I am watching her in the movie Australia and watched The Paperboy a while back and think she is a really good actress and perhaps somewhat underrated. What d you think DSers.:)
I like Nicole, she appears to be a nice person, does not push her family into the celeb circuit. I think Tom cruise was dumb to treat her so coldly. Her acting is great.
I think the best thing you can say about her and actors like Anne Hathaway is that they can't be typecast.
They do drama, horror, comedy, historic, biopics, arty etc. and thown in a few sexy scenes here and there and you usually get a good performance out of them.
I always though Naomi Watts was going to be the new Kidman. Kidman is still going strong though.
I did wonder what the flip she had done to herself in The Paperboy. :eek:
I like Nicole, she appears to be a nice person, does not push her family into the celeb circuit. I think Tom cruise was dumb to treat her so coldly. Her acting is great.
Yes agree actually they have a lot of photographs of her in the Mail today in Cannes for the film festival she looks absolutely gorgeous, best I've seen her in a while, she was looking a bit pale and plasticy and thin. Not anymore. Good for her.:cool:
I'm going against the grain and saying I don't think much of her. It's either her acting or just an unfortunate streak of films that blemish her talent, but either way, I've not liked a single film she's been in, and that's either down to having no impact on a film or having too much impact on the film.
I liked her in The Others and Cold Mountain - she's particularly good in the latter I think, but she's done some real duds as well - Bewitched springs to mind as being particularly awful.
I've heard she's good in The Paperboy, must watch that sometime. And I agree she looks great in the pictures from Cannes opening night, big improvement on the horror she wore to the Oscars this year! :eek:
I like her both as an actress and a person. She seems very down to earth. I remember while watching the Olympics, seeing her in the crowd. She just seemed like a normal person.
Malice was a good early role - and she carried off the switch from naive victim to scheming bitch with aplomb.
Dead Calm, Portrait of a Lady and To Die For are other interesting roles from that period.
Her career post Tom Cruise however is where she has given her best work.
Moulin Rouge, The Others, Dogville, Birth, Fur, Margot At The Wedding and Rabbit Hole are all fantastic.
Australia was interesting but the film veers so wildly in tone that its hard to judge her performance.
The Hours Oscar is baffling.
Cold Mountain suffers because she playing against Renne, who overacts so wildly it could be panto.
Glossy, big budget films don't suit her - Bewitched, Stepford Wives, Golden Compass, The Invasion etc.
I think that she's a very good actress that can play a wide variety of roles, which make you care about the character. I think she's underrated too, but why she had to have plastic surgery when she's naturally pretty is a mystery to me!
She's alright. Wouldn't make a point of seeing a film with her in. Wouldn't make a point of not seeing one either. She was prettier before the pointy nose job.
Malice was a good early role - and she carried off the switch from naive victim to scheming bitch with aplomb.
Dead Calm, Portrait of a Lady and To Die For are other interesting roles from that period.
Her career post Tom Cruise however is where she has given her best work.
Moulin Rouge, The Others, Dogville, Birth, Fur, Margot At The Wedding and Rabbit Hole are all fantastic.
Australia was interesting but the film veers so wildly in tone that its hard to judge her performance.
The Hours Oscar is baffling.
Cold Mountain suffers because she playing against Renne, who overacts so wildly it could be panto.
Glossy, big budget films don't suit her - Bewitched, Stepford Wives, Golden Compass, The Invasion etc.
Pretty much agree with these sentiments.
Though I'm not sure she's ever reached true greatness, the best of her work is exceptionally good and show an actress capable of leaving the competition behind.
I think Nicole Kidman is one of the few rare brilliant actresses around today, alongside Meryl Streep
She is incredible. She can do it all. But boy, can she deliver a great dramatic performance.
Moulin Rouge, The Others, The Paperboy, To die for, Rabbit hole, The Hours and many more show how much range she has.
She lights up the screen with her beauty and also becomes really involved in the character's she plays. I think she is incredibly underrated. I felt after The Hours, she really lost her magic. Her film roles were poor (The Invasion, The Golden compass, Australia) spring to mind and showed her as just an average actress. But she had a baby, took some time out and made an extrordinary comeback in the heartbreaking "Rabbit Hole". She has continued her excellence in the likes of Paperboy and acclaimed emmy/golden globe role in as Martha Gellhorn in the biopic about her marriage to Hemingway.
