04-05-2020, 03:37 PM
Staying Vertical (2016) by Alain Guiraudie
Why did I watch this? I had Red Sun (with Mifune, Bronson, and Delon) all queued up, but this was just ahead of it, and the capsule description called it a "hypnotic, wondrously surreal odyssey through the continuum of human desire and sexuality," and for some reason I thought it would be about a hypnotic, wondrously surreal odyssey through the continuum of human desire and sexuality.
Instead, it was a mishmash of pretentious sophomoric masturbation. Not that there was any masturbation in it, but a fair number of cocks, many with over-inflated egos, if you catch my drift, and no, we're not talking about cock-fighting. Maybe it would have helped to be a bit gay. In fact, the gayer the better. And I mean, really really gay. And irresponsible. That's a big ticket item here too, though not as big as some of the cocks.
Oh, and the title, Staying Vertical. No, that's not an allusion to the aforesaid body part. At least I don't think so. It stems from a scene tacked on at the very end, and makes perfect sense in that context. But then why not just make a bloody 5-minute short of that final scene and title it Staying Vertical and be done with it. Alas, mine is not to reason why...
By the way, there is some heterosexual sex in this, because a baby gets born (shown graphically), and the little tyke plays a role. But the actress was decent enough that I looked her up afterward. She has an odd name. Indian Hair. Yes, that's her name. And it looks like she's on her way to bigger and better things, according to imdb. She's in Mandibules (2020), which is in post-production, and from the capsule description it sounds like a sure-fire winner: "Two simple-minded friends discover a giant fly in the trunk of a car and decide to domesticate it to earn money with it."
Anyway, tonight I'll belatedly watch Red Sun, because I've had my fill of you know what. Though come to think of it, I spent all morning looking at a very muscular nude guy with a big cock -- displayed on my big external monitor no less. But he was wielding two swords, and I'm a martial artist, you know. Okay, so it's for an online figure-drawing class. And let me tell you, human figures are not easy to draw. I keep getting the proportions wrong, especially in the nether regions, making things too small.
But tonight it's on to bigger and better things -- Mifune in all his swashbuckling glory.
Why did I watch this? I had Red Sun (with Mifune, Bronson, and Delon) all queued up, but this was just ahead of it, and the capsule description called it a "hypnotic, wondrously surreal odyssey through the continuum of human desire and sexuality," and for some reason I thought it would be about a hypnotic, wondrously surreal odyssey through the continuum of human desire and sexuality.
Instead, it was a mishmash of pretentious sophomoric masturbation. Not that there was any masturbation in it, but a fair number of cocks, many with over-inflated egos, if you catch my drift, and no, we're not talking about cock-fighting. Maybe it would have helped to be a bit gay. In fact, the gayer the better. And I mean, really really gay. And irresponsible. That's a big ticket item here too, though not as big as some of the cocks.
Oh, and the title, Staying Vertical. No, that's not an allusion to the aforesaid body part. At least I don't think so. It stems from a scene tacked on at the very end, and makes perfect sense in that context. But then why not just make a bloody 5-minute short of that final scene and title it Staying Vertical and be done with it. Alas, mine is not to reason why...
By the way, there is some heterosexual sex in this, because a baby gets born (shown graphically), and the little tyke plays a role. But the actress was decent enough that I looked her up afterward. She has an odd name. Indian Hair. Yes, that's her name. And it looks like she's on her way to bigger and better things, according to imdb. She's in Mandibules (2020), which is in post-production, and from the capsule description it sounds like a sure-fire winner: "Two simple-minded friends discover a giant fly in the trunk of a car and decide to domesticate it to earn money with it."
Anyway, tonight I'll belatedly watch Red Sun, because I've had my fill of you know what. Though come to think of it, I spent all morning looking at a very muscular nude guy with a big cock -- displayed on my big external monitor no less. But he was wielding two swords, and I'm a martial artist, you know. Okay, so it's for an online figure-drawing class. And let me tell you, human figures are not easy to draw. I keep getting the proportions wrong, especially in the nether regions, making things too small.
But tonight it's on to bigger and better things -- Mifune in all his swashbuckling glory.
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