So she had to *gasp* honor a legal contract between consenting adults that's been upheld in good faith?

Poor woman!

Just put in a scene where Kat Dennings finally removes 9 of the 10 sweaters she was wearing in Thor. Then have Thor look right in the camera.

They should've let her go. I adore Ms. Portman, but her character was farking useless in Thor. I was ecstatic to see her photo in The Avengers for the sole purpose of promising that she wouldn't appear for real.

Mr. Coffee Nerves: I've seen an advance script. About fifteen minutes in they just loop this

I'd go see it

Juansmith: They should've let her go. I adore Ms. Portman, but her character was farking useless in Thor. I was ecstatic to see her photo in The Avengers for the sole purpose of promising that she wouldn't appear for real.

Yeah, pretty much the least convincing scientist in cinema history apart from Denise Richards as "Christmas Jones". How much of it is the character and how much the actor is an exercise for the viewer, but I suspect anyone remembering her impression of an oaken plank in Star Wars and a plywood spacer in V For Vendetta is going to favor the latter no matter how sad the writing was.

//She's attractive enough, sure, but it's not like Hollywood isn't full of attractive women with more actual acting talent. I imagine at least one of them is pouring coffee at the cafe where this crime against cinema is going to be written.

steve_lou: Just put in a scene where Kat Dennings finally removes 9 of the 10 sweaters she was wearing in Thor. Then have Thor look right in the camera.

This a million times.

What kind of idiot casts Kat Dennings in his movie and then covers her up with heaps of bulky clothing. You know it's not because Kat Dennings is afraid to show her bewbs (bless her heart, which I hear is located someplace under that massive rack).

My guess is that this derp-head:



Was afraid she'd look like a bag of ground beef next to this:



Also... bewbs.

The Stealth Hippopotamus: She was in "Your Highness". She doesn't get to take the high road anymore.

Anymore? Natalie "Anakin, you're breaking my heart" Portman? When did she ever own a "therious thespian" card?

mhd: The Stealth Hippopotamus: She was in "Your Highness". She doesn't get to take the high road anymore.

Anymore? Natalie "Anakin, you're breaking my heart" Portman? When did she ever own a "therious thespian" card?

The Professional.
Black Swan.

And arguably a couple others.

Evil_John:
The Professional.
Black Swan.

I don't think you get credit for successfully pulling off a role that literally consists of only "look like a pre-teen" when you actually are a pre-teen.

I'll give you Black Swan, I guess, because even though I wasn't impressed most of the critics were, so I assume that one was a matter of taste, or rather lack of distaste for blatant pandering oscar-bait schlock.

//I so rarely get to pull out the movie nerd hat around here, wheeeee.

Jim_Callahan: Juansmith: They should've let her go. I adore Ms. Portman, but her character was farking useless in Thor. I was ecstatic to see her photo in The Avengers for the sole purpose of promising that she wouldn't appear for real.

Yeah, pretty much the least convincing scientist in cinema history apart from Denise Richards as "Christmas Jones".

Which is funny considering she is one of the few actors with a Erdős-Bacon number, worked as Alan Dershowitz's research assistant and has two journal publications.

Carth: Which is funny considering she is one of the few actors with a Erdős-Bacon number, worked as Alan Dershowitz's research assistant and has two journal publications.

That is the source of some of my frustration, yes. One would expect the combination of professional (assumably method) actor and experience in the physical sciences to result in a well-acted portrayal of a competent scientist, instead of a terrible impression of an actor of the quality one would expect from an incompetent scientist.

//Though technically everyone that's published anything has an Erdos number, that's actually pretty much the joke there. It's not a scientific credential, it's a network theory reference.

The Stealth Hippopotamus: She was in "Your Highness". She doesn't get to take the high road anymore.

Tho, I am glad to see she is willing to debase herself for money.

You have to admit there was one hell of a redeeming feature about that movie:



And to boot you didn't even have to buy a ticket to see it, they showed it off in the trailers!

Mr. Coffee Nerves: I've seen an advance script. About fifteen minutes in they just loop this

Are those new?

