molly parker ... i used to hate the affectation she brings to nearly every role. i still have problems with it, but i guess i can reluctantly admire it.
― amateurist, Saturday, 8 August 2009 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
the movie sarah polley directed sucked.
she doesn't look like a ginger either
― velko, Saturday, 8 August 2009 01:52 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 <3 <3 Sarah Polley. Though I wish she quit doing boring dramas and did more stuff like Dawn Of The Dead.
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Saturday, 8 August 2009 01:58 (fourteen years ago) link
haha speaking of which what happened to all the natale portman crushes?
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, August 8, 2009 1:15 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark
I used to have a huge crush on her about 8 years ago. I don't remember when or why exactly but it's pretty much disappeared; I kind of even dislike her now.
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link
They only want you when you're seventeenWhen you're twenty-oneYou're no fun
― omar little, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Maggie Cheung. Mmmmm.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Hence why they fit here, and perhaps why no one's mentioned obvious contenders like Juliette Binoche or Helena Bonham Carter: they manage not to be cast in dreck without other redeeming qualities. Kristen Scott Thomas, with the exception of that Prince vehicle, probably doesn't belong in this thread either.
Few of the actresses here are chameleons of a Meryl Streep nature (and arguably, that's not an adorable type that audiences can fall in love with). These all are cast because they drag their own affectations, history, and sparks into the fray. Dying Polley in Life Without Me wouldn't be as affecting had we not watched her evolve in Munchausen and Exotica. Parker is just cast as prickly characters. It works for her. Can you imagine Hepburn cast as an ingenue? Me neither.
― Derelict, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Binoche has been in plenty of mediocre films, and HB Carter has been in some true dogs. Sadly Helena's track record is so spotty that I won't watch movies just for her anymore.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:10 (fourteen years ago) link
ctrl-f "jessica alba" ... really? nothing? dudette has been in some baaaaad movies
― me, my drums, and you (dan m), Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
haha speaking of which what happened to all the natale portman crushes? - Many of them were unhealthy to begin with, as they were rooted in the Lolita-isms of The Professional. Even so, whichever NP crushes survived the first two SW prequels would have been invariably obliterated by Garden State.
― ex-juggalist (Pillbox), Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
portman has seemed very sour of late. also she is a terrible actress.
― amateurist, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
tombot is a portman stan iirc
― velko, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:20 (fourteen years ago) link
The hotter Boleyn sister: Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman
― velko, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:21 (fourteen years ago) link
"obvious contenders like Juliette Binoche or Helena Bonham Carter: they manage not to be cast in dreck without other redeeming qualities."
http://videodetective.com/photos/190/008013_22.jpg
― scott seward, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link
...whichever NP crushes survived the first two SW prequels would have been invariably obliterated by Garden State.
That's it!
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
xp. But, but, Theory of Flight was "funny, poignant, and deeply intelligent" according to critic's blurbs in the trailer. I'm actually going to have it seek it out given the synopsis...
― Derelict, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
i watched under the tuscan sun because of Diane lane
― max, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
― velko, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:49 (fourteen years ago) link
more like tushcan
Why, Holly Hunter, of course. Maybe Joan Cusak too, and thirding Catherine Keener.
― B'wana Beast, Saturday, 8 August 2009 04:19 (fourteen years ago) link
haha, i would totally marry 70s shelly duvall
― velko, Friday, August 7, 2009 3:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
^^ this
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Saturday, 8 August 2009 08:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Scarlett J. after watching Lost in Translation and Ghost World; even considered watching The Perfect Score because of her; not so much now
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Saturday, 8 August 2009 08:16 (fourteen years ago) link
also who's gonna man up and declare Audrey Tatou
Parker. Fucking. Posey.
― claws of jungle red (Stevie D), Saturday, 8 August 2009 08:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh man. Good call on Joan Cusack. What a babe.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 8 August 2009 08:41 (fourteen years ago) link
The answer to this question used to be Adrienne Shelley.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Saturday, 8 August 2009 08:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Cathy Keener is another solid choice.
Also, the young Sissy Spacek.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Saturday, 8 August 2009 08:45 (fourteen years ago) link
So many of this actresses make mainly good films. I thought it was ppl whose work includes a lot of shit movies you watch just because they're hot.
― ENBB, Saturday, 8 August 2009 10:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Minka Kelly.She hasn't done many movies yet, and I actively like Friday Night Lights, but I could just stare at her all day. Plus, she's far and away the worst actor on FNL. That has to count for something, right?
― pork cheops, Saturday, 8 August 2009 11:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't think of any. I don't really watch movies tbh.
― °⌉ 3⊥∀N (╓abies), Saturday, 8 August 2009 13:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Cecile de France
(il se pame)
― Le présent se dégrade, d'abord en histoire, puis en (Michael White), Saturday, 8 August 2009 14:18 (fourteen years ago) link
teenage Winona (& not b/c I'm a perv, but b/c I had a MAD crush on her back when such things were actually pretty important).
― ex-juggalist (Pillbox), Saturday, 8 August 2009 15:26 (fourteen years ago) link
shannyn sossamon, gina gershon, chloe sevigny
― Michael B, Saturday, 8 August 2009 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i'll say audrey tatou~ diane lane as well.
i think susan sarandon is still my prototype for 75% of the females i've gone out with. actually, zooey deschanel is maybe the other 25%. i should mention her as well.
― omar little, Saturday, 8 August 2009 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Audrey Hepburn, Karen Black, Lili Taylor.
And I've had a crush on Jodie Foster since I was 9. (Never considered killing the Prime Minister tho)
― New display name coming soon (Myonga Vön Bontee), Saturday, 8 August 2009 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Mia SaraStefania Sandrelli
― Marcus Brody Ta-Dow! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 8 August 2009 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Gene Tierney
― J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing), Saturday, 8 August 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
After her 30 Rock appearance, I've been very taken with the re-emergence of Anna Chlumsky. Anyone making this face:
http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/pv/Anna%20Chlumsky-2.jpg
...in a paparazzi picture is a keeper.
― Hi, there you're being haunted! Dont you notice it? (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 8 August 2009 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Cecile de France, seconded. I was forgetting about french actresses. I'd like to add Virginie Ledoyen and Ludivine Sagnier.
― How long does it take for punk rock to effect your thought patterns? (daavid), Saturday, 8 August 2009 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
After seeing In the Loop, I completely agree w/ Chlumsky.
― Simon H., Saturday, 8 August 2009 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Pretty sure I would not have seen Disturbing Behavior, The Gift, or Abandon if not for Katie Holmes, though she's a pretty terrible actress.
― jaymc, Saturday, 8 August 2009 20:47 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i saw the gift more or less entirely for katie holmes and her two friends
― max, Saturday, 8 August 2009 20:47 (fourteen years ago) link
shannyn sossamon
Can't figure out why she's not cast in everything. So hot. Also, she named her son "Audio Science" with gets about 1B bonus points.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 8 August 2009 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
with=which
Even cooler, wikipedia says she was in two Mr. Show episodes and a Daft Punk video.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 8 August 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
You mean the two magnificent parts of herself in the faded glow of night's light?
― jaymc, Saturday, 8 August 2009 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, I love her too. I watched 40 days and 40 nights because of her for christ's sake. Her character's name in that was Erica iirc. :-)
― ENBB, Saturday, 8 August 2009 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
young julie delpy, but she's kind of horrible now =(
― admrl, Saturday, 8 August 2009 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty sure I stopped crushing on actresses once I turned, like, 21.
― admrl, Saturday, 8 August 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link