Because of George Clooney, Sean Penn and Nick Nolte (not to mention directors Steven Soderburgh and Oliver Stone)Out Of Sight & U Turn are great watches...
Crikey they should’ve just used a blow up doll or maybe a glove puppet instead of pay Lopez. Idiots.Because of George Clooney, Sean Penn and Nick Nolte (not to mention directors Steven Soderburgh and Oliver Stone)
I'm sure that the directors brought out the best of her, but you could say the same about the male actors, and you can't say that Lopez didn't more than hold her own in Out of Sight. The scene where the thug tries to assault her in his house is superb, ratcheting up the tension and then having her bring down the hammer. And her chemistry with Clooney was sublime.Because of George Clooney, Sean Penn and Nick Nolte (not to mention directors Steven Soderburgh and Oliver Stone)
Therein lies the danger, public 'knowing' her overtaking near anything she does.I'm sure that the directors brought out the best of her, but you could say the same about the male actors, and you can't say that Lopez didn't more than hold her own in Out of Sight. The scene where the thug tries to assault her in his house is superb, ratcheting up the tension and then having her bring down the hammer. And her chemistry with Clooney was sublime.
She's done quite well for a musician turned actress, better than pretty much anybody else, surely?
Aside from the ones above - Out of Sight, U-Turn and The Cell - I thought she was great opposite Redford in An Unfinished Life, and had some nice early turns in the likes of Money Train (Snipes and Harrelson), Blood & Wine (Caine and Nicholson) and even the first trashy Anaconda (although Voight's hamtastic villain stole that show).
As noted, I think she had to balance her pop life / american idol gig etc. with her film 'career' where nobody really took her very seriously partly because she was a huge sex symbol, and I also think the Affleck years didn't help (Gigli), nor multiple very public marriages / woes.
And there's nothing wrong with that big bumknown for having a big bum.
Barbra Streisand?She's done quite well for a musician turned actress, better than pretty much anybody else, surely?
Same here. I never took her for a good actress -- not that I'm a good judge. But I do remember her being panned for her performance in a romantic movie she was in, and in my mind, that critique stuck.This has taken me by surprise for sure. Most likely a lot of people in fact. And I never thought I'd see Lopez being talked about for an Oscar either!