SeriousJest
Jeez, these South Park guys really love to go after the Mormons! To be fair, though, they often portray them as happy and good people, despite their wack-job religion. Parker & Matt Stone often seem to be on the same wavelength as my funny bone (no pun intended), so although this movie was silly and came off as thrown together with little effort, I couldn't help but keep a smirk through most of it. The acting of Parker and Bachar in this film was very good, especially in their expressions.Also, the women in this film were hot (except for the ones that weren't meant to be)! IMDb reflects that an unrated version of this film exists. If any of you have seen that version, please weigh in here. I suspect that I would have rated that version higher!For more reviews and a kickass podcast, check out: www.livemancave.com
bkoganbing
Although I've not met many LDS missionaries who were quite as unworldly as Trey Parker, Orgazmo is still a fun movie which combines the unlikely subjects as LDS missionaries and pornography.The soon to be co-creator of South Park stars as Joe Young, LDS missionary assigned to the Los Angeles beat who stumbles into a porno film shoot and shows some karate moves that impress the producer/director Michael Dean Jacobs. As Parker is looking to have a big blowout of a wedding in the Temple in Salt Lake City he knows it costs big bucks. He takes up the offer to be a porn superhero although he's firm on not having any penetration. He hits it off with Dian Bachar who plays his Robin the boy wonder sidekick Choda Boy. Bachar is a scientist also, but does porn because he even in his nerd persona gets a lot more sex than he would under normal circumstances. Bachar has also invented a portable addition of what Woody Allen and Diane Keaton would enjoy a few hundred years later in Sleepers. Bachar was my favorite character in the film.These two grow into their roles with some ultimate method acting as they start to think they're real superheroes. That portable Orgasmatron proves to be quite the weapon. It does what Divine did to Geoff Lewis's whole gang in Lust In The Dust. Villains don't really know how to deal with it.In the end Parker and Bachar are on a whole different kind of mission.LDS members might find it offensive, but I wouldn't take Orgazmo all that seriously.
lantern4444
The jokes were not funny and were few and far between. The physical comedy centered around the characters wearing sex toys for the whole movie. No longer funny after 10 seconds let alone for an hour. It has endless clothed simulated sex scenes with the only nudity being men's butts. I suppose it alright if you into that sort of nudity which I'm not. The movie tried to equate gross acts as being comedy such as overweight women and farting in peoples faces.The story line about am extremely devout Mormon being drawn into the adult film industry is to far fetched especially given that he is also a martial arts expert. The plot is extremely basic, good guy with friend defies bad boss who kidnaps girlfriend. Good guy and friend fight and win against bad boss and his henchmen thereby rescuing girlfriend. The use of sex toys as comedy is not funny and overdone such as the dildo lasso, dildo grapple and rope, dildo rocket launcher, dildo lock pick, dildo baton etc ad nauseum.The acting was extremely wooden and makes real adult movie actors look like academy award winners. The characters were extremely simplistic and one dimensional.Don't bother with this movie as their are many better sex comedies around such as Porky's, American pie and others.
gavin6942
Joe Young is a Mormon, spreading the word of Jesus Christ in Los Angeles. He stumbles upon a house where they are shooting a pornographic movie, and despite his beliefs, finds the lure of compensation too good to turn down a role.Trey Parker and Matt Stone had only just begun "South Park" when this film was released. The acting is cheesy, the lines are over-acted, but there's something just really funny about the movie. Like their even more amateur production, "Cannibal", they don't require a big budget to make things funny.You might have to find Mormons or porn funny to really appreciate this film. I don't know. Of course, if you are opposed to porn or are Mormon, you probably should stay away from it, because you're likely to get offended. While tamer than you might expect, it is by no means a clean film.