By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (128)
5. Hugh Laurie
4.Charlize Theron
3. Elijah Wood
2. Cillian Murphy
1. Zooey Deschanel
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Posted by: Blizzle at July 9, 2009 4:09 PM
On some unexplainable level, I get your selections. However, I still wonder what defines "coolest" eyes. They all have eyes you can get lost in, but is that the complete definition. Or is this more along the lines of unique.
Posted by: Stupid Rookie at July 9, 2009 4:09 PM
Uh, yeah, you missed one.
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/images/features/topvillains/10brooks050107.jpg
Posted by: annoyingmouse at July 9, 2009 4:10 PM
Great list!
But Ewan McGregor is missing ~
Posted by: Khitos at July 9, 2009 4:11 PM
uh... as a heterosexual male, daniel craig and viggo mortenson both have eyes that make me think "fuck, that dudes alot prettier than I am" and given my boundless arrogance, thats not a feat to be overlooked
And charlize theron? nah... just... nah. for the ladies i'd go alexis bledel and angelina jolie
Posted by: Braski at July 9, 2009 4:12 PM
I like Kate Bosworth's, she has that nifty condition where her eyes are different colors.
Posted by: Julie at July 9, 2009 4:12 PM
No Rufus Sewell?
Faulty list.
Posted by: twig at July 9, 2009 4:13 PM
Twig: Exactly what I was thinking. I just saw the BBC version of The Taming of the Shrew and those eyes are mesmerizing even when the rest of him is decked out in women's clothes.
Posted by: PallasJay at July 9, 2009 4:18 PM
I'm sorry, I simply could not find a way to get past number five. Oh, Hugh, old man, whatever it is you're doing to my soul, keep doing it.
Posted by: Kolby at July 9, 2009 4:20 PM
Faye Dunaway.
Posted by: Jerce at July 9, 2009 4:20 PM
I've always loved Ellen's eyes.
Elijah Wood's creep me out but I wouldn't say that disqualifies them from the list.
Charlize Theron's eyes are cool but Cameron Diaz' are cooler. However, Cameron Diaz is annoying and Charlize Theron is awesome so carry on.
Posted by: becks at July 9, 2009 4:22 PM
Oh Zooey Deschanel...Your eyes are so pretty. Who has pretty eyes! You do! Yes you do!
Posted by: Jeremy Feist at July 9, 2009 4:23 PM
Olivia Wilde.
I could stare at her all day, just for the eyes. At night however...
Posted by: UnlessTheMoonFalls at July 9, 2009 4:24 PM
The fact that only blue eyes are "cool" is kind of upsetting.
Posted by: Astrid at July 9, 2009 4:27 PM
I love Rufus Sewell and Cillian Murphy, so please take this at face value... those guys don't have "cool" eyes, they have "I'm going to murder you in your sleep" eyes.
Posted by: vercordio at July 9, 2009 4:33 PM
Hell yes to Hugh, and I second Julie on Kate Bosworth, but...Elijah? Maybe if the list were creepiest eyes. Then the list could, indeed, include Steve Buscemi, Blizzle.
Posted by: Patty O'Green at July 9, 2009 4:33 PM
Ohhhhhh Cillian Murphy I NEED SOME ALONE TIME EVERYBODY OUT!
Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at July 9, 2009 4:35 PM
no Paul Newman? for shame for shame
Posted by: lennon at July 9, 2009 4:37 PM
Jared Leto? I'm sure every girl watching MSCL wishes she was Angela Chase and it was her that Jordan Catalano was staring pensively at down the hall...
Posted by: Michelle at July 9, 2009 4:37 PM
Not one single solitary person of color? Really?
Only Aryan eyes are cool, apparently.
Posted by: serena at July 9, 2009 4:41 PM
I'm so glad Elijah Wood is on this list. When I saw the title, I was seriously going to hurt someone if he wasn't on the list.
I love Hugh Laurie's forehead. Take THAT, Botox!
