Comments on: Bettie Page

By: John L.

John L. — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:35:51 +0000

Gretchen Mol…..Harumph! We couldda had Liv! I wanna Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiv! Arwen in Chains! ! ! Baberaham Lincoln in crotchless panties with shoulder straps! The Lipmeister’s Little Girl in more ties than Bangkok! (Heh, heh, he said- SMACK!). Hmmm, gettin’ too much drool ‘cross the QWERTY. But nooooooooooo, they go with Miss Gretchen “Ooooooooo look at me with Matt Damon in Rounders, tee hee” Mol. There is no justice.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:09:46 +0000

To each his and her respective own, I guess. I think she’s smokin’. But then, I barely knew who Bettie Page was as more than an image before I saw the trailer and started looking at websites, so someone who’s a fan is going to be able to see something else in the original.

What I think the movie does do is make Page out to be a real person instead of just some iconic image. Not just a wide-eyed innocent, and not a bondage freak, but just somebody who knew how good she looked, knew how to use it, and liked having her picture taken. That’s all based on a short trailer with quick clips of a few seconds each, so I don’t know if the movie as a whole keeps that up.

By: Rain

Rain — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:05:10 +0000

I just can’t get excited about this because I really don’t think Gretchen Mol has half the charisma Bettie Page had in a single photograph. I don’t think she’s sexy at all.

By: Jeff H.

Jeff H. — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:07:31 +0000

Harron directed American Psycho, of course…a movie that I liked at the time, but don’t really need to see again. I guess I could say that about most movies.

I wonder what the real Bettie Page thinks of all this? Hopefully she’s getting some financial reward out of the film…maybe she’ll go on the press junket!