Another SMG movie

POSTED BY: Zicsoft
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 3, 2002 06:48
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ZICSOFT

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 7:55 PM

A couple summers ago, SMG made an off-the-wall movie called Harvard Man. She plays, if I have this right, an ivy league cheerleader whose father is a Mafia don. Apparently the studio didn't care for it -- it's been sitting on the shelf for a while. Just recently it got a token theatrical release, after which it was supposed to go direct to video. Apparently the success of Scooby Doo changed all that, and it's gonna get a proper release. Check it out:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/HarvardMan-1114555/

NOVAGRASS

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:37 PM

Yup... no respect for her career.

What does she expect to gain from leaving Buffy? I certainly hope it's not respect...

--Dylan Palmer, aka NoVaGrAsS--

"Nice guys can only get so mad." Fillion on Mal

ZICSOFT

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:43 PM

Uhm, what does "leaving Buffy" have to do with this movie? She made it while on summer break from her TV work, almost two years ago.

NOVAGRASS

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:48 PM

the fact that these are the types of movies she's been attached to... just furthers hollywood's perception of SMG as a brain-dead teeny bopper actress.

--Dylan Palmer, aka NoVaGrAsS--

"Nice guys can only get so mad." Fillion on Mal

MOJOECA

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:03 PM

She most definitely does not deserve any respect when it comes to her movie career:

Scooby Doo
Harvard Man
Simply Irresistable
Cruel Intentions
Scream 2
I Know What You Did Last Summer

SMG: "it's not just about making 100 million dollars at the box office -- it's about a craft, a profession." Is David Lynch writing Scooby Doo 2?

--- Joe

MILLERNATE

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:11 PM

"Yup... no respect for her career.

What does she expect to gain from leaving Buffy? I certainly hope it's not respect... "

Well, sadly, with Hollywood you only get as much respect as your box office takes (which is why Miramax jerked Martin Scorsese around on Gangs of New York awhile back). Thus, given that 2 out of the three movies she's had starring roles in have been hits (Cruel Intentions made a nice little profit and Scooby Doo is a collossal hit) I'd say Sarah Michelle Gellar is doing okay (its what she does *after* Buffy that will make her either the female Tom Selleck or the female Bruce Willis in terms of post-TV show success). Supposedly Harvard Man is much more intelligent than its premise (though I didn't read the rotten tomatoes site so I could be wrong).

ZICSOFT

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:31 PM

Give her a break. Ever hear of typecasting? Given her bland good looks, she's lucky to be working at all. The fact that she's an excellent actress is not something that will actually get her any parts.

I suppose everybody would like her to play Buffy until she's old and gray. God, what a horrifying thought! You guys are worse than the Dark Angel trolls!

MILLERNATE

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:37 PM

Actually I don't know that SMG is all *that* talented compared to a lot of the actresses out there. In the early days of Buffy she just had so much energy that I thought she'd develop. Now, though this may just be because she's played the same part so long, it seems like she's going "Well, I could do more but I can just coast and it'll be good enough". Not that she's bad but she could have been so much more...

Nathan- who saw Sarah as one of the really promising actresses back around 1998.

P.S. I really don't want her to play Buffy past season 7 so that isn't it either.

MOJOECA

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:37 PM

I'd prefer BtVS end after season 7 actually. And I don't believe she's being typecast -- her movie roles have been pretty diverse, given her talents. But those movies just suck.

--- Joe

NOVAGRASS

Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:41 AM

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Originally posted by mojoeca:
I'd prefer BtVS end after season 7 actually.

I'm beginning to agree with you. If Buffy leaves post season 7, and Joss decides he'll be even less involved than he will be in season 7, the series should end. It'd a hard thought, but we don't want it to putter out for years like The X-Files.

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And I don't believe she's being typecast -- her movie roles have been pretty diverse, given her talents. But those movies just suck.

--- Joe

Again, I agree. She played the devious bitch in Cruel Intentions (and All My Children), the sweet chef in Simply Irresistible, the vapid Daphne in Scooby Doo, the cannon fodder in Scream 2/I Know What You Did Last Summer, and played them all pretty well. She's certainly not type-cast... it's just that she (or her agent?) has yet to choose a good movie to be in.

If I were her, I'd go the pop-indy (those rare indy movies that people like just because they're independent) film route. Sure, it doesn't pay as much, but when she does enough good films, she'll develop a bit of respect in the film world... like Jennifer Conoly or Julianne Moore, or, Hell, even Gwenyth Paltrow!

I say: Sarah! Fire your agent! Develop some common sense! Do whatever it takes to develop an iota of respect!

--Dylan Palmer, aka NoVaGrAsS--

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