terrible in this mini-series. She looked great in the early '70's, but ten years later....
It is obvious there was no hairdresser available to her for her shots what with all the location shots. What was with her hair?! I would also say she is a heavy smoker. Even at age 45 you can see the vertical lines on her upper lip. Just a shame.
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Others loved her in this miniseries, and love means never having to say you're sorry....although I can't seem to find Ernest Borgnine in any scene...I could SWEAR her husband (Pug's son) was flying some experimental helicopter before he was assigned to that sub....
shareThe perpetual 14 weeks look doesn't do ANYTHING to make a filthy annoying, stubborn, bedhopping who-or any more attractive..
Really, why were the two most UNAPPEALING (EXECPT TO THOSE VIEWERS WHO ARE THE MOST NAUSEATING)female characters such a big part ( yeah, it AMAZED me that Pugs "wife" actually thought her opinions counted in ANYTHING their lives revolved upon...)what a worthless waste of oxygen!!! She was only made better by McGraws acting part on who she decided to suck face with THIS time!!!! Where THESE characters what the 80's thought were "stong women"?
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I disagree. Ali MacGraw looked much younger than she was and had the right mind set to play Natalie Jastrow (which Jane Seymour lacked). She did bring intelligence, radiance and passion into her part. She was the ultimate Natalie Jastrow.
To me she looked about 5 years older than Jan-Michael Vincent and I think that was the age difference between Natalie and Byron in Herman Wouk's novels.
I love those 7 parts from "Winds of War". However, when I watch "War and Remembrance", I have to fast forward all Jane Seymour scenes as they are really bad! She is a plain sleeping pill even though she is beautiful, but has no acting skills! Maybe she had a rough time in her life while making WAR?
But I felt the same when watching her for the first time in my life in the James Bond Movie "Live and let die". I never expected to see Jane Seymour again in another movie and yet she became a famous TV actress (???).
Others like Tovah Feldschuh ("Holocaust") are extraordinarily talented and you hardly ever see them again. It's very strange and obviously has nothing to do with acting talent.
Ali MacGraw looks beautiful as Natalie Jastrow and not a day older than 29. She has the right kind of passion for this demanding role which Jane Seymour was definitely lacking.
The chemistry between MacGraw and Vincent is unbelievable!
Vincent and MacGraw were right for their characters as portrayed in WOW:
A short-tempered upstart officer and an impulsive, spoiled Jewish girl.
Bochner and Seymour were right for the characters as portrayed in WAR:
A more mature, battle-seasoned officer who rises to a position of command, and a hardened survivor of the most inhuman event of the 20th century.
It was one thing to have MacGraw (early 40s) and Vincent (late 30s) play characters in their late 20s. By the time WAR was shot 5 years later, you'd have had MacGraw pushing 50 playing a woman barely 30, and Vincent in his early 40s playing late 20s to early 30s. His on-set carousing probably did little to convince the filmmakers to bring him back.
If you fast-forward past Jane Seymour in WAR, speak for yourself. Her scenes with Gielgud are the best scenes in the movie, IMHO. And given that she and Byron are only together for 2 scenes, it's her scenes with Aaron that really need to shine.
I also would find it hard to believe that Seymour was having a rough time during filming. As I have heard it, Gielgud helped maintain a light mood and kept everyone entertained with theatre stories.
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She looked rough in this mini series. I always remembered her a stunning woman. Her acting was TERRIBLE too.
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