(Pictures via Esquire, obvi)
Now, I don’t want to get all “TOLDJA TOLDJA” on you guys, but remember how I saw Winter’s Bone and I told you Jennifer Lawrence was going to be a big star? Well guess what, she just got cast in the Matthew Vaughn’s Muppet Babies X-Men movie, X-Men: First Class. Great, now she’ll never answer my texts. (What’s the matter woman, don’t you like d*ck pics? Hey, look at me when I’m talking to you!)
Jennifer Lawrence has been cast as Mystique in Fox’s “X-Men: First Class.” Matthew Vaughn has been casting a slew of younger actors to play opposite James McAvoy, who is playing Professor Charles Xavier, and Michael Fassbender, who is portraying Erik Lehnsherr, aka Magneto. Nicholas Hoult, Alive Eve, Caleb Landry Jones and Aaron Johnson [Kick-Ass] are among those playing mutants. Kevin Bacon is playing the villain, whose identity has not been revealed, as the studio keeps plot details under lock and key. [HeatVision]
I’ll be honest, the idea of this movie didn’t exactly light my balls on fire when it was first announced, but between Matthew Vaughn directing and now Jennifer Lawrence, I like the direction it’s going. One of the things I was so impressed with about Lawrence in Winter’s Bone is that Hollywood is always trying to cram this “tough, hot chick” character down our throats. It’s kind of a response to the old “why do women only get to be damsels in distress?” criticism. Now that they’re aware of that, they do this thing where the female lead in an action movie has to say “the thing about my character is, she’s actually really tough!” Only it’s still pretty much the same old damsel in distress, only now, instead of a demure nightie, she’s wearing leather and angry stripper clothes and occasionally punches people. It’s still just as offensive, only now it’s wholly unbelievable too. Anyway, Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone is one of those rare instances of a female lead actually being tough in a non-bullsh*t way. AND she’s hot, so there’s that.
Oh right, Kevin Bacon. He’s in it this now too. That’s cool, I guess.
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I hope this isn’t the last Fassbender.
…movie
If I was boning Mystique, and then she morphed into my doppelganger, but with a vagina…..well, that would be the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.
/awkward admission
why do women only get to be damsels in distress?
It’s a trade-off. At least you never have to be fat pratfall schlubs.
Eh BRubb, I seem to fuck myself every time I make a decision about women so it has lost it’s taboo appeal for me I guess.
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Vince, this reminds me of a conversation I had with my wife recently. You see, I watched 300 for the first time last weekend (what can I say? I am a late bloomer) and one of the most striking things about that movie to me was the Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) character. I was really impressed how they could make her “strong”, but within the context of their culture. She didn’t have to put her hair into dreadlocks and swordfight in the mud to prove she was a bad ass.
Anyway, I just wanted to echo your sentiment about strong female characters and how often Hollywood borks it. Good portrayals are few and far between. Probably about the only other decent one I can remember in the past five years was probably Charlize Theron in North Country. I am real interested in seeing Winter’s Bone once I knock a few more movies outta my Netflix queue.
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I haven’t seen Winter’s Bone, my only X-posure to X-men is having seen the first two movies when they were in theaters, so my only pop-culture foot hold provides me with the following:
I’d totally Friedan her Betty.
Hey, I’m tough!! On stains and baked-on grease.
Gabourey Sidibe as Storm or GTFO!!!!
Is a Winter’s Bone what it’s called when you’ve got such a raging hardon that dunking it in a hardhat full of ice water (don’t ask) won’t even get it to subside? Cuz, yeah. This chick does it for me.
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KlingonoffSerious]Who deserves more credit for Jennifer Lawrence’s portrayal of a strong girl who’s not insulting to women in Winter’s Bone? Is it Lawrence or the director?
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Moving from Winter’s Bone to the X-Men makes me wonder why someone so young would need a break from acting so soon.
“Alive Eve”? My sex doll is in this movie?
Bitch never tells me anything.
What’s her age? I only ask because I think I see her two degrees of Kevin Bacon in the picture on the left.
Fucking Mystique would be scary, especially in high school where she probably doesn’t have full control over her powers. What would happen if, during coitus, the thought of her Math Teacher, Mr. Alt popped into her head?
Sorry, I tried to turn the nerd off, but thinking about fucking Mystique made it impossible.
Nicole Kidman’s agent got excited when they heard they were casting for “Miss Teak”.
Jonathan Winters’ Bone=Best Porn Movie EVAHR!!!
So, I’m out in the plant doing some work.. Ya, no shit, I know huh… and I come up with a shelly Winters Jonathan Winters bone joke and then I get here and look what happened.
[drops to knees, shakes fists at sky]
Daaammmnnn yoooouuuu wooooorrrrrk!!!
Best part? Jennifer Lawrence is listed in the cast of The Beaver I bet SHE has some stories.
“Sure, I’ll run lines with you, Jen. BUT YOU WILL BLOOOWWWWW MEEEEEEEE”
*Pant…Pant….Pant*
“WHERE’S THAT DYKE FOSTER? I NEED A FUCKING VIRGINIA SLIM!!!!!”
@Crappy
*Two fingers to my eyes, two fingers to your eyes*
What was yours, though? Mine felt a little rushed.
Fine! Nobody wants to get intellectual with Him and Donk? Well, we will just get on Grethor and fly to our own planet where people talk snooty and drink Ethiopian blend coffee in dimly lit cafes with black and white photographs of the Holocaust.
This way, Donk. Your beret and scarf, sir?
He doesn’t think you understand, Donk. We are new best friends now. *cut hand with knife, writes pact in blood*
Donk, the writer and director probably deserve more credit, but especially in this case, I think the actor did have a lot to do with creating the tone of the character.
I think I’ll save it, I’ll betcha dollars to doughnuts there’ll be another Winter’s Bone post with the huge blogger boner Vinky has for it.
Now I just gotta pimp it up like swi with a twihard joke so I can let all of you down.
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Maybe she rubbed Garrett Dillahunt for luck.
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That doesn’t work at all.
I have never known a tough broad that didn’t have a few chinks in the armor protecting a soft underbelly. For a non female writer to try and relate that and not portray it as weakness, or for a female writer to depict it in a way that doesn’t come off as cliched ‘girl-power’, particularly to a male audience, is a rare feat. Colo(u)r me intrigued.
I can think of a few, Fek’s spot on with North Counrty, I’ll also go with Sally Fields in Norma Rae, Meryl Streep in Silkwood, and here’s a twist, Francis McDormand in Fargo.
That’s what I thought, but hey, finding a pretty girl who can play a character with emotional depth gives her credit of her own. I don’t think Megan Fox can pull off anything deeper than “HURRRR I’M-A PURDY!”, no matter how good the writing.
Now, Fek, about that blood pact, do you mind if I sign it in semen?
*looks up from bloody contract, lights clove cigarette*
QAPLAH, Crappy, you can be new best friends with Him and Donk! We will be known as the intellectually elite of Filmdrunk and will each have an idiosyncratic taboo regarding masturbation!
Now, Fek, about that blood pact, do you mind if I sign it in semen?
As long as you place it on the small of His back, first!