Porn DVD Review: Jenna Jameson Is The Masseuse

The Masseuse is a Vivid Entertainment production that just might rub some guys the wrong way... Let me start off with a few words about Vivid. I have no quibble at all with those folks when it comes to the aesthetics of their movies: the cinematography (and the fact that the word “cinematography” comes up when describing a skin flick these days is partly due to them), the sound (there

is one scene in this movie where you see the boom in the shot; no wonder the sound editing is so good. :)), the camera angles (which includes a technique that allows you to change your viewing angle at certain times in the movie when a certain icon pops up), and even the background music soundtrack are all top-notch.

And I have to say, I also like the technique of skipping frames in character motion sequences. What I mean is, for example, Jenna Jameson could be starting to put her blouse back on (and this actually happened in the movie). You see her put the garment on top of her head in one fluid motion, and the next frame after the one with the blouse on her head, is with her pulling the blouse over her belly. The technique sort of skips out on the portraying of the inevitable.

Is The Masseuse story any good ? My answer to that would be that it’s better than most porn tales (what do you expect in terms of adult themes in the first place?). Besides, it is a retread of a classic adult flick to begin with, and if the original story wasn’t any good, they wouldn’t have bothered to redo it.

If you don’t know what the gyst of the plot is, a young nerdy male (played by Justin Sterling) gets infatuated with a female masseuse (played by Jameson), and the two share some physical and emotional adventures. That’s the short version of the story. On to the sex...

The first scene (if you could call it that) is nice and sweet, nothing mind-blowing (a theme that seems to haunt most of the Jameson-Sterling hookups, and a theme I will expound on as I go along). It’s basically a hand job for Sterling by Jameson on a massage table. The second scene is a blowjob one on the same table.

Before I go on, I have to say that The Masseuse has the word “chick porn” written all over it: from the extensive plot points ; to the budding romance between the two main protagonists; to the handful of scenes that consist of nothing but foreplay (no hardcore whatsoever in the scene); to the sappy background music; to the hunky and clean-cut (read “non-Ron Jeremy-looking“) but shy leading guy.

But don’t let that “chick porn” tag scare you fellas away. Because here comes Maya Devine…Maya Devine is - what word am I looking for? - absolutely divine. Even in the solo scene that she has by herself (sort of), she is one hell cat that would be fun to tame.

The third scene between Jameson and Sterling (I know, I see all you guys out there rolling your eyes already) is actually not as trite as the previous two. It’s sort of a dungeon scene (and you can see here and in later scenes where Jameson got in some good practice for her later project Jenna Loves Pain) in Sterling’s garage/chamber/rec room. He ties her up while she’s on her feet, blindfolds her, and partially gags her. He then both dildo and finger fucks her, and to top it off, he makes her go down on him.

You may think this scene is no better (or worse) than the previous trysts with these two. But my contention is that any scene or movie that puts the most powerful woman in porn (you know who) in a submissive and/or bound role is one I want to see. That’s why I liked Jenna Loves Pain so much.

The best episode in the movie, perhaps, is the one between Samson and Jameson. The scene basically consists of Jenna licking and sticking (with a strap-on) Samson while she’s fettered in chains (Samson, too, is bound in the standing position); and then a harnessed Samson returning the favor by fucking Jameson in a number of positions on a bed (Ms. Jenna even performs fellatio on the toy before taking it in her pussy). The energy in this scene is very raw, upbeat, and all-around great. And besides, Samson is somewhat limber (must be all that ballet training), a quality which is always a good thing in a sex scene, no matter how dull or exciting the actors’ performances are.

I’d said in a previous Jenna movie review that it appeared to me that Jameson was always on the giving end in her lesbian scenes: that she was usually the one to take a strap-on to her counterpart. But after watching her scene with Samson , I have to recant that statement a bit. She (Jenna) both gives it AND takes it good and hard from Savanna. Frankly, I didn’t know that Samson had that kind of domme in her. (And by the way, why wasn’t Samson in more scenes in this movie? Just a personal preference on my part...)

There’s an episode between Evan Stone and Devine that’s better than any of the Jameson-Sterling ones, in my opinion. First of all, it takes place in the work setting (which means forbidden and therefore exciting; two traits that hubby-wife porn star sex is usually NOT). Second of all, like I said, Devine’s character (and most likely she herself also) is a gorgeous, sexual, hellion.

Sometimes you have to rely on the guy in a scene to bring the energy when the woman’s performance falls flat, which is exactly what Evan Stone does in this scene (and just about every scene he’s in these days). Not that it is needed here because Maya Devine is no dead fish in the sack herself. This is one of the two or three best scenes in The Masseuse , in my opinion, even though it’s your basic boy-girl suck-and-fuck - with a dildo poke thrown in for good measure.

When you look at the arc of the sexual energy in The Masseuse, it has a nice build to it: the sex starts simple and gradually builds until you get the scorching scene between Jameson and Samson. The gusto tapers off a smidgeon (if at all) between Devine and Stone. Then it sort of falls of the table with the last scene between Jameson and Sterling. Their last scene is more slow and tender, if anything.

This scene (the fourth one exclusively between the two, I might add) is the first one that is actually hardcore - i.e it involves mutual genital contact on their part. Of course the tryst also encompasses everything they’d done together up until this point, including oral. Call it a full-service scene (in keeping with the massage motif) between the two.

And I’m not saying there’s anything necessarily wrong with a slow, sensual grind. It’s just that...

I’d also stated once before that hubby-wife sex - in the absence of props or other scene mates - isn’t usually that sexy. I’ve got to say that this scene definitely brings that point home. Even if you didn’t know that these two were married (like I did going in), this scene falls a little short after the recently concluded sexcapades. But, if you want to see Jenna Jameson in some hardcore action these days, this is the only way you’re going to see it as long as she stays married.

Another small problem I had with The Masseuse (other than the extensive marital humdrumness) is the absence of anal sex. But I can let that slide a little (and only a little) because I knew that this film was primarily a Jameson vehicle, and she don’t do anal, period; hubby or no hubby. So I wasn’t terribly surprised with the lack of butt-plugging.

But all in all, taking in the aesthetics of the film, the storyline, and a couple of very good sex scenes (again, even though there’s no anal throughout the movie), The Masseuse is very good. I predict that the film will win a handful of AVN awards, and possibly even validate this Jameson woman’s career. ;)




The Masseuse