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Xena's Favorite Actors: Natalie Portman
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by Xena
It took some help from Beerwad, RFP, and Tic Tac, but I finally came up with a few female actresses that I like. It is so easy to forget the women who play the best roles, because honestly, really good roles very rarely come along for women... At least not roles that guys like Edward Norton get to play.
1. V for Vendetta (2005) ~ "Evey Hammond"
One of those violent, thought provoking, entirely fictional view of an oppressed future. A few explosions, some major revolting against “the man” and a bald Natalie Portman. It was so beautiful in the way it was done, and her it was great to watch her character change as the movie progressed. “Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot.”
2. Star Wars Episode III (2005) ~ "Padme"
I love the Star Wars movies, and this one was the best. Now, The role of Padme was just so much better in Episodes 1 and 2, mostly because she kind of just turned into a whiny pregnant woman in 3, but I have to say that this particular installment just put the rest of the more recent trilogy to shame. “I'm not going to die in childbirth, Anakin. I promise you. “
3. Closer (2004) ~ "Alice"
This is one of those movies that my husband hates, but for some reason I love. It was full of sex, infidelity and a lot of uncomfortable situations... Then you throw in Jude Law and (one of my personal favorites) Clive Owen, and it is the kind of flick that Trigger just gets pissed at. Her role is brilliant, plus you get to witness a strip tease she does for the above-mentioned Clive Owen. “Where is this love? I can't see it, I can't touch it. I can't feel it. I can hear it. I can hear some words, but I can't do anything with your easy words.”
4. The Professional (1994) ~ "Mathilda"
Her best role ever, and she was only a child. Probably the most bad-ass hit-man movie ever, also a love story in some weird father-daughter way. It would make the list of my top 50 movies, for sure. Plus, you get to see a total hard-ass turn into a big pile of jello, all over a little girl. “I am writing here the name of a girl in the class who makes me sick. If things get hot, she'll take the heat.”
5. The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) ~ "Anne Boleyn"
This movie was one of those that make you a little sick. Everybody knows the ending for Anne Boleyn, and honestly Natalie Portman plays the role of the conniving bitch so well that you nearly feel sorry for her as she is placed in the guillotine.... Almost. “Younger than me, more beautiful than me, married before me. I'm eclipsed! *I'm* the other Boleyn girl.”
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