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    Sexy People in Unsexy Movies

    Surfah's comment about "Drive being the wrong Ryan Gosling movie" to get Gidget in the mood got me thinking about other movies where a heartthrob actor works to combat that image as much as possible. One of my favorite moviegoing experiences ever was seeing Seven on opening night in 1995. Brad Pitt was in the midst of full-on Pittmania in the wake of Legends of the Fall and my friends and I kind of hated the prettyboy. Seven was his first movie after Legends and the theater had far more women in it than men. My group consisted of me, my friend and 5 other girls as well.

    The first time Pitt showed up on screen, there were a bunch of "Wooo!" calls and applauding from the crowd. My hopes for the movie were not high. Then we saw the first dead body; the one who was forced to eat himself to death. From that point on, following several walkouts, the theater went deathly silent and my respect for Mr. Pitt began to build.
    Kids in general these days seem more socially retarded...

    None of them date. They hang out. They text. They sit in the same car or room and don't say a word...they text. Then, they go home and whack off to internet porn.

    I think that's the sad truth about why these kids are retards.

    --Portland Ute
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    Originally posted by Green Lantern View Post
    Surfah's comment about "Drive being the wrong Ryan Gosling movie" to get Gidget in the mood got me thinking about other movies where a heartthrob actor works to combat that image as much as possible. One of my favorite moviegoing experiences ever was seeing Seven on opening night in 1995. Brad Pitt was in the midst of full-on Pittmania in the wake of Legends of the Fall and my friends and I kind of hated the prettyboy. Seven was his first movie after Legends and the theater had far more women in it than men. My group consisted of me, my friend and 5 other girls as well.

    The first time Pitt showed up on screen, there were a bunch of "Wooo!" calls and applauding from the crowd. My hopes for the movie were not high. Then we saw the first dead body; the one who was forced to eat himself to death. From that point on, following several walkouts, the theater went deathly silent and my respect for Mr. Pitt began to build.
    Prior to that film, I was unaware of the concept of the seven deadly sins.
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    • #3
      Is there a movie more dark than Seven? That was tough to watch, especially the ending.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
        Is there a movie more dark than Seven? That was tough to watch, especially the ending.
        Yes, I think there are movies that are more dark than that movie, not that it isn't dark. I would actually put Requiem for a Dream as a darker movie.

        Also, Jennifer Connolly in Requiem for a Dream qualifies as a sexy person in an unsexy movie.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by mpfunk View Post
          Also, Jennifer Connolly in Requiem for a Dream qualifies as a sexy person in an unsexy movie.
          Good call. Also, Naomi Watts practically eviscerated in The Impossible, although she's long since established her heavyweight serious acting chops so, while gorgeous, she's not really in the same category.
          Kids in general these days seem more socially retarded...

          None of them date. They hang out. They text. They sit in the same car or room and don't say a word...they text. Then, they go home and whack off to internet porn.

          I think that's the sad truth about why these kids are retards.

          --Portland Ute

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
            Is there a movie more dark than Seven? That was tough to watch, especially the ending.
            Whats in the box!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
              Whats in the box!
              Probably the most disturbing ending of any movie I've seen. Shocking and depressing.

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              • #8
                Jennifer Aniston in Office Space. All of that flair was a real turnoff.
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                • #9
                  I'm disappointed this thread wasn't started by Utestar.
                  So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                    Is there a movie more dark than Seven? That was tough to watch, especially the ending.
                    I remember being pulled into it (because it is a compelling, well-told and well-acted story) and then, after the end, wishing I had never seen it.
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                    • #11
                      Leo DiCaprio in The Departed. I took a girlfriend to that movie who almost walked out a couple of different times.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                        Is there a movie more dark than Seven? That was tough to watch, especially the ending.
                        It's one of my favorite movies.
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                        • #13
                          Monster permanently stole some of the Charlize Theron's sexy. She's never fully recovered from that one.

                          Favorite unsexy Brad Pitt role is definitely Snatch.
                          So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by MarkGrace View Post
                            Monster permanently stole some of the Charlize Theron's sexy. She's never fully recovered from that one.

                            Favorite unsexy Brad Pitt role is definitely Snatch.
                            Exactly what I was going to post.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by MarkGrace View Post
                              Monster permanently stole some of the Charlize Theron's sexy. She's never fully recovered from that one.
                              This is the one that jumped to mind for me, too.

                              Does the entire movie have to be unsexy or just the role? A few others i can think of:

                              Zellweger in Bridget Jones. It was mostly downhill for her from Jerry McGuire, but this one absolutely ruined her for me.
                              Depp in Secret Window.
                              Thandi Newton in Pursuit of Happyness (Random, but I had a baby crush on her from something else and that movie totally ruined it for me)
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