Original, Outright, Worth Watching

Rating: 7/10 (20 December 2013)

***SPOILER ALERT***
The movie is original and unique in a lot of ways that unfold later on that takes it from going mediocre in the middle of the movie, to Good in the end. It opens up grabbing your attention, realizing this guy just doesn't like porn like the next dude and merely holds consistently to it... but he takes it more seriously than any other facet of life. It's not just an addiction, but a lifestyle. Despite his fantasy-level accomplishments as a single guy, having sex with bombshells every week that an Average Joe has only had once, maybe twice in his life in college, his seriously-taken experience with porn is still the most satisfying prize in life.
He explains and justifies This in the movie well, but in another very important element, he does not. Which may have been done on purpose to leave it up to the viewer, thinking about it afterward.
It doesn't fully quench your thirst at the end, but it does bring a surprising wake-up call that may be more hidden to others: Barbara Sugarman, the bombshell that any guy would be lucky to have, has her own problem. In fact, her problem, though not an addiction, causes pain/issues on others directly. Her issue is that she wants a guy to follow her and what she does, not by taste, but by Expectation.
Barbara's fantasy world is wrapped up in Romcoms, which is just as unrealistic (if not more-so) than an enthralling porn clip... but also followed through in expectations that things Are supposed to be one-sided between guy and girl, where the guy should be lucky to have the woman and conform to what she wants and where things go. Again, not as a taste, but a "Uhh, yeah, duh," much like a guy's position on merely watching porn now and again. But her problem is worse than a person (guy or girl) merely watching porn, although it's on the same level as someone with Jon's massive lifestyle addiction to it.
But in the end, Jon grows up, and she doesn't, in their last 5 minute talk. I think the writing could have been better with the older woman Esther he engages with. The movie didn't get in-depth with his character bonding with her... it just seemed rushed and an "Oh, by the way, with Esther, yeah, I found myself even though it's not a Relationship-relationship...". That's what leaves the thirst unquenched, but at the same time, you're still left reasonably satisfied due to it being a thought-provoking movie about controversial things outside the "norm".