Posted by: BWeaves at July 9, 2009 4:44 PM
just blue eyes, eh? ouch
anne hatheway, mary louise parker, helena bonham carter?
how about michael ealy? and creepy as they are, i always thought michael madsen and tom sizemore have pretty distinctive eyes.
Posted by: samma at July 9, 2009 4:45 PM
Jared Leto's eyes make me moist. In my pants.
I Second Paul Newman. Ol' Blue eyes.
Let me nominate Iioan Gryffudd.
hmmm, pretty.
Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at July 9, 2009 4:47 PM
No love for brown or green or hazels??? Elijah's eyes are just creepy...not cool.
Posted by: Be Adequite! at July 9, 2009 4:48 PM
Janine Turner. Gorgeous eyes.
Terrence Howard.
Stacy Dash. Another set of Gorgeous eyes (and smile too).
Robert Ri'chard.
Prince.
Posted by: John W at July 9, 2009 4:49 PM
How's about David Bowie?
Posted by: mswas at July 9, 2009 4:49 PM
I hate that header pic. Tom Cruise is gonna eeeeeeat my sooooooooul.
Posted by: MelBivDevoe at July 9, 2009 4:50 PM
I demand a clarification on the meaning of "cool"! Because I was not aware that "cool" meant "blue"?
Come on! What about Clive Owen's green eyes? Gorgeous, piercing green eyes. And where are the Asians eyes? Natalie Portman and Catherine Zeta Jones have eyes, too! Two of them, evem. And, Kate Bosworth has a brown eye and a blue eye.
Will agree to Hugh Laurie and Zooey Deschanel, though. Sorry to twig, though. One look at Rufus Sewell's eyes, and I won't ever trust him. Same for Cillian. Is this an Irish thing to have eyes that look like they'll drink out your soul? Because Jonathan Rhys Meyers has eyes like that, too.
Posted by: j.ann at July 9, 2009 4:53 PM
No Boone? Ian Somerhalder?
And yea, come on, Paul Newman...
Posted by: aidan at July 9, 2009 4:53 PM
Stacy Dash was exactly who I had in mind, John. Phwoar, is she ever lovely. Also Tyson Beckford, Gael Garcia Bernal, and David Bowie.
This list sucks ass is basically what I'm trying to say.
Posted by: serena at July 9, 2009 4:53 PM
Somebody's got a thing for the baby blues. And THANK you for the Cillian love. Not sure why he's not bigger than he is by now. And yeah, Elijah Wood, but only as long as he's got them sort of sultry and half-closed. When he looks excited at premiers and stuff where he's not posed, he looks like a total psycho. Not understanding why everybody in the comments is into Rufus Sewell. They're all, like, asymmetrical.
Posted by: Abbey Road at July 9, 2009 4:55 PM
SAMMA- Michael Madsen is not creepy...just misunderstood.
http://www.abalonekids.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/madsen.jpg
Posted by: Be Adequite! at July 9, 2009 4:55 PM
Elizabeth Taylor
Posted by: Adam at July 9, 2009 4:56 PM
Mila Kunis anyone?
And I second the annoyance with blue = cool.
Posted by: Gnaius at July 9, 2009 4:56 PM
Vanessa Williams has fantastic eyes.
Posted by: Lisa at July 9, 2009 5:04 PM
Ooh Mila Kunis is a good one.
Also Zoe Saldana.
Posted by: Julie at July 9, 2009 5:04 PM
I hate to say this, but Lindsay Lohan actually has really pretty eyes. Or she did, before they got that exhausted, squinty, staring-at-her-cokenose look to them.
Posted by: Geetch at July 9, 2009 5:05 PM
well, at least the nazis got some things right then...
Posted by: CaptainSavvy at July 9, 2009 5:06 PM
Aishwarya Rai also has remarkable eyes.
Posted by: PallasJay at July 9, 2009 5:08 PM
mmmm...just got back from my bunk... I'm an eye girl, so this got me way hotter than the Best Abs post!
Excellent list, though I'd have tossed in Daniel Radcliffe myself. Very happy to see Elijah there, and I'd forgotten how thrilling/chilling Cillian Murphy's eyes were.
