I personally think she deserves more recognition for Melancholia. Both she and Kirsten were great, but I feel like Charlotte was something else. That eerie cry when she's panicking and fruitlessly trying to start that engine gave me chills.
shareYeah, she was really awesome!
shareShe was wonderful. I think she is such a natural in front of the camera, especially because she is so soft spoken and has such a quiet demeanor...there is nothing showy or fake about her. The scene where she is using the little tool the son invented, checking the size and nearness of Melancholia, checking her watch expecting it to recede and put her mind at ease, then seeing it coming closer and so much larger than the viewfinder. Her panic was palpable even without her uttering a word. I thought Kirsten Dunst has finally lived up to all the promise she showed in Interview with The Vampire;she was fantastic, but it's Charlotte's performance that really knocked me out.
Remember us, for we too have lived, loved and laughed
I found her bad in the first half. Her acting just sucked to tell you the truth. But she gradually got better. Maybe she just has a thing (a bad thing) with dialogue, because it was when she wasn't talking where she was better
shareEveryone's acting was a bit off in the first half. I imagine that was done purposefully.
For me, Charlotte is the standout actress of this film.
Yes, she does deserve more recognition for her performance. She does
a lot of the emotional legwork in the climax of the film.
"Tide's up. Time to stay alive...."
I agree that I wasn't too impressed by her in the first half, but in the second she really blew me away. You could feel her fear. It felt so real. Especially during the scene when she has trouble breathing.
Not that there's anything wrong with that!
In total agreement
shareTotally agree with all of this. She was truly awesome in this film. Whilst it's the superb performance of Dunst that sells the complexities of someone suffering depressive illness, it's Charlotte's perfomance that has to sell the END OF THE WORLD. And she pulls this off pretty much alone. Without her, this film would never have worked. One of the most compelling and believable performances I've seen in a long while, how Melancholia in general (and especially Charlotte) has escaped an oscar nod is mind boggling.
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