Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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That kid is officially the Jolliest Baby In America. What the fuck kind of desperately dysfunctional parent could fail to bond with him? Hec and I bonded with him by the end of his second scene.
And, uhhh, the grown-ups were also quite good. Negligible when sharing the screen with him, but otherwise good. And Eliza's grief and terror were utterly wrenching.
This grinch certainly thought he was adorable and might even wake up in the middle of the night once or twice to feed him. But I'm not saying I'd make a habit of him. Little gigglemonster. Maybe they had a rotating squad of hopped up quints.
What the fuck kind of desperately dysfunctional parent could fail to bond with him?
100% agreement. That kid was ADORABLE.
I'm glad I am not the only one who thought that baby was unnaturally adorable.
Alas, the AD scenes sounded like Exposition 101 to me, along with what came off as an 'unnatural' voice to me -- though that's my ears aren't expecting out of Denisof's lips.
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Ordinarily, I think Eliza D. is like the female, real life Vincent Chase.(this is not a burn...you should know I love Vincent Chase by now. And she could totally open a hero movie, too.) She gets by a lot because she's hot and has a lot of natural charm. But there are only a few times I've really seen her act. She was really very good last night though.
I think Eliza has the most important acting skill - the ability to tap directly into powerful emotions.
I don't think she has the quality that (to choose two handy examples) Olivia Williams or Amy Acker has, which is the ability to indicate a lot of thought behind her eyes, layered and thoughtful and ironic and self-aware.
So she's very compelling when she's in-her-body or emotional, but not very convincing when she's a multilingual hostage negotiator.
Also, how about that Echo/Whiskey slash flashback! Dang, they're beautiful and in such different ways.
I missed the first few minutes. ED, do not attempt to play a Colombian drug lord; it will only end in tears.
I thought Eliza was good in screaming-mother mode, but her regular-mother mode was too reminiscent of all her other roles. I was kind of meh on the episode and that storyline, although I'm intrigued by the fact that the wipe didn't work.
And Madeline is interesting.