Don Jon

First off, I have watched this before. I read through the comments but no one pointed out the underlying message. He wasn't the only addict. Scarlett J. also was an addict. And the finger that she was pointing at him wound up being the vice she got to live with. He expected her to be like his movies and she expected him to be like hers. In the end, he got out alive and she didn't, sometimes being the black sheep is worth it because you finally get people, like his sister, to talk and people, like his parents, finally listen. The situation he came from was the same as his parents. When his mother said jump, his dad said how high. He wasn't any better than where he came from and he was able to climb out of the hole his parent born him into. We go through the movie thinking he is the weak character with weak character, but no, he is the hero. The difference between you being weak and what you were raised to be is saying 'no', and get on with where ever it is you are supposed to be. The parallels in the movie is truly riveting due to the fact I thought this was supposed to be a movie about a small mindset that all men watch porn and all women are waiting for a knight in shining armor. Here you are, there is proof, weak men get lost in porn, strong men get lost in women. Anyone can like sugar, but once you learn to cultivate your pallet, there are somethings out there that are better than sugar. Hand to God. Enjoyed this movie, watch it and let me know what you saw. 'Til anodder'!

I've been a fan of Joseph Gordon Levitt since he was a kid on Third Rock from the Sun. Following his career from Fifty/Fifty to a supporting role as Robert Lincoln, son of Daniel Day Lewis' President Lincoln, I've always found his skills impressive. He doesn't disappoint in Don Jon. Jon ought to have been cast in Jersey Shore, he's just that much of a Guido. His life revolves around gym, tan laundry and scoring Guidettes in the Jersey clubs he lives in with his friends. In short, Jon is a perfect Bro. He has his posse, his family (the scenes with Tony Danza as his dad are not to be missed), his church, and his narcissism, the last of which could have sunk this film in the hands of a less talented actor. Oh, and did I mention he has his porn? Lots and lots of it. He's addicted to the film dollies he punches out of his computer. No real woman can ever top these babes for him, not even when there's a real woman right there, ready and willing. It's sort of sickly fascinating to watch his obsession with fantasy babes, and his confession that no real woman can take their place. He's got a problem, a monkey on. well not his back, but somewhere else. Of course, he doesn't see this as problem. Until he meets the gum clacking big haired Guidette of his dreams (a typecast Scarlett Johannsen)and falls in love. What's not to like? His family adores her, his friends are a tiny bit jealous,his confessions to his priest a tad more boring, and all seems to be going well until she discovers his porn fixation. No surprise there, she's repulsed, and she talks him into taking night classes to improve his career options and keep him away from the plastic dollies. There he meets Juilet Lewis,whose raw grief from the recent loss of her son and husband in a car crash repulse him. Besides, she's older and no Guidette and certainly no computer dolly. But a casual meeting will change Jon's life. A good film, well done, with some fine acting and a good script. Not for the kiddies, but watch it.

From the beginning it's obvious that this is not for kids, extremely religious, prudes, church groups thinking it's a romantic take that don't watch porn, or the overly sensitive expecting a bland romance film. It shows a lot of brief clips from porn with some quick topless nudity with sounds. There's some sort-of explicit brief simulated sex scenes. There are so many mixed reviews, most not saying why they liked it or not, that I decided to see for myself. I did not want to watch this because the tagline and many reviews described it as being completely against porn. For the perspective of my review as a masculine guy, I'm pro-women (women can vote, drive, not be forced to stay home, have a career), I'm pro-sex (not repressive sex-negative), believe in sexual freedom for men and women, in favor of most normal porn, and therefore would not want to spend money on a totally anti-porn sex-negative movie. Thus, as a man I was prepared to dislike this movie (not as the puritanical dislike it because of some language and brief clips) but because it sounded extremely anti-porn, however I liked much of it. The tagline and most reviews are using this film to one sided blame everything on porn, whereas even the director JGL has said it is not just about porn, it's about relationships. The directing of JGL was good. All the acting was good and there was some comedy that not everyone would get, so that's why I bumped it up to four stars for this as a regular movie. The restaurant and theater scenes where well done in a classic romance movie way. Some guys may get the humor in the hallway scene with her tone of voice as she is seducing him to take the class, get a better job, and wanting to meet his family. During intimacy he doesn't even do what he says he likes and has opportunities to do. He is not a completely masculine man, not because of porn, but within himself, and he hides the truth from her that yes he did watch porn while she was there in his bed just to please her and this shows his weakness not strength (imagine if it was Thor watching porn, were you watching porn, yup, goodnight Thor). He's a wimp and let's her boss him around and take over his own apartment. Barbara wanted a fairy tale wedding, is critical of him in the gym, yells at him, Barbara talks about more money. To those who say this is a anti-porn movie watch the scene picking out the curtains, he shouldn't clean although he enjoys it, she is bossy and tells him what to do, says she is moving in, goes through his stuff, and goes crazy. He is not a Don Juan (missing the ua), if he was he would have got a maid and had a Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Esther says she is not judgmental, but she is. In the vehicle Esther criticizes his manly abilities and he puts up with it. Esther says he is addicted to porn, as she is SMOKING. Esther does not care about Jon either, with the smoke. Esther is an older woman using him, but he doesn't see that now. With an addiction to smoking Esther is smoking AGAIN. In an epic scene for this movie Jon's sister tells the truth that Barbara only wanted a guy to fulfill her own agenda, etc. There is an Inception-esq bathtub, and then Esther and Jon talk and tantra and it's as if they have this close emotional connection possibly showing how it's not about the physical. Esther already has a previous husbands house. Not watching porn for a week was not what allowed them to talk for a few minutes (maybe it was the Inception bathtub). This is not The People Vs Larry Flynt showing why porn is good for freedom. Don Jon doesn't seem to say if there's addictions to sports, tank tops, weekly church confessions, gym, fairy tales, romance movies, or letting other people control you. Other reviews are probably not going to say that only courtship for over a month could mean controlling trouble, or if neither will enthusiastically do some intimate things mentioned in the film then they are not completely into each other. Jon the character is not too swift, so there probably won't be a Don Jon 2 about Esther's pad/ride/money once she's done using Jon.

It was a good movie Thanks.

Gerne wieder

Mais ça fait réfléchir après coup.Et puis Scarlet est wahooooo dedans! (quasi aussi bien que dans Match Point où je l'adore)

Repito (hice pedido de 4 DvDs 2mano).Producto (cada dvd) acorde al anuncio y en perfecto estado (2mano). Vendedor de fiar y atento (excelente atención).Precios muy razonables

Tengo el Bluray mexicano pero respecto a precio-contenido debí haber adquirido solo esta versión. Se incluye DVD y las copias digitales en iTunes USA y VUDU que si bien no son servicios para este país hay formas de utilizarlos. Excelente compra.