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Lube is for rookies.
[/Aletta Ocean]
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What she says is true on the surface, but thematically sex is symbolic for acceptance. They do other things besides fuck and kiss, but those images tend to discomfit and therefore stick with certain viewers. Acceptance/nonacceptance is also illustrated in the het-sex as well, plus there's titties and shit. It's not exactly required viewing -- it's just a really good movie.I've debated watching this for years. Gyllenhaal and Ledgder were my two favorite actors of the time and it seems to get a lot of love by people who aren't necessarily in to that sort of thing. It was gay just before it became accepted and embraced, the movie probably helped move that along. Seems to me that there's probably some real merit to the movie and it's not just mindless softcore porn. My girlfriend saw it though and says it's garbage, the relationship is based on nothing but sex which wouldn't say anything of value if true. But she tends to miss almost all subtext when watching movies so there may be a lot that she missed.