So that you are looking forwards to seeing Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks in director Kevin Smith's new R-rated comedy "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" this weekend?

I know I do. I saw the movie ad on a double-decker bus two hours ago, googled it, and fell in love. I loved Dogma, I nearly suffocated laughing at Clerks. I even converted my husband-to-be into watching it. And then I laughed even more. So what's not to love about this so-called porno flick?

Cannot wait to see it, really. I cannot praise my life's luck for not landing me in Salt Lake City, Utah - that's right, in the US.

Funny, Utah Jazz and Megaplex Theaters owner Larry Miller has refused to book the comedy movie. The chain's spokesman Cal Gunderson expressed concerns about the film with The New York Post, citing the film's "graphic nudity and graphic sex" and that it was "too close to an NC-17."

The company's standards seem a little odd considering that the chain had no problems screening ultra-violent fare like "Saw V," which features beheadings and explicit self-mutilation.

Furthermore, the company's decision might make sense if "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" were in fact pornographic. Instead, Kevin Smith's surprisingly tame and sentimental movie has a few flashes of nudity, a handful of love scenes played mostly for laughs, and a whole lot of foul language.

 

In fact, the film's raunchiness level is comparable to that of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", "Knocked Up" and "Sex Drive," all of which screened at Megaplex theaters.

It has been a difficult road for Kevin Smith's film, but it is not the first time he has encountered resistance to his frank and bawdy sense of humor. His first film "Clerks" was originally rated NC-17 for language, and his religious comedy "Dogma" sparked protests from Catholic groups.

 

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