Women very miscast


I normally do not watch westerns on the western channel, for some reason I did watch this, I do like Billy Crudup and Woody is a good actor. Patricia Arquette did a lousy job of playing Mona, first of all I do not think she is pretty enough to "lure" and "tempt" all these men, she seemed mousy too me and her acting fell flat, {I admit I never like the Arquette sisters, neither one can act or is a beauty!} Penelope played her role the best she could, it would have been better for HER to be Mona, she is a little better looking and I have seen her in other movies and she can really turn ON the passion and heat, I could see Micky and big boy both perhaps going for her, if they allowed her to unleash her passion and dressed her up better. I hated when big boy got killed and that wussy brother walked away from it. Not the best movie I have ever seen, probably would not recommend it but guess its alright on a cold winters night when nothing else is on....I say they bring back E-Love on Encore mu ch better than the few channels now.

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I disagree. I felt both Cruz and Arquette were perfect in their respective roles. And I have to say that for a female, your comments come off as rather sexist. "Mousy", "not pretty enough", "if they allowed her to unleash her passion and dressed her up better", etc. Those are comments I would expect from a knuckle dragging male, not an intelligent modern woman. Much of today's ideas of "beauty" are airbrushed fantasies foisted on us by the media. Men (and I would presume women) are not always attracted to perfection in the opposite sex. Frequently there is just something indefinable that creates the attraction. Hopefully you'll get your "E-Love" on Encore back, and all the actors, male and female will fit your ideal of what is attractive.

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