and please leave the dumbass comments for another post.
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skippytjd — 15 years ago(June 21, 2010 01:14 PM)
No one cares? Making her Tallulah Black was one of my favorite things about the movie. When I read the conversation with Jimmy Hayward, Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Grey, where Hayward said he asked Palmiotti about making Lilah the movie Tallulah, and then put that line in, it reignited my excitement for the film.
I am really enjoying the Palmiotti/Gray run on the comic, and the creation and development of Tallulah is one of my favorite parts of their series. Watching the film with the foreknowledge of the character Megan is playing, I felt she did a commendable job. It is different than the Tallulah we regularly see in the book, seeing her before the trauma, but Fox's portrayal fits in with certain aspects we occasionally see, in quiet moments such as when she is trying to settle down in issue #50.
I think Megan Fox did a fine job in the film, good enough that she could be transitioned, late in the filming, into the established comic character. -
supafly707 — 15 years ago(June 21, 2010 09:08 AM)
What talent do you see? She has never shown talent or potential in any of her performances yet. Every time she has dialogue, it makes one cringe. If she were not pretty, she would not have a career right now. Just because you like her and you want her to have talent does not mean that she actually has some. There's no empirical data to support that claim.
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holotikterror — 15 years ago(June 21, 2010 09:31 AM)
I'll have to come out of the closet and admit it too. I dont hate her. Im not some 18 fan boy who fills message boards with "whatver about TF2! megan fox is HOT! i wanna ******* with my ***** and use a dremel tool inside her **** while my mom makes hotcakes off her*******!! " she's attractive. i got that. I also feel that she's used basically as a visual for all the movies she's been in. but i remember her in "Hope & Faith" as the neice and she wasnt a bad actress. It's just a shame she's doing these roles. I'd blame her for taking them, but im pretty sure this is the only stuff thats showing up at her agents doorstep too. Sex pot roles. oh well.
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Lott444 — 15 years ago(June 21, 2010 09:55 AM)
There doesn't need to be "much to her role" for her to do well or even flourish. Anthony Hopkins was only onscreen for something like 12 minutes in Silence of the Lambs but during those few minutes he commanded and captivated viewers with his talent. Of course, Jonah Hex isn't a movie of that caliber, but that doesn't mean Fox couldn't turn in a great performance. Pretty much every reviewer praised Brolin across the board for his performance and those same reviewers were reviled by Fox's lack of talent or any trace of acting skill progression.
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pking-2 — 15 years ago(June 21, 2010 11:43 AM)
When I say "not much to her role" its not really about screentime.
Comparing the depth of character/dialogue of Leilah to Hannibal Lector essentially is great evidence towards my pointFox gets to do essentially nothing other than wear costumes and standard action/partner stuff next to Brolin.
Compared to Hannibal Lector. Who gets to be pivotal to the whole plot and interesting and creative and utter unpredictable, memorable lines and take exciting actions and outsmart the FBI and be scary and funny and intriguing and all that good stuffthere's much more to the Hannibal character than Fox's character. -
pking-2 — 15 years ago(June 21, 2010 10:21 AM)
There's no empirical data to support that claim.
Do you know what empirical data is? It is people who have watched her claiming that they see talent. Which her fans do, just like all fans do.
There's no measurable
objective
data to support anyone's claim to acting talent. Only the empirical data people claiming to they they like what they see. Therefore, she has the same exact empirical data as every other acress ever.
Just, fewer fans and critics claiming to see it
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clydeerwin — 15 years ago(June 21, 2010 11:06 AM)
I'm a comic book geek who never saw the Transformers movies (never will). Nor have I seen Fox in any other movies. I went into Jonah Hex thinking that Fox would suck based on all the bad press I had heard about her acting. She wasn't bad. I felt that she made an effort and I give her a B for what little they gave her to do. Not great but a little above average. Pretty well summed up by some other posters here, so I just add my vote.
I also agree that Malkovitch was phoning it in.
This movie had tons of nearly inspired moments. Many elements of the film zigzagged from great to awful. The directing and acting at the fore but not alone. One moment its pulling off the techno-primitive/fantasy setting with style and then it will dip briefly into the Wild Wild West level of idiocy. A shame, really. It was close to great but overall is mediocre. -
xerxerxex — 15 years ago(June 21, 2010 11:42 AM)
supafly why click here then? you apparently do not care for Fox so why waste your time? My opinion eventhough you didn't ask fir it is, you have nothing better to do you spew your useless comment on a board that holds no interest to youkinda sad.
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NeedysBoy — 15 years ago(June 22, 2010 07:44 AM)
clydeerwin sums up Megan's performance quite well.
It wasn't great, it wasn't bad. It was
good
.
She's been good in everything that I've seen her in. (That Olsen twins' project,
Transformers
,
Jennifer's Body
, and a few small TV roles.)
Yeah, there is no way she is a realistic old west whore. She looks like an angel in this. A beautiful, sweaty angel. But everyone needs to remember on this point and other plot elements: this is a movie. It is inherently a
fantasy
! And Megan Fox is great at playing a fantasy.
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skoobaba — 15 years ago(October 04, 2010 08:45 AM)
Fox did ok. She did the best she could, with what she had to work with. She wasn`t the worst actor in this movie, nor the best. Allthough I am hard pressed to pick one, on both account. The scrips was what ruined this movie.