Yes, Zack and Miri is not the exact title of the movie, but I’m too dignified to complete it. It’s one of those titles that is arbitrarily long for the sake of making you roll your eyes or giggle. Just remember this: The name of the real title for Ace Ventura is really Ace Ventura:Pet Detective.
Essentially, this movie is about two people with no dignity left. Zack and Miri (Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks) are two roommates/platonic friends who are grossly behind on their bills. As as result, there are using a metal garbage can as a heater. To add insult to injury, both work at the mall, which translates into existential dread; personally, I think it made more sense if these guys were suddenly laid off in a factory, considering that’s what happens in small towns like theirs.
So why not make a pornographic film? They are in debt, both have minimum wage jobs, and both need to money fast. And furthermore, both have dead parents. ”So who are we going to disappoint?” Zack asks rhetorically.
That is when things get interesting to put it mildly. The plot requires that somebody know somebody; that way, it can be explained why the two schmo protagonists were able to get the costumes, a camera, a skilled camera man, costumes, etc..
And yes, there is a real porn actress in this movie. Her name is Katie Morgan- the one who plays Stacy. How do I know this? I know this because some perv in the theater shouted- “Oh my God! That’s porn star, Katie Morgan.” That’s too weird to make up.
And yes, that’s Tracy Lords as “bubbles.”
Anyway, considering this is a Kevin Smith project, the story must have a deep subplot. In this case, it is Zack and Miri’s buried love for one another. Nobody has to be a genius to recognize their fate, however, Rogen and Banks pulled it off. Smith made the intelligent move of having their love grow in small steps, as oppose to the long monologues that you see at the end of most romcoms. Behind any good actor is a good rhetorician and both are convincing that making a porn is not the self-destructive move it would become in real life.
If anything, the movie is an excellent diversion. I recommend it…. But not when your parents are around obviously.
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