This woman is a goddess of film, and every bit as versatile as her school chum Meryl. She's a national treasure in her own little way, and everyone seems to like her, but why doesn't she have an Oscar? Why doesn't she get the Meryl/Glenn treatment?
I appreciate all the dignity she's brought to science fiction roles, such as the "Alien" films, and works like "Galaxy Quest" and "Avatar." But she's also amazing in comedy - physical schtick as well as dialogue-heavy parts. She's tall. She's hilarious. She's a true talent.
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Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 11, 2022 4:03 PM |
She’s very tall. I saw her in a store once
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 11, 2022 4:04 PM |
That scene from "Aliens"....classic. Forever.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 11, 2022 4:09 PM |
Welcome to Datalounge, Susan!
Just kidding, OP. I love her, too. Her "sin" is that she has taken roles in films that have been highly financially successful.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 11, 2022 4:10 PM |
I do love her, yes. Did you know she took her stage name Sigourney from a street in Hartford, CT? Her real first name is Susan.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 11, 2022 4:23 PM |
Why not bronze a sculpture of her and keep it in your living room, OP.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 11, 2022 4:24 PM |
I like her in comedy more than Meryl and Glenn. Kathleen Turner is the only one of the 80's newbees close to her in making me laugh. (I'd add Angelica Huston as well, but she started in the 60's; the others came along in the late 70's.)
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 11, 2022 4:29 PM |
Best performance: DEATH AND THE MAIDEN.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 11, 2022 4:37 PM |
She took her name from Sigourney Howard, a minor character mentioned in The Great Gatsby, r6.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 11, 2022 5:03 PM |
Don't you wish she was really the nation's First Lady? I love the movie "Dave" and she is just wonderful in it. How often has she worked with Kevin Kline? They really made a lovely couple in the movie.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 11, 2022 5:13 PM |
I like her. I wonder if her height kept her from better parts. She’s also a bit remote personality wise.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 11, 2022 5:16 PM |
I like her except for that damned gorilla movie.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 11, 2022 5:18 PM |
Whereas Meryl and Nicole are easy going and laugh a lot, Sigourney seems like a chilly professor. I remember an old TV interview where a fan said he idolized her, and she said, “Please don’t put me on a pedestal, I am only an actor.” Totally Debbie Downer.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 11, 2022 5:21 PM |
^^ I disagree, I think she is warm, funny and incredibly beautiful.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 11, 2022 5:28 PM |
I think she’s great and always enjoy seeing her. That said, I don’t think she’s quite the actress that Meryl and Glenn are.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | February 11, 2022 6:03 PM |
Her playing a Marianne Williamson type (with a pinch of Oprah thrown in) is a highlight of the mostly mediocre "Jeffrey."
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 11, 2022 6:10 PM |
I find Sigourney much warmthier than Meryl.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | February 11, 2022 6:28 PM |
She got beauty, class, intelligence and wide-ranging talent. A rarity.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | February 11, 2022 7:18 PM |
I wonder about her natural accent, though. She's American, but had an English mother and went to upper-crust Eastern boarding schools. Maybe that's why she has such a faint lilt to her voice.
Her father was Pat Weaver, who basically invented network television as we know it today. He created The Today Show, The Tonight Show, and the star-centered network special. He also revamped the business model of television, moving shows away from direct corporate sponsorship ("Unocal Presents A Dinah Shore Christmas") and into commercial-length sponsorships. This model returned creative control of television to producers and affiliates, and took it away from the soap executives who essentially owned entire blocks of broadcast time.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | February 11, 2022 8:03 PM |
I love her. Sigourney might not be as technically good as Streep ( as a side note I do not comprehend the Close adulation, as Dame Maggie Smith once said that's an address, not an actress), but she's a much better screen presence and able to do "personality" roles. My favorite role of hers is probably in Working Girl, which is a so-so movie overall, but her character is amazing.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | February 11, 2022 8:08 PM |
R30 "This woman is my SECRETARY!!!!"
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | February 11, 2022 8:11 PM |
Sigourney always had an elegance and class about her that most actresses today don’t have.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | February 11, 2022 8:44 PM |
There was some early awards buzz about her performance in The Good House where she plays a Realtor who's a secret drunk. Co-starring her old pal Kline. But it apparently came out in September and promptly disappeared without a trace. Seems like she could still get a Best Actress with the right role, she should be lobbying A-list directors for a comeback role.
