Diary of a disappointed fangirl
Feb. 20th, 2007 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lazypadawanI admit to being the only Hayden fangirl who's not dying to see "Factory Girl," his new indie flick now playing in selected few arthouses. I was dying to see it, now I'm not. In fact, I've sort of lost some of my enthusiasm for the lad, though I'll continue to stick up for what he's done in SW. My fangirlism for Anakin lives on, don't worry. The whys? Well, readeth between the lines in my post if you will.
It is however, undeniable that he is hot and those puppy dog intense blue eyes are indeed a hard habit to break. So I continue on autopilot to the Desiring Hayden site on a frequent basis, where today they've posted an article from a defunct Canadian magazine that just put out its final issue. A nice bit of karma, despite the admittedly hot pictures, because the article really ticked me off. It's long been a bone of contention that too many interviews with SW alumni, especially in recent years, put everything in a negative light. If the stars can't be cajoled into trashing the films that made them famous and rich, the journo will do it for them.
(Plugola: My editorial on the history of handbiting SW-style will be posted tomorrow.)
Yes, Hayden is shown as a down-to-earth sweetie (didn't know he bought his family a farm in Ontario), which is pretty much what we've heard all along about him. But the article is really down on his work in SW and on Lucas. The highlights of what burned my biscuits:
*"Some may have been skeptical that Christensen--or his acting career--would ever return from that black plastic prison...Critics and fans were hard on the Star Wars prequels, and especially hard on Christensen's performance."
SOME of them were, not everyone. Unfortunately, nobody listens to the silent majority.
*From Factory Girl director George Hickenlooper: "(Hayden) shines more when he's working with a director who appreciates actors and not, you know, giant space machines"
Sure, a director who shows his appreciation for his actors by having them do softcore sex scenes and being coy about the rumor that they were real just to boost Factory Girl's curiosity factor. Swell. If I'd been inclined at all to see FG before, that inclination is 100% gone. I'm a SW fan first and this moron will never be fit to pour Lucas's coffee.
*"It's the perfect example, Christensen tells me, of why (Doug) Linman is no Lucas."
I really hope Hayden did NOT put it that way in his actual conversation. But I'm starting to worry he's the sort who's super loyal to the guy right in front of him but that loyalty goes buh-bye as soon as he moves on. Please tell me I'm wrong.
Then there's a couple of times where it beats up on the whole A/P thing, which cheesed me off as much as the Hickenlooper quote did. Maybe I ought to just stick with SW Insider and Lucky.
It is however, undeniable that he is hot and those puppy dog intense blue eyes are indeed a hard habit to break. So I continue on autopilot to the Desiring Hayden site on a frequent basis, where today they've posted an article from a defunct Canadian magazine that just put out its final issue. A nice bit of karma, despite the admittedly hot pictures, because the article really ticked me off. It's long been a bone of contention that too many interviews with SW alumni, especially in recent years, put everything in a negative light. If the stars can't be cajoled into trashing the films that made them famous and rich, the journo will do it for them.
(Plugola: My editorial on the history of handbiting SW-style will be posted tomorrow.)
Yes, Hayden is shown as a down-to-earth sweetie (didn't know he bought his family a farm in Ontario), which is pretty much what we've heard all along about him. But the article is really down on his work in SW and on Lucas. The highlights of what burned my biscuits:
*"Some may have been skeptical that Christensen--or his acting career--would ever return from that black plastic prison...Critics and fans were hard on the Star Wars prequels, and especially hard on Christensen's performance."
SOME of them were, not everyone. Unfortunately, nobody listens to the silent majority.
*From Factory Girl director George Hickenlooper: "(Hayden) shines more when he's working with a director who appreciates actors and not, you know, giant space machines"
Sure, a director who shows his appreciation for his actors by having them do softcore sex scenes and being coy about the rumor that they were real just to boost Factory Girl's curiosity factor. Swell. If I'd been inclined at all to see FG before, that inclination is 100% gone. I'm a SW fan first and this moron will never be fit to pour Lucas's coffee.
*"It's the perfect example, Christensen tells me, of why (Doug) Linman is no Lucas."
I really hope Hayden did NOT put it that way in his actual conversation. But I'm starting to worry he's the sort who's super loyal to the guy right in front of him but that loyalty goes buh-bye as soon as he moves on. Please tell me I'm wrong.
Then there's a couple of times where it beats up on the whole A/P thing, which cheesed me off as much as the Hickenlooper quote did. Maybe I ought to just stick with SW Insider and Lucky.
