Friday, July 01, 2005
My fav movie gals
Indulge me today, my dear reader, and let me launch off into fantasy. Lonely Friday evenings tend to do that to a guy in his mid-twenties :)
It is indeed strange. When I first moved to the US about 5 years ago, the whole 'weekend culture' affected me not. It made little difference whether the day was Monday or Friday or whatever, it was just another day. Well, Saturday and Sunday was possibly an exception, where you might go to the grocery store and cook a few things. With passage of time, and acquiring a few American (or Americanized) friends, this seems to have changed. Now, I find myself experiencing Monday morning blues, just like millions of Americans, or wondering whether I'll have a date this Friday evening, and feeling extremely disappointed when I don't.
One of the little things about changing cultural identities that I'd rather not have to deal with.
Anyway, that was not the point of this post. I wanted to talk about my favourite movie actresses and characters. Why? Because I want to be with the most beautiful women that I love, if only in my dreams. Naaah, because I don't feel like doing anything better.
My split-cultural-identity disorder does not let me admire an actress from one specific part of the world. Which part of myself do I humour, the Indian, the American or the international?
So, by now my dear reader, you should have psycho-analyzed me to determine the girl of my dreams. Bohemian, unconventional, adventurous, smart, and yes, as a bonus, seriously badass!!!! Anyone out there :D ?
It is indeed strange. When I first moved to the US about 5 years ago, the whole 'weekend culture' affected me not. It made little difference whether the day was Monday or Friday or whatever, it was just another day. Well, Saturday and Sunday was possibly an exception, where you might go to the grocery store and cook a few things. With passage of time, and acquiring a few American (or Americanized) friends, this seems to have changed. Now, I find myself experiencing Monday morning blues, just like millions of Americans, or wondering whether I'll have a date this Friday evening, and feeling extremely disappointed when I don't.
One of the little things about changing cultural identities that I'd rather not have to deal with.
Anyway, that was not the point of this post. I wanted to talk about my favourite movie actresses and characters. Why? Because I want to be with the most beautiful women that I love, if only in my dreams. Naaah, because I don't feel like doing anything better.
My split-cultural-identity disorder does not let me admire an actress from one specific part of the world. Which part of myself do I humour, the Indian, the American or the international?
* Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind - The ORANGE hair! I've always thought she was curvaceously gorgeous, ever since Titanic (yes my dear reader, I shall admit to liking that 'I'm flying' scene), but Eternal Sunshine was what did it for me. Her character there was right out of my fantasies (what geek does not dream of a girl who actually does all the seduction bit herself?) And the orange hairdo!
* Natalie Portman - León - The Professional - That's when she grabbed my eye, what with her potty mouth and Lolita-role. She was the only redeeming thing in 'Cold Mountain'. Well, Jude Law isn't that bad either. She's always been just slightly behind Kate Winslet for me, and with her recent fiery coiffure, she's only gotten 'Closer'.
* Franka Potente - Run Lola Run - How can a guy resist a gal who would (and could) do all that running, even to save the life of a loser that was her boyfriend in that movie? The German girl with the ORANGE hair! OMG. How can you resist that?
Yes my dear reader, you figured it out. There's something between me and orange-dyed hair. It's just so liberated, so punk, so postmodern, and, so 'Don't mess with me!!'.
* Rani Mukherjee The Indian gal of my dreams. The Rani of Bollywood. She just keeps getting better by the movie. I noticed her first in a movie called 'Bicchoo' (Scorpion), which was a remake of 'the Professional', and oddly enough, she played the Natalie Portman character there. See the connection? I'd recommend the movie only as an academic study of how TRASHY a bollywood movie can get if it's makers are so inclined. But how could I forget that gal who confidently hurled the choicest hindi epithets in every scene of the movie? And she's not let me down. 'Saathiya', 'Hum tum', 'Paheli', and of course, her Helen Keller turn in 'Black'.
* Zhang Zi Yi The hottest thing after fire-breathing dragons to ever emerge from the Middle Kingdom. With every swish of her swords in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, she cleaves my heart in twain. (Ouch, that was sappy). 真正的老虎!!
So, by now my dear reader, you should have psycho-analyzed me to determine the girl of my dreams. Bohemian, unconventional, adventurous, smart, and yes, as a bonus, seriously badass!!!! Anyone out there :D ?
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