Buster Keaton is always a good time at the theater (or on the TV). I much prefer him over Chaplin, whose pathos can edge over to bathos a bit too much sometimes. Not to say that Chaplin is bad--I loved moments of The Gold Rush and The Kid.

I twitch when I hear mention of the movie version of Troy, unless I can bring to mind the gorgeousness that was the bearded Eric Bana. Brad Pitt has never impressed me as being anything other than a Bland Hollywood Hunk (admittedly, I've never seen Fight Club or Twelve Monkeys).

Oh, the story! Yeah, liberties everywhere, unforgiveable ...

But, didn't the Greeks themselves go to theater to see what a new person would do with a familiar text? How they would frame the story? Wasn't that the point? I don't know. I just don't hate Troy like others do, but again, the film wasn't as strong as the script. (Though I'm really not trying to start that discussion again.)

When will costumers/hair-and-makeup people ever learn??

In their defense, if the heirarchy on the movie is anything like it is here, at the school of theatre, and I have no reason to believe that it isn't, they are not always the ones who are to blame for ugly hair and makeup. Quite often, someone who has no idea about hair and makeup, has a "vision," and there's nothing the hair and makeup people can do about it, but try and tone down the hideousness/inappropriateness.

I'd have to vote Worst Movie Hair Evah.

David Bowie in Labyrinth.

Good thing the pants were so tight.

David Bowie in Labyrinth.

Yeah, but if you're looking at his hair, you're watching the wrong movie.

Good thing the pants were so tight.

IJS.

Another vote in the Bowe-tight pants column.

He taught Mal everything he knew.

Quite often, someone who has no idea about hair and makeup, has a "vision," and there's nothing the hair and makeup people can do about it, but try and tone down the hideousness/inappropriateness.

If that's the case here, the makeup and hair people should get medals for having to see what the original conception was. 'Cause Alexander's hair as it appears in the film? FUGLY.

Yes, blond definitely doesn't do CF justice. He reminds me of the guys in Point Break.

I'm a little slow. AJ plays Alexander's mom? D'you think we'll find among the deleted scenes something to the effect, "Your mom is really hot, Alex..." "Don't go there...." "Are you sure she's not a stepmom, dude? She's totally do-able." It would explain a lot.

And speaking of hair, has anybody seen Friday Night Lights and Christian Kane's world-class mullet? That's a great mullet.

It's not just that he's blonde, it's that his roots are still dark, and it's that shape, and it's just a whole bad bad ugly bad hair package that there's no excuse for from anyone in the chain of production.

(Though it does amuse the hell out of me that every conversation I've had about this movie inevitably ends up at the hair. So maybe they did it on purpose, figuring that as long as we were all mesmerized by how bad the hair was, nobody would notice whether or not the plot/characterization/pacing/historicity were any good.)