hyped garbage

Awesome Movie

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Sara Olswang (Tara Reid) returns home crying to Jane Bannister (Amanda Peet) that she had been raped by womanizing football player Mike Penorisi (Jerry O'Connell) after a Friday night out in the club. The single L.A. girls had gone out with friends Emma Cooper (Sybil Temchen) and Whitney Bryant (Emily Procter). Mike was with Rick Hamilton (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Shawn Denigan (Brad Rowe). Trent (Ron Livingston) got left outside for wearing his golf outfit. He manages to sneak in. Mike gets into a brawl outside and he leaves with Sara. What happens afterward is a matter of he says, she says.These eight singles are obsessed with sex, partying, and the ups and downs of the single life. The scattered points of view and the narrow focus of their interest leave the characters feeling rather shallow. There is way too much pontificating on every aspect of sex. It may work if this is an artsy movie about singles and sex. It's more about the rape and the conflicting recollections. The only thing that truly matters in this movie is Sara and Mike's story about what happened. There are too many characters to follow and they don't all connect with the rape. It's not focused.Then there is Tara Reid and Jerry O'Connell themselves. Tara's real life intrudes into this movie. None of these characters are likable and O'Connell is the worst of all. He plays a lot of these kinds of loud-mouthed jerks. The police interrogation is really off-putting. His character won't shut up. For some reason, the police let his friend stay and he kept trying to shut Mike up. It is hard to take such a stupid character. There two clashing story styles do not mesh and both of them are somewhat off-putting.

This film was full of wild and sexy scenes and not worth viewing, unless you like Emily Procter(Whitney Bryant),"CSI Miami TV Series,'02, who charms and delights Sean Patrick Flanery (Rich Hamilton),"Kiss the Bride",'02 who played his role just as you would expect him to, charming all the gals and even scoring!! Emily Procter showed her great FORM and good acting skills and she can presently be seen in the CSI Miami TV Series, with David Caruso, as a gun expert with her nose down the barrel. I am quite sure we will see Emily advance to better acting roles and a very bright future on the big SCREEN! This film tried to tell a story, but it just did not quite make the grade!!!

I usually watch IMDb's ratings before deciding to see a movie or not... but that well may change in the future.... "Body Shots" has got 4.9 ??? I would never ever have tried to see it!! !but fortunately I didn't know that before the screening and frankly I loved this movie, it talks about sex and the way you feel about it... the actors are good, I liked the "plot", one of the guys is real fun, and I loved the ending... (even though my best friend hated it...)Probably one of those movies that you either love or hate but do see it!! TO me, more than worth a rental!!!

Director Michael Cristofer really outdid himself on his Sophmore project. This project is commonly known as "Body Shots." This movie brings together Hollywood's most dynamic young stars and starlets and caters to the educated crowd with a sexy punch. On the surface, this movie appears to chronicle a night out on the town with a group of young, sexy singles. In reality, Cristofer has succeeded in delivering to the public a modern day accounting of "The Four Ages" poem by the classical poet Ovid. For those of you unfamiliar, Ovid is actually short for Publius Ovidius Naso, a poet born shortly after the death of Julius Caesar and raised in the fertile hills about 90 miles east of Rome. This fact brings an eery similarity to the modern day fertile hills of California. The movie takes viewers through four distinct "ages"...standin around, clubbin, sexin' it up, and stuff. Each of these "ages" are directly connected to the four ages of Ovid's poem: The Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Bronze age and the Iron Age. To best illustrate this, I shall use some quotes from an original 1954 translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses." The Golden Age: "...a time that cherished of its own will, justice and right; no law. fearfulness was quite unknown, and the bronze tablets held no legal threatening..." When you see the movie, it is clear to see how this relates directly to the plot. The Silver Age: "Jove made the springtime shorter...(I will give this one to you - this passage refers to the wait in the club line being much shorter than usual, due to the powerful connections one of the babes has with the doorman) The woodland thickets, and the bark-bound shelters no longer served; and the seeds of grain were planted in the long furrows." The Age of Bronze: "...agressive instincts, quick to arm, yet not entirely evil." Notice how this very concise wording fits exactly with the plot of the movie. Agressive sexual instincts, not entirely bad. I will leave the examples from the Iron Age out, as I want all of you to experience first hand the beauty of this film. 10 out of 10 for the babe factor, 9 out of 10 for the film. Bravo, bravissimo!!!!!