Posted by: meaux at July 9, 2009 5:14 PM
Yes, PallasJay! I can't believe I forgot her!
Posted by: Lisa at July 9, 2009 5:16 PM
Hugh Laurie is at the top of my list. Maybe at the top off all my lists.
I'm with Julie re:Kate Bosworth. Two different eye colors is awesome. And Paul Newman should always be number one on a list of cool eyes.
Also - I nominate Gillian Anderson.
Posted by: Jeni at July 9, 2009 5:20 PM
This list is seriously randomly racist.
Posted by: AM at July 9, 2009 5:23 PM
This is going to seriously date me...but Brian Bloom. Anyone remember him?
Posted by: Whorish Mouth at July 9, 2009 5:26 PM
Jared Leto has gorgeous eyes. They are surrounded by douchebarf, but gorgeous none the less. I used to have several pictures of him on my walls. I may or may not have kissed said pictures. Passionately.
Posted by: Lauren at July 9, 2009 5:33 PM
Charlize Theron??!!
Here is my list. Here is a list that did not blue itself.
colin firth - sparkle like vampires
elijah wood - huge and lack blinking ability
cillian murphy - bluer than a charismatic serial killer
rufus sewell - evil. hazel.
brandon routh - shark eyes brimming with rainbows
kate bosworth - two-toned
mena suvari - her eyelids weigh a thousand kgs
alexis bledel - Becky
tyra banks - smiles with her eyes
norah zehetner - manga eyes so large they are in danger of becoming black holes
Posted by: jasper at July 9, 2009 5:46 PM
Robert Downey Jr.
Viggo Mortensen
Lindsay Lohan, before all the self-destruction
Duncan Regher (sp?)
Rutger Hauer
Nichole Kidman always has extremely bloodshot eyes. I can't be the only one who has noticed this?
Posted by: Viking at July 9, 2009 5:48 PM
These comments are seriously randomly insane. Can we maybe think that it is not racism at work, but personal preference? "Coolest celebrity eyes" really sounds kind of subjective to me ....
I used to babysit a young ginger boy who had these gorgeous dark green eyes. In one, there was a triangle of red, and there were little red and gold flecks scattered throughout both. I've no doubt that kid grew up to be quite the ladykiller.
@ Lauren, I may or may not have made out with my TV set when I recently watched the DVDs of MS-CL, from back before JL was kind of a douche. Probably not. But maybe.
Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at July 9, 2009 5:49 PM
I nominate Rhianna. She has the most gorgeous hazel eyes. And Charlize definitely has some beautiful eyes. Elijah Wood's sorta freak me out tho.
Posted by: figgy at July 9, 2009 5:49 PM
John W. - I was going to point out Terrence Howard's gorgeous eyes. Green/yellow with long, feminine lashes. They're a little odd, but I like them. Same with Rai - her eyes are stunning, as are Gael Garcia Bernal's.
As to the blue-preference, I can't ignore Cillian Murphy.
Posted by: samantha t at July 9, 2009 5:50 PM
I agree with the Rihanna nomination. Also, Gary Dourdan from CSI and I think Tyra Banks has gorgeous eyes. They're both kind of annoying people, but they do have nice eyes.
Posted by: Jadine at July 9, 2009 5:56 PM
Not really an American celebrity, but Aishwarya Rai has absolutely stunning eyes.
Posted by: Jadine at July 9, 2009 6:01 PM
Aishwarya Rai also has remarkable eyes.
This, absolutely. I also fifty-seventh the "WTF?! Blue eyes are the only eyes worth having?!".
I have to second whoever said that Lohan has gorgeous peepers, 'cuz she did circa Mean Girls. Ditto Zoe Saldana. If we're only looking at living actors I'd also have to add Ewan MacGregor, Morena Baccarin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mila Kunis, Johnny Depp (would have been River Phoenix if he wasn't dead and all).
Variety is the spice of life Mr. Rowles.
