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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 17, 2022 14:48:01 GMT
The most fun thing about Kristen Stewart's upcoming upset over BotoxLucy will be pupdurcs on suicide watch. Poor little obsessed, unhinged, pathetic, braindead, dickless, single, delusional, hated-on-these-boards-by-all, cruddy puppy TWAT. I will be MERCILESS when the "unexpected" happens!! 👿 Shouldn't you be looking for a rapist to defend or something? . Keep my name out of your mouth you psychopathic loser! Congratulations to everyone else for actually turning this into a half decent discussion thread about a great actress and her body of work today. Odd for this thread. I'm almost impressed .
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 17, 2022 15:04:17 GMT
Top 15 performances (in no order).
Birth To Die For Being The Ricardos Big Little Lies The Hours Destoyer Moulin Rouge Dogville The Others Eyes Wide Shut Lion Rabbit Hole The Undoing The Paperboy The Killing Of A Sacred Deer.
She's got a ridiculously top heavy level of high level performances. There's like a dozen more performances that could easily merit a spot in my top 15 ( Margot At The Wedding, Dead Calm, Portrait Of A Lady, Bombshell, The Beguiled, Stoker Paddington, Top Of The Lake, The Prom, Boy Erased, Bangkok Hilton etc)
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Feb 17, 2022 15:14:09 GMT
1. To Die For 2. Rabbit Hole 3. Birth 4. The Paperboy 5. Eye Wide Shut
Haven’t seen The Others, The Hours, or Portrait of a Lady (I know, I know) which are some of her biggest acclaimed performances.
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Post by RiverleavesElmius on Feb 17, 2022 15:44:24 GMT
The most fun thing about Kristen Stewart's upcoming upset over BotoxLucy will be pupdurcs on suicide watch. Poor little obsessed, unhinged, pathetic, braindead, dickless, single, delusional, hated-on-these-boards-by-all, cruddy puppy TWAT. I will be MERCILESS when the "unexpected" happens!! 👿 Shouldn't you be looking for a rapist to defend or something? . Keep my name out of your mouth you psychopathic loser! Congratulations to everyone else for actually turning this into a half decent discussion thread about a great actress and her body of work today. Odd for this thread. I'm almost impressed . I'll keep your cunt rag name in my mouth for as long as you keep your mouth on my cock...in other words, TILL THE DAY YOU DIE, SCRUDDY PUPPY!! I Love getting out a rise outta your chickenshit triggered ass EVERY TIME, and it will only get worse if/when Stewart upsets your BotoxLucy overrated queen. 🤣🖕🤣
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 17, 2022 15:53:50 GMT
No one cares kid. Go to sleep, so the adults can talk. Desperately begging for my attention like this isn't a good look! You aren't on my priority list. Bye
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 17, 2022 18:06:37 GMT
Birth To Die For The Portrait of a Lady Flirting Stoker
Rabbit Hole Dead Calm Margot at the Wedding Room to Move Malice
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 17, 2022 18:13:13 GMT
Birth To Die For The Portrait of a Lady Flirting Stoker Rabbit Hole Dead Calm Margot at the Wedding Room to Move
Malice ^ This pick - while excluding Bll #1, The Hours, Dogville, Moulin Rouge! - is so inside baseball - that it borders on list making genius ..........
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 17, 2022 18:22:38 GMT
This monologue Kidman gives in Stoker is incredible and chilling. She may be the GOAT actress in terms of body of work. Yes, she'll never match the Oscar tally of someone like Meryl Streep, but for me she is probably the greater actress
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Post by wilcinema on Feb 17, 2022 18:24:51 GMT
What the hell is Room To Move?
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Post by stephen on Feb 17, 2022 18:30:01 GMT
Nicole Kidman is such a bizarre actress to me. I think she's absolutely one of the most fascinating performers when it comes to her career choices, and honestly probably one of the very best to emulate in that respect, as her auteur resume might very well be unparalleled just in terms of the names she's worked with behind the camera. (Whether or not those projects rate among the best of those respective directors' filmographies is a different matter, but that's not exactly her fault.)
The downside is, I'm just not that overly passionate about her as an actress. I think she gives an all-timer of a performance in Dogville (a performance that misses the win for me because she's up against another true all-timer in Charlize Theron that year), she's exceptionally good in Lion (which I would've fully supported as her second Oscar win), she's fantastic in The Others and even though I don't really glom onto things like To Die For or The Hours or Birth like others do, I can respect the work she's giving. But most of the rest of her filmography, I just don't really respond to it much.
