Terrible Actress
-
dementia13 — 15 years ago(November 26, 2010 07:11 PM)
- What does the budget of the movie have to do with anything?
- What's good about "generic"?
- What do her features have to do with how good an actress she is?
- The IMDB page for the movie lists the casting department. Shouldn't you be asking them why she was cast? I doubt any of us here have any inside information about their decisions, but I suspect that a lot of it has to do with that
- She looks younger than her age, and that kind of innocent appearance goes a long way in a movie where an audience has to sympathize with a character who's made a very questionable moral decision.
- I thought she carried the role very well, especially considering the amount of stuntwork she had to do. That's a demanding role, and a lot of actresses won't take a part like that, as it means that they won't be looking pretty all the time. She threw herself into it with a lot of gusto, and I don't think there are many other actresses who would have pulled that role off so well.
- Troll.
-
primo-st — 14 years ago(August 29, 2011 07:01 PM)
Great actors/actresses shouldn't need to prove themselves more than once. Think Robert DeNiro, impeccable in almost all of his early work, and most of films in the middle of his career (ill admit that he sucked massivley in Meet the children). This was her biggest film and she failed to perform so why would I bother with her other movies
My Voting system
Your rating:<2 3 4 5 6 7 7.5 8 8.5 >9
IMDb rating: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -
bakerstreetdozen — 14 years ago(September 07, 2011 08:27 AM)
Watch Matchstick Men and she out acts Nicolas Cage by a mile and potentially Sam Rockwell.
No, she really doesn't. When I was younger, I thought she was fairly talented, but after re-visiting
Matchstick Men
just a few weeks ago after not having seen it in a few years, she is not that good at all, especially when it comes to her crying scenes. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I studied a lot more intensively since I first saw her films when I was quite young, something that makes me more picky these days, but I just know I don't find her nearly as great as I used to.
'I was very shocked when my son told me his boyfriend was a homosexual.' -
RomeoKnight — 14 years ago(August 29, 2011 01:46 PM)
Dunno, but agree she was awful in there. Almost ruined the film for me. Very sweet and likable girl but not fitting for that kind of role. Most of the time she didn't look and feel scared at all or was sleepwalking the lines.
-
Nanosecond — 14 years ago(August 30, 2011 11:02 PM)
She phoned it in for Drag Me To Hell (I don't think she was supposed to bring her A game for this one anyway since the film is a nod to B horror films) but brought it in Matchstick Men and White Oleander. Geez give her a break it's one frickin' movie and you all are judging her. Judge her on an entire body of work, not one film.
"EVERYONE!!!!!" -Stansfield, The Professional -
pulpfictitious65 — 14 years ago(September 27, 2011 11:08 AM)
I'll put it this way; Alison Lohman was to Big Fish and Matchstick Men what Ben Affleck was to Chasing Amy. All great movies, but not because of them.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!!! -
cole_private — 14 years ago(October 29, 2011 10:53 AM)
Honestly, I didn't know her at all in any of the previous movies she starred, but really, all I can say that she did a brilliant job in this movie. IMO, she acted so well, that a lot of people could sympathize her feeling (how scare or anxious she was in the movie) or condition in the movie, including me. Now I admire her, but too bad she doesn't have any upcoming movies.
-
Lukas_P — 14 years ago(December 10, 2011 05:15 AM)
Obviously you don't have to like the film, Drag Me To Hell, there ain't nothing out there that's meant for for everybody, but you do need to understand one thing; the film is meant to be tongue in cheek, in fact, her role was tremendously reminiscent of Bruce Campbell in the Evil Dead series, be it obviously, not as extreme. But this is not a coincidence, Raimi is a fan of goofy, slap stick humor, and shot a film as such, and in that sense, she did a tremendous job.
-
jackj-velez — 13 years ago(February 15, 2013 02:23 PM)
Nanosecond is the only person on this thread that seems to get it. The entire movie is ridiculous - because it is supposed to be as incredulous as classic gore/horror horror/comedy b-movies. How does no one pick up on that????
-
CaptnHowndy — 12 years ago(December 21, 2013 11:05 AM)
I will admit that the first time I watched
Drag Me to Hell
I didn't think she was too great, upon the second viewing I thought she was alright, though. It's not like her acting was spectacular or anything, but I didn't think it was as bad as I had thought. She is pretty cheesy in that movie, but given that it's a Sam Raimi horror movie then I think it kind of fits, ya know? -
d_henderson1810 — 12 years ago(February 09, 2014 01:22 AM)
People say she is a horrible actress because of "Drag Me To Hell", but the plot sucked.
Doing a bad movie doesn't make an actor bad. Just look at the cast of "Ishtar".
Every actor or actress in Hollywood has done at least one bad film. Meryl Streep got panned for her role in "Mama Mia" and Michael Caine was in "Jaws 4", yet their acting isn't questioned.
For every bad movie she does, she has done a good one as well.
I don't get why she doesn't get the recognition she should, unless she doesn't try to play the "Hollywood" game, and try to get a camera in front of her.
Either that, or she should sack her agent for putting her in movies that don't get her major attention.