Posted by: TryScience at July 9, 2009 6:02 PM
I have to second Adam here and question the absence of Elizabeth Taylor. Bitch starred in an adaptation of Faust in a highly expanded role as "Hot Chick With Amazing Haunting Eyes In Close Up."
Posted by: Robert at July 9, 2009 6:05 PM
And while I admire the shape of ZD's eyes, I couldn't name the color for you.
Posted by: samantha t at July 9, 2009 6:08 PM
Yikes. Way to hate on brown eyes.
Posted by: Kate at July 9, 2009 6:08 PM
Gary Dourdan from CSI and I think Tyra Banks has gorgeous eyes
Ooooh, yes. I forgot how fantastic his eyes were, as my memories are now clouded by 1)him being a drugged-out douchebag; and 2) a tabloid photo of him emerging from the surf, looking like a bloated manatee. His post-CSI life has not been kind.
Posted by: PallasJay at July 9, 2009 6:18 PM
You know, Will Smith has fantastic eyes...they remind me of a boy I crushed on in junior high.....
Posted by: meaux at July 9, 2009 6:25 PM
Annie Lennox
Posted by: neurotica at July 9, 2009 6:28 PM
Dude. Steve Buschemi?!
Posted by: Sofía at July 9, 2009 6:31 PM
Audrey Tautou has amazing, luminous dark eyes. She should be on this list.
Posted by: androstarr at July 9, 2009 6:31 PM
This is going to seriously date me...but Brian Bloom. Anyone remember him?
I remember him!! He played Dusty on As the World Turns. Oh, I had such a crush on him when I was younger. Those beautiful eyes surrounded by long dark eyelashses... they are somethin'.
Posted by: Kelly at July 9, 2009 6:41 PM
I second whoever said Robert Downey, Jr. As striking as blue and green eyes can be (McAvoy is my blue-eyed choice), sometimes I prefer that deep, soulful brown. Also, the puppy-dog thing works better with brown eyes, as demonstrated by Colin Farrell in 'In Bruges.'
My own eyes are awesome, btw.
Posted by: Mimi at July 9, 2009 6:57 PM
Oooh, I remember Brian Bloom on 'Oz'. H and Meloni played a lovely blue-eyed couple. Well, "couple" is stretching it a bit far, maybe...
Posted by: Mimi at July 9, 2009 7:00 PM
jeremy Renner has some amazing eyes, but the most stunning I've seen on a dude are Aaron Stanford, they seem sort of steely grey but then go silvery, but I've seen pictures where the light turns them green, just...g'damn
Posted by: Nadine at July 9, 2009 7:08 PM
Yep, Dustin does know how to ask for it. He's a pro, that scamp.
Posted by: Jay at July 9, 2009 7:12 PM
What female (or male of a certain persuasion) can resist melting indo a puddle of goo under the warm and loving gaze of Coach Kyle Chandler Eric Taylor?
Posted by: aud at July 9, 2009 7:23 PM
Benicio Del Toro
Jakob Dylan
Clive Owen
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
And as already mentioned, RDJ.
This list is way too blue, needs some green, some grey, some hazel, a little brown. You need a longer list.
Posted by: Eyvi at July 9, 2009 7:47 PM
i don't think anyone on here is taking how sexy michael madsen is into account.
wake up, people!
god-damnit!
Posted by: gp at July 9, 2009 7:51 PM
The first thing I thought when I glanced quickly through this list is, "Mmmm, Hugh Laurie."
Second thing was, "Seriously? Only white people with blue/grey eyes?"
Catherine Zeta-Jones has tiger eyes...
Posted by: dene at July 9, 2009 8:10 PM
So based on this list I guess your Coolest Celebrity Hair list will look like:
Reese Witherspoon
Hayden Panetierre
Nicole Kidman
Cameron Diaz
Charlize Theron
Posted by: igor at July 9, 2009 8:17 PM
Catherine Zeta-Jones.... Puuurrrrr rawr
Posted by: Rykker at July 9, 2009 8:22 PM
Oh, and Melinda Clarke.
