I'm not really sure what kind of site we are talking about. I like some non-nude material - especially fetishwear, pinups and the like, a well-conceived lingerie or latex set can be much sexier than a poorly conceived nude one. But I'm not sure that qualifies as Amateur - maybe I'm missing something...
Looking at this site prompts a similar comment to the one I made about Bella 1010 a while back. I really like the models and even just the thumbnails show there's something fresh about the photography.
Sadly it seems to have stopped updating; I'm just not sure if €15 is worth it for the 50-odd sets there, especially with the new PU price for Watch4Beauty.
Thanks readadmiral & Denner for your replies. My opinion is of course very subjective - some folk may find the stuff here exciting and sexy - but my tastes are generally pretty tame and this just doesn't work for me at all.
I would, though, again recommend my previously reviewed site Juliland - possibly art, but creative, exciting stuff.
Thanks for the reply, Cap'n. I agree about the thumbnails; it's not at all easy to find anything that leaps out from the sea of them while browsing.
After discussing the site with a friend, one other point occurred to me about the 'Met Art' look - that, by somehow desexualising the models, it somehow objectifies them even more; which bothers me slightly, since like I hope most folk here do, I have a huge respect for all the girls we ogle over. Would you agree, or am I just overanalysing? :|
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
- Lots of beautiful young models
- Good search options/tagging
- Browsing by photographer is useful
- Lots of good lingerie/outfits
- Most sets good resolution
- Amusingly pretentious set names
- Massive archive and approx 4 updates/day
Cons:
- Would prefer a few more mid/late 20s models
- Age search option is daft
- Lingerie doesn't necessarily suit the models
- Some older pics quite low res
- Massive archive is bewildering
- Annoyingly pretentious set names
- Some sets too large
- Lacking in erotic content
- Videos uninspiring and soundtracked to death
Bottom Line:
Met Art has been vaguely on my list of sites to try for a while, mainly because it features work from a couple of photographers I like (I tend to follow photographers rather than models), and last month's special offer gave me the incentive to sign up. There are plenty of other reviews, including TBP, which detail the specific stats on the site, so I'll be a bit more subjective here.
Firstly, the site is vast; there is so much material, so many models, so many photographers, that it's hard to know where to begin. Fortunately, the search options are good; sets are tagged so you can just type in any particular keyword - eg nylon, stockings, etc and get a number of results. Sadly this doesn't work well with multiple keywords, getting sets with any of the words rather than all, but it's still useful. Search is also available on height, age, ethnicity, country, photographer - all useful, although unlike height, where you can search on a range, age is done purely on a single year, so you can only find eg all 25yo models... but it is smart enough to find sets where the model was 25 at the time of the shoot, as opposed to now - potentially a big difference in a site that's been running for a decade or more.
My biggest issue, though - and this is quite personal - is that the material here just isn't exciting. The girls are all stunning but - although there are some exceptions - have little sex appeal to me; the concept of the site seems to be to emphasise the beauty of the models at the expense of any sexuality. Even the models who do hardcore elsewhere seem uninspired here - and the same for the photographers, eg there's quite a bit of material from Michael White and Roy Stuart, both favourites of mine, but it's a toned down version of their other stuff.
Similarly, I'm quite keen on lingerie and nylons; there is actually a lot more nice stuff here than I thought, but most of the models are too young or inexperienced to carry it off; they look dressed up, posed, in it rather than comfortable and sexy.
Reading between the lines of some of the blog posts there, I suspect both model and photographer are constrained by strict guidelines MA put on what can and can't be shown - with a veto on any kind of lascivious behaviour, so there is little teasing, no touching, and rarely even a lewd glance. They may even be getting stricter, since of the sets I did enjoy, most seem to be going back a few years. Even though the photos are of course fully nude, I've genuinely been more turned on by some of the better lingerie catalogues & sites.
As others have noted, the videos here are also insipid; drowned out by supposedly sexy sax music and the like; and unlike the photo sets I didn't really find any worth keeping.
Scoring this puts me in a bit of a quandary. It's a good, well-organised site, with a vast quantity of solid photography and frequent updates; so it would be really unfair to give it less than 80. However, this is PU and I struggle to see it as porn, or even particularly erotic or arousing - It's just too... wholesome, like a glamorous naturist site and I kind of agree with hugow that if you wanted to cure your porn addiction, this could do the job. I'm not even sure about art - to me, art is doing something unusual, creative, pushing some boundaries, which MA doesn't really - but by that definition, my last reviewed site, Juliland, is art, so maybe I'll skip the whole subject :| Anyway, a (very generous) 80 it is.
