what is Foster doing to her career?
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gnolti — 15 years ago(May 25, 2010 06:28 AM)
It could be that by the early 90s Foster realized she'd exhausted all the possible character types she could convincingly portray, and has been on autopilot ever since. For all of her early success d'estime, I think most would agree she's a fairly limited actress.
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cesetevi — 15 years ago(May 25, 2010 07:06 AM)
I do not agree with what you think about her acting.I think she is better than most of the female actors in the market now.For instance, hollywood made a sequel after silence of the lambs but other actresses could not fill foster's place.They all looked weak.I do not what autopilot is about but apparently it is not doing any good to her.Today in hollywood there are streep,foster and mcdormand,really good actresses.streep is the top one.
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gnolti — 15 years ago(May 27, 2010 05:32 AM)
I didn't say Foster is a bad actress. I said she is a limited actress. And a quick survey of her work shows that she pretty much confines herself to the same type of character, with a few subtle variations here and there.
There's nothing wrong with being a limited actor. Harrison Ford is a limited actor too. But he's managed to diversify just enough that his fan base is huge much bigger than Foster's, IMHO.
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cesetevi — 15 years ago(May 27, 2010 06:19 AM)
can you give some examples about her same type of characters? I understand "limited actress".Against this I can give one sample for instance her role in nell and in the accused are different, they are not the same characters.Especially her character in nell is very different from all others.
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gnolti — 15 years ago(May 27, 2010 07:20 AM)
I am not a Foster connoisseur or expert. I based what I said on the films of hers I have seen.
Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane: Tough, independent girl lives by herself.
Taxi Driver: Tough, independent adolescent female survives on the streets by herself.
The Accused: Tough, independent female survives brutal rape.
Silence of the Lambs: Tough, independent detective puzzles out serial killer.
Flightplan: Tough, independent single mom go on the warpath to find her daughter.
Panic Room: Tough, independent woman defends herself from male intruders.
The Brave One: Tough, independent woman turns vigilante.
Oh, and none of these roles require Foster to have a serious love interest.
I mean, come on. You can like the character type, but how many such films does a person really have to make, or a viewer have to watch, to get the point? I'm not just dumping on Foster either. The same could be said of John Wayne, another limited actor with an even bigger fan base.
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movingpictures23 — 15 years ago(June 03, 2010 05:00 AM)
I'm going to have to disagree with you about the "Taxi Driver" role. Her character in that was a lost little girl, whose toughness was mostly a front. For example, when Travis tried to connect with her at that restaurant, she responded with negativity and called him "square" or something, if I remember right. She couldn't even leave her pimp on her own.
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Edward_de_Vere — 15 years ago(May 27, 2010 09:33 AM)
I didn't say Foster is a bad actress. I said she is a limited actress. And a quick survey of her work shows that she pretty much confines herself to the same type of character, with a few subtle variations here and there.
There's nothing wrong with being a limited actor. Harrison Ford is a limited actor too. But he's managed to diversify just enough that his fan base is huge much bigger than Foster's, IMHO.
Agree with what you say, except for the part about Harrison Ford "diversifying." The few times he's ventured out of his stoic (I would say wooden) tough-guy roles, he's fallen flat on his face. He tried so hard to act in
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gnolti — 15 years ago(May 27, 2010 10:56 AM)
And Ford wisely decided a few years ago to quit veering off course like that.
I think what I'm getting at about Foster is that rather than create new characters, she's created a brand: Tough, independent female [insert plotline here]. Lots of people like that brand, and that's fine. But just because Applebee's is tasty doesn't mean it's haute cuisine.
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Edren — 15 years ago(September 24, 2010 01:39 PM)
No it's not an awful movie, slightly unrealistic (as a lot of fiction is) but still very good. She's very good at the type of charachters she plays. Lots of actors play similar charachters, oh the hardship. I expect that it's some consolation that she's not in more demanding roles, that she has a multi-million dollar fortune, living in a mansion, off the back of work that requires you pretend to be someone else. If she can handle the 'torture' so can I.
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cesetevi — 15 years ago(September 24, 2010 01:48 PM)
I used to see flame of exposed anger in her eyes with pale trembling look when she finds herself hurt in men's world.Her characters are strong characters.In this movie her character is so predictable that she does not fit into it.I liked her play hurt vulnerable woman characters who fights back and somehow she wins when she's already lost.
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Edren — 15 years ago(September 24, 2010 01:58 PM)
Well if you're a big Jodie Foster fan ok. I like her a lot, including in this movie. If you feel she is selling herself short, then that is obviously a shame. Maybe the right role hasn't come along yet.
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cesetevi — 15 years ago(September 24, 2010 02:10 PM)
After silence of the lambs something happened and she took different roles.You said she is too rich so why does she needs to sell herself ? To earn more money? I was expecting from her a meryl streep career.do you think streep would take a role like this in this movie as foster did? I guess she's making bad decisions.After her great movies she looks as if she just started acting and cinema career.
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Edren — 15 years ago(September 24, 2010 02:18 PM)
Streep wouldn't be able to do this role as well as Foster. It's not her type of movie really. Who knows what motivates her only Jodie herself I suppose.
It's hard to measure fandom, my sister adores her.
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cesetevi — 15 years ago(September 25, 2010 12:06 AM)
It's not her type of movie really.This is exactly what I think about Foster either.As an audience we watch and observe them.we start to judge their characters and create a profile in our minds.when they slip from what we are used to see them in their roles we start ro criticize.