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Ending Spoiled It And Wooden Acting From Eliza!

posted 12 years ago by tbirdman-1
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First of all I am a big fan of Eliza Dushku and loved her
former show "Dollhouse." Now here are my issues with
"The Alphabet Killer" which I did enjoy.

1. I disliked the ending overall and found that it
spoiled what had been an intriguing crime mystery.
Yes so the homicide detective went crazy and actually
lost her mind. Though that final scene was just
so dumb!

2. Eliza Dushku's acting was so wooden in character!
She is usually a very good performer though I found
her portrayal just so stiff and so lacking in emotion.
Heck even her Dollhouse character displayed far more
emotion overall. I blame the writers.

3. The movie was slow in some parts though imho that
is due to the writing and not so much the fault of
the director.

4. I did not believe that she was supposed to be
an homicide lieutenant. She looked much too young
and not seasoned enough. I would have been more
convinced had her police character instead been a
sergeant. Especially in a small town police force
in upstate New York. Where promotion is generally
slower than in large city agencies like the NYPD
or the LAPD.

Lorenzo Sunny Florida

I'm James "Sonny" Crockett!

[–] TonyC4444 11 years ago

I thought her performance in this was one of it's better qualities. Her descent into madness was a believable one.

[–] denise1234 11 years ago

TonyC4444^

I agree.

I don't see how her portrayal as someone gradually decompensating into an absolute delusional state can be called 'wooden'??

I thought she did a fine job portraying someone balancing between awareness and madness while trying to 'hide' her delusions from others around her, to then fall apart as she (the character) is holding on by her mental fingernails, trying to stay intact just long enough to catch a killer who is very, very real.

She also did well depicting her character who, while questioning her own judgement at times, still had some things 'right', had to fight to keep that straight in own her head AND try to convince others, all despite their knowing her recent mental and medical history and her knowing that they knew about that.

That's many different states of being to juggle throughout the film and she did a great job with that, IMHO.

"I'm here because I believe in a free Narnia."

[–] dreamwork15 9 years ago

Her acting was pitiful. I honestly felt ashamed for her.

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