Pillion with Alexander Skarsgård

[+ FrankR]

There is a rates and unrated version on HBO…guess which one I plan to watch?? 😉

[samhexum]

I watched tonight and enjoyed it although I found Ray's softening a bit unrealistic.

[MscleLovr]

We went to the London premiere. 
I met Harry Lighton there too, as he was at school with my partner. HL was there with his parents(!)

@d.anders I’d never describe HL as handsome. He was very fey in person, poorly dressed and looked in need of a “deep clean” from a long shower or bath. 

We both enjoyed the movie, but I was disappointed that they showed a censored version. Apparently the screening at Cannes was ‘uncut’.

The movie is worth seeing but check first what version will be screened  

 

Edited July 2 by MscleLovr

[+ purplekow]

17 hours ago, MscleLovr said:

We went to the London premiere. 
I met Harry Lighton there too, as he was at school with my partner. HL was there with his parents(!)

@d.anders I’d never describe HL as handsome. He was very fey in person, poorly dressed and looked in need of a “deep clean” from a long shower or bath. 

We both enjoyed the movie, but I was disappointed that they showed a censored version. Apparently the screening at Cannes was ‘uncut’.

The movie is worth seeing but check first what version will be screened  

 

Netflix offers both versions.  In the uncut version you can tell that AS is uncut and there is a quick flash of a Prince Albert.  In the cut version, the sex is toned down and I do not recall seeing even the limited screen time of the penis of AS character that there is in the other version.  I was surprised that the cut version did have a few extra scenes that added somewhat to the storyline.  But for me, I would opt for the uncut version. 

[+ purplekow]

21 hours ago, samhexum said:

I watched tonight and enjoyed it although I found Ray's softening a bit unrealistic.

I agree, his mellowing was quite extreme and seemed unrealistic although one could argue that once he saw that he was becoming less dom, that he made the decision to leave and just gave Colin what he wanted for a short period because he had feelings for him and he wanted to give him that experience as a gift.  Also, he made it clear to Colin that being in charge is work. 

[d.anders]

The penis is a fake. They talk about it in interviews. I watched both versions and I could not tell any difference between the two.

[+ purplekow]

2 hours ago, d.anders said:

The penis is a fake. They talk about it in interviews. I watched both versions and I could not tell any difference between the two.

There definitely are subtle differences in the sex scenes but the penis shots are very brief and there is never a full erection.  It could be that I did not notice the penis glimpses in the rated version, but that does not seem like me at all.   

Also the dom character is named Ray which translates toe King from Spanish, rey.  Coincidence or subtle forshadow? Colin on the other hand can mean young man or "pup"  so no doubt that was intentional.  

[d.anders]

16 hours ago, purplekow said:

It could be that I did not notice the penis glimpses in the rated version

I saw the rated version in a movie theater. I saw the Prince Albert on the cock and commented on it. It seems to me, the differences are so subtle, you won't notice them unless you play them side-by-side. Cynical me says they have an unrated version simply to get the gays to watch again. It worked for me.

[Becket]

The ending  puzzled me. I'm still working  it out. 

[d.anders]

2 hours ago, Becket said:

The ending  puzzled me. I'm still working  it out. 

I'm sure that was the director's intention. For me, the kiss was the death knell. Colin's desire for "normal" intimacy did not align with what Ray wanted, so Ray took off. We never get a chance to get into Ray's head, so who knows why he jumped ship? It's anybody's guess. So many people do run from one-on-one intimacy, no matter what turns them on sexually. This subject can get complicated quite quickly.

[Becket]

34 minutes ago, d.anders said:

I'm sure that was the director's intention. For me, the kiss was the death knell. Colin's desire for "normal" intimacy did not align with what Ray wanted, so Ray took off. We never get a chance to get into Ray's head, so who knows why he jumped ship? It's anybody's guess. So many people do run from one-on-one intimacy, no matter what turns them on sexually. This subject can get complicated quite quickly.

That's exactly right. It can get complicated quite quickly. Colin was most confused when Ray was being kind to him. Like when he grabbed the hot pot and burned his hands (which I don't understand why he did), and Ray lovingly tried to tend to his burned hand. And Colin was utterly confused when he returned from his motorcycle ride and was met with compassion and tenderness. 

I don't understand enough about submissive relationships to know what was accurate and what was Hollywood. So that makes the ending harder for me to figure out. And at the very end, when Colin begins a new relationship. He sets limits before it begins. 

Learned a lot from the movie. But again, I have no idea what was authentic and what was movie story telling. 

[+ purplekow]

8 hours ago, Becket said:

That's exactly right. It can get complicated quite quickly. Colin was most confused when Ray was being kind to him. Like when he grabbed the hot pot and burned his hands (which I don't understand why he did), and Ray lovingly tried to tend to his burned hand. And Colin was utterly confused when he returned from his motorcycle ride and was met with compassion and tenderness. 

I don't understand enough about submissive relationships to know what was accurate and what was Hollywood. So that makes the ending harder for me to figure out. And at the very end, when Colin begins a new relationship. He sets limits before it begins. 

Learned a lot from the movie. But again, I have no idea what was authentic and what was movie story telling. 

Being dominant in the relationship does not exclude compassion and caring.  In fact, the dominant one does feel the need to protect the sub and that he is dominating the sub to show how much he cares.  Colin, being new to the scene, did not understand the subtlety of being cared for as well as dominated and in the end, I believe he learned that lesson the hard way.  By demanding more traditional affection, he alienated Ray who had told him that the relationship was not about Colin and love.  Ray as a parting gift gave Colin the more traditional boyfriend experience he craved but did so knowing that he, Ray, did not thrive in that kind of relationship.  Traditional boyfriend was not what this was about.  

Pillion is the rider on a motorcycle.  Colin wanted to drive or at least be able to give some directions and Ray was not about to cede the control that allowed him to feel safe in a relationship.