This rating is regarding the documentary, not the subject it covers.

I get what this film is trying to say, and I couldn't agree more. The porn industry is one of the most disgusting things in the world. You can believe in a free market and in two consenting adults doing whatever they want in the bedroom, including making porn, and still be disgusted by it. Porn is not empowering or anything like that, it's a horrible industry exploiting young women and targeting loser men. This is all I am going to say about the subject of this film.

The technical execution of the film was horrible. The movie doesn't explore the horrors of pornography in a deep manner and rather focuses on broad, surface level narratives. The story doesn't really go anywhere. there are constant cuts and strange editing. The first hour feels completely shallow, and the documentary doesn't really show or tell you anything. Instead, it tries to keep you engaged by flashy nude imagery and emotional music. Only after that does it begin to tackle the real problems of the porn industry, but even then, it never goes beyond the surface level. The exploited women should've talked more about their experiences, there could've been more topics explored regarding teens in such a tragic area of work, and there should've been less focus on pointless conversations that lead nowhere. It's always important to make a documentary watchable. A great material alone won't always make a good movie, you need to take into account all of the technical details needed to make a film. The camerawork is also very questionable. Much of the film uses handheld cameras that are shaky and, for some reason, a webcam. The girls speak directly into the webcam as a stylistic choice, I suppose, but it only makes the documentary feel amateurish rather than professional. The film includes limited expert commentary, minimal historical context, and few counterarguments. You just watch an hour and a half of a cameraman following women and asking them a few questions.

In conclusion, Hot Girls Wanted is a very poorly made documentary that explores a very sensitive and important topic. Despite agreeing with the documentary’s overall message, the terrible technical decisions made by the director made it impossible for me to like this film.

This rating is regarding the documentary, not the subject it covers.

I get what this film is trying to say, and I couldn't agree more. The porn industry is one of the most disgusting things in the world. You can believe in a free market and in two consenting adults doing whatever they want in the bedroom, including making porn, and still be disgusted by it. Porn is not empowering or anything like that, it's a horrible industry exploiting young women and targeting loser men. This is all I am going to say about the subject of this film.

The technical execution of the film was horrible. The movie doesn't explore the horrors of pornography in a deep manner and rather focuses on broad, surface level narratives. The story doesn't really go anywhere. there are constant cuts and strange editing. The first hour feels completely shallow, and the documentary doesn't really show or tell you anything. Instead, it tries to keep you engaged by flashy nude imagery and emotional music. Only after that does it begin to tackle the real problems of the porn industry, but even then, it never goes beyond the surface level. The exploited women should've talked more about their experiences, there could've been more topics explored regarding teens in such a tragic area of work, and there should've been less focus on pointless conversations that lead nowhere. It's always important to make a documentary watchable. A great material alone won't always make a good movie, you need to take into account all of the technical details needed to make a film. The camerawork is also very questionable. Much of the film uses handheld cameras that are shaky and, for some reason, a webcam. The girls speak directly into the webcam as a stylistic choice, I suppose, but it only makes the documentary feel amateurish rather than professional. The film includes limited expert commentary, minimal historical context, and few counterarguments. You just watch an hour and a half of a cameraman following women and asking them a few questions.

In conclusion, Hot Girls Wanted is a very poorly made documentary that explores a very sensitive and important topic. Despite agreeing with the documentary’s overall message, the terrible technical decisions made by the director made it impossible for me to like this film.

ahh the bella knox days (back when my duke tuition would’ve only been 60k)

ahh the bella knox days (back when my duke tuition would’ve only been 60k)

fuckass background music

fuckass background music

“The most terrible thing about pornography is that it tells male truth. The most insidious thing about pornography is that it tells male truth as if it were universal truth.

Those depictions of women in chains being tortured are supposed to represent our deepest erotic aspirations. And some of us believe it, don't we? The most important thing about pornography is that the values in it are the common values of men. This is the crucial fact that both the male Right and the male Left, in their differing but mutually reinforcing ways, want to keep hidden from women. The male Right wants to hide the pornography, and the male Left wants to hide its meaning. Both want access to pornography so that men can be encouraged and energized by it. The Right wants secret access; the Left wants public access. But whether we see the pornography or not, the values expressed in it are the values expressed in the acts of rape and wife-beating, in the legal system, in religion, in art and literature, in systemic economic discrimination against women, in the moribund academies, and by the good and wise and kind and enlightened in all of these fields and areas.

Pornography is not a genre of expression seperate and different from the rest of life; it is a genre of expression fully in harmony with any culture in which it flourishes. This is so whether it is legal or illegal. And, in either case, pornography functions to perpetuate male supremacy and crimes of violence against women because it conditions, trains, educates, and inspires men to despise women, to use women, to hurt women. Pornography exists because men despise women, and men despise women in part because pornography exists."

– Andrea Dworkin

“The most terrible thing about pornography is that it tells male truth. The most insidious thing about pornography is that it tells male truth as if it were universal truth.

Those depictions of women in chains being tortured are supposed to represent our deepest erotic aspirations. And some of us believe it, don't we? The most important thing about pornography is that the values in it are the common values of men. This is the crucial fact that both the male Right and the male Left, in their differing but mutually reinforcing ways, want to keep hidden from women. The male Right wants to hide the pornography, and the male Left wants to hide its meaning. Both want access to pornography so that men can be encouraged and energized by it. The Right wants secret access; the Left wants public access. But whether we see the pornography or not, the values expressed in it are the values expressed in the acts of rape and wife-beating, in the legal system, in religion, in art and literature, in systemic economic discrimination against women, in the moribund academies, and by the good and wise and kind and enlightened in all of these fields and areas.

Pornography is not a genre of expression seperate and different from the rest of life; it is a genre of expression fully in harmony with any culture in which it flourishes. This is so whether it is legal or illegal. And, in either case, pornography functions to perpetuate male supremacy and crimes of violence against women because it conditions, trains, educates, and inspires men to despise women, to use women, to hurt women. Pornography exists because men despise women, and men despise women in part because pornography exists."

– Andrea Dworkin

It was pretty sad and sometimes disturbing seeing the dark side of porn. I had no idea that FORTY percent of porn on the internet depicts violence against women. This just makes me feel good I don’t watch porn

It was pretty sad and sometimes disturbing seeing the dark side of porn. I had no idea that FORTY percent of porn on the internet depicts violence against women. This just makes me feel good I don’t watch porn