She should have won best supporting for Working Girl over Geena Davis in the largely forgotten The Accidental Tourist. She was also soooooo good in The Ice Storm.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | February 11, 2022 8:47 PM |
R33, who was more deserving of Best Actress for 1988, Sigourney Weaver in Gorillas in the Mist, Glenn Close for Dangerous Liaisons, or Jodie Foster for The Accused?
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 11, 2022 8:51 PM |
She's one of my favorites.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 11, 2022 8:55 PM |
Jodie was brave in taking the part in The Accused. Many turned it down. A difficult, unglamourous role, but she excelled. She deserved the win.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | February 11, 2022 8:58 PM |
I've somehow never seen "The Accused," r34. But I always thought that's the year Glenn should have won.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | February 11, 2022 8:58 PM |
In 1988 I'd give it to Close as that was her best film performance ever.
Weaver was good in GORILLAS, but it was more of a "personality" performance than the kind of character lead performance that, say, Streep would do. Also, the film isn't that good anyway. It doesn't hold up well.
Weaver can be genuinely sexy in a way that Streep and Close never could.
I saw that film MY SALINGER YEAR (the U.S. title) mentioned in the article at R1 - Weaver is terrific but the film is mediocre and Margaret Qualley is just awful in it.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | February 11, 2022 9:00 PM |
She's not that great an actress. I've seen her on Broadway 3 times. She's not Meryl, or Glenn, for sure.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | February 11, 2022 9:05 PM |
Broadway doesn’t go for booze and dope!!
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | February 11, 2022 9:13 PM |
She's generally better on screen than on stage, though I saw her Off-Broadway twice (in VANYA, SONYA, etc. when it initially played in the smaller house at Lincoln Center and MRS. FARNSWORTH) and she was fine both times, so she's better in smaller theaters.
The only time I saw her on Broadway was in the horrendous SEX & LONGING, a play so bad that no one in the cast could save it. So I don't blame her for not doing well that time.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | February 11, 2022 9:18 PM |
I don’t love her. She seems mean and snobbish.
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | February 11, 2022 9:25 PM |
Say what you will about James Cameron, at least he didn't think every female character needed to be a damsel in distress.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | February 11, 2022 9:29 PM |
I like her, she's great fun with dame Edna, no problem taking the piss out of herself.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 44 | February 11, 2022 9:31 PM |
She was fab sending herself up on Call My Agent.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | February 11, 2022 10:01 PM |
She went to Ethel Walker. My OH my.
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | February 11, 2022 10:21 PM |
Pretty much everyone who's had a personal experience with her on here over the years has said she was lovely and warm. In fact, she might be one of the small handful of celebrities the DL doesn't have a bitchy story about.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | February 11, 2022 10:46 PM |
Her bottom teeth are distracting.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | February 11, 2022 11:06 PM |
r47, she hit me in the head with a fondue pot.
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | February 11, 2022 11:14 PM |
She kicked me in the cuntbone.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | February 11, 2022 11:17 PM |
What I do like about her: She keeps her business to herself. I don’t know anything about her personal life. Does she have a husband and children? I don’t know! There is no gossip about her, she doesn’t feud with other celebrities, she doesn’t swan about trying to get publicity with bullshit charities.
Actually, this outweighs what I said earlier (that she seems snobbish and mean).
I’d like to change my answer. I DO love her!
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | February 11, 2022 11:23 PM |
All together now for the chorus...Nepotism, Nepotism. Where would she be without it!!
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | February 11, 2022 11:44 PM |
Nepotism? Who are her parents?
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | February 11, 2022 11:45 PM |
R52 I don't think her career is really the result of nepotism beyond having wealthy parents. Her dad was a media/TV executive, not a film or theatre person. Two different industries. She was passed over at Yale all the time in favor of Meryl, and didn't get the out of the gate sensationalism Meryl did because Meryl's parents bought her a publicist.
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | February 11, 2022 11:48 PM |
[quote]"Please don’t put me on a pedestal, I am only an actor.”
Probably good advice, seeing as she recently came out in defence of Roman Polanski.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | February 11, 2022 11:59 PM |
So, Pat Weaver didn't know anybody who could give Susie a leg up in the industry. Had no idea TV & film had such a strict segregation policy. Wow. Who knew? Well, you learn something everyday. They should have had a sit-in at Schwab's, if not chaining themselves to the gates of MGM while singing Kumbaya.
