Holliday Grainger best part of this movie - The Finest Hours (2016) Discussion

She did a fine job with what she had, but her made-up character in the movie really irritated me.

..Joe

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[–] rj-27 8 years ago

My wife was so irritated by her character she wanted Miriam to blow out to sea from the pier.

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[–] houstonhacker 8 years ago

They could have cut her out of the movie completely and knocked 30 minutes off it and made it more entertaining. I don't need the "love story drama" in a movie like this. Stay with the ship.

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[–] Gambit771 7 years ago

"I don't need the "love story drama" in a movie like this. Stay with the ship."

Ditto.
The forced romantic sub-plot ruins more films than they improve.

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[–] ebiebialek 7 years ago

They could have cut her out of the movie completely and knocked 30 minutes off it and made it more entertaining. I don't need the "love story drama" in a movie like this. Stay with the ship.

Normally I'd agree. It irks me to no end when they try to force a romantic sub-plot into action (or sci-fi) movies. But seeing as this was based on a true story and Miriam was a real life person, I think she needed to be included in the film

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[–] The_Boxing_Cat 8 years ago

I thought her performance was cringe worthy at best. She's underdeveloped as an actor AND it shows.

Common sense will tell you that if you're out in freezing, bitter cold, in the throws of a blizzard without a coat, you will shiver and shake in effort to raise your body temperature. Even an elementary school kid could have done better. She looked like a damn fool.

Hair and makeup did a lousy job, but then again, if she was worth her salt, she would have made sure that her scenes were authentic. Laughable

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[–] Howlin Wolf 7 years ago

Common sense will tell you that if you're out in freezing, bitter cold, in the throws of a blizzard without a coat, you will shiver and shake in effort to raise your body temperature. Even an elementary school kid could have done better. She looked like a damn fool.

Hair and makeup did a lousy job, but then again, if she was worth her salt, she would have made sure that her scenes were authentic. Laughable

That's obviously not what the director wanted, otherwise he would've asked for it...

It's his job to modulate the performance, if he isn't getting what he's looking for.

If nuances like that don't make it onto the screen, as opposed to bad line-readings or an unconvincing performance as a whole, it's because the director was happy with what he was given... he has the final say over authenticity, and if he says nothing, how is the actress supposed to know that it isn't what's required?! HE'S the one overseeing the whole thing from behind a monitor, not her.

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[–] sahubbell3 7 years ago

Oh, for PETE'S SAKE.

Are you naive' or just stupid? Like Holliday Grainger had anything to do with her hair or makeup in this - or any other- movie! Or have you forgotton that the director and his department heads are the ones in charge of those things? Holliday is a young actress and there is NO WAY she gets to control her own hair & makeup in a major film. If she becomes a sustainable, actual STAR as time goes by, then . . . maybe, just maybe, she'll get some say in those matters. But to insult and denigrate her personally for something she was NOT responsible for is just nasty and mean-natured and WRONG.

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[–] sixpaws67 8 years ago

She looked so much like my mom that I was unnerved at first. Mom had a Southern accent though. But the vision was so clear that I just was shaken up. She did a great job and was so pretty. I thought she was perfect. Non-biased opinion, that!

John 3:16

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[–] Howlin Wolf 7 years ago

Clearly influenced by Hayley Attwell's performance in Captain America (which was also great).

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[–] TheDarkKnightMatter 7 years ago

She displayed zero skills. It was like watching a piece of lumber act.

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[–] Darvidd 7 years ago

Holliday's best parts are to be seen in 'The Borgias' but most of this film's failings are down to the script and the director, though if the producers interfered as sometimes happens on big budget films, they might have to take some blame as well.

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[–] johnnxxx 7 years ago

Looks like a younger Gretchen Mol..

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