Tuesday, August 08, 2006

The Rules of Attraction

Lest my blog only be about movie reviews and movie trailers...

I thought I would elaborate on something I mentioned during my review of Clerks II about my Rules For Attraction For Famous People.

There really isn't a list of rules, it's really just two:

1. You have to be good at your chosen profession.
2. The better you are at what you do, the more attractive you are.

Personally, I don't know why everyone doesn't live by these rules. What if you meet these people and through some stroke of luck, they find you more interesting than Colin Farrell and you engage in a whirlwind romance, that leads to marriage (that she pays for).

Then you have to go to all her premieres/big concerts and bite your tongue that she really sucks and you'd rather be watching the same movie with someone else in her role or that's a great song, I wish someone else sang it.

That's just not the life for me.

So who are some examples of famous women I am attracted to?

Well, the queen of these rules is Cate Blanchett.



I mean, she's beautiful and all but after I saw her in Elizabeth, I became obsessed with her (SO much so that I am STILL salty she lost Best Actress for that role to Gwenyth Paltrow.)

I don't believe in seeing movies because certain people are in them but she's the closest to an actress that I would see just on the strength of their presence.

She's just so good.

Hm. Who else? Off the top of my head:
  • Aisha Tyler, writer/comedian/actress (although her acting is costing her points)
  • Jenny Lewis, lead singer of Rilo Kiley
  • Jill Scott, singer (although one more happy go lucky album and she's cut off)
  • Julie Delpy, actress (I wish she would make more movies)
  • Rachel Weisz, actress (damn you, Darren Aronofsky)
  • Nia Long, actress (the exact opposite. She makes just enough movies to make me keep crushing on her)
  • Kate Winslet, actress
  • Aimee Mann, singer/songwriter
  • Janeane Garofalo, actress/comedian/radio host (mentally, she has never recovered from the 2004 election and now when I see her it's kind of a pity crush)
  • Lucy Davis, actress (played Dawn in the The Office on BBC, by the end of the second season, I was in love with her)
  • Kerry Washington, actress (needs a better agent if she's in Fantastic Four)
  • Sarah Shahi, actress, The L Word (OK, there can't be rules if there are not exceptions)
I'm sure there are more but if I was in a room with all these women and Cate Blanchett, it wouldn't even be a competition.

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