No Experience Necessary

Reviewed by: Ian & David

Copyright © 2007 ? All Rights Reserved

Studio : Bel Ami

Starring: Justin Boyd, Andreas Mouskouri, Brandon Manilow, Davy Paxton, Elijah Keilor, Ethan Clarke, Etienne Pauliac, Jan Gabriel, Jeff Daniels, Keith Johansson, Kurt Diesel, Leon Boisen, Luke Hamill, Manuel Rios, Marc Vidal, Niall Dawson, Noah Aniston, Phil Sardou, Rafael Bianchi, Rick Fontana, Sascha Chaykin, Sebastian Bonnet, Thierry Aulin, Tim Hamilton

This is a different Bel Ami movie. At first I wasn’t too sure about it, but then the wife blew his load right at the end of the first scene. That certainly was an indication of what he thought about the movie. I have to agree. The more we watched, the more I enjoyed this new vein, or style.

To begin with, this is not just some wild sex thrown together. It has a bit of a story to it, though not much. It does have a good theme to it though, that fits a porn movie. And it has the Bel Ami stable of stars, like Marc Vidal, Tim Hamilton, Ethan Clarke, and more. It was filmed by Sebastian Bonnet and yes, he does take part in some of the scenes.

What I most enjoyed in the video, other than well photographed cocks, the asses, and the hard fucking, is the fun they all had together. It didn’t matter which scene you watched, they were talking, having fun, and smiling. Jokes were flying around, and yes it was subtitled, but you got the humor. Something you really do not see much of, if any, in North American productions.

Bel Ami does things differently, and there is one scene where the wife and I were laughing silly. It was a perfect little bit of humor that just hit perfect. There were other good laughs throughout the DVD as well, which made watching this 165 minute long video worth it.

Yes, lots of sex, some of the ‘trainees’ weren’t what I’d call hot looking, nor were they all true twinks. I mean most were 23 or 24 years old, but they had fun and had nice looking penises. In addition, they had fun. That’s what makes this DVD special.

The sex was not all standard, suck, fuck and cum. There was some dildo play as well, and one scene, the condom use was an absolute riot. It was well done, well set up. I liked the horseplay with the dildo’s too. It was different, and special really. Not all scenes had it, nor did all scenes have the condoms shown being put on. Those that did, were enjoyable, not boring.

The whole theme was well followed in every single scene, and the camaraderie among the stars was clearly evident. Yes, this is a good DVD to own, or if you can find it at your local video store, a great rental. I’d watch it more than once, least selected scenes, simply for the fun, not just the sex.

Bel Ami Boys are good looking, well endowed, and they know how to use what they have. They were interesting to watch, as they showed the rookies how to perform, the little tricks of the trade that made the whole theme come off. It wasn’t just an excuse for sucking cock, or fucking. It was well filmed too, typical of Bel Ami.

I am cheap, so would I buy this DVD?

No, I don’t think I would, because simply I am not really all that turned on by porn. Now the wife, that is a different story. Yes, I think he would, because he likes whacking off to Bel Ami studs shooting their loads. And this video has lots of that.

Now would I rent this video again?

Yes, I would actually. I mean I am too cheap to buy the thing, but yeah I’d spend another $10 or so to rent the video a second time, not right away, but at some future time, yes I would. I liked it, it was fun, and yes it was also rather exciting.

That says a lot, considering how jaded I am to porn.

The Toilers and Wayfairers

Reviewed by: Ian & David

Copyright © 2007 ? All Rights Reserved

Studio : Picture This

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An independent flick made in 1996, according to the data over at TLA. Now again, warning here, this is NOT a porn movie, but is about a coming of age story, about two teenagers from small town America.

It is set in a German community in Minnesota, and at the start it is nothing but German with subtitles. However, the two teenagers are friggin hot, and I do mean hot. They are stuff twink lovers all over dream about, and yes drool over.

It isn’t really a feel good movie either. It is about homophobia, but also about how lonely being Gay can be, for a teenager. You have all these feelings, you trust your best friend, only to be rejected, even though he doesn’t really want to reject you. Course you don’t know it, but it is about how kids make choices, that lead to a rather seamy lifestyle, when push comes to shove.

The film is done in black and white too, which is rather hard to take, but gives it a feeling of despair which I think is what they wanted. Now the blurb says it is a tender coming out film, but I don’t agree. Frankly it isn’t tender really, but rather sad in fact.

