Sandra Bullock Turns 60

While You Were Sleeping. Bill Pullman and Peter Gallagher were extremely fuckable. Pullman and Bullock had great chemistry too. One of my favorite films.

Sandra Bullock is the Ryan Reynolds of women-- smug, overrated and unlikable.

I don’t think she’s a fantastic actress, and my old boyfriend characterized her as “a smooth, plastic space” - and yet, I still like her. She has onscreen charisma and a movie star appeal that we seldom see today.

She seems like she has a solid character and good business sense. I’m sorry she had to go through this with her partner.

Also, she has a sense of humor about herself. Respect to her and Halle Berry for showing up to pick up their Razzies.

R2 I enjoyed both of them in The Proposal. She was super funny. Underrated type of performance. You need a lot of nuance to pull off being uptight yet hilarious at the same time. Happy bday Sandy, to many more.

[quote]Mine is Practical Magic.

Same. One of my favourite movies ever. They sure don't make them like that anymore.

R5 We grew up with real good actors. I appreciate that so much now. Not naming names…

She gets a lot of praise for adopting black children but she only adopted them to distract from her marriage breakup. Her then husband was exposed as a pathological cheat who was surrounded by white supremacists and Nazis and there were gang ties. There was white power tattoos on him and his motorcycle clientele were Nazi, racists etc, he was putting their symbols on their motorcycles, many of his affair partners had Nazi/White Power symbols. All the news at the time was going on about it nonstop.

It looked like her career was over, not because of the cheating but the Nazi, racist crowd who she had spent years being around.

She disappeared for three months and then magically appears on the cover of People with a black baby. The media never mentioned the Nazi, WS associations again. From then on, only positive "look at how totally not racist she is" publicity. They scrubbed the internet of the previous controversy.

Her PR is something else. I don't believe for one second that she's not doing bad things to those kids.

Another one is Charlize Theron who complained about the fall of apartheid in South Africa in interviews in the nineties. When she went looking for a kid, she went to SA demanding they give her a black baby, they refused her so she bought two from the US and sex changed the boy at three.

It's disturbing that racists are allowed to adopt black babies, it's disturbing that any ill intentioned person can buy a baby in the US. Neither of the above women would have been allowed to adopt a kid in most countries given their backgrounds.

R7 This is really harsh. She’s admitted that she has a penchant for “dirty guys with fast cars” and that she was blindsided by him. Old habits die hard, after all. The tea is that I’ve been a fan for almost 30 years and I want nothing but the best for Sandy. She’s one of the few celebs who always donated a big chunk during major events (Katrina, 2004 Tsunami, 2011 Tsunami, underprivileged schools, and many other “non-event” causes) and I’ve admired her for that very much. Jesse James can burn.

All this discourse about her character because she was with Jesse James for 5 years out of her 60 years of life is so belittling. She denounced and divorced his ass almost 15 years ago (she refused to let her African American child be raised with him though they initially adopted Louis TOGETHER), so these people need to direct their anger towards JESSE, y’know... the Nazi!?

Hope Floats was filmed in my hometown when I was really young and the town basically made it our whole thing for most of the 90s-00s. Everyone told stories for decades about how nice she was.

She’s meant to be one of the nicest people in Hollywood. You literally never hear a bad word about her from anyone.

R10 you're from Smithville?? I nearly bough the old schoolhouse on Gresham!

My husband waited on her back in the day and said she was incredibly nice and tipped very well.

R12 Yes! Part of it was filmed in my friend’s house. And that’s so cool, I think they turned that house into a Airbnb/bed and breakfast. Props to Smithville. I’m in Austin now.

R14 do you know a woman named Chelsa?

At some point Neo from The Matrix was supposed to be a woman so they offered her the part but she turned it down.

Sandra during the 2018 Oscars telecast:

"Wow, it's bright," Sandra said to the crowd. "It's really bright. Guys, the set looks amazing, everything looks really great. It's really well-lit, but can we just dim it just a little bit so I can go back to my 40s?"

"A little lower, 39, keep going, 38, 38, 38, no, 35, now that's the sweet spot!" she joked. "Thank goodness I'm not presenting with Gal Gadot tonight, it'd be like looking in a mirror for her right now, you know what I'm saying?"

I like her.

I adore her. I think she's been wonderful in many films but her best performance is probably in "Gravity".

I will always have a soft spot for Miss Sandy. Grief is so fucking hard. Hope she continues to live her best life.

