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The implication there is that because they win an oscar or a golden globe they're good actors. It's usually the case but doesn't always ring true.
There are plenty of amazing actors who have won neither.
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The implication there is that because they win an oscar or a golden globe they're good actors. It's usually the case but doesn't always ring true.
There are plenty of amazing actors who have won neither.
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There seems to be am amazing correlation to how close actresses were to a certain media mogul with profound sway over various awards ceremonies and how many awards an actress received.
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Holy shit you don't even know what the word objective means.
TV and movie awards are literally peoples opinions you dumb fuck
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You must be a sophist. I chose a metric where we can discuss without injecting our own subjective opinion. We can objectively say that both actresses are acclaimed by the public, the critics and their peers. We can objectively quantify these thousands of subjectivities looking at the number of awards and nominations and do so using the same source as a way to fairly compare different actresses. If you want, we can debate our individual subjective opinions on the matter, but we might reach a dead end pretty quickly considering I saw 10 movies and a whole TV show with Brie Larson and I have not seen Captain Marvel. We can beat around the bush, but that's the crux of the matter : people saw Blunt in movies they liked (Sicario, Edge of Tomorrow) in which she delivered serviceable performances and saw Larson in Captain Marvel, in which she apparently delivers a poor performance and in Kong where her part is non-existent. So, suddenly, Larson is a no talent hack and Blunt an amazing actress (amusingly her best acting job that I have seen was in Your Sister's Sister that I doubt that you or
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have seen). Same goes with Kristen Stewart and Jennifer Lawrence that are labeled as terrible actresses because movies based on teen-lit are crap.It's very possible that they are terrible persons and/or dumb as bricks, but if that had anything to do with being a good performer, that would be known. It's very understandable that things you know or think you know about a person can spoil your enjoyment of a film in which that person acts, but again, that's not related to the matter at hand. As for
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's casting couch implications, they are pretty absurd : I did not go through Brie Larson's whole filmography, but none of her significant film and TV credits have anything to do with Miramax nor The Weinstein Company.That being said, the metric
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chose for his scientific assessment does not lack merit ! Having had to deal for a little while with short films, a format in which bad acting is rampant, british actors were somehow always good ! Maybe not 3000% better, but good.- 1
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You must be a sophist. I chose a metric where we can discuss without injecting our own subjective opinion. We can objectively say that both actresses are acclaimed by the public, the critics and their peers. We can objectively quantify these thousands of subjectivities looking at the number of awards and nominations and do so using the same source as a way to fairly compare different actresses. If you want, we can debate our individual subjective opinions on the matter, but we might reach a dead end pretty quickly considering I saw 10 movies and a whole TV show with Brie Larson and I have not seen Captain Marvel. We can beat around the bush, but that's the crux of the matter : people saw Blunt in movies they liked (Sicario, Edge of Tomorrow) in which she delivered serviceable performances and saw Larson in Captain Marvel, in which she apparently delivers a poor performance and in Kong where her part is non-existent. So, suddenly, Larson is a no talent hack and Blunt an amazing actress (amusingly her best acting job that I have seen was in Your Sister's Sister that I doubt that you or
It's very possible that they are terrible persons and/or dumb as bricks, but if that had anything to do with being a good performer, that would be known. It's very understandable that things you know or think you know about a person can spoil your enjoyment of a film in which that person acts, but again, that's not related to the matter at hand. As for
That being said, the metric
you heard it hear first folks, weinstein was the only hollywood mogul trading stardom for sex
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Don't be disingenuous. Lithose mentioned "a certain media mogul with profound sway over various awards ceremonies" (the direct target being Jennifer Lawrence's award winning part in the Weinstein produced Silver Linings Playbook - even though she had been nominated two years before for Winter's Bone that has nothing to do with Weinstein). It should be mentioned that the sway Miramax had is because they were the first to realize investing in winning awards is a lot cheaper than buying ad space. The crucial battle is having the voters actually see your movies. Miramax realized that sending out VHSs (and then DVDs) to people or doing "for your consideration" full pages in Variety was not great and more could be done, so they organized things like screenings for members of the academy. At the end of the day though, the film and performances still have to be good to win. They don't have to be the best, just the best of what most voters have seen.
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My wife's favorite Blunt movie is Young Victoria, which will also be the name of our second daughter. Movie is boring as hell, but she's great in it. I really enjoyed her performance in The Girl on the Train. Salmon Fishing in Yemen. The Adjustment Bureau. And I have actually seen Your Sister's Sister. Fuckin leftist shill Mike Birbiglia is in that forgettable movie. I've actually seen a good 80% of things she's been in.
I didn't even know who Larson was until Captain Marvel. And skimming her IMDB there's nothing on the list that I've seen or would have an interest in watching, save Unicorn Store, which I watched because of Sam Jackson, and was impressed by her performance, even if it's a really fucking weird movie. I've also seen Jump Street and Scott Pilgrim, but it's like "she was in those?"
Watching some of her YouTube clips, and general sjw personality makes her look ugly and fake and dispondent. Then they stand her up next to RDJ, Hemsworth, Evans, Rudd, and direct her to be the most boring casting I've ever seen in a critically acclaimed movie (lol lol lol), which is second only to Black Panther in being the worst of the Marvel movies. BP wasn't Boseman's fault either. My hopes and expectations were monstrous after Winter Soldier. More a fault of the shit, woke writing. Though he, too, was basically an unknown to me up to that point as well.
Kristen Stewart, like Robert Pattinson, were actually both pretty decent... prior to Twilight. Stewart seemed to stop caring after that. Curious to see how Pattinson does as Batman.
I didn't even know who Larson was until Captain Marvel. And skimming her IMDB there's nothing on the list that I've seen or would have an interest in watching, save Unicorn Store, which I watched because of Sam Jackson, and was impressed by her performance, even if it's a really fucking weird movie. I've also seen Jump Street and Scott Pilgrim, but it's like "she was in those?"
Watching some of her YouTube clips, and general sjw personality makes her look ugly and fake and dispondent. Then they stand her up next to RDJ, Hemsworth, Evans, Rudd, and direct her to be the most boring casting I've ever seen in a critically acclaimed movie (lol lol lol), which is second only to Black Panther in being the worst of the Marvel movies. BP wasn't Boseman's fault either. My hopes and expectations were monstrous after Winter Soldier. More a fault of the shit, woke writing. Though he, too, was basically an unknown to me up to that point as well.
Kristen Stewart, like Robert Pattinson, were actually both pretty decent... prior to Twilight. Stewart seemed to stop caring after that. Curious to see how Pattinson does as Batman.
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If JLaw did more movies like American Hustle I'd respect her a bit more. She was fantastic in that.
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KS was ok in Personal Shopper. I haven't paid attention to her other than that. RP's Batman I bet is going to be a flop.
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Her Alien 3 Ripley could use some work.
Alright on Charlie's Angel's. It's a wig, unfortunately.
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Man, glad y’all recommended Underwater. I expected it to be shit but it was very enjoyable! And can’t be upset seeing Kristen Stewart half naked the whole time.
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Hold on now;
Emily Blunt, Before and After
The beauty evolution of the 'Devil Wears Prada' star.theskincareedit.com
Should have stopped after the neck tuck she got in 2017 after Sicario.
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