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | February 12, 2022 12:04 AM |
Sigourney hated her time at Yale Drama School. The dean, Robert Brustein, had a thing for serious Eastern European drama and Ibsen and Strindberg, all of which she found so joyless.
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | February 12, 2022 12:09 AM |
She's come a long way since Chico And The Man.
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | February 12, 2022 12:12 AM |
I'm sure she did. She thought the were on a different channel than I Love Lucy
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | February 12, 2022 12:12 AM |
Didn't post fast enough I meant Sue thought Strindberg & Ibsen were on a different channel than I Love Lucy was why she didn't like them while at Yale.
| by Anonymous | reply 60 | February 12, 2022 12:16 AM |
I agree with you, op, i love her (though she seems to be that rare thing, a dl consensual ). It is ridiculous she doesn’t have an oscar. In my view she has also been in better/more iconic movies than streep or close: All the aliens, working girl, the ice storm, death and the maiden, to name a few. She is also fabulous in singing Back In The USSR. She can do comedy. I alo apreeciate she keeps to herself, like others said. In my mind she belongs with Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close and Anette Benning on the great American actresses that don’t have an oscar. Having said all this, Glenn should have won that year, and Sigorney should have won for Working Girls. It was a double disappointment.
| by Anonymous | reply 61 | February 12, 2022 12:17 AM |
Meryl was signed by CAA early on. Within a short time, Sam Cohn was her agent.
| by Anonymous | reply 62 | February 12, 2022 12:19 AM |
Sigourney is fine but I would say her range is limited to Ripley or UES types of women.
| by Anonymous | reply 64 | February 12, 2022 12:28 AM |
Glad you are here with us Sue, aka R61. Sue is the precursor of every current Meh, Meh & more Meh Nepotistic crapola we are afflicted with right now
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | February 12, 2022 12:34 AM |
Her character in My Salinger Year is very Miranda Priestly.
| by Anonymous | reply 66 | February 12, 2022 12:45 AM |
R29: The sponsorship model didn't really begin to end until the late 60s/early 70s, which was long after Pat Weaver had left NBC. Leonard Goldenson, who really tuned ABC into a viable business held similar opinions but had no more lucks shifting the business. The real change came as sponsors paid more attention to demographics and less to overall audience size, and later when FCC rules changed regarding ownership of programming.
| by Anonymous | reply 67 | February 12, 2022 12:46 AM |
She's just wonderful. I love her in everything she's been in.
| by Anonymous | reply 68 | February 12, 2022 12:51 AM |
Watched Working Girl for the first time, since perhaps the 80's a couple of years ago. The film is a bit dated, but her performance is great and she really has some nice nuances and subtext to her performance.
Galaxy Quest is actually a pretty good satire and still is funny on repeat viewings.
I watched the Ghostbusters reboot. She looks good in her cameo. I am guessing she has had some work done, but looks very natural and aging gracefully. She also had a nice, understated timing in her scene.
Her early work with Ingrid Bergman.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 69 | February 12, 2022 1:05 AM |
What's Sigourney's connection with Ingrid?
| by Anonymous | reply 70 | February 12, 2022 2:32 AM |
They both like Swedish meatballs, Rose.
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | February 12, 2022 2:38 AM |
It says they worked together, r71. On what?
| by Anonymous | reply 72 | February 12, 2022 2:47 AM |
I love her. She is my anti-hero.
| by Anonymous | reply 73 | February 12, 2022 2:49 AM |
Always liked and was impressed with her abilities and talent as an actor. Also loved her in the first 2 "Alien" films and feel that it's underrated how she really was the first female lead in films' sci-fi genre history who didn't end up being or playing the fearful, screaming and vacuous "pretty damsel-in-distress" who trips running away from the monsters and the man in her film life has to stand up for and rescue her. Her "Ripley" character took things into her own hands and didn't take any crap from those "Alien" bitches! :)
| by Anonymous | reply 74 | February 12, 2022 2:58 AM |
Good clip with her how she discusses how she didn’t really like Yale drama school.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 75 | February 12, 2022 8:10 AM |
I love Sigourney and would rather watch her than the overrated frau favorite Meryl any day.
Back in the day I used to have the hots for Ray Liotta, so I was envious of Sigourney for getting to cuddle with him in "Heartbreakers".
