Which did you prefer - Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe?

breakstuff

Marilyn, without a shadow of a doubt. Hepburn was very pretty, but Marilyn was, to me, absolutely beautiful. I was a massive fan of hers during my teenage years in the eightees. A complicated character, but I would have loved to have met her.

DrCornelius

breakstuff said:

I would have loved to have met her.

‘met her’ :-)

guitars4you

One would be the type of girl to take home and show to mum and dad - One would be a perfect bit on the side

ESBlonde

As above, MM would be high maintenance although good fun for a short while. AH would make a great life partner and is beautiful inside and out. Later pictures bare this out IMHO.

stickyfiddle

Jalapeno said:

merlin said:

In answer to the OP. 

Telecaster. 

Failing that Slash & Marmite

Kirk vs Jaffa Cakes?

Philly_Q

They were both beautiful but so very, very different.

I can only really base an opinion on their film careers.  Monroe was all about sex appeal, no matter what the role, although she could be a very good actress on occasion.

Hepburn's screen persona is completely different, more like an exceptionally beautiful girl-next-door.

I watched a film called Charade - a sort of Hitchcock-lite comedy thriller directed by Stanley Donen, with Hepburn and Cary Grant.  Audrey looks lovely and wears lots of cute little outfits, but the whole thing is completely and utterly sexless, to the point where it actually becomes quite irritating.

Caffeine_Vampire

MM in her NJ days does it for me...


but Julie Newmar in her prime beats them all.

axisus

Philly_Q said:

I watched a film called Charade - a sort of Hitchcock-lite comedy thriller directed by Stanley Donen, with Hepburn and Cary Grant.  Audrey looks lovely and wears lots of cute little outfits, but the whole thing is completely and utterly sexless, to the point where it actually becomes quite irritating.

That is one of my favourite ever thrillers! I think that your "Hitchcock-lite comedy thriller" is way off base and rather degrading. It is not a comedy in the least, but I will concede that Cary Grant often entertains with the odd amusing moment or expression in his films. Sexless to the point where it becomes irritating???? Not all films are about sex you know! 

It's a great film, anyone who hasn't seen it should take a look, I saw it in my teens and it made a lasting impression, never forgot it.

chillidoggy

I’m too old and shallow to piss around, so it has to be Marilyn all day long. And every other day of the week while it lasted, until she found out I was only doing it for the shagging and got blown out.

Hepburn is way too skinny for my liking and the short hair doesn’t nothing for me either. Classier for sure, but looks a harder nut to crack and I haven’t got time to waste on begging.

Zoolooter

Audrey all day. Never got the fascination with Marilyn, very average, looks like an alright bird down the Bigg Market.

Stratavarious

Good film,..

https://youtu.be/NeHDZODFKNw

Blueingreen

Marilyn. Audrey is very pretty in an unconventional way and does the manic pixie dream girl thing very charmingly but she's not my idea of a sexy woman. 

Philly_Q

axisus said:

Philly_Q said:

I watched a film called Charade - a sort of Hitchcock-lite comedy thriller directed by Stanley Donen, with Hepburn and Cary Grant.  Audrey looks lovely and wears lots of cute little outfits, but the whole thing is completely and utterly sexless, to the point where it actually becomes quite irritating.

That is one of my favourite ever thrillers! I think that your "Hitchcock-lite comedy thriller" is way off base and rather degrading. It is not a comedy in the least, but I will concede that Cary Grant often entertains with the odd amusing moment or expression in his films. Sexless to the point where it becomes irritating???? Not all films are about sex you know! 

It's a great film, anyone who hasn't seen it should take a look, I saw it in my teens and it made a lasting impression, never forgot it.

 I don't really like being argumentative but I'm not backing down on this one.  I'm glad you like the film and I'm not trying to persuade you that you shouldn't.  I know it's well-regarded by many, I'm in the minority here but it just doesn't work for me.

It definitely is a comedy - almost the entire script is will-they-won't-they banter between the pair of them, the villains are cartoon characters and there's the running gag about Grant not really being whoever he's claiming to be. 

And when I say sexless, I'm not bemoaning the lack of bedroom scenes - it's a (comedy thriller) romance which is supposed to be all about them gradually falling for each other, but Audrey (sorry, but I have to say this...) looks like a decorative bundle of sticks in a series of designer outfits and Grant comes across more like a slightly creepy old uncle.

Blueingreen

Philly_Q said:

Audrey (sorry, but I have to say this...) looks like a decorative bundle of sticks in a series of designer outfits and Grant comes across more like a slightly creepy old uncle.

Somewhat agree with that but still think it's a very enjoyable film.

goldtop

Philly_Q said:

Grant comes across more like a slightly creepy old uncle.

(Looks at the tFBers drawn to this particular thread...)

Sassafras

Marilyn, a nice juicy peach.
Audrey, a classy dry twig.
She was very good looking but no sex appeal.

Sassafras

Charade was enjoyable but it was basically a rom-com.

Philly_Q

goldtop said:

Philly_Q said:

Grant comes across more like a slightly creepy old uncle.

(Looks at the tFBers drawn to this particular thread...)

Tricky one that...

In reality, they were older than any of us; when we first saw the films they were probably still older (on screen) than we were; but now we're older than they were in the films.

So the films are the axis around which we turn into creepy old uncles?

WiresDreamDisasters

Guys, maybe you need one of these.... they're quite expensive, maybe get one between you.

PhilW1

WiresDreamDisasters said:

Guys, maybe you need one of these.... they're quite expensive, maybe get one between you.

Marylin looks a bit rough there