"Thor" was my least favorite of the "Avengers" movies, but damn if it doesn't get better in a second viewing. Acting, especially by Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Hopkins, was both narmy and very subtle at times. Loki is easily one of the more complex vilains in comic book movies.

Doctor Jan Itor: Mr. Coffee Nerves: I've seen an advance script. About fifteen minutes in they just loop this

Are those new?

Those are courtesy of the best FX people Terrence Malick could find, FSM bless him.

Iczer: The Stealth Hippopotamus: She was in "Your Highness". She doesn't get to take the high road anymore.

Tho, I am glad to see she is willing to debase herself for money.

You have to admit there was one hell of a redeeming feature about that movie:

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And to boot you didn't even have to buy a ticket to see it, they showed it off in the trailers!

thought the saying that wasn't her ass shown in the movie but a stunt double?

BeerBear: Iczer: The Stealth Hippopotamus: She was in "Your Highness". She doesn't get to take the high road anymore.

Tho, I am glad to see she is willing to debase herself for money.

You have to admit there was one hell of a redeeming feature about that movie:

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And to boot you didn't even have to buy a ticket to see it, they showed it off in the trailers!

thought the saying that wasn't her ass shown in the movie but a stunt double?

I'm only 63% sure of what you just said so I'm answering based on my own interpretation, but no. It cuts away from her, then cuts back to her body double, face turned away from the camera, jumping into the lake. The shots in question are pure Portman.

TwistedFark: My guess is that this derp-head:

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Was afraid she'd look like a bag of ground beef next to this:

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Also... bewbs.

She looks really nice, but did she have to screw up her lips with collagen? It's pretty frelling obvious in that picture.

BeerBear: Iczer: The Stealth Hippopotamus: She was in "Your Highness". She doesn't get to take the high road anymore.

Tho, I am glad to see she is willing to debase herself for money.

You have to admit there was one hell of a redeeming feature about that movie:

[i2.kym-cdn.com image 300x287]

And to boot you didn't even have to buy a ticket to see it, they showed it off in the trailers!

thought the saying that wasn't her ass shown in the movie but a stunt double?

If you want to see Natalie Portman's ass in all its glory (and there can be no doubt that it is her ass), go and look for the short film "Hotel Chevalier", the prelude to "The Darjeeling Limited". She's got a real hot sex scene with Jason Schwartzamn in it, but thankfully, she's the only one showing skin.

And enjoy it, too. She said that the reviews of the shorts focused so much on the nude scene, overshadowing all the rest, that she decided she won't do them anymore.

padraig: BeerBear: Iczer: The Stealth Hippopotamus: She was in "Your Highness". She doesn't get to take the high road anymore.

Tho, I am glad to see she is willing to debase herself for money.

You have to admit there was one hell of a redeeming feature about that movie:

[i2.kym-cdn.com image 300x287]

And to boot you didn't even have to buy a ticket to see it, they showed it off in the trailers!

thought the saying that wasn't her ass shown in the movie but a stunt double?

If you want to see Natalie Portman's ass in all its glory (and there can be no doubt that it is her ass), go and look for the short film "Hotel Chevalier", the prelude to "The Darjeeling Limited". She's got a real hot sex scene with Jason Schwartzamn in it, but thankfully, she's the only one showing skin.

And enjoy it, too. She said that the reviews of the shorts focused so much on the nude scene, overshadowing all the rest, that she decided she won't do them anymore.

I'm not one to complain but there wasn't much goin on in that scene (will admit I just looked it up).

Have you seen Spartacus on Starz? If you're a man, that's required viewing.

RockofAges: I'm not one to complain but there wasn't much goin on in that scene (will admit I just looked it up).

Have you seen Spartacus on Starz? If you're a man, that's required viewing.

To be frank, I've never watched a movie, or a series, because there is nude scenes in it. If I want sexual content, I schtup by girlfiend, or watch porn. Maybe I'm jaded because, as a 9-yo French boy, I could see daily girls stripping to their thongs on national TV, but I don't need to be treated as a hormoney teenager every hour of the day. For instance, I think that there is too much sex in Game of Thrones.

padraig: RockofAges: I'm not one to complain but there wasn't much goin on in that scene (will admit I just looked it up).

