Beauty vs Beast: Woody and His Sisters
Monday, December 1, 2014 at 6:00PM Jason from MNPP here wishing a happy Monday afternoon to everybody -- tis the time for our weekly fix of "Beauty vs Beast." Today's the 79th birthday of Woody Allen so I figured we'd dive into his back-catalog of rich characters for today's face-off, but where should we head? Villains in his films aren't easy to come by - I considered ScarJo vs Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Match Point but I haven't seen that film in too long; I briefly wandered towards the marital-bloodbath of Husbands and Wives but, well, let's leave Woody versus Mia off the table for the time being. No, it's his most recent success (I don't think anybody can consider Magic in the Moonlight a success) that I think gives us a good cloudy bout of good versus not-so-good to tango with.
Both ladies were Oscar nominated but only one stormed away with the gold - you've got seven days to decide who gets your personal gold star.
PREVIOUSLY True story: After dinner this weekend my boyfriend wandered into a strange bar to grab a beer and it turned out to be a scary hole in the wall and we each got to trot out our "What a dump" impersonations; it was awesome. So it would seem that like the rest of you, our big drunken hearts belong to Team Martha. Said Rick:
"Oh, hell...Martha seems like she's having way more fun than anyone else!"
Reader Comments (16)
Team Ginger in the movie but...Team Cate in the performance.
Paul -- which makes voting difficult!
I'm going to vote for Ginger from my computer and Jasmine from my phone because I seriously cannot choose.
I vote for Ginger without a doubt. I wish the movie was a 50/50 story because I wanted to see more of Ginger and less of Jasmine (both the dentist subplot and the old-fashioned romance with Sarsgaard could have been cut for all I know).
Team Ginger all the way. Cate is beyond Jasmine. She is a natural grace oncscreen. And by the way, Magic in the Moonlight is funny, sweet and a sucess IMHO.
Not a fan of the movie or Blanchett's pretentious, stagey performance. The whole time I was wondering/screaming inside "Why isn't this movie about Ginger?!?!? Sally Hawkins is acting circles around Cate!!!!"
Jasmine: Jasmine wears Chanel. Ginger wears drool from her bad choices in men.
Jasmine! I curse her for throwing that Birkin bag on the street though
Jasmine, because when my life falls apart, I also wonder why I can't just get a Stoli with lemon.
As long as I can get a lifetime supply of Xanax, then I'll vote for Jasmine. 'Cos when she's good, she's great!
whenever i have a splitting headache i think of Jasmine popping Xanax. whenever I am in the supermarket and spot a hot man i think of Ginger. wait, not really but I wish both were true and I still don't know who to vote for.
Ginger is such a mess, but Jasmine is just CRAZY. Like, certifiably insane. And after what happened, who can blame her? They are both great entries into the annals of great "Women Who Lie to Themselves"(TM). Which makes it near impossible to choose. I want to vote Ginger because I feel worse for her than Jasmine (and she needs the win more), but I feel like she wouldn't want my pity vote.
I still haven't figured out which film Ginger comes from
When life gives you lemons, just add Stoli. Cheers, Team Jasmine!
I feel sorry for Ginger, because she is the better person for sure, but Cate's performance is so monstrously seismic that, when she moves, Japan shakes! #Catezilla #TeamJasmine
Carmen Sandiego: that is awesome! ha ha ha
Im gonna adopt that one and use it asap
catezilla