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Fortunately, I won't be having any children ...
And no, I wasn't referring to Uma's hideous feet.
Besides, there's really nothing that strange or unusual about having six toes. 
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 10:40 PM
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You mean Uma's 6th toes?
Charlize Theron and especially Naomi Watts I can agree on, though.
Another one - Susan Sarandon. She was hot back in the day (the only good thing about "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"), but since about the late 80's she's developed these veins around her eyes that look scarier than anticipated college tuition costs for our children's generation.
posted by
AaronB
on March 28, 2006 at 10:05 PM
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Aaron, Jennifer Garner has a "man jaw".
As far as Uma Thurman is concerned, I think she's a stunning woman ... and one of the few actresses I would consider "switching sides" for (Charlize Theron and Naomi Watts being the others).
Incidentally, I actually have a post coming up about an unusual body part of Uma's.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 9:29 PM
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I appreciate that, Justsouno.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 9:24 PM
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Actually, Bingo, I have several hundred shallow thoughts per day ...
I merely dispense them one at a time.
This is where it all began, btw:
http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/LifeBlog/356941
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 9:23 PM
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I see what you're saying, Azur ...
but my point
was, Stewart Granger was no more convincing as a tennis star than Jonathan Rhys Meyers and yet the movie still worked ... because it was about a murder plot,
not tennis.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 9:18 PM
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And they don't even have the advantage, Scriber, ...
of makeup artists and good lighting.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 9:13 PM
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I used to know someone with that name, Ann ...
and, ironically enough, he was a compulsive liar.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 9:12 PM
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I agree Jennifer Lopez has been overrated
she was at the top of a few of these sexiest or most beautiful lists, but Jennifer Garner overrated? Pre-Afflack and pre-having a kid she was at the top of my list for years.
Uma Thurman's another one I don't get. She's striking, but not all that beautiful. Likewise with Carrie-Ann Moss (I think that's her name - "Trinity" from "The Matrix").
posted by
AaronB
on March 28, 2006 at 8:20 PM
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This is a good post. I like your work.
posted by
Justi
on March 28, 2006 at 7:33 PM
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You only have *one* shallow thought per day?
I didn't think you could get by in this country with at least 20 shallow ideas flung forcefully at you per day. At least 20. As for the thoughts of your *own* creation... hmm.. can't blame you.
posted by
bingo_tree_brownfruit
on March 28, 2006 at 3:53 PM
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Strangers on a train
was not (as best as I can remember) at pains to make cultural references. I was able to look past the cliches in Match Point otherwise I would not have enjoyed it however a little more diligence in the cultural and tennis research would have gone a long way. It is fine for viewers who are not familiar with those matters but it was rather distracting for anyone who is. This was a common thread in the reviews which I read after I saw the film.
It would be like someone parachuting in to make a film about Manhattan but only referring to the most basic stereotypes and messing up on small nuances that anyone with experience of NYC would spot in a second as inauthentic. If Ang Lee can capture the "wild west", Allen can do the same in London.
posted by
Azur
on March 28, 2006 at 1:39 PM
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M--yes, it should be, Sexiest looking woman, in our opinion, in the world.
AS for the Yo girl, i see women I think are sexier looking each day in McDonald's in Detroit.
posted by
scriber
on March 28, 2006 at 1:15 PM
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George Washington may live on in all his namesakes. It is a heavy name to live up to. Lol.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on March 28, 2006 at 1:04 PM
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P.S. I, of course, only meant the inaccuracy tennis-wise ...
"Strangers on a Train" had
plenty of irony.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 12:54 PM
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Well, Azur, you could technically make the same points about...
Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train". (Yet, few would argue that film's greatness.)
Movies are, in essence, allowed to create their own reality ... especially regarding elements not paramount to the plot.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 12:51 PM
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I agree on all counts
although I have to add that Match Point was diminished by its cliched and laughable depiction of the tennis pro -
no one speaks of Agassi and Henman in the same breath; and London - with most cultural references off the mark AND a dearth of British irony.
posted by
Azur
on March 28, 2006 at 12:17 PM
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Thank you, Thunderlips. To answer your question:
I don't believe the full list has been released yet, but Keira Knightley was #5.