Have you seen Spartacus on Starz? If you're a man, that's required viewing.

To be frank, I've never watched a movie, or a series, because there is nude scenes in it. If I want sexual content, I schtup by girlfiend, or watch porn. Maybe I'm jaded because, as a 9-yo French boy, I could see daily girls stripping to their thongs on national TV, but I don't need to be treated as a hormoney teenager every hour of the day. For instance, I think that there is too much sex in Game of Thrones.

Watch for the nude, stay for the gore.

padraig: RockofAges: I'm not one to complain but there wasn't much goin on in that scene (will admit I just looked it up).

Have you seen Spartacus on Starz? If you're a man, that's required viewing.

To be frank, I've never watched a movie, or a series, because there is nude scenes in it. If I want sexual content, I schtup by girlfiend, or watch porn. Maybe I'm jaded because, as a 9-yo French boy, I could see daily girls stripping to their thongs on national TV, but I don't need to be treated as a hormoney teenager every hour of the day. For instance, I think that there is too much sex in Game of Thrones.

While nudity isn't the sole purpose of most given pieces of entertainment, it's fairly puritanical in my view to consider healthy sexuality and arousal of the sexual sense in the television medium to be "for hormoney teenagers".

Why segregate your sexuality into liminal / threshold events, like a self-contained urge? I allow myself to enjoy the thoughts of all my pleasures (food, writing, music, gaming, the outdoors, and yes, sex) throughout the day. When it's presented well (and not necessarily "tastefully", but more like "effectively") it's enjoyable.

Just my view.

DeathByGeekSquad: padraig: RockofAges: I'm not one to complain but there wasn't much goin on in that scene (will admit I just looked it up).

Have you seen Spartacus on Starz? If you're a man, that's required viewing.

To be frank, I've never watched a movie, or a series, because there is nude scenes in it. If I want sexual content, I schtup by girlfiend, or watch porn. Maybe I'm jaded because, as a 9-yo French boy, I could see daily girls stripping to their thongs on national TV, but I don't need to be treated as a hormoney teenager every hour of the day. For instance, I think that there is too much sex in Game of Thrones.

Watch for the nude, stay for the gore.

I like the dialogue...

Also the Jeoffrey-slapping.

Haven't done the GoT thing yet, still finishing Spartacus.

Honestly it would be hard to beat the first season of that show. It's easily the most macho thing I've ever seen on TV, which I like personally.

RockofAges: Haven't done the GoT thing yet, still finishing Spartacus.

Honestly it would be hard to beat the first season of that show. It's easily the most macho thing I've ever seen on TV, which I like personally.

I loved the first season but couldn't watch season 2. It was just too sad that they switched out Spartacus because the lead actor died of cancer.

Jim_Callahan: Evil_John:
The Professional.
Black Swan.

I don't think you get credit for successfully pulling off a role that literally consists of only "look like a pre-teen" when you actually are a pre-teen.

I'll give you Black Swan, I guess, because even though I wasn't impressed most of the critics were, so I assume that one was a matter of taste, or rather lack of distaste for blatant pandering oscar-bait schlock.

//I so rarely get to pull out the movie nerd hat around here, wheeeee.

Black Swan was totally one of those movies where it was good while you were watching it but as soon as it is over and you have time to think it makes no sense (she managed to do a whole performance like that?) . It was just like the other movie from the same director Requiem for a Dream (New York City ran out of heroin?).

Tat'dGreaser: padraig: To be frank, I've never watched a movie, or a series, because there is nude scenes in it. If I want sexual content, I schtup by girlfiend, or watch porn. Maybe I'm jaded because, as a 9-yo French boy, I could see daily girls stripping to their thongs on national TV, but I don't need to be treated as a hormoney teenager every hour of the day. For instance, I think that there is too much sex in Game of Thrones.

That must suck to be asexual.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA !

Me ? Asexual ?

That's a good one, skippy.

RockofAges: While nudity isn't the sole purpose of most given pieces of entertainment, it's fairly puritanical in my view to consider healthy sexuality and arousal of the sexual sense in the television medium to be "for hormoney teenagers".

