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[apocalypsos]

Six young actresses who deserve more mainstream stardom. Like the writer of the article points out, it's hard to pick just six talented actresses who should get bigger roles, but they certainly picked six I can agree with.

Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics -- Neat, if you actually know physics. (Which I don't, at least not very well, but I was still amused.) Read the reviews and find out how insultingly stupid your favorite action movie really is. :)

Movie-A-Minute -- Which hasn't been updated in a few years, as far as I can tell, but it's still pretty funny. (It links to Books-A-Minute, too, which if you read a lot and haven't looked it over is hysterical.)

Biology of B-Movie Monsters -- Oh, I so have to sit down and read this when I get a chance. I wasn't even a science nerd in high school, for crying out loud.

Raging Fred -- The Flintstones dubbed over with Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci from "Raging Bull".

So You've Decided To Be Evil -- Decided? I never decided a damn thing. ;)

Guess the Dictator or TV Character -- You pretend, they guess. You can kill hours doing this. :)

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[miss-pryss.livejournal.com]

Six young actresses who deserve more mainstream stardom. Like the writer of the article points out, it's hard to pick just six talented actresses who should get bigger roles, but they certainly picked six I can agree with.

Oh, me too. But they need to hire a fact-checker or two over there at msnbc. See below, from the last section of the article:

Hollywood being Hollywood, you knew that by the end of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow would have to end up with Keira Knightley's Elizabeth. But for just a moment, didn't you want to see him pair up with Zoe Saldana's Anamaria? She was, after all, the one pirate who could tell Cap'n Jack where to stick his mainsail.

Yes, isn't it sad how we all walked into that movie knowing that Elizabeth Swann would end up with Jack Sparrow, and how unsurprised we all were when that did, indeed happen?

No?

;)

[corruptedjasper.livejournal.com]

They've now changed the article, without acknowledging the screwed up.

It's _still_ wrong, just less so.

[ficangel.livejournal.com]

Sarah Polley and Thora Birch-hell yeah! They are way too talented to be trapped in the indies, where the material is good but the paychecks suck. I've never been terribly impressed by Anna Paquin, sorry, and I'm afraid I have to agree with the author: I didn't even know who Zoe Saldana was until Anamaria was mentioned.

But Gabrielle Union is still considered B-list? For seriously? She had meaty rolls in about six movies over the course of the last year and a half! She has a Nuetragena commercial, for crying out loud! She's beautiful and she's talented, and I really don't see her starving any time soon.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Phew, good to know I'm not the only one who doesn't get the Anna Paquin thing. I just watched A Walk on the Moon and realized that in every movie I've seen her she's doing the same petulant thing, and not especially well.

-blue

[corruptedjasper.livejournal.com]

I believe the reasoning is "Rogue... Droooooooool....".

But maybe that's just me.

[cmstephens.livejournal.com]

I remember seeing those last two links several years ago...

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Yup, they've been around a while. The first one I read through a few years back and completely forgot about, and the second one I go back to every once in a while and play with. :)