In the review of Closer in the New Yorker (or maybe it was TONY) the reviewer was arguing that Portman is too beautiful, that directors don't know what to do with her. Lucas had to slather her with makeup so that she could fit in his asexual universe.
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
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Tom Scola - Dec 08, 2004 3:34:10 pm PST #6890 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
victor infante - Dec 08, 2004 3:39:44 pm PST #6891 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
aaand, it's official: the Fame Audit just doesn't like SMG:
Current approximate level of fame: Kirsten Dunst Deserved approximate level of fame: Melissa Joan Hart
Alibelle - Dec 08, 2004 3:40:17 pm PST #6892 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
That is confusing, Victor.
Though I think it is fair to say that Sarah and Katie are pretty equal on the fame scale. It is beginning to look like everybody is at a Sarah level of fame, and deserves a rise, or something, however.
Does Julia Roberts get a ranking?
Sean K - Dec 08, 2004 3:41:35 pm PST #6893 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Portman is too beautiful
That's just crazy talk.
Sean K - Dec 08, 2004 3:42:30 pm PST #6894 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Deserved approximate level of fame: Melissa Joan Hart
Dang.
Alibelle - Dec 08, 2004 3:44:13 pm PST #6895 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Fame tracker is mean.
Scrappy - Dec 08, 2004 3:44:26 pm PST #6896 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Too beautiful for a MOVIE ACTRESS? Yeah, that really hurt the careers of Garbo, Kate Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Julie Christie, and so many many others.
Tom Scola - Dec 08, 2004 4:08:58 pm PST #6897 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Here's the exact quote, by Anthony Lane:
All of which leaves Natalie Portman and Clive Owen to carry the show. Portman is becoming hard to cast: her beauty is by now so extreme that its sole purpose is the feeding of obsession. (George Lucas loads her with silly costumes and puddles of makeup, as if to wish the beauty away, to stop it from throwing his sexless galaxy out of whack.)
Strega - Dec 08, 2004 4:18:07 pm PST #6898 of 10001
They just don't like her?
Since Gellar portrays the title character, the show obviously rests heavily on her diminutive shoulders, and she has inhabited it for six seasons with grace, humour, vulnerability, wit, confidence, and ass-kicking ferocity.
Gellar's audit is also from two and a half years ago. It's a snapshot, not a tracking poll.
Polter-Cow - Dec 08, 2004 4:29:10 pm PST #6899 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I like Beautiful Girls far more than I should. It is completely a guilty pleasure.
It's a good movie, that. I don't think it's guilty pleasure material.