Why does she always criticise modernity?
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ck1-5 — 19 years ago(March 08, 2007 10:10 AM)
I think it's rather difficult to find an 82 year old that DOESN'T harken back to the "good old days", no matter what profession they're in. That was her era, and the present is not. I'm nowhere near her age, but I'll still find myself listening to a song on the radio from my high school days that I would have scoffed at when it was new; now, I listen to it for the sole reason that it reminds me of my youth. It's mostly a matter of nostolgia.
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SataiDelen — 15 years ago(September 21, 2010 08:48 PM)
I have not read through everyone's comments on here, so someone (or several someones) may already have said what I'm about to say.
Ck1-5, it's not just 80 year-olds who "harken back to the good old days" in regard to actors and actresses of today v. those of "yester-year." I'm sorry, but I thoroughly agree with Lauren Bacall when she comments that actors and actresses of today having no talent. They don't! The majority (if any) have never been to acting school, they go strictly by their looks, they can't do multiple things (as in the phrase, "Triple Threat" acting). In Bacall's day, and even back in the 70's and early 80's, actors and actresses often had to have multiple talent. Being able to act wasn't enough. They had to be able to dance or sing, or play a musical instrument, etc.
I'm sorry, but people like Tom Cruise, J-Lo, Jennifer Anniston, etc. are not actors/actres2000ses. Hollywood (IMO) needs to go back to the days when if someone wanted to be an actor or actress, then that person required TRAINING. Either with a professional private coach, or by going to an acting school.
Is it really that surprising that those who are Thespian trained in places such as RADA can act circles around American actors/actresses that just show up to read lines and look good?
I'm not that old btw. I'm in my mid-thirties. I just feel very strongly about this.
And before someone jumps down my throat by saying, "But J-Lo sings!" Yes, she does, but she's a singer who tries to act, not an actress who has had training in singing. There is a difference. And I know many will disagree, but I don't think J-Lo is a good actress. -
mgm7041-1 — 12 years ago(July 31, 2013 12:41 AM)
I agree with her whole heartedly. She is from "The Golden Era" of Hollywood. Maybe there are some negative things about the "Studio System" that were not all that great; but they knew how to make movies and create stars. Each star did have their own "distinct" personality.
Besides today, everything is CGI's and comic book characters. They have no writers with any imagination or talent at all. They could not come up with an original idea no matter how hard they try. Besides the CGI's all they do are remakes. They do not improve on them in any way at all. They did remakes back in the day but they were made better or improved upon.
Besides studio heads in the good old days were visionaries with know-how re film making. Today Hollywood is run by business executives that care only about box-office. -
bwalright — 18 years ago(June 19, 2007 11:05 AM)
I feel that styles took a bad trashy turn when Madonna 1st came on the scene. She was gutsy to dress the way she did to make people stand up & notice ( and make her $$ for it too! ) But, it's been a downward spiral ever since, I'm ready for a new trend towards classy fashions. Sick of seeing women's butt cracks when they bend over & men in baggy hobo, slob clothes pu!
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anthropo — 18 years ago(July 05, 2007 05:33 PM)
Good question. She made some now often quoted remark about stars not being what they used to. Personally, I never thought her to be a great actress mediocre at best I think most of her peers felt the same way. For all her films her performances were never really acclaimed. IMO, it's ironic for that remark to come from her when she was basically an appendage of Bogart.
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