I think when it comes down to it, I like the idea of Nicole Kidman more than I like Nicole Kidman. But her mere presence doesn't offend me or anything, and I wouldn't even have an issue with her being a two-time Oscar winner. I just wouldn't want it to be for Being the Ricardos.
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Post by wilcinema on Feb 17, 2022 18:35:31 GMT
Nicole Kidman is such a bizarre actress to me. I think she's absolutely one of the most fascinating performers when it comes to her career choices, and honestly probably one of the very best to emulate in that respect, as her auteur resume might very well be unparalleled just in terms of the names she's worked with behind the camera. (Whether or not those projects rate among the best of those respective directors' filmographies is a different matter, but that's not exactly her fault.) The downside is, I'm just not that overly passionate about her as an actress. I think she gives an all-timer of a performance in Dogville (a performance that misses the win for me because she's up against another true all-timer in Charlize Theron that year), she's exceptionally good in Lion (which I would've fully supported as her second Oscar win), she's fantastic in The Others and even though I don't really glom onto things like To Die For or The Hours or Birth like others do, I can respect the work she's giving. But most of the rest of her filmography, I just don't really respond to it much. I think when it comes down to it, I like the idea of Nicole Kidman more than I like Nicole Kidman. But her mere presence doesn't offend me or anything, and I wouldn't even have an issue with her being a two-time Oscar winner. I just wouldn't want it to be for Being the Ricardos. The one thing I like about her is that she's not afraid of taking on difficult roles. Birth is not something that a huge Hollywood actress would have accepted, just like Dogville. She got to work with Kubrick in Eyes Wide Shut but her character was very challenging. Verhoeven thought of her for Elle before deciding to make that movie in France.
Which is why, coming back to your final point, a win for Being The Ricardos would be almost offensive to the rest of her body of work
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 17, 2022 18:40:55 GMT
What the hell is Room To Move? It's her Blue Is The Warmest Color..... Not really, but then again? It's a petite, barely 50min sports drama from 1985, easily available online, it's sort of an Australian afterschool special? But it's pretty good and Kidman is refreshing in it. I really like her in those John Duigan movies..... Flirting, and Vietnam as well..... there's a lack of early career Kidman in the thread, they aren't hard to come by and I'm not even a big fan but I've seen em!
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 17, 2022 18:46:17 GMT
Nicole Kidman is such a bizarre actress to me. I think she's absolutely one of the most fascinating performers when it comes to her career choices, and honestly probably one of the very best to emulate in that respect, as her auteur resume might very well be unparalleled just in terms of the names she's worked with behind the camera. (Whether or not those projects rate among the best of those respective directors' filmographies is a different matter, but that's not exactly her fault.) The downside is, I'm just not that overly passionate about her as an actress. I think she gives an all-timer of a performance in Dogville (a performance that misses the win for me because she's up against another true all-timer in Charlize Theron that year), she's exceptionally good in Lion (which I would've fully supported as her second Oscar win), she's fantastic in The Others and even though I don't really glom onto things like To Die For or The Hours or Birth like others do, I can respect the work she's giving. But most of the rest of her filmography, I just don't really respond to it much. I think when it comes down to it, I like the idea of Nicole Kidman more than I like Nicole Kidman. But her mere presence doesn't offend me or anything, and I wouldn't even have an issue with her being a two-time Oscar winner. I just wouldn't want it to be for Being the Ricardos.
Which is why, coming back to your final point, a win for Being The Ricardos would be almost offensive to the rest of her body of work You are being severely overdramatic because you don't like her in Being The Ricardos.
Is The Color Of Money an insult to Paul Newman's career, because he won an Oscar for that? I'd say Kidman is better in her movie than Newman is in his. Nobody gives a shit that Newman definitely has 10 better performances than Color Of Money . It's just right the man won a competitive Oscar. Same for Al Pacino in Scent Of A Woman. Would I put it as one of his 10 best performances? Probably not. But it's good to know he has an Oscar, even if someone else should have won.
Cate Blanchett gives one of my least favorite her performances in The Aviator. Winning her first Oscar for it doesn't tarnish her career just because I think she wasn't that great in it. People win Oscars all the time for performances you might not like or rate. It's fucking subjective
It's about fucking time Kidman was a 2 time Oscar winner. She should be on 4+ Oscars considering the range and volume of first rate work she's pumped out over the decades.