It highlights how alone a teenager does feel. It highlights how even in 1996, and frankly even today, gay teenagers are at risk not because they are stupid, but because they feel they have very little options. They are lured to leave because families fail to understand that their kid is queer, they fail to understand that he still needs their love, their understanding.

This movie points that out very well.

It always amazes me how you can go to bed one night, the loving son, then the next day when you come out, you are suddenly an evil good for nothing, a deviant, or some other piece of trash. I always believed that love was not something you could turn on or off, though obviously it is for some people.

I don’t know if this is what I’d call a movie for a casual nights viewing, but if you want to shock the shit out of some prude, or some asshole that says that being gay is a choice, let them watch this movie. Being Gay is not a choice, but what happens after you come out, whether to a friend or family, is a choice. To leave, to run, or to tough it out seems like the only options open. It is too bad, that even today, there is no safe haven easily accessible for Gay Teenagers. Schools try, least some where they offer clubs like GSA’s though the religious Right continue to launch lawsuits to deny those groups access.

They claim it is for protection of their kids, but what about the Gay Kids? Don’t they deserve any protection? And yes, as you can tell, the movie has riled me up some, because I see how the cops treated the one kid they caught, I see how the father reacts when he finds out his son was got turning tricks, and it makes me mad.

As for the movie, it wasn’t long, and left me feeling empty. I don’t know, it got the blood pressure up, but it didn’t give me hope, give me a sense of redemption even. It just ended, in a way that is sad, and I hate sad endings. I like my stories to end happy, but this one sort of did, but mainly didn’t.

The acting itself was okay, bit stilted really though I have to admit, the three main characters were good looking. The dialogue in parts was very mundane, uneventful and they glossed over a great deal in order to push the story along. It left off as it started, sort of without giving any satisfaction or answers.

Certainly no Brokeback Mountain, but in its own way, it was good. Besides the two actors, the story itself was a bit, well hard to take. It reminded me too much about the real world, where teenagers feel so isolated, so desperate, so in pain, that to them laying in front of a train seems like salvation.

Thank you Mitt Romney, George Bush, and Pope Benedict. What a wonderful world you have created in GOD’s name.

Latter Days

Reviewed by: Ian & David

Copyright © 2007 ? All Rights Reserved

Studio : TLA Releasing

DVD $16.99 (extras with DVD)

Book $5.99

Soundtrack $16.99

Starring : Steve Sandvoss, Wes Ramsey, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rebekah Jordan, Amber Benson, Khary Payton, Jim Ortlieb, Erik Palladino, Mary Kay Place, Jacqueline Bisset

This Non Porn film is one that frankly, I was rather pleased with. It was an entertaining film that really had some very good acting in it, along with a rather interesting plot line. There were even a few sub plots, and you know, was a nice change from the crappy porn flicks we have been watching lately. This is a movie that didn’t have a lot of cocks showing, a few nice tushies but not stiffies.

Still, it was rather a nice escape for a couple of hours, or less really. The young actors in the movie were damn good, and very, very, believable in their roles. The young Mormon missionary was perhaps a little less believable than the shallow slut was (Wesley Ramsey), but overall, it was well acted. The plot was perhaps predictable in some spots, yet even then it was still exciting, as there was always that lingering doubt.

I enjoyed the subtle little innuendo’s as well, and frankly I would have missed some of them if our guest hadn’t tipped me off to watch closely. It is a movie you do need to watch closely, specially when you think a scene is just filler, because in reality, none of the scenes were fillers. They all were neatly tied together to make this a pleasing experience.

There were some surprises as well, which actually were. I mean, you know how in some plots, you can sort of guess at the upcoming surprises, or that one is due? Well not in this flick, though there are some random happenings that you forget about, until wham, you are hit by them.

While the ending is your typical ending, how they get to that stage is what makes this a good film. It hits you on a few levels if you let it. There is the simple boy meets boy, boy falls for boy, plot and then there is the more intense plot. Reason being, it isn’t so simple as boy falls for boy, specially when one is a Mormon Missionary.

While it didn’t delve into that whole Mormon thing, it does make one think a bit about religion, and about how far a field some religions have gotten, from the days of Christ and the belief that God was one of Unconditional Love.

It also, with this being an election year, make one think a little more about some of the candidates for office, such as Mitt Romney who happens to be a rather highly placed Mormon himself. It kind of helps one understand how anal he has become about Gays, though it sure doesn’t explain his past when he courted the Gay Vote during his Senate run.

