Sunday, June 21, 2009

Warrior Princess Mikaela

Angelina Jolie is one intriguing figure. Batshit-crazy turned mother of six (and more to come, no doubt), and goodwill ambassadress for the UNHCR, she is also a deservedly celebrated thespian.

Sure, there's that "bad-ass vixen" role that she takes out from the closet to wear over and over and over again (Tomb Raider, Mr & Mrs Smith, Wanted etc) which I presume she goes to when in need for some coin.

And yes, every foreign accent that she attempts inevitable ends up sounding like she's a Transylvanian vampire (Alexander, Beowulf). And she over-acts sometimes (Changeling - "He's not my son!").

But I have to honestly say, there isn't one film that she's been in where I feel like she's half-assing it or merely going through the motions. Every role she's taken, she's done convincingly enough for me to suspend my disbelieve for as long as the director needs to tell their story. Props where props are due, she did win an Oscar for Girl, Interrupted and people say A Mighty Heart was a gem.

And I did cry when watching her Christine Collins character in Changeling. I mean, can you imagine being that gorgeous, perfect and fabulous-looking, and still be able to get the world to feel sorry for you? To be this believable despite her physical beauty, and in an overlong, overwrought film to boot, takes serious acting chops.

That being said, Megan Fox is no Angelina Jolie.


Megan Fox

1 comment:

  1. No one ever said she was. Oh wait, they did. But then again, these were the ones that said that "Womanizer, woman, womanizer, you're a womanizer oh womanizer oh you're a womanizer baby" was banal, repetitive and that Britney's music has lost the spark present in her earlier work such as Oops. Long live Queen Jolie, who's actually just as ridiculous as Madge, only much much hotter.

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