The Amateurs

[sunnysmiles]

Pretty soon, I'm just going to have to stop going to the movies altogether.

So basically the premise of this new movie is that a bunch of washed up fuck-ups (like ted danson & jeff bridges) who also happen to be 50 yr old white pervs - get together to make a porn flick using the town's local women...

http://www.tribute.ca/index_contest.asp ... m_id=14010

Yes, the american dream - to hit it big while pimping your neighbour's wife & daughter.

Enough already.

[msjared]

wow. that's really depressing. i really like lauren graham so i'm sorry she signed on. i love jeanne tripplehorn too, but after BIG LOVE i'm not as surprised by her choice.

the normalization of porn and prostitution and the way pimping women out is seen as a bold career move for men in movies is ing. and it's only getting worse.

[gerry]

it's gotten pretty bad reviews, but i guess Rolling Stones Peter Traver's got off on it:

...

For Andy Sargentee (Jeff Bridges), who has lost a series of jobs and his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn), amateur porn is a growth industry and a chance to pursue a better destiny.
Before you can say, "What the fuck," Andy has recruited his pal Some (Joe Pantoliano, in sweet mode) as the writer-director. Some, short for Some Idiot, has taken film courses at a junior college. Emmett (Patrick Fugit), the kid from the video store, will do the camerawork. Barney (Tim Blake Nelson) will handle press. Moose (Ted Danson), who denies he's gay, offers to provide stud service. And Otis (William Fichtner), who calls Moose what he is ("assmaster"), just wants to hang out and escort the "porno peacherinos" to their next hump. He is named executive producer....