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    New video review of Brazilian Amateurs # 1, by Abby

    Hi

    Jen from www.lezlovevideo.com (Lez Love Video = LLV) is working with me and the team here to bring the world some of our girl-girl efforts to VHS tape. LLV will be distributing our tapes exclusively.

    If you're looking for good girl-girl based porn, this is THE site for you. Their reviews are comprehensive and detailed (anyone who has seen a tape can leave a review, wether it's good or bad, and they will publish it).

    Jen sent me a box of tapes to check out, so we knew what we were up against, so we could see what other people are doing and how they are doing it. It's been fascinating to see what other people have done after spending so much time and effort on making our own (they are being edited by VidDude furiously now).

    I was chatting with Jen today, who has become a great friend of mine, and has been hugely supportive in getting our material released on to VHS, about one of the vids she sent me, Brazilian Amateurs # 1. I watched it, and took heaps of notes, then thought I may as well write a proper (admittedly, it IS in point form, but the info is all there) review. Then I thought, I may as well post it here, as well.

    So, here it is. That "in a nutshell" stuff at the end still stands.


    Brazilian Amateurs # 1
    click to go directly to tape info on LLV site

    Dates
    viewing date: May 31st, 2002
    review date: June 1st, 2002

    Disclaimer
    Even tho I have tried to be objective, these _are_ my personal opinions, save for "detail - neither good or bad", which are the facts as I see them.

    me?
    I'm Abby, webmaster and photographer at www.abbywinters.com. We produce similar material to this, though to date we focus on still images, rather than video. We are ramping up our girl-girl video production, however, and hope to have some here on LLV soon.

    I have seen a lot of porn in my time, and greatly prefer the honesty of the "Amateur" genre, with a few caveats. I don't like seeing amateurs try to behave like porn stars. It's embarrassing and defeats the purpose. Wimmin are gorgy as they are in real life, not trying to act like someone else.

    I have a bit of thing for high technical quality, but acknowledge that you can have a great sex scene even if the technical quality is lacking. And I have a LOT of a thing for passion. Some people prefer hardcore porn to be clinical - just how big a dildo CAN you fit into a given orifice while maintaining no eye contact and touching the other person as little as possible? Me, I like to see two people who are really into each-other AND do hardcore things.

    And I'm still looking for that holy grail. Meanwhile...


    Brazilian Amateurs # 1: overall
    I like oral-anal stuff, and this tape has a lot of it. The models seem bored a lot of the time, but there are quite a few creative and explicit poses. There is no passion and no plot. Technically (lighting, sound, camera, pic quality), it's average to awful.

    detail: technical (and my brief critique)
    • single camera, hand held (bad to really bad)
    • high-key lighting (average to bad)
    • on-camera mic (average to bad)
    • there are lots of severe colour balance changes, for no reason (bad)


    detail - neither good or bad
    • Running time is 60 mins, including titles
    • Models are average to cute looking (Blonde is better, IMO)
    • No music
    • Genuine looking and behaving amateurs
    • One model is shaved bare, other is neatly trimmed with a few days regrowth
    • Models have their very long hair down (tho one wears a headband), and it gets in the way sometimes (However, both are aware that the camera needs to see the action, and keep their hair out of the way most of the time)
    • Set seems to be a large bedroom, with chains and stuff hanging on the wall, for no apparent reason. And a big statue of the Virgin Mary, by the looks. Not sure what they are trying to say...?
    • Models have a lot of makeup on their faces, which wears off as the scene progresses
    • Obviously hetro gals who have fooled about with another girl before
    • Long scene with a strap on
    • Very little kissing, lots of oral-anal, some oral-vaginal, some 69, very short trib scene
    • There are lots of nervous glances at the camera, and the camera-person, especially at the start, but they happen all the way through
    • Sex is most definitely hard core


    detail - bad points
    • Price for running time is a little high
    • There is exactly zero passion between the two models at all
    • There are lots of nervous glances at the camera, and the camera-person, which ruin and idea that these gals are doing it for themselves - they are clearly acting, and being paid for it
    • High-key lighting, means hard and very dark shadows with no detail - very annoying sometimes when you cannot see what is going on
    • Lots of high-speed zooms, very erratic, jerky camera work - very annoying (and you can hear the zoom motor on the soundtrack!)
    • Very little talking (all in Portugese). What little there is, is stilted and un-natural.
    • Low quality on-camera mic and less than ideal location means bad quality sound, so when they do talk, you cannot hear them clearly, anyway (and Portugese is a sexy language!)
    • Very annoying jumpy editing, with large sections obviously cut (presumably, instruction from camera-person). Very annoying, cos I just KNOW there woulda been some good stuff there
    • Occasionally, you can hear the cameraman whispering Things - it's a little distracting, and would have been easy to edit out
    • Some bad overacting (ie, groaning when other model is not even touching, etc), but not all through
    • Not much kissing, but what there is, is of that German tongue-flicking style. It looks absurd. Nobody kisses like that. Boring. Pet hate of mine.
    • Strap on scene features perhaps THE most absurd thing in porn: fellating a dildo. Booooring.
    • ...however, it's with the strap on that both models seem to come (when they are on the receiving end), or at least provide reasonably noisy, showy facsimiles of it
    • 69 scene is boring, shot in a way as to limit camera angles. Thankfully, not much running time is spent on it
    • There is a trib scene at the end, for about a minute. No where near enough footage of this, before the tape ends. Shame - it showed promise, even if their genitalia were not touching


    detail - good points
    • Genuine looking and behaving amateurs (real bodies, real flaws), a little timid
    • The scene starts with the gals rubbing moisturiser into each other, with attention to bum, breasts. Pretty erotic stuff that runs for about 10 minutes, even if they DO look bored while doing it.
    • There is some great finger and hand sucking and licking (after insertions), which is verrry sexy stuff, though brief; happens several times through scene
    • There are quite a few excellent poses in here, that make oral-anal contact easy, while providing a great camera angles - this is the strongest part of the video, and a lot of the running time is spent on it. Excellent.
    • Some toe and foot licking and sucking, quite erotic


    in a nutshell:
    • If you like anal-oral, buy this, it's awesome.
    • If you hate anal-oral, stay clear, there is a lot of it on this tape.
    • If you are ambivalent, and your budget only allows for one tape, don't by this one, there's better stuff out there.


    Abby

    #2
    Hey Abby

    I noticed this thread from a while ago. Just wondered if you had viewed many g/g etc tapes from other companies to get ideas or just out of interest. Or even the more professional stuff to get an idea of what not to do! Only its a very helpful review. I wish more people went into such detail in the reviews.

    Well anyways just wondering cos you also link to a couple of other sites that do g/g like Little Mutt and Sapphicerotica. Any particular impressions about companies or particular videos (out of those on LLV?) And don't worry, I'm not looking elsewhere for my kicks, the very reason I ask is cos from the great VHS/DVDs you have put out recently and from your own g/g shoots, I now of course regard you as a valuable source of opinion. Also cos many of my feelings,likes and dislikes about the way shoots are done or could be done, are similar if not the same to yours or why would I be here?

    SF

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      #3
      Hiay SF

      I don't look at porn much these days, tho for a while, Jen from LLV was sending me several new titles a month. Most of what she sent me was bad (ie, "what not to do"), but the standout was BubbleGirls Vol 2. Excellent.

      The reviews at LLV are great for getting a feel of how a title is going to tickle your fancy, so have a read of them.

      abby

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