Posted by: Rykker at July 9, 2009 8:26 PM
I'm totally on the David Bowie's eyes love. Same for Rihanna. Although I think my own green eyes trumps everyone in the list. But I'm also a narcissist.
Posted by: Quorren at July 9, 2009 9:25 PM
Watching The Mummy now, and really, how could nobody even bring up Rachel Weisz? I mean, I know she has so many ... delicious assets, but she is no slouch in the eye department.
Posted by: Vermillion at July 9, 2009 9:32 PM
I want to fall into Naveen Andrews' eyes any time I watch Lost. But I don't know what defines "cool eyes". I can't say that I'm drawn by any of those on the list.
I'll agree with David Bowie.
And my kids all have eyes I could stare into forever (bonus: different colors).
Posted by: Cindy at July 9, 2009 9:43 PM
Eyvi, thank you! I couldn't believe no one had mentioned Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He has crazy awesome eyes.
Posted by: AbbyNormal at July 9, 2009 9:46 PM
Jasper
I agree, Alexis Bledel and Tyra Banks mmmmmm
Let me add:
Milla Jovovich
Gillian Anderson
Javier Bardem
Alessandra Ambrosio
Izabel Goulart
Stephanie Seymour
Linda Evangelista
Posted by: John W at July 9, 2009 9:50 PM
I couldn't believe no one had mentioned Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He has crazy eat-your-soul eyes. Fixed.
Posted by: jM at July 9, 2009 10:06 PM
Oh come on!! No love for the brown eyed people? Audrey Tatou (Amelie), younger George Clooney, Winona Ryder, Julia roberts
Catherine Zeta Jones, Idris Elba, even though I think she is annoying Kim Kardashian.
I do agree with you on Tom Cruise, he has the best blue green eyes.
Michael Ealy, Paul Newman, the guy that plays warrick on CSI-LV
Brian Bloom, Ashwariya Rai and the person I can't believe noone has mentioned, Megan Fox.
Posted by: coco at July 9, 2009 10:08 PM
Why are they all blue?
Lame.
Posted by: joyeetargh at July 9, 2009 10:11 PM
Igor - that was hilarious.
Ditto on Jonathan R-M. He sprang to mind, as did Kirstie Alley.
Posted by: samantha t at July 9, 2009 10:14 PM
I second/third/whatever the love for Gary Dourdan's eyes. Deliciously unexpected.
Posted by: Moi at July 9, 2009 10:38 PM
Gotta agree with Zooey and Hugh. Not really interested in the others.
Posted by: dsbs at July 9, 2009 10:48 PM
Oh please people, it's obviously a personal preference. Get off your high horses! The man likes blue eyes! Why does he have to edit his list to suit you? The point is for you to reply in the comments with YOUR fave 5.
I happen to prefer brown eyes:
JGL
Nigella Lawson
Leighton Meester
and a couple of bluesies:
Steve Carrell
Jared Leto (before the days of eyeliner)
Posted by: lucy at July 9, 2009 10:50 PM
I agree that Aishwarya Rai and Elizabeth Taylor should be on this list. And what about Audrey Hepburn?
Posted by: Ellie at July 9, 2009 10:50 PM
Oh, and I always loved Heath Ledger's eyes, and often thought that they looked remarkably similar to JGL's.
Posted by: lucy at July 9, 2009 10:53 PM
All white folks again, I see. To me the most amazing eyes are on Indian (subcontinent-type) women. Huge and brown and gorgeous.
However, the most amazing eyes ever belong to this girl:
cts.hss.uts.edu.au/students08/girl/National%20geographic.jpg
Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at July 9, 2009 11:39 PM
Marty Feldman
Paula Patton
Michael Ealy
Gerard Butler (can't stand him, but I like the fact that I don't know if his eyes are blue or green or something in between)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Penelope Cruz
Forest Whitaker
Kate Bosworth
David Bowie
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Some of these eyes are beautiful, some are strange, some are both. But I think they're definetly all cool.
