This week, the Worst of Netflix gets all up on the classics:
Ask anybody who knows me and they’ll tell you: I am a fan of the high concept. I mean, on my desk right now, I have a copy of Godzilla vs. Barkley, an officially licensed comic book from 1993 where Godzilla rises from the ocean to do battle on the basketball court with a 300 foot-tall Sir Charles. But even I have my limits, and when your movie’s description begins with a sentence like “Raunchy teen comedy meets the Black Plague,†I’m pretty sure things aren’t going to work out all that well.
Such is the case with Virgin Territory, which attempts to be American Pie meets a Renaissance Faire and ends up being… Well, American Pie meets a Renaissance Faire.
Please enjoy, as it is likely the only criticism of Hayden Christensen’s acting I’m likely to write. I’ve got rules, y’know.
So that Life As A House review isn’t happening?
Oh, I saw some of this! I watched it wayyy longer than I should have, mostly because of the sheer WTF factor. Also, though, once I saw that they were actually trying to do a medeival teen sex comedy, I kinda was rooting for it to actually get interesting, which it didn’t.
>Like all sexy teen comedies, Virgin Territory opens with a beautiful young woman’s parents dying of the bubonic plague.
This comment made me laugh so hard it made me angry.
Tim Roth? Damn! Least it was a one time thing.
This is virgin on ridiculous.
If you get a chance you “should” watch “Crush Ball”. It is really awful.
“I don’t like sand.”
It’s a shame, since the Decameron is pretty rad, and the lusty nuns aren’t even the bawdiest bit. “Putting the Devil Back in Hell” is really naughty…
The film version by Pasolini is recommended. I think it was his last happy movie before he did Salo.