Fellas, which actress makes you swoon and you want to marry her so that you don't care how bad the movie is?

she doesn't look like a ginger either

<3 <3 <3 Sarah Polley. Though I wish she quit doing boring dramas and did more stuff like Dawn Of The Dead.

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.

They only want you when you're seventeen
When you're twenty-one
You're no fun

Maggie Cheung. Mmmmm.

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.

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.

ctrl-f "jessica alba" ... really? nothing? dudette has been in some baaaaad movies

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.

portman has seemed very sour of late. also she is a terrible actress.

tombot is a portman stan iirc

The hotter Boleyn sister: Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman

"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

...whichever NP crushes survived the first two SW prequels would have been invariably obliterated by Garden State.

That's it!

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...

i watched under the tuscan sun because of Diane lane

lol

more like tushcan

Why, Holly Hunter, of course. Maybe Joan Cusak too, and thirding Catherine Keener.

haha, i would totally marry 70s shelly duvall

― velko, Friday, August 7, 2009 3:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

^^ this

Scarlett J. after watching Lost in Translation and Ghost World; even considered watching The Perfect Score because of her; not so much now

also who's gonna man up and declare Audrey Tatou

Parker. Fucking. Posey.

Oh man. Good call on Joan Cusack. What a babe.

The answer to this question used to be Adrienne Shelley.

Cathy Keener is another solid choice.

Also, the young Sissy Spacek.

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.

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?

I can't think of any. I don't really watch movies tbh.

Cecile de France

(il se pame)

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).

shannyn sossamon, gina gershon, chloe sevigny

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.

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)

Mia Sara
Stefania Sandrelli

Gene Tierney

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.

Cecile de France, seconded. I was forgetting about french actresses. I'd like to add Virginie Ledoyen and Ludivine Sagnier.

After seeing In the Loop, I completely agree w/ Chlumsky.

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.

yeah i saw the gift more or less entirely for katie holmes and her two friends

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.

with=which

Even cooler, wikipedia says she was in two Mr. Show episodes and a Daft Punk video.

yeah i saw the gift more or less entirely for katie holmes and her two friends

You mean the two magnificent parts of herself in the faded glow of night's light?

shannyn sossamon

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. :-)

young julie delpy, but she's kind of horrible now =(

pretty sure I stopped crushing on actresses once I turned, like, 21.

Samantha Morton and Kim Novak and Emilie Dequenne.

Linda Hunt.