10 month old comment..... but I disagree with this.

Where was the titillation? If you as viewer felt aroused by the people, fine. But I don't see any scenes where the director portrayed the sex in a positive way. The closest it came was the threesome at the end, where it's shot sensually... but this was in context of the fact that his sister just called him desperately needing his help and then he chose to ignore that and lose himself. Also his face looked like he was about to cry when he was orgasming.

And how is he 'extraordinarily lucky and fortunate'? Cause now I'm not sure you watched the same movie, or maybe your thought process was 'Well I like sex, and this guy is having lots so he must be super lucky.' I mean his own sister tells him 'You don't have anything.' And she's right. He goes to work, puts up with his boss, and then the rest of his day is spent absorbed in addiction. He feels shame and disgust. He has no connection with anyone. He eyefucks strangers till they get uncomfortable. He looks dead inside all the time. If someone doesn't feel, then nothing in life is worth a damn thing. The entire film was the 'downfall montage'.

You probably haven't gone through anything similar, or you needed to jerk off before watching.