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Shack
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 Re: I don't get Hilary Swank billybobwashere wrote: She has given two very good performances, but the sad truth is that she's unattractive (or at least, not-pretty) and therefore has a lot more trouble getting good roles than most other Oscar-winning actresses (like Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, etc).
Yeah... I'd also say she doesn't translate into "non-drama" roles too well... not that Theron/Berry/Kidman have killed it there, but you could at least see them headlining decent projects... Swank is eh, whatever _________________Shack’s top 50 tv shows - viewtopic.php?f=8&t=90227
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Loyal
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank watch out Amelia Earhart, Julia Childs is coming for you 
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junio
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank Do they show her past as a spy or just her cooking part of life?
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Corpse
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank Swank vs Streep would be interesting.
Anyway, Swank can really deliver a powerful performance. She was amazing in Boys Don't Cry, and great in Million Dollar Baby.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank Hmm, if the performance is really good, I don't think they'd snub Streep for the 118th time in a row.
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Loyal
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank Dr. Lecter wrote: Hmm, if the performance is really good, I don't think they'd snub Streep for the 118th time in a row. the big question over the past few days was whether it was supporting or lead but apparently it's lead.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank She deserved the Oscar over Winslet in The Reader (than again, Winslet for Rev. Road - I'd see it differently).
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snack
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank they can't resist meryl in a biopic. simply not gonna happen.
but stop taking bait-y roles, ms. streep! think 'adaptation' or 'devil wears prada,'...not baity at all. and they still nommed her anyways.
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank yeah, this sounds oscar baity to the max Quote: A frustrated temp secretary (Amy Adams) embarks on a year-long culinary quest to cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. She chronicles her trials and tribulations in a blog that catches on with the food crowd. The film also covers the years Julia Child (Meryl Streep) and her husband Paul (Stanley Tucci) spent in Paris during the 1940s and 1950s, when he was a foreign diplomat who was eventually investigated by Sen. Joseph McCarthy for alleged communist ties
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snack
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank less bait for amy adams too, please.
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Gulli
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank I think she's a great actress and very attractive to boot. Also the Core needs more love.
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junio
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank So it does show her as a spy!!! Fun!!! And Meryl and Amy are building a strong working relationship, huh?
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank Guys, it's Nora Ephron. Bait and nominee are two very different things.
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank yoshue wrote: Guys, it's Nora Ephron. Bait and nominee are two very different things. Yeah, really. I think Julie & Julia will be awesome (I hope, at least), but a Nora Ephron movie doesn't exactly strike me as something that will be nominated for 30 Oscars.
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xXVincentxX
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Re: I don't get Hilary Swank I've always liked her. She's incredible actress and very pretty in my opinion. I think she might just get a nomination for Amelia. Some of her other films like P.S. I Love You are quite awful though.
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