Thoughts on KS's acting

myJunegirls

I watched In the Land of Women last night and KS was in it.  I have to say, I thought she was fabulous in it.  I REALLY do think she was given some poor direction for her acting in Twilight.  She was not monotone or angst or any of the other things people commented on yesterday.  Just thought I would share.  If you haven't seen the movie- it was cute. Adam Brody and Meg Ryan are also in it- it was a cute heartwarming movie.

Jenandtonica

I added "Speak" to my Blockbuster queue after finding out she was in it (didn't know it even existed!!). I loved that book, and I'm really interested to see how she does in that role. I think it'll be telling for how she'll handle NM.

I'm also starting to jump on the anti-CH bandwagon. The more I see/think, the more I realize she probably had a lot to do with what I didn't like.?

Telly21182

I think she's a pretty good actress overall, I agree that she maybe had poor direction on Twiight.  I wanted to see In the Land of Women because I LOVE Adam Brody and I've never gotten around to renting it.

tootlebug

it's funny you say that....at first i thought she was really good in Twilight but after seeing it a couple more times and reading the book, etc. i didnt really like her acting.  she was too pissed off all the time and couldnt finish a sentence with out stuttering or mumbling.

SeptemberBride'08

I thought that was a good movie as well and really enjoyed it. I don't think she is a horrible actress but I don't think she was able to capture Bella as a character. I can imagine her pulling off NM and not being spaz like at the end of Twilight. THAT was HORRIBLE to watch.

hula_lula

I really like her as Bella. I thought, even the first time I saw the movie, that it was more direction than acting issues

Jenandtonica

I also really like her as Bella, though I do think she can do better (again, probably just the directing).

I like what someone said yesterday about Bella being a one-note kinda girl (countering people saying KS was monotone). I started listening to the audiobook for New Moon yesterday, and the person reading is much more chipper than Bella is. KS really did a good job at making Bella a good introvert.?

myJunegirls

I also enjoyed KS as Bella.  I just couldn't get that post out of my head last night while watching the movie.  She had so much more energy in this role than with Bella- I couldn't help thinking that I really thought it was the direction she was given from CH that made her perform Bella the way she did.

BridgetMc

Jenandtonica:

KS really did a good job at making Bella a good introvert. 

I agree that Bella should be an introvert, but she doesn't need to be so sulky about it.

Jenandtonica

Good riddance, CH.

Mandi424

As I said yesterday I thought that she seemed like she had to take a crap the whole movie....and if she was so happy & in love..why didnt the *** smile more then once...she drove me nuts!!!!!!  Bella in my head was more likeable & cute!

what?....no..no..no.no..what? huh....no... no... what...what.. are you talking about?  -----thats Bella in the Hospital  LOL

hula_lula

Well, I think of it this way.

Can you imagine being happy and in love, but with a vampire? She can't tell ANYONE anything about their relationship. The only person/people she has are the Cullens. I imagine that would be really lonely. Plus she is really shy in general and in a place that she, at least at the begining, hates and doesn't want to be.

Jenandtonica

hula_lula:

Well, I think of it this way.

Can you imagine being happy and in love, but with a vampire? She can't tell ANYONE anything about their relationship. The only person/people she has are the Cullens. I imagine that would be really lonely. Plus she is really shy in general and in a place that she, at least at the begining, hates and doesn't want to be.

Exactly.?

SeptemberBride'08

hula_lula:

Well, I think of it this way.

Can you imagine being happy and in love, but with a vampire? She can't tell ANYONE anything about their relationship. The only person/people she has are the Cullens. I imagine that would be really lonely. Plus she is really shy in general and in a place that she, at least at the begining, hates and doesn't want to be.

Eh while I see this point...the book didn't send this vibe...to me at least. I didn't feel like she cared about anything or anyone once her and Edward were a thing. It was like she was in her own little happy bubble. I do agree the directing wasn't great...same thing happened with HP3...god awful!

The?hospital?scene really got to me too. It was hard to watch and just sputtering...not really fearful of him leaving...of course they didn't build the movie properly or Bella and Edwards relationship.?

hula_lula

Ok, I'll give you the hopsital scene. It was NOT good. But I didn't think any of them did a stellar job in that scene. Bella's mom was bugging the hell out of me

Jenandtonica

hula_lula:

Ok, I'll give you the hopsital scene. It was NOT good. But I didn't think any of them did a stellar job in that scene. Bella's mom was bugging the hell out of me

She's one I hope they recast.

hula_lula

Jenandtonica:

hula_lula:

Ok, I'll give you the hopsital scene. It was NOT good. But I didn't think any of them did a stellar job in that scene. Bella's mom was bugging the hell out of me

She's one I hope they recast.

Me too. She's only in about a total of 2 minutes of the film. It wouldn't be glaringly obvious to the unobessed fans

SeptemberBride'08

Jenandtonica:

hula_lula:

Ok, I'll give you the hopsital scene. It was NOT good. But I didn't think any of them did a stellar job in that scene. Bella's mom was bugging the hell out of me

She's one I hope they recast.

