"Also, and I know I’ve beat this drum before, but Hollywood’s fixation on sex as being the alpha and omega of the Human experience never ceases to depress me. So all of Nelson’s problems, problems that might otherwise be described as spiritual in nature, stem, according to this scene, from his repressed longing for sex. Well, that’s odd. Nelson is, after all, having sex, as we saw in the beginning of the movie. Ah, but you see, his sex with Angelica isn’t movie sex. That’s what every human soul on the planet is desperately crying out for. Movie sex!! You know, thousands of lit candles, physically perfect and passionate and desirable partners. Bathtubs, stuff swept off tables or desks and clothes rent in a rage of lust, that sort of thing. Sara, who had earlier critiqued him for his woeful lack of "kinky obsessions," will quite apparently provide him the sexual healing his inner self craves."
Thought you might enjoy another soul tearing the movie a new one.
Hey Rosenbaum is a WKU alumni (like me) so you have good tastes in men at least. 😉
Love to hear it 😆
I kept thinking this movie sounded familiar. Then I realized I had read about it long ago (back in college) on ye olde jabootu.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120324074823/http://jabootu.com/sweetnov.htm
classic quote from it:
"Also, and I know I’ve beat this drum before, but Hollywood’s fixation on sex as being the alpha and omega of the Human experience never ceases to depress me. So all of Nelson’s problems, problems that might otherwise be described as spiritual in nature, stem, according to this scene, from his repressed longing for sex. Well, that’s odd. Nelson is, after all, having sex, as we saw in the beginning of the movie. Ah, but you see, his sex with Angelica isn’t movie sex. That’s what every human soul on the planet is desperately crying out for. Movie sex!! You know, thousands of lit candles, physically perfect and passionate and desirable partners. Bathtubs, stuff swept off tables or desks and clothes rent in a rage of lust, that sort of thing. Sara, who had earlier critiqued him for his woeful lack of "kinky obsessions," will quite apparently provide him the sexual healing his inner self craves."
Thought you might enjoy another soul tearing the movie a new one.