DeathToMikeyBay 130 Posted September 30, 2013 The Green Lantern episode talked about one of the biggest problems with that movie. The entire tone was presented in as a dramatic, darkly muted exercise in crushing pathos. Meanwhile the actual action taking place on screen was a guy whose superpower was making neon green Looney Toons objects including a giant spring that goes *BOING*. Â That is the same experience you get watching The Girl Next Door. Imagine if someone told you were about to watch a movie where the plot was money gets stolen from a high school, so to replace it before anyone finds out a guy and his friends enlist the help of his porn star neighbor to shoot and sell a porn flick in the school basement during prom. Then you read the box's tagline "He never saw her coming...but his friends had!". Â You would expect a teen sex romp comedy, right? Â NO! The script plays out all the elements of one, but the tone and delivery are that of a bleak, deliberate, straight drama with such emotionlessness that you'd swear it was an M. Night Shyamalan film. Â The movie is about how porn saves the day and that sex is nothing to be ashamed of, yet there is no nudity! Or porn! Or sex! An R rated "sex comedy" about the porn industry as a force of good with no laughs or nudity! A movie about sneaking into a porn producer's house to steal his dildo trophy but it's really about touching redemption! A movie where the creator wants to say something about the porn industry, but is so clueless that he shows 21st century porn sets using film cameras! Â This might not quite sound like HDTGM material, but trust me just try watching 5-10 minutes of it and you'll be hit with the most utterly bizarre tonal and theme conflict you've ever seen. Share this post Link to post
seanotron 2307 Posted September 30, 2013 Bottom line, it's just a crummy remake of Risky Business without the risky bits. Share this post Link to post
jarrycanada 2483 Posted September 30, 2013 This is a fun little movie in it's own right, but I agree with Seanotron on this. it's a remake of Risky Business with no Guido the Killer Pimp, but we do get Timothy Olyphant. I like Timothy Olyphant, something about him. I don't see anything in this movie that you would see in an Night Shyamalan type film. Share this post Link to post
sillstaw 414 Posted October 1, 2013 Probably won't happen, if only because Paul and June were both on "Happy Endings"* with Elisha Cuthbert. Unless she's willing to talk about the movie... Â * Still sad they cancelled it. 1 Share this post Link to post
