It's not often I regret going to the movies, but for Zach and Miri Make A Porno, I have to make an exception. Good gravy man....what were these clowns thinking?
I have always loved the movies. I like all kinds of flicks, and usually find the good, or the idea in the movie that I am seeing. But not here. ZAM stars Seth Rogen, and Elizabeth Banks, and a bunch of other people you don't know or care about. This is another in a long line of "push the envelope' movies from this troop, and this one is just absolutely awful.
Okay, Zach and Miri are 28 year-old platonic roommates who have been friends since the first grade. Both losers, and the bills are mounting. After the electric and the water are turned off and find themselves in 20 grand of debt, they decide to do the next logical thing...make a pornographic movie, and that will solve all of their problems. So they proceed on. Finding the cash to start up, casting calls, finding the right photographer, and of course writing a good script. They then find out, that they both have feelings for each other, and don't want each other "starring" in the movie with anyone other than themselves. (Hurllllllllllllll................!!) I've got a better idea, why don't Zach and Miri get jobs, and be responsible? Wow! There I am again, in the common sense zone.
I'm not sure who is supposed to like this movie. It's two flicks in one. First this raunchy junior high, "let's look at these dirty magazines" movie at the start. Then there's a plot twist that tries to turn this into some kind of love story. Each part mutually terrible.
ZAM is vile, vulgar, completely adolescent, and just flat out raunchy, complete with the worst language you can imagine. Help me here, is there something that I'm not getting? Is hearing really terrible language from guys and girls a million times really funny? Am I missing out? And maybe the worst offense of all....it's not funny! Seth Rogen as an actor, is too likeable, and too potentially funny to get mixed in in manure like this. Elizabeth Banks is beautiful and captivating, and she too should have her head examined before picking her next role.
ZAM...it's not funny, not sexy, not anywhere near watchable, it's just a waste of time. Quite possibly going to end up on many "worst of the year lists." I know it's near the top of mine now.
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