I guess the folks at Netflix Canada heard that I was talking a bit of smack about their selection of films. They've added some decent films - including my all-time top 2 guilty pleasure movies (Pootietang and Crazy People) -- to their roster, plus some SNL episodes from the '90s. Nice work! I'm not going to rip on y'all for having slim pickings this week.
I selected a special film in honour of Netflix stepping it up: Butterfly. This is the description that Netflix gives the film:
Winning a Golden Globe and two Razzies for her performance, Pia Zadora is the temptress you either love or hate in this erotically charged melodrama. After being dumped by a wealthy silver mine owner, Kadi (Zadora) tries to seduce her estranged father (Stacy Keach) so that she can get him to reopen the mine, of which he's caretaker. Kadi's plot to steal the silver she feels she's owed leads to incest, betrayal and murder. Orson Welles co-stars.Ridiculous Factor?
I think it's pretty ridiculous how many talented people actually were involved in this film: Stacy Keach! Orson Welles! Ennio Morricone! The film also stars Ed McMahon, who should have just stuck with The Tonight Show. I'll pay you a quarter if you could understand what Orson Welles was mumbling about as the angry judge.
There were lots of things that bothered me in this film: the plot, the performances...but the one thing that irked me most is that the movie was set in the 1930s, but Kady had a super 1980s haircut and 80s eye makeup for the whole film. Kady also doesn't wear shoes most of the time, and she runs around the rocky desert so much that she should have crazy mangled feet (but doesn't). As well...icky incesty sex scenes alert!
Pia Zadora is ridiculous. Period.
Verdict?
Don't watch this movie...watch Pootietang instead!
XOXO
Emily
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