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Originally posted by X/O/X/O
I can't argue with any of this, really, but I also don't defend her acting in Freak Show; I couldn't care much about acting in Scream, because none of those films were something you search for acting in.
But Freak Show was a disaster, and not just for her. Evan was terrible, Gabourey Sidibe was terrible, Kathy's horrid accent and sub-par acting was a mess, Denis O'Hare was cringe-worthy, and even Jessica was wobbly at some points (but mostly because the writing was horribly unbelievable for some of the lines she had), and Finn was bad in his last 3 episodes-- also due to the writing turning him into a self-parody and his acting became less convincing. Only Frances Conroy and Sarah Paulson were consistently good; Angela was decent, great at times, but only decent overall.  |
Err... huh? The Scream series is known for it's, AT LEAST, decent performances. And it's definitely had great ones. Drew Barrymore in the first ten minutes is better acting than she's had in her whole non-Scream career. And you have people like Matthew Lillard and Parker Posey blowing it out of the water in their respective films
Evan's character was terrible, but his acting was oooooookay. It certainly wasn't on par with him at his best (Tate), but it's quite a bit better than Emma trying to act drunk or talk Meryl Streep's daughter out of tarring and feathering daddy.
Sibide was weak, and Bates/Jessica had AWFUL accents, but even they outdid Emma. O'Hare was mainly just unmemorable, Paulson was average (like Evan)
Finn was phenomenal the whole season through and pretty much saved that disaster of a season from being a dud. Frances was great at well. Angela was actually really good, despite terrible writing, she brought it and did everything she could to salvage that character. There's truly nothing more she could have done.
Emma definitely does have her on moments (Coven, obviously). But when she's off, she's REALLY off. And I don't think it's unfair to point out her doing her bitch routine when that's the main thing she can do really well from my experience (though, again, I do need to see Palo Alto. I can only judge her acting on what I've seen)
I'm not a fan of horror nor gore but it's a horror-comedy + it's on FOX so it's not gonna be too bad in either department. Plus I saw the little preview with the lady getting her face burned off and it looked so unrealistic. 
Also, Lea alone >>>.
