Did anyone else think Anna Scott was a bi-atch?
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ShannonTriumphant — 13 years ago(December 19, 2012 05:26 PM)
Just watched the film today, on AMC! It seems that nobody buys the DVDthey catch it on the telly when there's nothing better to do!
I think that Anna is definitely and probably became a b*tch and a snob due to her celebritypeople idolizing her. But other celebs don't all do that. She SEEMS shy at the party with William's sister and friends, but is she really shy, or just aloof and boring? Liberalmedia said it best, that she made no effort to sustain a conversation and had NO personality, other than to quote Rita Hayworth after sex with Will, comparing herself to Gildaas IF!!
Many celebrities are actually quite boring in interviews because they live withing "the Business" and that's it. Those who profit from megastardom are often the least aware, introspective people. They don't think how their actions affect others. Anna certainly wasn't shy when she told Will off and insulted him for the paparazzi showing up, though it wasn't his fault.
Also, when she tells poor Hugh Bonneville, the stockbroker, that she just made $15 million on her last picture, that's hardly "shy". He's trying to be nice and she brags, humiliating him. Something in her makes her selfish and even cruelthat scene when she tells William off, was so awful: Criticizing his clothes and even trashing his bookstore, saying "Come buy a book from the guy who slept with Anna Scott"BADLY done, to quote Mr. Knightly's words to Emma (though Anna should ASPIRE to be a clueless young ingenue with a big mouth! She's older and thus, much worse. She is so full of herself.
Then there's the scene on the film set, telling the actor that Will, "that guy" is "nothing", and he hears it on the headphonesnasty! I was so glad when he tells her about that latershe shock and embarrassment on her face was priceless, and well-deserved.
Even the (apparently) beloved line, "I'm just a girl" blah, blah, blahis nothing but what is known in Hollywood as "movie talk". Carrie Fisher, famed screenwriter, knew it, putting into Meryl Streep's character's rage at Dennis Quaid's cheating loverboy, in "Postcards from the Edge", and a couple other scenes, during which her mother, also an actress, uses "movie talk" to handle real-life arguments. Film actors know how to lift quotes to insert into real situations, and this is all Anna is doing.
And why does she wait until she has tossed Hugh aside, raged at him and humiliated him to come and be nice? And yes, Julia was playing herself, as usual. Her most "moving" scene was when she describes her "sad" life at the dinner, saying that her "Looks will go and she'll be a middle aged woman who can't act". BINGO! Ever see "Eat, Pray, Love"? How prophetic!
The scene in the shop, when she shows up with an original painting as a gift, just reeks of her trying to buy him off, probably the usual way she deals with people after insulting them! I, like several other here, was rooting for Will to drop her completely. The scene was spectacular and should have ended there, or with a lonely, shallow actress flying back to her "great" life.
But NO! That final chase and the news conference was wasted in this film, and if they ever do a remake of "Roman Holiday", should be put into [SPOILER?] the Audrey Hepburn character's news conference after her fling with Gregory Peck (who really IS a journalist!), telling everyone she loves him rather than just waving good-bye.
I think that the premise in "Notting Hill" also was: this is (as one character sayswas it Spike?) a "Goddess", and that Will is nuts not to put up with ANYTHING to be with her. Yet he has too much self-respect to do that. That's why the final scene does not "play" at all. It's not believable. If he were a total doormat, then maybe, but not given the character he is. To quote "Comic book Guy": Worst Ending Ever.
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Danusha_Goska — 10 years ago(February 01, 2016 05:05 PM)
Spook 67 spoke for me.
I hate this woman and if Will were my friend I'd tell him to screw her but just because he wants to and can, but not to lose his heart to her, because she's a narcissist and will always hurt him. Can't be trusted.
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huwdj — 13 years ago(March 31, 2013 04:30 PM)
Nope, absolutely not. I'm astonished at the number of people in this thread who seem to think she is. As I see it Anna Scott is the worlds most famous actress and subject to intrusive press scrutiny at all times. Every mistake she has ever made is endlessly recycled for the titillation of the feeble minded and she has to be constantly on her guard to try and protect what little privacy she has. She finds herself in love with a
normal
guy with
normal
friends and quite bravely opens up to them at the dinner party. Let's not forget that at the end she comes looking for William Thacker and he is the one who initially refuses or as I see it - bottles it.
I don't want to over think this response to what is after all, just a film. But I'm wondering how many contributors above live in the UK with our, quite frankly, contemptible tabloid press. -
Redart27 — 12 years ago(March 01, 2014 07:29 AM)
She's awful! Self-absorbed, mean. She doesn't call him for months. She lets him wait around for her all the time. She was disgusting in the scene in his apartment with paparazzi outside. I think she belonged with the Alec Baldwin character. William should have followed up on his blind date with the Emily Mortimer character - who looked adorable in this film. It would have made a better ending. He tells movie diva Anna to take a hike, and falls for the normal gal.
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 12 years ago(March 13, 2014 03:04 PM)
If you listen to her dialogue, pay attention to Anna's reasons, it's pretty clear why she did some of the things she did. But, I have to admit, if I was William, I would've been hurt and very resentful.
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Lester_Burnham_Risen — 12 years ago(March 13, 2014 05:51 PM)
yes, as they both knew, she had ALL of the "power" in determining if there was going to be a relationship.
in the end she had cried wolf too many times and he simply said his heart could not take any more turndowns, but he was not to know that she had "purged herself" of her "american ways" in the meanwhile.
so we got the climax where he then realizes [with the help of his friends] that she WAS sincere.
http://www.kindleflippages.com/ablog/ -
Rpdsf — 11 years ago(September 25, 2014 10:43 PM)
"in the end she had cried wolf too many times and he simply said his heart could not take any more turndowns, but he was not to know that she had "purged herself" of her "american ways" in the meanwhile. "
I agree with you 100%. I loved that line he gave her when she came to see him. It was entirely appropriate considering how she had repeatedly treated him and a consequence she deserved. Not entirely sure that she "purged" herself based on her continual previous behavior, but I would like to believe she did. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. -
Lester_Burnham_Risen — 11 years ago(September 26, 2014 01:31 AM)
well by "purged" I was referring to the fact she put her whole career on hold indefinitely without even knowing if she could convince him she HAD finally "flipped over".
so it was quite a demonstration of intent and one nobody knew until she announced it publicly, with no guarantee he would turn up.
http://www.kindleflippages.com/ablog/ -
stephtastrophe — 11 years ago(October 21, 2014 12:46 PM)
I just watched it today after recording it off Sky Movies and I kinda liked her and I kinda got why she did some things but yeah she was kind of a bi-atch tbh. She didn't have to react like that about the paparazzi and she could have told him she had a boyfriend and she could have phoned him if she had wanted to get back together.
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Lester_Burnham_Risen — 11 years ago(October 21, 2014 04:57 PM)
that's the point of the boyfriend [and he had to be some type of Hollywood actor], ie she HAD to have someone as part of the American Beauty she
existed
in.
but when she actually thought about him she says she could not find any reason they should be steppin out [apart from the fan's needs]
it was all part of her purging her soul
turning point was the inscription on the bench and movie ends with HER on same bench
http://www.kindleflippages.com/ablog/ -
pokemonwb — 10 years ago(June 11, 2015 08:16 PM)
Many many years past, yet I watched it again, and omg logic is so awful and there were no evidence of chemistry between the characters and I can't stop loving the movie somehow. Maybe it is the dialog, maybe it has a little bit antique movie feeling, or maybe it's seeing Julia Roberts and Huge Grant at their golden ages again. Cannot stop myself from writing something up on here. Anyways