What other movie could be accompanied by DMX's "Party Up," The Pixies's "Hey," a 'nerdcore' rap about Star Wars "Fett's Vette" by MC Chris, and DJ Kool's "Let Me Clear My Throat"? None other than Kevin Smith's "Zack and Miri Make Porno." Not only did Kevin Smith create an amazing film about an unconventional love story, but the hodgepodge of music used throughout the film adds to the uniqueness of the story.
Zack and Miri are life-long best friends and roommates, who go broke, and resort to making a porn. With a cast full of actors and real porn stars, Smith not only creates a film that has pushed the limits to the very extreme of what can be shown in theaters, but he managed to create a very real, funny, and smart story.
The mash-up of songs that play throughout initially could be seen as if someones iPod threw up, but in reality the wide range of genres and time periods trap exactly what Smith was going for throughout the film, a lot of randomness with a lot of emotion.
If anyone every told me that a love scene with Seth Rogen, in a movie about making a porno, filmed in the backroom of coffee shop could be sexy, I would have laughed and said it would be impossible. However, the climatic love scene between Zack and Miri is not comical and with Live's "Lift Me Up," playing it emphasizes that it isn't a sex scene, the two are falling in love, or at least realizing that they have been in love for a long time.
At first it seems as if "Lift Me Up," could be a nontraditional love ballad, but once you read into the lyrics, "your feelings are too real," and "I'll lift you up, we can love or cry/Hey, I'm in love, I'll take you up again," you quickly realize that it is everything a love song should say. And what song could be better for one of the most nontraditional love scenes in Hollywood?
All in all the movie was great, the emotions were real, the comedy was spot on, and the music was nailed. What more could you want in a movie?
You can find a complete list of all the songs in "Zack and Miri" here.
This is a movie that I would never have considered renting but after reading your review I am eager to watch and definitely plan to listen.
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