I like male strippers just as much as the next guy. If the voting were based purely on male eye candy and Florida scenery, this movie would get 9 out of 10. Just the scene where Pettyfer shakes his booty in front of the mirror for the first time was worth the price of admission. The sandbar party was also cool. I want to do that.
But I mean, c'mon, a film about male strippers without any erections? All I saw was a fleeting image of one in a pump. Did you even catch that? I understand that in America it's more acceptable to show an exploding head than an erection, but surely this movie would have been an exception. You simply can't portray the full impact of male stripping on an audience without the hard-ons. It's an integral and essential aspect. And the foursome scene -- does this still need to be implied? It's a movie about easy sexuality without any easy sexuality. This movie raises a number of issues for me about artistic honesty and freedom of expression.
I'm not sure we got a realistic portrayal of the psychology and lifestyle of the strippers, even though clearly this was expressly the movie's aim. These fellas were portrayed as all-American boys just having fun. It's not like that, I'm sure. Where were the hours in the gym, the narcissism, the pharmaceutical aids, the whoring, the brutal attrition rate, the desperate search for money, the Darwinian fight for the good clients, the social disapproval. It was just blue-collar heroes, men dancing and recreational drugs, from what I could see. Was this movie an adolescent fantasy about easy sex, easy money and easy work?
This movie shows us this world and these people, but was visibly searching for a story to tell. Adam does not really face much of a trial. The relationship between the sister and Mike was telegraphed from the very beginning.
There were other things going on in the movie, but I forget what they were.
But I mean, c'mon, a film about male strippers without any erections? All I saw was a fleeting image of one in a pump. Did you even catch that? I understand that in America it's more acceptable to show an exploding head than an erection, but surely this movie would have been an exception. You simply can't portray the full impact of male stripping on an audience without the hard-ons. It's an integral and essential aspect. And the foursome scene -- does this still need to be implied? It's a movie about easy sexuality without any easy sexuality. This movie raises a number of issues for me about artistic honesty and freedom of expression.
I'm not sure we got a realistic portrayal of the psychology and lifestyle of the strippers, even though clearly this was expressly the movie's aim. These fellas were portrayed as all-American boys just having fun. It's not like that, I'm sure. Where were the hours in the gym, the narcissism, the pharmaceutical aids, the whoring, the brutal attrition rate, the desperate search for money, the Darwinian fight for the good clients, the social disapproval. It was just blue-collar heroes, men dancing and recreational drugs, from what I could see. Was this movie an adolescent fantasy about easy sex, easy money and easy work?
This movie shows us this world and these people, but was visibly searching for a story to tell. Adam does not really face much of a trial. The relationship between the sister and Mike was telegraphed from the very beginning.
There were other things going on in the movie, but I forget what they were.