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I did not like Julia Roberts' character -- don't know if it was her or the role, but even as I couldn't respect Dan, I could get what drew women to him. Anna? A million times not.
Yeah, I didn't have any sense of an inner life in her that attracted these men to her. And she and Jude had no chemistry, so their hookup baffled me a little.
Nova, the guys weren't staring at her in the beginning of the movie -- just Dan.
I thought that was kind of the point - that she was cold and flat and yet the men were still attracted to her because of surface. (Admittedly this might have been better carried off had Julia been her 15 year-younger self rather than the current haggard version...). The actress I saw in that role on stage played it so reminiscent of 4th Season Cordelia that I was almost pushed out of the moment.
See, if we're talking surface -- NATALIE PORTMAN SURFACE. If you're talking only surface, then, sure Anna wins. But -- ick.
I saw & enjoyed. Well enjoyed except I'm waiting for the inevitable adultery by Bob. I'm not sure we're necssarily supposed to get what draws men to Anna-- their motivations don't seem that pure at all.
I don't need to sympathise with what drew them to Anna. Just get the impression that anything did. She's a placeholder for an actual person. A MacGuffin walking.
Trailers: Okay, see, the problem with Guess Who is Ashton Kutcher. Also, the fact that it's titled Guess Who. Bernie Mac still looks funny, though. The problem with Monster In Law is J-Lo. Also the fact that the trailer aired right after Guess Who, and the idea of Jane Fonda rejecting this Hispanic interloper now seems both inevitable and really not funny. The trailer for Beauty Shop made the movie look lots more fun than I'd have thought. But the trailer for The Pacifier looked actually funny. I'm worried. The problem with Cinderella Man is that it doesn't seem Renee Zelleweger is going to be punched repeatedly in the face during the film. If she is, I might watch.
The problem with Cinderella Man is that it doesn't seem Renee Zelleweger is going to be punched repeatedly in the face during the film.
Ha! DH (who'd seen this trailer already) was cracking up watching my face light up at Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti, and then crumble at Renee. It's just mean to put her in the trailer so late.
So, if anybody else was watching the Superbowl tonight, did you catch the previews for 'War of the Worlds' and 'Batman'?
Very exciting and very pretty!
Yes! The new Batmobile looks sweet, and War of the Worlds has lots of destruction.
So freakin' cool!
Did I say I was excited about them?
I am.