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HANNAH'S ACTING IS SO BAD - WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT IT ??!

posted 9 years ago by edesrochers-28511
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The actress playing Hannah was so bad I wanted to get infected, bleed from the eyes and not be human again.
The other actors are good...
The script is good...
The music is good...
The movie as a all is good...
SHE IS SO BAD
Why was she cast in this ?
Who's to blame?
AND WHO SERIOUSLY THINKS THIS IS OK ??

I can't sleep
This is too much
I searched, on this board, on different panels. I typed in Google "28 days later hannah sucks so bad painful acting" and nothing came up
I'm not crazy, I can't be the only one.
WHO'S WITH ME ? LET'S UNITE

and for the record the actress didn't do any other movies after that and now she plays in a goth band. So good for her. But this was torture.

[–] fred-seguin20 9 years ago

Even if I think you could have kept your temper while writing your review, I must agree (in milder and more politically correct terms) that the actress playing Hannah does impact the movie negatively.
No wonder she did not have any more roles after this one that she should not even have got at the beginning, for the sake of this movie.
I do suggest you to calm down and drink some tea.

[–] saint_sophie 9 years ago

You're not the only one. I always think it when I watch this film. I know she was only young and probably inexperienced but I found it very cringeworthy.

[–] timdazjef 9 years ago

I always thought that was why she's made to take downers by the other female character towards the end - to give a reason for her terrible acting. In the finale she would have been required to show some extreme emotions which was beyond her acting abilities. So they make the excuse 'Oh she's been drugged.' Pretty lame. She ruined the whole film.

[–] E_nineteen 9 years ago

I particularly like the bit at the end where Jim says 'wait, are you high?' to her. Couldn't help but think - how can you tell, Jim? She sounds just as zoned out as always...

[–] M_Exchange 9 years ago

I always thought that was why she's made to take downers by the other female character towards the end - to give a reason for her terrible acting.

Precisely. "Your awesome dad just died." Your reaction? Acting like you couldn't get ice cream that day? wtf?
At that point Boyle... to use an American football term... called an audible when he looked at the dailies. "SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE HERE."

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand she never worked as an actress again.

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[–] E_nineteen 9 years ago

Oh man, she's painfully bad. I wondered how such brilliant actors like Brendan Gleeson and Christopher Eccleston could take her seriously or even keep a straight face when on screen with her. Was her mum or dad in the crew, or something? Surely she didn't get through an audition for that part? I also couldn't work out her accent - it seemed very exaggerated and unnatural, possibly Brummy but occasionally bordering on Australian.

[–] johdousha 8 years ago

Yeah, I asked my wife what accent she was going for, because it definitely didn't sound natural. To be fair to her, I did hear Brendan Gleeson's Irish slip through a couple of times. But maybe that's because he was delivering a line right after she did and my mind was adjusting.

Die Tasche.

[–] vestdennis 9 years ago

Are you sure you haven't been infected with the rage virus? Chill out. But yes her acting did suck.

[–] jhee-222-706822 9 years ago

I hope some day someone will ask mr Boyle about it (providing that he hopefully will discuss it openly too...) because it is too much noticiable that veeery sad performance of her.

[–] nsd4 8 years ago

Her first role and last role, so perhaps acting wasn't her thing.

I dont think she ruined the film at all and her acting wasn't that bad either, perhaps she realised the role should have been played like that - 'the world has gone to *beep* and she's over it after 4 weeks of seeing death and the collapse of society' not all roles can be played like american scream queens crying and shouting and taking everything like a hammer to the head.

I did notice and now always notice that when she's on the balcony talking about how much they all need each other, her accent almost hits a soft irish note, very bizarre.

[–] dltcwebb-184-63055 8 years ago

The fact that all of these people that are dissing on her are stroking their Oscars or Emmy... wait...they are just stroking something else. No she is isn't very good but it is better then anything these morons could produce.

[–] Burk48917 (11360) 2 years ago

Doing something you are paid for and doing it badly isn't any better than not doing something and not getting paid. In fact, it's worse.

[–] Tastyfrog 8 years ago

Her first role and last role, so perhaps acting wasn't her thing.

I was told she's a model now or something?

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[–] lunchboxattacks 8 years ago

She was pretty wooden now that I think of it, but I hadn't thought of it until seeing this thread. Yeah, they could have cast someone better, but she didn't ruin the film by any means. She only had a small part.

[–] Burk48917 (11360) 2 years ago

i just googled her. no chance she's a model.

[–] HalBanksy 8 years ago

Yeah, her "acting" actually distracts from the film.
A real shame. She was really the best actress they auditioned?

[–] Burk48917 (11360) 2 years ago

Probably someone's niece.

[–] punchallwhitewomen 8 years ago

She was bad, but I disagree that she ruined the movie.