Her Katharine Parker is still one of the most memorable 80s movie characters.
| by Anonymous | reply 76 | February 12, 2022 8:38 AM |
Meryl was the star of her Yale Drama school and got signed early by Joseph Papp for the Central Park theatre, then Broadway. Its not fair to say she got early buzz because of some hired publicist. Plus Sigourney came from a vastly wealthier family than La Streep.
Sigourney should have won BSA for Working Girl in 1989, she stole all her scenes! That year Glenn should have won BA.
| by Anonymous | reply 77 | February 12, 2022 10:36 AM |
Renember when she fired her agent as he had not told her they wanted Siggy for "The Piano"?
| by Anonymous | reply 79 | February 12, 2022 12:15 PM |
Another of her very best performances: A MAP OF THE WORLD (99). With Julianne Moore as a bonus.
| by Anonymous | reply 80 | February 12, 2022 12:25 PM |
She's sexy to me and seems to live a really low key life when she is not working or doing p.r.
It's interesting to me that she is distant cousins to Jane Fonda for they are both foxes eternally.
Her overall manner is cool. She was raised with great wealth and is finely educated but somehow wears all of that really well. She could have had her own father (RIP) hook her up with most any television gig going way early on in her career but she didn't do that. It's like she knew not to go too far on the nepotism front. She obviously did the nepotism thing a bit but she truly didn't go for broke with it early on in her career. All of these things makes her less annoying than some. She's cool. Been married since the year one with the one kid and harms nobody. I dig her.
Now, Paula Prentiss is kinda like the fairy Godmother for taller actresses. But, Sigourney Weaver was easily a full six feet tall back in the day. I don't know if that held her back at University along with the Meryl thing or what. But, she wears her height well what with her nice posture and bearing. She's also basically has always been in great shape and I would dare say she leads a clean cut lifestyle.
Like I say. She's cool to me.
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | February 12, 2022 12:29 PM |
One of her best and little performances is in Walter Hill's The Assignment (2016). The film is a real throwback to 1970 sensibilities and Sigourney is great as the villain of the piece. Even though it was only made in 2016 it would never get made in todays PC world.
Michelle Rodriguez is the start of the film and is very good but Sigourney steals the film from her. Her character is completely diabolical.
| by Anonymous | reply 82 | February 12, 2022 12:32 PM |
Siggy should have been Oscar nominated for "Death And The Maiden" in 1994, "The Ice Storm" in 1997, "Map Of The World" in 1999 and "Snow Cake" in 2006. Any others?
| by Anonymous | reply 83 | February 12, 2022 12:39 PM |
[quote]It says they worked together, [R71]. On what?
Worked together might not be quite accurate. A very young Sigourney was part of a play that Ingrid played the lead. It sounds like she might have been a student working behind the scenes. The interview is interesting, because she, Isabella, and Liv are all come across as intelligent and it is more like a casual conversation than the normal canned PR. Three interesting actresses talking about an interesting actress from the past.
| by Anonymous | reply 84 | February 12, 2022 12:42 PM |
No mention of Ice Storm? She is fabulous in that movie.
| by Anonymous | reply 85 | February 12, 2022 12:53 PM |
R85, it was mentioned several times.
| by Anonymous | reply 86 | February 12, 2022 2:11 PM |
Yes, r85. Do keep up. [italic]Do[/italic].
| by Anonymous | reply 87 | February 12, 2022 2:27 PM |
Siggy would have made a great Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest
| by Anonymous | reply 88 | February 12, 2022 2:34 PM |
Didn’t Sigourney make her own elf outfits at Yale and climb trees? She was a weirdo.
Even she admitted Meryl is more gifted than her.
| by Anonymous | reply 89 | February 12, 2022 3:02 PM |
The thing about Meryl, with a lot of her performances, you can tell she really intellectualizes what she is doing, the way she moves her eyes. Katherine Hepburn once made a comment saying you can see the gears turning in Meryl’s head.
| by Anonymous | reply 90 | February 12, 2022 4:34 PM |
I don’t think Hepburn was an authority on acting. Her performances are mannered with that ugly Mid-Atlantic accent. Streep was new and Kate died bitter.
| by Anonymous | reply 91 | February 12, 2022 4:37 PM |
Kate didn't die bitter, r91. She was in her own little world.
| by Anonymous | reply 92 | February 12, 2022 4:41 PM |
Weaver elevates any film she stars in. Even the shitty films she stars in are interesting
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 93 | February 12, 2022 4:45 PM |
How was the movie “Copycat,” with Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter? I’ve never seen it.
