Beyonce in "Cadillac Records"

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guesswhatelse		#21	[-]
Posts: 24444 (11/29/2008 9:19 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Thanks. She's not bad. I hate that I might have to start liking her.
Jloveandjlo		#22	[-]
Posts: 4716 (11/29/2008 9:26 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	LMAO! Here's Etta James at the Premiere. "She's I guess married..and got money........" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Werpr0L6IF8 LMAO!!!
guesswhatelse		#23	[-]
Posts: 24446 (11/30/2008 9:29 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	This may sound like I'm hating, but Etta James really did not sound impressed with Beyonce. Of course, she hadn't seen the movie yet, but it totally came off like Ms Etta was reaching for good things--or not mean--things to say about Bouncy. Watch her face when the interviewer asks if she's a fan. Bouncy said she did a lot of research, but from what Ms Etta said, they barely even talked. So how did she research? lol
lilacrose82		#24	[-]
Posts: 14307 (11/30/2008 10:00 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Beyonce's voice is a gift from God, but her acting abilities are severely limited. She always gets a ton of praise for doing a mediocre job in a movie where she's essentially playing herself.
Jloveandjlo		#25	[-]
Posts: 4724 (12/01/2008 3:02 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	guesswhatelse wrote: This may sound like I'm hating, but Etta James really did not sound impressed with Beyonce. Of course, she hadn't seen the movie yet, but it totally came off like Ms Etta was reaching for good things--or not mean--things to say about Bouncy. Watch her face when the interviewer asks if she's a fan. Bouncy said she did a lot of research, but from what Ms Etta said, they barely even talked. So how did she research? lol She went to The Phoenix House in New York and its a rehab clinic and she had to speak to the women who were just getting off of Heroin. She also watched some of Etta's performance videos, but she didn't wanna mimic her. She wanted to make the part her own I thought what Etta said was cool. She said she could sing and she was pretty. She hadn't heard of her before this, so she says.
guesswhatelse		#26	[-]
Posts: 24462 (12/01/2008 4:59 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I know she said went to a rehab clinic, and for that part of the role that's okay. However, you're playing a person who's alive but you base your performance on videos and not on meetings with this person? To me that's no different that creating your own character who just happens to have the name of a famous person.
Jloveandjlo		#27	[-]
Posts: 4727 (12/01/2008 6:35 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	guesswhatelse wrote: I know she said went to a rehab clinic, and for that part of the role that's okay. However, you're playing a person who's alive but you base your performance on videos and not on meetings with this person? To me that's no different that creating your own character who just happens to have the name of a famous person. I see nothing wrong with it. As an actor you don't want your portrayl to look Carcaturish, you know what I mean? She had Etta's book. That should be enough. If she weren't alive all of that would have to be enough. Etta would tell her "I walk like this. I sing like this" and it would look like she's trying to mimic Etta James as opposed to owning the Role.
guesswhatelse		#28	[-]
Posts: 24477 (12/01/2008 6:50 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	She read a book. That's one way to look at it. We could say it worked for Forrest Whitaker and apparently it's working for Sean Penn. But Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, and Don Cheadle (and the fans who watched their movies) must have different perspectives. lol
raratwentyfour		#29	[-]
Posts: 568 (12/01/2008 8:16 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Well, here's what Angela Basset did before portraying Tina Turner: http://www.answers.com/topic/angela-bassett "I had a dialect coach, a singing coach, a choreographer and a personal trainer for 30 days before the filming began," Bassett told Deborah Gregory of Essence. Best of all, Bassett had one other important figure for support during the making of the film: Turner herself. The singer flew in from Germany to see Bassett's audition. "When I walked into the room," Bassett recalled to Gregory of Essence, "she immediately hugged me and told her manager that she thought I was 'beautiful,' and then she started showing me some of the dance routines from her days with [musical group] the Ikettes." Bassett added: "When I walked out of that room, I was flying on cloud nine and I knew I would give the part everything I had!" The actress told Burr that Turner "did my makeup. She was my biggest fan. Can you imagine?" Bassett noted in Time that she considered the role of Tina Turner "the biggest challenge of my career." She further described her hopes for the project in an Ebony interview: "I wanted to convey that [Tina] is a bright woman, a survivor and a fighter." Apparently Bassett succeeded in her aim.
