Pure POV

I generally like POV films, even if most of them break at least some of the rules for what point of view actually means. While I wouldn't claim that these are the type of films that help me to put myself in the scene, I do find the perspective, if done right, rather nice. I had high hopes for Pure POV, too, being the release from Jules Jordan Video that it is. But, ultimately, I find the failing here is in the performance and the talent, not with the concept. Carolina de Jaie has the first scene, and it's the terribly common driving along, with bumpy, motion-sickness inducing camera work, and then we just happen upon some female. I've had a friend or two who insisted that this was really legitimate. I always asked them if they believe pro wrestling was real, too. Carolina is a kind of anonymous blonde, not showing a great deal in the way of personality or interest in her performance. And there's just hair everywhere during the blowjob sequence... someone get this woman a hair tie! We take a break from the shaky camera work in the car for some shaky camera work in a tease sequence. This is really awful here, and it's the reason why I usually complain when a director gets a hand involved in a scene... they stop paying attention to what they're doing with the camera and the whole thing becomes unwatchable. Her hair is still going everywhere, too. Too much groping, grabbing, choking and slapping. Terrible scene. Misty Wild gets the second scene, and she's doing the slutty firefighter, to contrast with Carolina's slutty police officer. Are we at a bad sorority Halloween party? Here we have the camera basically on the floor during the tease sequence, yet still shaky as hell. There is technology out there to drastically reduce this, and I shouldn't need medication to keep from getting motion sick while watching an adult film. More gropy director hands, which is to be expected in a POV film, but I wish would not happen in the tease sequence. Save it for when more of the action gets underway. Even when it does, this guy is still way too controlling of the scene, using his hands far too much. Dude, she's supposed to be the main one performing in a POV scene. Move your damn hands. A fairly standard scene otherwise. Estelle and Sindy get the third scene, and Frank still hasn't found a camera angle he won't employ every third second. I'm worried about his caffeine intake with how little he can hold still. This time he gets overly gropy with two women at the same time. Sheesh... seriously, let them perform! Estelle seems to be doing exactly as she's told, staring into the camera and then holding whatever task it is until she stops. Seriously, the staring into the camera is creepy. No emotion, no nothing. The camera is still all over the place, by the way. As the scene gets going, too, at no point does Estelle
seem terribly interested in being there. That's an arousal killer to be sure. Nicole Evans and Rinella at least have some interest, and Nick Lang is a shade more patient with his camera use, though not by much. Zero degrees of tilt, then 45, then 0, then 45... it keeps going like that. Oh, and with more slutty police officers. I think someone might want to check the local costume shop and see if there has been a robbery. The performance here, overall, while vigourous, seems much more to be for show than doing anything that remotely feels good. I would love to like Pure POV, but I just don't. The camera work is too choppy, the performances too unsteady, too unsure, and the director/male performer simply far too grabby. These are things that can be fixed, but until they are, there isn't much point in putting out a new edition. In fact, with what I've seen of the LiveGonzo experiment, I think it might be time for a rethink of the production values the company holds dear. Surely they can see that there are better examples of work out there.