Ha! I actually think she is one of the best that was cast for the part. She was sooooo loopy and I felt like she walked right out of the book. I don't think the camera angles were great.?

hula_lula

The camera angle where she was leaning over bella's bed trying to wake her up was awful. So unflattering for her

SeptemberBride'08

hula_lula:

The camera angle where she was leaning over bella's bed trying to wake her up was awful. So unflattering for her

Very! I really hated that entire scene which makes me sad because in the book it was a great scene! But overall I loved the mom and how flightly(sp) she was. ?

Jenandtonica

OK, OK, I'll go with the camera angles. And the makeup people. She was just not nice to look at. I always pictured her much prettier and younger looking thanks to Bella's descriptions. She kinda made me cringe in the movie. What 29 y/o athlete would go for that? Blech.

SeptemberBride'08

Jenandtonica:

OK, OK, I'll go with the camera angles. And the makeup people. She was just not nice to look at. I always pictured her much prettier and younger looking thanks to Bella's descriptions. She kinda made me cringe in the movie. What 29 y/o athlete would go for that? Blech.

makeup....hello Edwards eyeliner (i posted about this about a month ago) bugs the heck out of me.

The baseball guy wasn't that hot himself.....maybe he liked her because she's easy. She seems like an easy lay in the book, that's the impression I got. hahaha.?

Mandi424

hula_lula:

Well, I think of it this way.

Can you imagine being happy and in love, but with a vampire? She can't tell ANYONE anything about their relationship. The only person/people she has are the Cullens. I imagine that would be really lonely. Plus she is really shy in general and in a place that she, at least at the begining, hates and doesn't want to be.

She seemed more happier in the book, E & B were  both more playful to me.  But then again there is alot of book to fit into a movie...but damn i just wanted her to smile just a little bit more...be more excited!  lol

And I 100% agree....the movie did not give thier "love" any justice at all!!!!

Jenandtonica

SeptemberBride'08:

The baseball guy wasn't that hot himself.....maybe he liked her because she's easy. She seems like an easy lay in the book, that's the impression I got. hahaha.?

Y'know, from the one scene you can kinda see him in, I thought he was going to be a Vin-Diesel-looking guy *swoon*. But when I checked out his IMDB, ew.?

hula_lula

My biggest beef with the movie and not giving their love justice was that, especially in the meadow scene, it seemed like E kept screaming at her all "I could kill you" then out of nowhere was was all in love with her.

SeptemberBride'08

Jenandtonica:

SeptemberBride'08:

The baseball guy wasn't that hot himself.....maybe he liked her because she's easy. She seems like an easy lay in the book, that's the impression I got. hahaha.?

Y'know, from the one scene you can kinda see him in, I thought he was going to be a Vin-Diesel-looking guy *swoon*. But when I checked out his IMDB, ew.?

yeah...he looked like 36 not 29?

SeptemberBride'08

hula_lula:

My biggest beef with the movie and not giving their love justice was that, especially in the meadow scene, it seemed like E kept screaming at her all "I could kill you" then out of nowhere was was all in love with her.

Exactly! I've been saying that right along! There was zip character development. I've seen Lifetime movies develop characters better and those budgets are MUCH smaller.

I loathed how they were like strangers and then BAM...soooo in love....even though you could barely see it.?

Jenandtonica

hula_lula:

My biggest beef with the movie and not giving their love justice was that, especially in the meadow scene, it seemed like E kept screaming at her all "I could kill you" then out of nowhere was was all in love with her.

Ditto! I saw it with DH on opening night, and when we left, I said, "Did you even understand how they fell in love?"

He was thankful I had given him a full Twilight-saga lecture before seeing it. I feel bad for those who hadn't read the book before seeing the movie. Their devotion would make no sense.?

And that's exactly why I hate the extra nomad-vamps scenes (and stupid Waylon). They're pointless compared to what they took out.

SeptemberBride'08

Jenandtonica:

hula_lula:

My biggest beef with the movie and not giving their love justice was that, especially in the meadow scene, it seemed like E kept screaming at her all "I could kill you" then out of nowhere was was all in love with her.

Ditto! I saw it with DH on opening night, and when we left, I said, "Did you even understand how they fell in love?"

He was thankful I had given him a full Twilight-saga lecture before seeing it. I feel bad for those who hadn't read the book before seeing the movie. Their devotion would make no sense.?

And that's exactly why I hate the extra nomad-vamps scenes (and stupid Waylon). They're pointless compared to what they took out.

I thought the nomad vamp scenes were good for the movie because as having people who have not read the book..they would just show up out of the blue. I liked that addition and thought it was good.

But the scene when Bella confronts him and then they fall in love while he is ripping trees out of the ground was silly.

I also thought that Edward taking Bella up a tree for the view as a good addition but extra time of them crawling around the tree was a bit of a waste. ?

hula_lula

Ugh, yeah Waylon. That seemed unnecessary to me too. I'm drawing a blank, how did SM mention the Nomads in the book? Couldn't they have just followed that same thing? Instead of trying to rewrite pieces of the story?

Jenandtonica

SeptemberBride'08:

I also thought that Edward taking Bella up a tree for the view as a good addition but extra time of them crawling around the tree was a bit of a waste. ?

Arrrgh, Tthat scene bugged the crap out of me. I can't see Edward hanging out way up in a tree with Bella. Any limb could snap, Bella could lose her footing at anytime - it seemed reckless and way out of character for Edward.?