![]() (It’s also in theaters, but you should not be going to the theater right now because we are still in the middle of a pandemic.) Ammonite explores a romantic relationship between 19th-century paleontologist, Mary Anning (Kate Winslet), and geologist, Charlotte Murchison ( Saoirse Ronan). Unfortunately, with the good also comes the bad, and nothing felt more like a letdown than Francis Lee’s recent film Ammonite that has just become available to rent on Amazon Prime and iTunes. December hasn’t even ended yet, but there’s been a treasure trove of WLW content including Netflix’s The Prom, the OML web series Dating In Place, and Clea DuVall’s Happiest Season which is now on Hulu. October saw The Haunting Of Bly Manor tell the chilling love story between Jamie and Dani, making it hard for any of us to listen to Sheryl Crow’s “I Shall Believe” without uncontrollably sobbing. June gave us Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in the World War II drama Summerland. Sex scenes in modern films have something unrealistically voyeuristic about them.This year may have been terrible if you love socializing and partying, but if you were a lesbian (like myself) then the 2020 quarantine that we all faced became a little easier with so much new women loving women (WLW) content. They were more realistic because generally speaking there are no audiences to people's sex lives. Where does it all end? Will paedophilia on screen one day be acceptable? It was much better when sex scenes were left to the imagination. Why lead kids and adults to believe something is historical when it is not!Īlso, I have concerns that in the secular world it seems any type of sex is fine. All good films but disappointing when you discover the film claims to be biographical but is actually fictional. The film Lawrence of Arabia bent the truth about T E Lawrence, as well. ![]() The author of the book makes no pretence it is anything else but fictional but then why call Marilyn, Marilyn when the other characters in the film or the book are recognizable as factual characters but are given fake names. Blonde is another factional movie that misrepresents the truth about Marilyn Monroe. Nobody wants to be misrepresented in life or after death. I think if films are to be made about genuine factual people, then they should stick to the historical facts. If she was not and was still here to complain, it would be fair for her to say she had been misrepresented. Also, there is no proof that Channing was a lesbian which also bothers me. It's a shame to have to give it such a low rating because apart from that it is a good film. I'm surprised some people see this scene in Ammonite as just female nudity because it is a lot more than that. If the scenes had been between a man and a woman I think it would have been X rated. Rarely do you see such pornographic displays of oral sex and certainly an R film should not have graphic oral sex. I have to give this film a low rating because the sex scenes are surprisingly graphic. Swearing is infrequent but includes "f-k" and "s-t." Characters drink alcohol socially, and one character smokes throughout the movie. There is also a brief moment where a male character undresses and his penis is seen. There's full-frontal nudity, including female genitalia and breasts. They perform oral sex on each other and masturbate. ![]() The sex scenes between Mary and Charlotte are graphic but not gratuitous. ![]() That said, the movie also demonstrates the inequalities between the sexes during this time period (the 1840s), with Mary being prevented from even greater success. ![]() Mary, in particular, defies societal boundaries to make a great success for herself in her chosen field. Both characters have a quiet strength about them. Charlotte suffers from depression, but this romantic awakening gives her a new positive outlook. The two women begin an affair, bringing them both happiness they haven't experienced before. Mary meets Charlotte Murchison ( Saoirse Ronan) after Charlotte's husband arranges for her to work with Mary. It is loosely based on the life of the British palaeontologist Mary Anning ( Kate Winslet). Parents need to know that Ammonite is a sexually graphic period drama that celebrates the power of love between two women. ![]()
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