CLASSY LADIES PART 3: CATE BLANCHETT

ha she's never really been in anything that great but still

i like her but all her movies are terrible

Life Aquatic and Elizabeth are good, leaving aside the whole LOTR controversy.

The Good German wasn't bad.

"Elizabeth" was fucking awesome, wtf

"Elizabeth" is Exhibit A of CB Being Great In Shit Movies, wtf

i never saw it, i hate movies about queens that don't star hugo weaving

elizabeth was pretty good actually

wtf

"Elizabeth" is Exhibit A of CB Being Great In Shit Movies, wtf

No, you're thinking of The Aviator.

Actually, I was thinking of Pushing Tin.

You can understand how I got those confused.

Dude you rep for Julianne Moore, you know I can't trust your judgement on movies.

I remember liking An Ideal Husband when it came out, but Minnie Driver beats her anyday.

Okay Mr Crazypants.

dan everyone loves julianne moore wtf

I missed her in that one.

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what have i brought upon ilx with these polls.

i voted for hot fuzz, which is objectively speaking by far the best movie in that list of movies, though i had no idea she was in it at all even for a second.

Everyone who is batshit insane loves Julianne Moore, yes.

(Also I haven't seen "Hot Fuzz" yet so I might have voted for that.)

what have i brought upon ilx with these polls.

up all night, wracked w/guilt, michael douglas edition

nagging regrets: one crazy summer

oh dan, you HAVE to see hot fuzz, you would love it.

I GUESS I AM CAPTAIN BATSHIT

Dan's mission for the weekend: rent Hot Fuzz and Toy Story.

mr. que, everyone already knew that.

hot fuzz is great

if The Talented Mr. Ripley is the best movie in your CV, you've got problems. (Hot Fuzz doesn't count)

Voting 'Heaven' just over 'Little Fish'.

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charlotte gray is terrible, but cate is outrageously hot in it, so i vote that.

funny that her big "whoa acting chops" moments are...impersonations. that's gotta be unprecedented, for an actress

she was the redeeming feature of 'the aviator'.

hey don't forget kate beckinsale

and...alan alda

i don't know if you're kidding there, but yeah beckinsale a++ would smash, let's face it.

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film criticism explained

beckinsale is so beautiful she's like a porcelain doll

SEXIST

thomson was being sexist by saying 'hmm i dunno if she can act but she sure is pretty'. i'm saying i don't think beckinsale can act well. blanchett can, but she's too drawn to oscarbait pix.

she has the one semi-not-awful scene of Coffee & Cigarettes

^^ yeah that's a move where she's def the only redeeming thing, and barely. it's a really impressive acting set piece but it's just on the edge of being as unwatchable as the rest

thomson was being sexist by saying 'hmm i dunno if she can act but she sure is pretty'

Can you explain why thinking someone's hot instead of lying about their acting talent is sexist?

cos saying 'hmm i dunno if she can' is giving a pretty girl who clearly and definitely can not act a big pass?

er i guess i could let nrq explain himself, ha

no he was saying he literally *didn't know* whether she could act, but photographed well -- but hey that's all you need in an actress.

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i actually think she *can* act, and is pretty.

i wonder if she was one of the CLASSY LADIES

stay tuned for CLASSY LADIES PART 9: JENNY MCCARTHY

It's amazing how good she managed to be in Pushing Tin.

is that the Kevin Costner golf movie?

Pushing Tin Cup?

NYT's Brantley over the moon about her Blanche in Streetcar Named Desire -- directed by Liv Ullmann!

http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/theater/reviews/03streetcar.html?ref=arts

Of course I didn't even think about scraping up funds for a ticket, since theatre at BAM usually gets horrible reviews.

Second episode of Mrs. America tonight. The three principals are drawn well: Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly, Rose Byrne as Gloria Steinham, Margo Martindale as Bella Abzug. (Blanchett's Schlafly seems to be conceived in the shadow of Reagan: spouting mush, but media friendly and tactically formidable.) So far very Mad Men-like in that each episode ends with a musical flourish: Mama Cass's "Make Your Own Kind of Music" last week, the Kinks' "This Time Tomorrow" tonight (which may have been an homage to Philippe Garrel's The Regular Lovers).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qabTa3M4D6I

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I give up. I'm starting my own "Hurray for Cate Blanchett, We Love You, You're the Best!" thread.