Orgazmo

Mormon Joe Young is door knocking when he is forced to defend himself. He catches the eye of a * producer who recognises that Joe's fighting style could be used to add realism to his new porno character Orgazmo and also the gimmick of an innocent Mormon in a porno could get good publicity. Despite his beliefs Joe agrees but when one film turns into another Joe finds he is trapped in * – where will it all end? To set the scene – I'm a big South park fan, I even liked that terrible Baseketball thing they made! So I came to this expecting it to be very rude but also very funny. However it isn't. To criticse it for a bad plot or bad acting or bad sets or bad overall production or direction is to miss the point totally – this is all about the childish humour that we all know and love. However it is obvious from this that Parker and Stone are good at what they do – it's just that here they fail! It never gets above being silly and juvenile. The jokes revolve around us being amused by plastic penises and stuff like that. There are a few bits I found funny (`Jesus!' `where?') but most of it is puerile. However in fairness it does have a certain rough charm about it and I could see elements of good South park episodes to come being birthed here. The use of * may have seemed a good idea but really it fails on two counts. First – it isn't really funny. Jokes about DADV (double-anal-double-vaginal) sex with an old women may be amusing for a split second, until you realise that the stuff they're using for humour is probably not as bad as some things that are filmed in LA. Also the use of * cameos fails because it's a bit old hat, even if * is becoming mainstream. Oh look it's Ron Jeremy, oh look it's Chasey Lain, Shayla LaVeaux, Serenity, Juli Ashton, Barocca, Jeanna Fine, Jacklyn Lick etc etc. It's not funny but it's distracting. I'm sure the guys had fun with so many * actresses around but that doesn't mean the jokes are funny. And personally I think putting people like Max Hardcore up on a pedestal is in very poor taste even if * is mainstream – watch some of his stuff and you'll see what I mean. The cast are silly – although I do like Parker's wide eyed performances, but here he had little to work with. The * cameos are diverting for those who know but don't help the film. Overall the lack of plot, good performances, good design or good direction are all minor weaknesses compared to the simple problem of the film just not being anywhere near funny enough.

Fans of South Park will love to go back and see the live action movies of its directors, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Orgazmo even features Trey Parker as the main character, Orgazmo. In this hilarious laugh at the * industry with a bit of a tongue in cheek look at mormons, Trey Parker plays a mormon who happens to be an expert in martial arts who ends up being the accidental star of an adult movie called "Orgazmo". This isn't a fall from grace ride, though, as he keeps most of his morals by using a "stunt *" and keeps the moral high ground. The movie has jokes at so many levels, including actual members from the * industry, deliberately bad special effects and a plot that is both funny and interesting, albeit in a slapstick comedy way. Provided that you can get over them making fun of mormons and the * industry, in other words provided that you aren't a total prude, you will love this movie. Get over the lack of special effects and love this for the cult classic that it is. This is a pure masterpiece of cinema, from the people that bring you the genius that is South Park.

Why do film makers insist that * is funny? Starring Trey Parker (who helped give us the once brilliant South Park) attempts to make us laugh with all of the tired jokes Hollywood has been bashing out since the success of Animal House. And the insults played for 'laughs' at the Mormon church are just that, INSULTING.

This film is very silly, very stupid, and very funny. Thanks to writer/director Trey Parker, we can view at the industry known as Porno in a way that is not as serious as in Boogie Nights. The film takes some turn as that are known to happen in these types of movies, but it is even more humorous than in the others. Not to mention Parker teams up with his South Park co-star Matt Stone as a guy who doesn't want to sound like a queer or nothing. Along with a funny cast of supporting characters, this may not be Parker and Stone's best achievement yet- matter of fact in a way it lacks the polish that their first collaboration Cannibal the Musical had- it's still a worthy effort with enough laughs to make it worthwhile. If only once, as a teen. B

