Fashion Board 1-08-04 through 02-03-04

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
THe article was saying that 27 is a point where you are no longer capalbe of being america's sweetheart and a sweet blushing thing. which of course is total poppycock. when i pointed this out to evenodds, she switched her argument from the article being about Reese no longer being able to be america's sweetheart becuase she is too election like (which has nothing to do with the price of tea in china as far as this story goes- its even's projections on the article) to 27 is too old to be a blushing ingenue bc she realized I was right about age being the big factor is why reese being replaced. even just wasnt mature enough to say she was wrong.

The whole premise of Reese ever being America's sweetheart/ingenue is ridiculous anyways. From 1999-early 2002, it was Julia Stiles. Now it's clearly Keira Knightley (I know she's not American). However, it's going to be 17 year old Mischa Barton in the not-too-distant future.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I cannot beleive that the samples and big head todd are coming here. who goes to see these bands?

I would go to see Big Head Todd, if for no other reason, nostalgia.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I cannot beleive that the samples and big head todd are coming here. who goes to see these bands? we also have mellissa etheridge coming, and northern missippi allstars and foutnains of wayne. someone touted the last band- is that worht seeing? I plan to go to the Missiippi Allstars.

I not only dislike the Samples, I dislike most people I've met who like the Samples.

The No Miss Allstars are pretty good.

[Dualit]

Prosecutors say no to Limbaugh plea pitch

From the Associated Press

Jan. 23, 2004 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Prosecutors rejected a proposed deal offered by Rush Limbaugh’s attorney that would have seen the radio commentator enter a court-sponsored drug intervention program rather than face charges, according to records.

Instead, Palm Beach County prosecutors wanted Limbaugh to plead guilty to the third-degree felony of “doctor shopping” — visiting several doctors to receive duplicate prescriptions of a controlled narcotic.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4037128/

Quote by Rush's attorney: “The public is better served by treating addicts as patients rather than criminals.”

May Limbaugh's words come back to bite him: "Drug addicts have no liberties and they should be locked up for years, no therapies since it was a conscious decision to get started with drugs. " (paraphrase of Rush rant, according to my flawless recollection).

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Don't believe the hype - the band sucked since "And Justice for All"

Hey Flav - The Black Album was great. And Load had a few great cuts.

And Justice was about half an hour too long and proved that drunken metalheads shouldn't tackle subjects like the Court system and the enironment in skater anthems. Hetfield is no Joe Strummer.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Whew. Thanks.

So your reviews? Mystic River was one of the best movies I've seen until the last five minutes, when I thought the wife's role was badly overwritten. The others you saw are all on my short list.

IMDB lists Uma as born in 1970. She seems younger than that.

I read Mystic River so I knew what was coming and it still blew me away. I'm pissed off because I know that they'll fuck over Sean Penn again at the Oscars. He'll be nominated, sure, but they won't give it to him. Every performance was top notch, and the plot moved along very well. I think they probably should have expanded a little on Anabeth's role before that last scene, though it was consistent with the book. It didnt' feel like Eastwood was getting in the way of the film. I thought it was phenomenal.

Almost everyone I know who saw Lost in Translation didn't like it, because they couldn't find a plot. I thought it was wonderful, and Bill Murray was particuarly good. Sofia Coppola obviously spent a lot of time in Tokyo and found really great shots and settings, but it was the intense relationship between the two main characters that made the movie. The dialogue was good, but the chemistry was even better. I think that people wait their entire lives to make a connection with another human being like that. It never got slow for me, and it kept my interest. I (and the reviewers) may be a lone voice on this one.

I read Cold Mountain before I saw the movie, and I think that probably ruined the movie for me. First, Nicole Kidman is too old for the role. Second, a lot of the more interesting elements of the book are reduced very heavily to be too simplistic. And most importantly, the natural setting is vitally important to this story, and a lot of that had to be dumbed down because they filmed it in the Czech Republic instead of North Carolina. There was a sort of PCizing of the Civil War there too, that sort of bugged me. Yes, the South was wrong, but this story should tell why the South was wrong for a particular person, not the whole world. I think that central theme of the story didn't play out so well in the movie, and it distracted me. The sets were unbelievable and there were some very good peripheral performaces by Renee Zelweger, Natalie Portman and Phillip Seymor Hoffman (who I think is a very good actor). Jude Law was good. I went in expecting to be impressed and left very disappointed.

