Slog - Comments on Stupid, Stupid Netflix http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix Netflix is closing Red Envelope Entertainment, its film purchasing and distribution arm, because "...the Red Envelope Entertainment unit competed with its main suppliers, Hollywood studios." This is a big bummer, actually. Two of the movies that Red Envelope produced, Sherrybaby (a movie about an irresponsible mom on parole starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Danny Trejo) and Confessions of a Superhero (a documentary about the people who dress up like superheroes and stand around Hollywood Boulevard taking pictures with tourists for tips) were among my favorites of the last few years. They had a distinctly un-big-studio pacing and sensibility that I'll... Copyright 2008 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0800 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:08:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Bellevue Ave why is maggie gyllenhaal so unattractive?

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080572 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:24:36 -0800 Comment by max solomon because she's not plasticized?

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080586 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:31:52 -0800 Comment by Levislade How could you be so very wrong, Bellevue? I was just about to write something along the lines of how that picture gave me a very special feeling, and how come I'd never heard of that film? Will have to check it out. She is hotness personified.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080587 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:32:26 -0800 Comment by w7ngman What are you smoking, BA?

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080595 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:35:06 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave she looks like cameron diaz with downs. or kirsten dunst with downs. and she has those annoying triangle boobs.

I like women that arent plastic but they also shouldnt be the female versions of christopher burke.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080607 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080607 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:42:10 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave are you also going to try and convince me that drew barrymore is attractive with her FAS face?

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080609 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080609 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:43:17 -0800 Comment by lostboy Bellevue Ave @5 paraphrased:

"I like women who naturally look like the mainstream ideal of supermodel beauty."

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080618 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:49:14 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant I'm not even going to acknowledge those who don't think that Maggie Gyllenhaal is attractive.

Levislade @3: She's totally hot in this movie. Also, there's lots of nudity. And, um, she acts real good, too.

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080631 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080631 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:52:43 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I'm afraid I'm with BA on this one. I think it's the way her eyes turn down in a complex curve just like the one her mouth curls up in. And her nostrils are insipid. I've never liked her in movies, either, although I'm not sure if it's because I dislike her or her characters.

I don't know what "triangle boobs" are, though.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080634 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:53:38 -0800 Comment by laterite Mags looks hotter here than she has since Secretary.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080638 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:54:32 -0800 Comment by Levislade Fnarf, you've typed a lot of ridiculous things over the years (haven't we all?), but "her nostrils are insipid" takes the bloody cake.

Now excuse me while I watch this and Secretary alone for a while . . .

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080644 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080644 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:56:35 -0800 Comment by max solomon BA: what's a "FAS face"?

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080649 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080649 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:57:22 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave please lostboy, I don't like thin, blonde, tan (bronzer), women at all. in general I can't stand anyone who has one of these features by themselves.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080650 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080650 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:57:24 -0800 Comment by Levislade @12 - FAS = Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080659 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080659 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:59:25 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave fetal alcohol syndrome.

the tiny face on the big head.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080661 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080661 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:59:56 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave fnarf, they are boobs that are more conical than they are round. I also call them indy car or forumal 1 boobs because they remind me of the back of 60s race cars.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080672 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080672 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:05:38 -0800 Comment by lostboy I can sympathize with Fnarf and BA to some extent; there is something slightly odd about Gyllenhaal's face that can be distracting, a non-cute quirkiness.

The impression I always get, though, is of the kind of attractive-in-context person that you might meet in real life, noticeably more appealing than most other people you know despite appearance quirks that become less and less conspicuous as you get to know her.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080676 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080676 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:07:08 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave but that isn't the point of celeb crushes lostboy. i can't conceive on any circumstance where I would get to know any celeb better so I could comment on how their attractiveness has blossomed before me.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080684 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080684 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:08:51 -0800 Comment by lostboy BA @13, fair enough.  I just couldn't resist the easy opening to yank your chain a little.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080687 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080687 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:11:19 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave My chain is made of sausages and the rest of slog are meat deprived pit bulls.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080690 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:12:43 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave I might be wrong about her breasts upon further reflection but they arent my GF's breasts which I consider works of art by the creator himself.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080706 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:19:45 -0800 Comment by lostboy BA @18, maybe it's not the point for you.  For me, celeb crushes are all about what-if fantasies.