I can't wait to see her playing the legendary Grace Kelly later this year in "Grace Of Monaco. She is already a hot contender for 2014's oscar.
I think she will be one of the actress that in many decades to come, she will much more be appreciated and thought upon as one of the greatest actresses of her time.
Nicole Kidman is a fearless actress who has appeared in a variety of film genres in contrasting roles. She has played all types of characters ; her range is very diverse. Even her so so films cannot be blamed on her performance in them , she delivers but the script, co-stars etc. fail to match her eg. Bewitched. She did have a period after winning her Oscar when she did have a bit of a lull in the quality of her films but this happens to a lot of Actresses after the Academy award them. They capitalise on their win and choices can be based on money rather than art. Halle Berry did the same after her win. Nicole is back on form and long may it continue.
Terrific actress, even if not enamoured of all her roles. Unlike many others, I love her Woolf in The Hours (although the prosthetic nose is really distracting) and not a big fan of Moulin Rouge generally. But whatever she's had done to her face in last few years has robbed it of expression and character. She was practically immobile in Australia (yes, I did suffer through it )
Never been that keen on her to be honest, but, how she didn't win an Oscar for 'To Die For' is a complete mystery to me. She gave the performance of her career in that film IMO.
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They do drama, horror, comedy, historic, biopics, arty etc. and thown in a few sexy scenes here and there and you usually get a good performance out of them.
I always though Naomi Watts was going to be the new Kidman. Kidman is still going strong though.
I did wonder what the flip she had done to herself in The Paperboy. :eek:
Yes agree actually they have a lot of photographs of her in the Mail today in Cannes for the film festival she looks absolutely gorgeous, best I've seen her in a while, she was looking a bit pale and plasticy and thin. Not anymore. Good for her.:cool:
I've heard she's good in The Paperboy, must watch that sometime. And I agree she looks great in the pictures from Cannes opening night, big improvement on the horror she wore to the Oscars this year! :eek:
I loved her in 'Far and Away'
But winning a Best Actress Oscar, for The Hours?!
Malice was a good early role - and she carried off the switch from naive victim to scheming bitch with aplomb.
Dead Calm, Portrait of a Lady and To Die For are other interesting roles from that period.
Her career post Tom Cruise however is where she has given her best work.
Moulin Rouge, The Others, Dogville, Birth, Fur, Margot At The Wedding and Rabbit Hole are all fantastic.
Australia was interesting but the film veers so wildly in tone that its hard to judge her performance.
The Hours Oscar is baffling.
Cold Mountain suffers because she playing against Renne, who overacts so wildly it could be panto.
Glossy, big budget films don't suit her - Bewitched, Stepford Wives, Golden Compass, The Invasion etc.
It's not a criticism of her, I just think that it was a strange decision by the Academy.
Though I'm not sure she's ever reached true greatness, the best of her work is exceptionally good and show an actress capable of leaving the competition behind.
She is incredible. She can do it all. But boy, can she deliver a great dramatic performance.
Moulin Rouge, The Others, The Paperboy, To die for, Rabbit hole, The Hours and many more show how much range she has.
She lights up the screen with her beauty and also becomes really involved in the character's she plays. I think she is incredibly underrated. I felt after The Hours, she really lost her magic. Her film roles were poor (The Invasion, The Golden compass, Australia) spring to mind and showed her as just an average actress. But she had a baby, took some time out and made an extrordinary comeback in the heartbreaking "Rabbit Hole". She has continued her excellence in the likes of Paperboy and acclaimed emmy/golden globe role in as Martha Gellhorn in the biopic about her marriage to Hemingway.
I can't wait to see her playing the legendary Grace Kelly later this year in "Grace Of Monaco. She is already a hot contender for 2014's oscar.
I think she will be one of the actress that in many decades to come, she will much more be appreciated and thought upon as one of the greatest actresses of her time.
I love Nicole shes my favorite living actress. How she hasn't had more
Oscar nominations I'll never know. I'm rooting for to win for Grace
Very classy, elegant, beautiful, talented woman!
Yes I agree , as the OP I ashamedly missed this post.:o:)