Buttslammers 14

From: [email protected] (KBell96415)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies.erotica
Subject: Review (sort of): Buttslammers 14 (and others of its ilk)
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 97 17:30:05
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This is actually less of a review than an overall commentary on the entire
series and how I feel it illustrates a major problem with g/g movies in
particular and all porno movies in general. 

To begin with BS 14 is a horrible, boring, sleep-inducing waste of time
which is sad because BS 2,3,4,9 and 10 are absolute masterpieces of g/g
eroticism.  The series itself hold a special place in my memory, like
seeing Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark for the first time.  BS 1 and
2 were revelations (IMHO) that g/g movies existed and were extremely hot. 
So impressed was I that have now watched everyone in the series, and
unfortunately I have come to the conclusion that a dearth of creativity
has spelled the end of this series and makes me wonder about the continued
viability of a genre of films that relies on supplying more and more
extreme sights to evoke interest.

The main problem with BS 14 is that the whole series since 10 has fallen
into a formulaic trap.  Watching a BS video I realize that predictability
has replaced surprise with mind-numbing results.  Every scene now revolves
around 2,3, or 4 women who do a 10 minute dance, then some very brief
orifice licking, followed by the ubiquitous Doc Johnson oil, then about 20
minutes of extended penetration of every girl which only serves to wear
out my fast forward button, because once the oil goes on, the only thing
happening is the exquisite attention to penetrating every girl, in every
possible way.  
The worst part about falling into narrative formula is that the pleasure
in porno movies comes from the anticipation of seeing something new. 
Watching a BS tape is an exercise in predictability, that most importantly
I have seen dozens of times before.
  
Even worse though is that BS 13 and 14, and to a lesser extent some of the
early ones fall into a self-reflexive trap, where the girls acknowledge
they are making a tape.  Done in say a Jean-Luc Godard movie or in a
Brechtian play, this narrative technique destroys the fourth wall, and
reminds the viewer that what he/she is watching is a fictional construct. 
In a porno film all it does is take the pleasure out of the act of
voyeurism, especially when it is done so tackily like in scene 4 of BS 14
where the brunette reminds the girls that it is a Buttslammers movie so
they all have to dance first, which simply reminds me to grab my remote
control.
  
Finally the new Buttslammers movies illustrate a major problem with g/g
movies in particular, how much longer will viewers like me watch the same
old thing over and over again? One of the trends everybody seems to be
noticing is the increased proclivity of extreme sexual scenarios like
D/P's, felching, rimming, gangbangs, huge orgies, etc. because, as with
violence, viewers become desensitized to the normal, now boring sex acts
of simple missionary etc. The first three Buttslammers are jolts of pure
energy, the last three are the dying gasps of a dead horse being reamed
with yet another different dildo.

Any and all comments are welcome on any thread of a topic I touched on