Here’s the skinny: Apparently, Sandra plays a FBI agent who has to infiltrate some beauty pagent to prevent somebody from being killed. But how can SHE of all people be in the pagent? I mean, sure she’s beautiful and in amazing shape, but she has far bigger problems, IE: Her hair’s messy. And she’s wearing a sweatshirt. Two obstacles no woman could ever possibly overcome.
Again and again in the trailer we see people aghast that some hideous creature such as Ms Bullock could ever think to be in the pagent. What with her (obviously toned to the Nth degree) flabby butt holding her back.
I’m not a woman, but if I were, I’d be even more pissed about this cliche’ drivel.
Of course, as the trailer clearly gives away, Sandra has an amazing make-over at the end, surprising everyone.
Who knew behind that supermodel face and body was a supermodel with combed hair?
Why, oh why, do people go to see movies like this?
What I’d love to see is a movie like this, same set-up, only with a person who normally wouldn’t put in a beauty pagent (Lily Taylor, Rosie O’Donnell, etc.) in the main role.
Then the inevitable victory would seem a little more worthy of our support.
About Miss Congeniality: I think the beauty pageant folks were supposed to be less concerned with her “lack of attractiveness” than her lack of poise, charm, and feminine grace. Not that that makes the premise an iota more believable.
Palmyra, you’re thinking of the Minnie Driver movie where she wants to be Miss America and she has an 8-year-old illegitimate daughter, called Beautiful, I believe. seriousart is talking about the new Sandra Bullock vehicle Miss Congeniality, where she plays a FBI agent that infiltrates the pageant world.
yeah, think this is like her scientist who can’t get a date in Love potion - then she takes off her glasses and POW! Or that other Sleeping thing ( Didn’t see it, just trailers). Guess what - if they guys aren’t noticing her, THEY need glasses.
Granted… I guess this is more my frustration with the big “makeover” premise. The idea of taking someone of obvious beauty, ruffling their hair, and pretend everyone finds them hideous. Inevitably, the big makeover happens, when they put on a dress and part their hair on the OTHER side, transforming them unrecognizably into a thing of beauty.
(I’m thinking 10 Things I Hate About You, Breakfast Club , some recent Freddie Prinze(sp?) movie… the list goes on)
I guess the same logic pertains to Superman. With glasses, awkward dufus- sans glasses, irresistable uber stud.
Granted… I guess this is more my frustration with the big “makeover” premise. The idea of taking someone of obvious beauty, ruffling their hair, and pretend everyone finds them hideous. Inevitably, the big makeover happens, when they put on a dress and part their hair on the OTHER side, transforming them unrecognizably into a thing of beauty.
(I’m thinking 10 Things I Hate About You, Breakfast Club , some recent Freddie Prinze(sp?) movie… the list goes on)
I guess the same logic pertains to Superman. With glasses, awkward dufus- sans glasses, irresistable uber stud.
The girl in question get her braces off, and gets contact lenses. Suddenly she’s the most beautiful thing in the world! I think you’d have to be blind to not notice Amy Dolenz.
Actually I’m convinced there is some truth to this. I officiate (umpire) Fast Pitch all over Georgia from NCAA down to an age 10 & under tournament I officiated this last weekend. On my ‘off’ games I change into regular clothes. People who know my name when I’m on the fields frequently don’t know me off the field, or they’ll do a double take and say “I didn’t recognize you without your blues on.” It’s really weird.
In Junior High, in 7th grade a certain goofy girl, Dana, with oversized sweaters, braces and messy hair left the seventh grade as a relatively unknown goofy kid. The first day of eighth grade- Wham! The braces were off, the hair was lightened and cut, she traded in her huge glasses for contacts, gave up the large sweaters for tight sweaters and strolled in with a blonde bombshell of a new girl. Within days she and Kelli were the most talked about girls in school and Dana hooked up with Matt, dashing my hopes of snagging the boy I had been longing after for two years. Really. Don’t underestimate the power of good makeover.
As for me, I never wore my glasses (I finally got contacts) because no one paid attention to me in that way. So yeah, it sounds superficial, but hey, it worked…
Consider Only the Lonely where John Candy’s character meets a nice girl and falls in love with her even though she’s not beautiful (other characters in the movie actually refer to her as bad looking). Who was cast as the woman? Ally Sheedy.
Or Only You where Andrew McCarthy’s character is torn between two women. One is beautiful, the other is supposed to be less attractive but has a good personality. Who was cast as the less attractive woman? Helen Hunt.
I think any man who’s dating a woman whose worse “flaw” is that she’s “only” as good looking as Ally Sheedy or Helen Hunt, is a man who’s not having relationship problems.
…Estrella, you don’t think that had anything to do with the fact that you were in 8TH GRADE do you? I think an attractive adult person will get noticed underneath braces and glasses. (althought per my above post… they might not know it’s the same person.
I wasn’t clear in my post when I referred to my experiences: I got contacts in college, and while people (pre-contacts) would say I was pretty, they would only do so when I was not wearing my glasses (and squinting terribly).
As for braces, well, dig the latest braces commercial for those clear braces: A pretty girl is waiting for a blind date, a guy arrives and she says, Oh you can’t be him! He has braces! Guy smiles, says, Well, I do have braces but they are clear! Then another guy with metal braces (her true date) arrives and she pretends she doesn’t know what he’s talking about. That bitch. I absolutely hate that commercial…but it rings true to me.
Look, I’m not saying people can’t seem attractive with braces and glasses (I know plenty of people who wear glasses for show) but if you were wearing the ugly glasses some people are stuck with, there’s definitely room for improvement.
And yes, if you saw Kelli back then, you would call her a bombshell. She looked like Christina Applegate’s Kelly from Married with Children. Bleached blonde, busty and…you get the idea.
I’d rather wear my contacs, but for some odd reason they dry out very easily and irritate me. Could it be the fact that I stare at a computer screen for 18 hours a day.
Oh yeah,…pale, dirty-blonde hair, eyes with messed up color, 6’5". “No” amount of makin’ over is gonna help this cowboy… So I just wear the glasses.
Estrella, I hate that commercial too! I think there’s also one with with sisters getting braces. One has this huge ugly steel mouth, the other has the very pretty invisible braces. What did the one girl do, go to an orthodontist from the 70’s?