AmosL
09-09-2006, 10:41 PM
“Sideline Secrets”
Despite it all…………………
Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride
An interesting movie came my way the other day. Ooops, did I say interesting? The nude scenes in “Sideline Secrets” (In the Pink Productions) are very interesting, the movie has the potential to be very interesting but something happened while it was being made. Most of you who have read my reviews in the past know that I do not give bad reviews. I do not like to pan the work of others, especially when I think that there were good intentions involved. What happened here I am not quite sure, but I will attempt to explain what I can.
I must start of my saying that James Townsend who co wrote and stars in this film is as cute as a button and as well endowed as a horse. And he is not a bad actor. Well, what I mean to say he is not a bad actor compared to the rest of the cast who personify the word wooden. But that could also be the director’s fault, Steven Vasquez, who was the co writer as well.
At what appears to be a simple story gets more complicated as we go along and about a fourth of the way through I was completely lost. But I digress—let’s talk about what the movie is about. Well I would if I could, I am just not sure. It seems that Devon (cute and hung James Townsend) who appears to be a typical teenager and high school student has a successful family and a cute girlfriend. Devon suddenly realizes that he is interested in the male body (his own as well—he has a lovely jack off scene) and actually goes to a gay club when he quickly falls in love with Brian (Alex Wilson, who is no shoddy number). As they fall deeper in love, the plot falls deeper in the mud. Suddenly Devon’s step dad throws him out and Devon goes to his boyfriend who was once involved with Devon’s father who is molesting one of his psychiatric patients who is involved in sado masochistic sex play with other guys who are friends of Bryan who has also been sleeping with Devon’s father and whose best friend (or maybe lover, who knows?) is involved with the detective who is investigating the case of missing good looking young men who are involved with Devon’s father who is in partnership with the cop who is having sex with one of his partner’s patients who is the mother of one of the molestees and who also is having an affair with Devon’s father. Confused? This is just a start. Somewhere in all of this is a good story.
Sure it is a low budget film and Townsend is surely cute but….
The story is actually very good…I think. I really think there is potential here somewhere. It was not a waste of time, I actually enjoyed it, and maybe because I was hoping that the more I got into it, the more I might understand it. It is a mystery that it still is a mystery. There is lots of eye candy and even though I have been quite cruel, I really had a good time watching it and I am a James Townsend fan from now on. I don’t know if it is blonde hair or his amazing eyes or his incredible equipment but I would venture to say that he will be someone (if he stops writing screenplays and concentrates on acting).
I will not give this movie a totally bad review because as bad as it was it was actually a very sweet love story. It was not a total waste of time because there is promise there. With proper direction and some real actors I am willing to bet that this could be a great movie. The plot has promise and it could certainly be polished. I liked the twists and turns, I even liked the actors for trying and yes I would recommend this movie—not because of what it is but because of what it could have been.
Despite it all…………………
Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride
An interesting movie came my way the other day. Ooops, did I say interesting? The nude scenes in “Sideline Secrets” (In the Pink Productions) are very interesting, the movie has the potential to be very interesting but something happened while it was being made. Most of you who have read my reviews in the past know that I do not give bad reviews. I do not like to pan the work of others, especially when I think that there were good intentions involved. What happened here I am not quite sure, but I will attempt to explain what I can.
I must start of my saying that James Townsend who co wrote and stars in this film is as cute as a button and as well endowed as a horse. And he is not a bad actor. Well, what I mean to say he is not a bad actor compared to the rest of the cast who personify the word wooden. But that could also be the director’s fault, Steven Vasquez, who was the co writer as well.
At what appears to be a simple story gets more complicated as we go along and about a fourth of the way through I was completely lost. But I digress—let’s talk about what the movie is about. Well I would if I could, I am just not sure. It seems that Devon (cute and hung James Townsend) who appears to be a typical teenager and high school student has a successful family and a cute girlfriend. Devon suddenly realizes that he is interested in the male body (his own as well—he has a lovely jack off scene) and actually goes to a gay club when he quickly falls in love with Brian (Alex Wilson, who is no shoddy number). As they fall deeper in love, the plot falls deeper in the mud. Suddenly Devon’s step dad throws him out and Devon goes to his boyfriend who was once involved with Devon’s father who is molesting one of his psychiatric patients who is involved in sado masochistic sex play with other guys who are friends of Bryan who has also been sleeping with Devon’s father and whose best friend (or maybe lover, who knows?) is involved with the detective who is investigating the case of missing good looking young men who are involved with Devon’s father who is in partnership with the cop who is having sex with one of his partner’s patients who is the mother of one of the molestees and who also is having an affair with Devon’s father. Confused? This is just a start. Somewhere in all of this is a good story.
Sure it is a low budget film and Townsend is surely cute but….
The story is actually very good…I think. I really think there is potential here somewhere. It was not a waste of time, I actually enjoyed it, and maybe because I was hoping that the more I got into it, the more I might understand it. It is a mystery that it still is a mystery. There is lots of eye candy and even though I have been quite cruel, I really had a good time watching it and I am a James Townsend fan from now on. I don’t know if it is blonde hair or his amazing eyes or his incredible equipment but I would venture to say that he will be someone (if he stops writing screenplays and concentrates on acting).
I will not give this movie a totally bad review because as bad as it was it was actually a very sweet love story. It was not a total waste of time because there is promise there. With proper direction and some real actors I am willing to bet that this could be a great movie. The plot has promise and it could certainly be polished. I liked the twists and turns, I even liked the actors for trying and yes I would recommend this movie—not because of what it is but because of what it could have been.