Let's face it Emma. You are simply jealous of Audrey
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mmitsos-1 — 15 years ago(September 30, 2010 02:49 AM)
Thanks, tigerbos.
Apart from yours, of course, the comments here are insane. So what if Audrey is dead. Yes, she was quite charming, but one can criticize her acting. And again, she was criticizing her in this ONE PART.
To reply to a later post by I believe the OP who was attacking my mention of the original title of the film (The Big Bang), I was stating a FACT.Hollywood wanted to change it from this original title, which is being used everywhere else, to "Nanny McPhee Returns", in part for political reasons, in part because they thought it would sound "too violent", using the word "Bang".
Anyway, I can't believe this conversation has gone on this long. The poor woman says one little thing, and she has to apologize for everything. She later said, on Craig Ferguson a few weeks ago (a GREAT appearance, I might add), about fags being flogged at the Isle of Wight, and that it's still in the rules. MAN did she get in lot of flack for that comment. She actually meant the Isle of Man, she later said, and then got in trouble from them. She had to talk to the mayors/presidents/whatever top political official they have in those areas, and apologize, and emphasized the fact that she was making a JOKE, which apparently many people in this country don't know as well.
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tigerbos — 15 years ago(September 09, 2010 07:21 PM)
I don't think she meant to insult Audrey Hepburn. She was just stating her opinion. What I don't understand is why everyone's so sensitive about Audrey Hepburn for all of a sudden. Talent aside and all that, I think most people seem sensitive about it simply because Audrey Hepburn is dead. She wasn't a singer, so the fact that she couldn't sing isn't a lie; however, lots of leading ladies couldn't sing and had stand ins. She was an average actress though likeable. I think Emma jokes a lot in her interviews and she made some off the cuff remarks. Let's face it, the conservative British Press loathes Emma simply for her more liberal politics so they are just dying to get ahold of something in order to bash her.
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tigerbos — 15 years ago(September 09, 2010 07:48 PM)
This is what I think. If Audrey Hepburn was alive she would have been classy enough to say 'she's entitled to her opinion and I think my work proves she's wrong' and go on. I know Emma's not perfect so maybe she spoke out of turn who knows. I just think it's up to you to decide whether you want to continue to see Emma's films or not whether she likes Audrey's work should be irrelevant.
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gabbieispretty — 15 years ago(September 27, 2010 02:28 PM)
Well said. Emma did not merely give an opinion such as "I am not an Audrey Hepburn fan" or "I never enjoyed her acting" but she stated it in a manner that sounded like she was stating a known fact. She did not say one nice thing about Audrey and came off incredibly arrogant. Emma is talented but she is hardly god's gift to acting and she seems to find herself terribly witty
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tigerbos — 15 years ago(September 27, 2010 05:47 PM)
Yes I think everyone should n5b4itpick what a person says and then hang them in the process for how they phrased something if they didn't phrase it the way several thousand other people might have phrased it.
Now, you and your friend, sshelly make sure to let me really have it.
I'm waiting.
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tigerbos — 15 years ago(October 02, 2010 10:38 AM)
I'm not acting like a child everytime I reply to someone. It's just YOU who feels that way. Why do you feel the need to critique every post I make? If you don't like what I say, simply block me and my comments won't show upsince your apparently so much into censoring Emma Thompson - why not censor everyone else's opinions as well?
How old are you dear? You don't seem any more mature than anyone else on here. Pompous bore.
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gabbieispretty — 15 years ago(October 03, 2010 02:46 AM)
My problem isn't with Emma having an opinion or even with her disliking Audrey's acting, my problem is with the fact that she more or less completely spit on Audrey's film legacy saying she had no talent and was a guy thing. Could Audrey sing-No not really,could she act-matter of opinion, I find her to be good in the roles she played but probably not a actress of extraordinary range, but Emma then went overboard and said Audrey was "a guy thing".an. A guy thing would be Raquel Welch,Pamela Anderson,etc they appeal mainly to men. Audrey on the other hand was a fashion icon for women and seems to be beloved or at least well liked by a largely female audience who like her grace and style. The bottom line is Emma crossed the line from intelligent critique to all out bashing
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jello-jewel — 11 years ago(February 20, 2015 05:19 AM)
Emma's comments really say more about her than about Audrey-and not in a good way. I'd like to see how Emma's fans would react if another actress publicly came out and criticized Emma's acting. Hopefully it'll happen while she's still alive, so she knows how it feels.
A guy thing? WTF? Marilyn Monroe might be a guy thing. Or Brigitte Bardot or Rita Hayworth. Audrey was the girl other girls looked up to and wanted to be like.
Audrey Hepburn was so humble that if she were alive today, she would probably say, "Emma's entitled to her opinion and I don't think much of myself, either". Then, she would go on with her UNICEF work, tirelessly crusading to bring awareness to starving children around the world-thereby making Emma look even more petty and mean-spirited.