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Having met at a rock concert and shared an intimate night together, two youths decide to continue having sexual encounters after concerts in this Michael Winterbottom movie. The film sparked controversy upon release due to its graphic depictions of sexual activity, and with little occurring in between the rock and copulation scenes, the film has been called everything from 'boring' to 'pornography' over the years. And yet, while it is true that the unconventional structure of the movie makes it hard to get immersed in the characters and story at first, the film eventually takes some interesting turns as we learn that the lovers actually share a deep love and emotional connection beyond what we have otherwise been shown. This in turn renders '9 Songs' a refreshingly different take on a romantic relationship, with only the guy's most striking memories (the sex and the music) played before our eyes. His philosophical quips about Anarctica are of interest too - "Antarctica is the planet's memory before there was people" - and it resonates strongly as he comments "5000 people in a room and you can still feel alone" after attending a concert without his lover. Sure, Winterbottom's approach here is frustrating in that we hardly get to know the characters as individuals, but with all that considered, it is pretty remarkable how strongly Winterbottom captures their emotional connection.
agostino-dallas
I understand the religion preaching about movies like this. After all, intimacy has the "in" to highlight that some parts of our adult lives should happen INsice 4 walls, a closed door, don't forget the shades in the window and mostly important...it must have a roof above you too (skylight should be OK if helicopters are not crossing your roof). Then you are all set for your sexual activity, which like I just described seems like you're going to kill someone. And maybe this movie is trying to say it out loud: "sex isn't a mortal crime and you're not going to rotten in hell and having your genitals pierced and speared by sadistic demons forever". That's how a Korean girl pictured it on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRzFIBXIUg8) because you had sex, lost of it. But, the thing is, sex can really be a passport to heaven or hell mostly in your mind than on your body and I mean it in a not religious context. Irresponsible sex can also screw you and your partner in a non pleasant way, physically!! Let's remind people that STD like AIDS has not stopped. In addition, it is very likely that a couple, especially married couple, will have issues in their relationship if the sex life is dull. We can look at it in many angles other than just preaching about what you see. Funny that "how you SEE it" makes the whole difference because a blind person would never that judgmental approach!! Anyway, try to be open to what that really means even if you just watch the trailer. have your own opinion and think that sex for sex, without love, will always be just sex, and that is usually dull over time.
Smoreni Zmaj
Porn movies have shitty story line and bunch of explicit sex, mainstream film avoids explicit sex but goes for good story. This movie is 70% explicit sex but not porn, yet it has story line at average porn movie level. That little bit of movie that is not sex is their visits to concerts with terrible music. To cut long story short - boring sex scenes, even more boring story line and music that can easily bore you to death. Screw "artistic" movies of this sort. It lasted 67 minutes but I yawn like I did not sleep for 67 days...If you are bored to death, better count stains on your walls than watch this movie.
dulgheru90
This is the most boring movie I've ever watched. There is no plot, no story, and nothing interesting about it. It's just two pasty, below average people having the most vanilla sex I've ever seen. I have no idea what kind of drugs the people who are rating this movie favourably are doing, but I want some. I watched this at home and fast forwarded most of it due to the mind numbingly boring sex and lack of dialogue; I have watched actual pornos for longer than I've watched this movie.The leads have absolutely no chemistry, it's painfully obvious that they're strangers. The only interesting part of this movie was that one of the "9 songs" was a great live version of "Last High" by the Dandy Warhols about halfway through. I absolutely recommend skipping this and either watching an actual porno or an actual movie, this mess isn't worth checking out.
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