Huh, I thought SMG was pretty consistently outstanding as Buffy. She's just picking the wrong big screen roles.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
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Glamcookie - Nov 15, 2006 7:14:44 pm PST #5717 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 15, 2006 9:27:37 pm PST #5718 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm with Gloomcookie. I don't much like the actress on a personal level, but I thought she generally did a very good job across the board (other than "Halloween") until the writing started letting her down. And I've thought her good in every film role I've seen her in except for the execrable Scooby Doo movies.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 16, 2006 3:31:27 am PST #5719 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Huh, I thought SMG was pretty consistently outstanding as Buffy. She's just picking the wrong big screen roles.
Right. Even her attempts to do indie movies have been backfiring (see HARVARD MAN - or don't - and SOUTHLAND TALES which was the other big bete noir at Cannes besides Marie Antoinette - and was much more roundly despised, and has yet to pick up a distributor).
Ailleann - Nov 16, 2006 4:12:36 am PST #5720 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
She's just picking the wrong big screen roles.
Two words: Simply Irresistible.
Amy - Nov 16, 2006 4:19:29 am PST #5721 of 10001
Because books.
I think The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing could be a good choice, though, if the movie's any good. Oh, and the Alice movie, too.
I never understood all the distaste for SMG. But I don't read a lot of the personal stuff about her.
Cashmere - Nov 16, 2006 4:21:51 am PST #5722 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Two words: Simply Irresistible.
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Ailleann - Nov 16, 2006 4:25:59 am PST #5723 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Yeah, not even Sean Patrick Flanery could save that movie. (Actually, if I recall, he didn't do it many favors other than being exceedingly pretty.)
Dana - Nov 16, 2006 4:56:22 am PST #5724 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
SMG won a Daytime Emmy.
Jessica - Nov 16, 2006 5:12:21 am PST #5725 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think SMG regards acting as a job with a skillset rather than as an art, or a calling. Which isn't necessarily a problem, but I think it's part of why (IMO) she's never better than the material she's given. She's very reliable, and very professional, but not very creative. (The overall suckiness of Harvard Man aside, it seemed to me like she was really struggling with the improv. Her scenes went on for-fucking-ever because she never made a choice in any of them, she just reacted.)
I also think it's why she seems to be satisfied playing the Horror Victim of the Week -- it's good money and reliable work. I don't get the sense that she craves creative challenges.
Strega - Nov 16, 2006 5:47:40 am PST #5726 of 10001
SOUTHLAND TALES which was the other big bete noir at Cannes besides Marie Antoinette - and was much more roundly despised, and has yet to pick up a distributor).
Sony bought it back in June.