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Post by karlsie on May 21, 2009 14:17:05 GMT -5
I caved on the last few comments and our new titles, competely dispersing all my reflective thoughts. Naughty Catholic school girl i is! The main reason i find Salma so hot is because she portrayed Frida. Frida, understand, is one of my favorite contemporary artist. More significantly, she is my favorite revolutionary woman. What a soul! What a heart-pounding, magnificent soul wrapped up in that small, wracking frame of human agony, still fighting to lend spiritual light. Oh my God, i love Frida. She is my Commandante and Salma played her so wonderfully; her strength, her power, her boldness, her cross gender relationships, her blatant disregard for looks, even her ability to slug down a drink. I know Salma isn't Frida, but damn! She made such a good imitation.
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Post by GoblinQueen on May 21, 2009 18:09:09 GMT -5
I'd now like to complain that there is too much talking going on in this thread and not enough complaining. I dig natural beauty too, I love a gal who has confidence to be barefaced, product free and happy. I’m thinking Connelly’s eyebrows were more the issues of her makeup artist for that movie then just a natural bushy thing. Women place such a high regard on eyebrows because it can completely change the look of a girls face Case in point: Pretty girls.....distracting eyebrows. I think the caption to the second one was: "It was as if she said something so stupid her eyebrows turned to look at her" I do think women of today should spend more time improving their minds then focusing so much on being decorative, outside perfection is an American obsession. However, I’m still of the opinion that 10 minutes and some tweezers wouldn’t kill anyone haha. Taking care of yourself and being obsessed with outward appearances are totally different things Since it seems I'm the only one who hasn't seen it - I’ll look for Requiem for a Dream this weekend, and I’ll report back with my thoughts. Those gray pants David Bowie wears in Labyrinth seemed to do it for me as a kid. Ok, ok…they still do. David Bowie has a magnetism even when he looks like he is from another planet (or is that because?) I never did see the movie Frida…I’ll add that one to the list too and see if my opinion of Salma changes any.
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Post by GoblinQueen on May 21, 2009 18:11:38 GMT -5
But get over it and grow your bush back. *dies laughing* Such a dirty mind.....but while we are talking about all-natural.......
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Post by karlsie on May 21, 2009 19:13:00 GMT -5
To all my lady friends who haven't yet watched Frida, i suggest you find and rent it as soon as you can. But when you watch it, i suggest you hold tight your favorite crying pillow because the movie is a testimonial to an astonishing personality inside the most liberated and bravest woman i can imagine.
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Post by GoblinQueen on May 21, 2009 19:17:06 GMT -5
I love the way you talk Karla, such passion for things. I'll look for it this weekend!
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Post by Maya on May 21, 2009 19:25:45 GMT -5
Those eyebrow pics have scarred me for life. Sheesh, do they really think they look hot like that. I need to help them. I clean my eyebrows, but I do nothing to adjust their natural style. I was luckily blessed with the genes of my father who descended from the Planet of the Apes. I proudly sported a unibrow until some kids at school made fun of me. but I was not blessed with the defined thickness of Frida's.
Salma Hayek by the way is effiing hot. She makes a girl think unnatural thoughts. I also agree with Karla she did an excellent job playing Frida. But I must say, in order for one to acknowledge her overall sex appeal, they should watch her scene from "Dusk til Dawn." I would say yummy, but I'm a girl.
I recall reading that she is half middle eastern.
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Post by GoblinQueen on May 21, 2009 21:30:56 GMT -5
meh. I don't see the appeal, sorry. I've seen a lotta women shake a lotta stuff, and she would just be another whore in the crowd. Or it could be the loathing I have for Tarantino and his mere presence turns me off haha.
I don't see the big draw for Salma Hayek. I never have. But then again I don't see a big draw for a lot of the "hotties of hollywood"
I do think Frida was interesting, and any actress taking on the role, and actually playing it well ...might change my mind.
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Post by grainnerhuad on May 21, 2009 22:32:12 GMT -5
my complaint is in regards to the Goblin Queen not sharing our Lady-crush. I liked her in Desperado, Shooting guns and running about and her with Antonio Banderas, what a pretty picture. I like the natural brows too. Those pics are scary!
