Having watched Match Point last night, I can officially say that I'm over Scarlett Johansson.
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Glamcookie - Apr 27, 2006 8:27:13 am PDT #1552 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
DavidS - Apr 27, 2006 8:29:21 am PDT #1553 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Having watched Match Point last night, I can officially say that I'm over Scarlett Johansson.
Really? I had the same amount of Scarlett love exiting as entering that movie. What put you off?
Glamcookie - Apr 27, 2006 8:39:25 am PDT #1554 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I thought she and the main guy were both trying so hard to emote SEXY that it was really offputting. We were both laughing in places that weren't supposed to be funny. Plus I just thought overall she wasn't very good. I could see the Acting taking place.
DavidS - Apr 27, 2006 8:54:58 am PDT #1555 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I thought she and the main guy were both trying so hard to emote SEXY that it was really offputting. We were both laughing in places that weren't supposed to be funny. Plus I just thought overall she wasn't very good. I could see the Acting taking place.
They didn't have a lot of chemistry, I'll grant. Though I was kind of blaming him. I thought her part was underwritten and she did pretty well putting something into it.
I liked the movie though for the London Real Estate Porn.
JZ - Apr 27, 2006 8:56:21 am PDT #1556 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
A fascinating essay by Ron Rosenbaum, the author of "Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil" (which I totally loved).
Going back to read the essay now, but first I must say how deeply I heart tommyrot. "Explaining Hitler" is an amazing book, intelligent and profoundly uncomfortable and with a conclusion that still gives me unhappy bottom-of-my-gut/lizard-brain/depths-of-the-soul shivers when I think about it. If you haven't read his collection "Travels With Dr. Death," you must. Like, today. He's such an utterly fucking fantastic essayist and journalist.
Hayden - Apr 27, 2006 9:02:46 am PDT #1557 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I agree with that.
tommyrot - Apr 27, 2006 9:35:48 am PDT #1558 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
first I must say how deeply I heart tommyrot.
Yay!
If you haven't read his collection "Travels With Dr. Death," you must. Like, today.
That sounds cool. But it looks like I'll have to order a used copy or something, so I can't read it today....
Glamcookie - Apr 27, 2006 9:41:39 am PDT #1559 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I liked the movie though for the London Real Estate Porn.
That was good. GF and I also snickered at the main guy's wife liking the play The Woman In White. We saw it and thought it was pretty terrible.
Gris - Apr 27, 2006 4:55:10 pm PDT #1560 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I loved Match Point. Also, I've been out of love with Scarlett since I read some interviews with her and she seems kind of arrogant and uninteresting. I don't think I'd want to hang out with her, really. I think Natalie Portman would probably be a better conversationalist.
I did think Scarlett's acting in Match Point was good - I have no less respect for her acting ability now than before. But then, I saw her in The Perfect Score so maybe that helped lower my expectations below those of somebody who's only seen, say, Lost in Translation.
Vonnie K - Apr 27, 2006 5:35:17 pm PDT #1561 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Match Point is coming up shortly on my Netflix queue, and I'm looking forward to watching it, finally. What I've read of it made it sound like something cold, nasty, slick and compelling, sort of like Talented Mr. Ripley (which I adore.)
What I've read of Johansson--her 'tude, her sense of entitlement--did little to endear her to me as a person, but I don't really care about the personal lives of actors when I watch them on movies anyway. (When I swoon over Errol Flynn swashbuckling, I don't want to think about his statutory rape charges; ditto Jason Dohring and Scientology.) She's been uniformly good in every movie I've seen her in so far, so I'm keen to see how she fares in this one.