Can we talk about how Emma Watson cannot act?

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Anonymous wrote:I kinda feel the same way about the Harry Potter boy. Boring as an adult.

Daniel Radcliffe??

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Well, I guess she must have realized this as well for she has taken a hiatus from acting.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t Portman win a bunch of awards for Black Swan?

Yes - she actually deserved those. She was also fabulous in Leon the Professional when she was just a kid. Everything else I’ve seen her in has been so stilted and painful.

I actually liked her in Garden State. She didn't seem like she was trying so hard.

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Emma is so painful to watch. She is extremely self conscious and thinks raising her eyebrows is amazing acting. She also plays herself; a more self-conscious version of herself.

She needs to retire and marry rich.

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Anonymous wrote:Emma is so painful to watch. She is extremely self conscious and thinks raising her eyebrows is amazing acting. She also plays herself; a more self-conscious version of herself.

She needs to retire and marry rich.

Is she trying to follow the same career trajectory as Megan Markle: from actress, to dabbling in human rights advocacy, to getting on the radar of some aristocrat?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emma is so painful to watch. She is extremely self conscious and thinks raising her eyebrows is amazing acting. She also plays herself; a more self-conscious version of herself.

She needs to retire and marry rich.

Is she trying to follow the same career trajectory as Megan Markle: from actress, to dabbling in human rights advocacy, to getting on the radar of some aristocrat?

She keeps dating billionaires.

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I don’t mind her as an actress, but I do wish she’d stop being so self-important about her feminism and support of gender irregularities.

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She has her own money.

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I watched The Circle a while back. It was tough seeing her try to look natural at the dinner table of her American, middle-class family with dad Bill Paxton(!)

BUT, once she became the tech visionary/icon livestreaming with a global audience living her best life, she actually had an energy that worked. She even smiled while sticking it to company heads Tom Hanks and Patton Oswalt(!!) Every time she acted on a negative emotion, though, her poor acting came through.

The casting was crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:I watched The Circle a while back. It was tough seeing her try to look natural at the dinner table of her American, middle-class family with dad Bill Paxton(!)

BUT, once she became the tech visionary/icon livestreaming with a global audience living her best life, she actually had an energy that worked. She even smiled while sticking it to company heads Tom Hanks and Patton Oswalt(!!) Every time she acted on a negative emotion, though, her poor acting came through.

The casting was crazy.

I think she's someone whose acting strengths don't really match her physical type (ingenue) so she gets cast in roles that call for being natural and sweet and understated when actually she's probably more of a character actress. This happens with young men all the time which is why there are so many wooden leading men running around Hollywood -- producers and casting directors want to turn them into Prince Charmings when actually they would be better off playing sidekicks and villains.

This probably has to do with her path to stardom. Hermione is a young character but not an ingenue -- her whole thing is that she's outspoken and borderline tedious but also good-hearted. And the kids got cast based more on how well they naturally embodied those roles than their acting ability. So she cut her acting teeth on a role that really was not about being an ingenue at all -- not about playing someone lovelorn or innocent or sexy or whatever. But her age and appearance at the time Potter wrapped meant all she got put up for were ingenues.

Danielle Radcliff and Rupert Grint got better acting educations out of those movies because they played roles that were more similar to what they've since been cast in as adults.

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Anonymous wrote:I watched The Circle a while back. It was tough seeing her try to look natural at the dinner table of her American, middle-class family with dad Bill Paxton(!)

BUT, once she became the tech visionary/icon livestreaming with a global audience living her best life, she actually had an energy that worked. She even smiled while sticking it to company heads Tom Hanks and Patton Oswalt(!!) Every time she acted on a negative emotion, though, her poor acting came through.

The casting was crazy.

She grew up pretty rich so it makes sense that she would struggle playing someone middle class.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel the same way about Natalie Portman. I feel like the world is playing a big joke on me, a la the Emperor's New Clothes. She cannot act at all and has zero charisma - but she has a beautiful face.

Yes! Both very pretty women, intelligent and thoughtful for good causes. But no charisma and boring actors. Emma also can't sing and was awful as Belle.