We all know part of the Hollywood beast is to show off beautiful women, and one thing that a lot of movies do is "transform" their leading ladies from being allegedly "plain" to being these beautiful, Cinderella-esque belles of the ball. You can see this in a number of Anne Hatheway movies, the Kate Hudson flick "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days" or pretty much any movie aimed at 14 year olds or shallow romantic comedies that hinge on advertising designer wear.

The thing is these "transformations" lately don't have any real impact because the woman in question already looks cute from the get go. In the movies of Anne Hatheway there's really no difference between Anne in her "plain" mode and Anne in her "beautiful" mode; she looks cute throughout the whole film no matter what the wardrobe. Another example would be Sandra Bullock's "Miss Congeniality", where she portrays an FBI agent percieved as an undesirable waif just because her hair is frumpy and she's unabashadely tomboyish in attitude, then she gets a barely there makeover and suddenly she's a beauty.

If you'd like to see this transformation thing done right, rent Terry Gilliam's "Brazil".