Now I know, a film is supposed to relax you, to not raise the blood pressure, and this is one of those that does both actually. On the one level, you do get rather pissed at how much suffering there is, due to religious orders, but then there is the ending, and you get that feel good vibe. It doesn’t have to be a downer, and this movie certainly isn’t.

It is afterwards, when the video has long been returned to the local video store, the television is off, that some might tend to think more about what was left untold. While the video showed a side of the Mormon Church that isn’t exactly pretty, or nice, it doesn’t hit you over the head with it either. It lets you come to that on your own, and just from what you see, it can be chilling when you mull it over.

Then there is the way the Pretty Boy becomes something more than just a cock chasing slut. His growth is interesting, well told and best of all, well shown by the actor who portrays him. It is a very interesting journey we get to go on with him, and while I’d have loved to see more, I think what was shown was perhaps just enough.

The supporting cast was excellent as well. They fit their roles, and yet as you think back on the movie, you realize there was a whole lot more to each one, that you only caught a glimpse of. It certainly is a movie I would buy, or rent again too. In fact, as the wife is off on some business, I think we will indeed rent it again, when he returns.

I might even check out the Book version because, well the movie was that good. I am of the opinion that books tell a lot more of a story than a 90 minute or 120 minute movie could ever do. There is more room for development, character growth and so it might be an idea to check out the book as well. Though it appears that the book version came after the video release, so who knows, it could just be a rehash of the video itself.

Bottom line is, this is a good gay film. It isn’t porn, and the sex is very limited, though there is one damn hot scene in it. Still, its not about sex, but about romance, about growing as a person. It is also maybe about Hope. Hope that things can change, that the upcoming generation, no matter how cloistered, how programmed, can break out of the cycle of hate, that seems to exist.

Supposedly the DVD comes with some bonus features, including interviews with some of the actors, including Wesley Ramsey who plays the slut. What is also interesting, is the actors in this film are straight. You could have fooled me, given how well the two stars played their parts, but according to the movie blurb, they are.

Hot Property

Reviewed by: Ian & David

Copyright © 2007 ? All Rights Reserved

Studio : High Octane

Okay I have watched way too many porn videos. I mean seriously, this one had nothing but hard cocks, loads of cum spurting, and you know, I was totally bored to death. Then too, let me say that this is not what I like in videos.

This is pure porn.

It has no redeeming social values, is nothing but sex and more sex, and frankly I didn’t enjoy it. The wife thought it was okay, and our visitor, who watched with us, was perturbed by some of it. Yes, we have a house guest, for a month from down under, Canada that is. In short an American.

To begin with, let me say that this is porn, despite the supposed allusion to having a story. The premise is some rental property, a rather nice looking house. But it ends there, because well, there is no dialogue, none whatsoever. There is lots of music though, and I am waiting for the Tylenol to kick in.

The so called actors aren’t twinks, and in my mind, sure as hell ain’t my idea of what will turn me on. Yes, they all had hard cocks, uncut cocks too. However, I don’t know but in real life when you cum, that cock is not gonna stay hard. These did, for multiple cum shots too. So either they were all on Viagra or this was well edited and spliced beyond belief, because I have never seen people stay that hard, shoot that much cum, time after time.

There is also some debate in the household too. I am leaning towards the notion that the cum shots were fake. You never really see the cum start, or the head of the cock when the cum starts. Hell you don’t see much of the head period, but boy do you see lots of spurting milk. Which leads our guest, and myself to have this notion that it is faked.

Dave disagrees, claiming he ‘s got younger eyes and can tell.

If by any chance, you watch this video, you look closely then please, come back and post a comment. Let us know if you think all those cum shots were real, or if the majority were faked.

This is a movie for those who just want to see cocks, being sucked, and asses being stuffed. The routines are the same in all the scenes. No different positions, no change of pace. It is all basically the same with different actors.

There are some differences, in the absolute look of boredom on some of the faces. Magic condoms too. Yes I said magic, because you watch the guys, see their hands all the time and as they stand up and move behind, magic happens. A condom appears on their cocks. In every blessed scene too.

If really all you want is to see dicks, see asses being fucked, this could be a movie for you. The visuals of cocks, of fucking, are good. You do get to see lots of uncut cocks, lots of asses being ploughed, but it is all the same. I mean the three ways, and there are several in this video, as the same. There is no changes, nothing new in each scene.

Nice scenery, nice cocks, eh on the actors, and no way for any plot, or real story either. I mean you watch it if you just enjoy seeing cocks, if you looking for facial expressions, for building a fantasy picture in your mind, this isn’t for you.