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While she’s still gorgeous, I think both of her divorces took their toll on her a bit. Her first divorce was in 2010 and this was the time of her last peak beauty role (Iron Man 2 - 2010). She took her first plain mother role not long after in We Bought A Zoo. We then got Under the Skin, Avengers 1, and Hail Caesar. Not quite peak beauty but still close.
Her second divorce was in 2017. Her roles since then have been completely soul-less action or voice over, with a couple more mother roles.
I wonder what her career and looks would be like if she had never divorced. As well as being beautiful, she also seemed to be more relaxed and less money oriented in picking roles. It’s sad that she became the vapid action star that her character mocks in Lost in Translation.
I’ve always been surprised that her parents let her take the role in The Man Who Wasn’t There. She plays a teen who lusts after the much older main character and the movie ends with her giving him head while he driving, causing a crash. I doubt they would be able to film this plot point these days.
Scarjo was born November 1984 and the film was released October 2001. This means she would have been 16 when the movie was released and therefore must have been about 15 when cast. Yuck.
I would say peak Scarjo movies were from 2003-2013. At time of release, the highlights were Lost in Translation, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Match Point, Scoop, The Prestige, Justin Timberlake: What Goes Around… Comes Around (music video), The Other Boleyn Girl, Vicky Christina Barcelona, He’s Just Not That Into You, Iron Man 2, and Her. All of these are essential Scarjo viewing.
The lesser known but still great films from this period are The Perfect Score (fun teen heist movie with Chris Evans), A Love Song for Bobby Long (New Orleans drama with John Travolta), and The Nanny Diaries (comedy-drama with Chris Evans based on a true story). All of these are worth watching.
The Island is worth watching for eye candy only. It’s not really a peak movie because of the poor plot but has the same visual feeling as it’s a big budget sci-fi movie.
Ghost World is comic book adaption from slightly before this period when she was still in her awkward teenage stage and in a best friend role. It’s still enjoyable as it has an unusual plot and many memorable scenes. An American Rhapsody is in the same category with Scarjo as the lead in portraying the Hungarian-America screen writer as a teenager trying to make sense of her self. Manny & Lo has a younger Scarjo not as a lead but enjoyable considering her age. She plays the younger sister of a runaway pregnant teen.
Movies from roughly this period that should be avoided are My Brother the Pig (bad kids film), A Good Woman (boring), In Good Company (forgettable smaller role), The Black Dahlia (forgettable smaller role), and The Spirit (unwatchable).
It’s sad that she mostly does big budget action stuff these days.
Autism wasn’t really recognised in girls and women when this film came out.
It’s because it is mostly aimed to women and IMDB ratings are mostly done by men. You used to be able to compare male vs female voters but IMDB has hidden that now.
This article goes into detail:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-if-online-movie-ratings-werent-based-almost-entirely-on-what-men-think/
I had this on DVD and only watched it a couple times despite really liking it the first time. There just isn’t a lot is substance to the movie and there’s only one plot thread. The costumes and their friendship is great but a big chunk of the movie is the fake reunion and then straight after there is the real one and the long dance.
In comparison, Clueless feels like every character is fleshed out, it has its own language, and there are several smaller plot points that all come together in the end.
I think loneliness. His niece came and probably won't come back for a while, his sister was distant, he was reminded of his (abusive?) father with whom he is estranged, his co-worker left suddenly without paying him back, he was reminded that the bar woman is just a hostess and has a personal life, nothing came from the nought and crosses game or the woman in the park or the woman who borrowed the tape, he visits the shrine possibly in memory of someone he knows, and the hostess's husband made him feel that your life can end suddenly.
I agree about the abusive parent part. He is shown to be smart from the books he reads and is a good worker yet he is doing a cleaning job. Something held him back from formal education or finding a better position.
No, it was Christina's hand.
You left out the worst part. The woman was a performance artist but the reason she used puking was because she has an eating disorder. So Gaga encouraged her self harming.