Posted by: Sarah at July 10, 2009 12:10 AM
Elijah Wood's eyes are in my nightmares. Yikes. Ditto Tom Cruise, though I see he's not actually part of the list, thank God.
I have brown eyes, so I'll join the righteous indignation group.
UP WITH BROWN EYES!
LOL, that sounded dirty.
Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at July 10, 2009 12:11 AM
Tee hee. "Up with brown eyes."
To add to the list: Scott Foley (Noel on Felicity and Sean on Scrubs), anyone? I think even the Scrubs creator was talking in an interview about how he was talking to Scott Foley once and found himself lost in his eyes.
Posted by: Elfrieda at July 10, 2009 12:43 AM
ALL BLUE? All blue? Really, no cool brown eyes? Fucking RACISTS! ALLBLUEALLBLUEALLBLUE!
Posted by: Poopee at July 10, 2009 2:29 AM
Rowles really should edit his lists to say his top 5, not the pajiba community's top 5.
In the blue eyes/more exotic category:
- Mila Kunis - lovely 2 colours
- Kristin Kreuk
- Hugh Laurie - Hell yes.
- Angelina Jolie
- Adriana Lima
- Emilie de Ravin
- Gemma Ward
Dark eyes:
- Kiera Knightley - perfectly shaped.
- Jessica Alba - same as KK
And I agree with the commenter who said the most mesmerizing are indian/subcontinent. But since there isn't much of a representation in hollywood I have none to add to this list.
Posted by: Lydia at July 10, 2009 2:31 AM
D,
Blue eyes...every single person on this list has blue eyes! What is really so great about Elijah Wood's eyes other than the fact that they are scary (almost meth-head like) and too fucking big for his head. What about Jada Pinket-Smith or Natalie Portman. You Nazi dick...
Posted by: Gamal at July 10, 2009 3:27 AM
Lynda Carter... Am I really the first one to say it or did I miss it up above?
Posted by: Hook at July 10, 2009 6:04 AM
Alan Rickman has dreamy eyes. And I'm almost afraid to say this here, but...Nic Cage in Leaving Las Vegas also had gorgeous eyes. Totally drew my attention away from the hair and the disturbing subject matter. And for crying out loud, leave poor Elijah alone, he can't help his big mutant eyes. What's he supposed to do, have eye reduction surgery?
Posted by: DeadBessie at July 10, 2009 8:26 AM
*crawls out from under desk in fear...*
Jude Law?
*returns to dark hiding spot of shame*
Posted by: dammitjanet at July 10, 2009 8:28 AM
Ben Foster, anyone?
I would imagine that when he looks at you, you don't know whether he's going to kiss you, or rip off your head and suck your soul out of the bloody stump.
Posted by: Aratweth at July 10, 2009 9:35 AM
I agree that this list is incomplete without Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. I mean, come on!
I also agree with Lynda Carter (gorgeous eyes) and Katherine Zeta-Jones.
And for a little color, I submit Thandie Newton. The woman can't act, but her eyes are something else.
And I know I'm going back in time a ways, but I think possibly the coolest eyes in the history of ever belonged to Vivien Leigh. That woman was some kind of beautiful.
Posted by: jimbob at July 10, 2009 9:50 AM
Zooey all the way. Her eyes are crazy deep and mesmerizing.
Personal aside: My eyes are actually Cillian Murphy Blue. Too bad my vision was 600/20 before Lasik and now I have little flecks of dying eye floating around in them. I see them best when I'm on the computer. So yes, I am fully immersed in Eye-Detritus Rage every time I post.
*swipes in front of face thinking it's a mosquito but realizing that, once again, it is only the slow decline of his inner eye*
Posted by: Kballs at July 10, 2009 10:07 AM
Meg Foster (from the seventies and eighties) has the sexiest pale alien eyes ever. Google her and you will agree.
Posted by: Endgame at July 10, 2009 10:07 AM
::: brownies can have cool eyes too:::
blue is so 1997.
