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Sorry Saoirse

posted 5 years ago by VanZan (932)
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Better luck next year. Desperate for an Oscar. Irish person here dreading it will happen. The media here will confirm her as a celestial being were she to get a Best Actress award. She's pumping out the Oscar bait consistently every year. I fear it's only a matter of time. I have to grudgingly admit I liked Brooklyn. She's like an ultra motivated Meryl Streep and it frightens me.

A.B.S = anyone but Saoirse and her stupid name that only posh Irish folk used to name their kids. Hopefully if she ever does win then it'll be Dennis Quaid announcing it.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 5 years ago

Saoirse has slowly but surely succumbed to the perks and lifestyle of being a movie star with the attendant ego stroking and stoking that goes with it. She is no different to the rest of them now.

[–] jejebinks (67) 5 years ago

I honestly liked her performance here, but then again, I’ve only seen her in Atonement prior to this movie. I feel that if anyone was trying really hard to win an Oscar this year it would be Scarlett in Marriage Story. She hammed it up big time there.

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[–] rudeboymurray (3291) 5 years ago

Saoirse is a fine actress who seems to be in control of her career and makes wise choices. i have little doubt that she will win an Oscar sooner or later. To be on her fourth nomination at 25 - and deserving of it, once again - is quite remarkable.

I don't know that any of her roles are what I would call 'Oscar bait'. I'm quite sure that she did not have in mind that she would be nominated while filming Atonement or Brooklyn, and Lady Bird is not the kind of film that usually resonates with the Academy at all. Little Women, perhaps - Jo March has been nominated before, and any high profile adaptation is at least going to enter into the conversation. But she is excellent in the film and deserving of the nomination.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 5 years ago

She turned down the role of Tauriel offered to her by Peter Jackson for the Hobbit films. I wouldn't call that a particularly wise choice.

[–] rudeboymurray (3291) 5 years ago

I don't see how it's an unwise one. Sure, the films made heaps of money but they weren't very good and the character was widely maligned. It was a fairly small role, too. I presume a lengthy blockbuster shoot in New Zealand simply wasn't something she wanted to do at that time.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 5 years ago

Apparently I heard she didn't want to commit to a long shoot in New Zealand over being available for other projects. But as it turned out she did nothing of significance during that time anyway.

Saoirse had Directors wrapped around her little finger in those days so she probably could have had the Tauriel role beefed up to make it more attractive to her. And apart from the substantial financial rewards these films were virtually guaranteed to be blockbusters. And she turned them down !

[–] Costumer (1834) 5 years ago

I see no reason why you have to make an unfriendly remark regarding the actress' name. You don't get to decide if a name is stupid or somehow, as you seem to be implying, too privileged. People have lots of reasons for naming their children as they do. I don't always agree with the reasons some people have for their choices. However, that doesn't mean they don't have the choice. And, in this case, this is a traditional Irish name.

In the future, you might want to confine your remarks to the actress' abilities, of which I have no opinion.

[–] VanZan (932) 5 years ago

Nah I went to a Gaeilge school as a kid and have first hand experience of the language's utter pointlessness. It's a nice affectation for people though and that seems to be its primary use.

[–] Costumer (1834) 5 years ago

I don't have the foggiest notion what you are talking about.