Welcome, MsApril - we don't get nearly enough reviews from girls here so good to have you on board.
Just a shame that, based on the above review and your favourite site of the network, all those comments from girls about size not mattering could be white lies at best :)
Anyway, thanks for this and your other review - look forward to reading more!
Probably less. Although I don't spend too much time on smut, it's part of a routine, and that routine is altered over the holidays, so I end up doing other stuff.
Thanks for pointing this site out! I'm quite fond of tall, leggy girls, despite (because of?) being quite short myself. Looks like there could be some fun content here.
Just a quick note in appreciation of Jamy, the webmaster here - who is always happy to receive ideas and suggestions (within the overall concept of the site, of course) on the forum.
The end of this month sees the return of one of my favourite models from this year - and from the previews, in sets and videos exactly as I'd suggested! Namely getting her in and out of suspenders, a lycra catsuit - and a bit more panty-teasing and masturbation than is the norm here.
Also another of the make-up videos which, although less explicit, he lends a very intimate and/or voyeuristic feel to.
As per Cap'n, not really my cup of tea (although tea isn't my cup of tea either)- It's a bit too extreme for my tastes.
I almost went for the next option, because although I'm interested in and very tolerant of what turns folk on, I feel that as it becomes more mainstream - (or at least less fringe than it once was) models will feel pressured into doing something that they are not at all OK with and could actually hurt them :|
I suspect most of us join most sites for just a month and so the backlist of material is far more of a draw than whatever turns up during that month. It hasn't happened yet, but I'd happily join a non-updating site if it has material I like.
This looks appealing, and from the preview, it seems to cover my definition of nudity (ie all the relevant, er, bits on display) - even if not yours (not a stitch on) :)
Just thought it worth noting since you compared it to the Only sites, which AFAIK don't show much of anything - I see that as far more of a divide.
Further to my recent review here on PU and the official one on TBP - I thought it was worth noting that if you are a fan, Lexi Belle features quite heavily on this site.
I count approx 30 photo sets and 20 videos - all with her in a rather different light to mainstream material and some girl-girl. She also hosts about 10 chat-show style interviews with other porn stars, which are fun!
As others have said, a good review, thanks. I think your score is fair; mine is much higher because the material particularly appeals to me which is obviously very subjective.
Agree about the webmaster/photographer - I'm pretty sure he's not in it for the money as such, more for fun, which gives the site quite a personal appeal.
Hope you're still around there for the end of the month, when Emma - both the oldest model there and one of the sexiest - returns!
Again, thanks for the review - this is another site on my list as I quite like the level it's pitched at - from what I've seen it's explicit but not hardcore but there's an element of risky locations and no cheesy BGM (are all the videos without music?) both of which I like.
I'm not sure if I can call on it being cheating or not - I don't think so, my best reply is to agree with Cybertoad that it's ideologically the same as going to a lapdancing bar - whatever you think about the strippers there, then spending time with cam models is no more or less cheating than that.
Although my own tastes are pretty tame, I'm fairly open minded to those of others and have a healthy curiosity for what turns folk on.
But this one... I saw it listed but is one of the few that I didn't dare even click on the link, I suspect I wouldn't be able to unsee whatever is waiting there :|
I like a bit of latex but this looks a bit too scary for me - although Juliland has certainly made me a bit more open to slightly more outlandish ideas.
I shall perhaps look forward to Ergo Proxy's take on it!
Hmm... just saw this listed, noticed it because I like French smut - but looking at the thumbnails it seems to consist largely, if not entirely, of material from Petites Parisiennes.
Doesn't look like a particularly sophisticated site either - I wonder if the others in the network are similar setups?
Hmm... I said 'Yes and I have' since I won $100 in one of the first draws I had tickets - I just had 4 I think.
Sadly, since then, I've been rather unlucky... it looks like on average, most folk who enter regularly have won $1/ticket entered... I'm on less than half that.
I've not joined Ero Berlin yet but it's been on my list... one of the angles I liked was the public/risky locations - how does the site fare in those terms? I wasn't sure if eg Femjoy as you mentioned has anything comparable?
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