Her first few films were iconic and ahead of their time in some ways (such as the modern music used in Marie Antoinette). Everything after that has been bland and forgettable. The Bling Ring is the most frustrating as it had so much potential but she chose to focus on the wrong characters. Somehow she keeps getting worse and worse over time.
No, it wasn't about being attracted to Mavis but what Mavis represented to Sandra in her head. In high school, Sandra dreamed of being popular but instead of trying to make friends naturally she treated Mavis like she was a best friend already when they never spoke because the fantasy of being popular and best friends with Mavis was so familiar to her in her head. Sandra now dreams of going off to the big city and leaving her small town life and being best friends with someone like Mavis who leads a seemingly glamorous perfect life. Instead of taking steps to get a better job and move, she begs Mavis to take her with her as Sandra can't disconnect her idea of Mavis and her own dream life. For Sandra, she needs as close as possible to BE the Mavis in her head which can't happen. Anything Sandra does herself will never be as good as Mavis because Sandra can't become her perfect fantasy version of Mavis because it's unrealistic.
Similarly, Mavis built up a whole dream scenario of winning the old Buddy back and reliving her old high school life and maybe having kids of their own even though Mavis neglects her dog and would be a terrible parent. Both of them were fantasising about people they barely know now but treat like they are close because they represent their dream lives. I wish the movie had focused more on the Sandra/Mavis dynamic. Mavis tells her whole fantasy to Buddy and comes across as unhinged and then Sandra does the same to Mavis but Mavis is unable to see the parallels. Instead Sandra pushes Mavis back into her old fantasy of leaving small town Mercury and living it up in the big city because she is better than everyone else. Neither of them are able to see that the real problem in their lives is themselves and that they will be unhappy wherever they go if they don't change this. They both want connection deep down but they put people on pedestals or push them too far away to have anything real.
Agree. I'm a huge fan of both Elvis and Sofia Coppola but I'm not sure what the point of this was. The original adaptation of the book was much better. This was very forgettable.
Elvis liked Priscilla because she looked like his mother who had recently passed away (not sure if he was aware of the resemblance or it was a subconscious thing). Several of his other girlfriends had a similar look.
Bill and Ted III: The Search for Rufus
Rufus has disappeared and Bill and Ted get asked to find him. They travel through alternate dimensions and space looking for him using the phone box. They visit some previous locations and see old characters but not for too long. They also visit different places in space and time. At one point they hide and see themselves meet themselves in a scene from a previous film so that there were actually 3 Bills and Teds. They keep hearing Rufus’s voice through the receiver (clips from Carlin’s old stand-up and interviews). Eventually they realise Rufus doesn’t want to be found and sometimes you have to accept that people want different things and changes have to happen even if they are difficult. The theme ties into a subplot about them not being ready to accept that their sons are growing up and taking different paths in life and that they are getting older themselves. This is what then inspires them to write a song that brings everyone together through the message of respecting other people’s needs and differences, about being young and old, about the importance of close friendships but also giving people space when they need it. There is a shot of a body double of Carlin in the distance watching them so the audience knows he is ok because he knew that his disappearance was necessary to inspire them.
When they had Mozart playing the harpsichord I thought they were going to use Aerosmith's Dream On, similar to how they used the Kiss song before.
This is old but the red lanterns in the hot tub scene did remind me of that movie. I wouldn't say it was a reference though as those types of lanterns are pretty common.
Angel is bland. He was ok in the early seasons but didn't need his own show or to be brought back.
Spike was best when he had the chip and was a mix of good and evil ("Draco in leather pants"). Getting his soul back turned him bland as well. Buffy should have dusted him during the r*pe scene. He wasn't a good person underneath and him trying to become one just went against his character.
She mentioned feeling lost for the last 3 or 4 years in a recent interview. She did say she is due to begin an MA in Creative Writing so hopefully she is able to develop something genuine.
She doesn't act any more and only does appearances to maintain her activist persona. She doesn't have any talent or charisma, only a familiar name and a mountain of privilege.
Very interesting. Any idea what the purpose of this bot might be?