'The Killer In Me'
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Reading an interview in prep for tonight's showing of Blade: Trinity, this cracked me up:
RYAN REYNOLDS: Four months after we finished shooting, I'd been in New Orleans shooting another movie and my agent and I were having a bite to eat – actually in London – and he's sitting there and goes, “Wow, I just can't believe how ripped you are.” And I pulled up my [shirt] and my gut flopped over. And he just looked like he wanted to cry. “How?!”
Horrible visual.
A coworker suggested this (use a@a.com to see page 2) is why the Matrix sequels didn't live up to the original.
I saw that linked from Penny Arcade Monday, and your co-worker's thought was the same as mine after I read it. Though I still think what the last two films really needed was an editor.
I'm reading Fametracker's audit of Natalie Portman, and they end with:
Current approximate level of fame:
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Deserved approximate level of fame:
Sarah Jessica Parker
I'm not sure what that means. They seemed to be saying she's underperforming -- but I'm so Buffy-skewed. Isn't SMG a bigger movie star than SJP right now?
Isn't SMG a bigger movie star than SJP right now?
As far as movies made, and probably for box office grosses for those films, probably.
But I think they're crediting SJP with a significantly higher profile because of Sex and the City.
I guess you have to figure that SMG is somehow tainted because she is painted with the genre brush? And therefore less worth your time?
There should be a search engine (this is where someone proves me ignorant) where you can type in a star's name and get back the gross of their movies.
Before The Grudge, I wouldn't have hesitated reading that as Portman needs to be as famous as SJP. Okay, no, I would, because Portman is pretty famous, and has a higher movie profile than either Sarah.
Okay, no, I would, because Portman is pretty famous, and has a higher movie profile than either Sarah.
Yeah, any way you slice it, that fametracker rating seems to have its head up its ass.
Yeah, my perspective may be skewed by my being part of the demographic that is most in love with NP, but I'd say she's more famous than either of the others, at least in the general population.
They might also have been in love with the "Hey! They're both named Sarah and they both have three names! Let's throw them in somewhere and look hip."