I don't know what it is about her... I never feel involved with her characters, it's like she's always so remote. I liked her OK in "High Noon" and that's pretty much it. Cary Grant was basically Cary Grant and wonderful in this film, but Kelly? Does anybody else have this problem?
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She is very detached/aloof as an actress, no question. This used to bother me but I have grown to like her style, no one can match it.
shareNo I'm not keen on Grace Kelly, her accent always sounds false to me, like she's trying too hard to be clear.
shareI haven't seen all of her films but I think she is great in High Society.
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those are things I like about her...
the accent, the coolness (alfred hitck used to say something about it;)
Grace Kelly is one of my favourite ever women/actresses :)
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I liked her best in Hitchcock's films, especially in To Catch a Thief. I would place Grace Kelly's performances in the three films with Alfred Hitchcock above her Oscar-winning performance in The Country Girl.
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Maybe I missed out on all the deleted posts, but MM doesn't have an attitude.
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I don't usually like her either. I find her very remote, prim and quite wooden. But in To Catch a Thief she was sexier than usual, which made me thnk she was really the 'cat'. I think Tippi Hedren was the best 'Hitchcock blonde'.
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You're right about Tippi being a bit wooden at times, AbeStreet! She wasn't the greatest of actresses, especially in Marnie when she gets upset about her mother and tries to stifle her tears from Sean Connery. But her uptight brand of iciness generally worked very well in The Birds and Marnie. As for GK, I thought she managed to bust out of her usual primness in To Catch a Thief. And she always has nice frocks and handbags. Mind you, so did Kim Novak. Alexander McQueen decicated a handbag to her, based on one she wore in Vertigo.
shareTippi Hedren was great in The Birds, possibly because the part didn't require that much acting. I didn't think she did as well in Marnie. The movie was great, I just didn't find her acting to be very convincing.
shareWell, in this movie she keeps running Grant's character over until the (very!) end; she never really interacts with him, it's always her stating her position and him taking it or leaving it (mostly taking it ). And she does it with everybody and everything, like when she decides that he stole her mother's jewelry even though it was such a counterintuitive conclusion; but who cared, it was her conclusion and it wouldn't go away unless something extraordinary happened. I was vainly hoping that Cary would go Clark Gable on her at some point.
Sorry for the rant, I just hated her 50's version of "Beverly Hills, 90210" looks and attitude with a passion. Actually it was an unexpectedly disagreeable character even for Ms. Kelly, usually I have no problem ignoring or (more likely) tolerating her characters.
If it hadn't been for her (and for the at times out of focus plot), I'd have given this movie a 9 instead of an 8.
Dave Jenkins. Calder Benson. Jim Cooper. Chuck Youngblood.
Yes I'm also a "think she's gorgeous but doesn't do anything for me as an actress" kind of guy. Her modeling background and perfect figure (OMG) she and her directors used quite well but that's as far as I'll go for her talent and personality. She was definitely one of the most beautiful women ever- and naturally beautiful with little or no makeup. Compare her to Elizabeth Taylor who caked on the makeup, the eye shadow and eyeliner and seemed a bit too soft and unathletic- I have never understood why she was considered the world's most beautiful woman at one time...
shareHer modeling background and perfect figure (OMG) she and her directors used quite well but that's as far as I'll go for her talent and personality.
She was playing a person somewhat close to herself in some ways I've read so maybe not a big acting stretch.
shareI never quite got the Elizabeth Taylor obsession either....I thought she was beautiful but definitely not as breathtakingly gorgeous as everybody seemed to have thought she was...even after she had gained [more] weight in her later 30s, people were still raving about her... And yes, goodness, the layers of makeup. All those perfume endorsements. The over-the-top jewelry. There was just this all too apparent veneer of artifice about Taylor that I just couldn't bring myself to subscribe to. (Granted, artifice is part of being an actor but you know what I mean....)
She may not have range. Grace is good at the kind of characters she plays, and is not boring to me. I like how she brings class and grace to her roles. She is naturally stunning women. No one is liked by everybody. Everything is so subjective. She is one of my favorite classic ladies.
shareI like how she brings class and grace to her roles. She is naturally stunning women.Well put. She doesn't pretend to be Goldie Hawn. She plays a princess that any prince would want, which may be why she became one. share
Before I heard she was princess. I always thought she could have been one.
shareYep -- that was just her.
Not everyone can be Streep. Jack is Jack, The Duke is The Duke and Grace is Grace.
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I know right. To me some people can do one thing. They do it so good to where people like to escape or connect with it. At least Grace brings class,grace and elegance, instead of trash to her roles. Thats why Hitchcock liked her and used her for 3 movies. He wanted to use her for more,but she was princess, and could not do them. Hitchcock and Grace is perfect entertainment. I know not everybody is going to like her. There are people who thinks she talentless. Her fans appreciate(like us) what she did. No one will be able to replace her. To us there is one Grace Kelly. She is one of the many great legends.
At least Grace brings class,grace and elegance, instead of trash to her roles.I believe she is also a testament that pure charisma (in her case incorporating class and beauty) can make you a movie star.
Yes I agree about charisma. I don't know if it's her birth name or not, but I have always though Grace is so perfect for her.
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