Showgirls (1995)

Fantastic!

Disturbing yet enthralling

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Let me put it to you this way. Showgirls is the unrealized sequel to Casino, which came out a few months later. The seedy corporations of Las Vegas are the new legal Mafia. Except this time, there is no reason to bury pour souls in the desert. All they need is false advertisement and tons of cocaine.

No, it isn't a great, or terribly good, movie. I've certainly seen worse. And it is certainly too bad that this seemed to ruin Elizabeth Berkley's career. I didn't find her acting to be all that bad. I think that she was a victim to her role. She might not have had the star power or charisma to overcome a bad role, but I think she played it exactly the way Verhoeven wanted. Not sure that the nudity was a problem either, as I don't recall 1995 being all that puritanical. The rest of the acting was OK, too. I've never been a fan of Kyle MacLachland, but his skeevy smarminess was well-suited to his character. Gina Gershon seemed to have great fun chewing the scenery. No, the problem with the film was that every character was intensely dislikeable. (With the exception of Gina Rivera's Molly character) The exposition of Nomi's problems came way toward the end of the movie, when it was really too late to give her a break for all of her previous behavior. I think most of the blame for this being a poorer movie than it needed to be was Eszterhas's.

It's been a few years since I've seen Showgirls so decided to back and give it another try. Yup, it is horrible. Just a terrible movie. Some of it is just to corny and the rest just bad. If you could have a fun drinking game, you could have a shot every time Nomi gets angry, like yelling, tossing her fries, or storming out - you would be drunk in the first five minutes of the film. The characters are just over the top and not one likable person in the entire cast. I don't know what Elizabeth Berkley was thinking to go full nude like that in her first movie, but it sure sunk her career. Gena Gershon, well, just an irritating character, which I guess does say something good about her. But this whole calling everyone 'darlin' every two seconds was irritating. The rest of the girls in the cast, well lets just say pretty much all of them were probably promised a big starring role by the producers if they just got naked for this one film. hahaha,,, live and learn girls. A terrible movie.

..................After Trump: Grabb'em by the Pu..y - this seems how American males see women. And it becomes clearer by the day. You all rag on it - this movie - your society. But that is who you have become as a nation. Do you like it ? Nobody else does !! Greatings from Europe.