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This topic is for discussion of movie costumes and fashion (ie best and worst costumes etc.)

If this was not Lauren German's decision than I'm mad.Shay was the most likeable female on the show and her friendship with Severide was one of the best parts of it. Dawson was much more tolerable with Shay than anyone else. It was impossible to like Shay's love interests. They were so obviously bad for her.

I loved Tom Hardy in Warrior. He's great in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy too. Hardy's co-star in The Drop, Matthias Schoenaerts, was incredible in Bullhead.

Me too. I don't hate actors/actresses and I think that actresses are disproportionately hated. But while I don't hate him Johnny Depp is getting predictable and boring as an actor.

I saw this topic was in the tv thread so I'm starting one here. I don't know a lot about the subject so maybe I'm off base but it seems like not a lot has happened for LGBT movies since Brokeback Mountain and Milk. There have been some but they are smaller and not given a lot of marketing. Am I correct?

They were successful. I didn't like Tomb Raider but Salt was moderately entertaining. Traditionally female lead action films have not been given the same budget, marketing and talent as male lead action films. That's starting to change but there are still double standards in the movie industry. Hercules domestic failure isn't seen as a gender thing but it would be if a woman starred in a movie like it.

I like that Adams is pushing 40 but still really in demand but it would be great to see more actresses her age get the kind of roles she gets. I am also bothered by Lawrence getting age inappropriate roles. I think she can play a little older than her real age but not that much older.

I love Singing in The Rain. I find it so fun and the cast is charming. I'm not as fond of An American in Paris. Although it has some good musical numbers. I saw Nine on tv not too long ago. It was a pretty bad and Daniel Day Lewis was miscast. Marion Cotillard gave a good performance though.

Here is the international trailer for The Drop: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=41350. I'm not sure why but I like it better than the first trailer.

It seems to be more of an unpopular opinion to like Keira. She gets a lot of hate. She has some limitations as an actress but I like her and I loved her performance in Pride and Prejudice.

I think Jodie did pretty good for a while. She won two Oscars after she left Yale.

Agreed. I liked her in Silver Linings Playbook but I am not convinced there was no other actress that could have pulled that off. There are a lot of talented 30 something actresses in Hollywood right now they aren't getting a lot of great lead roles.

By Hollywood endings do you mean satisfying, usually happy endings? I don't think there's anything wrong with those endings either but it seems like some filmmakers and critics view any ending without ambiguity as too simple or inherently bad. There are some ambiguous, non traditional endings that I love but it doesn't fit every film.

Agreed. She really carried that movie. It would have been a bad idea if he tried to take on another big budget role after that. Although I doubt the studios would let him even if he wanted to.

I always thought she's had star quality. She really stood out when I first saw her in Catch Me if You Can but YMMV. I don't find Leo that handsome but I agree that he is a movie star and does seem to be able to get people to see his movies.The Great's Gatsby probably ended up doing better than people thought it would because of him.

Matthias Schoenaerts in Rust and Bone- He looks great in that movie and gives a good performance too. He's also still oddly attractive in Bullhead even those he's made to look uglier. Brad Pitt didn't use to do anything for me but I recently saw him in A River Runs Through It and Legends of The Fall and he was gorgeous in those films.

Personally I think she is quite distinctive looking.I don't necessarily think she lacks anything. It seems like almost no women in her age range are getting the sort of good consistent lead roles that Lawrence or long established stars like Streep are getting.

I really like that version of Pride and Prejudice. Although I haven't read the novel so I am not bothered by its lack of faithfulness to the book. And I can understand why Joe Wright didn't decide to do a more faithful version when there already was a popular and supposedly faithful mini series.

IMHO Cate Blanchett and Amy Adams are movie stars, although they are more minor movie stars in comparison to Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock or Jennifer Lawrence.