Eva Green in Last Word

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Really, any excuse to post a picture of Eva Green works for me. Even if it sounds like a ripoff of a José Saramago novel/screen adaptation.

Eva Green (Casino Royale, The Golden Compass) has been picked as the female lead in the upcoming Last Word (the working title, according to Screen Daily). Green will play a woman who falls in love as the world is beset by chaos as people begin to lose their sensory perception. So, yes, echoes of 2008’s Blindness. There’s a heap of talent attached, including Ewan MacGregor as the male lead, Connie Nielson and Stephen Dillane (who I last saw superbly portraying Thomas Jefferson in HBO’s brilliant John Adams miniseries). It’s being directed by David Mackenzie, who previously directed MacGregor in the arty thriller Young Adam. Macgregor will also be reunited with fellow Trainspotting alum Ewen Bremmer (Spud!).

But really, Eva Green! Any Eva Green news is good news. To prove my point, here is Eva Green with a puppy.

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You’re welcome.

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Are they ever going to make the Pullman sequels? I swear the end of the Amber Spyglass is the only time I would ever cry in a movie...

Posted by: Chugga at September 14, 2009 10:59 AM

woman who falls in love as the world is beset by chaos as people begin to lose their sensory perception

Um… I'm pretty sure losing my ability to see or hear would put a big damper on any blossoming romances in my life. Why are we including the "falls in love" part? Is that just a framing device? I'm very confused. I hate mondays.

Posted by: Rusty (formerly Genny) at September 14, 2009 11:04 AM

Eva Green and Ewen MacGregor in the same flick = AvB arrested for masturbating in a public movie theater. Better wait for DVD!

(Any chance they'll both get naked? Because that would totally shiver me timbers.)

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 14, 2009 11:04 AM

Those two, AvB? Yeah, I'd say there's a very good chance.

Posted by: Todd at September 14, 2009 11:06 AM

AvB perhaps we can rent a private screening room/jackatorium for us Pajibans who are so massively turned on by the prospect of a Green/McGregor nekkidness fest.

Gonna need some extra absorbent .... something....can't...think...

*bunk*

Posted by: dammitjanet at September 14, 2009 11:07 AM

Bunk. That's all.

Posted by: TSF at September 14, 2009 11:10 AM

So I'm at my wits end and needs Pajiba's help. I'm having serious problems finding good books at the moment but I only enjoy narrow genres. I'm down to Star Wars books people!

So could someone suggest something either sci-fi/fantasy or apocalypty? Something with a premise similar to the above movie would actually be kind of cool. Trashy is fine (maybe perfect).

Posted by: Chugga at September 14, 2009 11:14 AM

Chugga - You should check out Sheri S. Tepper. I would recommend either The Margarets or Grass. She's a sci-fi writer that could pretty easily be shelved with literary fiction (because her writing is incredible) but she likes to write about the end/splintering of the human race. Best of all, you don't have to feel trashy!

Posted by: Maddie at September 14, 2009 11:22 AM

I want to be that puppy. Dammit & AvB this is an all sexes rubroom right. Come on now, equal rights and all.

Chugga, Snowcrash by Neil Stephenson. Balls to the wall, apocolypty techno fun. Also the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. And for some harcore Science Fiction: any of Peter F. Hamilton's books.

Posted by: admin at September 14, 2009 11:23 AM

Despite the fact that you motherfuckers are derailing my thread, I'll second the Peter F. Hamilton love. That dude can write. But make sure you got some time on your hands, as brevity is not one of his strong points.

Posted by: TK at September 14, 2009 11:25 AM

Ewan McGregor, you say? I'm there.

Posted by: stardust savant at September 14, 2009 11:35 AM

You people need to take it to the book thread! This thread is for Green/Macgregor fantasizing!

Side note: Wee-wee pads, sold at pet stores, make excellent wall-to-wall floor protectors. ...or so I hear.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 14, 2009 11:40 AM

Thanks for your suggestions guys! I haven't read Peter F. Hamilton since I was 10, but I might give him another shot. I've read George R.R. Martin of course, but it's a pretty awesome suggestion regardless. I have to admit I was pretty put off by all the feminism references on Tepper's wikipedia page, but I might pick up one of her books regardless. The winner however is Neal Stephenson. Sounds bloody brilliant!