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Post by wilcinema on Feb 17, 2022 18:52:01 GMT
All those actors were winning their first Oscars, not their second The Hours and Being The Ricardos would not be indicative of her body of work like AT ALL. And I like her in The Hours. If she was winning her first this year, I'd accept it, like I did Leo for The Revenant which I still don't like
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Post by Allenism on Feb 17, 2022 21:47:22 GMT
How many posts is this largely milquetoast white woman going to inspire? Like...Jesus Christ. I reiterate.
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 17, 2022 21:55:55 GMT
How many posts is this largely milquetoast white woman going to inspire? Like...Jesus Christ. I reiterate. You realise there are plenty of other threads where you don't have to discuss said milquetoast white woman at all. Who comes on a thread called The Nicole Kidman Discussion Thread to complain about people constructively discussing Nicole Kidman It's fucking weird. I'm not gonna go on The Gene Hackman Thread (if there was such a thing) and bitch about people talking about Gene Hackman's career (presuming I wasn't a fan of Hackman, which I am). I'd just....avoid that thread if I had no interest in the subject of it. Make it make sense
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Feb 17, 2022 22:45:14 GMT
The Others is her best performance in cinema. Big Little Lies season 1 is her overall best performance. Facts about the Others (from what I've seen). She killed it in that. I admire that she's not afraid to take risks. Overall though, she's just not my cup of tea as an actress. She doesn't move me. I like an actress to pull at me a bit emotionally. I feel the same way about Meryl Streep though. Awards, acclaim and even more role opportunities aren't criteria for my favorite actresses list, so Streep isn't on it either.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Feb 18, 2022 13:50:36 GMT
I remembered her in 1999 and 2000 just for her iconic stripping scene in Eyes Wide Shut from the back. Her skin is so fucking pale. On cable after midnight in 2000, that scene was shown the most on my Television set and that's where my memory of her was born from.
The stripping woman from Eyes Wide Shut has come a long way. Can't believe she exploded like that in the early 00s in the critical sphere. It was a truly remarkable and very very surprising explosion. As surprising as Jennifer Connelly going from mostly a nudity queen to an actual actress in that same historic year.... 2001.
Anyways, my Top 5 Kidman:
Performances:
Margot at the Wedding Far and Away Big Little Lies Rabbit Hole The Others
Movies: (roughly the same, except put Far and Away at #1)
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Post by notacrook on Feb 18, 2022 15:45:13 GMT
Would still call her my favourite actress. Her auteur catalogue is insane, and you can always feel her passion for the craft even if the role/performance isn't quite there. I'm a little worried about the rapidly deteriorating quality of her TV work, but am still loving the success she's enjoying these days.
Top performances 1. Birth 2. Big Little Lies 3. To Die For 4. The Others 5. Eyes Wide Shut 6. The Hours 7. Dogville 8. Lion 9. Rabbit Hole 10. The Beguiled
It really is a shame that her nominations/wins don't reflect her daring and eclectic career choices. They're five good to great performances, but I'd love if at least one of her more out-there turns could make it in. I don't want her to win for Being the Ricardos - she deserves better than being known for one of the weakest Best Actress winners of the last decade or so.
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 18, 2022 15:58:57 GMT
Would still call her my favourite actress. Her auteur catalogue is insane, and you can always feel her passion for the craft even if the role/performance isn't quite there. I'm a little worried about the rapidly deteriorating quality of her TV work, but am still loving the success she's enjoying these days. Top performances 1. Birth2. Big Little Lies3. To Die For4. The Others5. Eyes Wide Shut 6. The Hours
7. Dogville
8. Lion
9. Rabbit Hole
10. The Beguiled It really is a shame that her nominations/wins don't reflect her daring and eclectic career choices. They're five good to great performances, but I'd love if at least one of her more out-there turns could make it in. I don't want her to win for Being the Ricardos - she deserves better than being known for one of the weakest Best Actress winners of the last decade or so. If you are a fan, why would you give a shit what she won another Oscar for? She credibly deserves to have 4 or more wins based on her track record. They will never give it to her for boundary pushing shit like Birth, Dogville or Destoyer, so who gives a fuck if she picks up more wins for something Hollywood is more comfortable acknowledging. Katherine Hepburn has two of the weakest Best Actress wins around in Look Who's Coming To Dinner and On Golden Pond. Nobody gives a fuck that her wins weren't for what many might see as her greatest performances. Those wins just added to her legend as a 4 time Oscar winner. Nobody gives a shit that she may have a dozen more performances better than those that won those Oscars, because her body of work more than merits it. I personally think Kidman is more than deserving of a win for Being The Ricardos, but even if I didn't, I'm not going to be handwringing about how others may perceive the win. Her career and body of work is too strong for that to matter. What she deserved is to be known as a multiple Oscar winning actress and someone with 10+ nominations. The more Oscar nominations and wins she racks up, the better. She's been robbed of plenty so far, imho.