~ Among (supposedly) attractive actresses, I've always found Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner to be pretty beastly, actually. In fact, I used to know a girl named Jennifer in school ... and she was overrated too.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 12:07 PM
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i think it is a dubious decision indeed
While she is a fine actress and a very pretty girl but i think she is far from the sexiest woman . I havent seen the list yet myself but where abouts are Jennifer Aniston, uma thurman jennifer love hewitt keira knightly.
However my opinons are not always conventional in that deparment as I feel ( and agree it would be a good idea ) that one of the ugliest actresses out there is Julia Roberts and also helen hunt. not to mention englands own kat slater ( played by jessie wallace ) who in her hayday won the sexiest soap star award yet every episode and in life too managed to look like she had been constantly just slapped in the face with a kipper.
good post
posted by
thunderlips
on March 28, 2006 at 11:44 AM
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I like her as an actress, Azur ...
and those three you mention were all brilliant films.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 11:40 AM
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What?
Why would I want to?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 11:39 AM
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It's just a matter of time before you start posting
Blogit's 10 Sexiest Bloggers.... you know you want to...
posted by
FactorFiction
on March 28, 2006 at 11:35 AM
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The more controversial the choices
the more magazines they shift. It's possible to get through a week or year not knowing this kind of stuff. It depends on which media you follow. Some people seem to take it more seriously than it deserves.
I have seen Scarlett Johansson in
Match Point,
The Girl With The Pearl Ear-ring and
Lost In Translation. In a detached kind of way my partner
can see her appeal.
posted by
Azur
on March 28, 2006 at 11:31 AM
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FYI this is the rest of FHM's top ten:
(quite a bit of "age" on this list, actually)
2. Angelina Jolie
3. Jessica Alba
4. Jessica Simpson
5. Keira Knightley
6. Halle Berry
7. Jenny McCarthy
8. Maria Sharapova
9. Carmen Electra
10. Teri Hatcher
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 11:06 AM
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Of the top ten, Aaron, my boyfriend only agreed with ...
Keira Knightley and Maria Sharapova (though he would have put her "maybe, 12th"). He said Angelina Jolie might be in his top twenty.
I should note he has very specific tastes.
Oh, and you're right about People Magazine occasionally including some odd choices.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 10:37 AM
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Scarlett, for now
I tend to browse lists of 50 sexiest or 100 most beautiful, but I never agree with all the results. Those lists are partly about looks but mostly about popularity and "buzz" at the precise moment the lists come out. Scarlett Johannson, to me, is attractive (I know M.P.O. is not a fan), but she would be towards the bottom of my top 100 if she was on it at all. I've seen many women in real life who are more attractive than those on the list, but they don't have the fame or publicity buzz to be on it. Out of FHM's top ten, in fact, Jessica Alba is the only one who definitely belonged there in my opinion.
One of my pet peeves - "50 Sexiest" lists that include both men and women. There's no comparison. Just keep them separate, so I can skip over the part about men. Another peeve - People magazine's lists really throw in a lot of political or charity people. I don't pick up a "50 Sexiest" list to see the Dalai Lama.
posted by
AaronB
on March 28, 2006 at 10:11 AM
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That's partly my point, brettnik ...
Although, personally speaking, Johannson's appeal (at least, physically) is lost on me.
I don't know any guys who find her attractive, either.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 10:01 AM
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Well, these magazines are celebrity-driven, Gulliver ...
so I guess it would make sense that they would focus solely on luminaries. Though, they actually have (occasionally) included a few chefs and congresspeople, too.
I just ask that these magazines be more fair and balanced.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 9:58 AM
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You know what?
I think that just about every gal is the sexiest woman on the planet to somebody. I mean, sexy isn't a look. It's about sex and your ability to provoke sexual thoughts in the mind of another. I think everybody's got that potential and everybody's got the chance to be the sexiest to somebody. I think Scarlett is lovely, but I don't find her sexy and I think quite a few men would agree. There are less lovely women who are far more sexy.
posted by
brettnik
on March 28, 2006 at 7:28 AM
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The Sexy Soccer Mom!
