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Another bottle blonde

Nov 14, 2007 19:13

When it was a matter of getting herself some publicity, Nicole Kidman got herself married to her current partner in a Catholic church, and in white, yet. You may remember my cynicism on the matter.

Now she takes the protagonist role in the movie of Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass, and even has the cheek to assure us that as she is so ( Read more... )

bottle blondes, disgust, cynicism, overrated things, nicole kidman, i hope i can get within spitting distanc, hollywood

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filialucis November 10 2007, 13:44:33 UTC

I just wish some of those ... shall we say ... intellectually challenged individuals who go around claiming that JKR is the actual anti-Christ had put their excess energy to better use by pointing out the actual, and not imagined, anti-religious message in Pullman.

I read my way through that trilogy once and have never been able to bring myself to open it again. Honestly, I wonder how some people manage to go through life without being poisoned by their own vitriol...

rfachir November 10 2007, 14:47:58 UTC

I loved the series - I'd rather have a Milton fanfic than almost any YA fic written recently. At least there's religion in the story at all - better than the stories where it's all been whitewashed away. Kidman was miscast, though. The Mrs Coulter part should have been a beautiful dark haired lady to play off Lord Asriel's blond. The James Bond cast (with the bond-girl not as the witch, as Mrs C.) would have been perfect. Judy Dench could have played the evil angel. It would have been great.

jordan179 November 10 2007, 15:07:36 UTC

I'm an atheist, and I find Kidman's attitude hypocritical.

redcoast November 10 2007, 17:43:22 UTC

She looked better when she was a red-head.

soonest_mended November 10 2007, 19:22:18 UTC

I recently watched Cold Mountain, and it profoundly changed my mental reactions to Ms. Kidman. The sex scene reduced me to hysterical cackling, and now whenever I see her face on paper or screen I can't help but giggle and think, "I've seen her having really ridiculous sex." Same effect, really, as walking into a student lounge and catching an acquaintance in the act-- from that moment on, whenever you see them you are twelve.

Pullman, however... what a horrible waste of genuine talent. The man's angrier than Neil Gaiman and as confusingly surreligious as your average faux-Wiccan high-schooler, but if he cleaned up his act I'd be a total fan of his writing. Alas and rue the day...