Lindsay did seem to be better at playing an adult than Jamie Lee was at playing a teen

I haven't seen the movie (yet), but the one thing that every review I read of it agreed upon was that Jamie Lee Curtis was fantastic in it. Some people were talking about "Oscar nods that will never happen" and other such things. So, apparently, most of the critics disagree.

Ella Enchanted was mostly good because of Anne Hathaway, yes, but not because of the pretty exclusively - she has a presence. But the movie IS good outside of her. Incredibly cute. Which isn't to say that Hilary Duff couldn't have ruined it, I doubt there's anything she couldn't ruin, but the movie was still good on its own.

I think I may have liked PD2 more than PD1, but my perception of PD1 is colored by the books (because it actually sort of has something to do with them, which the second movie certainly did not. So I'm not really sure. I know I liked the first movie well enough to READ the books, but I remember thinking how much better the books were than the movie.

I enjoyed Freaky Friday, but there's a good reason Jamie Lee wouldn't get an Emmy for it. It wasn't that good. Depp deserved his for a comic turn -- she wasn't that much of a standout.

I enjoyed Parent Trap, but there's a good reason Jamie Lee wouldn't get an Emmy for it.

I was speaking of Freaky Friday, not Parent Trap.

Also, Emmy's go to television actors.

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Also, like I said, haven't seen it. The critics may have been smoking crack.

I saw it and was impressed with both Lohan and Curtis, although Curtis had a bigger share of the comedy.

Lindsay did seem to be better at playing an adult than Jamie Lee was at playing a teen

While this is true, the disturbing thing is that Lindsay was better at playing a matronly 40-something than Lindsay was at playing a teen. Very odd.

I did see "Parent Trap," and it was better than I expected.

I liked this movie a lot more before time passed, and suddenly the possibility that Dennis Quaid might someday be starring opposite Lindsey Lohan as his love interest became real. I mean, I like to think everyone involved would say "ew" and back away slowly, but that sort of thing isn't exactly unheard-of.

I hope Tom Hanks wins:

Hollywood hunks Russell Crowe, George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Hugh Jackman are battling for the lead role in movie adaptation of best-seller The Da Vinci Code. The film's director, Ron Howard will choose which actor would best suit the role of Robert Langdon, who discovers clues in Leonardo Da Vinci's paintings, which lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for 2000 years. The novel's author, Dan Brown is currently suing Lewis Perdue, who claims his work has been plagiarized and is planning a rival Da Vinci film with reality TV king Mark Burnett.

I could have liked PD2 at least as well as the first one were it not for the little kid from the Cosby Show joining Julie Andrews for a song. That whole scene rubbed me the wrong way. Otherwise, still good.

I also liked Ella Enchanted quite a bit.

I hope Tom Hanks wins

Word. If any of the others gets cast, I might actually have to see it.

Mark Burnette? Oy.

How *is* The Da Vinci code? From hearing vague rumblings about the book, I get a feeling it's a slick piece of pretentious BS, but if it's a fun, readable BS, I may give it a try, just to see what all the brouhaha is about. From the description above, it sounds similar to Eco's Foucault's Pendulum, only without a sense of irony.