I like the book too much to properly enjoy that. It's just a different story, and a great film. And for the thread, I'm gonna go with Texas Chainsaw. It's just so visceral, you feel dirty afterwards.
I certainly don't mind a hot girl whispering caring/naughty things in my ears. But the tingles or whatever? Maybe that magic trick just doesn't work on me.
The porn has to be good enough. The writing (story/plot/theme/kink/character/setting/pacing/etc) has to be good enough. There's a minimum quality bar for each to keep my attention. I can get eye-candy elsewhere. This is about sex as a mental thing, fantasies. Those need to be expressed well to...
I don't try to keep one. Too many "you should listen/read/watch this!", too many "hmm, that might be cool..." to keep track of. Eventually if/when I come across them, maybe I'll check them out, maybe I won't. And then that repeats lol
I agree with a lot of what you said. Maybe we're thinking about two different kinds of games. One that's about an excuse to display the art, another that's working more with kinks/ideas. As far as "good" porn acting, there's the obvious example of when the performer is actually enjoying it vs...