Dec 27 2007'The Duchess' Trailer is Mediocre, Totally Oscar-Worthy
Another cliched tale of a pretty girl forced to marry one man--who's clearly an asshole--when she loves another? I'll pass. Wait a minute, you say she'll be wearing a big puffy dress? Like with hoops and stuff? Giant, elaborate coiffures, too, you say? Don't tell me there will be candelabras. Fuck you, there will be candelabras?! Well, but if there won't be frumpy guys in starched George Washington wigs... Wait, seriously?!
My point: why is an extremely mediocre story suddenly made to seem Oscar-worthy if it's set somewhere between the 17th and 19th century? And even if critics somehow hate it, it will still be nominated for Best Costumes. Puffy dresses. Yeah, that's really good. I've never seen that before. How on earth did you get it so puffy? Is that just a lot of fabric, and you puff it out somehow? Wow, that's something. You definitely need to be awarded something for making so many puffy dresses.
Reader Comments
1. Niki - December 27, 2007 4:42 PM
I am so sick of the media trying to convince me this woman is attractive! bleck!
2. Paladin - December 27, 2007 8:16 PM
@1 I agree. She's nothing more than a stick figure with a horrible under-bite and bushy eyebrows.
3. Bobby - December 28, 2007 8:12 AM
I too, am not really sure why period pieces all seem to be automatic Oscar contenders. Maybe it's the belief they can be compared to actually event so they are the easy choice for award voters.
I would think it's a bigger challenge to create something new than to continually re-create event of the past. How about awarding creativity, not the same ol' period costumes and sets!
I blame the writer's strike.
4. Marsha - December 28, 2007 6:23 PM
Oh please, France should prohibit the making of these movies in its land, we're tired of anorexic people repeting stupid clichés about what love might be in the 17th century. They should have the decence of admitting it's all about sex between very rich and bored people.
5. sudo - December 28, 2007 7:05 PM
What really sets it apart is the frames where she adds a big black hat to her ridiculous periwig. Incredible! Give it Best Picture!
6. rdavisnj - December 28, 2007 11:52 PM
ok...Keira has her moments...but as of this affair: she is no Marissa Berenson...."Barry Lyndon"...Kubrick...candles...say no more
7. duna - December 29, 2007 12:43 AM
The woman in the video is so special. She looks like a beauty specialist at pubspa.com.
8. Angel - December 29, 2007 4:18 AM
"Fuck you, there will be candlebras?!"
genius, BE MY FRIEND. :)
9. Fifi - December 30, 2007 12:13 AM
Keira! Move away from the period pieces please!!
I never really saw all of Pride and Prejudice, but the clips I did see bored me to tears.
She has always resembled a sibling of Winona Ryder to moi.
10. Brooklynite - December 30, 2007 11:34 PM
You mean that wasn't Winona Ryder? :P Whatever happened to her anyway?