Gothamist: Saving Movies

farid

Mon, 17 May 2004 07:56:12 -0500

salam

Jen

Wed, 27 Aug 2003 15:33:59 -0500

Thanks, Sophie - was thinking about seeing Matt & Ben this weekend. I think movie stars seem taller than they are because some know how to carry themselves and they are also pretty thin.

sophie

Wed, 27 Aug 2003 15:25:16 -0500

i think this is a bit gawkerish, but i have to report that i saw nicole kidman last night at "matt & ben" (which by the way, you should see). i thought nicole was so tall and very beautiful and very skinny. model-like thin and luminous skin. she looked moulin rouge good and i have no clue how she ever stood next to tom cruise if he is that wee without looking like a giraffe or something. did he always wear lifts? i heard that she said she could never wear heels with him but even barefoot she must have towered oevr him.

Artemisia

Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:04:03 -0500

How about banning the ever unrealistic way movies show people who have just had sex together and then show the woman with the bedsheet tucked ever so neatly under her arms as to make sure not to reveal her breasts? I Mean really, does this ever happen to anyone of you in real life? or the shoot of then man getting up from the bed and rapidly grabbing the sheet to use as a sarong or he jumps out and grabs his pants which he then proceeds to slip on very fast so that the camera man will not see his buttocks or his penis. And the ever stupid post-sex scene where the woman still has her bra on!! Huh?

Sterling

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:22:46 -0500

One thing about Tom Cruise - "they" say he's gay, but if so he really picks impressive women to serve beard duty. Mimi Rogers and Rebecca DeMornay are both reputed to be unusually intelligent versus the median for Hollywood eye candy. And they ain't bad looking, either.

Brian

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:51:24 -0500

About a year and a half ago, Joaquin Phoenix was shooting something in the studio one over from ours. "Gladiator"-cut or not, tiny tiny J.P. runs about 5'5" and can't possibly top a buck-thirty.

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:08:51 -0500

amen on ed burns. yet another case of utter mediocrity rising to the top. it brings down my estimation of christy turnlington to know that she's dating him. in any case, 6'1 is HUGE for an actor. tom cruise, whom i've actually met, is extremely wee. shorter than me, and i'm 5'6. he stands on a box in most shots. think about how you never see the man's feet on screen unless he's alone. nicole kidman (they were accepting an award from my college) is gorgeous, reed-thin, and also not very tall--at least not as tall as they'd have you believe in the rag mags--maybe 5'7.

RIO

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:43:22 -0500

"Speak street jive." hahaahahahaah!!!! i love this list

Jen

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:08:38 -0500

You know what they say - the camera adds 10 pounds. Then the joke on Friends, re: the fat Monica, was "How many cameras were on you?" Anyway, I hate Ed Burns. So annoying. The camera also does weird things with how people look. Like some very beautiful people on film look freakish in person.

Sterling

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:51:40 -0500

Height is so weirdly distorted in the movies. Obviously, Tom Cruise is a midget and film makers go to great lengths to make him seem normal height. Ditto Edward Burns - he looked gigantic in Saving Private Ryan - just seemed a really big, solid guy. A few months after seeing the movie, I was behind him in line at the Banana Republic on Prince St. He's 6'1", 170 lbs, absolutely tops. It's disturbing.

sophie

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:07:18 -0500

i can't deal this is so funny. there are so many good points on this list but these are my favorites: (25) Place warnings on movie posters and advertising we can really use. Like "Computer-Generated Cheese Content," or "May Contain Traces Of Madonna," or "Dangerous if Consumed Under the Influence of Thought." (29) Institute a "Kevin Spacey Clause" for Oscar recipients. If winners unleash more than four dogs subsequent to their awards, they must return them. On TV, during the awards. (45) Men over 55 in movies should not: Beat the bejeezus out of people half their age. Have sex with people half their age. Show us their butts. Speak street jive. Play anything other than men over 55.