Are you referring to her performance, or how she got the job in the first place?
I mean, let's say you did kill us. Or didn't. There could be torture. Whatever. But somehow you found the goods. What would your cut be?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 03, 2005 6:22:42 am PDT #1455 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Sue - Apr 03, 2005 6:46:18 am PDT #1456 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Bwah! That would explain a lot.
bon bon - Apr 03, 2005 8:07:36 am PDT #1457 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Bob also advised me against seeing it because of my aversion to gore, Steph. So I'm skipping it, Clive Owen be damned.
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2005 8:33:57 am PDT #1458 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Props for the Hedberg tagline, bon.
Alibelle - Apr 03, 2005 10:05:01 am PDT #1459 of 10002
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
I watched "You'll Never Get Rich." I didn't love it. I mean, I loved the dancing, and I loved Rita Hayworth, but I hated the fact that Fred Astaire's character was all over the place. Sometimes he was in control, smart, and logical, but more often he was a lying idiot, who was a tiny bit creepy. And I didn't care so much for that. It made it difficult to like him, and I love Fred Astaire.
bon bon - Apr 03, 2005 10:30:54 am PDT #1460 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Props for the Hedberg tagline, bon.
He had the best jokes of anyone working. Truly a tragic loss.
Alibelle - Apr 03, 2005 10:43:43 am PDT #1461 of 10002
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
In the boys dressing room at the musical (where I'm usually helping out), they've been playing all of Mitch Hedberg's cd's on a loop for the past few days. It's really just very sad.
Lyra Jane - Apr 03, 2005 11:40:08 am PDT #1462 of 10002
Up with the sun
I saw Sin City last night.
I LOVED the way the movie looked. We saw a digital print, and it was just ... beautiful.
Too bad the script and performances didn't live up to the pretty shiny surfaces. There's a fine line between paying homage to cliches and just being cliched, and I think it ended on the wrong side of that line too often. Also, the first complete storyline went on way too long, to the point where I had to go to the lobby and walk around because Marv was starting to violently irritate me (I just. wanted. him to DIE already). I wanted to see more about the cannibal killer and the twisted priest and even the nudist lesbian parole officer, and much, much less -- like, five minutes with the character would have been enough -- of Marv.
But I really loved the middle segment, even if the logic of it wasn't there, and the frame story was almost as heartbreaking as it thinks it is. I agree Jessica Alba wasn't Oscar-worthy, but at least she sucked less than some of the other actresses.
Overall? A solid B-, C+, and it probably would be higher if I hadn't hated one of the segments so very much.
On a shallow note, I wonder if Alexis Bledel's WB contract has something about film nudity, 'cause she was definitely the most covered actress in the film.
Sue - Apr 03, 2005 11:49:10 am PDT #1463 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Lyra, I disliked the same part as you, and noticed the same thing about AB.
Lyra Jane - Apr 03, 2005 12:11:01 pm PDT #1464 of 10002
Up with the sun
It wouldn't surprise me if the WB did that, after whassername from Seventh Heaven decided to try to get out of her contract by posing for Maxim. (You can't have Rory Gilmore nude, after all.) Or, maybe it's supposed to symbolize that her character is distanced from the other other hookers/"covering up". Or possibly both -- who knows?