Hum look, i just implied MY personal view on euro porn. I watch some of it, a great lot actually in my years. Is true the euro are more open minded , and i am not saying there is nothing good. There is some great euro actresses. One i always like was Angel Dark wich seem to have finally retired lately (well been a while i saw anything new) BUT i always seem to come back mostly to american stuff. Lately i watch a bunch of fake agent, czechcasting and such, and yeah there stuff i like on that, well fake agent its mostly the UK version, but i do watch the other one as well.
I just seem to be more into americans, dunno why, thats simply it.
And I disagree on the bad English thing... Badly spoken English with a Czech, French, Hungarian, Russian, Romanian, or even good English with a British accent turns me on as much as a Quebecoise SP with a French accent or almost no English skills. Sexy as fuck!!! Subtitles? Why the fuck do I want to read what they are saying? I care more about HOW she says, "eh bien, oui" than the subtleties of its meaning
To me the bad english spoken sound really like a young girl who badly speak, i dunno, its hard to explain, that is just personal preference. As for british accent, it must be light, not too pronounce. Now for why i read the subtitle... hum again for a pornographer yourself i think your view is limited on one thing... GUY FUCK GIRL and thats about it. Some of the most arousing parts of a scene is the girl tlaking about herself, relating experiences, or for exemple i am into those naughty videos where a guy pick up a random girl and convince her to pay her for sex, she hesitate so much(of course its all staged, but the concept is cool to watch) and finally agree and then the guy try to get more and more of her... Those are scenes when i want to know whats happening, so usually its subtitled.
To make a great porn, you don't just need good camera angles, a pretty girl and a big dick, its all about concepts, execution, scenarios, and even tough it make you laugh that i remember the names of the actors, the directors, and such, to me its as much important as the female performer.
The best Naughty America or Brazzers scenes to me don't come only of the star they featured, because that specific girl usually shot like 10 scenes with them, it comes from that SPECIFIC concept of that scene, how the male performer interact with the star. For exemple if theys shoot, My first sex teacher, and the guy is blank as a cucumber... the fantasy won't be hot. On the other hand if he plays his part of "wow holy shit whats happening" well, and the concept is well written, this is where it work.
Any random dude can buy a camera, shoot 2 person having sex, but what makes a good porno is all the work put in it, from the lightining and sound, to the editing and montage, and of course the very core of the scene, your scenario and how your performers behave.
Take Girls Do Porn for exemple, there force is they showcase NEW girls, usually very freaking hot. So they can afford to make it simple. Girl lay on the bed, talk about her sexual experience, then its the same positions, same routine everytime...at least they got rid of those stupid yellow lights that ruined scene, so THERE whats important is the girl they show. But if you shoot a girl that appeared in many porn, at some point you need to revigorate your stuff. Sometimes the girl decide to do more to give her career a boost too, like recently Capri Cavanni(Cavalli) with the "black on blondes" scene and such. She didn't do interacial before... so because now she took part in a new concept(for her) it made her on the spot again.