I'm prettier than you are.
Tuesday, 17 September 2002
Movie Pass

I'm so excited. So thrilled I can barely contain myself. I haven't been this titillated since promotions for "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" flooded every available TV commercial break with all the preternatural superforce of a tsunami. Oh how I cherish sentimental, manipulative pap! Hurrah for manufactured celebrations of Woman Energy!

And now I'm all a-tingle with anticipation for the latest Hollywood "gal pal" effort, "The Banger Sisters", in theaters this Friday.

Oh look. A pair of old friends who, once inseparable as rock-and-roll groupies, now, 20 years later, couldn't be more opposite if they tried. The one who remains the same -- the cooler, hipper, funkier of the two (Goldie Hawn, struggling to retain her perky girlishness but coming off as a desperate, washed-out version of her radiant real-life daughter, Kate Hudson) -- suffers some sort of crisis and then seeks the help of her old friend (Susan Sarandon), who has since mellowed into a staid suburban shell of her former bad girl self.

Gee. What do you think will be the biggest challenge? Goldie ("Suzette") convincing Susan ("Lavinia") (why why why?) she needs to snap out of her conservative lifestyle and undergo a makeover and then, of course, giving her one, which consists of chopping off her hair, painting her face, and painting her into rocker-chick chic leather pants? Or Goldie and Susan convincing us that they're only old enough to have teenage daughters? Or someone convincing me that this tripe will last in theaters past the end of October?

fresh-baked at 11:41 PM
Comments

The best movie Susan Sarandon was in was "Thelma & Louise." Perhaps Geena Davis was approached to reteam with SS in TBS and wisely declined....

And to Max ("How insulting to men to presume that we want some brainless twat jiggling her tits and giggling"), well of COURSE we presume that's what you men what because that usually IS what you want. Shame on you, trying to deny your true self! I bet you hastily switch your TV to A&E or Turner Classic movies when your girlfriend/significant other visits, eh?

Offered by: Joni on September 19, 2002 3:16 PM

but you have to admit that she was really good in "Private Benjamin"

Offered by: aaron on September 19, 2002 10:25 AM

Goldie Hawn has always been an irritating cow, even when she was young.

Goldie, when you read this, take note: The ditzy blonde routine is fucking boring, predictable, and really really really fucking unattractive!

How insulting to men to presume that we want some brainless twat jiggling her tits and giggling.

Fuck you Goldie, and fuck your lame career, the high-point of which was probably Rowen and Martin's Laugh-in. And that's not saying much.

(note to Editor: Err... I was ranting again, wasn't I? It's been a while, I think I need to go expand on this on my site)

Offered by: Max on September 18, 2002 11:22 PM

Sorry, Jodi.

I don't actually read your posts, I just read the comments. Sort of like pretending to read the paper, but skipping to the Sports or Funnies. (which rarely are)

I suppose I ought to at least skim your posts before posting my crappy thoughts here, but that's a lot of trouble for my "reader" to go through. Yeah, I guess I could learn to read, but seriously...that phonics crap really gets me down.

(Note: This is Aaron's typist. He's dictating to me what to write right now, and yammering on about some utter nonsense, and has no idea that I'm typing this. I just wanted to say that I read your posts every day Jodi, and I think you're an absolute hoot! I tried to stop him from posting about that stupid dream of his, but he threatened to report me to the INS, and even though I'm from Wisconsin, I don't want any trouble. Also, I did remember you mentioning in that very same post how you found Aaron's last quasi-celebrity dream to be somewhat entertaining, or - at the very least - tolerable, I figured I'd let it slide. It won't happen again.)

Offered by: aaron on September 18, 2002 4:28 PM

They are all over TV now promoting that movie. I saw them on The View and I think they're on Oprah too today.

They are trying WAY TOO HARD to look young! From far away Goldie Hawn looks OK but in closeups she looks USED, as my old boyfriend used to say.

Same thing with Susan Sarandon and the closeups. She doesn't look used though but like she is wearing a MASK!

Oh and I read that about Kate Hudson too. Gross is right!

Offered by: Janice on September 18, 2002 4:24 PM

Ew. Goldie Hawn does NOT look good for her age. She looks like an unwashed old hag with hair that women her age should NOT wear that long. Gross. Susan Sarandon looks "Ok".

Any movie with Goldie Hawn (or her daughter) is just a big ,old, NO! no, no, no.Her daughter actually said in an interview once that "sometimes she forgets to brush her teeth."

Disgusting.

Gross.

Please retire, Goldie, and take Kate with you.

Offered by: Nicole on September 18, 2002 3:54 PM

I love this tripe! I will spend an hour and half gladly entranced by the beauty of Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn and probably make a comment or two like, "I hope I look that good when I'm their age" and "I can't believe I didn't get charged double for seeing these two beauties in a movie together!"

Ya-ya!!!

Offered by: Tess on September 18, 2002 1:35 PM

I'll probably rent it when the video comes out. For my mother, of course. And I'll feel guilty about it, I promise you.

Offered by: Nancy on September 18, 2002 1:34 PM

I had a dream once that I was in NYC and I met up with this blogger who, while sometimes coming across as ummm...cuastic, was absolutely charming in real life. We went to a bistro and just laughed our asses off. She even picked up the bill! Jodi, are you asleep yet? ;)

Offered by: JenBen on September 18, 2002 1:07 PM

Uhhh, excuse me? Hello? Did I not post something on September 7, 2002, saying that I cannot stand when people tell me their dreams? STOP IT. STOP IT. STOP IT. Please don't make me hate you.

Offered by: Jodi on September 18, 2002 12:39 PM

I had a dream I was at a prom where someone kept introducing this trying-too-hard-to-look-younger, washed up, career devoid, sell-out, completely unimportant hag of a woman as "Oscar Nominee, Susan Sarandon".

I recall asking her about the thinly veiled lesbian undercurrent in "Thelma and Louise", but my dream provider crashed and I wasn't able to log-on to Aaron's dream for hours and hours...

Offered by: Thomas on September 18, 2002 12:33 PM

Susan Sarandon as a bisexual vampire in The Hunger. Yummy! Loved her with Catherine Deneuve.

Now, that was a chick flick!

Offered by: Mad Genius on September 18, 2002 12:32 PM

I once had a dream that I went to the prom with Susan Sarandon. And every time I introduced her to anyone, I introduced her as "Oscar Nominee, Susan Sarandon."

Offered by: aaron on September 18, 2002 12:21 PM

God save us from chick flicks.

For the record, I read the "Ya-Ya" book ONLY because I'm a southerner and thought it might resonate somewhere... and it was fair. Not more than fair, and it didn't, in fact, resonate. All the reports I heard of the film said that it didn't do the book justice, which tells me about all I need to know about it.

Offered by: revolution9 on September 18, 2002 12:06 PM

I love Goldie Hawn but seem to cringe each time I see Susan Sarandon. I know exactly why I have that reaction to S.S. but can't seem to get over it. Dr. Jodi, is there any help for me?

Offered by: Joan on September 18, 2002 2:52 AM