I wanted to make an amendment to one of my previous reviews, after a friend read it and pointed out something vague in it to me that I didn’t realize was there.

(January 18)

——9 Songs (2005)——

I was a little surprised at how much I liked this film. On paper it sounds stupid. A young couple go to nine concerts, we hear nine songs from nine different bands, and in between they screw like rabbits. That’s it, that’s the whole plot. Oh yeah, and the whole thing is compared the male lead’s job as an ice scientist in the Antarctic. Sounds kind of lame, huh? What works is how well the film is put together. The film is really a collection of memories of a relationship from the male lead. You see the good times. You see his confusion when the relationship goes off-kilter. You also see some hardcore nudity and sex scenes. What rings true are the little moments of feeling you are in love. Everything is very artfully done and reflective, so much so that you’ll be thinking about the film for a while after it’s over.

(SEE) 

The sentence “You also see some hardcore nudity and sex scenes,” would probably read better if it said, “You also see some nudity and hardcore sex scenes.”  Yes, that’s right folks, this is one of the few movies outside of porn and Thriller: They Call Her One Eye where you can actually see penetration.  I’m surprised that I was mature enough at the time to write a beautiful review that totally glossed over the whole reason I bough it (uh…eh hem.  Forget I said that.)