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Post by evilbliss on Apr 2, 2018 14:34:59 GMT
An actress who I think gets better with age. She's incredibly smart when it comes to picking roles for herself.
Now, you can choose up to 5 of your favorite roles. The poll will be up until May 31th
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Post by stephen on Apr 2, 2018 14:43:50 GMT
Far and away, the best thing she's ever done is Cold Mountain. I'm sure that with more screentime, she probably would've found some way to ruin that as well, but in five minutes she managed to create a harrowing portrait of a woman who loses everything she has ever valued and becomes a shattered shell of a human being. Everything else she's ever done has had some modicum of falseness to it. She is perhaps the most unconvincing actress I've ever seen at actually making me believe she is inhabiting a role. Even in something like Jackie, where she is physically suited to the role and has a pretty solid (if overly convoluted) script backing her, her vocal inflections sound like a put-on rather than feeling remotely naturalistic. It's like watching a TV craftsman holding up these specialized, carefully delicate tools built specifically for a certain job and then using them to bludgeon a square peg into a round hole. She is, essentially, the Tim Taylor of actresses.
So yeah, Cold Mountain's the only thing I think she's ever done that even approaches greatness.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Apr 2, 2018 15:38:53 GMT
Swan with an honorable mention to Jackie.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2018 18:27:40 GMT
1. Jackie 2. Léon: The Professional 3. Black Swan 4. Closer 5. Annihilation Love her.  |
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Post by fiosnasiob on Apr 2, 2018 21:58:45 GMT
I'm not a fan of Natalie Portman...yet, I'm a fan of Natalie Portman. I'm not a fan because she has too many performances where I think she's totally unconvincing or false, even in movies I like that it truly makes me question her abilities as an actress, yet, she has 3-4 performances that are absolutely stunning. There are many inconsistent actors but in Portman's case, the gap between the good and the bad is so huge, it's mind-blowing.
Leon is (arguably) not her truly best but that's what she is and will ever be for me. A star-making performance if ever there was one and perhaps one of the most iconic female performances of the 90's and one that's still very relevant in today culture, you rarely see characters having posters, phones cases, clothes...girls still adopting her looks in 2018, the way you can see it with Portman in Leon.
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Post by bob-coppola on Apr 3, 2018 0:05:13 GMT
Jackie is her masterpiece. She was perfect in it, inflicting both glamour and weakness into the role. Black Swan is a close #2, but some of her credit goes to the editing. Annihilation, Leon and Closer close the top 5 with very different, yet equally good performances.
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Post by jakesully on Apr 3, 2018 3:01:11 GMT
1. Jackie 2. Léon: The Professional 3. Black Swan 4. Closer 5. Annihilation Love her. wow what a great gif!  I too think Portman is fantastic. 1. Black Swan 2. Closer 3. V for Vendetta 4. Annihilation 5. Cold Mountain (still need to see Jackie) |
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Post by Javi on Apr 3, 2018 3:09:43 GMT
Far and away, the best thing she's ever done is Cold Mountain. I'm sure that with more screentime, she probably would've found some way to ruin that as well, but in five minutes she managed to create a harrowing portrait of a woman who loses everything she has ever valued and becomes a shattered shell of a human being. Everything else she's ever done has had some modicum of falseness to it. She is perhaps the most unconvincing actress I've ever seen at actually making me believe she is inhabiting a role. Even in something like Jackie, where she is physically suited to the role and has a pretty solid (if overly convoluted) script backing her, her vocal inflections sound like a put-on rather than feeling remotely naturalistic. It's like watching a TV craftsman holding up these specialized, carefully delicate tools built specifically for a certain job and then using them to bludgeon a square peg into a round hole. She is, essentially, the Tim Taylor of actresses. So yeah, Cold Mountain's the only thing I think she's ever done that even approaches greatness. Agreed. She can't act, but she is suprisingly tolerable in Cold Mountain. |
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Post by harlequinade on Apr 3, 2018 11:07:29 GMT
Closer, then Black Swan, then Cold Mountain
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Apr 3, 2018 12:17:33 GMT
Jackie
Annihilation
and Knight of Cups, in which she was quite good and the MVP of a load of crap.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Apr 3, 2018 22:19:08 GMT
Easily Garden State followed by Jackie. Haven't been hugely impressed with the rest of her work. I suppose Closer would be my next vote, because I think she elevates the shitty dialogue and story more than it hampers her.
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Post by thomasjerome on Apr 3, 2018 22:24:03 GMT
Beautiful Girls
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Apr 3, 2018 22:28:02 GMT
LEON
V FOR VENDETTA
CLOSER
ANYWHERE BUT HERE
ANNIHILATION / BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Apr 3, 2018 22:50:40 GMT
Her performance in Jackie is the best female performance of the decade so far, so I'll go with that.
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I too think Portman is fantastic. 
