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The word is "presence". If one cannot spell when one makes such a facetious comment, one should not post it.

Posted 13 years 4 months ago by Demelza1219

This is priceless.Did Dame Helen really realize only just now that the movie industry is driven by the desire to make money and not the desire to make art?What was this woman thinking when she was taking off her clothing in her movies? Did she really not realize that the whole point of her nude scenes was to increase box-office revenue by appealing to 18-to-25-year-old men?

Posted 13 years 4 months ago by ViewPoint

Good for you Helen. Tell it like it is! I always get annoyed when hollywood movies throw in sex just for the sake of sex and it really has nothing to do with the movie. Example Megan Fox in Transformers. It almost never does anything for the movie except degrades it and degrades women. More Hollywood women should stop this sexism which is just for the producers , camera men and owners of the movie sets. Thanks Helen get the rest of low standards Hollywood women to be strong like you!

Posted 13 years 4 months ago by 228mal

Another old windbag trying to further decrease the ever-diminishing roles that men have in this world. She should just go to sleep... forever!

Posted 13 years 4 months ago by koatz

I think there's a larger issue than sexism. What Ms.Mirren mentioned also includes horrible writing. The quality of the actor or actress is irrelevant if the content isn't there. As for movies being geared toward men 18-25, I don't see that. I see a boat load of action movies geared towards everybody, sci fi also geared towards everybody, and coming of age movies geared towards teenage girls.Just about all of them have subpar acting, writing, and directing. I don't even go to the movies anymore because it's twice the price for the half the product.I'll start going to the movies again when they stop insulting my intelligence, worry about offending, and tell a good, well thought out, story.

Posted 13 years 4 months ago by Kit n' Kiboodle

She's right. That’s why so many movies stink - talentless male actors staring in boring movies geared towards simple headed men. Thank God for men though; It's so easy to manipulate them into doing whatever you want!

Posted 13 years 4 months ago by kb