Hear hear!
Ditto Meryl Streep. Not attractice, not an especially good actor, crap at accents (seriously, Americans are always telling me she does dialects so well, but pursing your lips and saying "Det dinko took mine baypy" is not Australian!) and as we saw recently with the thoroughly shite Mama Mia* can't sing. She's proof positive that American cinema MUST have a current leading man and lady and when nobody is up to the task they just pick anyone and claim its him/her. Point in case, John bloody Malkovich. Flat delivery, same vacant eyed look, just blah.

*Never wanted to fall into a coma so much in my life. I actually cringed all the way through the bits I didn't walk out on. I remember at one point looking at the roof and willing a plane to come crashing in, just to give me an excuse to run out. And yes, I realise the logical answer was to just leave, but something kept me there... I just can't leave a bad film...
( difficultchild, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 3:06, Reply)