

It seems to me like these choices kind of spoiled her "acting" momentum after winning her oscar. I understand it happens a lot, because once someone wins an Oscar s/he is offered all of these big Hollywood roles. And I know she still did a few smaller indie films (like YA) too. I was just hoping for a bigger follow up - acting-wise - to Monster than I've seen. I rewatched that film last weekend and it blew me away. She was simply stunning in it. Her acting was nearly perfect. Astonishing.^ To be fair I think those kinds of performances are very, very rare. She has taken on some good roles, but I think for someone who hasn't worked as much over the past few years the fact that studios have chosen her for these big blockbusters is a really good sign. I'm sure she'll get down to those more dramatic roles in the future, but I really like that she's in super-successful films otherwise her film career would go down the toilet like Gwyneth Paltrow's.

I wish she'd do another great realist film/performance like Monster. It seems like she's doing mainly sci-fi, fantasy, big budget films a.t.m., other than Young Adult which while good didn't come close to her performance in Monster.
She said back in 2010 that she needed to have some of those projects to be able to do some more low key and more raw material that she liked.

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