Book ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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One heart-broken reader of the original books reported that upon watching the trailer, a part of them died.
I started crying. In the movie theater. It was pretty traumatizing. I think that the hyperbole is actually a pretty common one, too.
ETA: For fear of seeming too crazy, it didn't make me so sad that I failed to enjoy the movie. But those books were very important to me as a child, and seeing it so screwed up makes me hurt internally.
those books were very important to me as a child, and seeing it so screwed up makes me hurt internally.
Yes. This.
I guess I'm not that attached to any story. If they messed up an adaptation of something dear to my heart I'd cling more tightly to the original, but as long as that doesn't go away I wouldn't be more than disappointed.
It is possible I have no heart to break. That has been previously suggested.
The current contender for Most Beautiful Woman In the World, Aishwaria Ray.
Previous contenders...
Catherine Deneuve
Halle Berry
Gong Li
Isabelle Adjani
Ava Gardner
Sophia Loren
Elizabeth Taylor
Hedy Lamar
Your vote?
I'll cast a vote for Deneuve. Not for Halle, because although I can't find anything wrong with her at all, my eye doesn't really catch on her.
Now I have to go flip through my venus pictures.
Damn you, Hec.
In your list I pick Gong Li. Hott.
In your list I pick Gong Li. Hott.
Me, too.
For a first pass.
Ahhh, some good ones I missed, ita.
Definitely on Iman, Grace, Isabella and Vivien.
And you know how much I love Eve Salvail!
I think also Joan Chen, Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz.
As for Halle, I get what you mean. She's obviously beautiful but doesn't ping me. Not like say, Jada Pinkett or Debra Winger.
Eliza Dushku? Most beautiful Mutant Enemy Alumnus?
Gina and Morena are both very beautiful. So is Charisma. And I could more readily fall in love with AH or SMG. But I think Eliza.
I just don't believe in Gina Torres's face. It's a classic example of "Well, I wouldn't have put those bits together quite like that. But I'm damn glad someone else did." She's hands down the winner of that bunch for me.
Jada Pinkett hasn't pinged me in a good long time. She's all dry and hard now. I do wonder what she'd have looked like if she'd aged less athletically.
As for aging, I'm curious to see what time will do to Natalie Portman. I suspect she will wear the years very gracefully.