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Kristin Stewart

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squirrelnutkin23 · 24/01/2024 22:54

Just watching Adventureland on Netflix and I swear she's doing the exact same thing as Bella Swann - funny mouth movements, lots of hair faffing, looking down and stuttering.

Has she ever played a different character? How has she been so successful? This is shit.

Disclaimer: I'm yet to see the Diana film. Perhaps that could change my mind?

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Hatty65 · 25/01/2024 19:44

I thought she was wooden in everything I've seen her in. To be fair, that's probably only Twilight and the Snow White thing.

I'm absolutely gobsmacked by posters saying she's stunning or beautiful. I think she's very, very average looking, and actually pretty plain by 'Hollywood' standards.

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squirrelnutkin23 · 25/01/2024 19:31

@Sparklesocks are you new here 😂

I don't think I'm a mean spirited person. Certainly I'm not mean to those around me. And it's not like actors or sportsmen or singers or artists or any other people in the public eye are 'fair game' as such but if you put yourself out there it's a fact that you'll get critiqued at some point. KS will never see this and if she did I'm sure she's heard it all before. And as pp said, she's successful and rich enough not to care.

Chill.

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Sparklesocks · 25/01/2024 18:38

squirrelnutkin23 · 25/01/2024 17:51

@Sparklesocks what's odd about it? MN is made up of people talking about things, people, situations they like and don't like. I've seen far odder threads to be honest.

I suppose I just think it’s quite mean spirited.

Kwam31 · 25/01/2024 18:05

@DocOck
I was transfixed by her immobile face, complete lack of expression, it was spooky, barely recognised her at first

Tattletwat · 25/01/2024 18:02

Minesril · 25/01/2024 13:13

Film Bella: 'so...erm...this bachelor party...will there be strippers?'

Book Bella: 'you're not taking him to a strip club, are you??'

Subtle difference, which may be down to writing/directing. The only scenes which came close to book Bella was when she was a vampire.

I liked her in Adventureland.

I liked her in Adventureland.

That is possibly one of worst films I've ever seen it's all bad.

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squirrelnutkin23 · 25/01/2024 17:51

@Sparklesocks what's odd about it? MN is made up of people talking about things, people, situations they like and don't like. I've seen far odder threads to be honest.

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Sparklesocks · 25/01/2024 17:03

squirrelnutkin23 · 25/01/2024 16:11

I don't need assurance lol. I'm perfectly confident with my decision not to like her.

It's a discussion, not validation.

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And I’ve contributed to the discussion too, I just think it’s a bit odd to create a thread solely to slag off an actor you don’t like.

Justleaveitblankthen · 25/01/2024 16:15

I was just talking about her the other day.
I stand by she plays the exact same type in every thing she does.
Think surly/Emo/Goth depressed/issues.
From Panic room through to Still Alice ( though I never watched Twilight)
Both brilliant films with superb leading Actresses.
She's just.. Meh..

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squirrelnutkin23 · 25/01/2024 16:11

Sparklesocks · 25/01/2024 12:52

It’s fine not to like her, as it is any actor - I’m not sure why you need assurance of your opinion! but I think she’s made more diverse choices as her career has gone on, compared to the films in her earlier days than you mention. I liked her in Personal Shopper and Crimes of the Future - the latter is a David Cronenberg film so quite different to twilight.

I don't need assurance lol. I'm perfectly confident with my decision not to like her.

It's a discussion, not validation.

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Minesril · 25/01/2024 13:13

Film Bella: 'so...erm...this bachelor party...will there be strippers?'

Book Bella: 'you're not taking him to a strip club, are you??'

Subtle difference, which may be down to writing/directing. The only scenes which came close to book Bella was when she was a vampire.

I liked her in Adventureland.

gaggiagirl · 25/01/2024 13:07

@Kittylickingplate yes! It was such a cool film , very subtle.

SirenSays · 25/01/2024 12:54

Nepo baby? She has the range of a wet lettuce.

Sparklesocks · 25/01/2024 12:52

It’s fine not to like her, as it is any actor - I’m not sure why you need assurance of your opinion! but I think she’s made more diverse choices as her career has gone on, compared to the films in her earlier days than you mention. I liked her in Personal Shopper and Crimes of the Future - the latter is a David Cronenberg film so quite different to twilight.

Atethehalloweenchocs · 25/01/2024 12:52

And of course, there are are also people who are beautiful/appealed to the director in some way and have no talent.

Atethehalloweenchocs · 25/01/2024 12:51

Re facial expressions - you have to same face so there is always going to be some similarity through performances! I also think there are a lot of actors who get cast in a part because they have done something similar before - like they are always villains, etc etc. Not everyone gets offered a range of parts to play and as movies cost more and more, production is going for more and more safe bets.

Kittylickingplate · 25/01/2024 12:50

gaggiagirl · 25/01/2024 12:48

She was really good in the spooky film (I can't remember what it was called) where she plays a stylist for a celebrity. It was a great movie.

Yes, looking for her brothers ghost?

gaggiagirl · 25/01/2024 12:48

She was really good in the spooky film (I can't remember what it was called) where she plays a stylist for a celebrity. It was a great movie.

Kittylickingplate · 25/01/2024 12:37

I saw her in a underwater horror flick. I enjoyed that performance

WhichEllie · 25/01/2024 12:33

Her father is John Stewart, who works on productions like the Academy Awards, the Grammys, the Golden Globes, etc. That’s why she was originally put forward for and cast in the Twilight films; as I recall he was friends with the director or something.

hangingonfordearlife1 · 25/01/2024 12:30

beauty is in the eye of the beholder because i don't see her as attractive at all. very androgynous

HawaiiWake · 25/01/2024 12:14

Her mother is script supervisor and her father is TV producer, so maybe she had a lot of industry contacts and exposure during younger years. Access to better agents, which leads to access to audition for better roles.

MrsRachelDanvers · 25/01/2024 12:07

Jennifer Aniston was wonderful in We’re the Millers-one of the funniest films I’ve seen. It played to her strengths. She was also good in Cake even if the film wasn’t so brilliant.

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squirrelnutkin23 · 25/01/2024 11:57

@NotMarriedToAHouse look, if people go into the showbiz world I think they have to expect and accept a certain amount of criticism. What a dull world it would be if we all thought every actor, book, movie, painting was amazing.

It's not gross to express an opinion on things like this. But I can see your emotional responses are probably clouded by the other thread so we'll leave it there.

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VoleChomper · 25/01/2024 11:52

I really don't see that a thread discussing an actor's acting skills (or perceived lack of acting skills) is in any way comparable to a thread about a schoolchild.

LegoDeathTrap · 25/01/2024 11:39

Both Adventureland and the awful vampire stuff is years old, and both are crap. Watch some more recent films, and also better ones.

The vampire stuff was awful - misogynist, wooden, abusive, full of cliches, and just plain ugly. The books were crap, the writing was crap, the direction was crap. Yet it seems that years on this only translates into “Kirsten Stewart is crap”. I wonder why - hm… maybe MISOGYNY AGAIN??

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