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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3
I need to start coming around here more often I can't believe I missed this thread since I'm probably the most fanatic Jodie fan on here ..my fervor for her is the equal of any I had for La Nicks..I chose The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane because IMHO that was the first real Jodie Foster film where her persona that she has to this day first appeared and her performance in it is equal to any that have come since..And Ryan I can't agree that she is overrated ..She is not as versatile as Streep or Mirren but in certain roles as a lonely person overcoming adversity and becoming empowered she is without peer..she also has a mesmerizing star quaility that can make even questionable films like Flightplan watchable.She is probably the only living actress that in her best roles I can actually bond so much with her character that I attach to her and see the film through her eyes .I adore this woman and always will and I will be the first in line to see The Brave One when it opens on September the 14th.
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My god, what a wonderful post. It's perfect, but I'd like to add - Streep or Mirren couldn't do what Jodie does. I, too, think she is mesmerizing. The sheer intelligence and charisma in her eyes.
And though those other actresses are great at "losing themselves" in roles, Jodie succeeds in making the roles she does come alive not just in accuracy, but in sheer force of personality and depth. There is just always something extra and
compelling there. I can't remember all of where, but I've read it before - I think at the time having to do with Bette Davis - the quality some people have where you can't look away from the screen, and are mesmerized. Though there be "better" or more realistic actors.
Quite simply, as Sheryl said about Stevie in her BTM - "She has the entire star package."
Oh, and I sooo wanted to pick LGWLDTL - but I've only seen it once, and fear part of the draw was...Martin Sheen...I kinda wanted to pick Foxes, too, because it amazed me when I first saw it - but I was on acid - but I don't think only Jodie amazed me about that movie, it was the whole movie itself - so I didn't pick those. but I do remember being astonished at her performance in LGWLDTL. She was a great actress, light years ahead of her age, even when she was small. That speaks to me of the intrinsic genius that really good actors have. Some people are born just knowing and understanding emotions, and being able to reflect them back, and she is one of those people.
Anyway, I think The Accused was her most raw performance - she really stepped outside, in a way, of her hard to cover up superbrain in that one. She was vulnerable, she was trashy, she was sexy, and wanton, she was fabulous, she was weak and strong, and weakly strong - and if I think about it, I think the character she played in that one was the farthest thing from how she is in real life. I'm sure she's vulnerable at times and whatnot, but not like this character. And actually, I suspect and have heard, that she runs her life well and efficiently, is very smart and in control, a cool person, etc. So, while I love Silence of the Lambs, I have to conclude that The Accused was much more of a stretch for her. The most stretched I've ever seen her, really.