but it didn't grab me. It was kind of light and fluffy.
Yeah, cjl and I had the same reaction to it. As I told him, I want a Black Widow film. We need a Really good superhero female film -- we haven't really gotten one yet -- the closest has been Black Panther, but the lead wasn't female in it. (It's another example of where the supporting cast was a lot better than the lead, although I liked the lead in it a great deal.)
I think part of the problem may be Brie Larson. IMO she's … ok as an actress. I think her face lacks the expressiveness of really good actors.
Hmmm...I don't know -- have you seen The Room? Although that film didn't exactly require a lot of expression. So, you may have a point. (Ponders).
She's not as expressive as Lynch who played Maria, her best friend, and got across volumes with just her eyes. I mean Lynch has almost no dialogue and manages to get across shock and awe and pain with just a look. OR Jackson, Law, Mendalson (Tolos, and under lots of makeup), and Being who did the same. She was surrounded by more expressive actors. Heck the cat was more expressive.
It's admittedly not always required to be expressive. The Room didn't require it -- actually it was important not to be. Nor did a lot of Summer Glau's roles.
It helps if you have big eyes of course, if they are hidden, it's hard to see the emotion.
Hmmm.. I agree, now that I think about it. Here we have a character in which other characters are constantly telling her she's too emotional or shows her emotions too much. Yet, she doesn't appear to show her emotions at all, and is rather stoic, while the people around her are showing them. I mean, you know there's a problem when even the "cat" is more emotive than the heroine. LOL!
Also, it did make her scenes with Jude Law somewhat jarring -- because..
Jude Law (Can't remember the character's name): You're too emotional stop showing your emotions. Carol (whomp, hit, parry, photon blast) ME: Eh, actually, Jude, you're more emotive -- I can tell you love and admire this gal and are struggling with it, while Carol seems to be confused and a bit angry, and that's it.
So, yeah. The problem here is the supporting cast is slightly stronger than the lead. Larson works very well in a role where her emotions need to be more contained, like most of David Boreanze's roles actually or Summer Glau's. Not so good, when they don't.
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Date: 2019-03-17 01:48 pm (UTC)Yeah, cjl and I had the same reaction to it. As I told him, I want a Black Widow film. We need a Really good superhero female film -- we haven't really gotten one yet -- the closest has been Black Panther, but the lead wasn't female in it. (It's another example of where the supporting cast was a lot better than the lead, although I liked the lead in it a great deal.)
I think part of the problem may be Brie Larson. IMO she's … ok as an actress. I think her face lacks the expressiveness of really good actors.
Hmmm...I don't know -- have you seen The Room? Although that film didn't exactly require a lot of expression. So, you may have a point. (Ponders).
She's not as expressive as Lynch who played Maria, her best friend, and got across volumes with just her eyes. I mean Lynch has almost no dialogue and manages to get across shock and awe and pain with just a look. OR Jackson, Law, Mendalson (Tolos, and under lots of makeup), and Being who did the same. She was surrounded by more expressive actors. Heck the cat was more expressive.
It's admittedly not always required to be expressive. The Room didn't require it -- actually it was important not to be. Nor did a lot of Summer Glau's roles.
It helps if you have big eyes of course, if they are hidden, it's hard to see the emotion.
Hmmm.. I agree, now that I think about it. Here we have a character in which other characters are constantly telling her she's too emotional or shows her emotions too much. Yet, she doesn't appear to show her emotions at all, and is rather stoic, while the people around her are showing them. I mean, you know there's a problem when even the "cat" is more emotive than the heroine. LOL!
Also, it did make her scenes with Jude Law somewhat jarring -- because..
Jude Law (Can't remember the character's name): You're too emotional stop showing your emotions.
Carol (whomp, hit, parry, photon blast)
ME: Eh, actually, Jude, you're more emotive -- I can tell you love and admire this gal and are struggling with it, while Carol seems to be confused and a bit angry, and that's it.
So, yeah. The problem here is the supporting cast is slightly stronger than the lead. Larson works very well in a role where her emotions need to be more contained, like most of David Boreanze's roles actually or Summer Glau's. Not so good, when they don't.