Adult DVD Review: Jenna Loves Pain

Sometimes when I review a movie, the subject matter is not necessarily something I'm into. So in those cases I just try to present the material as it was presented to me (when I viewed it) and let the reader who is interested in said sexual activity be the final judge as to whether the material is for him or her. That being said , I think I can definitely say without hesitation that Jenna Loves Pain (at http://www.sextoysex.com/sex/start/view.html?a=buyad&pnum=VIV9604 0) is more (or equally as) erotic and sensual than overtly sexual. Sure there are blatant sexual parts to the DVD, but not as much as in your basic adult run-of-the-mill fare. In other words, it's more of a chick-flick as far as porn is concerned. And that's a bold assertion considering that the movie is basically a gonzo production, which is not really a female fan favorite. There are certain narrative elements to the piece as told by Jenna Jameson's (the main character as you can tell from the title) entries into her personal diary. But that's as far as any semblance of a storyline goes. There are four BDSM scenes that for the most part follow one right after the other. Let me start by saying, the production values are excellent: the sound is great; and the lighting, the mood, and the camera shots are picture-perfect. It's very good to look at. But the movie gets a little too cute for its own good sometimes, with the slow-motion tracks, the intentional blurring effects, and the occasional change to black-and-white footage. Like I said, Pain is definitely a "Porn for Women" niche film. I will , in describing the sex scenes, leave out some of the lesser minutiae for the perspective viewer to discover himself or herself. It's more fun for you that way, and trust me there are some things to discover. (All I will say at this juncture is watch out for the clothespins. :)) The first scene involves Jameson and Fujiko Kano, the latter being in a submissive role (I think she plays Jameson's servant). Kano is bound, bent over Jameson's knee, and beaten with a hairbrush. And then things start to heat up...Throughout the scene, Kano is made to orally satisfy various parts of Jameson's body. As I've intimated already, Jameson is totally in control in this scene, something you've all seen before with regularity in Jameson's previous girl-girl scenes (ho-hum). This scene is, as I like to say, just Jenna-being-Jenna. In the next episode of Jenna Loves Pain , Nina Hartley plays domme to a submissive Amber Michaels. Hartley looks as if she was born to do this. She whips Michaels like it's the most natural thing in the world - much like a cook in the kitchen baking a familiar recipe. She seems to be very much in her element and very adept at what she does. And Michaels for her part sits/lies/grovels/kneels/bends-over there like a good little soldier. She moans and yells throughout the whole scene, and you as the viewer cannot tell whether she's doing it out of pleasure or pain. And at the risk of casting sadistic aspersions, I would think the average viewer doesn't care: it's hot either way. One thing very likable about this scene is that the producers keep the glam, artsy stuff to a bare minimum. And then we have sexcapade three...Like I said before, I've seen Jameson in many lesbian scenes, and when it came down to who was the domme and who was the femme, she was always the one in charge. I'd never seen Jameson take a strap-on before, much less while she was being gagged and bound. Dru Berrymore - Jameson's scene-mate - basically ties her to the bench here and makes her (Jameson) perform oral on her strapped-on dildo; then Berrymore takes said strap-on to her. It's definitely something you don't see everyday, and it's a nice change of pace from the usually dominant Jameson. Personally, this is the scene that put the Jenna Loves Pain DVD as a whole over the top for me. Up until now, I was beginning to wonder where the Pain was that Jenna supposedly loved. The last scene involves Emily Marilyn and Ava Vincent. There's quite a bit of flogging (again) with the recipient (Vincent, in this case) in an open, spread-eagle position: first with her standing up and later with her lying on her back. Jameson joins the scene later to make the scene merrier (I guess. You know the old saying...). That's the movie in a nutshell, but to reiterate, there are lots of other little surprises and "contraptions" that the average viewer (who is relatively not familiar to the BDSM sex-style) can discover. So, what the heck? I say, "Bring the Pain!"