The Canyons

2013 "It's not the hills."
The Canyons
3.8| 1h39m| R| en| More Info
Released: 02 August 2013 Released
Producted By: Filmworks/FX
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Official Website: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1094772583/the-canyons
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The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature.

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lamegabyte In fact, it's a bit the same story as babe #76 Ashley Smith : once upon a time, there was a fabulous celebrities forum called « Zodcaps » with awesome daily updates of babes! So i guess I picked Lindsay here notably with her paparazzi shoots when she walked outdoors bra-less and with only a sheer black shirt ! And for sure, Lindsay has two beautiful arguments well displayed in this movie and foremost the character that goes with them: nude shower, sex with a porn-star and a group sex orgy!I think this movie looks a lot like her real life as she likes to have fun, to party and to have sex with whoever but fails to find yet her charming prince ! Anyway, after Laurel and Mulholland, it's also another LA canyon where very hot things happen!! Like Jackie Collins, this movie helps to discover the real (sex obsessed) Hollywood and not the one they want us to believe!
morrison-dylan-fan With having greatly enjoyed reading Brett Easton Ellis novel The Rules of Attraction a few years ago,I was thrilled to hear from a family friend that he had recently picked up a DVD which offered the chance to see Ellis team up with Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader,which led to me getting ready to dive into the canyons.The plot:After having given up on seeing the spotlights of Hollywood years ago,Ryan is delighted to receive an offer from an up-start producer called Christian,for him to star in Christian's up-coming Slasher movie.Initially not having a clue as to how Christian found out about him,Ryan soon discovers that he was recommended for the role by Christian's girlfriend Tara,who unknown to her current boyfriend had a long-term relationship with Ryan.Attempting to keep their old feelings buried,Ryan & Tara soon find themselves falling for each other,as Christian begins to investigate about how his girlfriend knew about Ryan. View on the film:Despite there being some rather large challenges faced during production, (with Leslie Camila-Rose having to be an understudy for co-producer/lead actress Lindsay Lohan,in case Lohan suddenly decided to not turn up on set!)director Paul Schrader and cinematographer John DeFazio are still able to show an excellent stylised eye for the decaying Hollywood which their characters inhabit.Opening in a bar,Schader and DeFazio use neon lights to give the title an icy atmosphere,as Schader shows the characters cynical,rampant egos to be cold,hard surfaces which are impossible to penetrate.Whilst his fangs have lost some of there (infamous) Black Comedy bite, Brett Easton Ellis still delivers a wonderfully harsh,decaying screenplay.Keeping everyone at the bottom of the Hollywood ladder,Ellis initially shows everyone to be rather complacent with their position in life.As Christian (played by a terrific,smirking James Deem) dangles a shiny future in front of Ryan,Ellis slowly burns away the glossy outer appearance of the characters,to reveal the decaying stench laying within each of them,as Christian makes a gorge in the canyons.
brchthethird This is a pretentious piece of crap, with a nary a good performance to be found. The story is repugnant and boring, and all of the characters are soulless, vacuous and empty. Granted, I'd heard about how bad this movie was before I even saw it, but I still expected a little more from Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis. The story is about some trust-fund kid (James Deen) who's also producing a movie so that his (unseen) dad will get off of his back. His live-in girlfriend is played by Lindsay Lohan, and the small cast is rounded out with other characters who know each other, and sleep or have slept with one another. Still, most of the movie is just boring, lifeless dialogue interspersed with some of the most unerotic sex I've ever seen, which includes a foursome. I mean, what were these people thinking? The only redeeming qualities are some good soundtrack selections and good camera-work. That's it. It's best just to take most people's word and just skip this trash.
neilwaynesmith Watched the last hour plus because I was channel hopping and, well I flicked on as Lohan was in the shower >blush<.Having sat in front of the TV, mesmerised by the paucity of acting, of expression, of plot, of decent dialogue, of chemistry between the actors even;.... desperately begging myself to change channel, it soon became evident that not even Ms Lohans charms could rescue this car crash.In summary, if I thought I could sue the film company for sucking an hour of my life away, I would do so without hesitation...Lastly, I think for films like this, the voting scale should encompass minus figures...