Love her or hate her (and, really, I’m not entirely sure why you’d hate her – unless you are just hardcore Team Jennifer 4 Lyfe), Angelina Jolie is a big fucking movie star. She is one of the biggest, shiniest stars today. And she is probably the biggest female movie star out there right now (with all due respect to Meryl, Julia, Scarlett, Jennifer, et al). Granted, her box office up until “Maleficent” may not have borne that out. But movie stardom is more than just about money. It’s about mystique. And, fucking hell, does Angie have that in shit down. It helps to have her face, that face. But as articles have attested recently, no one has more impressive, more impeccable publicity game than Angelina right now. What makes Angelina such a movie star is the sense of the unattainable. Sure, Jennifer Lawrence is relatable and we all wish she was our BFF. But that makes her likable, not a movie star. Whether we like to admit it or not, what we want from our movie stars is different. We want them to remain impeccable, out of reach and beautiful to behold. Always twinkling in a sky so high most of us never even dare to venture there. That’s a fucking movie star.
p.s. Oh yeah, I also reviewed “Maleficent” for AfterEllen (which should be up a little later today). So, clearly, Angie’s been on my mind.
7 comments:
Yes, no star in recent memory has the aura tha Angelina has...
But I must confess I still miss her crazy days
Agree. She's one of a kind.
she is a fantastic actress and i think her looks have taken precedence over her talent. However, she's not too popular over here in England at the moment after her UN comments. Sometimes you want your movie stars to shut up and not comment on politics! Love her though
About Jennifer Aniston: At this point even SHE should be like, omg, Brad, good choice. No really Brad, go with god.
I think I'm going to Imax to see this movie this wkd. I am all aghast/aflutter by Jolie's dedication to this project -- to the point of hand-picking Lana del Rey to sing the iconic song! Truly magical in every way.
ARE YOU JOKING NICOLA?!?! She's a UN commissioner, and she's been at it for years, she's visited thousands upon thousands of people affected by war and slept in refugee camps, when she comments on situations it's not some random stupid thought that's just popped into her head! Next week she's chairing the worlds biggest conference against violence towards women in wars with William Hague here in London, which 148 UN delegates have already signed up to support! I'm so glad she has a global voice, she uses it for good, I want to amplify it around the world, how on Earth could you possibly want to silence it?!?!?
^ I think Nicola was talking about Angelina's comments that the UK should take more Syrian refugees. But I'm British and agree with Angelina and also your post.
Jolie hardly ever puts in a bad performance, but man, I just wished they gave her more to do here. Good review Dorothy.
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