Keira Knightley

[Melly5525]

I love the maroon platforms she wore in #570, any id's on them? the dress is pretty cute too

 

[LolaSvelt]

They're Marni.

 

[LoveLetter]

I wasn't her fan at the beginning of her career...but now I have girl crush on her!! I think it starts from the movie "Last Night."

 

[Nemezide]

She is absolutely gorgeous like always.

I adore the green sweater she wears in this interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzKpr9DITEg&feature=player_embedded

could somebody ID it, please?

 

[LolaSvelt]

These things are always fun:



And here's her NYTimes performance video: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ood-heroines-wide-awake.html#/keira-knightley

Not gonna lie, I couldn't stop laughing when she started running.

 

[pixiedust1603]

The NY Times clips this year are even stranger than usual. Was she trying to win a race or did she just fancy a jog in the park wearing that dress? Very weird. Thanks for posting.
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[chickadee]

^^^Agree. Also, slightly OT, but I hate the way Elle Fanning is sexualized in nearly every commercial, short, etc. she does. Yes, she's blonde and cute, but let's remember this kid is 13/14 please. Stop projecting this Lolita crap on her. Is that really the only way people can invent to showcase this kid, who's a beautiful actress btws. Whatever.

That said, Keira's was probably the strangest and most confusing, which is a feat. She was also, IMO, probably the least natural. Others like Kerry Washington, Elle of course, little Quvenzhane Wallis (love that little girl!) and Jennifer Lawrence each had their own weird/over-the-top situations to overcome but still managed to do it somewhat believably. But I've never been a fan of Keira's acting skills in general. She looked great in the dress they had her in though.

 

[pixiedust1603]

I agree, Keira is very hit and miss when it comes to her acting. Her little clip looked more like a BTS of a fashion shoot and it paled in comparison to Wallis' (who is ridiculously adorable), Watts and Lawrence's. It's very strange because in a photoshoot she has the ability to convey so much with just one look but that sometimes doesn't transfer to her performances in films.
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[Mock Tudor]

the least natural

There was nothing natural about anything in that clip.
I assume that was intentional (because otherwise the people behind it are completely incompetent).

 

[chickadee]

There was nothing natural about anything in that clip.
I assume that was intentional (because otherwise the people behind it are completely incompetent).

Yeah, I think we can safely say that the aim of these directors/producers was to make all of these clips hugely dramatic. That's a given. But I'm talking performance-wise. She was just hugely theatrical, and weirdly enough I've heard she's quite good on the stage so it's possible that's just where she's more suited. But I always have trouble "believing" her when I'm watching her act. I mean, she's not at a Kristen Stewart level of acting, but I can usually see the effort behind Knightley's performances. And I used to wonder if it was because I followed her as a fashion addict and general fan of young, confident women in an industry teeming with (and indeed largely at fault for creating) insecure women. But I don't know. She's just not one of my favorites acting-wise.

 

[YoninahAliza]

Out of all of the NYT's video's I thought Keira's was one of the better ones. But honestly, I hated most of them, they didn't have any point to them. Was I suppose to understand something? Or am I just too thick to understand the video's meaning? The only video I really liked was the one with Quvenzhane Wallis, it was adorable. Keira looked lovely in it though, I love that sort of vintage hairstyle on her.

 

[LolaSvelt]

I do agree that she is very hit and miss. To be honest, she has yet to top her performances in Pure and Pride & Prejudice.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

^ Agree - that was her best.

 

[lvstratus]

Saw Anna Karenina. The film disappointed me, I was expecting much better from Joe Wright, but Keira is simply amazing! She blowed me again and I think this performance tops Pride and Prejudice. Hope she gets a least a GG nomination, unfortunately Oscar will be long shot

 

[Captain_Lydia]

I'm very excited to see it. I hope I get to before it's on dvd.

 

[Thirteen]

if somebody's interested, Lisa Eldridge did her make-up for the Anna Karenina World Premiere

 

[commejeveux]

Saw Anna Karenina. The film disappointed me, I was expecting much better from Joe Wright, but Keira is simply amazing! She blowed me again and I think this performance tops Pride and Prejudice. Hope she gets a least a GG nomination, unfortunately Oscar will be long shot

Funny actually, I just came back from the theatre and I came out with a harsher judgement of Keira's performance than for Joe. Although the story itself got a bit overpowered by the blasts of (beautiful!) cinematography, I thought Keira's acting was rather poorly to be honest.

 

[chickadee]

^^Agreed. I've always found her supremely overrated as an actress. At best she's passable--Seeking A Friend For the End of the World; Never Let Me Go; Last night--and at worst she's downright unbearable--the POTC movies, Pride & Prejudice; A Dangerous Method. She's as bad with her jaw as Emma Watson is with her eyebrows. But my main problem with Keira is that she seems to be lacking in an area I treasure the most in actors: the ability to reign it in. Whenever there is an opportunity to go over the top, she takes it. That said, for all the gasping and eye bulging and mouth quivering in Anna Karenina, I'd say she was largely passable. This is probably one of her best performances since Last Night, but I would never call her Oscar worthy.

 

[Not Plain Jane]

I agree with most of your post chickadee, especially about reining it in and knowing when/how to do so. However, I found her performance in Pride and Prejudice to be one of her best, if not her very best.

 

[chickadee]

I agree with most of your post chickadee, especially about reining it in and knowing when/how to do so. However, I found her performance in Pride and Prejudice to be one of her best, if not her very best.

You know what? Weirdly enough I like Joe's Pride & Prejudice. A lot, actually. It easily outranks "Atonement" for me. Dario Marianelli's score, Matthew MacFayden's Darcy, the cinematography...all beautiful. And it's not one of her worst performances in my opinion. It's just sometimes she takes me out of the film, like the proposal in the rain where her jaw is quivering and she's talking 90 mph without taking a breath. Then there's the scene at Pemberly where she stands up in the carriage and just giggles. But yeah, it's mostly little things about her performance that get under my skin. Otherwise, I can and do watch the film often with only a little contempt for her Elizabeth.

(On a side note, how about that Carey Mulligan? Who knew about that kid?! I look back at the film in absolute awe of what a powerhouse she turned out to be.)