Although I am not by any means obsessed with "South Park," I do think it's a very funny show and the film adaptation was hilarious. Trey Parker and Matt Stone can be quite funny and I thought certain scenes of "Team America" were genius. (And others... not so much.) But their second film outing, "Orgazmo," has to be their weakest effort. I expected a clever and crude satire of the * industry -- instead I just got stupid crude humor without many laughs. I did chuckle a few times, at some jokes that were so obvious and over-the-top and juvenile that they hit the funnybone if you're in an amiable mood. But this is very selective taste and I'm sure most people wouldn't even find the silly jokes funny. Joe Young (Parker) is a Mormon who is recruited to star in a series of * films called "Orgazmo." Essentially the film is a kick in the face to religion and caused a lot of controversy when it was released. The MPAA tagged it with an NC-17 rating and it flopped on release. It has a weak cult following now due to the success of Parker and Stone's reputations as funny troublemakers, but the fact is that "Orgazmo" really is just controversial for the sake of being so. It's not nearly as funny as it thinks it is. On top of that, the new DVD is a huge disappointment also. The cast commentary track is inaudible and barely distinguishable. The "Wild" commentary track is similarly hard to hear and pretty poor. When I read that Kevin Smith and Weird Al Yankovic were on the track I thought, "Wow." Little did I know that they are split into separate groups and only on the track for about ten minutes each. Yankovic is the funniest but most of his jokes are lame. Smith has never seen "Orgazmo" and only relays a story of how he used to hate Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and his audio is recorded from a telephone conversation. The documentaries are stupid and poor and the rest of the special features are just plain lame. Overall, a really disappointing experience.

Ok, I love South Park and consume a fair amount of *, so from what I read here I should really like this, right? Super-wrong! This is easily one of the most uninspired, stupid, and genuinely unfunny movies I have ever seen. The storyline is so horrible I don't even want to talk about it. The jokes are simply not funny. (I'm not even sure there actually were any jokes in it.) If you're like me and think about watching this movie because Trent Parker made it and because there should be some juicy sex scenes in it -- think again. Don't waste a minute of your life on this piece of nothingness.

One of the worst movies ever made. My friends and I walked out after an hour, so maybe it got better...but I doubt it. The humor is stupid and banal, but I knew that going in. What I didn't know is that no one in the cast would have any sense of comic timing, the production values would be close to nil, and that I wouldn't laugh. Ever. The story idea (taking a sweet Mormon kid from Utah and throwing him in the middle of the * industry) could have turned into a really funny movie, but the script is dull and the performances are duller. This isn't even worth a rental. Bleah.

I really cannot believe how many comments of praise there are for this piece of low-budget, low-brow tripe. First off you can spot the "jokes" coming a mile away e.g. the old lady's response when she answered the door to the 2 mormons. I also cannot believe everyone being up in arms about the NC-17 rating (equiv, to a UK 18), the movie is crammed full of sexually explicit language, dildos etc. even with a lower certificate I would find it hard to see this movie raking in a bigger box-office. I did not find this movie offensive in the slightest, but it is an adult film and should be shown to an adult audience. When will people realise that Stone & Parker's talents are limited and see this awful movie for what it is.

Orgazmo appeared and disappeared faster in 1997 than Showgirls. Part of the blame is the nefarious NC-17 rating which both did not deserve. However, Orgazmo is the better of both films simply because it tries much harder than Showgirls did to deliver a product based purely on shock value. Orgazmo is the story of a young Mormon languishing in the cesspool that is Los Angeles try to convert the jaded populace into members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He fails at that, but succeeds at being the luckless star of low-budget adult film, Orgazmo, featuring a super-hero who wears a weapon that induces instantaneous orgasms in his foes and a stalwart sidekick, Choda-Boy, who wears a serendipitous * atop his head. The performances were rather good, especially director/writer Trey Parker as our heroic protagonist, and Dian Bachar, as the scientist turned * star. While the film was made on a shoestring budget, and boy, does it show, it is earnest, funny, and well-paced. Parker took a mere $600,000 and really crafted a terrific movie that no one will likely ever see. Recommended.

Orgazmo might sound appealing to young 13-17 year old virgin boys, but this movie is completely stupid. Not only is there the disappointment of c*ckteasing * scenes (with strategically placed objects), but the story to this piece of sh*t movie is dumb. The creators of South Park made this movie, and obviously put no effort into this creation at all. I would never watch this movie because there is nothing comical about it at all. The jokes in this movie aren't half as funny as the jokes you used to tell each other in junior high. And THOSE jokes aren't funny at all!!! Do not watch this movie for any reason at all.