Not a very good actress…
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ExplorerDS6789 — 16 years ago(January 03, 2010 11:43 AM)
"Even if the character HAD the chance to escape and was just plain too weak to do anything about it, why would feminism dissuade Adrienne Corri from accepting such a role? b68How can an imaginary character possibly deduct from women's rights? Characters (in all art forms) are commonly depicted in poor lights; the intention of art is to depict life, not ideal circumstances. And you well know there are plenty of immoral, weak, and unintelligent people in real life."
She shouldn't have taken the role in the first place. Why did she have to intentionally make herself look bad? Because she wanted to work for Stanley Kubrick? Because she wanted to do a scene like that 30 times? I heard she got upset with Kubrick over having to do that scene so many times, but it wasn't entirely his fault. He didn't make her take that role.
ACO is one of the worst movies ever made. Malcolm McDowell said he'd have to be a raving idiot not to realize what a masterpiece it is. Well it isn't, and he's still a raving idiot. -
Fashion_Luver — 16 years ago(January 03, 2010 12:44 PM)
Why did she have to intentionally make herself look bad?
She didn't. She made the
character
look bad (if for argument's sake, the character comes across as weak). And I just explained why it is inevitable that art will portray characters in poor states. You seem not to be distinguishing the actress from the character.
You also seem not to be realising that feminism is about
choice
, not catering to the selfish desires of power-hungry female politicians. These are the only types of "feminists" who would discourage a woman from taking any film role she wanted (much less any career choice she desired). -
ExplorerDS6789 — 16 years ago(January 03, 2010 04:12 PM)
Look, I don't want to keep arguing about this. Let's just put our cards on the table:
I think Adrienne Corri is a lousy actress, she looked terrible in that movie, I think ACO is a stupid movie, I think Kubrick is a lousy director.
You disagree, and that's fine.
There. Enough said. -
laurenjones — 14 years ago(August 16, 2011 10:25 PM)
It's really hard to tell what the director had in mind. The scene itself should have been horrifying, yet was played semi-campy, so I'm not sure what reaction he wanted from the audience. Either way, it's definitely not the best Adrienne Corri has done, though it might be her most 'high profile' part because it's a 'Kubrick film.'
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ExplorerDS6789 — 14 years ago(August 17, 2011 02:46 AM)
"The scene itself should have been horrifying, yet was played semi-campy, so I'm not sure what reaction he wanted from the audience."
The version in the book was done right. Who knows what Kubrick was trying to achieve. From what I understand, the original way was too conventional so he told Malcolm to sing, and "I'm Singing in the Rain" was the only song he knew. -
kyzasoze2003 — 12 years ago(April 18, 2013 12:58 AM)
Wow, what a fool.
Yeah, the OP is a complete fool. Imdb is crawling with them.
As for Adrienne Corri, the other films I saw her in were The River, Vampire Circus, Dr Zhivago and Revenge of the Pink Panther and she was good in all of them.