Jessica Chastain the next big star?
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Re: Jessica Chastain
I liked it. A little bit too quiet for me in a way. Just something was a wee bit off. But I liked it.
Did you feel that. Like something was off in a way. I liked the story but something about how it was done. I dunno. I can't really bitch about it but just something was off for me.
Did you feel that. Like something was off in a way. I liked the story but something about how it was done. I dunno. I can't really bitch about it but just something was off for me.
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I liked it. A little bit too quiet for me in a way. Just something was a wee bit off. But I liked it.
Did you feel that. Like something was off in a way. I liked the story but something about how it was done. I dunno. I can't really bitch about it but just something was off for me.
Did you feel that. Like something was off in a way. I liked the story but something about how it was done. I dunno. I can't really bitch about it but just something was off for me.
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I think she is fantastic in everything I've seen of hers. I think the high variation in the type of roles she's taking is what is also building up her reputation as well. And just to echo everybody else in this thread, she was really incredible in Take Shelter.
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Re: Jessica Chastain
Doesn't hurt that she's a pretty redhead. To say that didn't help her get to where she is now on some level along with her talent would be dishonest...
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FWIW I don't think she's an awful actress, merely a competent one who became an "it" girl despite not having the acting chops to really impress over the long term. I don't begrudge her success, I just find it odd that people rave about her when I've yet to see anything from her that's truly impressive.
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My reputation precedes me!
FWIW I don't think she's an awful actress, merely a competent one who became an "it" girl despite not having the acting chops to really impress over the long term. I don't begrudge her success, I just find it odd that people rave about her when I've yet to see anything from her that's truly impressive.
FWIW I don't think she's an awful actress, merely a competent one who became an "it" girl despite not having the acting chops to really impress over the long term. I don't begrudge her success, I just find it odd that people rave about her when I've yet to see anything from her that's truly impressive.
My opinion too. Not a hate Jessica Chastain thread or really even a dislike Jessic Chastain thread. I just thing she has been really average in everything I saw her in, yet she gets hyped so much for her acting.
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Re: Jessica Chastain
I thought she was fantastic in Zero Dark Thirty. She made that movie work. Reminded me a little of Jodie Foster in Silence, which is high praise indeed. So much more convincing and effective than Jennifer Lawrence who won the Oscar instead.
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My reputation precedes me!
FWIW I don't think she's an awful actress, merely a competent one who became an "it" girl despite not having the acting chops to really impress over the long term. I don't begrudge her success, I just find it odd that people rave about her when I've yet to see anything from her that's truly impressive.
FWIW I don't think she's an awful actress, merely a competent one who became an "it" girl despite not having the acting chops to really impress over the long term. I don't begrudge her success, I just find it odd that people rave about her when I've yet to see anything from her that's truly impressive.
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Re: Jessica Chastain
Angelina Jolie
Jennifer Lawrence
Emma Stone
Charlize Theron
Jennifer Aniston
Reese Witherspoon
Julia Roberts
Kristen Stewart
Sandra Bullock
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Three are over 40, two will be 40 this year, and one is a year away. So much for women over 40 being "unemployable" in Hollywood, as some commentators keep telling us.
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When was the last thing Julia Roberts was in that mattered?
Jennifer Aniston has never really mattered as a movie star.
Reese Witherspoon has been mia for years before Wild this year.
Replace Wild with Malificent and the same is true for Angelina Jolie.
Sandra Bullock and Charlize Theron are still doing all right for themselves, but I hardly think that's indicative of Hollywood suddenly changing it's m.o. after 100 years.
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Re: Jessica Chastain
Personally I don't think much of anything about Zero Dark Thirty worked, but that wasn't Chastain's fault.
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Re: Jessica Chastain
I was so pumped to see Zero Dark Thirty.
Then I saw it. 93% on RT tells me that a lot of critics would rather just praise it then admit they didn't fucking know what was going on.
Then I saw it. 93% on RT tells me that a lot of critics would rather just praise it then admit they didn't fucking know what was going on.
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Ignoring the fact that this was a pretty random list by inri222 (I'm not even sure what his point was), I don't know how that list disputes the idea that the pickin's are pretty slim for actresses over 40.
When was the last thing Julia Roberts was in that mattered?
Jennifer Aniston has never really mattered as a movie star.
Reese Witherspoon has been mia for years before Wild this year.
Replace Wild with Malificent and the same is true for Angelina Jolie.
Sandra Bullock and Charlize Theron are still doing all right for themselves, but I hardly think that's indicative of Hollywood suddenly changing it's m.o. after 100 years.
When was the last thing Julia Roberts was in that mattered?
Jennifer Aniston has never really mattered as a movie star.
Reese Witherspoon has been mia for years before Wild this year.
Replace Wild with Malificent and the same is true for Angelina Jolie.
Sandra Bullock and Charlize Theron are still doing all right for themselves, but I hardly think that's indicative of Hollywood suddenly changing it's m.o. after 100 years.
As for Jessica Chastain, I've only seen her in one movie, TREE OF LIFE, and she didn't get to do much in it, so I have nothing to say about her.