I'd suggest that fantasies about a celeb's fictional character are less far fetched, but I'm guessing you'd see it the opposite way.  Am I wrong again?

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080710 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080710 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:21:22 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave i think were on the same page, I just phrased it poorly. Celeb crushes are about what-ifs, and I dont think spending time to get to know her and see her attractiveness blossom qualifies as a what-if i'd indulge in at all.

On the other hand one of my celeb crushes involves a man, specifically christian bale. my girlfriend likes to tease me about that.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080719 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080719 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:25:20 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave like, what if christian bale and I had to fight our way out of some crazy situation on a golf course? or what if christian bale and I were in command of an army of at-ats

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080722 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080722 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:27:12 -0800 Comment by jackie treehorn Going on record: MG is HOT.

]]> jackie treehorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080724 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:28:00 -0800 Comment by LDP She's not wildly beautiful, but she's sexy as hell. Know what I mean? Kind of the anti-Kristin Davis.

]]> LDP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080737 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080737 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:35:23 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave @26
you mean like bella donna?

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080746 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080746 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:37:17 -0800 Comment by Greg Secretary was hot, but this picture puts me in the 'meh' camp.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080773 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:49:29 -0800 Comment by jon @21: BA, maybe you should link to a pic if they are as awesome as you say they are...

;)

ps - I'm with you on Bella Donna

]]> jon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080790 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080790 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:00:02 -0800 Comment by Catman If those were Red Envelope's two best movies, no wonder they're closing.

]]> Catman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080836 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080836 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:29:46 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 I wonder if this is some sort of ass kissing exercise to get the studios to allow Netflix to provide more streaming content on their website.

@5 - Lookout BA ... you're wandering into "hate crime" territory!

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080846 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080846 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:35:04 -0800 Comment by Mr. Critic Wow - impressive train of thoughts going on here.

I'd like to swerve a bit and say that Sherrybaby was a pretty dire movie. MG was about the only decent thing in it. The people involved in making the film, though, were clearly way in over their heads with what(ever it was) they were trying to do. And the girl that played the daughter was so horrific (in the acting sense) that she almost brought the film to a screeching halt everytime she was on the screen. I understand that not every child can have wonderful presence and acting chops - but this girl was beyond belief bad, I'm sorry.

Oh, and OK, just to fit in here - I'd bang the hell out of Maggie.

]]> Mr. Critic http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080859 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:43:29 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Her nostrils ARE insipid. They're puffy and turned up at the point where they join the face. It's an awful nose, worse than Meg Ryan's.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080920 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080920 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:24:16 -0800 Comment by lostboy Fnarf, you seem to feel about noses the way I feel about tail light design on cars.

I'm not sure this is healthy for either of us.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080929 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080929 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:35:40 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Lostboy, let me put it in terms you can understand, then: Maggie Gyllenhall's nose is the Pontiac Aztek of Hollywood noses.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080955 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080955 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:55:45 -0800 Comment by coffeeboss I think Insipid Nostrils will be the name of my next band.

Maggie G is sexy as hell.

]]> coffeeboss http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080969 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080969 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:05:06 -0800 Comment by lostboy Fnarf @35, there was no call for that kind of vile obscenity.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080986 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1080986 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:13:05 -0800 Comment by Greg I think the weirdest thing about her is that if you block out everything else, you will notice that she and her brother have the same face. Creepy.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1081030 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1081030 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:39:55 -0800 Comment by sleestak I think she's quite attractive (mostly based on her role in The Secretary--I may not feel the same had I not seen that). Still, I love WWTDD's nickname for her: Sad Cartoon Turtle.

]]> sleestak http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1081051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1081051 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:04:22 -0800 Comment by stinkbug sherrybaby was a fine film. i especially liked the non-evil native american, probably because i was expecting him to be an evil native american.

she was very charming in Stranger Than Fiction.

some other MG photos:
http://www.petite-coquette.co.uk/2007/09/05/393-agent-provocateur-lingerie

there are other/better films that Red Envelope distro'ed, although the list depends on whether you're talking about just the theatrical stuff or also the dvd stuff.

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1081081 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1081081 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:05:46 -0800 Comment by stinkbug also, in sherrybaby her character has a drug problem, so MG is allowed to look a bit "off" in photos for the film.

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1081083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/stupid_stupid_netflix#c1081083 Film Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:08:54 -0800