Sometimes, it can get kind of shocking what the standards
for a mainstream release are in this country. I mean, considering the crap that
I’ve seen since starting this blog (and even a little bit prior to that), I
would’ve thought that it was open season in terms of cinematic releases. I know
that I have often said that I am more than willing to be proven wrong on
certain aspects, but this certainly ain’t one of them. To help showcase this,
I’ll quickly get into three relatively recent releases. The first being Joseph
Gordon-Levitt’s Don Jon, which only got a DVD release over here because I’m
guessing that featuring footage of actual porn made some of the censors a bit
squeamish. Pansies. The second being the much derided Jem And The Holograms,
which I think got a proper release
over here but I have found barely any evidence to suggest so. Weird,
considering that that is one of those lofted trainwrecks that I was
legitimately looking forward to seeing in all its badness. The third release, you may have guessed by now, is what
I’m talking about today: A film officially released in the U.S. last year, but
only made it to our shores on DVD in the last few weeks. Is this a Don Jon or a
Keith Lemon: The Film? Ugh… I already know the answer to that one, but let’s
pretend I don’t and keep going.
