines follows the scene I just described: "I thought you were on the phone?" "I am but you seem to be really horny!" This, to me, sets the tone for the rest of the movie: this is clearly a very spontaneous woman, so you can expect to remain on the edge of your seat, wondering what she'll come up with. Sadly, the movie ultimately fails to deliver on this promise.
The nudity is quite graphic as we see male frontal nudity (again, from his perspective), female toplessness, and a bodily fluid toward the ending. This one's clearly not for the kids.
The acting performances work well enough, an important point in a movie with only two characters with any dialog. The phone conversation was carried out in a way that I found believable, I wouldn't be surprised to be witnessing such a conversation in real life.
Overall, however, I would say that there's a lot more entertaining and intellectually rousing short films out there. This one's a rental, although in my case I found it on an internet website where it was freely distributed.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.