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Post by lea1977 on Nov 15, 2014 23:00:01 GMT -4
It was a solid movie and Brad liked it as well. I remember him raving about Jen's performance.
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Post by Auroranorth on Nov 17, 2014 9:46:43 GMT -4
At least she's trying something a little different.
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Post by Matilda on Nov 17, 2014 16:20:12 GMT -4
It was a solid movie and Brad liked it as well. I remember him raving about Jen's performance. He was married to her at the time, he's hardly going to say she was shit.
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Post by mochakitty on Nov 22, 2014 12:38:02 GMT -4
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Post by Ladybug on Nov 22, 2014 16:51:20 GMT -4
I don't even know what this movie Cake is about. All I know that Jennifer is out hustling for nominations and she bravely wore no makeup. Does she play a pastry chef, or a baker?
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Post by canuckcutie on Nov 22, 2014 17:14:56 GMT -4
Wow I really don't like the outfit for The Horrible Boses premiere. It looks rather low rent.
I don't know why they settled on the title Cake but she apparently plays a depressed and scarred miserable woman. The critics I follow on Twitter were not impressed by it at all. I think she's reaching for any type of awards attention beyond those from the MTV Awards.
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plush
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Post by plush on Nov 23, 2014 11:23:23 GMT -4
What I don't get about her is that she's finally doing something other than a rom com and she wants instant praise for it. Ok you get a pat on the back for your effort and my understanding is that's what she's getting from critics but she's barely scratched the surface of good/serious movieland and she's hustling like she's long overdue a shiny statue. Compare this to actresses who build impressive resumes and don't get critical acclaim for years. She's well within her right to hustle but damn if it doesn't speak of entitlement and laziness on her part. Go do some more similar work maybe? Not that an actress has to pay her dues before she's considered for awards but usually the buzz is created by critics for an outstanding performance and this one was not it. Her PR team is building buzz and "oscar talk" so she can respond with how flattered she is she's being considered when she's not on anyone's list. Considering how campaigning has become such an integral part of a nomination I woudn't be surprised if she gets a GG out of it.
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Post by Sunnyhorse on Nov 23, 2014 14:02:41 GMT -4
But where is she saying that? Someone in the audience at a Q&A asked her a question about how she achieved her different-than-normal look in the film, and she answered it. She catches endless shit for doing disposable romcoms, and then she finds what looks to be a good script to produce and assembles a great cast, but now she's in trouble for that because she's getting above her station by promoting the film, her film? If the film doesn't deserve a nomination, great, it won't get one, but she and her team are doing their jobs by promoting it.
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plush
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Post by plush on Nov 23, 2014 15:21:51 GMT -4
I think I've followed enough celebrity gossip and in particular the works of her PR team over the years to differentiate between simple movie promotion and creating empty buzz in the hope that something more will follow. Even when it's not a direct quote, it's something leaked by a "source" in People mag about how flattered she is of all this Oscar talk. She is the main star of this movie and she should promote the hell out of it as she is. Just let the movie and the performance speak for itself.
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mementomori
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Post by mementomori on Nov 23, 2014 16:32:41 GMT -4
Yeah, I often feel like Jennifer Aniston can't win. Get a boyfriend that's a successful writer, bam, accused of trying to get indie cred. Do too many rom-coms, too complacent. Divert from rom-coms with a small movie that she produces, and suddenly she's acting like she's entitled to an award. I feel like she gets A LOT of shit thrown at her and basically only deserves crap for her bullshit responses to wanting to become a parent, and even that I give her somewhat of a pass on cuz heaven forbid she seem indifferent to becoming a mother.
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