| by Anonymous | reply 94 | February 12, 2022 4:53 PM |
She should have played Joan Crawford on Feud she looks so much like the young Crawford in her early photos.
| by Anonymous | reply 95 | February 12, 2022 4:55 PM |
R94 Copycat is excellent. As a kid I thought it was a sequel as there were flashback scenes to the original killer attacking Siggy!
| by Anonymous | reply 96 | February 12, 2022 5:03 PM |
Does she have “an” OnlyFans?
| by Anonymous | reply 97 | February 12, 2022 5:10 PM |
She got her name from a character in an Ernest Hemingway story.
| by Anonymous | reply 98 | February 12, 2022 5:14 PM |
R89, Meryl breathed acting. She was certainly more dedicated to the craft than Sigourney, who was miserable during her time at Yale. As a result, Meryl got all the lead roles and became the star attraction, while Siggy was relegated to background and walk-on parts. It also didn't help that she towered over everyone else, which made her difficult to cast in traditional leading lady roles.
| by Anonymous | reply 99 | February 12, 2022 5:30 PM |
I watched Copycat again several months ago and it wasn't as good as I remembered it. The script is the real problem. Weaver and Hunter are both terrific.
The film had the misfortune of coming out around the same time as another serial killer movie: Se7ven, which was a huge hit
I believe Weaver's time at Yale was helped some by meeting Christopher Durang and working with him on satirical cabarets.
| by Anonymous | reply 100 | February 12, 2022 6:18 PM |
R91 I like Streep but come on, living legend Katharine Hepburn was certainly not "bitter" or "jealous." I hate this "mannered" shit trotted out by Meryl loons - and sometimes I'd rather watch mannered acting that's charismatic and entertaining rather than snoozefest naturalism. Which is why is I prefer Sigourney to Meryl - she's not as "technically good", but she's so much more watchable.
| by Anonymous | reply 101 | February 12, 2022 6:27 PM |
Hepburn authorized that bitchy book by her housekeeper to be released after her death. Jane Fonda was afraid of her. She would go on TV shows and tell them how to arrange the coffee table so she could put her feet up on it. Draw your own conclusions.
| by Anonymous | reply 102 | February 12, 2022 6:56 PM |
R102 How does ANY of this prove she was jealous of Meryl Streep? She was a typical cunty old dyke.
| by Anonymous | reply 103 | February 12, 2022 7:50 PM |
But Meryl got the role in the Durang play at Yale, r100...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 107 | February 12, 2022 8:14 PM |
In one Durang play, R107. Weaver did some cabaret-style shows with him.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 108 | February 12, 2022 11:21 PM |
As a child I adored her in 'Snow White: A Tale of Terror'. It's kind of like a medieval Mommie Dearest, but replace the bloody steak with a boar's heart.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 110 | February 12, 2022 11:43 PM |
She’s quiet and classy and doesn’t pole dance for awards like Meryl, Jessica and Glenn.
| by Anonymous | reply 111 | February 13, 2022 1:19 PM |
Let’s be honest…Sigourney Weaver hasn’t done a good film since The Ice Storm (for which she should’ve won an Oscar). Speaking of which, her most iconic performances, with the exception of Alien(s) have been supporting.
| by Anonymous | reply 112 | February 13, 2022 1:24 PM |
The Snow White film is strange
| by Anonymous | reply 113 | February 13, 2022 1:33 PM |
She's my favorite action hero, and endlessly entertaining no matter the movie.
| by Anonymous | reply 114 | February 14, 2022 6:56 AM |
R110 love that movie. I wish more fairy tales went down the dark adaptation route
| by Anonymous | reply 115 | February 14, 2022 7:08 AM |
I love Sigourney. It's a shame she hasn't had a late-career part to revive interest in her acting but I guess she's been busy with the 800 Avatar sequels.
She is perfect in the Alien movies so I don't need to repeat what's been said about them.
I think her performance in Working Girl gets better with each year. She really brings more to the part than what's on the page, and her Katherine retains a certain dignity even in the end with the "bony ass" comments directed at her. She deserved supporting in 1988 but that was such a tough year in both leading and supporting, for which Weaver was nominated in both categories.
Map of the World is very underrated. Weaver is captivating in the lead role, even though the character is not always sympathetic.
I'm shocked she was not nominated for The Ice Storm. She was brilliant.
