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In Reply to: Re: Heather Graham... posted by thekingpin on May 09, 2002 at 08:33:28:
disagree, that is. Heather, no argument. I'd watch her thumbing through the yellow pages. For hours. Winona: I think she can act. I hated "American Quilt" (or something similarly titled) but enjoyed her performance. Same in "Age of Innocence." And "Dracula." She portrays a waif better than anyone. I certainly feel called upon to protect her.
Uma T: c'mon. Check out "Liasons Dangereuses (sic)". But, more seriously, how about her Oscar-worthy performance in "Pulp Fiction?" I rate that the best performance by an actress in, oh, five years.
The challenge for Winona is to grow in her roles; she can't play the waif forever...
Ethan Hawke. Just the name makes me smile. His lack of ability showed opposite of Denzel in "Training Day." Compare to Brad's effort in "Se7en." Ol' Brad ain't the worst out there. He is quite good also in "Snatch." That film, by the way, is terribly underrated. The guy's as good a director as he is a poor selector of marriage partners (Richie's married to La Puta).
Follow Ups:
How could I have forgotten about Pulp Fiction? Of course! Uma has great screen presence, I agree. She probably just needs a good director. Haven't seen Training Day, but Denzel, man, there's another overact act!
Like Jack Nicholson, Denzel Washington (especially in Training Day) brings a good bit of creativity and entertainment to the part. In Training Day, Denzel was way over the top, but I found it to be an incredible and tremendously entertaining performance and I would most definitely agree with the academy's selection.I would much rather watch Jack Nicholson or Denzel overacting and bringing some excitement to a role than watch a so called more natural and authentic actor who may be doing a role flawlessly but their lack of personality and creative goods puts me to sleep.
Going for authenticity at the expense of entertainment seems to defeat the point in my book.
about Jack. He baffles me. When I watch him, I am clearly watching Jack Nicholson. He does not really lose himself in the role. However, he is a joy to watch.(I'm thinking here of the recent As Good As It Gets). This is the diametric opposite of somebody like William Hurt, who is an accomplished actor but just a big bore to watch.As to Denzel, I guess his acting is always on the forceful side of the scale, so something like his character in Crimson Tide really suits him. Haven't seen Training Day yet, so can't comment.
Speaking of Crimson Tide...if you ask me the definition of A Great American Actor, I'd pick Hackman all the way.
Yeah, I hear ya' on that score. I don't even know if she can act, I just like like to watch (does that make me a pervert? (*G*)). She's like Kidman, who's really kind of a bland, two-dimensional actress, IMO. Same face, same personality, just different movies, but I could watch her breath and be happy...I think these actors reveal more about the audience than about writers trying to find decent roles for women:-)Uma and Winona don't do much for me, but of those two, I think Uma has the most promise and you could make a case for her just not finding the right role yet. She was good in Gattaca and Pulp was dyanmite (I'm awfully agreeable today:-). I also agree with you about Snatch - Brad's character was pretty difficult to pull off naturally - and he did a pretty convincing job.
I just saw "Tape" and if you want to see a natural performance by Ethan, this was it.
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