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Post by karlsie on May 22, 2009 14:59:21 GMT -5
Okay, i still haven't figured out the mystery of posting u-tubes on here, so i'll just have to give you an address. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nWegnQTsgAThat's the real Frida, complete with all the reasons why i love her. There were so many video clips to choose from, including tributes to the artist and the song, "Amor, Amor" from one of my favorite Mexican recording artists, Jose Jose. If you have a romantic bone in your body, Latin American music will slay you every time. If you don't believe me, surf through the Frida collection and find his clip. I had initially thought to use a trailer to prove how hot she was in the movie. I was looking in particular for the scene where she proves she can drink like the men. God! I loved that scene! However, the public seems to think her tango scene was the hottest. It's erotic, no doubt, but if you watch the clip, take careful note of the body language involved. Hah! Here was Frida on the double dare, proving once more how extraordinary she was. Salma's portrayal may not have been flawless; she didn't incorporate Frida's lady-like gesture of hiding her amusement behind her hand, which would have added more charm to the authenticity of the role. She gave Frida a more balls to the wall modern day interpretation, but i take my hat off to anyone who would attempt to portray such a complex and marvelous personality as Frida.
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Post by stacystec on May 22, 2009 17:09:16 GMT -5
I haven't seen Frida yet so I've been staying clear of any speculation on Hayek's acting ability in lead roles. I'm guilty of objectifying her, but given some of her sexy on-screen appearances (dogma anyone?) its little wonder my primitive brain works overtime on the discussion of Hayek. Its sort of a shame really that in Hollywood there seems to be this unwritten rule that getting naked opens you up to bigger roles, and with few exceptions almost every popular leading film actress has shown some flesh. Not that getting naked on film is a bad thing in and of itself, rather that bigger picture seems to be that you can only find success if you become an erotic commodity. I hate sounding so prudish, but at times I think a lot of the women who try breaking ground in revolutionary neo-feminist roles are just firmly entrenched and actively heping a system of misogynistic big business.
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Post by The Late Mitchell Warren on May 22, 2009 17:33:18 GMT -5
I wouldn't say Selma strikes me that much as a looker. As an actress she's developing nicely, though she hasn't quite come into her own yet. At least she hasn't completely prostituted herself like Jennifer Lopez.
Anyway, I do reserve a lot of respect for Hollywood actresses that don't get naked. There's a time and place for everything and for some award winning actresses that is all they have is a face and body. However, if you have acting talent, and better yet, a strong personality, then why compromise?
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Post by GoblinQueen on May 22, 2009 19:41:52 GMT -5
I still don't know too much about Frida, but from what I've seen I don't feel she had a "blatant disregard for looks" She might have enjoyed shocking people, and being herself, but her portraits still show earrings and a blush to her skin, along with hair adornments, etc.
I hear your complaint grainnerhuad, and I've filed it with the appropriate department -the T.R.A.S.H hehe kidding! ;D Hey, I said I'd look for Frida this weekend, and I'll keep an open mind for Selma, what more do you want? All the other roles I've seen Selma in, she just hasn't done a thing for me. I'm sure if i were to list my girl crushes you'd probably all disagree with me too.
I would say MOST the actresses today are nothing but a body/face. And so they use what they have to stay in the lime-light as long as they can. Flash a tit, land that next big role. They might has well just converge hollywood and the porno industry now and get it over with. With no talent, the turn-over rate with new movie stars is amazing too. No one seems to stick around more then a few films these days. Not like in old hollywood when you had the big names that were around forever.
ps- Stacy's a Prude!!! Stacy's a prude!!! hehe j/k
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Post by karlsie on May 22, 2009 21:44:55 GMT -5
Ah, Heather, you'd make a judgment based on a three minute clip of a person filmed before we had cinemascope color and after she had already become famous? There was even then, the matter of looking nice for the cameras. Plus, i believe her point was, she took the liberty of making choices, in any manner she chose to express. If she wished to shave her brows, she would. If she wished to dress like a man, she would. She defied the restraints of convention and chose to do whatever her moods pleased to tell her. I see neither right or wrong in this, only the extent of her liberation. Ultimately, and primarily, she was an artist. Underneath the artist was a human being wracked with agony.
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Post by GoblinQueen on May 23, 2009 0:10:57 GMT -5
This isn't from one clip, this is from all the things I've seen and know of Frida, I might not know as much as you about her still, but I can state what I see. I wasn't talking about her looks on film either, I was talking about the many ways she painted herself in her self portraits. I just found it fascinating the way you viewed her, and all I was saying is I don't see her uninterested in looks, I see her doing what makes her happy. From what I've seen and read, I'd say she almost had a pride in her looks, even using them in the ‘Mexicanidad’ movement. A pride even if she had fun playing against some conventions of traditional feminine beauty...
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Post by The Late Mitchell Warren on May 23, 2009 0:27:51 GMT -5
I'll comment when I see the movie. I have an impression...I mean the unibrow doesn't do her any favors, but we'll see...
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