'Out Of Gas'
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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).
She's just picking the wrong big screen roles.
Two words: Simply Irresistible.
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.
Two words: Simply Irresistible.
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
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.)
SMG won a Daytime Emmy.
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.
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.
Sony bought it back in June.
Ah, I missed that bit of news.
SMG won a Daytime Emmy.
Wow. No wonder Susan Lucci was so bitter.
Actually, if I recall, he didn't do it many favors other than being exceedingly pretty.
True. He is SOOOO pretty.