Movies: Jackie (Natalie Portman)
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Hopfeully its good but im always skeptical about biopics.
They're almost always horribly boring and cheesy despite all the nominations they get.
They're almost always horribly boring and cheesy despite all the nominations they get.
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I saw it today. I thought it was well done - Portman was extremely good. The one thing I'd say is that, while I understand, that for large portions of the film, her characterization was intended to be remote, I found something quite remote about the film itself - while I enjoyed it and appreciated it, I wasn't all that engaged by it.
It's not cheesy at all. I also didn't find it boring (although I found it distant at times).
'Biopic' isn't a great descriptive of it - the movie covers the span of a few days (between JFK's death and funeral) and her subsequent interview with Life Magazine.
It's not cheesy at all. I also didn't find it boring (although I found it distant at times).
'Biopic' isn't a great descriptive of it - the movie covers the span of a few days (between JFK's death and funeral) and her subsequent interview with Life Magazine.
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Well directed by Pablo Larrain and rather daringly acted by Natalie Portman, but somehow chilly and slightly academic. Is anybody going to care all that much about its modest revelations from more than half a century ago?
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I didn't. But I found the reenactment portions interesting - I liked the way they integrated historical footage into the film itself...including the way that on the White House Tour portion, Jackie's voice was used for a lot of it...I thought that was a creative touch.
The high point of the film was Portman's performance.
Voight
#winning
