Why Bother Casting Her?
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m_wonderful — 13 years ago(February 05, 2013 06:59 PM)
Well, she's not actually getting cast in anything big these days, with Total Recall being the exception. And, of course, that bombed.
She's like one of those, like Lohan, who keeps getting parts, but not in anything that's big.
She had some undeserved hype several years ago, but sooner or later you have to deliver and she didn't. She's just not a good actress. She's so dull and stiff. It almost looks like she's reading "Acting for Dummies" while she's supposedly acting. She's just not a natural. -
PhantomIsHot — 11 years ago(April 25, 2014 11:00 PM)
I agree with previous poster. She's not movie star attractive & her acting is mediocre. Well She is forgettable. If you check out her IMDB discussion board, recent posts are about her looks (face/arse), her relationship with Justin Timberlake & birthday wishes.
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Trik_Ster — 11 years ago(April 28, 2014 10:48 AM)
Almost any movie she goes for she was going up against Alba and Johansson
Now add Kunis and Kristen Bell and I'm sure many I'm forgetting
imho she should have been a shoe in for The Black Widow
Closer in looks as how the character is traditionally drawn
And is actually athletic and toned
If you've ever seen non-staged, candid and unretouched photos of Scarlett Johansson in a bikini, she has well she needs the spandex to look toned -
douces — 11 years ago(May 25, 2014 03:27 PM)
Yeah, she's basically who you go to if you want a cheap (and less buzz-worthy) Scarlett Johansson or Mila Kunis. I think she is still one step ahead of Jessica Alba now and I doubt Kristen Bell is competing for the same roles though.
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mikeflw1 — 11 years ago(October 09, 2014 03:07 AM)
Based on money made by a movie, apparently judged strictly by box office receipts, (but didn't really specify domestic USA or worldwide?), she is on that list.
Now the obvious question is just who else is on that list?
People like Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, Nicholas Cage, Daniel Day Craig, ya know, real low life talent with little box office appeal smirk
The list claims the one earning-a-profit movie she was part of was I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY. Now then, who on that list has made as many "artsy" movies too? What? No one else? Mel Gibson did several
As far as the new version of TOTAL RECALL goes, I have that movie, have watched it, and found myself captured by the
massive CGI
, and pretty much lost track of the plot. That is not an actor's fault, and if it is, add the other lead actress to the list, Kate Beckinsale. I just had to watch the extras on the Blu-Ray set to find out how the special effects were done, and was astonished at how little of the finished film was "real" and not CGI.
Possibly the only profitable movie that was SO heavy with CGI was AVITAR? BTW, it is the #1 earning movie,
ever!
That proves it can be done
There may have been an unfulfilled fan expectation that it would also be fairly "campy" like the original, because it included some 'nods' to the original, but it wasn't even set on Mars! And it certainly didn't include the amazing interaction between Arnold and Sharon Stone ("Consider this a divorce.")
Now if a viewer was expecting something more like another movie, THE KINGDOM, with its intense action, and edge of the seat sections, well, I'd say that wouldn't have been a big mismatch, CGI or not That movie was likely just too intense, and too "close to home" for people, (those who were there, and who had loved ones there), as was Jessica's HOME OF THE BRAVE that focused on the aftermath of wounded soldiers returning home.
There is a bit of a mismatch between Kate and Jessica in their "game face" though, but that was deliberate in TOTAL RECALL with Kate as the evil pursuer and Jessica as the pursued. Kate had the same intense game face from the UNDERWORLD series you know, the "As soon as I rip my way out of these chains, I'm going to tear your throat out with my bare hands and teeth!", and Jessica's "I'm going to bounce an arrow off two walls to shoot around a corner, and hit you in the heart." (BLADE TRINITY)
Those are a whole different "game face" (IMHO of course!) One 5b4is pretty pure rage, and the other is intensity.
For those that don't know, Samuel L. Jackson nearly didn't get the part of the hitman opposite John Travolta's "Vincent" in a little movie titled PULP FICTION! He was called in as the favorite for the part, and did a pretty straight reading, (he said in an interview). When he hadn't heard anything, he got curious and called the movie people. He was told they were very disappointed with his reading, and continued looking to fill that part!!! He asked if he could do another reading, and was given the opportunity. If you have seen the movie, (and there might not be much overlap in Jessica Biel fans and those who made PULP FICTION a hit), you
know
how he did the second reading!
"Say "WHAT?" one
more
time!"
Anyway.
With so many new projects currently in the works, Jessica's placement on that list might even be a publicity stunt. It is Hollywood you know; 'No publicity is bad publicity.'
I only caught a couple minutes of THE NEW GIRL season opener, and it happened to include Jessica in the "This is me naked." scene. I saw an entirely new look on Jessica's face as she held out a cellphone to the guy she and Zoey were competing to date interesting!
Also, I have seen THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL, and feel confident in saying it has no chance of being any kind of hit movie. It felt very familiar in the plot,5b4 with a slow building to the end, and I was not sure how it would end, but was glad I watched through the ending. Anything more I write would probably give away the entire movie
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tlm557 — 9 years ago(February 17, 2017 12:12 AM)
"Mean Girls"??? That is a movie for teenage girls that isn't a BIG movie or a movie that sets any standards.
You don't see any hits??? You don't know much about movies, do you?
obviously not if you think Mean Girls is anything at all