Interesting topic... I like John Malkovich...I hope I never see him nude...Quote:
Originally Posted by MissScarlett
Why do you think that celebrity marriages are so challenging?
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Interesting topic... I like John Malkovich...I hope I never see him nude...Quote:
Originally Posted by MissScarlett
Why do you think that celebrity marriages are so challenging?
I heard her say that this film was the last one where she was going to appear nude. I thought "Why stop now? It isn't like we don't know what you look like after having done it so many times?". Is it because she is getting older? Truthfully, I don't know why she ever did it in the first place. I am not a prude, but I tend to find nude scenes unnecessary 9 out of 10 times.Quote:
Originally Posted by MissScarlett
This made me think of something. I was talking to someone once about doing nude scenes. I said I would never do one because I know too many people who are going to see it. I don't care to have my brothers see me in something like that. I don't want friends or acquaintances (particularly of my parents) to see it. Then there is the worst part. I would probably go to a store, and if I found out someone would recognize me, I think the immediate response in my mind would be "Oh, God, that person knows what I look like naked!". :blush: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
What exactly is a prude?
Assuming that it has something to do with being or not being nude...
Is it a coincidence that it rhymes with nude?
Yeah, right, sure...that is until the next time. The worst I did see was this version of Hardy's novel "Jude the Obscure" just called "Jude". Oh my goodness, I just agreed with MissScarlett in a profile message that Hardy films don't have blantant nudity; but this one did! Not sure who the director was. It's a good film, but has some serious flaws. That is why I haven't really brought myself to purchase it and also, because the ending is quite changed from the novel and it has a terribly violent/shocking scene. Ok, but here is the point, Kate Winsett gives birth in the film, I am talking blantantly; now, I kid you not, you see the baby coming out. How in the world did they film that? I have to say this goes beyond nudity. Couldn't they have just suggested this birth in other ways? She must wear this device that looks exacly like a baby is being born. It was truly icky. I have seen real childbirths on TV, but this one took the cake. Can you even imagine playing that part?Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyWentworth
:lol: I would feel the same way....definitely...haha...please keep your cloths on LWentworth! This reminds me of an amusing story to do with KB though. I will relay it soon in the social group thread. It is too funny picturing him.Quote:
This made me think of something. I was talking to someone once about doing nude scenes. I said I would never do one because I know too many people who are going to see it. I don't care to have my brothers see me in something like that. I don't want friends or acquaintances (particularly of my parents) to see it. Then there is the worst part. I would probably go to a store, and if I found out someone would recognize me, I think the immediate response in my mind would be "Oh, God, that person knows what I look like naked!". :blush: :D
Yuk, Bienvenu I would NOT like to see Malcovitch naked. I might throw up.:sick:
Someone that is very uptight, extremely proper, et.c.Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
:D True. I still like her, though. I would still have her play me in a movie (she was my choice in my B-day interview :)).Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I immediately thought of this film when I read about no nudity in a Hardy film. Oh, that would definitely be a lie if someone said that about this one!Quote:
The worst I did see was this version of Hardy's novel "Jude the Obscure" just called "Jude".
Well, I saw that in another movie. I think it was a Spike Lee film, but I am not positive. I was just sickened. :sick: Quiet honestly, people can go on and on about it being natural and stuff, but it is NOT pleasant to watch. It is kind of sickening. I'll never forget having to watch it in SexEd in school. :sick: I can watch a Health program if I really care to see that. I don't need to see it in a movie, when I am supposed to be entertained. Seeing the baby appear in such a realistic way is NOT entertaining to me.Quote:
Ok, but here is the point, Kate Winsett gives birth in the film, I am talking blantantly; now, I kid you not, you see the baby coming out. How in the world did they film that? I have to say this goes beyond nudity. Couldn't they have just suggested this birth in other ways? She must wear this device that looks exacly like a baby is being born. It was truly icky. I have seen real childbirths on TV, but this one took the cake. Can you even imagine playing that part?
Yeah, tell the story! And don't worry. I don't plan on stripping anytime soon for the movies. :) Besides, I really don't want to be naked in front of the whole film crew either. :pQuote:
:lol: I would feel the same way....definitely...haha...please keep your cloths on LWentworth! This reminds me of an amusing story to do with KB though. I will relay it soon in the social group thread. It is too funny picturing him.
I watched "Sleepers" yesterday and got quite caught by the story. It's about a spur of the moment revenge, growing into a total revenge, and how to get away with it. One of the leading characters is quite into the book "the Count of Monte Cristo". It partly plays in court, but unlike most court dramas the trick is not to proof the innocent to be innocent, but to get the jury to let the guilty go completely. And lies are needed to make that work, lies by people that care much about speaking the truth.