When do you stop wearing the cheerleader hairstyle? Are we going to have 80-yr. old women flipping their dyed, waist-length hair around?

Speed and Demolition man

Miss Congeniality 2 is a bit of a cult fave among the queer community for good reason. The token heterosexual romance that defines the first movie is replaced by a chemistry and innuendo laden friendship between Bullock and a black women in the FBI. It’s refreshing.

She pals around with Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston. They seem like a fun group.

I hope r7 gets the help that he needs

I've loved her since I saw her in her pre-fame films "Love Potion No. 9" (which she starred in her with her ex, Tate Donovan) and the "Big Chill"-esque ensemble flick "When The Party's Over." She graduated from those films to roles in "The Vanishing," "The Thing Called Love" and "Demolition Man," but once she got "Speed," the rest was history.

I like her.

Even if she was a little too old to be playing 28 in Miss Congeniality.

R7 you’re a smug piece of shit.

Why is r7 a piece of shit? She comes across as fake and puts forth a very manufactured, strategic public image.

[quote] Her PR is something else. I don't believe for one second that she's not doing bad things to those kids.

Well, well, R7 has that unmistakable, psychotic phrasing of The I Hate Emily Blunt Troll, The I Know What’s Best for David Corenswet’s Career Troll, The Matt Bomer is in an Abusive Relationship that Involves all of Hollywood Troll and The Everyone Who Disagrees With Me is Autistic Troll.

He is the troll of trolls.

He’s obese, Cluster B, wildly envious of anyone successful and eats cheap convenience store chocolate.

Ignore him R27 along with his countless sock accounts.

[quote] Why is [R7] a piece of shit? She comes across as fake and puts forth a very manufactured, strategic public image. —r2

R2 = R7, defending himself.

Her dance scene with Betty White in The Proposal is great.

I like her. Relative to other big stars, she keeps a low profile.

R31 Betty White walked away with that movie. As she was prone to do.

Nice enough person from all reports. Not a bad actress, but a pretty limited one. Never really struck me as very interesting.

She’s a trooper.

I helped her at the floral shop I used to manage. She’s a doll.

Sandra Bullock having GANG TIES wasn’t on my bingo card for today. Mary!

I like her for saying what a nice guy Benjamin Bratt is and how she didn't understand his pairing with Julia Roberts. Then when Benjamin got with his current wife (Talisa?) after Julia, Sandra said "now that makes sense, Talisa is such a nice person". Take that bitch, Julia!

I also like her for alluding to what an asshole Clooney is especially his pranks. When I lived in L.A. I had also heard that Clooney's pranks are often mean spirited. He must have a lot of pent-up anger behind the jokester facade.

R7 Not true, Sandra had already adopted Louis before she split with her loser ex.

Fun fact, Sandra’s mom Helga was from Nuremberg and was a well known opera singer in Germany. Sandra is fluent in German and visits every year.

R39, don’t tell R7.

R1 already said what I was going to say. While You Were Sleeping really touched me -I am also alone in the world and feel it during the holidays. Maybe it was me bringing my emotions to the film, but Bullock really made those raw emotions real. The whole cast had great chemistry -a truly wonderful ensemble.

As for her personal life -It's HER life, folks. That she has made mistakes just makes her more relatable to me.

Sandra Bullock’s Oscar win for The Blind Side was a terrible, politically motivated choice by the Academy to award her for a white savior-type role. The movie has aged like milk thanks to the stories Michael has recounted about being forced into a conservatorship by the family and not being adopted.

To be fair, it’s not Sandra’s fault at all, it’s the script and direction she was given. Her performance in the movie was good for the material that was given to her, but Oscar-worthy good? I don’t think so.

God help me but she was much better in The Proposal. And it’s bad luck Blue Jasmine came out the same year as Gravity, otherwise Sandra would have won (which would have been deserved).

Watched a cbs interview where she says she is taking a break from acting. Although practical magic 2 is on the cards. I’ve adored her for years, practical magic started it. Her 90s films are my favorites. Although Gravity is pretty epic. Fire in the Amazon only time she flashed her boobs I think. Never did nude scenes as far as Im.aware. Classy dame.

She wore “the dress” before JLo.

R7 KNOWS why she adopted her son.

Okay, Kreskin.

What an idiotic, offensive thing to say. She adopted a child who needed a home, and didn’t have to have a blond, blue-eyed white kid. Love her even more for that.

I do find it hard to believe that she dated and then married Jessie James without knowing he was into Nazi memorabilia and symbols. Was it bearding? Seems like it.

