Amanda Seyfried is a very pretty up and coming actress – her looks are compelling.
- The Lovely Amanda
Peter thinks she’s beautiful so I always tell him that her lips are enhanced! Well that’s just catty chit chat. Anyway, Amanda was the protagonist in the eponymous movie, Chloe where she played a sinister (my word) seductress. Personally I thought she was evil and the movie was part Fatal Attraction and part True Lies. Chloe was a calculating, unfeeling to the point of being robotic, sociopath. Spoiler – she gets hers in the end. Two weeks later we are watching the same doe-eyed luscious-lipped Amanda portraying Sophie in Letters to Juliet. Sophie is the ultimate eternal romanticist. She is sweet, cloyingly adorable and an idealist in the romance department. A very sweet romantic comedy and again she gets hers in the end. You would think that these two movies are poles apart but for some nagging reason, I kept seeing parallels in the roles. In both roles Amanda shows us a range of facial expressions; with her eyes as the windows into her heart and soul, she is wistful and waifish, her pouty mouth playing a big role.
Although this blog was basically about Amanda in her two recent starring roles, I want to point out that Vanessa Redgrave is in Letters to Juliet and although she is not starring in the main role, it is difficult to cast her as the supporting actress in this movie. Her presence on the screen is nothing short of phenomenal – she is the focal point of every scene she’s in. What a great role for her! AND for all you romanticists out there who are now of a certain age, note this – Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero are a real life couple.
It's Never Too Late For True Love
It was a poignant evening watching Vanessa’s magnificent performance one day after her sister, Lynn Redgrave passed away. Vanessa is the sole surviving member of the super talented Redgrave family. This year, her brother Corin, also an actor, died as well.
Go see it! It’s heartwarming, sappy, funny, predictable and will make you cry happy tears and believe in true love.
Letters to Juliet
Best Quote: “I don’t think my grandmother would at all be interested in meeting someone who used ‘awesome’ and ‘oh my God’ in the same sentence. That was said by Christopher Egan who looks a lot like a young Val Kilmer.
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From Seductive Chloe to Sophie the Romantic
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Amanda Seyfried is a very pretty up and coming actress – her looks are compelling.
Peter thinks she’s beautiful so I always tell him that her lips are enhanced! Well that’s just catty chit chat. Anyway, Amanda was the protagonist in the eponymous movie, Chloe where she played a sinister (my word) seductress. Personally I thought she was evil and the movie was part Fatal Attraction and part True Lies. Chloe was a calculating, unfeeling to the point of being robotic, sociopath. Spoiler – she gets hers in the end. Two weeks later we are watching the same doe-eyed luscious-lipped Amanda portraying Sophie in Letters to Juliet. Sophie is the ultimate eternal romanticist. She is sweet, cloyingly adorable and an idealist in the romance department. A very sweet romantic comedy and again she gets hers in the end. You would think that these two movies are poles apart but for some nagging reason, I kept seeing parallels in the roles. In both roles Amanda shows us a range of facial expressions; with her eyes as the windows into her heart and soul, she is wistful and waifish, her pouty mouth playing a big role.
Although this blog was basically about Amanda in her two recent starring roles, I want to point out that Vanessa Redgrave is in Letters to Juliet and although she is not starring in the main role, it is difficult to cast her as the supporting actress in this movie. Her presence on the screen is nothing short of phenomenal – she is the focal point of every scene she’s in. What a great role for her! AND for all you romanticists out there who are now of a certain age, note this – Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero are a real life couple.
It's Never Too Late For True Love
It was a poignant evening watching Vanessa’s magnificent performance one day after her sister, Lynn Redgrave passed away. Vanessa is the sole surviving member of the super talented Redgrave family. This year, her brother Corin, also an actor, died as well.
Go see it! It’s heartwarming, sappy, funny, predictable and will make you cry happy tears and believe in true love.
Letters to Juliet
Best Quote: “I don’t think my grandmother would at all be interested in meeting someone who used ‘awesome’ and ‘oh my God’ in the same sentence. That was said by Christopher Egan who looks a lot like a young Val Kilmer.
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