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Mar 23, 2011

Ladies of the 90s Tournament - Round 1: Demi Moore (4) vs Angelina Jolie (5)

Previous results: I wasn't surprised by the Uma victory, but the margin of said victory and the claim by some that they had no idea who Henstridge did shock me a bit. I know Species was no megahit, but I guess I overestimated its cultural relevance. Uma won handily, 31-6. Click here to view the updated full bracket.

Demi Moore

Comments: One of only two returning participants from the 80s Tourney, the future Mrs. Kutcher went from being a star to a STAR with 1990's Ghost. From there, she went on to rival Julia Roberts as one of the biggest stars of the decade - though most of her films were known more for the publicity they generated than for their successes, either critically or commercially. If I had but one picture to sum up Moore's career in the 90s, the one that comes to mind would be her Vanity Fair cover, nude and very pregnant; like her, it was many things: controversial, beautiful, and hard to look away from, even if you weren't sure how good of an idea it was.
90s Highlights: Ghost, A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, Disclosure, Striptease, G.I. Jane


Angelina Jolie


Comments: Let's get this out of the way right now: yes, had this been a Ladies of the 00s tourney, Angelina would be a surefire number one seed. But it ain't - in fact, she was hardly known (as anything other than "Jon Voight's daughter") for most of the 90s; her beauty is the main factor for her even being seeded as highly as she is, largely because it would just be ridiculous to have her as a 7 or 8 seed. Still, looking back, it's not as though she made no impressions; she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1999's Girl, Interrupted, and her free spirit (read: naked) character in Pushing Tin was just about the only good thing about that piece of crap.
90s Highlights: Hackers, Girl, Interrupted, The Bone Collector (how is that not the name of a porno?)



9 people have chosen wisely: on "Ladies of the 90s Tournament - Round 1: Demi Moore (4) vs Angelina Jolie (5)"

Nic Cage said...

Angelina, hands down. I have never liked Demi for whatever reason. I find her voice to be the equivalent of finger nails on a chalk board.

Earplug said...

I would prefer Demi any day to Angelina. I guess Demi is better.

Alex said...

Dang this is tough. I haven't actually seen any of Demi's 90's movies, I don't think, and I'm not a big fan of her. I also don't like Angelina Jolie BUT I did enjoy her in Girl, Interrupted and Hackers is a goofy guilty pleasure movie so I have to go with her.

Castor said...

Tough one but gotta go with Angelina. Neither are really my type LOL ;)

Red said...

As much as I love me some Angelina Jolie, I gotta go with Demi here considering just the impact on the 90s.

Nick said...

I just untied it... for exactly what Red said.

Courtney Small said...

Demi had the better 90's flicks (minus Striptease which was far worse than Showgirls in my opinion) but I've had a crush on Jolie since Hackers...tough decision.

Anonymous said...

That was close, glad I got my vote in in time.

Fletch said...

@ Nic - well, we've already discussed this. I had to go Demi, to no avail...

@ Earplug - Great name! I went with Demi, but more for her resume. I'd take Angie in her prime way over Moore.

@ Alex - You haven't seen ANY of Moore's 90s movies? Not even Ghost? I still need to see A Few Good Men, but I've seen several others, including *groan* Striptease.

@ Castor - Who would you say is your type? Inquiring minds...

@ Red, Nick - Bingo - my thoughts exactly.

@ CS - Seems like you went Angie...

@ Andy - yeah, I seem to be posting at about 1:00 Eastern each day, so that's roughly when the prior day's poll will end. Stay tuned!