Am I the only one who is mildly bothered by the fact that Helen Mirren is WAY TOO THIN and TOO YOUNG to play the Queen? Not that the Queen is fat—not by any means—but the woman is eighty! And she has your typical British constitution: stocky. And if she’s anything at all like my grandmother, she probably eats hearty meals of stew and Yorkshire puddings and broad beans and roasted potatoes. You know, anything to get ye through the bitter cold of an English eve. Whereas Helen Mirren probably eats like a bird on macrobiotic diets of arugula and fennel…
Don’t get me wrong: I love Helen Mirren. I have had a soft spot for her ever since she ate her husband’s testicles in ‘The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover,’ but she doesn't quite pass for Elizabeth the Second. I think they could have tried a teensy bit harder. I’m sure her performance is phenomenal and perhaps maybe even Oscar-worthy; I have no idea. I haven’t seen the movie, but y’know, they can make Eddie Murphy look like a 300-pound woman, but they can’t add twenty pounds and a few extra wrinkles to ole’ Lady Helen? C’mon. I find that a little hard to believe…
Don’t get me wrong: I love Helen Mirren. I have had a soft spot for her ever since she ate her husband’s testicles in ‘The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover,’ but she doesn't quite pass for Elizabeth the Second. I think they could have tried a teensy bit harder. I’m sure her performance is phenomenal and perhaps maybe even Oscar-worthy; I have no idea. I haven’t seen the movie, but y’know, they can make Eddie Murphy look like a 300-pound woman, but they can’t add twenty pounds and a few extra wrinkles to ole’ Lady Helen? C’mon. I find that a little hard to believe…
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I always enjoyed Scott Thompson's QEII...
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Oh, it won't stop me; I just hate how no one's talking about it. Not only that, I actually read the words 'dead ringer' in one review. I think that's a bit excessive. Also, that movie is definitely a renter...I've heard of many people falling asleep...
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