Comments on: Ugly Betty At The Movies

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:19:40 +0000

It’s a very inexact analogy, what I’m going for. I was thinking more general – you had the straight arrow that the heroine was in love with, and the slightly roguish stranger appears and confuses her heart.

(By the way, this is the romantic plot of 90% of romance novels – nothing wrong with it; the formula works!)

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:05:46 +0000

I was quite excited with seeing Alan Dale as well in the new Indiana Jones movie! I kept myself from blurting anything out and annoying those around me.

I thought there were a few minor personality times where Jane coincided with Betty, in her super assistant mode, but Betty is a lot more awesome of a character and has a lot more personality…and we saw Betty as super assistant long before we saw Jane. If anything, I would wonder if “27 Dresses” hadn’t been influenced by “Ugly Betty” vs. the opposite way around.

I’m really puzzled at you trying to say either Kevin or George are Henry or Gio–I didn’t really see either Kevin or George having anything in common with either “Ugly Betty” character. And personally I think both of them are equally handsome men to those in the movie, if not better looking. However, I did think when I was watching it that George, the handsome boss, reminded me of the original concept of Daniel in previous entities of the Betty show…and Jane and George’s lack of physical chemistry struck me as how it is with our Daniel and Betty–good friends, good coworkers, but not a good romantic match.

By: Anka

Anka — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:41:40 +0000

Hey. I found this site not so long ago but I’m a fan now :) About Ugly Betty movie connections look what i’ve noticed in “The Other Boleyn Girl”:
TOBG: http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bscap000xn1.jpg
TOBG: http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bscap001ji4.jpg
UB: http://img71.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bscap004dw5.jpg
UB: http://img71.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bscap007dk2.jpg

By: OMG-UGLYBETTY

OMG-UGLYBETTY — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:46:12 +0000

One question- Who’s Gio and who’s Henry? ;). I don’t see the connection, personally. Man, I love James Marsden…… ok back to UB. I didn’t notice any 27D/UB similarities till you mentioned it and now… I sorta get it.

By: Bennu

Bennu — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:36:23 +0000

In all fairness, 27 Dresses came out in January after all the pre-strike episodes were already completed. So, while the post-strike yoga scene probably was “borrowed” from the movie, the Henry/Gio dynamic had already been set up by then. Same with Jane having Betty-ish personality traits; Betty clearly existed way before 27 Dresses did.

Hollywood borrows from itself so often almost nothing is really original anymore. So it goes in the film/tv business. Haha.

By: Niobe

Niobe — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:08:45 +0000

LOL! Yeah, I saw Bradford during Indy 4 and like a dork squealed “He’s alive!” I’ve never seen 27 Dresses before (seemed too chick flickish for me, and I’m not that type a gal) but if what you say is true that’s pretty interesting. I almost want to watch it now just to see.

I also found it interesting that the two males guys were considered better looking versions of Henry and Gio. I know that’s Hollywood’s standards, but Gorham and Rodriguez actually suit my taste way more than Marsden and Burns. But maybe I should be comparing the characters, not the actors!

By: Nena

Nena — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:45:27 +0000

Two things –
1) My sister & I did the same thing when we saw Bradford Meade in Indiana Jones!

2) I actually saw 27 Dresses after the Ugly Betty episodes and didn’t think it was that funny because it was stuff I’d already seen in UB.