Posted: 30th January 2012 by mqf.mqf in Film
Tags: 2005, Biography, Film Critic, Dew Point
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The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
This is a movie that has been downloaded for almost half a year movie, almost forgot about it. Watching this movie is mainly to see the dew point of the big beauty Gretchen Mol.
The film is a biopic about Bettie Page's career as a poster shooter. Bettie Page grew up in a devout Catholic family, so she believes in God. Bettie Page grew up beautiful and loved taking pictures to get the boys' attention. After graduating high school, Bettie Page became a teacher after skipping classes and missing out on art school. At the same time, Bettie Page also met a man, but after a few years of marriage with this man, she left because of frequent conflicts. After Bettie Page arrived in a small city, she was deceived by a strange man on the street and taken to a place where she was gang-raped. After the incident, Bettie Page moved to New York to live. Bettie Page met a cop who was shooting posters at the beach, so she became a model. In this way, Bettie Page entered the modeling industry, and her photos appeared in major magazines. Later, Bettie Page also took some nude photos and collaborated with a couple for SM photos. Bettie Page was unimpressed by the photos. Meanwhile, Bettie Page was taking acting classes and meeting a boyfriend there. Bettie Page's poster career was thriving, but the acting side wasn't. After that, Bettie Page started shooting SM movies for the couple. During this time, Bettie Page also photographed nudes for a female photographer in Miami. After a period of time, the couple's SM photos and posters were seized, and Bettie Page was called as a witness. At this time, Bettie Page knew the poison brought by her SM photos. So Bettie Page packed everything up, said goodbye to her boyfriend, and came to the house of a boy she met in Miami. In the end, Bettie Page was redeemed in a Miami church and became a religious man.
This film is a pure biopic. She has no other than describing the heroine's life, a very simple film. As a biopic, its subject is naturally the heroine, but the film does not clearly portray the image of the character, but simply outlines the heroine's life like a running account. After careful review of the movie, the heroine's character has two characteristics, one is innocence, and the other is devout belief. This just reflects the shortcomings of the film, how can the characters be so one-sided? It's hard to imagine that a biographical film can be made to such an extent, and it's so boring to look at. In addition, since this film involves sex and the sex of the 1950s, it should be described in detail, but the film does not do that. You don't see people's understanding of sexuality in the fifties at all in the movies, only people's liking for Bettie Page. This is even more unacceptable. If a biopic has no era description, then the existence of the characters is meaningless. Hey, I really don't understand, what did the director think? It's a pity that the famous Bettie Page was photographed like this. It's even a pity for the naked performance of the big beauty Gretchen Mol!
The only good thing about the movie is its nostalgic graphics and beautiful Bettie Page styling. The whole film is permeated with a nostalgic style. First of all, its unique black and white picture makes people feel like watching old movies; secondly, there are various scenes of life in the 1940s and 1950s, including streets, buildings, and interior furnishings. Of course, the costumes of the characters are also included. These make the film more nostalgic, and some scenes are rarely seen in old movies. You can see that this film is well-intentioned in this regard. In addition, Bettie Page's beautiful and beautiful shape is the highlight of the movie, and it is also the selling point of the film, because these nude and SM scenes are not common in some movies. However, these pictures in this film are not vulgar, but are interesting on the contrary, of course, this is due to the setting of the plot, otherwise this film will become pornographic. Of course, the beauty of Bettie Page in this film also benefits from Gretchen Mol's beautiful facial features and perfect body, otherwise these effects would not have been achieved. In short, the good things about the movie are all on the outside, and the film is very careful in these aspects.
The actor's performance is average. The heroine Gretchen Mol is very beautiful, but her performance is not in-depth, except for her innocent and innocent appearance, which is probably because of the script. The rest of the actors in this film are all familiar faces of American dramas, so I won't say more, they just appear in a few scenes like a revolving lantern.
in conclusion. It's a nostalgic movie with beautiful, dewy scenes, but it's generally a lousy movie, and it's also a very lackluster biopic. In fact, after watching the film's producer HBO and the actors, they knew that the quality of this film would not be very good. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a TV movie.
Gretchen Mol
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