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it's rare that Hollywood gambles with anything that might hurt them at the boxoffice ( ie. the dreaded R-rating. God forbid they make movies for fucking grown-ups! ).


And yet two of the biggest surprise hits of the past few years have been "Wedding Crashers" and "300", both of which fought the studio to keep an 'R' rating. Eventually, money talks, so expect a slew of gratuitous 'R' movies, until the pendulum swings the other way.

ITA with the original points 1-5.

#2 - Preach it. When anal was something unusual and when the whore at least pretended that it was unusual/painful/dirty, it used to be an OK gimmick. But people have lost sight of the fact that the vagina is for fucking. If you want wall-to-wall anal, there is a genre for you that will provide it...

#3 At least the technology for the Casio synth loop has improved. 80s stuff is much worse, especially when the 3-second synth loop is played over the actual (fake) moaning, groaning, and glug-glugging. If you are going to write your own music, at least do a throwback 70s "boom-chucka-chucka" loop for old times sake.
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