. . . that I first saw this film.
A very charming ‘coming of age’ film about three teenaged girls (played by Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish & Lili Taylor) in the small town of Mystic, Connecticut. And I had vague memories of really loving this film a lot.
Got to watch it again yesterday as it was being shown on tv on Sunday afternoon . . . and I loved it all over again.
But something really niggled. which I know is one of my pet niggles . . . and that is about how women portrayed in films twenty years ago actually got away with having real women’s bodies. I mean, okay, Mystic Pizza was a small indie low-budget film and not a big-time Hollywood film, otherwise this may not have been the case. But man, there was ole Julia (I think it was her first film role) showing a lot of big sexy butt and voluptuous curves, and Annabeth and Lily also looked like … well, like normal women do when wearing trousers. Like, no three inch gap between their thighs. And all scenes showing any of them in a sleeveless top or dress also showed quite attractive and normal looking upper arms, not pencil-thin sticks protruding out of bony shoulders… it was really refreshing to see this for a change.
Well, refreshing and also sad to think of how things are now. Ah well…
An excellent film – does anyone else remember it?
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Well, since I didn’t see the movie, all I can say is I like soft, yielding, curvy flesh.
Haven’t had any in 14 years, but that’s off-topic.
(Uh-oh, maybe I’ve had too much brandy…)
Here’s something fun for y’all. :0
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It’s been years since I’ve seen it, for some reason I was associating the memory of it with Lily Taylor singing “Joe Lies”, but that was Say Anything. Both are cute movies, with girls who have real bodies. 🙂
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I have virtually given up on films. I really really hate the matchsticks who seem to be all the rage today! I crave a woman with a natural bust, a bouncy bum and who looks like Sophia Loren! Well, like she used to look 🙂
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I’m with you, Archie.
For a long time, I was deeply involved in independent film making, which satisfied many artistic and aesthetic needs at once. I can’t even get a vicarious thrill from the crap that Hollywood turns out these days.
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I remember this film…really enjoyed it. Glad to hear that it passed the “test o’ time”! I remember the bit about them looking into the fridge to see it full of lobster — and being utterly disappointed! “Damn, nothing to eat!”
I’ve been watching period pieces lately — where the clothing is more forgiving, and the skinniest woman looks womanly because of the clothes she’s wearing. Watched “Mansfield Park” last night, and re-watched “Pride and Prejudice” the night before last (not the one with Keira “concave chest” Knightley, but the one with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle). [Give me more Jane Austen!!]
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I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed watching a film with Julia Roberts in it. She just seems to have this sense of entitlement about her, like: I belong in this film because I’m Julia Roberts – who cares whether I can act or not. Harsh, I know… just don’t like her.
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I haven’t seen the film (I’ll look for it at my local video store now though) but I, too, remember the difference in women’s bodies as portrayed on film 20 years ago. This Size Zero thing has got to stop. Its nuts. Men don’t find it attractive, so why do women do it???
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Nice to know that real men still like real women…
I quite liked that P&P series with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, Lori. Haven’t really seen many period pieces lately, unless you count Gosford Park.
I think this was Julia’s first film, ian, and I reckon you’d find her quite refreshing in this one. It also featured Matt Damon for about 30 seconds as one of the guests at a dinner – 30 seconds was about enough.
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Oh, just simulposted with you truce – nice to see you’re still with us! 🙂
I know, it’s like women have been shrinking like shrinking things over the past 50 years, but it is still quite shocking to see such an obvious difference over just 20 years.
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had a few theories about the ‘matchstick’ women… with several leading fashion designers being gay, i sort of wondered if they just preferred the models to look like men. either that, or all designers prefer models resembling coat hangers…
since we all agree, let’s eat something chocolate to celebrate!
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Chocolate! Yay!
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Apropos the subject of women’s bodies, you might find a href=”http://www.incident.net/works/miseanu/nues.html” target=”_blank”>this of interest.
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Enjoy, all! 🙂
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Dammit!
Okay, try this.
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