Posted by: soto at July 10, 2009 10:21 AM
Aishwarya Rai
Posted by: Kiddo at July 10, 2009 10:33 AM
OMG Kballs, I didn't know that happened with Lasik!
Posted by: lucy at July 10, 2009 11:40 AM
john w,
I agree with all the ones that I recognize. Especially milla "chicken good" jovovich.
Posted by: jasper at July 10, 2009 12:21 PM
lucy,
Actually, it started happening before I got Lasik, but it has become worse in the 2 1/2 years since. I just completely blame it on the surgery to freak people out. It got my vision down to 25/20, which is a total fucking miracle. Worth every penny ($5K for the best in the biz).
Posted by: Kballs at July 10, 2009 2:06 PM
I was going more for the "Dance 'til Dawn" Brian Bloom. :)
Yeah, I own that DVD.
I saw a mascara commercial when I went home for lunch today, and I must say, Rhianna has some kickass hazel going on.
Mind are kinda light brown and get more hazely when I don't get enough sleep. I prefer the greenish hazel that occurs, but sadly, I require sleep on a semi-regular basis.
Posted by: Whorish Mouth at July 10, 2009 3:54 PM
I'm not sure how you are defining 'coolest'.
If we're going for 'pretty', I'd add Jensen Ackles (his are so big, he's practically anime!), Wentworth Miller, Josh Holloway, Mary Louise Parker, and Eve Myles.
However, if 'mesmerising' and/or 'riveting' is what we're going for, I agree with Hugh Laurie and Cillian Murphy, and would add Morgan Freeman, Robert Knepper, Alan Dale, Paul Newman, and Zachary Quinto.
Posted by: Tarn at July 10, 2009 4:09 PM
Kballs, they can fix that. It's called a vitrectomy and if I described it to you you'd be horrifed, but I've had it done and it saved my sanity. I had clouds of floaters in one eye, I'd have to shake my head to try to get them out of the way so I could see. The operation and recuperation were three awful weeks, but at the end of it I could see way better and the floaters never came back. That's been I dunno, like 10 years now.
Unfortunately, I'm beginning to develop annoying floaters in the other eye, so I may eb looking at the same surgery again some day. Hoepfully they'd made it less of a pain by now.
Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at July 10, 2009 8:22 PM
*weeping*
*wipes away fear-tears*
tcfkab, I can see this in my 10 year future. You had it done with one eye? It is rampant in both my eyes. Especially when the lighting is low or halogenic.
I had an HR lady BEFORE my Lasik surgery try to placate me with, "It's just part of getting older and my eyes do this." She was easily in her 60's. I am 33 as of July 8th.
If you are still reading this thread, what happened with the surgery, how much did it cost, and how bad was it???
Posted by: Kballs at July 11, 2009 12:34 AM
Eyes . . . FLOATERS . . . in your eyes . . . good god, the human body freaks me out. Do you just wake up one morning with confetti in your corneas?
Posted by: Lauren at July 11, 2009 2:26 AM
My floaters recently became worse in one eye (I'm 52 so I guess it's to be expected). It's like a constant smeary fingerprint which gets in the way of my vision.
So I had my eyes examined, including stingy drops so they could see the back properly. I began to worry when the optician started bringing in colleagues to have a look, as a teaching aid....
Conclusion: the floater is normal, etc, see the doc if it gets too bad. Other conclusion: the vitreous humour (eyeball jelly) is coming away from the back of my eye! It's all rippled and shit.
This particular optician had never seen it before (confidence-inducing, right?) but he said it's 'innocuous'. Um, ok. But to, you know, go straight to an eye hospital if anything dramatic happens like vision loss or sudden clouds of floaters, because this condition can result in retinal detachment.
Lovely!
Posted by: tarn at July 11, 2009 7:55 AM
tarn, I've had a detached retina too. See the comments at the end of the Bruno thread for the gory details. BTW, I've been very blessed to have excellent eye doctors in my town (Morgantown, W.Va.), so I should throw a shout-out to Drs. Powell, Feghali and Jabbour because they've taken terrific care of me through the years. I'm 52 like you, tarn, and while it's not easy to read the fine print these days I get along quite well without glasses.
