Emma Watson is an awful actress

Casting directors keep mistaking her for EMILY Watson.

I liked her in Bling Ring, but otherwise I agree.

Her American accent is terrible

She'll never live down the role of Hermione.

The Beauty and the Beast was the only one of the "live action" Disney remakes I saw, and it will be the last. It was awful, and she was awful in it. I'll stick with the original.

A textbook bad actress. Kind of a beauty tho ,very sell-able.

[Quote] Awful in The Bling Ring,

That's what made her so hilarious. Well that and the bad American accent.

It's interesting how some child actors were fine actors as children but are atrocious as adults. Is it because awkwardness and insecurity can settle in during puberty?

She isn’t cute and she can’t act. I assume she must give a mean blowjob.

She's got such a big forehead; she'll look like Angela Lansbury in 15 years.

I think she has name appeal for people who remember her role on HP, so she gets cast on that alone. I didn't see the new LW, but I remember some passive aggressive DM article about Emma did very little press for movie and that she wasn't happy with how much of her role didn't make the final cut. So I guess directors like the name recognition - her acting, not so much...

Yes she is.

[quote]So I guess directors like the name recognition - her acting, not so much...

She was a last minute replacement for Emma Stone, so she was t exactly anyone’s first choice.

She’s no me.

Perhaps a lesbian role for her would help matters?

She was pretty bad in the Harry Potter movies. Very stiff.

Awful actress. I couldn't get past that she was cast as Belle in Beauty and the Beast. She's no great beauty. But I like her work outside her acting.

Who is still giving her roles? She can’t act for shit. She’s not that pretty too.

R16 How many hours does she spend doing that "work" that you like?

Does she do anything with that $80 million she's sitting on?

Do kids who grow up on franchises like HP get acting coaching along with conventional education tutoring? Watson went to college when the movies finished. Her fortune now could buy her access to the best professional training. Any sign this lucky woman has invested time and money in the craft?

R19 I don’t know what Daniel Radcliff’s training was, but he was very good in those films.

She was a bad actress in Harry Potter, she hasn't improved in my opinion. But she seems level headed and intelligent and well educated so I'm torn on my dislike for her

There’s this YouTuber (link below) who until quite recently had a concerning obsession with Hermione and with Emma, going so far as to copy the latter’s speaking style, and name her channel/gimmick after the former. She created an entire lifestyle around ‘What Would Hermione Do?’. If it’s parody or at all self-aware then it’s fucking genius; if it’s in earnest then she’s totally bonkers. Either way, entertaining. These HP superfans are something else. I even sort of like the girl, though I desperately want to shake her by the shoulders and tell her to get angry and get a Mohawk and start listening to Pantera, or something.

Long ago I too was a bookish Millennial girl and yet I never understood the attraction of Hermione. Why would you want to closely follow or stan a character that’s just like you, in the sad boring real world? If a young woman were to obsess over any of the females in the ‘Harry Potter’ world I would have assumed it would be Fleur (the glam seductive French wench who tries to beat Harry in that tournament), Ginny (the tough but beautiful tomboy who bags the hero in the end), Bellatrix (batshit gothic Queen who does whatever she wants) or even Luna (that Manic Pixie girl who can see ghosts and shit) would be the obvious choices. Hermione was just so dull and sententious, plus didn’t really ever do much interesting but sidekick for Harry or pore over books. I liked Pansy best, the bitchy sourfaced midget who used to hang out with Draco and catcall people - she seemed fun and very Datalounge.

Agree, she's terrible.

I liked her okay in “The Perks Of Being A Wallflower.“

Isn’t she just paid to wear expensive lipstick on magazine covers, get trendy haircuts, and titter poshly and politely when asked personal questions in tedious interviews?

Oh, and something or other about being an Ambassador of sorts. But that’s not exactly a job, per se, is it...

I wonder if she’d actually get into RADA? Or RSC? She might manage a semi-competent turn as Imogen (CYMBELINE), I suppose.

Her American accent isn't good, but I did enjoy her in BLING RING and WALLFLOWER, both of which were roles that didn't tax her meager abilities.

I liked her Hermoine in the first two POTTER films as she was natural and engaging, but as she aged she became much more self-conscious in her acting. I recall reading that while doing the POTTER series she decided not to pursue acting as a career, but she obviously changed her mind. Too bad. I'm sure she's gotten some good money over the last several years, but there's no way that will continue much longer.

She was passable as Meg in LITTLE WOMEN, but nowhere near as good as Trini Alvarado was in the superior 1994 version.

Isn't she like some proto-feminist now too?

She’s only popular because of the millennial obsession with Harry fucking Potter, the most overhyped string of children’s movies ever.

R28: The most overhyped string of books too.

She could have lengthened her career and been the thing she was capable of being - the Julia Roberts of her generation, with a limited range and a charming persona - for a few years.

But she's picked odd films and most of the interest in her has completely evaporated.

The rumors about her being a total nightmare on set probably haven't helped.

[quote] Why would you want to closely follow or stan a character that’s just like you, in the sad boring real world?

I want to be the one that was a nerd in the HP movies but then turned out to be blazing hot all grown up!

I've enjoyed her in everything I've seen her in except Little Women. She was hilarious in The Bling Ring.

She might come into her own way, way, way later in her career. Like late 50s, early 60s. She needs to grow into her face, and get some mileage under her belt. Right now there is just no there, there.

Agree with the poster upthread who said she was good in the first two HP movies. Great when really young but then she became over the top and shrill. She ruined every scene she was in from the third movie onwards

My only theory as to how she still gets acting jobs is the worldwide following from Harry Potter.

Emma was fine in Perks but Ezra stole the show in that movie.

Hadn’t we collectively decided that ‘Emma’ was a typical name for a Frau? I don’t remember in which thread exactly.

Nah. Names don't get much more neutral than 'Emma.' It's classic, nobody ever needs to spell it, and the person bearing the name could be 5 or 95. It also works all over the world. I don't particularly care for it, but it's kind of an all-purpose name.