Jloveandjlo		#30	[-]
Posts: 4729 (12/01/2008 8:32 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Jamie Foxx? FINE example of a Carciature and not someone who BECOME the character. However, we all have different opinions, so we shall see how this performance turns out
popdontstop7684		#31	[-]
Posts: 3380 (12/01/2008 9:42 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Yeah, I've heard nothing but good things about Bey in this role, and no, she's not overly praised for her acting before. Even with the Golden Globe nom before, she's never received all of this praise. I can't wait to see it!
guesswhatelse		#32	[-]
Posts: 24479 (12/01/2008 9:52 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Jloveandjlo wrote: Jamie Foxx? FINE example of a Carciature and not someone who BECOME the character. However, we all have different opinions, so we shall see how this performance turns out I'm not arguing; I just think it's a silly way to go about portraying an actual, living person. Who does that?
Calendria		#33	[-]
Posts: 1347 (12/01/2008 10:00 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	As a friend of many aspiring actors the thing that gets me is Hollywood is so obsessed withe money that they probably passed on many women that could've pulled Etta off much better than Bey but b/c she's Bey she automatically gets dibs on the role. I know Bey has paid her dues as an artist but she's done a few films now and her acting chops just don't cut it. But the same way a director took a chance on Bey, directors should be more willing to take risks on newer faces. In Bey's "critically acclaimed" work she's been outshined considerably. In regards to actors portraying real people, I always feel the performances depend largely on the writing of the screenplay. It's no surprise Forrest Whitaker and Helen Miren both won awards for their performances both screenplays were written by the same screenwriter. The material was just too strong for then not be able to pull it off as well as it did. I know many actors have excelled with less than steller writing but the actors who seem to transcend usually have very strong writers creatiting work for them. Edited By: Calendria 12/01/2008 10:10 PM. Edited 1 times.
Jloveandjlo		#34	[-]
Posts: 4731 (12/02/2008 7:47 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Calendria wrote: As a friend of many aspiring actors the thing that gets me is Hollywood is so obsessed withe money that they probably passed on many women that could've pulled Etta off much better than Bey but b/c she's Bey she automatically gets dibs on the role. I know Bey has paid her dues as an artist but she's done a few films now and her acting chops just don't cut it. But the same way a director took a chance on Bey, directors should be more willing to take risks on newer faces. In Bey's "critically acclaimed" work she's been outshined considerably. In regards to actors portraying real people, I always feel the performances depend largely on the writing of the screenplay. It's no surprise Forrest Whitaker and Helen Miren both won awards for their performances both screenplays were written by the same screenwriter. The material was just too strong for then not be able to pull it off as well as it did. I know many actors have excelled with less than steller writing but the actors who seem to transcend usually have very strong writers creatiting work for them. I agree with the aspiring Actor things, but I also feel that just because you're a singer you shouldn't be put in a box. I feel they should get coaches because us Aspiring Actors have them also and I feel like they should go through training like we do, So I will Always give Beyonce credit for that since she could've just went through films like she had been doing. At least she is attempting to be better
nmou81		#35	[-]
Posts: 3419 (12/02/2008 7:50 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Be will get a godlen Globe nod this year, the comedy/musical category is really weak. unless she'll go supporting then i don't know.
classexa		#36	[-]
Posts: 4010 (12/02/2008 7:57 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Jloveandjlo, change your avatar. It makes me wanna choke you
Jloveandjlo		#37	[-]
Posts: 4732 (12/02/2008 9:34 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	classexa wrote: Jloveandjlo, change your avatar. It makes me wanna choke you Why is that? I've had this for years. I don't wanna change it
popdontstop7684		#38	[-]
Posts: 3387 (12/02/2008 11:09 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	nmou81 wrote: Be will get a godlen Globe nod this year, the comedy/musical category is really weak. unless she'll go supporting then i don't know. Her role is a supporting role. She's not even in the film until after the first hour.
gurlchocolate		#39	[-]
Posts: 1004 (12/03/2008 3:15 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	New promo...All I can say is give her a chance. Some of the most respected actors started off really bad. Not everyone starts off like a Barbara Streisand, James Dean, or even a Jennifer Hudson. Remember that, just look at early Hillary Swank work who would have thought she would be a two-timer or Jamie Foxx.��
shygirllives		#40	[-]
Posts: 118 (12/03/2008 7:57 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Many of you are obviously haters of Beyonce. She is doing her thing in those clips. It is a shame that you can't commend a person for their talents and doing good. Jealous Haters! She is a singer first and that is what she does, so it would only make sense that most of roles are as singers because that is where she shines.

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