RCL was in the greatest mediocre films of the 90's and aughts.

Josie and the Pussy Cats is a middle brow epic.

Jonathan Hohensee: RCL was in the greatest mediocre films of the 90's and aughts.

Josie and the Pussy Cats is a middle brow epic.

Get Carter.

I laughed pretty hard at the article's picture. Well played, ibtimes.

Sun God: Jonathan Hohensee: RCL was in the greatest mediocre films of the 90's and aughts.

Josie and the Pussy Cats is a middle brow epic.

Get Carter.

Also the voice of Tifa

I, for one, am ready to admit that I was disturbingly turned on by her "your brain on drugs" commercial. That is all.

DammitIForgotMyLogin: I think you must be slightly confused, Get Carter was a 1971 British Film starring Michael Caine. It certainly didn't feature Rachel Leigh Cooke.

Stallone's Get Carter is a good movie. Trust me.

So let's make this a hot Rachel Anything thread:

I present Rachel Bilson



Oh and how about that girl the article was about?

Jonathan Hohensee: RCL RLC was in the greatest mediocre films of the 90's and aughts.

Josie and the Pussy Cats is a middle brow epic.

It also has a pretty damn good soundtrack.

Cook was also in one of the most insufferable movies of the '90s: "She's All That." Arty outcast lets down her hair (literally) and learns happiness is wearing lip gloss and dating jocks.

It was also the beginning of the Miramax's downward spiral. It was the art-house studio's first foray into populist crap, and that was a very slippery slope.


DammitIForgotMyLogin: Sun God: Jonathan Hohensee: RCL was in the greatest mediocre films of the 90's and aughts.

Josie and the Pussy Cats is a middle brow epic.

Get Carter.

I think you must be slightly confused, Get Carter was a 1971 British Film starring Michael Caine. It certainly didn't feature Rachel Leigh Cooke.

To this day, I am grateful that Hollywood never got their hands on the rights to either that or The Italian Job. I shudder to think what kind of hideous abortions would have resulted from the remaking of either of those classic movies.

2003 "Italian Job" > 1969 "Italian Job" by a long shot.

1969 version is a gimmick with a few clever performances and transparently low-budget driving/stunt sequences plagued by illogical nonsense (driving onto the a dome-shaped building just because they can, then driving right back down again because there's no escape).

2003 improves on it in every way. The plot is far more intelligent and complex, as are the characters, who are also more clever and memorable. The stunts and driving are leaps and bounds more gripping. And while '69 had Caine's undeniable cool, Noel Coward, and Benny Hill, they're no match for Donald Sutherland, Jason Statham, Seth Green, Mos Def, and Edward Norton.

Wahlberg isn't Michael Caine, granted. But his Charlie Croker isn't remotely the same kind of guy as Caine's. 2003's movie spreads the character wealth, and Wahlberg holds his own against a great bunch of fellow cast members in a part well-written to his particular abilities.

"The Italian Job" 2003 is a perfect example of what remakes should be: Take a mediocre movie as a jumping-off point, and make a better one.

Fist of God?

Roy Budd video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kMhcf8eyiA

Here's Stallone's Roy Budd:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f3twPGpBL8&NR=1

I thought she was great in 11:14.

100 Watt Walrus:
It was also the beginning of the Miramax's downward spiral. It was the art-house studio's first foray into populist crap, and that was a very slippery slope.



/Agrees

Sun God: Here's Stallone's Roy Budd:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f3twPGpBL8&NR=1

Here's Morrissey's Billy Budd. Morrissey (Billy Budd)

100 Watt Walrus: 2003 "Italian Job" > 1969 "Italian Job" by a long shot.

this.

Cook

She sounds fat.

...and a bag of chips.

Now...




Then...


Would hit it, then or now.

Would prefer the "now", seeing as how Marty borrowed the DeLorean again...

/_{yes, I see the irony in putting up airbrushed pictures in response to her complaining about airbrushing... sue me.}

nucrash: Fist of God?

Most definitely!

FREDIOHEAD: Sun God: Here's Stallone's Roy Budd:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f3twPGpBL8&NR=1

Here's Morrissey's Billy Budd. Morrissey (Billy Budd)

Is that the one where Nicole Kidman takes her top off? Or the one with the dancer kid?

Like the fist of an angry screen door king of england hurricane.

Screw being relevant. I would've cleaned her bathtub when I was 17 with my tongue, and would gladly do so now.

/Did it feel bad when you realized the idols of your youth were only 5-7 years older than you? AND THEN YOU REALIZED IT?

100 Watt Walrus:
"The Italian Job" 2003 is a perfect example of what remakes should be: Take a mediocre movie as a jumping-off point, and make a better one.

It is difficult to imagine how mediocre the 1969 movie must be because the 2003 version is a cookie cutter, uninteresting, and formulaic movie in every respect.

NOLAhd: 100 Watt Walrus:
"The Italian Job" 2003 is a perfect example of what remakes should be: Take a mediocre movie as a jumping-off point, and make a better one.

It is difficult to imagine how mediocre the 1969 movie must be because the 2003 version is a cookie cutter, uninteresting, and formulaic movie in every respect.

I'm surprised no one has made a remake of "Topkapi."

