OK, so I just finished watching the GFE on HDNetMovies thanks to their one night sneek preview. Let me just say, I'm glad I didn't pay $10 to see this in theaters. It was crap, I'll give it a D+. Let me start by saying the so called "acting" was horrific. Sasha Grey was beyond wooden, and totally out of her league. However, all the actors in this film were awful. No true emotions, stiff, ludicrous dialogue, ugh. It was total stunt casting to get Sasha Grey. I knew their was not going to be any sex, this is Soderbergh after all. Their was two nude scenes, one ffn! and one at the very end of the credits, so stay in your seats. I'm sure Soderbergh could have found any number of "real" actresses willing to take their clothes off on screen, and not subject us to this. The movie did basically touch on the hobby, but obviously, it was more from the providers perspective than the hobbyists. It showed how se kept a journal of who she saw, what she wore etc. The film mentioned "The Erotic Connoseiur" as a review site. There was a character who offered to "trade" his services as a website designer for her services, and he'd write a good review. It never said whether she did or not, but the guy wrote a scathing review, and she was devastated by that. I liked Oceans 11, 13, and Erin Brockovitch, but this film was mre like Traffic. It was told out of sequence on many occasions, and it was very difficult at times to know wtf was going on. Several characters, I was like, who the fuck is this guy? In the film, she has a boyfriend, and their relationship is strained when she wants to go out of town on a "date" w/a hobbyist she just met. She feels like they clicked. Her bf gets pissed and threatens to leave her, she doesn't care, only to have the hobbyist change his mind b/c he wants to go home to his family after feeling guilty. So, she just returns to the hobby, and the film ends. There were several points of truth in this film, but it only scratched the surface. In order to really understand the hobby, you have to be in it. Soderbergh does not understand the hobby truly. The best example is the show Secret Diary of a Call Girl. That show is very true to life, b/c it's based on a provider's journal. Soderbergh should've researched better. If I were you, I'd wait for the dvd, and not waste $10 on this film