Why segregate your sexuality into liminal / threshold events, like a self-contained urge? I allow myself to enjoy the thoughts of all my pleasures (food, writing, music, gaming, the outdoors, and yes, sex) throughout the day. When it's presented well (and not necessarily "tastefully", but more like "effectively") it's enjoyable.

My point was that, in "Games Of Thrones", I feel pandered to. GoT has a lot of scene scenes that are significant and relevant to the plot. I think about the incest scenes, for instance, or how the way Daenerys tamed her Dothraki husband is shown by her managing to transform their intercourses from quasi-rape to more consensual affairs (reminded me a lot of "Quest for fire", actually). But afterward, there are a lot of completely unnecessary sex scenes, like when the bordello owner (don't remember the name) does a long treaty about the politics of Westeroos while two girls are having a lesbian sex scene.

Evil_John: mhd: The Stealth Hippopotamus: She was in "Your Highness". She doesn't get to take the high road anymore.

Anymore? Natalie "Anakin, you're breaking my heart" Portman? When did she ever own a "therious thespian" card?

The Professional.
Black Swan.

And arguably a couple others.

She was good (but miscast) in Hesher.

She is pretty much the worst thing in 90% of her movies. Eye candy and nothing more.

Eh. Kill her off, then hook Thor up with Sif. Problem solved.

She'll make more money in a couple months doing something she doesn't want than I will make in a lifetime of doing what I don't want to do.

Hey Natalie, trade places?

doglover: So she had to *gasp* honor a legal contract between consenting adults that's been upheld in good faith?

Poor woman!

This.

We can close this thread now.

Nurglitch: DeathByGeekSquad: padraig: RockofAges: I'm not one to complain but there wasn't much goin on in that scene (will admit I just looked it up).

Have you seen Spartacus on Starz? If you're a man, that's required viewing.

To be frank, I've never watched a movie, or a series, because there is nude scenes in it. If I want sexual content, I schtup by girlfiend, or watch porn. Maybe I'm jaded because, as a 9-yo French boy, I could see daily girls stripping to their thongs on national TV, but I don't need to be treated as a hormoney teenager every hour of the day. For instance, I think that there is too much sex in Game of Thrones.

Watch for the nude, stay for the gore.

I like the dialogue...

Also the Jeoffrey-slapping.

Joffrey would get decapitated and neck farked on Spartacus.

/hot

BeerBear: Iczer: The Stealth Hippopotamus: She was in "Your Highness". She doesn't get to take the high road anymore.

Tho, I am glad to see she is willing to debase herself for money.

You have to admit there was one hell of a redeeming feature about that movie:

[i2.kym-cdn.com image 300x287]

And to boot you didn't even have to buy a ticket to see it, they showed it off in the trailers!

thought the saying that wasn't her ass shown in the movie but a stunt double?

Still nice, though.

Sweet Chin Music: Eh. Kill her off, then hook Thor up with Sif. Problem solved.

That's the idea. Well not to kill Jane Foster off...but to hook up Thor and Sif.

As much as I like Natalie Portman, I felt she was the weak link in Thor. And yeah, they sure did do their best to cover up Kat's massive jugs.

spelletrader: [thebiglead.fantasysportsven.netdna-cdn.com image 594x334]

/hot

MY GOD, THERE IS A GIANT BEHIND NATALIE!

RUN NATALIE! RUUUUUN!!!

Natalie Portman, despite being quite intelligent, strikes me as feeling oh-so-above-it-all. I frankly don't consider her to be a very good actress, with the exception of those roles where she plays a precocious child (where the bar is much lower). It's almost as those she got lots of praise for her acting skills when she was twelve, and then just kinda figured "I'm good, I don't need to get any better" and has been stuck at that level every since.

I also hold her partially responsible for some of the flaws of the Star Wars prequels. I recall and interview where she said something to the effect of "It's so HARD to act in front of a green screen," and I thought to myself, "Lady, you literally get paid to play make-believe. Use your gorram imagination. You don't see Ewan MacGregor complaining."