I didn't get this movie. Could somebody please explain to me what the point of it was? Was it a comedy? Drama? Parody? I haven't got a clue. I'm going with parody since that makes the most sense to me.
Eddie (Mark Wahlberg) is a busboy from Torrance, California who has one talent. And it's in his pants. Discovered by porn producer Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), Eddie changes his name to Dirk Diggler and embraces the life he was meant to lead. At least until a raging coke addiction (thoughtfully provided by his surrogate mother figure/co-star Amber Waves (Julianne Moore)) inflates his head and deflates his...asset, turning him to a life of crime with his best buddies (John C. Reilly, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Thomas Jane). Meanwhile, the fun swinging 70's have ended and the depressing 80's have begun. Dirk's co-stars have problems of their own. Amber Waves is involved in a custody battle on the grounds that her job makes her an unfit parent. Buck Swope (Don Cheadle) can't get a loan because the banks don't want to be associated with him. And Rollergirl (Heather Graham) wonders if maybe life has more meaning than wearing roller skates and having sex on film.
Again, this movie seemed utterly and completely pointless to me except as a who's who of Hollywood. There are so many named stars it was like an astronomer's convention. And about as sexy. Sorry, any astronomers who read my blog but you know it's true. Julianne Moore is shockingly unattractive without clothes on and Heather Graham isn't nude long enough to make up for that. William H. Macy and Alfred Molina had great small roles and I would have loved to see more of Don Cheadle's character and less of Mark Wahlberg's but I don't always get what I want, sadly.
I cannot recommend this movie to anyone. If you want to watch real porn, I recommend the Bewitched parody but Boogie Nights blows.
Hooray! I have power again! Just in case you guys didn't hear, the DC Metro area (where I live) had a state of emergency declared because a severe storm knocked out the power for 1.7 million people. Personally, I didn't have electricity for over 24 hours. But it's back on and now I can post what would have been Saturday's movie. Enjoy.
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