In Reply to: Open Range -- I'm all thumbs, up! posted by clarkjohnsen on August 25, 2003 at 10:45:52:
I agree witcha, except about Benning. She did absolutely zero with that character. I don't know if it's her acting or Costner's directing but the performance was flat as Kansas and the character, potentionally very interesting (an over-the-eligibility single woman living with her brother in a dinky town) was completely undeveloped.Don't tell me it was the limitation of the script! A good actor develops (imagines) his/her character's backstory and uses it to illuminate the performance of the script, no matter how limited.
I could watch Robert Duvall say his ABCs and not get bored!
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- Re: Open Range -- I'm all thumbs! - Bruce from DC 11:37:16 08/27/03 (1)
- Re: Benning. Perhaps you confuse... - clarkjohnsen 09:02:55 08/28/03 (0)