Sun God:
NOLAhd: 100 Watt Walrus:
"The Italian Job" 2003 is a perfect example of what remakes should be: Take a mediocre movie as a jumping-off point, and make a better one.

It is difficult to imagine how mediocre the 1969 movie must be because the 2003 version is a cookie cutter, uninteresting, and formulaic movie in every respect.

I'm surprised no one has made a remake of "Topkapi."

LOL. I hated that movie. Not saying it was necessarily bad, but it was so affected that maybe I was just born too late to appreciate it. Also that crazy chick was super annoying and such a liability to a professional thieving operation, I wanted to shoot her myself.

No Such Agency: Sun God:
NOLAhd: 100 Watt Walrus:
"The Italian Job" 2003 is a perfect example of what remakes should be: Take a mediocre movie as a jumping-off point, and make a better one.

It is difficult to imagine how mediocre the 1969 movie must be because the 2003 version is a cookie cutter, uninteresting, and formulaic movie in every respect.

I'm surprised no one has made a remake of "Topkapi."

LOL. I hated that movie. Not saying it was necessarily bad, but it was so affected that maybe I was just born too late to appreciate it. Also that crazy chick was super annoying and such a liability to a professional thieving operation, I wanted to shoot her myself.

Almost all of the "Ocean's 11, 12, 13..." movies are based on Topkapi.

I've been in love with that chick for a good while. So hot with a touch of quirky and cute, yummy for my tummy!

She's hot!

Like she was Porkins and I was a turbo laser on the right side of that deflection tower.

God-is-a-Taco: But they don't actually object to it until after they can't benefit from it any more. One day they realize they're old or fat and suddenly they're feminists.

Pretty much, yeah (though she isn't old or fat). How often do you see young, attractive celebs who have strong feelings about this and actually build their careers around those views? Virtually never.

On a related note, this gal sure was cute:

She was intensely hot in Two Girls and a Guy.

She's on my list.

RLC has been and always will be stunning.

Plus, she's geek-savvy: lots of work on Robot Chicken and Titan Maximum.

I'm ashamed to admit that I've watched Josie and the Pussycats more than a couple times, it's pretty hilarious.

Nice to have her show up in Psyche from time to time, way hotter than the blonde detective.

God-is-a-Taco: These actresses and models who protest the various superficial stuff like airbrushing or skinny models and so on could have a strong voice into changing this stuff.

But they don't actually object to it until after they can't benefit from it any more. One day they realize they're old or fat and suddenly they're feminists.

So you don't have a clue who Rachel Leigh Cook is I take it?

Souplick: I laughed pretty hard at the article's picture. Well played, ibtimes.



I usually see that kind of blurring only when they're photographing Raquel Welch or Joan Collins, someone like that.

I have no idea who she is, but that pic was great.

Rachel Leigh Cook is sexably cute.

Sun God: DammitIForgotMyLogin: I think you must be slightly confused, Get Carter was a 1971 British Film starring Michael Caine. It certainly didn't feature Rachel Leigh Cooke.

Stallone's Get Carter is a good movie. Trust me.

No No No, you're thinking of "Coach Carter" staring SLJ.

MonkeyAngst: I, for one, am ready to admit that I was disturbingly turned on by her "your brain on drugs" commercial. That is all.

This. She was so farking hot swinging that frying pan around. I could almost imagine her making merry on my naughty hiney. Anyway, that anti-drug spot led to her being the next big thing - and led to few big things in my slacks. She was real cute in that stupid computer movie with Ryan Philipe and Tim Robbins.

DammitIForgotMyLogin: Sun God: Jonathan Hohensee: RCL was in the greatest mediocre films of the 90's and aughts.

Josie and the Pussy Cats is a middle brow epic.

Get Carter.

I think you must be slightly confused, Get Carter was a 1971 British Film starring Michael Caine. It certainly didn't feature Rachel Leigh Cooke.

To this day, I am grateful that Hollywood never got their hands on the rights to either that or The Italian Job. I shudder to think what kind of hideous abortions would have resulted from the remaking of either of those classic movies.

I'll have whatever he's drinking, in fact make it a double.

In response to all of the "Who???" comments:

Anti-Trust with equally hot Claire Forlani. (new window)

She's All That (and she is!) with some guy married to Sarah Michelle Gellar. (new window)

Tifa in Dirge of the Cerberus, Kingdom Hearts 2, and FFVII: Advent Children.

Jodi on Titan Maximum:


This is your brain on drugs. (new window)

And that same video ON drugs. (new window)

Falcon Hunter: In response to all of the "Who???" comments:


Jodi on Titan Maximum:


This is your brain on drugs. (new window)

And that same video ON drugs. (new window)

Was going to mention the Robot Chicken takeoff, quite satisfied with the Titan Maximum shoutout.

/when is the second season already?

Meh...I always thought she had the Drew Barrymore Problem.

Face Looks like a perenial 12 year old, No thanxs.

As for her body. Well she might be reading this,
So I will Say.......nothing (dont' want her to cry)

Actually She's nice, and her only fault is that she
took bad advise in choosing films, and with that face
she should have moved into directing once she could not
pull off looking like a Older Teen. And I never got the
impression she had great talent.

First off, it's RACHAEL



Second, she's got geek cred. Works for me!

/hot like a frying pan to the dishes