tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37163585.post6374266921562313731..comments2024-02-17T01:48:18.042-08:00Comments on Alex in Movieland: Alex Constantinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09940311552608814201noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37163585.post-68289092507615071582011-10-09T09:43:50.103-07:002011-10-09T09:43:50.103-07:00@Fritz,
yes, it's no Coal Miner's D...
@M...@Fritz,<br />yes, it's no Coal Miner's D...<br /><br />@MrRipley,<br />I think it was partly because they did like Lange's performance, partly because they thought of it as an homage to Patsy... I think.Alex Constantinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09940311552608814201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37163585.post-50529470477548129832011-10-09T09:10:05.522-07:002011-10-09T09:10:05.522-07:00Agreed,i simply saw Lange playing her and not beco...Agreed,i simply saw Lange playing her and not becoming her and to think she was the person who probably took Cher's nom for Mask away,i mean no g/g comed/musical nomination nothing and then a surprise on oscar nom morningmrripleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37163585.post-53373005694742100002011-10-09T04:20:47.548-07:002011-10-09T04:20:47.548-07:00I thought Jessica Lange was great but I agree that...I thought Jessica Lange was great but I agree that the movie is rather medicore, especially compared to Coal Miner's Daughter.Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03291268052797806635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37163585.post-76926532958737442412011-10-08T23:36:58.435-07:002011-10-08T23:36:58.435-07:00@ Andrews,
I thought of you when writing because I...@ Andrews,<br />I thought of you when writing because I knew she was your 2nd in this line-up :) I've first seen the film yeaaars ago and I actually remembered Jessica as being great... until I saw it again now. As usual, the fact that I really disliked the film didn't help my perception.<br /><br /><br />@Anonymous,<br />you are an anonymous mean bitch. my delay was explained in a previous post. <br /><br />@Rob,<br />Yes, I really liked Beverly in Coal Miner's Daughter!! that year had a weak line-up for Supporting Actress, she should've been nominated. Plus, she sang beautifully.<br /><br />@Malcolm (whose comment I can't see here, but received thru mail. unusual),<br />from what I can remember I thought she was just ok in Tootsie, but with such competition I surely wouldn't have given her that win. that was either Glenn, who had her best shot ever at winning or my darling Lesley Ann Warren. :)<br /><br />@dinasztie,<br />I had a couple of surprises seeing Color Purple again this week. but more on that later.<br />I think they probably filmed Out of Africa long before Sweet Dreams, so she might've done both. Sure, she couldn't have been nominated for both in same year :) which would've made room for Cher's Mask.Alex Constantinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09940311552608814201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37163585.post-68307814662031017572011-10-08T23:22:13.927-07:002011-10-08T23:22:13.927-07:00This turns out to be a bipolar year for you. On th...This turns out to be a bipolar year for you. On the one hand, you have a one-star- and a two-star-performance. On the other hand, you have one four- and one five-star performance. And I suspect Whoopi will get at least a 4 but I'm hoping that she will become your pick with a 5. :)<br /><br />About Meryl: had she done this one, there would be no Out of Africa so things turned out brilliantly actually. <br /><br />BTW, first, long before the movie was made (back in the 70s), Liv Ullmann was to play Karen Blixen (I guess in an earlier project). I wonder what she would have done with the character. :)dinasztiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418227830861757663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37163585.post-11135935467247433002011-10-08T20:50:40.222-07:002011-10-08T20:50:40.222-07:00I agree w/you Alex. For me the killer is that Lang...I agree w/you Alex. For me the killer is that Lange is too conventionally beautiful to play Patsy Cline. The real Cline was a big and occasionally brassy country girl, and in her own way, sexy as hell. But she was nobody's idea of a model!<br />Beverly D'Angelo in "Coal Miner's Daughter" NAILED it, and caught not only the character (and her vocal quality) but actually resembled the real Patsy Cline, to an almost eerie degree.<br />So yeah, to me, "Sweet Dreams" was pretty unneccesary, though I do give Lange points for trying. And I never knew Meryl was up for the role! That could have been interesting, but even she might have been defeated by the screenplay!AKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084216883655540363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37163585.post-92045872717660778642011-10-08T18:37:54.306-07:002011-10-08T18:37:54.306-07:00wow it took you almost a month to write 3 paragrap...wow it took you almost a month to write 3 paragraphs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37163585.post-47476144229276359402011-10-08T14:38:37.957-07:002011-10-08T14:38:37.957-07:00Well...what's there to say? A vehement "I...Well...what's there to say? A vehement "I disagree" seems silly. It's been some time since I've seen this, and I want to re-watch it taking your ideas into perspective. I didn't think of it as a Jessica fulfilling Patsy, something I think - sometimes to detriment - I never think of hoping performers do in biopics. I'm willing to buy into the Patsy of the movie, and it works for me.Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.com