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Coyote Ugly
Here is a film report from Susan Moneypenny, our US correspondent - on the opening day of the movie in the US - 4 August. Thanks for staying up till all hours Susan to share this with us and sitting through Adam's film 3 times in one day. Your devotion to duty does you credit. | |||
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Having seen CU three times, here are my major impressions:
1) Kev/Ads' bartop striptease is worth the price of admission alone, and guarantees that the eventual video is a must-have!!! Shades of SNF--his improvisation is more than just a few wiggles...my god, it was deja vu to Tony Manero--spins, splits, back bends, even a naughty little rub of the crotch! And when he got the shirt off, he even "twiddled" his nipples and licked his lips suggestively--got quite the laugh but was sexy as hell! When he was first dragged up on the bar, he took off his belt and nearly did the famous Tony pose with the finger in the air, but as he was holding the belt he did a few suggestive moves back and forth with the belt behind his head--but very reminiscent of the Tony pose. (After I've had some sleep, I'll post the entire dialogue from this scene as it's really sweet and funny.) He even unzips the front of his jeans a bit and we do get to see the very white, bright tops of his Calvin Kleins from the back as he suggestively teases the patrons until the $250 is raised! 2) The love scene: Kev takes Vi to his apartment to help her overcome her stage fright. He brings her in blind-folded, and when she removes the blindfold, she is surrounded by lifesize cardboard cutouts of famous people: JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Patrick Swayze, Jenna Elfman, and James Dean come immediately to mind, but there was a "crowd" of them. Kev says he's gathered an audience for Vi to practice in front of. |
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She says she can't sing in front of them. Kev asks her to describe her feelings of stage fright, and she then begins her seduction of Kev (again, dialogue will be posted after I've slept). Kev looks surprised and eagerly anticipates each of her next moves as he gulps between each of her suggestive and seductive moves. Unlike R-rated movies, there is no actual footage of them making love; however, the shot that comes after they do the deed is worthy of a life-size poster... 3) The Aftermath Shot: Oh my, I get hot just thinking about this one! The seduction scene ends with a passionate kiss as Vi begins undressing Kev, but then the next shot is a slow pan of rumpled up sheets...and then the sheets end and the naked lower torso of one Mr. Garcia (hell, it wasn't Kevin I was thinking of at this point!!!) come into view. Of course, no naughty bits showed (it was a PG-13 movie, after all, and men are rarely shown with frontal nudity, and this shot was better for it NOT being there)...but the close up was of the several inches area below the belly button and Adam's body filled the entire screen as the camera slowly panned up to his bare muscular chest and then to that sweet face, with a look of extreme satisfaction and contentment as he awakes to find Vi at the keyboard. Again, this scene makes the video a must-have for any Adam fan. I would LOVE to own a poster of that Adonis-like body lying amid the sheets that are wrinkled and rumpled suggesting a night of...well, you get the picture. 4) Bodies wrapped in sheets: Vi is at the keyboard swaddled in the bedsheet covering her body from the underarms down, and, presumably overcoming her stage fright by Kevin's gentleness and lovemaking; she begins picking out a melody. Kev (who is wrapped to the waist in a bedsheet which he clutches with one hand to ensure that we viewers won't see anything--damn that PG-13 rating!), asks her to sing something and at first she resists, but he asks what he can do to help her...she says "disappear" so he gets up, still clutching the sheet and reaches over to blow out the candles so they are in near darkness, and she begins to sing him a love song. Very sweet but almost too prim compared to the suggestiveness of the earlier dances of the Coyotes on the bar.
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