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What the fuck did anyone see in her?

posted 2 years ago by R_Kane (15828)
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She was in There’s Something About Mary, where the temporarily funny Ben Stiller came in her hair and got his dick stick in his trousers fly, neither of which Diaz really had anything with which to do with Diaz.

She was in The Mask, back when Jim Carry was believed to be funny. All she did was stand there.

She was in the first Charlie’s Angels movie, where she showed off her ass and told a UPS driver that he could feel free to leave things in her box. She was also a white chick selected to dance onstage on Soul Train, a TV show almost no one on this site remembers.

Then she smoked and partied. I just rewatched Knight and Day. She was essentially a blowup doll in that. Tom Cruise probably wished he could be a ventriloquist dubbing her lines.

Three facial expressions: cute, cuter, frightened.

Not really an impressive resume, is it?

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Made quite the impression on you.

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[–] buzzlightbeer (1900) 2 years ago

i actually agree with r kane on this

don't get what anyone ever saw in her. just odd how some people rise to stardom. she is a household name but eh, kinda forgettable.

also as the resident horn dog here, i find it odd that i don't find her visually attractive. seems like she should be hot, i guess because of the blonde blue combo, but to me she's just meh.

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[–] kwestmo (4385) 2 years ago

I don't disagree, but it worked for her.

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[–] Ripkens25 (2014) 2 years ago

I disagree with the premise of the thread.
There was never some huge wave of adoration for Cameron Diaz. She simply was the go-to actress in some big movies for a certain stretch of time.

Granted, she made a great first impression in The Mask....because she had a certain look and energy about her that was new and refreshing. Then, she did some small stuff like She's the One (an Ed Burns film), and was good for what her role called for in those films.

Then, she found herself in several big movies with ensemble casts (like My Best Friend's Wedding and Charlie's Angels), and that helped make her a bankable/recognizable name.

"There's Something About Mary" was a perfect storm of several elements. Primarily, the audacious, over-the-top humor pushed boundaries we weren't used to seeing. And, Cameron was likeable as the silly, bubbly, sports-loving blond with a big heart and long legs.

So.....it's not hard to see how/why she had a run of popularity, really. She was in some great films. Plus, she just kinda comes across as cool, likeable and down to Earth. Stayed out of trouble and tabloids. That helps.

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[–] cyguration (3951) 2 years ago

I think what also helped is that she was only in movies most people (or at least a sizable demographic) found entertaining.

Unlike Gwyneth Paltrow (sp?) or Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz never really tried to force-feed her way into too many dramatic roles or be known as a stuck-up dramatic actress. Almost all the movies she played in were consistent with what you would expect from her and -- as you mentioned -- most of those movies made bank. For a while she was basically the female version of Keanu Reeves.

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[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

Blonde, leggy, and always played girls who spent most of the movie gazing adoring at some man.n

She never fid much for me, but for a while all the straight guys were nuts about her.

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[–] ThrillerTalk (1118) 2 years ago

wow. literally this entire post comes down to one thing. Opinion.

"Where the temporarily funny Ben Stiller"

"back when Jim Carry was believed to be funny."

Clearly the op can't accept that other people think differently than them so they have to come on a forum and rant about why someone is liked so much by others.

like wow.

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[–] R_Kane (15828) a year ago

This post is about Cameron Diaz. Comments I made about others were clear sidebars, not “rants.” I write humor professionally. I stand by my point that Stiller and Cary are rich and nowhere to be seen.

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[–] MCguy (1136) 10 months ago

Did Stiller and Carry decide to leave before they made a long line of unfunny movies as many other comedians have?

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[–] chilone (17860) 6 months ago

That's rich.
You have no sense of humor.

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[–] pjl69 (2647) 5 months ago

"I write humor professionally."

LOL. Do you make a living?

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[–] ronatola (371) 2 years ago

DUH - she was GEORGEOUS.
Not so much now - going the way of Margot Kidder as she ages.

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[–] HarlemEagle42 (17735) 2 years ago

She actually can be an interesting screen presence outside of her looks. I miss her doing more offbeat or straight up dark comedies like Very Bad Things or A Life Less Ordinary or weird titles like Being John Malkovich or Vanilla Sky. It seems she got pigeon-holed in these crappy rom-coms early in her stardom.

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[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

She was excellent in Any Given Sunday and Bad Teacher.

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