Goblet of Fire - Acting - Credits and Debits

[Steve]

---  "Stacey Nunes-Ranchy" <Aixoise at ...> wrote:
>

> 
> Stacey:
> ...
> 
> I have to admit (ducking) that I thought GoF was the 
> worst Emma Watson acting to date.  I don't know if it
> was due to suggestions from the director but there are
> several parts at which I cringe due to her acting: the
> singsong "it's not going to work" and "huffs" afterward
> when the twins try to cross the age line, her teary 
> "whoop" at Harry's return from battling the dragon and
> the "nevermind, off to bed with you" to Harry and Ron 
> after the Ball.  Maybe it's just me but all of these 
> just seem completely overacted.
>
> I thought she was loads better in PoA.
> 
> JMO of course :o)
> Stacey
>

bboyminn:

There is plenty of room to critisize all the acting in
all the movies. Most of the time the main actors come
off very wooden; stand here, say your line, move there,
say your line, move on.

But, and this is a big BUT (I love saying that), the 
actors can never be better that what they are given to
work with. Take any of the examples you gave for Emma,
then realize that those scenes and those lines are in 
the script, she has no control over that. So, given
those scenes and those line, and the extremely little
time to build any emotion or suspense for any scene, 
how else could she have played it. Those scene in
your example are devoid of any set-up, and devoid of 
any real content. So, what is an actor suppose to do?

The best they can do is read the lines, collect their
pay check, and move on. That's EXACTLY what Gambon is
doing!

That is why I am eager to see Dan and Rupert in other
things. While I didn't see the movie 'Thunder Pants',
I think Rupert created and executed a very unique and
well developed character in the movie. It was a lame
'fart' movie so there wasn't much room to stretch, but
I like the character he created.

Dan in 'December Boys' and more importantly the stage
play 'Equus' should give us a much better look at the
dramatic potential and range that Dan has as an actor.
The only way I'll see that play is if I win the lottery
between now and then, but I would dearly love to see it.
Stage is completely different than the screen, and is
very demanding on an actor.

Tomorrow I am going to see 'Driving Lessons' with Rupert
Grint. Well...no...I'm not going with him to see the
movie, I'm going to see him /in/ the movie. He has 
received some criticizm for his some what 'dog face' 
'sad sack' performance, but I don't give much weight to
that criticism because that is very much his
character in this movie. Still it will be nice to see
him in a non-Ron role. 

So, again, when you get the urge to critisize any scene
in any of the movies, consider how well the scene was 
set up in advance, then consider the lines the actors 
were given, how much time was spent, and I don't see 
how you could expect much more than you got.

Steve/bboyminn