Why isn't Gwyneth Paltrow as likeable as Blythe Danner?

[Baitball Blogger]

Because I follow a gossip rag and I know Paltrow is going over board trying to relate to the average person, but it's not selling. At least, not IMHO.

[onehandle]

1. Probably because of this scene in Fellowship Of The Ring...

Scary.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Erm, is that Cate Blanchett?

She has a high likeability factor.

[onehandle]

3. Doh! I get them mixed up.

Still, that scene tightened my scrotum in the theatre.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

4. Who doesn't like her and what's not to like?

Does she offer up human sacrifices to the gods of entertainment?

[ohiosmith]

5. If she does,......how do I get on the selection committee?

[Sekhmets Daughter]

6. Wanna' get close to her do you?

Or is it that you want the sacrificial rejects?

[ohiosmith]

10. I have some recommendations that should receive serious consideration.

Rejects! Hmmmmm!

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Do a search and include irritating and quotes in the search criteria.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

13. I just did as you suggested...

aside from a crack about Reese Witherspoon making romantic comedies for money and recognition, I found nothing particularly irritating...and several I heartily agreed with. I
guess it is a matter of perspective...and in the words of the immortal Liberace...she is
"laughing all the way to the bank" Any press is better than none...she's a crafty female.

[Demoiselle]

15. The quote thing is the key..

I've always loved Blythe Danner..and she was one of those actresses who sneaked up on you...Didn't make a splashy debut, just turned in fine work over many years. So... she was never dogged by interviewers for her personal opinions on everything. Or she was smart enough not to give many interviews. Gwyneth Paltrow is much farther "out there" as a celebrity, and everything she says, smart stupid or meh, is open to debate. Danner managed to be famous without being overexposed or a target of envy. Her daughter's career, not so much...It's a double edged sword, to coin a phrase. So when Gwyneth says something stupid, we all cringe a little louder..

[Baitball Blogger]

21. +1

I love Blythe Danner. She always portrayed wholesome, unpretentious types.

[WolverineDG]

7. Because she's a snide snotty person, that's why

For a long time, she's banged away on my last nerve, but I kept quiet about it. Then I was in Europe & read a piece in an English paper where she was trying to distance herself from comments she made in Spain about Americans, claiming her comments weren't translated properly. Since they very nicely provided what she said in Spanish, I was able to read the comments myself & yup, she said exactly what the paper claimed she had. It was something along the lines of apologizing to the Spanish for most Americans being too stupid to visit places in Spain apart from Madrid & Barcelona.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Apparently her mouth gets her in lots of trouble.

There are no lists of irritating quotes.

[jakeXT]

11. If she had played Evelyn Harper in all episodes of"Two And A Half Men" not just in the unaired pilot

, do you think that would have changed the view of her ?

#t=1m

[NightWatcher]

12. Because she married the douche from Coldplay and named their kid after fruit?

It comes across as being a tad out of touch.

[jakeXT]

14. Nobody beats Jamie Oliver

Daughter: Poppy Honey (b. 18-Mar-2002)
Daughter: Daisy Boo (b. 10-Apr-2003)
Daughter: Petal Blossom Rainbow (b. 3-Apr-2009)

http://www.nndb.com/people/908/000043779/

[Arugula Latte]

19. And his son's name is "Buddy"

[nomorenomore08]

26. Or Bob Geldof and Paula Yates. And they did it first.

nt

[sarge43]

24. "A tad out of touch"? You're too kind.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2297227/The-Gwyneth-Paltrow-guide-spring-fashion-warned-itll-set-nearly-half-million-dollars.html

[lovemydog]

28. ^ that

& other snotty stuff she recommends, like expensive cleansing rituals and the usual hollywood crap.

[Mike Daniels]

39. I've heard similar complaints about her cook book as well

Some of the dishes in the book would cost well over a hundred dollars to prepare.

For someone who "seems" to make an effort to be relatable she's failing pretty miserably at it.

[Moondog]

16. Because she bears a startling resemblance to one of my exes.

[mainer]

17. Envy. Gwyneth is talented and gorgeous and some people can't stand that.

I really don't get why people hate her.

[raccoon]

23. I don't consider she is either talented or gorgeous, and I can't stand her. nt

[mainer]

40. Have you seen "Emma"? She was terrific in that

And beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess.

[Phentex]

18. I don't understand the hate but I also have not heard

her comments like the ones mentioned in this thread. I suppose ignorance is bliss.

[BlueJazz]

38. If she said "A lot of Americans are stupid", that proves, in itself, that...

...she's fairly perceptive.

I've never had a problem with her and enjoy her presence on the screen.

[Enrique]

20. because of their voices

Gwyneth sounds kind of whiny and Blythe has an amazing husky voice.

[Baitball Blogger]

22. I think you nailed it!

[Demoiselle]

27. True. Blythe Danner's voice is amazing...Reminds me a little of Margaret Sullivan.(sp.?)

For all you absurdly young people out there, Margaret Sullavan (sp.) was brilliant movie actress of the late '30's-'40's. Wonderful smokey voice. (See The Little Shop Around the Corner with Jimmy Stewart.)

[Iggo]

35. That's it exactly.

[Xyzse]

25. Don't know... Not a fan, don't particularly care much

Didn't think much of her as an actress during Emma.
She got better, but I don't watch her movies much.

She is super fit, which I respect about her since that involves a ton of self discipline.

I don't know Blythe Danner much either.

[Locut0s]

29. Don't know either well but I quite like Gwyneth Paltrow...

She's a fairly good actress and super sexy, especially in Iron Man. But I don't know anything about their personalities outside film.

[magical thyme]

30. her Oscar acceptance speech

I'm surprised she ever appeared in public again undisguised after that completely cringe-inducing embarrassment. Colleague of mine worshiped her until that night. I remember his outrage when I said I thought although overall her performance was very good, albeit unconvincing as a male, her voice was dangerously close to a nasal whine in Shakespeare in Love. Then came that acceptance speech. He turned bright red when I asked if he'd seen it. And he'd wasted no time finding some other supposedly perfect female celeb to love from afar.

[Baitball Blogger]

31. This one?

She actually had a human moment.

[mrmpa]

36. I was rooting for Fernanda Montenegro............

Central Station is a brilliant film and hers was a brilliant performance.

[NV Whino]

32. Blythe earned it. Gwyneth inherited it.

Paltrow has limited talent. If she bares her boobs again, I will throw up. Not that she doen't have nice boobs, because she does. But gratuitous boob baring for career advancement makes me furious.

[Tabasco_Dave]

33. Gwyneth = mommy and daddy's little princess.

She's the girl in school who had a big special birthday party that you weren't invited to. That's my vibe on her, I could be wrong.

[AngryOldDem]

34. As Jimmy Kimmel said on Maher:

They don't like her because she's perfect. Perfect marriage, perfect looks, perfect life...

When you force that image down enough throats, it begins to grate.

[harmonicon]

37. I know the first one is an actress.

I have no idea who the other one is.

I've never met either of them, so I don't know how one would be more or less likable than the other.

[whistler162]

41. Because she's got mommy issues?

[RILib]

42. because she seems totally isolated from real life.

[olddots]

43. because she has been having affair with me

they follow us around to Trader Joes or the book store and we wear matching bowling outfits .