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Cunnilingus Scene NOT gratuitous

posted 13 years ago by mjp0117-26-143834
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Several people thought this scene was unnecessary, but it was absolutely not. Mildred was in Monty's home, about to BUY it. How emasculating. She was and is the one with the certain 'power' in the relationship. It was totally appropriate that he go down on her because he is handing back over power as they negotiated the price. She is his meal ticket. Of course, it is not long before he realizes he can't handle this kind of relationship which SHE really should have known.

[–] Jack_Rabbit_Slims91 13 years ago

All I thought about it was that it was incredibly hot.

The Social Network/David Fincher/Annette Bening/Colin Firth/Christian Bale/Jacki Weaver

[–] mulhollandpsycho 13 years ago

I disagree with the first 1/2 of your Oscar picks, but agree wholeheartedly with the 2nd half. Especially Jacki Weaver -- she was brilliant!

[–] milo44 8 years ago

Laura Dern can make some of the god awful ugly faces .. and that's one of them .

"A man that wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough".

[–] bilsnod 13 years ago

The message of that scene was go down on me and I will give you my fortune!

[–] no_gluten_no_wheat 13 years ago

Monty put his mouth where the money was. It was a hot scene.

[–] lld3497 13 years ago

I never read the Book but was it filled with sex scenes?

Sláinte I refuse to get into a battle of wits with someone so woefully unarmed

[–] gabbyslp 13 years ago

I doubt it...wasn't it written in the 40s? Would have been extremely scandalous!

[–] no_gluten_no_wheat 13 years ago

You think people didn't put their mouths on sexual organs pre-1940 and subsequently write about it? You are naive.

[–] gabbyslp 13 years ago

No, that's not what I said a**hole. I just said I didn't think many writers openly wrote about it. No need to be a jerk about it.

[–] egoangel18 13 years ago

Hott.

i hope you choke on your bacardi & coke!
*Team Landa*

[–] maddiemoon31 13 years ago

Freaking, yeah they did! A while back I was reading about the movie Dogtooth on Wikipedia, and it kept mentioning "cunnilingus" and I didn't know what it was. So I wikipediaed it and there were like Renaissance (I'm assuming that's the era) art of like gods and goddesses doing it! Then we have old decorative books in my house and I finally decided to see what they were one day and we have an erotica book called Delta of Venus, which was written in the 40s. Disturbing that we use it as decoration by the way.

It's like being inside a dream or something.. There's truth, but no logic.

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[–] no_gluten_no_wheat 13 years ago

So people over 30 shouldn't act out sex scenes even if the material calls for it? Get out of here!

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[–] solesister 13 years ago

spoken like an inexperienced adolescent who has never stayed in a relationship long enough to watch somebody mature. Go back to your internet smut and leave the real sex to real people.

[–] Suchaprettybird 9 years ago

Exactly!

[–] hawk972126 13 years ago

I guess once people hit 30, everything just falls? Tell that to actors like Jason Statham. What will your beloved Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Amber Heard do once they hit the dreaded 3-0? Amber will just have to commit suicide in five years.

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[–] justalady21also 12 years ago

So, what are you? Like two? Grow up or leave off watching movies for mature viewers until you do.

[–] cybernoid 12 years ago

People maturing is fine. But isn't it also a fact of life that, for a good percentage of people, the early-to-middle 20s is when your body will potentially feel and be the best it can -- all that even if your diet consists of mainly junk food. After that, it requires energy to maintain a good physique and even more effort to build one.

That's to present the other side of the coin, because the "grow up" cliché is getting rather old and bitter.

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[–] Suchaprettybird 9 years ago

There is a reason why stupid parents shouldn't have children. They raise ignorant, nasty children. It would be embarrassing for under 30's who think they can act flopping around with their lipid bodies. Ew. Yuck. Sorry, but I don't want to see their seriously unwashed bits. There must be a reason why you almost never see male nudity - who wants to see some ugly, drooping balls and beer guts? Not sexy.

[–] tadeu-br 13 years ago

Stick to the Zac Efron and Justin Bieber movies. They are more suitable for your young mind.

[–] Waldimore 12 years ago

You mean hubble-shallow don't you?

[–] cnicknz 13 years ago

One of the reasons almost 15 years went by before the Crawford version of this story was filmed was that censors wouldn't pass the sex scenes. I read the novel a few years back and while I don't recall an exact scene of cunnilingus, there was lots more sex than in the first film. In the book as in the Winslet version, Mildred sleeps with Wally Fay right off the bat and continues to do so. In the 1945 version, Crawford is always fending off Jack Carson's advances (the stupid bitch, he was hot), and we only she and Monty in a discreet love scene at the beach house. Winslet's version is about a real woman with real needs, not M-G-M's cleaned up story. I can still watch Joan's and enjoy it, but this version is remarkable in terms of the performances, the attention to the era and the art direction, everything. At times it reminded me of The Godfather. I can't wait to get the DVD and if Winslet doesn't win an Emmy I will never watch them again.

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[–] Waldimore 12 years ago

When people start saying that fellatio scenes in movies are gratuitous, then I'll take the concept seriously. Until then, all I can say is: It's about time!

That's all we get to see is women giving bjs on screen. Or girl on girl action. It was nice to see a man pleasure a woman orally for a change for whatever connotation it had to the storyline.

[–] cookiela2001 12 years ago

I'm not sure....perhaps he just wanted comforting after making that HUGE commitment to marry, and was merely resting his head in her lap? Or, he could have dropped his pince-nez, and was looking for it?

I mean, we weren't THERE....
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