discussion Jamie Lee Curtis starring in brand new successful IPs unlike her peers. Why?

[MikeyDuff1D]

Jamie Lee Curtis has never been recognized by the Academy unlike her peers such as Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, etc.

 

However, in the past 5 years, she not only successfully revived the Halloween franchise, but she also starred in two brand new popular IPs: Everything Everywhere All at Once and Knives Out.

 

I also feel like these roles are interesting and diverse compared to the roles that other actresses in her age bracket have been getting in the past 5 years. 

 

 

What do you think? Why JLC?

[KFC]

Her agent is amazing at picking her roles. The two examples mentioned in the OP are perfect for her as they allowed her to put her signature JLC snark into the character while acting the part phenomenally

[Chileno]

She's an icon, she's a legend

[GraceRandolph]

She's not focused on doing Oscar bait roles, and instead picks projects that have interesting premises with characters that play to her strengths.

[Bloodflowers.]

4 minutes ago, GraceRandolph said:

She's not focused on doing Oscar bait roles, and instead picks projects that have interesting premises with characters that play to her strengths.

 

Exactly

 

Not to mention her acting in far more superior than lame hysterical crying clownery you have to do to get an Oscar... Jamie is above that, she chooses real art over artificial art

 

[Katamari]

She picks roles where she has fun with and let’s her personality show through. Genuine actress and humble i fear 

Edited October 24, 2022 by Katamari

[FightForTanas]

Halloween Ends is quite possibly one of the worst and most disappointing  "horror" movies of all time.  

[americanlife]

Jane Lynch is quaking

[Oxy]

Comparing her to Meryl is wrong, while you focus on the now, how about we compare an overall catalog? 
 

while Jaime has a good amount of movies but Meryl had a 3 decade dominance. 

[Walk_Away21]

53 minutes ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

Exactly

 

Not to mention her acting in far more superior than lame hysterical crying clownery you have to do to get an Oscar... Jamie is above that, she chooses real art over artificial art

 

oop you spilled @messicalange

[GraceRandolph]

12 minutes ago, Oxy said:

Comparing her to Meryl is wrong, while you focus on the now, how about we compare an overall catalog? 
 

while Jaime has a good amount of movies but Meryl had a 3 decade dominance. 

Meryl hasn't been it for over a decade now.

[Archetype]

She has fun with her roles.

She has a good eye for attaching to movies that have cultural importance at the time.

She doesn’t mind taking side roles and letting others shine.

Her main focus has always been storytelling and thus has one of the most entertaining catalogues of any actress her age.

She knows how to take a joke and can make fun of herself, very self-aware.

 

Recipe for a Legend 

[Miichael]

11 minutes ago, GraceRandolph said:

Meryl hasn't been it for over a decade now.

She's 73 

[Karla Cabello]

icon + legend + moment + you know the rest

[futurenostalgic]

Sooo, the Ellen Pompeo of film?

[okgo]

 

[Orsay]

she's an amazing person, karma's not a liar

[Life Savers]

TABS 

[ninasayers]

2 hours ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

Exactly

 

Not to mention her acting in far more superior than lame hysterical crying clownery you have to do to get an Oscar... Jamie is above that, she chooses real art over artificial art

 

I love her too but are Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends supposed to be included in this "real art" category? 

[fridayteenage]

idk, i'd prefer being the 3rd most prominent character in a netflix smash nominated for best picture

and emmy/globe nominated for joining Big Little Lies

 

to being in less than 10% of knives out (which is an agatha christie tribute act) and being the 5th most noteworthy performance of masterpiece EEAAO.

Edited October 24, 2022 by fridayteenage

[N.M.K.]

Why the pitting against Meryl though lmao.. Anyway, so great to see her in EEAAO and Knives Out. What she deserves!

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Life Savers said:

TABS 

Chic!

[nostalgia]

5 hours ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

Exactly

 

Not to mention her acting in far more superior than lame hysterical crying clownery you have to do to get an Oscar... Jamie is above that, she chooses real art over artificial art

 

Her and Prayers For Bobby thespian SiGODney Weaver do not rely on hysterics to be loved by the GeePee 

 

 

[Bloodflowers.]

5 hours ago, ninasayers said:

I love her too but are Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends supposed to be included in this "real art" category? 

 

Yeah let's point out a few duds that every actor has in their filmography to counter-act and the art in question is her ability to bring these characters she is playing to the next level in her scenes, not movies themselves being high art.

 

2 hours ago, nostalgia said:

Her and Prayers For Bobby thespian SiGODney Weaver do not rely on hysterics to be loved by the GeePee 

 

 

 

Exactly  

 

[ninasayers]

6 hours ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

Yeah let's point out a few duds that every actor has in their filmography to counter-act and the art in question is her ability to bring these characters she is playing to the next level in her scenes, not movies themselves being high art.

She has more than just "a few duds", let's not. "The art in question is her ability to bring these characters she is playing to the next level"? All the other actors mentioned in the OP achieve that as well, i don't see how any of their performances could be considered "artificial" as you put it. But tbf if you think her acting is "far more superior" in, say, Halloween than any performance Meryl Streep has ever done (or any Oscar winning performance ever, really) then... to each their own.