Brainteaser
La Belle Helene, SuperFudge, and I were talking about movies the other night and Milla Jovovich came up. We discovered that we were hard pressed to find 5 movies that she’s starred in where she doesn’t wake up disoriented in a medical facility of some kind and has to come to grips with her superhuman powers. Without consulting IMDB, can any of you?
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zantimisfit said,
September 9, 2008 at 11:17 am
No, I can’t. Wasn’t she in a romantic comedy once?
yoko said,
September 9, 2008 at 11:45 am
Return to Oz?
yoko said,
September 9, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Scratch that. I was thinking of Fairuza Balk.
Ten Feet said,
September 9, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Joan of Arc. But only because of the absence of high-tech medical facilities.
Ten Feet said,
September 9, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Sorry– the film was actually called The Messenger, and I had to go to IMDB to remember the title. The role was Joan of Arc. It was a dismally bad film. She’s just much better off playing a sci-fi superbeing, since she’s such a beautiful freak of nature that those kinds of roles suit her well.
TragicCrusade said,
September 9, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Has she been in ten films and yes the Messenger was the first I thought of too. But I then thought that was LeeLee Sobieski and then realized YES. IT was both.
Quiconque said,
September 10, 2008 at 9:27 am
How can you forget Return to the Blue Lagoon? GunMonkey would rock this question, no doubt.
GunMonkey said,
September 13, 2008 at 11:20 am
I don’t remember if she did the whole wake-up-disoriented thing in “Ultraviolet,” but the movie pretty much faded from my memory.
“Zoolander” (not a starring role, per se)
“He Got Game” (ditto)
“The Messenger” and “Return to the Blue Lagoon” were both mentioned already.
“Kuffs” (okay, I’m really reaching here).
And I don’t think she woke up disoriented in that “Married with Children” episode she did.
FUN FACT: she’s trying to move into fashioon design. Her company designed the wardrobe for “Resident Evil: Extinction”.
La Belle Helene said,
September 15, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Ah, Basie had mentioned “Zoolander” and “He Got Game” the night we were talking about it, remember?
Quiconque said,
September 16, 2008 at 9:41 am
*I* mentioned “He Got Game.” Harrumph! But that was hardly a starring role.
Irma said,
September 24, 2008 at 7:54 am
“Dummy” with Adrien Brody. It’s a great movie – very quirky. And she is conscious throughout.