serene siren and lila fray in “lesbian legal #14”
scene title: lesbian legal #14 [scene 1]
performers: serene siren, lila fray
site: girlfriends films
production credits: b. skow (dir.)
trailer
well, i'll be damned. a girlfriends scene, a girlfriends movie even, with actual color grading.
lesbian legal #14 was released on dvd in september 2018, so my ugly suspicion that a certain unemployed girl/girl director had migrated somewhere where production credits don't get posted can be allayed. not that anyone could mistake this for a girlsway scene: the pre-sex performances are still just as stilted and awkward, the camera work as profoundly uninteresting, and the script just as literal and entertainment-free as the classic girlfriends i know and love to hate.
even so, the loss of the dingy, grimy encrustation that has been girlfriends' visual signature for so long transforms my basic sympathy for the scene: now, rather than loathing it on sight and grudgingly admitting when it does something good, i'm rooting for it on sight and am disappointed when it fails. the something good here is serene siren, who does her best with the profoundly uninteresting script, and whose cheerful horndoggery changes the slightly icky subtext of the scene (she's a family lawyer called in to help her clients' young daughter, who she's known for years, out of a jam, and immediately starts grooming her for seduction) into light comedy rather than the barely-legal wish fulfillment in the script.
unfortunately, lila fray (who i've never seen before) isn't up to her level, and stumbles through her exposition awkwardly; but once the clothes come off serene directs traffic exceptionally well. indeed once the sex gets going lila is so enthusiastic that serene has to subtly remind her that she's supposed to be inexperienced. their chemistry together is pretty remarkable even for girlfriends, who however poor the production quality generally manages to put together pairings that work well sexually.
i can't get over how much of a difference photography that looks like it's meant for basic cable rather than public-access television makes. even if it's just that the camera they've been using since 2002 broke so they had to buy a new one, it's a step in the right direction.
performances: 23
cinematography: 16
editing: 15
script: 10
sjw points: 2
total score:
performers: serene siren, lila fray
site: girlfriends films
production credits: b. skow (dir.)
trailer
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| l: lila fray, r: serene siren |
well, i'll be damned. a girlfriends scene, a girlfriends movie even, with actual color grading.
lesbian legal #14 was released on dvd in september 2018, so my ugly suspicion that a certain unemployed girl/girl director had migrated somewhere where production credits don't get posted can be allayed. not that anyone could mistake this for a girlsway scene: the pre-sex performances are still just as stilted and awkward, the camera work as profoundly uninteresting, and the script just as literal and entertainment-free as the classic girlfriends i know and love to hate.
even so, the loss of the dingy, grimy encrustation that has been girlfriends' visual signature for so long transforms my basic sympathy for the scene: now, rather than loathing it on sight and grudgingly admitting when it does something good, i'm rooting for it on sight and am disappointed when it fails. the something good here is serene siren, who does her best with the profoundly uninteresting script, and whose cheerful horndoggery changes the slightly icky subtext of the scene (she's a family lawyer called in to help her clients' young daughter, who she's known for years, out of a jam, and immediately starts grooming her for seduction) into light comedy rather than the barely-legal wish fulfillment in the script.
unfortunately, lila fray (who i've never seen before) isn't up to her level, and stumbles through her exposition awkwardly; but once the clothes come off serene directs traffic exceptionally well. indeed once the sex gets going lila is so enthusiastic that serene has to subtly remind her that she's supposed to be inexperienced. their chemistry together is pretty remarkable even for girlfriends, who however poor the production quality generally manages to put together pairings that work well sexually.
i can't get over how much of a difference photography that looks like it's meant for basic cable rather than public-access television makes. even if it's just that the camera they've been using since 2002 broke so they had to buy a new one, it's a step in the right direction.
performances: 23
cinematography: 16
editing: 15
script: 10
sjw points: 2
total score:
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