Baby Mama is a terrible movie but Sigourney's supporting role is a scene-stealer, as is her cameo in Jeffrey.
| by Anonymous | reply 116 | February 14, 2022 7:08 AM |
This episode was badly written!!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 117 | February 14, 2022 7:10 AM |
Watched this a lot when it was on Netflix
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 118 | February 14, 2022 7:15 AM |
No one is talking about Ghostbusters, but this is where I think she looked her prettiest!
When I was a kid we used to joke about what a weird name Sigourney is. We thought she was really named that! We used to laugh at how weird it would be when her mom would call her home, "Sigourney! It's time for dinner Sigourney!"
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 119 | February 14, 2022 4:51 PM |
I love that she got to see kevin cline at his cutest and naked
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 120 | February 14, 2022 5:46 PM |
Also gorgeous in Half Moon Street (1986). Terrible movie not even she and Vincent Lindon's buttocks could save.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 121 | February 14, 2022 8:40 PM |
She got love scenes with young, unbearably gorgeous, pre-crazy Mel Gibson in The Year of Living Dangerously. Beautiful film. Lucky girl.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 123 | February 14, 2022 9:05 PM |
I will watch anything she stars in.
| by Anonymous | reply 124 | February 14, 2022 11:45 PM |
I was just going to comment that Year of Living Dangerously had Gibson and Weaver at their physical prime. I saw it when it came out - I wonder if it has aged well. Linda Hunt deserved her Oscar if I remember correctly.
| by Anonymous | reply 125 | February 15, 2022 12:54 AM |
[quote]Let’s be honest…Sigourney Weaver hasn’t done a good film since The Ice Storm (for which she should’ve won an Oscar). Speaking of which, her most iconic performances, with the exception of Alien(s) have been supporting.
I would've thought her role in Gorillas in the Mist is pretty iconic but perhaps it's just me.
| by Anonymous | reply 126 | February 15, 2022 1:11 AM |
Anyone see her two episode stint in "Doc Martin", based in the UK? Needless to say she was great!
| by Anonymous | reply 127 | February 15, 2022 7:35 AM |
Meh. Saw her in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, on Broadway. She is not special, just ordinary to pretty good. I also saw her replacement, Julie White, who was just sensational in the same part.
Sigourney was great as Ripley, but that's pretty much it.
| by Anonymous | reply 129 | February 15, 2022 2:11 PM |
I'm shocked there hasn't been a social media outrage campaign to force the Academy to take back Hunt's Oscar.
| by Anonymous | reply 130 | February 15, 2022 7:19 PM |
I'm shocked there hasn't been a campaign to kick you R130 in the cunt.
| by Anonymous | reply 131 | February 15, 2022 7:27 PM |
Linda's performance is akin to Louie Anderson in Baskets. Regardless of gender, they're both great. There's no need to revoke anything. They completely inhabited those characters.
| by Anonymous | reply 132 | February 16, 2022 1:12 AM |
I loved her in “Copycat”. I remember Siskel and/or Ebert giving the film a thumb’s down and one of them dismissing Sigourney’s work in it as just “another soul in anguish” performance from her. I thought she was great and deserving of an Oscar nomination. That year was a particularly competitive year in the Best Actress category.
| by Anonymous | reply 133 | February 16, 2022 1:55 AM |
Linda Hunt's "yellowface" should have enraged Wokesters by now, right?
| by Anonymous | reply 134 | February 16, 2022 6:56 PM |
I do. I do just love Sigourney Weaver. Just watched “My Salinger Year.” Fabulous.
| by Anonymous | reply 135 | February 16, 2022 7:00 PM |
The Year of Living Dangerously is my favorite film.
| by Anonymous | reply 136 | February 16, 2022 7:01 PM |
It needs a new HD transfer, stat. It's a great film.
| by Anonymous | reply 137 | February 16, 2022 7:02 PM |
Linda Hunt was perfectly cast. There is never a moment in her performance that reads as false. The best actor for the part, regardless of preconceptions.
| by Anonymous | reply 138 | February 16, 2022 7:05 PM |
R134 Linda Hunt was also a dwarf though so wokesters may fear going after her incase they are accused of dwarfism.
| by Anonymous | reply 139 | February 16, 2022 7:07 PM |
Has anyone mentioned "Prayers for Bobby" yet?
| by Anonymous | reply 140 | February 16, 2022 7:08 PM |
