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36451, RE: I saw this movie over the weekend and
Posted by Aries, Mon Jan-08-07 11:25 PM

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>With all that said, the most amazing part of the movie was
>Jennifer singing "You're Gonna Love Me". THAT SHIT WAS
>INTENSE!!!! I was EXTREMELY impressed by that performance.
>The intensity and the duration of the song overwhelmed me and
>damn near wore me out. I don't think I've ever seen anything
>quite like that in a movie. If she could've acted as half as
>well as she sung that song, she would be a lock for an Oscar.
>But her performance of that song, at the very least makes her
>worthy of an Oscar nomination. She was either holding back on
>the acting tip or she's been deeply hurt by somebody that she
>loved dearly, because that shit that came out of her was
>REAL!!! I wonder how many retakes they had to do of that
>scene. I'm sure multiple scenes and retakes of that had to
>wear her out.


Damn, it seems I'm the only one who was just not impressed with this number. A whole lot of shaking does not equal great intensity nor acting to me. I swear I must have missed something...