'The Message'
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Is this an English version of a Japanese original, similar to The Ring?
Yep. Even more confusingly, the Japanese original is part 3 in a series. (The first two were direct-to-video in Japan, and did well enough for the third to get a theatrical release. The first two aren't available here, that I know of, so when the third comes out, most American audiences are going to think it's a standalone, and be terribly confused by all the references to plots and characters from the first two.)
Catwoman's "unintended message is that independence is great, so long as women don't take it too far."
You don't want them getting uppity and thinking they can do anything they want, you know....
Halle Berry is on Oprah right now.
(My cubemates are big Oprah fans. We watch every day.)
The show's not even 5 minutes in, and she's already used the word "empowered" twice.
Halle Berry is a twit.
I'll bet showing her breasts in Swordfish for no reason whatsoever was really empowering.
I don't have a problem with her showing off her boobies. It's the speaking part that drives me nuts.
There are only two scenes worth watching in Swordfish, and that ain't one of them.
I can only recall liking Halle in one movie: Boomerang.
I actually liked her in Bulworth (before anyone knew who she was), but she wasn't really playing a character there so much as a plot point.
I'll bet showing her breasts in Swordfish for no reason whatsoever was really empowering.
It was for me...
Re. The Grudge: Huh. The third-in-the-series deal sounds pretty crack-headed. I probably won't care much as long as it's reasonably spooky and atmospheric (as The Ring was). Plus, Bill Pulman! (Who probably will end up getting killed 10 minutes before the movie ends!)
Halle Berry: Flouncing around in a skin-tight leather costume in a brainless action flick isn't gonna make you the gem of African American Womanhood, ya poseur. Oy.