Finally, Big Fish. I love Tim Burton, I love Albert Finney, and I love Ewan MacGregor. I expected to like this movie on a sort of fluffy level. After seeing the first three movies, I thought I needed something light. I didn't expect to be openly sobbing at the end and to be utterly delighted by it. It's Tim Burton-esque, with some fantastical elements, but I found it to be utterly charming and the fantastical elements sort of made me unaware that under the surface there was a real interesting story, until it suddenly hit me (and everyone else sitting around me) with a punch at the end. I thought it was a fantastic movie and of the four movies that I saw that weekend, I'd probably see it again first.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by spookyfish
I don't know exactly who it is. Hillary Duff is pretty popular among the kiddies, but maybe that's the problem, just like I can't see either of the Olsen Twins making the jump (sorry, Coltrane). If I were to guess, I'd say someone (who started in) television will make the jump.

Amanda Bynes, maybe? Come to think of it, she may suffer from the same problem as H.D., but at least she's smart enough not to sing.

The Hillary Duff thing is a great point, but let's go even younger. Lindsay Lohan (Freaky Friday, a bunch of other stuff) is unquestionably America's Sweetheart among the tweener set.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I not only dislike the Samples, I dislike most people I've met who like the Samples.

The No Miss Allstars are pretty good.

You can't beat a good washboard solo.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
The Hillary Duff thing is a great point, but let's go even younger. Lindsay Lohan (Freaky Friday, a bunch of other stuff) is unquestionably America's Sweetheart among the tweener set.

I really like Alexis Bledel, who plays Rory on Gilmore Girls, and I think that if she doesn't get stuck in TV hell, she'll probably do well.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Well, who really cares who "America's Sweetheart" is? I mean, there will always be a light-haired actress with a nice build and cute smile somehwere for the role, right?

What I want to know is, where is the younger actress that can play the Jodie Foster/Laura Dern roles? Is it Uma Thurman? Is she good enough for those roles? Someone else?

Now we've reached the Scarlett Johnanson discussion. Go see Lost in Translation and Girl with a Pearl Earing. Watch her win a Golden Globe award this weekend. Watch her win an Oscar this March. Go rent Ghost World.

Everyone should go rent Ghost World anyhow, it's a phenomenal movie. It's about two girls in their summer graduating high school, directed by Terry Zwigoff (Bad Santa) and based on a Daniel Clowes graphic-novel.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Watch her win an Oscar this March. Go rent Ghost World.

*psst* Oscars were moved up a month in an effort to limit the lobbying. Nominations will be out next week, ceremony last week of February. No March Madness finals right after the Oscars.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan

Almost everyone I know who saw Lost in Translation didn't like it, because they couldn't find a plot. I thought it was wonderful, and Bill Murray was particuarly good. Sofia Coppola obviously spent a lot of time in Tokyo and found really great shots and settings, but it was the intense relationship between the two main characters that made the movie. The dialogue was good, but the chemistry was even better. I think that people wait their entire lives to make a connection with another human being like that. It never got slow for me, and it kept my interest. I (and the reviewers) may be a lone voice on this one.

Plot is boring. Give me good dialogue over plot any day. See Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, Lebowski, The Royal Tennebaums, etc. No (significant) plots. Just great dialogue. Dialogue trumps plot in Pulp Fiction as well.

[SlaveNoMore]

sebastian_dangerfield
Hey Flav - The Black Album was great. And Load had a few great cuts.

And Justice was about half an hour too long and proved that drunken metalheads shouldn't tackle subjects like the Court system and the enironment in skater anthems. Hetfield is no Joe Strummer.

Yes, the new CD from Hova is great.

Oh, you mean that dreck from Metallica in 1991? In that case, the "Black Album" makes a good coaster. "Load" could have been called "Load of Shit"

[It's still offends me that Mo enters to "Enter Sandman" while that jackass with the Padres gets a great tune from AC/DC]

You give Strummer's "politcal" nonsense way too much credit.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Finally, Big Fish. I love Tim Burton, I love Albert Finney, and I love Ewan MacGregor. I expected to like this movie on a sort of fluffy level. After seeing the first three movies, I thought I needed something light. I didn't expect to be openly sobbing at the end and to be utterly delighted by it. It's Tim Burton-esque, with some fantastical elements, but I found it to be utterly charming and the fantastical elements sort of made me unaware that under the surface there was a real interesting story, until it suddenly hit me (and everyone else sitting around me) with a punch at the end. I thought it was a fantastic movie and of the four movies that I saw that weekend, I'd probably see it again first.

I was at the megaplex to see something else, and at a urinal. Next urinal over is this burly, kind of nerdy guy who asks me if I'm there to see Big Fish. FYI to the women- urinal convo between stangers is rare. So I tell him no, and he launches into how he saw it a few days earlier, and he decided he had to drag his dad to see, and I should take my dad, and that it just a watershed movie for fathers/sons.
Still haven't seen it, but the previews don't make it look like a must see with Dad.

[str8outavannuys]

Hey smart and clever folks:

Help me out with something, if you please? I need to come up with a name for a weight-loss camp for kids. Has to be evoke the idea that a healthy lifestyle change is fun.

Any ideas?