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Post by notacrook on Feb 18, 2022 16:16:15 GMT
Would still call her my favourite actress. Her auteur catalogue is insane, and you can always feel her passion for the craft even if the role/performance isn't quite there. I'm a little worried about the rapidly deteriorating quality of her TV work, but am still loving the success she's enjoying these days. Top performances 1. Birth2. Big Little Lies3. To Die For4. The Others5. Eyes Wide Shut 6. The Hours
7. Dogville
8. Lion
9. Rabbit Hole
10. The Beguiled It really is a shame that her nominations/wins don't reflect her daring and eclectic career choices. They're five good to great performances, but I'd love if at least one of her more out-there turns could make it in. I don't want her to win for Being the Ricardos - she deserves better than being known for one of the weakest Best Actress winners of the last decade or so. If you are a fan, why would you give a shit what she won another Oscar for? She credibly deserves to have 4 or more wins based on her track record. They will never give it to her for boundary pushing shit like Birth, Dogville or Destoyer, so who gives a fuck if she picks up more wins for something Hollywood is more comfortable acknowledging. Katherine Hepburn has two of the weakest Best Actress wins around in Look Who's Coming To Dinner and On Golden Pond. Nobody gives a fuck that her wins weren't for what many might see as her greatest performances. Those wins just added to her legend as a 4 time Oscar winner. Nobody gives a shit that she may have a dozen more performances better than those that won those Oscars, because her body of work more than merits it. I personally think Kidman is more than deserving of a win for Being The Ricardos, but even if I didn't, I'm not going to be handwringing about how others may perceive the win. Her career and body of work is too strong for that to matter. What she deserved is to be known as a multiple Oscar winning actress and someone with 10+ nominations. The more Oscar nominations and wins she racks up, the better. She's been robbed of plenty so far, imho. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'll never be too upset about Kidman doing well in anything. Two-time oscar winner Nicole Kidman has a lovely ring to it. I even like her in Being the Ricardos, particularly her vocal work. I just think it's a shame that she may win for it when I personally see it as weak compared to the majority of her filmography. I also much prefer Stewart and Colman, but that's by the by.
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 18, 2022 16:22:51 GMT
I just think some people don't have a realistic appraisal of what the Oscars actually are. They aren't there to reward eclectic or avant garde works. If that occasionally happens, it's usually by accident.
If the Oscars really cared about eclectic or avant-garde work, Tilda Swinton would have as many nominations and wins as Cate Blanchett, if not more. Yet Swinton only has one nomination and one win (for one of her most Hollywood projects, Michael Clayton). Blanchett plays the Hollywood/ AMPAS game much more and makes films Oscars want to see on a consistent basis, and is rewarded for it. The Oscars are a subjective, taste based award, not an objective meritocracy, so I always wonder why people attach so much much to how they are doled out and for what reasons.
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Post by JangoB on Mar 2, 2022 16:35:53 GMT
Since I'm not gonna be able to see the new Batman film in theatres, I decided to at least treat myself (although I'm sure some wouldn't use that word) to a rewatch of "Batman Forever" and...I think this might be the most gorgeous Kidman has ever looked in a film
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Post by thomasjerome on Mar 2, 2022 16:44:37 GMT
Since I'm not gonna be able to see the new Batman film in theatres, I decided to at least treat myself (although I'm sure some wouldn't use that word) to a rewatch of "Batman Forever" and...I think this might be the most gorgeous Kidman has ever looked in a film
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Post by akittystang on Mar 2, 2022 18:13:19 GMT
At the moment I can't put together a top 5 or 10, I will later but this scene in Birth is brilliant and the overall performance would be at the top of the list for me. I watched this again with my mother and after this scene was over, she pointed at the screen and said: "Now that is a good actress."
Edit:
1. Birth 2. The Others 3. Big Little Lies 4. Eyes Wide Shut 5. Dogville
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