What I have always hated about all of these “lists” is that the only way for a person to be considered “sexy” or “successful” is if they have had a carrer in Hollywood or in modeling. It drives me crazy because almost anyone can be made to look sexy with professional consultants dressing you, and styling your hair everyday. What I would love to see, and I would actually buy, is for People magazine to publish 100 of the most sexy people in America, and get out there and FIND some. Real sexy woman: the kind who work at the Make-up salon in Marshall Fields, the sexy soccer mom who turns the head of every guy in the stands, the graduate student at UCLA who is studying five dead languages in order to become an Archeologist and still finds the time to unwind at the local night clubs. These are sexy woman who accomplish this feat with their own creativity and sheer charisma rather than utilize the professional paint job of a team of “consultants.”
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on March 28, 2006 at 7:05 AM
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Yes, I believe it is ...
though I didn't know his first name was "R" ... I always just refer to him as "
Mr. Blackwell".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 5:09 AM
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. The worst dressed list is done by R. Blackwell?
Well done for the Movie's answer!
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on March 28, 2006 at 4:59 AM
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That's correct, una ...
I wish they did a better job of choosing the people, though. I generally find myself disagreeing with about half the selections.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 4:56 AM
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Bea Arthur totally rules, meeshe4!
That show holds up so well (in syndication) too.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 4:54 AM
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M.P.O.
I think it is really absurd to for People Magazine come up with the "50 most beautiful people in the world". But absurdities are needed to make the world a place of greater fun.
posted by
una01
on March 28, 2006 at 4:41 AM
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I like Bea Arthur...She wins in my book..Along with her other
Golden Girls...
posted by
meeshe4
on March 28, 2006 at 4:22 AM
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Not a bad idea, Mason ...
somewhat similar to the underlying premise of Body Worlds.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 4:13 AM
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Uncle Dave, I really only read them ...
so I can complain about them and/or criticize the choices.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 28, 2006 at 4:12 AM
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...yes...
...why not a medical journal publishing a picture of this year's most beautiful liver or colon? M
posted by
MasonGarrett
on March 28, 2006 at 1:30 AM
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MPO, for me it's in the eyes. I have never read one of those lists.
I have never bought one of those magazines.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on March 27, 2006 at 11:43 PM
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That's undoubtedly true, Cesium ...
still it would illustrate the absurdity of awarding any accolades based on appearance.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 27, 2006 at 10:00 PM
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Mysteria, for me to know if a man is truly sexy ...
I have to learn about his bank account.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 27, 2006 at 9:58 PM
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If they did publish a U list
there would be enough lawsuits filed the day it hit the streets you could shut down the country.
Slander!
Defamation of Character!
Denigration!
...those are just some of the charges that would be filed.
posted by
AlienInsomniac
on March 27, 2006 at 9:52 PM
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Everywhere I look I see sexy women. I mean sheesh.
Girls just got it goin on I guess. Very easy to spot on the femmes. To know if a man is truly sexy, I have to learn about his mind and how he thinks...
posted by
mysteria
on March 27, 2006 at 9:49 PM
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Oh, and you actually spelled her name correctly, too.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 27, 2006 at 9:39 PM
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I agree completely, vpate ...
(except for the part about Isabella Rossellini).
These lists are all ridiculous and serve as little more than "applause meters"/publicity ploys.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 27, 2006 at 9:38 PM
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And, if you are the most beautiful woman in the world
...or the world's sexiest man in 2006, what makes these winners drop off or move down a notch in 2007? Age? Popularity? Marriage? What? You never see the same MBW or SMA twice -- right? To me Isabella Rossellini (butchered the name, sorry), is and has for years been, the world's most beautiful woman...at least out of all the famous woman who would be in contention. Wouldn't it make sense for one of these to stay in the number one slot for a few years at least?
posted by
VictoriaP
on March 27, 2006 at 9:24 PM
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