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Hot Girls Wanted (2015)
Should Have Been Called "Young Girls Wanted"
I say it should have been called "Young Girls Wanted" because what enabled the objects of this film to make money in the adult industry was definitely not their looks, but their ages.
Hot girls Wanted is an interesting (albeit skewed) documentary about one very small aspect of the adult industry. HGW focuses on a few girls who go off to a flop house in FL to take advantage of the money available to them via making adult videos. The film focuses in on just one or two of these girls, thus giving you an extremely myopic look at what is arguably the biggest, most lucrative industry in history. While you couldn't possible get a feel (pun intended) for the adult industry by following even a hundred or a thousand talents around, just how much can you expect to learn from following a few? And these few are rock bottom amateurs being managed by a rock bottom amateur.
I find it amusing how people rectify capitalism with instances of it where other people are making money doing things that they a) don't like, b) wouldn't do themselves, and/or c) wouldn't want family doing. Seems to me that the phrase "they're being taken advantage of" or "they're being manipulated" comes in quite handy to folks who can't grapple with the fact that quite often, what makes money valuable is that it gets people to do stuff they normally wouldn't do. Maybe it's a plumber who deals with feces on a daily basis, maybe it's the person that's flipping burgers for minimum wage, or maybe it's someone exhibiting sexual behavior on film. And while I'm certain there are people who do all of these jobs and love doing them, the fact is that most are doing it for the money. You could make the same movie and title it "Plumbers Wanted" or "Short Order Cooks Wanted." Either would make the exact same point.
But of course we have the double standard that sex is all at once wonderful and special, but at the same time "bad" to do for money. Please do this little thought experiment... Imagine that there are no more STDs, and that people are able to control their ability to breed 100%. No one ever gets sick, and no one ever gets pregnant (or impregnates someone) if they don't want to. Now ask yourself if it's OK for people (your wife, kid, etc...) to work in this industry. If the answer is "no" then you have some deep thinking to do.
As far as the "morality" of adult content in and of itself, I will offer this... If you wouldn't condone your wife, daughter, mother, son, neighbor, anybody doing it, then you ought not be watching/consuming it.
And I loved the puppy:)
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Start Wars: The Farce Returns!
Spoilers A Head;)
Start Wars: The Farce Awakens! Starring Han Sold-Out (he did when he was in Indiana Jones 4), Lucky Skywalker (his SW paycheck comes in yet again) and the Princess, will Lay Ya;) (for five bucks and lucky you, she lost weight for the role). In a film where anyone who picks up a light-saber can kick someone schooled in the force's butt, where Sith masters throw temper tantrums by breaking stuff, where there's (yet again) another Death-snore, and where (finally) a few disgruntled fans are actually booing at the movie in theaters. Can't wait for the next "installment" where people will shell out more money to worship Start Wars 2C: A New Load! Bring a good book people, and don't pay to see it!!! As for Abrams... I haven't liked anything he's done. Not Lost and not Start Wreck (and I consider myself a Star Trek fan BTW). Don't bet on JJ, because his flicks Ain't... DY-NO-MITE!
Shutter Island (2010)
Shitter Island
Even though I didn't like the "Wizard Of Oz", at least I was able to say, "the movie was about a dream" when it was over. I saw Shitter Island in the theater - and yes, it looked GREAT on the "big" screen. The acting was wonderful, the music haunting, the cinematography excellent. But the... ahem, story? Well, that's another matter entirely. Now, I agree that good writing (key to any film's success) should take you off the page. But there's a difference between that, and leaving the theater wondering what the hell it was that you just looked at for almost 3 hours. Which is what Shitter Island left me doing. Maybe I need to see the film again with my finger on the pause button and the Shitter Island Cheatbook at my side. Maybe then it'll be great. But it still won't be what I expect from a movie. On a final note... After returning from the theater my father jokingly asked me, "who was lobotomized!?" My reply? "The audience."
Medium (2005)
Woman uses her psychic abilities to help solve crimes. Again. Really.
Medium gets about a medium rating. And that's me being generous. I liked the job that Jake Weber did on an episode of NYPD Blue, and on the Dawn of the Dead remake. My primary motivation for writing this review is to complain about the "family friendly" kudos that this show seems to always get. Sure, it's devoid of sexual content. But really people... it's a show about murders, and murderers, and gory murder crime scenes - some of them quite messy in my recollection. Does that really make for family friendly viewing? Sorry, but I think it'd be better for kids to watch some kinds of "adult material" as opposed to this. I can't imagine why people would prefer their kids see this, rather than seeing two people having sex. Or is it just that parents feel "uncomfortable" sitting in a room, viewing sexual content with their kids, but they don't feel uncomfortable with, let's see... MURDER! Hoestly... why not just show them the Dawn of The Dead remake? It has some scenes similar to what I've seen on this show, and was way more entertaining.
Silent Hill (2006)
Another video-game adaptation movie falls flat.
I have been playing the Silent Hill games since their inception and I must say that this movie could have been much better.
The people who made this thing tried a sort of kitchen sink approach to adapting the game to the screen. They threw in elements of both Silent Hill and Silent Hill 2... to little effect.
What they forgot to do was weave a cohesive plot or story out of the material from the game series. So what we end up with is a series of disturbing visuals which are poorly connected. Yes the CGI looks cool but for me that doesn't make a good movie and about 1/2 way into this mess I found myself looking at my watch wondering when it would be over (so I might be able to enjoy silent hill on my PS2).
So if you want to see a series of disturbing visuals (rendered in CGI) which are poorly connected then by all means be my guest. Just make sure to bring along a good book.