Angela Bassett love thread

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 11:55am

I first saw her in What's Love Got to do With It? and she blew me away. I think she's one of the most beautiful women in the world and her acting is among the best in the business. She's a lovely person too. I'm glad she was just on the view to remind me how much I adore her.

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 1:32pm

Awww, no other fans. I still love ya, Angela!

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 1:50pm

Wait a minute, Jane--I am a huge fan too!

I don't care what anyone says, I still would have voted for her over Holly for that Oscar. It isn't easy to make the REAL Tina Turner look bland by comparison.

I also liked her alot in MALCOLM X and STRANGE DAYS.

I think she's one of the most underused actresses alive.

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 1:53pm

I agree totally about Tina Turner. Did you see Angela's muscles in that film? Boy did she prepare. I'm about ready to see that one again.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 1:55pm

I don't care what anyone says, I still would have voted for her over Holly for that Oscar.

Totally. I hated The Piano and everything about it. Angela was robbed!

The end of "What's Love Got To Do With It?" is so jarring when the real Tina appears, because Angela Bassett WAS Tina for those two hours.

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 2:09pm

Yeah, Phyllis, that's what I meant when I was saying she made the real Tina look ho-hum.

And who doesn't love Jennifer Lewis as Anna Mae's mama?

I wish I could have seen her in the Scottish play...ah well!

[blueroses]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 2:10pm

Get in the car, Anna Mae!

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 3:33pm

I quit that narcotic!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 3:38pm

"Next time, I just might not take your motha f*ckin' ass to - TO the hospital!"

[lildogs]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 4:09pm

"Don't think you're going to come live in MY house and make me feel bad."

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 4:10pm

"Reggie gonna meet me at the club and wait for me till I'm ret' to go"

[pushdabutton]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 9:35pm

I have always been a huge fan of Angela Bassett. The first time I saw her was in Boyz In The Hood ironically playing Laurence Fishburne's wife. In What's Love Got To Do With It, she became Tina Turner and should have taken home the Oscar.

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 10:36pm

She definitely should have had the oscar. That role was huge, lots of work, and she nailed it.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 10:41pm

Good lord, I can't believe the ER writers have saddled her with Stereotypical Role for Black Women #2.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 11:40pm

"Mr. Turner say I got a flair, Momma, the kind would-uh, sell records."

[jeniferrenepatricia]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 11:43pm

I watch "What's Love Got To Do With it" every single time it's on- one of my favorite movies. Her body in that movie was almost better than Madonna's!!! Yes, I agree that she is an underused actress. I also loved her in Waiting To Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. I was very disappointed in the last movie she was in that was written by Tyler Perry (the name escapes me). Of course, her acting was wonderful, but I just didn't like the plot at all....and I like all the rest of his movies.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 11:44pm

"You got her screeching like a MAN!"

[jeniferrenepatricia]

Posted: 10/10/08 at 2:32am

I'll give up all that other stuff, but only if I get to keep my name. I worked TOO hard for it, your honor.

I betcha there are serial killers less anal!

This from the guy who makes a midnight run to the video store and comes back with Booty Call and the Lion King!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/10/08 at 9:35am

"It's chanting. I'm a Buddhist now."

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 10/10/08 at 9:43am

She was very good last night on ER....and she looks AMAZING.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/10/08 at 9:58am

"Me, I'm just a homebody. I love cookin', cleanin', takin' care of the boys. And somehow, it just all works out."