Wish you luck.
Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at July 11, 2009 12:41 PM
,
thanks! I'm ok right now apart from the massive floater (you called yours dust bunnies, mine is like a Portuguese Man o'War jellyfish!) and the risk of detachment. My right eye vision is always a little bleared even when the jellyfish moves out of the way. So far nobody has suggested a vitrectomy, though the thing is really beginning to bother me, so I may ask about it at some stage. It's good to hear that your procedure worked so well.
I did some research and it appears that normally there are enzymes in the eye that break down floaters, but as one ages, they work less efficiently. Like everything else.... *sigh*...
Posted by: Tarn at July 11, 2009 1:59 PM
Yes yes YES on the Ben Foster!!
Also the David Bowie, Cillian Murphy, Milla Jovovich and Alexis Bledel and Rachel Weiss (one of the very best things about The Fountain). And um, hello people but Johnny Depp!!!??? Bottomless deep dark chocolate... yum.
Christian Bale has great eyebrows. Does that count?
In fact, here's my favorite eyebrow list:
Christian Bale
Rachael Weiss
Julia Ormand
George Clooney
Linda Evangelista
My point, however, was definitely yes on the Ben Foster. Great, great eyes.
Posted by: Eva at July 11, 2009 2:13 PM
The gaze of Ben Foster seems like being locked in as the target of some very sexy bird of prey.
Posted by: Eva at July 11, 2009 2:16 PM
What about the hunchback guy from Young Frankenstein?
Posted by: Brian at July 11, 2009 10:42 PM
Milla Jovovich
Debi Mazar
Eva Green
Posted by: monkeyhateclean at July 12, 2009 2:03 AM
They may be blue but I'd still vote for:
John Barrowman.
Posted by: DrAudra at July 12, 2009 10:07 PM
They may be blue but I'd still vote for:
John Barrowman.
Me too!
They're actually grey, though.
(They are when I've seen him up close, anyway. They do often look blue on screen).
Posted by: Tarn at July 13, 2009 4:33 PM
What about Vivien Leigh's eyes. Her colors would seem to change from grey green to green to blue depending on the type of outfit she wore. Audrey Hepburn had those large cat eyes and Olivia de Havilland had those deep brown fawny eyes you could just die for.
Posted by: Chris at July 13, 2009 7:46 PM
Gee, I wonder if the person who wrote this list is a Caucasian with either blue eyes or a fetish. Pity you can't look beyond one particular set of racial characteristics to find the 'coolest' eyes.
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Posted by: nikkibabes at July 16, 2009 2:16 AM
Pajiba only loves blue eyes but they forgot James McAvoy blue eyes!
i want a list with hazel eyes , green eyes,chocolate eyes and grey eyes!
Posted by: carrie at July 16, 2009 7:50 PM
HELP! Wo plays Lafayette on True Blood? Whatever his name is, he has awesome eyes!
So does Natalie Portman. First off, tey're cat-shaped which is always cool. Secondly, when the light hits 'em they glow a bright amber color. Tres cool.
Posted by: Sara at July 18, 2009 6:41 AM
I 2nd the Kate Bosworth- cool eyes. Also Jane Seymour for having two different colors.
Elizabeth Taylor
Vivien Leigh
Posted by: Leigh at July 28, 2009 6:26 PM
If I never see Zooey Deschanel's eyes again it will be too fucking soon. No- if I see them gouged on the end of my fingertips, that I could handle.
What about Meg Foster from "They Live"? Those eyes are killer. and hellooo, Stains the dog? #1 in my book. OH, and ditto to the Debi Mazar vote. I would also like to throw Lucy Liu onto the ballot.
Posted by: snarla at July 29, 2009 3:24 PM
First racist Mongoloid jokes, now white-eye supremacy. Good ol' Crusty Bowels.
Posted by: jr at August 2, 2009 9:30 PM
No love for Steve Buscemi? Gotta love a successful actor whose eyes are hunting two squirrels at once.