Michael Fassbender to Play MACBETH in New Film Adaptation — Page 2

I never saw Closer, because I couldn't abide seeing Julia Roberts in a role created Natasha Richardson.

Opera, Natalie's whininess is one of the things about her that drives me crazy. Every character she plays is just whining simp. In defense of her in The Other Boleyn Girl, though, that was just a terrible movie all around. I found the book to be a trifle of a potboiler, but at least it made sense. The movie did not.

When I think of Natalie Portman, I think of the apocryphal "Diary of Anne Frank"/"She's in the attic!" story that's usually said to be about Pia Zadora. When I saw Portman in that on Broadway I so wanted them to find her early and put me out of my misery.

And not that Lady Macbeth needs to be ancient but you figure she's the at least the same age as Macbeth if not a little older, and I think Portman just reads so young in everything. And while he's actually only five years older than Portman, Fassbender just reads older than that to me.

Shrug. I'll see it regardless, because Macbeth is one of my favorites, but I don't think this will top the PBS/BBC filming of the Patrick Stewart version for me.

I have it but haven't gotten around to watching it. Perhaps I will tonight!

I find Portman to be fascinating. When she's on (Black Swan, Beautiful Girls, Closer, even V for Vendetta) she can be absolutely luminous. But when she's not on...Jesus lord.

I'm one of the few people in the city of New York that appreciated her work in THE SEAGULL. She didn't have the last scene in her, which, I concede, is more than problematic. But there was a great deal to like about her performance. Plus, the entire thing was oddly cast and disjointedly directed.

This is the best Natalie Portman thing ever.
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I find Portman to be fascinating. When she's on (Black Swan, Beautiful Girls, Closer, even V for Vendetta) she can be absolutely luminous. But when she's not on...Jesus lord.

SonofRobbieJ, this is so true. Have you seen even the trailer for GOYA'S GHOST? It's one of my favorite things to watch at 420. Her Spanish accent is one of the best things you'll hear, her acting in it is so bad that, in her own words, Milos Forman's direction was "stop acting like you're in a bad movie." Her performance in CLOSER is one of my obsessions, I was 17 when that movie came out and I idolized her so much in it, still do.

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If they add a nude scene, I'll go see it.

Way to make a bitch feel old. I could stick you with a coat hanger and call it a late term abortion.

Sorry, SonofRobbieJ! But you'll forgive me once you get around to GOYA'S GHOST, it also features Javier Bardem in what must be his worst performance *and* they both wear the most horrendous wigs (only rivaled by HIT LIST) I've seen while they're at it.
I remember watching V FOR VENDETTA but I don't remember anything about it, I have to watch it again. Has anyone seen THE PROFESSIONAL? She made her acting debut in that and was fantastic, IMO. Though none of her credits make me think she's right for Lady Macbeth, she might make a fine Ophelia but nothing close to Kate Winslet, someone else I'd love to see tackle Lady Macbeth.

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I'd vote for Cate Blanchett.

Yes, you can say that. I find her mesmerizing--which I'll grant is not the same thing as being a great actor.

It was her performance in NOTES ON A SCANDAL that made me believe she might be the hammiest thing this side of Hickory Farms outlet.

I mean...I definitely am entertained. In a 'Is this actually happening???' kind of way.

SonofRobbiej hit the nail on the head with Portman. She has been wonderful in quite a few things and laughingly awful in many others. It's frustrating to see it happen and it makes her casting in anything questionable because you don't know on what side of the scale her performance will be. She could be a fantastic Lady Macbeth, but she could also be the most inept one. We'll see.

As or Blanchett, I think she is an incredible actress, but agree that her hamminess has gotten in the way of many of her performances. I, too, did not enjoy her Hepburn (but really, who could ever TRULY capture Hepburn and make the performance their own?), but her performance in Elizabeth should be studied by any acting student.

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I, too, liked her in ELIZABETH and think she should have won the Oscar. But her work in that (and in everything) feels so performative. I don't know if that's really a critique, because I do find it entertaining. But rarely do I find her work illuminating.