Business as Usual for the Jolie-Pitts

First Angie wears all white, now Brad wears all white. The man cannot think for himself and never has!

65 Ahem | 06/27/2007 at 9:19 am

16 +++ | 06/27/2007 at 8:00 am

I wonder when will Angie finish shooting Wanted.
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I think she’s done in July then she and Brad said they are going away until Brad has to shoot Burn After Reading. BAF is only a supporting role so it will be quick…then they go back to LA for The Changeling in October which because it’s Eastwood will probably shoot max 45 days….then he has State of Play at the very end of Nov/Jan..then they take a year off.

In between TAOJJ comes out which means new Brad Pitt interviews

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Burn After Reading begins shooting in August, right?

One can just sense the close bond between Z and Brad. She loves her daddy and he loves her!

Thanks Jared for the new pictures

PLEASE VOTE FOR SHILOH…

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Vote for me( Shiloh) please.

YET ANOTHER HORRIBLE REVIEW!!!!

AMH TANKED!!!!

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A Mighty Heart” is Noble, But Unsuccesful

By Cassie McGrath

Published Wednesday, June 27, 2007

The latest depressing pseudo-documentary about current affairs, the Angelina Jolie vehicle, “A Mighty Heart,” opens with shots of a sprawling, overwhelming cityscape. The viewer is dropped squarely in the center of Karachi, Pakistan, the second most-populated city in the world, with an impossible question: “How do you find one man amongst all this?”
Anyone familiar with the gruesome story of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and brutally slain on videotape in Karachi in 2002, knows the unfortunate answer. But “A Mighty Heart,” adapted from Mariane Pearl’s autobiography of the same name, attempts to explain the frantic, month-long search for Pearl from a different point of view. Mariane Pearl, an Afro-Cuban Dutch Jew raised in Paris, was five months pregnant when her husband was kidnapped. She remains a journalist and world traveler, unfazed by terrorist intimidation.

The film tells the story from her powerful female perspective. This kind of performance requires a magnetic, compelling actress. Enter Angelina Jolie, in full pregnancy regalia, with darkened skin, brown contact lenses, a curly brown wig and a labored French accent. Both Jolie and Pearl have experienced grief, motherhood and paparazzi hounds, so the casting choice isn’t as odd as it may seem. However, Jolie presents a few problems.

The first is that the most skilled makeup artist cannot conceal Jolie’s luscious, exaggerated lips, which are incredibly distracting. However, there remains a much bigger problem: Although Jolie has been given the perfect canvas for the performance of her career, she fails to be truly compelling.

The character of Mariane Pearl requires both near-perfect casting and a virtuoso performance. Jolie is a terrific actress, and the viewer wants her to excel at this performance as much as the film needs her to. Demonstrating her trademark crackling energy, Jolie huffs around the house, snaps at the supporting cast, represses her grief over the loss of her husband and finally erupts in an excruciating, climactic howl. It is a noble effort. However, Jolie’s seething performance as Lisa in “Girl, Interrupted” is much more magnetic and believable. Seven years later, no amount of makeup can eclipse Jolie’s own personality, and in every scene, she cannot escape the celebrity she has herself become. Even if she could, she would still not be compelling enough.

That’s a shame, because director Michael Winterbottom excels at capturing the frantic, pulsating rhythm of Karachi. The stunning cinematography, accompanied by the loose, improvised script, makes the crisis feel all the more immediate. The supporting cast is also outstanding in every respect. Especially noteworthy is Irfan Khan’s performance as the captain of the Diplomatic Security Service, who, in one remarkable scene, tenderly interrogates a handcuffed, dangling suspect with fatherly empathy.

Despite its many strengths, “A Mighty Heart” needs a compelling main character to differentiate it from the recent slew of political thrillers, which lately seem to have the cinematic shelf life of skim milk. This film’s central character, Mariane Pearl, is also its greatest weakness. Because of that, “A Mighty Heart” is ultimately forgettable.

61 CMAR | 06/27/2007 at 9:07 am

Your observations are dead on! It’s perfectly obvious who is happy and who is not, and that not only goes for the Jolie-Pitts, but for the groups of fans as well. Anyone who is that consumed with negativity and must nitpick every molecule of the J-P’s lives must indeed be one litter of sick puppies.
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65 Ahem | 06/27/2007 at 9:19 am
16 +++ | 06/27/2007 at 8:00 am

I wonder when will Angie finish shooting Wanted.
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I think she’s done in July then she and Brad said they are going away until Brad has to shoot Burn After Reading. BAF is only a supporting role so it will be quick…then they go back to LA for The Changeling in October which because it’s Eastwood will probably shoot max 45 days….then he has State of Play at the very end of Nov/Jan..then they take a year off.

In between TAOJJ comes out which means new Brad Pitt interviews

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I this sounds about right to me, too. But let us not forget, alot of projects will be coming to fruition for them over that year off as well. I am taking their “year off” to mean a year off from starting anything new as far as filming goes. They will still have to promote and give appearances for finished projects, and of course Angie will still do her UN trips, so all in all, us fans will still see them, they (or maybe just Angie, since we really haven’t had it confirmed if Brad is actually doing it too) just won’t be making any new movies. Brad, of course will continue his producing duties with his projects behind the camera, so we’ll hear about that.

Of course, you know the naysayers and tabloids will cry foul and say Angie lied, that she’s not taking her off as she said she would…etc. So get ready to explain it over and over to the peanut gallery, haha!!

I wish he “divorced” that silly hat. Visually, it definitely puts him on the wrong side of forties. Without it, he will return to the other side. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

People magazine has Paris Hilton in their cover with an exclive interview, lame.

I hope US Weekly kicks people ass on sales this week, I can’t get why they are still giving this amazing, positive coverage to paris. **** you people.

the look brad wears when at home is more or less an european stlyle look with his hat and all, it is a look of relaxation, i think its very classy and original for his age an stature
by the way that funny person who critized the children , if you dont like kids just keep your mouth shot , its ok not to want them or
enjoy them just stay away

I like the hat. lol