6.6/10???
I would just like to express my shock and disgust that Risky Business has a rating of only 6.6/10 on IMDb. I think it is a truly funny, intelligent, stylish, and artful film that merits closer to an 8 or so. Anyone agree?
shareNah, it looses points for being about a guy who runs a prostitution business but barely even showing said prostitution. It's all pretty much implied and looses much of the impact.
shareYou thought it was necessary to show exactly what went on between Joel's friends and the prostitutes? I strongly disagree. While I do enjoy gratuitous sex in movies, it can turn sophisticated, intelligent movies like Risky Business into sleaze.
shareI just watched this for the first time last night, I found it amazingly better than I predicted. Its almost more of a drama than a comedy, I mean, sure there are quite a few laughs but how amazing was the ending where the kids are selling their future products and Joel narrates "My name is Joel Goodson. I deal in human fulfillment". I found it very insightful and quite moving with how it deals with Joels coming of age and even subtly about the American dream, so I gave it a 9
shareThe perception of this movie among people who haven't seen it is that it's a teen sex comedy a la Fast Times at Ridgemont High or American Pie, but you're right, comedy seems like too lighthearted a word to describe Risky Business, and the movie is about so much more than just teen sex. I'm glad you appreciate Risky Business as much as I do!
shareThey need not be gratuitous or explicit scenes, but they could easily have made for some comedic scenes.
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Yes.
shareHow can a sleazy movie be more sleazy? It was sleazy from the beginning to the end, without showing a lot of nudity. Plus, why do people put two Os in lose or loses? Can you guys type? Seriously, it isn't that hard to type lose or loses.
No more IMDB boards for me!
No, its because of that one prostitute chick that walks through the door that looks like a guy...(Not the black guy earlier in the movie)
shareIt figures someone who can't differentiate between "lose" and "loose" only cares about nudity since the movie screen is the only place where he can experience it.
shareWhen did I ever mention nudity? I even said that the scenes do not need to be gratuitous or explicit. I said the movie is ineffective in conveying the story because everything is implied. It's more like he's having some big party instead of running a prostitution house.
shareMaybe if the movie was about a guy running a prostitution business you'd have a point, but since it isn't, you don't.
Now go back to watching The Girl Next Door.
This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.
Maybe if the movie was about a guy running a prostitution business you'd have a point, but since it isn't, you don't.
This whole time he was making money with prostitutes is not a prostitute business? Okay, whatever.
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The one night he's running a whore house, not the whole time/entire movie.
Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
The one night he's running a whore house, not the whole time/entire movie.
Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
lose
There's Skinamax for that, bub.
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