Julianne Moore
There are some actors who are able to communicate incredible sadness in there faces and when given a role that requires a sense of sorrow or rage, they deliver. One of my favorite criers is Julianne Moore, who I expect will cry in every movie she in. (not always, but often)
Next comes Marisa Tomei, who has a face that is ready for sadness or outrageous giddiness. I guess this supports the notion that laughing and crying are just two sides of the same coin.
Lastly, Halle Berry who is cast often as the beauty, is for me, most convincing in the roles that demand more from her then looking good. In “What We Lost In the Fire”, she seems to be relating to something very personal. Her sorrow seems to over power her joy.
Halle Berry
This brings me to an interesting view. Critics, mainly movie critics are not necessary. They don’t seem to understand that our lives are situational, meaning we seek out entertainment that fills our current need. We don’t pay ten bucks or more to see a movie in the hope that we will like it the 2nd and 3rd time we see it. We paid the ten bucks so that we could enjoy it the first time, anything else is a bonus. So there is this one expert who says that this years hot movies don’t stand up to a second viewing as if this should mean something. What does mean something is that the critics panned “It’s a Wonderful Life” and most people have seen it at least ten times.
Marisa Tomei
I am not a critic, so here is my list of movies I liked the first time I saw them.
- In the Bedroom
- What we lost in the Fire
- Husbands and Wives
- To Die For
- No Country for Old Men
- Fargo
- Deer Hunter
- Shrek 1 & 2
- The Godfather
- There will be Blood.
These are not my top ten and there is no significance to the order. They’re just movies that I enjoyed, that served my needs at the time.