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Review: Red Vibe Diaries
Perhaps
the best way to describe this James Avalon feature film is to compare
it to almost having an orgasm, but not quite getting there. You know those
ones - where all the conditions seem to be right, and you think you're
on a winner, but somehow, little things get in the way and you just can't
quite make it.
Don't get me wrong, this movie is a better film by far than most porn
flicks, and it has plenty of elements that will appeal to women; indeed,
I bought this DVD because it had been recommended by the ladies at Good
Vibrations. And without doubt, it is very arousing and entertaining, and
well worth spending an evening with the vibrator in front of the TV. It's
just that, well… they came so close to making a really really good
women's smut flick, but fell down in the execution, as it were.
"What would possess the wife of a renowned neurosurgeon to risk everything
to become a prostitute at a high class Beverly Hills brothel?" asks
the back cover. This is essentially the plot of Red Vibe Diaries - one
lonely and bored woman's search for pleasure. Our heroine, left home alone
by her busy husband, explores her sexual fantasies, and then allows her
libido to lead her into extremely pleasurable prostitution. The scenario
offers numerous opportunities for female friendly sex scenes. Thus, we
start with Samantha masturbating in the bath with her new red vibrator,
imagining a lesbian encounter at the sex toy shop. Along the way we see
her fantasies of passionate sex with her absent husband, and then her
friend introduces her to the woman-owned brothel. Eventually, Samantha
indulges in wild sex with various clients.
Red Vibe diaries sets up so many opportunities to depict female-positive
sex, and yet it lets us down on most occasions. The reason for this is
simple. The director repeatedly resorts to mainstream porn clichés,
and tailors his sex scenes to male audiences. Thus, our lesbians hammer
each other with dildoes for fifteen minutes and "tongue joust"
rather than kiss (perhaps so as not to ruin their perfect lipstick). The
clit doesn't get a look in. And the male-female sex scenes are primarily
penetration based. We're talking hard and fast penetration here too, the
sort that never seems to end, even though we KNOW she must be getting
sore. There's always the typical cumshot at the end, and all the women
keep their high heels on. Perhaps most awful is lead actress Stacy Valentines
enormous fake tits. They even float in the bath.
Perhaps I'm just a little jaded. The fact remains that this is a very
good porn film, one of the best I've seen. The acting is near-professional
standard. The production values are sky high. There's even some interesting
dialogue and real emotional involvement. Rest assured there's enough here
to keep you entertained and busting for an orgasm, and it certainly won't
insult your intelligence. The men are just as good looking as the women,
and their dicks are plenty big. The scene with Samantha's husband is surprisingly
tender and vaguely romantic. There's even arty camera shots to keep things
from being boring. It's just that… I want more. I expect more I deserve
more, dammit.
Red Vibe Diaries illustrates to me that it really wouldn't take much of
an effort to make a really great porn film for women. A little more real
kissing here, a lot more cunnilingus there… I mean, really, is it
that hard to show realistic clitoral stimulation? And wouldn't it be nice
if the man came inside the woman for once, and we got to see his face
at that point…?
Ladies, despite all I've just written, I really do recommend Red Vibe
Diaries, if only because it is so much better that 99% of the porn movies
out there.
Review written in 2004
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