A few days ago, I borrowed “Trannyfags” from my friend Jane. We are always eager to swap porn titles and hook each other up with free porn that comes to us through various channels, because its fun to play porn fairy. Anyway, she lent me this copy of “Trannyfags,” a new movie that I’ve been hearing lots of good things about.
And I’ve gotta say – from the viewpoint of someone trying to get their rocks off, I was just sorely disappointed.
I have great respect and appreciation for the folks who put the video together and especially those who starred in it. But – the cinematography and editing (I’m a snob, I know) was just awful. This makes me very sad, because on a daily basis I see porn that is just crappy content – frightening people who I don’t find sexy, dispassionately going through the motions – but is expertly produced, shot and edited. The form makes a big difference, content alone can’t carry a film.
For instance, in “Trannyfags” there is one scene with a black bio-boy and a white ftm – they are hot, and they are hot for each other, which is definitely a great recipe for an explosive scene: but. The scene has very rapid editing, switching from one camera angle to the next very quickly – this is probably an an attempt to capture the intensity of the moment, but it ends up being really distracting. This scene also includes a bunch of split screen shots, where there are two or three different camera angles up on the screen at once. And again, while I can understand the reasoning behind it, this ends up distracting me from the action and actually making it more difficult for me to enjoy the sweaty grunting nakedness on screen.
I think its difficult to be experimental with the form of a porn flick and still have it be successful in terms of its being PORN. Straightforward filmmaking – though it seems incredibly boring – is probably the best approach to take. Simple editing with slow enough pacing that the viewer gets to appreciate the action thoroughly, but quick enough so different angles can get checked out is definitely necessary. But lots of switching around or intercutting between different scenes (which Trannyfags was not guilty of but is one of my major pet peeves) just doesn’t end up capturing the essence of the fucking. And thats what porn is about to me – capturing the heat, intensity and essence of fucking, with whatever combination of bodies. And then packaging it for girls like me to beat off to.
Regardless of my disappointment, I want to see more films from the director, Morty Diamond. And I want to see more hot trannyfag action in general. Thats what I want for Christmas.
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