That said, I think she is better-looking than Julia Roberts. If I had to choose who I'd rather look like, it would be SB (vs. JR).

I like that she doesn't live in LA and doesn't do pap strolls like some of her peers do.

She does seem like she'd be nice to a random stranger.

Agreed R46. Posters are acting as if R7 is spouting wild and unfounded conspiracy theories, when it’s all pretty much confirmed fact. I like Sandra but I remember it well. It was a BIG scandal at the time.

If I were judged by the actions of all my exes, I’d be condemned to hell for all eternity.

Oh dear, my ex is a meth whore don’t lump me with him.

In no particular order: Heat, Speed, Gravity, and While You Were Sleeping.

Now I must admit a fondness for The Lake House, which is pure schmalz but sometimes schmaltz hits the sweet spot.

Happy Birthday, Sandy. As long as you make 'em, I'll show up at the multiplex.

If you’re into sweet spot schmaltz, ‘In Love and War’ is worth your while.

Seems like a nice person but I think she's a nutter. Something is off.

I knew little about her partner, but ALS is such a fucked up way to go, and she had already been through so much with Jesse James being a complete and total dirtbag. Hope she's doing okay.

Hearing the Sandra Bullock stalker tape was the scariest thing. I felt so bad for her and so glad she was unharmed. She’s been through a lot.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is my sister’s favorite movie.

R54 That was legitimately awful. She was home and had to barricade herself in her bedroom closet. He died by suicide a few years later. She has said she had to go to therapy for PTSD. Being famous is such a monkey’s paw situation - I don’t think I could do it.

I waited on her once circa 2002. She could not have been nicer and is actually much prettier in person. Not that she's ugly on screen!

My favorite movie of hers is While You Were Sleeping. It's the movie version of comfort food to me.

Just think, she was kind in 2002 at the absolute apex of her fame. Yet Julia Roberts has been a cunt since 1987. I think we can all decide who the real America’s Sweetheart is.

R58, to be fair I also waited once on Julia (around the same time). She was actually nice too. Though a bit more standoffish than Bullock.

I think she's lovely but her recent movies have been so bad that I will never go to a theater to see one again.

I did like the Chicago film with Keanu about the glass house in the woods. I think it was called "The Lake House." Amazing house that was built for the movie and later dismantled.

I'm not interested in watching ANY of her movies. I do think she's better-looking than Julia Roberts, but let's face it. JR has je ne sais quois, star power. SB is more like a Lifetime move actress, IMO.

JR hasn’t had a memorable role since Erin Brockovich.

R60 Bullet Train, The Lost City, Bird Box, The Heat… all fun and well received. I didn’t care for The Unforgivable but it has a 7.1 on IMDb so clearly I’m in the minority.

No love for 28 Days? She was perfect as the party girl who has to face up to the fact that she’s an alcoholic. Her performance actually forced me to examine my own relationship with drinking.

i like 28 days. And her asshole/scumbag boyfriend is played by a young, hot Dominic West.

Speed 2 is clearly her magnum opus.

[quote] I like her for saying what a nice guy Benjamin Bratt is and how she didn't understand his pairing with Julia Roberts. Then when Benjamin got with his current wife (Talisa?) after Julia, Sandra said "now that makes sense, Talisa is such a nice person". Take that bitch, Julia!

His looks peaked in that beauty pageant movie he did with Sandra, as did his leading man roles.

R64 28 Days Later is a little gem. Viggo was smoking hot in that film.

I do think it suffered from her being too likable. No wants to think of Sandy Bullock as a fall down drunk.

I sent her a bottle of Jean Nate and a nice blouse.

I feel like Sandra has more staying power than Julia. Sandra’s career has ebbed and flowed whereas Julia stayed hot for about 7 years then collapsed. But Sandra has had a few comebacks. She seems more likable too but that’s just me.

28 Days Later is a zombie movie with Cillian Murphy, but Sandra Bullock could've had a well-received cameo in it.

Has Jim J. Bullock wished her a happy birthday yet?

At the height of her career I would say that Roberts was more famous than Bullock. Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich are probably bigger roles than anything Bullock did. But I think millennials/gen z have a lot more love for Bullock.

Her boyfriend Brian was a hot piece of ass.

ALS agreed with you r74

You had blonde Meg, redhead Julia and brunette Sandra.

R12

Wait, the old central school?! A friend of mine was obsessed with buying it, too. I guess it’s a music venue now, per article.

I really liked her in Gravity.

Meg was never in their league R76. She burned bright but she burned fast.

