Be Nice To Nicole Kidman

In my last post, I mentioned that Naomi Watts was a likable Nicole Kidman. Since then, I've discussed the potential ramifications of this view with my fiancé, and I really don't want to incur the wrath of the Nicole Kidman Fan Club, wherever you are. Even worse, I don't want to unintentionally hurt the feelings of Nicole herself (just in case she surfs the net for information on herself).

Since this is my first posting of the new year, I've decided to say something nice about Nicole Kidman in order to balance out my Kidman Karma.

Where do I begin? Honestly, I haven't seen very many Nicole Kidman movies; it's nothing personal against her, it's just that I have no inclination to see anything that that's she's in. I used to be the same way about her ex-husband Tom Cruise; I still haven't seen Top Gun yet.

OK, say something nice about Nicole Kidman. Hmm.

Wait, I know: I saw this movie a long time ago, but I remember really enjoying Dead Calm. It's a pretty entertaining thriller movie where Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman are a husband and wife cruising the open seas, where they happen to rescue Billy Zane on a stranded boat. Billy Zane ends up being a psycho who killed all the people on his previous boat. He leaves Sam Neill on one boat and sails off with the other with Nicole Kidman on the other. Sam Neill then needs to catch up with the other boat and rescue his wife from crazy Billy Zane. I could be wrong, but I think this was the movie that made Nicole Kidman famous.

Another movie I liked that had Nicole Kidman was Flirting, which was about a forbidden romance between two teenagers in an Australian boys & girls school. A young Thandie Newton plays the female lead and the male lead was played by Noah Taylor, who really looked like a young Nick Cave in this movie. This movie was actually the sequel to another good movie called The Year My Voice Broke.

Nicole Kidman was probably an unkown actress at the time, and she only has a supporting role in the movie. She plays a cold, bitchy classmate of Thandie Newton. Kind of like how she probably is in real life.

Damnit! I did it again! Sorry, Nicole.