PORN

Advantages: Some great comic moments and a nice twist in the end
Disadvantages: Not as good as trainspotting

...substance of abuse, that and bucketloads of alcohol. The central character is Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson, older, wiser and wider - at least HE thinks he is - failed in every career path he has chosen, whether honest or not. He takes control of his aunt's pub in Leith which becomes the base for his new enterprise, making a porn film. He enlists student Nikki Fuller-Smith to be his starlet, and Juic...

proxam 16.02.2003 17:16 (08.03.2006 20:28) · Read review
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Review of Porno - Irvine Welsh

Porn: the final frontier

Advantages: Cast an direction; mature approach
Disadvantages: Nothing in particular, although not perfect

...Boogie Nights is essentially a comedy film featuring the porn industry in the 70s and 80s, and centres on one main character who catches a lucky break when picked up by a director who notices how well endowed he is! What is effectively a film that pokes fun at the industry somehow also manages to provide a stark and satirical viewpoint of porn and its stereotypes....

pmcds 13.01.2012 01:39 · Read review
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Review of Boogie Nights (DVD)

The worlds most badly written porn

Advantages: ?
Disadvantages: Poorly written porn justifying an abusive relationship

...mean honestly, won't someone think of the children/the one terrified and bewildered male in the office. To say in advance, if you are reading this book on a train or public transport; I will judge you. I thought Twilight was as bad as it could get. I was wrong. This is the most badly written, poorly thought out, shallow excuse for literature I have ever seen. It is the middle aged house wives porn...

Secre 12.07.2012 09:49 · Read review
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