It looks as if the makers of this poster for Amelia, the Amelia Airheart biopic starring Hilary Swank, wanted to create a strong, simple image of Amelia’s silhouette as she stared off into the distance, in the classic explorer pose.  But then at the last moment they didn’t quite trust their audience to know it was Amelia Earhardt, so they used the old just-slap-some-initials-on-her-back solution, a longtime favorite of political cartoonists.  Hold on, I think I can improve this one:

Eat your heart out, Perez Hilton.  On second thought… stop eating. [via FSR]

Every time I read Amelia, in my mind I hear Will Farrell shouting “Amelia!” like in Night at the Roxbury.  Haha, good story, Vince.  Anyway, this is the first trailer for Amelia, starring Hillary Swank as the aviatress who captured America’s heart by promising she could fly around the globe, only to fail miserably and die in the ocean, never to be found.  Ever since, women have been banned from flying, and for that we thank her.

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UPDATE: Some shrivs from Fox wanted us to take down the pictures that were here, because God forbid I advertise their crappy movie.  I like hat kitty here better anyway.

It’s a fascinating day out here in the movie blog world, folks, and it continues with fascinating pictures from the fascinating set of Amelia, Hillary Swank’s biopic of Amelia Earhardt, who in 1937 proved once and for all that chicks suck at flying.  It reminds me of the time I got pulled over by a police woman.  "They let you ladies carry guns nowadays?" I asked her.  Yup, me and the doctor who stitched up my eye had a pretty good laugh about that one.  Women, you know? 

But in all seriousness, the first woman to fly around the world and her name is "Air-heart"?  You couldn’t write that!  …*sigh*