Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:19 pm
Synopsis:
In 1990, Pretty Woman did for hookers what Hackers did for well ... hackers, i.e. gave a completely unrealistic portrayal of the entire profession for the sake of entertainment. As if in response to the former, Ken Russell (of Altered States and The Who's Tommy) directed Whore, starring Mrs. Sandman from Spiderman 3: Spiderman Goes Emo and Meets My Chemical Romance, the one where Spiderman fights Venom because the Emo-Spidey wants to steal the ultra blackness of Venom's costume, which will enable him to achieve the pinnacle of whiny douchebag evolution: Emo-Goth-Spidey.
Review:
This is a flick about a day or two in the life of a hooker in L.A. While it's still nowhere near the life of an actual hooker, it's about 1000% more realistic than a Julia Roberts-looking trick meeting a Richard Gere-looking john.
While this could easily have been shot in a Skinemax style, Ken doesn't go over the top with the nudity, in spite of the subject material. Still plenty of titties, though. The fourth wall gets broken by at least a couple characters. In fact, going through flashbacks while the titular character (linguistically correct and awesomely synchronistic double entendre) talks to the camera about how she got to where she is comprises half the story. It goes a long way towards giving her depth and sympathy. Mrs. Sandman turns in a decent performance. Not Oscar calibre, but several notches above certain typecast actresses and it beats the fuck out of Julia Roberts's take on being a whore.
The formula for this movie is as follows:
1) Hooker in present day is trying to turn tricks or evade her pimp.
2) Hooker continually rejects johns who aren't up to her standards or rules and isn't banking her cash. This causes problems when the pimp catches up to her.
3) Hooker reminisces about something ... flashback ensues. Cut back to present day.
Somewhere in the second half of the movie, Mrs. Sandman has a hilarious speech about why married women should give blowjobs. That's also another point: this flick flips back and forth from comedy to serious drama and back in a way I've not seen since Darkman.
Verdict:
Check it out, if nothing else for the scene of Mrs. Sandman going dominatrix on a senior citizen while his grandkids are watching TV downstairs.
Edited By Malcolm on 1405794070
In 1990, Pretty Woman did for hookers what Hackers did for well ... hackers, i.e. gave a completely unrealistic portrayal of the entire profession for the sake of entertainment. As if in response to the former, Ken Russell (of Altered States and The Who's Tommy) directed Whore, starring Mrs. Sandman from Spiderman 3: Spiderman Goes Emo and Meets My Chemical Romance, the one where Spiderman fights Venom because the Emo-Spidey wants to steal the ultra blackness of Venom's costume, which will enable him to achieve the pinnacle of whiny douchebag evolution: Emo-Goth-Spidey.
Review:
This is a flick about a day or two in the life of a hooker in L.A. While it's still nowhere near the life of an actual hooker, it's about 1000% more realistic than a Julia Roberts-looking trick meeting a Richard Gere-looking john.
While this could easily have been shot in a Skinemax style, Ken doesn't go over the top with the nudity, in spite of the subject material. Still plenty of titties, though. The fourth wall gets broken by at least a couple characters. In fact, going through flashbacks while the titular character (linguistically correct and awesomely synchronistic double entendre) talks to the camera about how she got to where she is comprises half the story. It goes a long way towards giving her depth and sympathy. Mrs. Sandman turns in a decent performance. Not Oscar calibre, but several notches above certain typecast actresses and it beats the fuck out of Julia Roberts's take on being a whore.
The formula for this movie is as follows:
1) Hooker in present day is trying to turn tricks or evade her pimp.
2) Hooker continually rejects johns who aren't up to her standards or rules and isn't banking her cash. This causes problems when the pimp catches up to her.
3) Hooker reminisces about something ... flashback ensues. Cut back to present day.
Somewhere in the second half of the movie, Mrs. Sandman has a hilarious speech about why married women should give blowjobs. That's also another point: this flick flips back and forth from comedy to serious drama and back in a way I've not seen since Darkman.
Verdict:
Check it out, if nothing else for the scene of Mrs. Sandman going dominatrix on a senior citizen while his grandkids are watching TV downstairs.
Edited By Malcolm on 1405794070