Is it just me or did she do a great job in her performance. I find it unfortunate that so many people still are blinded by her looks and cannot see her talent. She was great in Niagara.
shareright. she gave a solid performance.
shareAs far as acting - she did okay.
I think Marilyn brings an innate sensual quality that generally enhances and makes up for her acting skills. In other words, she doesn't have to be brilliant to do her job - in a star-like fashion. And that's okay with me. I like Ms Monroe's work - even if the acting skills are sometimes a little weak.
I think it's the results that count - and I like the results.
She was alright, I don't think it was her best work by any stretch of the imagination. I mean just taking her dramatic work into account, I think she was much better in The Misfits, Bus Stop, and the dramatic stretches of Prince and the Showgirl. I've always felt Cotten and Peters were the stars here.
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Overcooked yet underdone.
The sense itself was I.
Shock of all shock, Marilyn Monroe can actually act ... incredibly well!
Just watched it again and I was very surprised by how good she is. Tons of nuance to her character. I really liked the way she inter-acted with Jean Peters there was none of the competitive venom you usually see when two actresses close in age share the screen
I felt slightly ashamed of myself after watching this and discovering that Marilyn had a lot more to offer than I was aware. She had a few moments that were so intriguing, so non-"Marilyn" ... and I wanted more! I did see Bus Stop recently and I think I saw the Misfits many years ago. Guess it's time to see that again and look into her other dramatic roles.
shareShe was really good in this,even if they did focus on her wiggly walk.
shareSadly, Hollywood typecast her as the dumb blonde, seductress woman. She was struggling to be taken seriously as she so deservedly should be, but then that fatal night came. And she was taken away from us mortals. Marilyn was great!
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Absolutely, and I agree with you on the good film chemistry between Jean peters with Marilyn Monroe and her quality performance's both she and Ms Peters gave, cornball male sidekicks aside! :D
"as a finger pointing to the moon don't focus on the finger or you'll miss all the heavenly glory" - Bruce Lee
This was the best performance of her career IMO.
shareThe lurid red light in the Carillion tower during Marilyn's death scene is gorgeous, oversaturated on the color film.
A few years ago, I stayed at the Sheraton Brock Hotel in Niagara Falls, where Marilyn stayed when it was the General Brock Hotel. If you check the promotional materials that the hotel posts, you can find Marilyn's room at the very end of the eighth floor, opposite the stairwell. They gave her this room when she complained that she had trouble sleeping. I don't know how small it is compared to the other rooms, but the door frame is wedged up against the perpendicular wall, and you can tell that even in the 1950s the EXIT sign (also red, in those days?) hovered right over her room door. It's a forlorn little corner.
Exactly right. Such superb cinematography.
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Red light. Red light district. Such a smooth and deliberate touch.
shareYes, best performance of her career.
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