Post by Tristan's Journal on Jan 4, 2020 12:55:21 GMT
it's mixed, and she is in good company with Marc Hamill and Hayden Christensen with this. I think she was woefully miscast; a starving desert scavenger with a posh Brit school girl accent that cries privilege and those pearly oversized jaws. Boyega at least changed his accent to come across more authentic.
Her acting must be separated from the writing, that beig said, I imagine it difficult to believably play a god-mode, copycat Sue character in the first place.
Force Awakens: Bad acting that consisted mainly of her default expression of open-mouth with wide eyes stare mixed in with a lot of silly facial expressions and teeth grinding for close ups. Apparently it was JJ fault as he told her she was wooden; Ridley even said she did not like her performance in this.
TLJ: A bit better and less blatant, but she had not much to do here; her character decisions of saving male failures like Jake Skywalker and Crylo Ben were erratic and came out of nowhere. I thought that she played the elevator-rehash scene with Crylo well, as absurd as it may have been. Also, she beefed up too much so she looked drugged and swollen (especially face) in some scenes.
TROS: Many wrote that she visibly did not care anymore, and M Eisner tweeted that she played it with one facial expression, but I thought it was the - relatively speaking - best performance. Her anger expressions were bad though mostly working with her teeth; her no-chemestry kiss scene with Kylo was cringe, played it for laughs I think.
Her acting must be separated from the writing, that beig said, I imagine it difficult to believably play a god-mode, copycat Sue character in the first place.
Force Awakens: Bad acting that consisted mainly of her default expression of open-mouth with wide eyes stare mixed in with a lot of silly facial expressions and teeth grinding for close ups. Apparently it was JJ fault as he told her she was wooden; Ridley even said she did not like her performance in this.
TLJ: A bit better and less blatant, but she had not much to do here; her character decisions of saving male failures like Jake Skywalker and Crylo Ben were erratic and came out of nowhere. I thought that she played the elevator-rehash scene with Crylo well, as absurd as it may have been. Also, she beefed up too much so she looked drugged and swollen (especially face) in some scenes.
TROS: Many wrote that she visibly did not care anymore, and M Eisner tweeted that she played it with one facial expression, but I thought it was the - relatively speaking - best performance. Her anger expressions were bad though mostly working with her teeth; her no-chemestry kiss scene with Kylo was cringe, played it for laughs I think.