Jennifer Hudson= blah!
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mail-4601 — 16 years ago(January 01, 2010 06:18 PM)
I was watching this film when I remembered that it won a couple of Oscars. Was really stunned that Hudson got the highest acting award because there is no acting. Best song maybe but singing is not acting! There is a reason other awards put musicals in a separate category.
The Oscars have been a joke for many years & this just confirms it.
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hawrnball — 16 years ago(January 20, 2010 12:10 PM)
The award has never been for "Best Actor/Actress in a Leading/Supporting Role," it's "Best PERFORMANCE" Jennifer Hudson gave us a performance, did she not? It's possible to act while singing which is why other actors in the past have won awards for a musical film. Bringing emotion, charm, wit and heart into a song and not just singing it deadpan enhances a musical performance.
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hershell99 — 16 years ago(January 21, 2010 09:19 PM)
She depends on her singing to cover up her poor acting through the entire duration of the movie. When she is not singing, she may as well not even be there. One of the least deserving Oscar wins in history.
I think that is rather harsh statement about the character development she could only act out what was given to her. She didn't write the movie. I could get into a whole other discussion about that. Loosley based on the Supremes. The movie could have been much more. I think there several legal reasons why the movie didn't develop more and why some parts were accurate and than some were fictious.
I wasn't nearly as critical of the Effie character since Beyonce played Deena. I just don't think Beyonce is that great of an actress. Having said that I still loved Dreamgirls. Jennifer wasn't great but she was good and her singing was awesome. This was also her first movie. In The Secret Life of Bees she brought life to the character Rosaleen and was really great in it. That is also a great read by the way.
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Mirage4 — 15 years ago(September 06, 2010 02:38 PM)
I actually saw Jennifer Holiday on Broadway as Effie and Jennifer Hudson merely mimicked Holiday's depiction of Effie, the character which she personally developed. Also, Holiday's renditions of the original soundtrack still stands the test of time 30 years later; see for yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC_u_q-iND0
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omoxus — 15 years ago(November 15, 2010 05:32 PM)
I'm going to have to agree with the OP here. Terrible actress. Excellent singer! The Oscar win was a travesty. Especially considering whom she was up against. (Why do actresses like Viola Davis, Angela Bassett get looked over) Rinko Kikuchi and Adrian Babarra ran circles around her.
Another sad day in Oscar history.
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leglistux — 15 years ago(March 01, 2011 04:14 PM)
I agree with you, she in no way deserved that oscar. Everyone at the oscars when she won was thinking the same thing. All of these amazing actors, watching a great SINGER being awarded an oscar for singing with emotion (pretty much all singers do the same). It's very different than actually acting. The proof is what this oscar winner has done sincehas anyone watched the cringeworthy sex and the city movie? SHE IS ONCE AND FOR ALL NOT A GOOD ACTRESS YOU IDIOTS!
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Hypsomnia — 14 years ago(April 14, 2011 05:01 PM)
^^This, and what was up with that "She gave us a PERFORMANCE" crap on the first page? IT'S ALL ACCOUNTED FOR! Peformance = Acting, ALONG with whatever musical number is written with the role and singing well SHOULD NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES CONSTITUTE AN OSCAR WIN OR NOMINATION FOR THAT MATTER. Sorry, but it's about the ALL AROUND performance, not belting out "You're Gonna Love Me." I wanted to sound off on such a stupid comment but it was over a year old. lol
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cocobug1 — 15 years ago(March 02, 2011 05:08 PM)
OH! I agree, honestly I found her whole performance in "you're guna love me" ridiculous. I'm not disputing the fact she has a great voice but stomping around the stage yelling at Jamie Foxx should not have earned her an oscar
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samsan_lee — 13 years ago(May 04, 2012 02:54 AM)
..She wasn't THAT GREAT SERIOUSLY. Tons of GREAT ACTRESSES THAT HAVE BEEN ACTING LONGER AND ARE BETTER(ACTING WISE) AND HAVEN'T WON NOT ONE OSCAR BUT SHE WINS ONE ON HER FIRST TRY, WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN ON AMERICAN IDOL BUT CAN WIN A PRIZE(Oscar) THAT TAKES SOME PEOPLE A VERY LONG TIME TO ACHIEVE. PLZ.
Everyone knows "Best Supporting Actor/Actress" is either used to push a new starlet the studios are backing, or to reward a long-time near-Oscar performer with an Oscar (best example being Ben Johnson, who won Best Supporting Oscar for The Last Picture Show).
Politics, marketing and positioning play a big role, and they have huge plans for Jennifer Hudson. She will play in "The Bodyguard" remake, and Clive Davis has already crowned her the next Whitney Houstoni will also say that the Oscars now play a part in trying to gain new audiences by widening the exposure of actresses who wouldnt normally be considered.
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