i must side with director leigh, that he is correct in stating the actors/directors/writers etc., do not get upset by criticism, but the trolling on these boards, which is horrendous. there's too many people that get on here, and write mean, hateful commentary in an effort to make themselves somehow feel better for that moment in their life. and i forgot who wrote the comment about doubting industry gets on the boards. they DO. i know firsthand from actors, directors, casting offices, and agents that use IMDB all the time. i've even seen industry referring to the star meter LOL. there was a film not too long ago, where they stated not to submit any actor under a 20,000 rating! pretty silly, but nevertheless...
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dronzilla
16 years ago
I don't think that advising her to take a few acting classes is mean. I think it would improve her skills as an actress and will benefit her future career. Perhaps it was a challenge. However, this was only my opinion and I do not expect anybody to listen to it.
It is interesting to see some people's reaction to the comments. I see this forum as a discussion and nothing else. I have hard time believing that some agent or producer or a studio will want to hire Jennifer but then the comment by 'dronzilla' will stop them. I don't believe they care much about these forums. Why would they? They can see her in action in a number of movies so why would they care about what I wrote...
Geoff and Director, a question for you if I may: if you don't like people writing bad stuff about the Asylum here why can't the Asylum make better movies ? I mean, of course, there are people that like the movies by Asylum but even Director Leigh wrote in one of his comments to Transmorphers: 'This is a low budget, B movie made for the same amount of money as indie films and films made in people's basements.'If you do not have the money to make a good movie why bother? If you can't do it right why do it at all? Does this not mean that you simply can't do a better job and admit it by making 'low budget, B movies'? You even said that you did not watch the Transmorphers, how encouraging is that to the audience if even the director does not want to see it...
I do not believe that the low budget or the lack of time is an excuse. If you are going into Sci-Fi genre then you must know that there are certain costs involved but why do it if you can't afford it? What about a movie Pi which was only made for 60000$ but it has an idea behind it and was very successful as well as a good movie. What about the Soviet Kin-Dza-Dza that has no budget at all(it is a Soviet movie after all) but it is brilliant. Again I am not a professional critic or filmmaker but I am somebody who always tries to be good at what I do and prepared to work hard and improve. I just don't see Asylum improving the quality of their product and this is something that I don't understand.... Can you please help me understand this?
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legend-becomes-him
16 years ago
"You even said that you did not watch the Transmorphers, how encouraging is that to the audience if even the director does not want to see it."
I'm sorry, but that's a good point if that is indeed what was said.
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tigpoppa
16 years ago
its not mean and hurtful if tis true. she is a terrible actress and has no right to be in the entertainment industry. whats cruel is watching her attempt to perform which only ends up making everyone want to vomit. I would voluntarily eat my own vomit if it would remove her horrid image from my mind. HaHa put it this way f someone writes something about someone its called a criticism. Dont leave your house or open newspaper to read any critics about movies if your so sensitive.
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