I absolutely loved Sarah Paulson as her best friend.
That's the thing: the whole film was perfectly cast, except for this huge gaping hole in the center.
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Tom Scola - Dec 28, 2008 8:22:19 am PST #9153 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Barb - Dec 28, 2008 8:29:34 am PST #9154 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
That's the thing: the whole film was perfectly cast, except for this huge gaping hole in the center.
Yeah, it really was, wasn't it?
Who would you have put in the role, then?
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 28, 2008 10:07:33 am PST #9155 of 10000
"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
Kate Hudson strikes me as a better choice, though we really don't have the 21st century Doris Day analogue that the story cries out for.
Maybe Tina Fey?
Steph, you should have seen Down with Love in the company I did: with 3 of my cousins that also work in the publishing industry. When RZ rolled out that explanation about writing, publishing, and becoming a celebrity due to a bestseller in about 3 weeks' time we all fell out laughing.
Barb - Dec 28, 2008 10:39:08 am PST #9156 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Kate Hudson strikes me as a better choice
She's got the precious factor, but she makes my teeth itch, though.
When RZ rolled out that explanation about writing, publishing, and becoming a celebrity due to a bestseller in about 3 weeks' time we all fell out laughing.
Thank God I took the whole thing for the absolute parody it was supposed to be because otherwise there might have been spluttering and cursing galore. I'm trying to think of what movie it was, a fairly recent one, where the lead female was an author and she was on this big book tour and I was just snorting my way through the whole thing, in terms of how it was described.
Steph L. - Dec 28, 2008 11:03:24 am PST #9157 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Steph, you should have seen Down with Love in the company I did: with 3 of my cousins that also work in the publishing industry. When RZ rolled out that explanation about writing, publishing, and becoming a celebrity due to a bestseller in about 3 weeks' time we all fell out laughing.
I think my comment was something like, "Not even Anne Rice manages that fast of a turnaround, and she doesn't use editors."
Amy - Dec 28, 2008 11:24:36 am PST #9158 of 10000
Because books.
I'm trying to think of what movie it was, a fairly recent one, where the lead female was an author and she was on this big book tour and I was just snorting my way through the whole thing, in terms of how it was described.
Something similar happened in Cheaper by the Dozen. Completely absurd shorthand, which usually doesn't bother me, but in that instance I growled.
SuziQ - Dec 28, 2008 11:26:17 am PST #9159 of 10000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
K-Bug dragged me to see Twilight last night. That movie has been out for over a month and the theater was PACKED. PACKED!!! WTF?
I can see why they are going with a different director for the next movie. I mean, I know the raw material had its own issues, but man...the direction SUCKED.
Barb - Dec 28, 2008 11:42:46 am PST #9160 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Cheaper by the Dozen.
That was it!
::gropes Amy for the brain sharing::
Tom Scola - Dec 28, 2008 12:24:09 pm PST #9161 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Kate Hudson strikes me as a better choice
Heather Graham?
Barb - Dec 28, 2008 1:17:00 pm PST #9162 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Either Amy Adams or Emily Deschanel would be totally charming in the role, I think.
If you wanted a Doris Day type blonde, then either Reese Witherspoon or Elizabeth Banks.