REVIEW: The Notorious Bettie Page

Name of Film: The Notorious Bettie Page
Release Date: April 14th 2006
Starring: Gretchen Mol
Website: thenotoriousbettiepage.com
Rating: 7 spankings out of 10

Thanks to various Facebook groups that really introduced me to pin-up art (modern and vintage), I definitely knew who Bettie Page. When this movie first came out, I think I saw the commercial once and it even intrigued me then. But something came up and I completely forgot about the movie and left went on…

Time passed and last year, my interest in pin-up was born. I came across the name of legendary bondage, fetish and glamor model of the 1950s. Thus, I found this movie once again and decided to give it a try.

A friend said that it was “okay”, so that had me a little worried. But all and all, I really liked this film. Gretchen Mol makes Bettie sweet, innocent and yet- at the same time- deliciously naughty. Although I have read that the movie was far from historically accurate, I really like how it was made, going in and out of black-and-white and recreating some of Bettie’s bondage films. They seem so silly and innocent compared to… well… most music videos of today. The fact that so many of those films and photos were destroyed because they were considered so evil and corrupting is a shame. How much artistic history was lost because of something so innocent.

This film was charming and smartly executed… and it made me want to dish out some money to buy myself some leather lace-up kinky boots.

Poehler Preggers!

Listening To: Ash – Meltdown

Have I mentioned before that Will Arnett and Amy Poehler are my very favorite celebrity couple? Well, if not, then I’ll say it now. WILL ARNETT AND AMY POEHLER ARE MY FAVORITE CELEBRITY COUPLE. There, I said it. That’s why I was thrilled to read that SNL funny lady Amy Poehler is with child. Oddly enough, announcing it while her film Baby Mama is number one at the box office (despite its not-great reviews). If that baby doesn’t end up being funny at all, something went wrong.

In less good news, Gary Dourdan of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is under investigation himself. According to IMDB, the actor has been arrested suspicion of possessing heroin, cocaine, Ecstasy and prescription drugs. (I didn’t know possessing prescription drugs was a crime, but okay.) Dourdan recently announced he would be leaving CSI.

(Seems that the actors of the original crime investigation series are dropping like flies. I stopped caring about the show a long time ago. And after Gary leaves, I won’t even have a reason to watch it.)

I enjoyed Robin Williams‘ appearance on Law & Order: SVU last night. He was scary. Since the end was kind of a cliffhanger, I’d love to see him make another appearance. It’s cool when a comedian can play serious too… although it’s rare. (Don’t think I’m encouraging funny people to go try dramatic acting. DON’T DO IT.)

Last night’s results show of Dancing With The Stars saw actress Shannon Elizabeth and her boyfriend lover stud muffin partner Derek Hough eliminated from the competition. I did not expect that. She seemed like such a sweetheart and I was looking forward to seeing her steamy relationship with Derek progress on screen. Poo poo. Next week is Dancing 100th episode, so that should be good.