Shame

Shame is the very feeling most of us have for one reason or another.  It can be a mild passing feeling or completely debilitating.  The focus in the film is the shame from sex addiction.  That constant need for sexual or intimate gratification, and once sated you realise it hasn't been satisfied at all.  And the shamefulness takes over, that instant regret and emptiness  that becomes you.

Shame tackles this quite well, with encounter after encounter, without a passing thought for the woman or for the act itself.  Sexy Fassbender's main character lives quite happily that way, bookmarking his day with the next wank or shag.  Waiting for the next encounter, he lives a very shallow existence.  Its not until his dysfuctional siste, played interestingly by Carey Mulligan, does he realise his life isn't all rosy and he can't keep on living like that.
 
I know many people love this film, but it feels like "Michael Fassbender's Penis: The Movie" to me.  There were far too many long lingering shots that bothered me and went on for too long especially the excruciatingly slow song by Mulligan.

They were both so unlikeable and a bit boring that I couldn't wait for the film to end.  I know Michael Fassbender is an amazing actor (Hunger, X Men), but watching his sex face gurning all over the place for about 10 minutes does not a good actor/movie make.

I know many will disagree with me on this, but it wasn't fantastic and was mostly boring.