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to think Keira Knightley is actually stunning?

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InMyLittleHead · 23/12/2009 13:11

I find it v bizarre when people (usually women) go on about how she isn't that attractive really, too thin etc. Surely it is jealousy? Her face is literally perfect. Voice slightly annoying though.

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MrsMattie · 23/12/2009 14:01

Agree about Scarlett. She is delightful.

TheCrackFox · 23/12/2009 14:02

I find it very patronising to be accused of "jealousy" just because I don't find Keira Knightley to be all that attractive. she has an odd smile and a Desperate Dan jaw.

She is OK to look at but she can't act. I find it almost unbearable to watch her.

mayorquimby · 23/12/2009 14:02

saying someone is too thin is like saying someone is too rich. It's normally not true and doesn't happen very often.
But then again I'm into thin in a big way.

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InMyLittleHead · 23/12/2009 14:05

mayorquimby, you sound like Wallis Simpson. Wasn't it her who said a woman can never be too thin or too rich?

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TinselianAstra · 23/12/2009 14:05

I was trying to think of other attractive women in Love Actually MrsMattie And I'm not sure having dreadful taste in fashion would be transmitted...

msrisotto · 23/12/2009 14:07

bullshit mq
if you don't know what 'too thin' looks like, look at her. Even shop mannequins wouldn't menstruate if they were real people 'cos they're too thin.

saadia · 23/12/2009 14:07

I think she's lovely - yanbu

LadyOfTheFlowers · 23/12/2009 14:09

If we are on about the women in Love Actually, Martine is surely much more attractive? Apart from her potty mouth of course.

Her butt looks fantastic in that pencil skirt!

DH and I sat down to watch it the other night and DH remarked Kiera was a bit 'odd'.

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InMyLittleHead · 23/12/2009 14:10

Martine McCutcheon is fucking annoying in that. I can't think about the women, too busy concentrating on the fit men, i.e. Alan Rickman, Liam Neeson and to a lesser extent Colin Firth

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LadyOfTheFlowers · 23/12/2009 14:11

Something about Firth that makes him fit even tho he isn't...

hohoholepew · 23/12/2009 14:12

The minute KK opens her mouth I want to punch her.

mayorquimby · 23/12/2009 14:13

"Wasn't it her who said a woman can never be too thin or too rich?"

Don't know where the quote came from but I've always liked it.

"bullshit mq
if you don't know what 'too thin' looks like, look at her"

How can a personal preference be bullshit?i am looking at her,she looks amazing.

LastOfTheMulledWine · 23/12/2009 14:13

Laura Linney, the bitch secretary, Emma Thompson, Claudia Schiffer, that one out of Teachers, the one that plays Aurelia... all eminently more attractive than KK imo.

Of course there's such a thing as too thin when it affects your health, lifestyle and quality, mind etc.

LastOfTheMulledWine · 23/12/2009 14:15

The chappie who works with Alan Rickman who nearly gets it on with Laura Linney's character- Carl I think- he's pretty good looking I have to say. I do like Colin Firth though.

LastOfTheMulledWine · 23/12/2009 14:15

The chappie who works with Alan Rickman who nearly gets it on with Laura Linney's character- Carl I think- he's pretty good looking I have to say. I do like Colin Firth though.

curryfreak · 23/12/2009 14:15

she's a terrible actress. As for her weight,-
if anybody seriously believes that anyone is

naturally that thin they are naive beyond belief, and seriously deluded about what the film industry requires of women for starring roles
She'll either be living on an apple a day, or throwing up the contents of her stomach on a regular basis!
As for her being attractive,- really cant see this at all. Dh thinks she looks like a lollipop, and my dd asked me, having seen her on tv if she had anorexia.

hohoholepew · 23/12/2009 14:16

It's not jealousy not to think she's stunning, it's personal taste.

Mincepiedermama · 23/12/2009 14:17

Well I would certainly give her one.

msrisotto · 23/12/2009 14:18

mq - i was referring to your comment that there is no such thing as too thin, that's not an opinion as being too thin can kill you.

LastOfTheMulledWine · 23/12/2009 14:19

I'd give her one too.

A mince pie that is, fatten her up a bit. That's what you meant isn't it sm?

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 23/12/2009 14:28

Can anyone find another pic of her photoshopped in that bikini? Work's firewall won't let me open that one.

DontForgetToBreathe · 23/12/2009 14:32

I think Cheryl Cole is stunning

JollyPirate · 23/12/2009 14:33

She's pretty but tbh I am amazed by her success - she plays the same part in every film she appears in - with same expressions. I don't "get" her at all.

JollyPirate · 23/12/2009 14:35

I saw ans interview with her once where she said she "used to be anorexic" . No love - you spoke in the past tense there - you are anorexic.

2kidzandi · 23/12/2009 14:37

I don't think she is either beautiful, or that great an actress. She is extremely thin and on occasion has looked as if she has lollypop syndrome where her head looks slightly larger than her frame. I would say she was striking.

Kate Winslet beats her in looks, acting talent and figure any day.

I think her fame has arisen more as a result of connections and luck.