Chemistry (Vivid) Review

Overview
Tristan Taormino, best known for her ' better living through anal enlightenment' books/columns, is back with her second porn release of 2006 . Like her previous directed effort, ' House of Ass', Tristan's approach is that of a group gathered, reality-milieu, sex as it/when it happens documentary vibe. This laid-back style gives the peformers and the proceedings a more naturalistic feel...less scripted and shackled in their actions.

Vast amounts of couch/on-the-spot interviews ( ' confessionals')with the performers take place throughout, and even, during sex . And while I wouldn't say the sex here is incidental, there IS a great amount of time/energy focused on 'probing' ( Kurt's appropo term) the psyche of, and the likes/dislikes, strengths/weaknesses of these porn participants.

For example, one will learn that Kurt Lockwood (rightly) feels that being a porn actor is probably the ' 3rd best in the world type of a career' a person could have, beat out maybe by having a filthy rich Bill Gates/Trump type occupation.

Marie Luv discusses her avoidance of ON-screen g/g action, and even tries to break down her mental barrier in action here.

Dana discusses the nervousness she feels when filming an anal scene...who knew, she certainly hides it well.

Lots more of these candid/unguarded tidbits abound on this dvd...as for the sex ????

Sex Highlights
Rolling from a hot tub tryst to a bed frolic, it was clear that Marie Luv & Mr Marcus share genuine heat for one another. He takes his time, licking her pussy & toying with her ass ( literally)to get her into the moment and sexed up. Or you can just enjoy the fact that the pair have anal sex together in multiple positions, and he comes on her face at the end. Whatever floats your boat.

Damn sure enjoyed watching Mika Tan ride Dana's strap on reverse cowgirl anal, with Jack Lawrence filling her pussy with his cock, later taking her ass in doggy...Dana's pussy gets some Jack-cock too, in mish and then doggy, before Jack unloads onto Dana's face.

Analingus. You likey da analingus ? Kurt and Taryn are your' hookup. Yup, lotsa tongues in action here...69 oral, then some sex, analingus on Taryn, back for more sex, wait, time for analingus on Kurt. They try for piledriver mish ( Taryn's fave position, she reveals here) on the bed...but it's too difficult to sustain, so.....Kurt tea bags Taryn's face with his balls & tochhis. Mmmmmfh. Kurt jerks his jizz ALL over Taryn's face...who happily replies afterward, " Good scene, I got fucked GOOD". Me likey Taryn.

Into freaky/adventuresome sex encounters ? Then watching Mika, Taryn, & Kurt link up side by side by side in a daisy chain drilling is must see tv. It rolls like this: While Kurt is spoon fucking Taryn's pussy, kinky Mika straps on and anally spoon fucks Kurt's ass. Hello ! I liked this part...with Mika boning Kurt's ass in mish, he strokes his cock to orgasm and covers Mika's boobies with man-milk, which Taryn then promptly licks off and gives Mika cummy kisses. Sharing is Caring !

The standout here has to be the union of Mr Marcus with Dana De Armond. With Jack and Marie also paired off in the room & busily fucking...Mr Marcus just walks up and to Dana and WHAM, standing doggy here we go... slapping her ass red as he thrusts inside, pausing only to get a p2m before moving into reverse cowgirl action ( Dana happily bouncing & saying, " I don't think i've ever been so happy !" ). Doggy vag dicking before Marcus sloooowly goes inside Dana's tight little ass. Yes ! It's clear that Dana struggles at times to take the meaty Marcus manhood so deep in her ass, but dammit, Dana's no quitter and in the end ( no pun intended) she is sweaty, happy, quivering mass of satisfied flesh....turned to butter by an anal encounter with the one and only, Mr Marcus. Hot, REALLY hot ! Kudos.

Negatives
Well.....mebbe it's just my home set-up, but the sound level was just agonizingly too low here. REALLY had to jack the volume just to catch what was being said frequently. Also there were some lighting issues that rendered some scenes WAY to dim/dark for my taste...esp the 'Candlelight Scene' w/Mika, Marie & Jack. I didn't really mind, but others' may....there are several sexual encounters here that don't reach 'completion',.... forewarned is forearmed.

The DVD
Allready expounded on the visual/auditory troubles. The packaging/extras here are 1st class and exceptional. You get one extra disk, full o' various goodies : Multiple galleries, 'Bonus Confessions' from the entire cast, incl. Tristan. 'Bonus Sex' with 5 scenes ( from Chemistry)... and BTS footage, oh wait, there's also a trailer for ' Chemistry 2'....with Christian & ( I think) Kimberly Kane.

Outstanding bonus goodies, much appreciated !

Summary
To recap, what you have here is 7 porn stars, spending 36 hours in cozy confines, without a script.

All the interviewing/responses with the cast just hooks you right in; you're invested & interested in them as individuals, which makes the sex seem to matter more and is thus hotter somehow. Nice.

As he did in "H.O.A", Mr Marcus exudes charm in abundance, suprisingly though, Kurt does too, lol.

Dana & Mika stood out as women who really, truly enjoy sex and are more than comfortable in their sexuality.

Tristan posesses a real skill at putting porn performers at ease and as a result, getting some unvarnished answers and great sexual performances out of them.

Kudos Tristan Taormino. A definite must see dvd.