I am not sure what to say about the movie. I had never heard of it before, while it has quite the cast: Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, Robert de Niro, Minnie Driver, Dustin Hoffman etc. I had never read the book it is based on either. I don't think it's a much above an average movie, and sometimes the close ups of Mr. de Niros puppy face are a bit too cheesy. Still I would encourage everybody to see it. It makes you think, or at least it made me think.
7/10
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Originally Posted by Sleepers
Do not ever watch "The Sheltering Sky," then. I wish men would realize that women don't want to see other women parading around nude any more than men want to see other men doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
I don't think celebrity marriages are any more challenging than non-celebrity marriages.
What I don't get about the whole nude scene thing, LadyWentworth, is that the actresses claim to have such modesty that they want a "closed set," but then the movie/DVD is out there for the entire world to see! I don't get that.Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyWentworth
I don't mind a nude scene, but this was twenty or thirty minutes of nudity and sex scenes. Not a good way of starting the film. And I almost went to see this film at the theatre with my oldest brother! Good heavens! He would have spent the entire time hiding in the restroom or at the concession area. It was almost embarrassing to watch on my Sony portable. My husband came up behind me and said, "I didn't know the movie was porn." It's not! :lol:
I was thinking in respects that celebrities (especially movie stars) do love scenes and the like. If you notice that Mark Harmon does very few "intimate" type scenes. He is still married to "Mindy" (if I'm not mistaken)...from Mork & Mindy.Quote:
Originally Posted by MissScarlett
I think both Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward did love scenes and their marriage lasted many, many years, seemingly without major problems.
I would doubt that a love scene is romantic in any way with all the lights and cameramen, etc. right in front of you.
I still don't think celebrity marriages are any more challenging than non-celebrity marriages.
I never thought about that before. That is true. Well, I am not one of those actresses. So I have no idea how their minds work. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MissScarlett
I always joke and say that when I was 13-14 my brother and I use to "date" because whenever he went to the movies I was always his "date". :p So we had seen a large amount of movies during that time. A good deal of them were 'R'. That rating was due to the language or violence or sex (all based on what the movie was). It was OK watching this stuff until the nude/sex scenes came on. I use to just die. I was so uncomfortable watching this stuff with him (and I am sure he was the same way with me, definitely). I use to want to just sink down in my chair because I was so uncomfortable. We would also watch a lot of movies at home. But then I could at least get up and leave during those scenes. :pQuote:
I don't mind a nude scene, but this was twenty or thirty minutes of nudity and sex scenes. Not a good way of starting the film. And I almost went to see this film at the theatre with my oldest brother!
I heard there was a lot in there, but I didn't know, until you saw it, that there was THAT much in there.Quote:
It was almost embarrassing to watch on my Sony portable. My husband came up behind me and said, "I didn't know the movie was porn." It's not! :lol
I have to say that I completely agree with you on this. I really don't think any of their marriages are any more challenging. I also don't think a love scene will determine whether or not a marriage has more of a chance of surviving. Those actors are just doing their job. They agreed to those scenes, and they have to film them. I really don't think they think twice about what they are doing in regards to whether it will affect the relationship with their spouse. After all, acting is their job. They are just doing their job. As for Mark Harmon, I think it is just personal preference of whether he wants to do the scenes or not. I don't think he has too much of a problem because I have seen him in "heavier" scenes. I also think the reason he is still married to her is because he loves his wife and they still get along. Plain and simple.Quote:
Originally Posted by MissScarlett
I just finished watching Dead Poets Society and loved it!
You might be right. It just seems that very few of them stay in their marriages for long. Maybe it's because they are in the spotlight...Quote:
Originally Posted by MissScarlett
In Her Shoes (again)
It's a good character-study movie, I want to read the book.
I don't know that I can agree with that. Well, I can't. I think you're just focusing on the ones that break up. And they love being in the spotlight.Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward's marriage lasted fifty years.
Jack Lemmon and Felicia Farr were married seemingly forever.
Tony Randall was happily married until his wife died, then he married and had children with a woman he remained married to until he died.
Charlton Heston was happily married as were Henry Fonda and John Wayne. Clint Eastwood has been married to Dina Ruiz for some time now.
There's Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, who seem devoted to each other.
Even Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones seem happily married, but both of them are ending their careers in acting, so trouble may be brewing there.
There are scores of other good celebrity marriages.
Meanwhile, the divorce rate for marriage in general is over fifty percent.
That's what I meant by them being in the spotlight...
The media will always point out the failures, but never the successes...I agree with what you are saying.