If I were not a proper (not so) young lady, I would have replaced the symbols with the words for the male and female naughty bits. That's the nickname I've given Ang Lee's movie "Lust, Caution," the NC-17 espionage love story about a young resistance fighter who seduces a government official in Japan-occupied China in order to help set up his assasination.
Maybe I've become jaded with art-house movies, but I actually didn't think it was so bad. I mean, the sex scenes probably did warrant the NC-17 rating. It's kind of like seeing a live demonstration of kama sutra stuff--I was impressed with the lead actress' flexibility. And Tony Leung does flash some brain and was probably painfully strapped down at some point if indeed those scenes are only simulated sex (a disclaimer at the end of the credits claims it was). But the reviews made it seem as if the actors are naked for half the movie. That's certainly not so. The entire first half of the movie is just buildup to the first sex scene.
Overall, the movie was good unless you can't sit still in a theater for more than two hours. That junk was loooong—almost 2 hrs and 40 minutes. For my personal taste, though, I don't know if it's something I would have chosen to pay a full ticket for (I got tix to a free screening). The thing that made this particular screening worth it was that Ang Lee was there doing a Q&A. I managed to snap this pic before heading out of the theater.
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