The 80s is a genre unto itself at this point, spawning what seems like a million sub-genres in its ever-growing use of style and attitude which umbrellas over us today in homages and peoples memories. That doesn't mean those memories or homages are of specific films from the decade of decadence. Well, except when they are. Case in point, Hardbodies. At least for me.
It is hard not to think of the oversexed beach party boob wrangling movies from this era and ignore Hardbodies. I mean it has everything you think it should. Bikinis, Boobs, Butts, and a not so proper amount of sleaze. The main plot is about a beach bum kid who is being paid by three old guys to help them get laid with the women or "Hardbodies" on the beach. His teaching methods are just unsubtle ways to get more shots of girls in bikinis doing what they do. Sunbathing, washing cars, roller skating and so on. Still, all this time our beach bum hero Scotty Palmer just wants to be with his true love and whisk her away on a magic dream ride in his race car water bed that has realistic wave action. He wants to succeed. He manages a band named Diaper Rash, who is played by Vixen the all-girls Bon Jovi. He saves the beach from gross uncool guys and even teaches an old man the meaning of no means no. Maybe Hardbodies is something more than a bare chest tanning in the sunshine. Maybe it's a testament to a changing time, a more thoughtful and sensitive love story with gratuitous nudity...Nahhhh!
Hardbodies is a late night comedy with a lot of nudity and some questionable morals. Is it still kind of fun? Yeah. Still, whatever you think about it, it's a staple of a film type that really doesn't exist anymore, and maybe for the better.
It is hard not to think of the oversexed beach party boob wrangling movies from this era and ignore Hardbodies. I mean it has everything you think it should. Bikinis, Boobs, Butts, and a not so proper amount of sleaze. The main plot is about a beach bum kid who is being paid by three old guys to help them get laid with the women or "Hardbodies" on the beach. His teaching methods are just unsubtle ways to get more shots of girls in bikinis doing what they do. Sunbathing, washing cars, roller skating and so on. Still, all this time our beach bum hero Scotty Palmer just wants to be with his true love and whisk her away on a magic dream ride in his race car water bed that has realistic wave action. He wants to succeed. He manages a band named Diaper Rash, who is played by Vixen the all-girls Bon Jovi. He saves the beach from gross uncool guys and even teaches an old man the meaning of no means no. Maybe Hardbodies is something more than a bare chest tanning in the sunshine. Maybe it's a testament to a changing time, a more thoughtful and sensitive love story with gratuitous nudity...Nahhhh!
Hardbodies is a late night comedy with a lot of nudity and some questionable morals. Is it still kind of fun? Yeah. Still, whatever you think about it, it's a staple of a film type that really doesn't exist anymore, and maybe for the better.