Posted by: Chugga at September 14, 2009 11:46 AM

Love and sci-fi apocalypse? I'll pimp my favorite again: Nick Harkaway's The Gone Away World. It really is astoundingly good, people. Really, really good. There's kung fu in it, too, if that helps.

Posted by: Wednesday at September 14, 2009 11:46 AM

I heard that there is an inter esting place for all h O t g irls and guys,
seems it is named: ___T all mingle Co M___ ,if u want to find some fun or lov ers, please have a try !!!

Posted by: Pattyll at September 14, 2009 11:47 AM

Clearly the universe loves me and wants me to be happy.

::wipes away tear of joy::

Posted by: elyssadc at September 14, 2009 11:55 AM

I've said it before and I'll state it again for the record. Eva Green could lure me to the other team with one come hither glance.

Posted by: PaddyDog at September 14, 2009 12:00 PM

Jackatorium is my new favorite word.

Posted by: BWeaves at September 14, 2009 12:03 PM

Eva Green could have been Lars von Trier's Antichrist. Now I have't seen this yet because I actually love my friends and I'm moving away soon, so, no need to risk my sanity and their life. I'll probably watch this as a warm Christmas treat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5tKBGcWQZE

But imagine Green/Macgregor doing THESE things to each other. Now, that would make one lose all sensory perception. And I'm not sure if I mean this in a good or a bad way. Enlighten me, please! How do I mean that???

Posted by: The Gemeinderat at September 14, 2009 12:27 PM

The Gemeinderat: good. Definitely good.

Posted by: commanderfunky at September 14, 2009 12:34 PM

Chugga,

Perdido Street Station and The Scar by China Mieville.

Posted by: Some Guy at September 14, 2009 12:37 PM

Wait a minute Gemeinderat. You want Eva and Ewan to mutilate each others' genitals? That doesn't seem in keeping with this thread, unless it's veering off into major S & M territory. And even then, I think you'd attract a small audience. Don't defile the beauty!

Posted by: Cindy at September 14, 2009 12:53 PM

Thank you.

Posted by: John W at September 14, 2009 12:53 PM

Chugga,

The strain (Nocturna) by Guillermo del Toro.

Posted by: yo at September 14, 2009 12:59 PM

Oh, admin, honey, "All are welcooooome, all are welcoooome" at the

Von Beaver/Dammit House of Porn & Poon, Jackatorium & All You Can Eat Buffet & Bar

(hope it's ok you're first AvB...alphabetical-like & all)

Posted by: dammitjanet at September 14, 2009 2:04 PM

Hmm. That's actually the best picture I've seen of her.

Posted by: Jay at September 14, 2009 2:08 PM

I want to be that puppy.

Posted by: admin at September 14, 2009 11:23 AM

Well you beat me to it.

Posted by: coryo at September 14, 2009 3:16 PM

dammitjanet, by "all you can eat buffet"...you mean food, right?...right?! STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M A LOBSTER IN A TANK! Filthy people...

Posted by: Joker at September 14, 2009 6:31 PM

Oh and Eva Green...damn you, TK! Do you think I enjoy wiping slobber of my keyboard?

Posted by: Joker at September 14, 2009 6:33 PM

Dear christ alive! You'd have to go back a few years to find the last girl I bumped uglies with, but Eva Green makes me feel all dirty and wrong, in a good way. I... I just... she's...

FLARCKING HELL, it's hot in here.

Posted by: Caspar at September 14, 2009 6:39 PM

You know what? I'm almost scared to do this, but I'm just gonna throw this out there - I don't find Eva Green hot. At all. Not even a little. I can see that, objectively, she's quite pretty, but she literally does nothing for me. There's just something so cold about her - when I think about what sex with Eva Green would be like, all I can picture is her lying almost completely still, staring at a spot over my shoulder with that lifeless look in her eyes that she has in the banner photo. Not even hating me - that would give her some fire, some passion, and actually make the whole thing worthwhile. Everyone, after all, loves a good bout of hate sex. Instead, it's more like she's mildly revolted by me, and by humanity in general, but doesn't care enough to actually ask me to stop. And at that point, you're pretty much fucking a corpse. A pretty corpse, no doubt, but it's still on the empty side. Ya know?

I'm completely alone on this one, amn't I?

Posted by: Shay at September 14, 2009 7:39 PM

I couldn't get past the phrase "when I think about what sex with Eva Green would be like."

Posted by: Nate at September 15, 2009 1:29 PM

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