Natalie Portman

[Foo]

Chat here about everyone's "favorite" little princess.

I thought she was OK in Closer, but rather thought that Clive pretty much left everyone else in the dust with his fantastic performance.

In short? She bugs, but she's pretty. I'm not sure whether I want to give her a pass just yet.

[loonyluna]

I don't hate her -- she's not my favorite actress and I think she can be pretty mediocre, but I enjoyed her performance in Garden State (liked it better than what she did in Closer, actually).

However, her Amidala? Just no.

[chameleon]

Well, there is a God, since she didn't get the freaking Oscar.

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Well, there is a God, since she didn't get the freaking Oscar

Agreed. The schaden is delightful. I have an irrational dislike for the girl. Overrated.

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snarkylyn said:

Agreed. The schaden is delightful. I have an irrational dislike for the girl. Overrated.

Suit yourself. I think my dislike is quite rational.

[InchoateDetails]

Sometimes I think she's pretty then other times I'm all, meh . I think she was terrible in the Star Wars movies-but sometimes I wonder if the character was supposed to be that wooden.

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Eh, she's okay-I can take her or leave her. I didn't MIND her in Star Wars-in the first movie, she's supposed to be extremely wooden and rigid, so it makes sense.

But Carrie Fisher was way better.

[Karen]

I thought Natalie looked just lovely in a 20s style photoshoot (Vanity Fair? Vogue?) around the time of Cold Mountain. I don't get the feeling that she'd be very impressive in person, but when she's wearing the right clothes and the focus is on her face she looks beautiful. Never sexy, though, not even in the striptease scene, and I don't think she'll be one of those women who continue to look great in their forties and fifties.

I can't see her as a genuine movie star. There's still something rather cold about her. She does have the love of the critics. After Closer, they seem to feel their gushing has been justified. But will the masses really want to see a movie because of Natalie Portman's presence?

[orchidthief]

Excerpt from the Toronto Star archives:

Well, maybe not every actress is thrilled. The New York Post's Page Six gossip column reported this week that Natalie Portman, a Best Supporting Actress nominee tonight for Closer, passed up a chance for a Hollywood cover repeat this year because she didn't like her placement. She had last appeared on the 1998 cover, a front-panel goddess at age 16.

"She would not have been on the front panel of the pullout, and it seemed like a long way for her to go (from her schooling in Israel) for a photo shoot she didn't need," Portman's spokesperson Kelly Bush sniffed.

Toronto Star

So Natalie thinks she belongs in the big league with Kate, Cate, and Uma, eh? I wouldn't be surprised if she attempted a voodoo doll curse upon Cate (after this and the Oscar win) Maybe I'm lame, but this "snub" made my day. Hee hee ;D

It does make sense though. Even though Natalie gets on my nerves, I was wondering why she wasn't on anyone of the other VF panels.

[Foo]

What a brat. The front cover was perfect as it was -- Kate, Cate and Uma are established, similar age-range actresses known for playing complex, adult parts. Natalie would have looked ridiculous and out of place on the cover with them. K,C, U are statuesque beauties. Natalie is a mousy, child-star.