For the love of God, somebody take away her money

[trinityvixen]

I know I'm being a bad outrage-spewing person, but this news doesn't really irritate me the way, say, that Paris Hilton's DUI situation did. I still think it's loathsome and vile that a seriously coked- and boozed-up person with money to spare got behind the wheel of a car instead of, I dunno, sending minions to drive her or whatever, but this just kinda makes me sad. It's addiction that does it, really. This girl has got Problems. With a capital P, even. I dunno why she wants to spend her twenties wasted off her ass, but if she really wants to and can support her addiction, couldn't she at least stay off the roads? Sigh.

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Speaking of addictions, though? I watched Thank You For Smoking. Aaron Eckhart just looks...weird. I can't even really look at him because his face is at odds with his chin and his chin is fighting his awful hair. He doesn't look quite human. He looks like what you get when you watch Conan O'Brien and he mashes together two celebrities' faces into one. Also, the movie wasn't bad, but it's really aggravating to see the scum of the earth be the hero. Anti-heroes, fine. Unlikeable protagonist with no real change or character development or proof of humanity? No thanks.

Less sure than ever about his being Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight. Otherwise, I quite liked the restained fury of Maria Bello's character. I didn't like A History of Violence at all, but I've liked her since I saw her defending her right to be viewed nude below the waist without that raising the NC-17 threat level on her picture in This Film is Not Yet Rated. I'd have to see more of her to know, but I wouldn't object to that.

Comments

It's the smile

[arcane-the-sage.livejournal.com]

Aaron Eckhart has this weird grin he uses most of the movie to add that "snake oil salesmen" like feel to him. I think it is responsible for that weird vibe you're getting off of him from the movie. I think in a more serious role you might end up liking him more.

Re: It's the smile

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I dunno. Maybe that's it? But really? His face looks like it was put together wrong in some way by someone who had only magazines to work with in making a collage. It's just...there are parts that could be attractive or even just normal, but they're not constructed so that that happens.

Re: It's the smile

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

Sounds perfect for Two-Face. I did like the movie though.

Re: It's the smile

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

You've got a point.

And the movie wasn't bad, it just made me despair for humanity.

[trakkie.livejournal.com]

Well, I will comment upon the fact that she's obviously a little screwed up in the head, and that's why I'm guessing she doesn't hire a driver. Apparently she was chasing the mother of her assistant, who had just quit, and there was a mysterious third party involved that may have been a drug dealer. I sort of doubt a chaffeur would get themselves involved in those shenanigans.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised what you could get if you paid for it. I mean, she probably doesn't go to a dealer herself for drugs. Not if she's being watched as carefully as she is.

[trakkie.livejournal.com]

True. My point was mostly that she doesn't seem together enough to even think of getting herself a driver - in which case, that responsibility should fall to friends or family, but no one around her seems to care very much. Sad.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

The part that's really crazy is that they have some kind of bracelet on her to monitor her alcohol intake that either doesn't work, wasn't working, or, I dunno, fell off because they didn't even know she'd been arrested--hours after, I would assume, she'd been drunk.

It's just sad.

[moonlightalice.livejournal.com]

These people just need to hire professional babysitters.

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

Wasn't negativeq her babysitter once?

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

What in the whatnow?

[droidguy1119.livejournal.com]

Maria Bello is cool.

I think some blame has to eventually swing towards Hollywood rehab centers. They need to tighten things up so that celebrities cannot coast through just for the sake of good PR. It gives rehab a bad name.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

It's also not really rehab if you don't sort of suffer and then come out on the other side not wanting to use. The point is to break you of the addiction by showing that, even when you're most desperate, you don't need it. Being too cushy won't help.

[wellgull.livejournal.com]

She probably wants to spend her 20s wasted because she's incredibly miserable.

I can't say I blame her; she's continually hounded and talked about like a piece of furniture (or meat), on top of her incredibly screwed up family life.