Let’s face it, Maxim Magazine is a publication that mostly just tries to be legal porn. That’s why most of us pick up issues from time to time… to see as close to naked as possible famous woman wearing the skimpiest and most revealing things they can get away with without actually being porn.
But for a while now Maxim has been trying to increase its presence in the movie world. I often get PR emails from them letting me know about their recent movie feature and wanting me to link to it (I usually don’t, but once in a while they have some decent stuff). However, their attempt as a magazine to gain some credibility as a film source has just come to a quick and sudden death. They just named Sarah Michelle Gellar as Woman of the Year.
And why did they name her as such? As my friend Erik over at Cinematical puts it:
Gellar has only three roles lined up for 2008 — two Korean horror remakes (ugh) and Alice. And she claims to be promoting a bunch of different movies? Like …. Southland Tales? Because that’s the only movie you’re in. (Oh wait, she’s also in Suburban Girl, but that doesn’t go straight to DVD until January.) Buffy is Back! Actually, technically, she’s not back — Gellar does not have plans to reprise the Buffy character in the near future. So that’s a lie.
Just recently I did an article on Gellar I called “Remember When Sarah Michelle Gellar Was Hot?” in which I pointed out the womans career has gone nowhere but DOWN since her long lost glory days of Buffy fame. She’s been exposed for not having a lot of natural talent and has failed to impress at all up to this point with her movie career. She’s a BEAUTIFUL women, and I do think there is hope she can develop and improve… but as of right now she’s just one step above Neve Campbell.
I’m sorry, but calling Sarah Michelle Gellar “Woman of the Year” based on her HOT movie career is like giving Steven Seagal the lifetime acheivement award at the Oscars.
I’ll be ignoring all Maxim PR emails to me from now on.
