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tragabigzanda wrote:I think she conveys both intelligence and vulnerability really well. She definitely strikes me having been trained at Juliard -- she's got that sort of composure about her. The only thing that bothers me sometimes is that her voice sounds very fragile, which sometimes makes her sound weak (Kevin Costner has the same problem).

tragabigzanda wrote:I think she conveys both intelligence and vulnerability really well. She definitely strikes me having been trained at Juliard -- she's got that sort of composure about her. The only thing that bothers me sometimes is that her voice sounds very fragile, which sometimes makes her sound weak (Kevin Costner has the same problem).

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I think she conveys both intelligence and vulnerability really well. She definitely strikes me having been trained at Juliard -- she's got that sort of composure about her. The only thing that bothers me sometimes is that her voice sounds very fragile, which sometimes makes her sound weak (Kevin Costner has the same problem).

I think her performances feel too trained. She comes off very stilted and "actorly" to me, and in the worst way. I never believe her, especially since a lot of her roles call for some grit and naturalism (Zero Dark Thirty...ugggghhhh).

tragabigzanda wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I think she conveys both intelligence and vulnerability really well. She definitely strikes me having been trained at Juliard -- she's got that sort of composure about her. The only thing that bothers me sometimes is that her voice sounds very fragile, which sometimes makes her sound weak (Kevin Costner has the same problem).

I think her performances feel too trained. She comes off very stilted and "actorly" to me, and in the worst way. I never believe her, especially since a lot of her roles call for some grit and naturalism (Zero Dark Thirty...ugggghhhh).

I can see that, I can definitely see the "training" you're talking about. I think that so far it's worked for her characters. For example, her character in ZDT would probably be overly composed given that she's a young woman in such intense circumstances. I'd love to see something where she really lets go, lets herself get raw and messy.

McParadigm wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I think she conveys both intelligence and vulnerability really well. She definitely strikes me having been trained at Juliard -- she's got that sort of composure about her. The only thing that bothers me sometimes is that her voice sounds very fragile, which sometimes makes her sound weak (Kevin Costner has the same problem).

I think her performances feel too trained. She comes off very stilted and "actorly" to me, and in the worst way. I never believe her, especially since a lot of her roles call for some grit and naturalism (Zero Dark Thirty...ugggghhhh).

I can see where you're coming from on that.

I'd call her good, but not great. She conveys her characters very well without imbuing them with anything beyond what's on the page.

durdencommatyler wrote:I like her. And she was outstanding in Zero Dark Thirty. She's not elite. She's not one of the all time greats. She's not Meryl or Gillian Anderson or Julian Moore. But she's got real chops. And so far I've believed her in every role I've seen her in. And she's just a lovely human being.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:I like her. And she was outstanding in Zero Dark Thirty. She's not elite. She's not one of the all time greats. She's not Meryl or Gillian Anderson or Julian Moore. But she's got real chops. And so far I've believed her in every role I've seen her in. And she's just a lovely human being.

I'm sorry, Joey, but we just can't be friends anymore. I feel terrible it had to end like this.

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:I like her. And she was outstanding in Zero Dark Thirty. She's not elite. She's not one of the all time greats. She's not Meryl or Gillian Anderson or Julian Moore. But she's got real chops. And so far I've believed her in every role I've seen her in. And she's just a lovely human being.

I'm sorry, Joey, but we just can't be friends anymore. I feel terrible it had to end like this.

I got the feeling you were never that invested anyway.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:I like her. And she was outstanding in Zero Dark Thirty. She's not elite. She's not one of the all time greats. She's not Meryl or Gillian Anderson or Julian Moore. But she's got real chops. And so far I've believed her in every role I've seen her in. And she's just a lovely human being.

I'm sorry, Joey, but we just can't be friends anymore. I feel terrible it had to end like this.

I got the feeling you were never that invested anyway.

You never even knew what we had.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I need to read that book. Im a huge King's fan but somehow thats one i keep missing.

Also a huge fan. It was one of his first books I ever read as a teen, and I counted it as one of my favorites for a long time. Now I'd put it firmly in the middle of the pack. My top 5 King books:

Salem's Lot
The Shining
Heart in Atlantis
11/22/63
The Dead Zone

I've not read any Dark Tower books beyond The Gunslinger, simply because I want to read all his stand-alone books before tackling that series. Only have a handful left to get through, but keep putting off poorly-reviewed ones like Rose Madder and Dreamcatcher.

Just finished Revival a few days ago, I put a brief review in the "Currently Reading" thread.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I need to read that book. Im a huge King's fan but somehow thats one i keep missing.

Also a huge fan. It was one of his first books I ever read as a teen, and I counted it as one of my favorites for a long time. Now I'd put it firmly in the middle of the pack. My top 5 King books:

Salem's Lot
The Shining
Heart in Atlantis
11/22/63
The Dead Zone

I've not read any Dark Tower books beyond The Gunslinger, simply because I want to read all his stand-alone books before tackling that series. Only have a handful left to get through, but keep putting off poorly-reviewed ones like Rose Madder and Dreamcatcher.

Just finished Revival a few days ago, I put a brief review in the "Currently Reading" thread.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.