Tuesday, August 15, 2006

On Hollywood Crushes

Last night, having nothing short to watch on my DVR and knowing that I would still be up for a while, I headed down to our twelve HBO channels to see if anything might be interesting. I found "The Great Outdoors", an 80's comedy with John Candy and Dan Aykroyd. I had forgotten that this movie features an actress most people don't know, Lucy Deakins.

I know her from this movie as well as "The Boy Who Could Fly". I immediately remembered how much of a crush I had on her. So, I thought it might be fun to remember some more. No judging, now, I'm being candid. Crushes are, by definition, silly. And anyone who knows me knows that I can crush pretty hard.

First the heavies. These are the ones for whom I'm entitled a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card from Amanda:

Natalie Portman. I mean, come on! What else do I have to say?

Not sure when I first saw her. Before she became really famous, though. Beautiful, cute, smart, talented.

Alyson Hannigan. You know, Band Camp Girl. And, more importantly, Willow! What's not to love? Also beautiful, cute, smart, and talented.

And then there's Amy Acker. I only know her from "Angel", but, man alive! Beautiful, cute, smart, talented (see any pattern, yet? Is it any wonder I got Amanda?) .

There are many others. (What can I say? I've always loved the ladies!) Some from many years ago and some quite current. These are the girls that can get me to sit through a poor movie - multiple times!

Diane Franklin - Best known as Joan of Arc in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure", but also the French exchange student in "Better Off Dead" with John Cusack. (I'm having trouble uploading any more pictures, for some reason.)

Jennifer Love Hewitt - Yeah, yeah, I know! Not sure when I first saw her. The crush was cemented with a late-90's teen flick called "Can't Hardly Wait".

Alyssa Milano - Major crush during the "Who's the Boss?" years. I actually had her poster on my wall. Not so much anymore, though.

Winona Ryder - Yep. Probably the baddest (as in not crispy clean) of my crushes. Way cool.

Kerri Green - "Lucas" and "The Goonies". Really simple and cute. SIDEBAR: When I was at Gibbs for a semester as a freshman, the girls in band used to call me Lucas because I was so short and insignificant. Yep, that's my life in a nutshell. And you wonder why I love directing so much!

Mary Stuart Masterson - This is one of those that goes in and out. I love her and will watch her again and again in "Heaven Help Us" with Andrew McCarthy but really have no use for her in "Some Kind of Wonderful" with Eric Stoltz.

Meg Ryan - I know she's America's sweetheart and all, but before all that, in "Joe Versus the Volcano", "Innerspace", "Top Gun", "When Harry Met Sally" - absolutely adorable.

So, there you go. As soon as I publish I'll think of five more (oh yeah, there's a whole bunch). Yours?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Willow has always been my favorite character from Buffy, so I'm with you on that one. Amy Acker, to me, it the definition of a lady. I envy her.

But Jennifer Love Hewitt, I cannot forgive.

Oh Jason.

<333

Da Camel said...

You have some STRANGE choices and mixes.

You, sir, need help.

And that's not judgment, it's true :)

jmixont said...

Who's strange? And what's odd about that mix - seems pretty consistent to me.

Just wondering.

And Brit, I'd forgotten about Jennifer Love Hewitt until a little indie came along about a wedding band that gets a record contract. Can't remember the name of the movie, but it just re-ignited things.

Unknown said...

Oh yeah. What was the name of that movie?

I'm afraid it's against the rules to like anyone with the word Love in their name. Also, her breasts seem a bit big for you.

Watch out, ladies and gentlemen! He's discovered how to upload pictures!

By the way, I think we identified Amy Acker as officially un-smart when she said "nucular" in an interview, did we not? Oh yeah, you thought maybe it was just a Texan thing.

What happened to Kristen Kreuk? I mean, I know we both wish she had died instead of Dad, but come on! A girl like that is right up there with dumbass Amy Acker in my book. Oops, I mean 'Texan' Amy Acker.

No, no. Acker's gorgeous. I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do. As a . . . person. Generally, we don't like perfect people.

Anonymous said...

I'm with you on all of those...but I'd fuck any girl with a big enough name!

eg. Estelle Getty? I fucked her! Markie Post? Twice in her trailer!

See, it's just cool! You can go all the way down to E-list celebs and it's still pretty cool...

(of course I could just be a big whore...)