Ms Roberts does not acknowledge Sandra by name.

Kidding aside. Bullock has had a marvelous career and has nothing to be ashamed of. She's always been professional and classy. But in the modern generation Madonna, Julia Roberts and now Taylor Swift who has blown past them are the female icons of the time. Gen X-Gen Z. At their peak no other man or woman was more famous or sought after.

I don't find her sexy. Then again, I'm gay.

Comparing Sandra Bullock to Madonna or Taylor Swift feels weird.

Sexy wasn't her appeal. I never found her even that compatible with most male costars. She always seemed like a really cool, fun spinster or lesbian sister

R83 I don't think anyone did. It was Madonna, Roberts and Swift

And the public’s attention turns off! :D

There’s always been rumors that she and Cate Blanchett are closeted lesbians. There’s even an ongoing joke on Reddit about Sandra opening a lesbian bar.

[quote] You had blonde Meg, redhead Julia and brunette Sandra.

Huh? Julia Roberts has (or had - during her hot phase) BROWN hair.

I think the poster was speaking to her signature red hair in Pretty Woman which she used again in My Best Friend's Wedding. But for the most part you are right. She only had brown hair. Even before being famous.

Sandy giving a masterclass on how to cut a bitch with quick wit and dry humour.

[quote] Another one is Charlize Theron who complained about the fall of apartheid in South Africa in interviews in the nineties

What?

Please tell me more.

Sandra Bullock owns a couple of small businesses in Austin (or used to). One is called Walton’s Fancy and Staple and is kind of an eatery where you can also buy succulents and flowers and such. It is in a turn of the century building and has an old apothecary vibe with brick walls and industrial/vintage bathrooms.

Anyway, my work team used to meet there years ago for our weekly meetings and she was there one morning. She is much more petite than I expected and she is much prettier, too. Her features are softer and her skin is gorgeous.

I’ve heard that Miss Congeniality is funny but the trailers just showed her tripping in high heels, so I never bothered. Maybe I’ll give it a shot.

R91, that’s total fiction

R7, as a person who has a thing for burly tattooed men, I kind of understand. Everybody makes mistakes in judgment about others sometimes and there are a lot of manipulative assholes out there. Like a decade ago, I dated a guy who turned out to be a real POS with very questionable beliefs that he kept hidden from me for years. I ignored a lot of red flags, but he was also actively lying to me about a lot.

Sandra divorced him and moved on; everything I've ever read about her is positive. I assume, like many people, she got caught up in a bad relationship with a shitty person. That doesn't necessarily make her shitty.

I had a friend who worked at the bakery in ATX she runs with her sister. Everyone calls her Sandy, and she's great and friendly when she visits. However, one of the chefs introduced the owners to his pie that I think ran in his family. They loved it and asked to place it on the menu. Well, later on, Sandy is on a late night show and is asked about the bakery. The chef was at home watching the show, and Sandy mentions the pie on their menu. The chef guy stood up in shock that his pie was brought up and was so excited to be credited for it. But sadly, sandy told the talk show host that it ran in HER family. He was devastated. I don't know anything else about that.

She’s a saint, and I won’t hear otherwise.

Glad to see she is no longer lying about her age. She used to shave at least 5 years off.

R7 = R47.

He always says things are “facts” that are just deranged delusions in his sick, sick mind.

I don't think she's evil for saying shit on national TV about the chef's pie. You blank out under all that scrutiny in your desperation to tell a good story. It is devastating, though, and she should have given the chef a fat check and an apology but, sadly, the little people don't matter.

She's a mean rude nasty plain lesbian dyke bitch.

Sandra Bullock has always been cute as a button, self-deprecating, and - aside from the Jesse James moment - has always come across as grounded.

She has also had a set of sweaters in her movies that I would personally give my eye teeth for.

Happy birthday, Sandy. Here's to many more. Leave the fillers alone.

R100 You have no lines here, Julia. Just nod

Here she is speaking German.

I was a dayplaying crew member on one of movies a while ago, and there is a tacit etiquette that you don't talk to the talent unless you're part of the main crew. She and I were standing at the crafty table, and I don't know why, I blurted out, "I love your shoes" (I think they were Louboutins) and she was so affable and replied, "I KNOW, I love them too!" then Crafty rolled in some more snacks on a cart, and she said, "I wish that we had one of these at my house so Jesse and I can stay in bed, roll over and grab a snack off the cart". She was so personable and charming, that I'm glad that she's weathered this bad old town.

R100 = A low Julia