Actor Discussion #3: Kirsten Dunst

[samuelrichardscott]

Thoughts? Best? Worst?

[samuelrichardscott]

Dunst has had a good, varied career IMO and will likely continue to do so. Some of her better work is her early stuff like Interview with the Vampire and Jumanji but my fave role for her is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind followed by either The Virgin Suicides or Spider-Man. I have to admit, I was sceptical of her for MJ at first, but she came good (and I hope Emma Stone does also).

Best:
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- The Virgin Suicides
- Spider-Man

Worst:
- Dick
- Drop Dead Gorgeous

Guilty Pleasures:
- Small Soldiers
- Bring it On
- Wimbledon

Owned but not viewed:
- Get Over It
- Spider-Man 3 (not viewed disc, have seen movie)
- Marie Antoinette
- Crazy / Beautiful

[Achim]

Guilty Pleasures:
- Small Soldiers
- Bring it On
- Wimbledon

I like Small Soldiers quite a bit myself, but more a Joe Dante flick than a Kirsten Dunst film... I found Bring It On to be an entertaining watch, on TV, on a Sunday afternoon; it's not more than that (a Sunday afternoon flick), but it does that well. I have not seen Wimbledon; isn't that by Woody Allen?

I rewatched Interview With The Vampire not very long ago and was amazed by Dunst's terrific performance in that.

[addicted2dvd]

Kirsten Dunst is an actress that I am starting to enjoy more and more as I get to watch more of her movies. I thought she was fantastic in An interview with a Vampire and enjoyed her as Mary Jane in the Spider-man movies. Though I haven't watched everything I own with her in it yet.

My Kirsten Dunst Collection:
Titles in Bold are in my unwatched pile

- Bring It On
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Elizabethtown
- ER: Season 3: Eps. 5,8,10,11,12,22
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Interview with a Vampire
- Marie Antoinette
- Mona Lisa Smile
- Small Soldiers
- Spider-Man
- Spider-Man 2
- Spider-Man 3
- Tower of Terror

[Dragonfire]

From what I remember, I liked her in Interview With a Vampire.  It has been ages since I've seen all of that.  I liked her in Jumanji.  She was ok in the Spider-man movies, though I'm still not sure she was the ...best choice for that part.

I can't think of what else I've seen her in at the moment....

Oh wait.  I do like Bring it On.  It is a bit silly, but it is fun.

[Rogmeister]

I've enjoyed Kirsten when I've seen her...in Small Soldiers, Bring It On, Spider-man and a few other things.  I still have a few of her films I haven't seen.

For the record, Wimbledon is not by Woody Allen.

[Achim]

For the record, Wimbledon is not by Woody Allen.

Wasn't sure to begin with. Now I looked, his tennis film was called Match Point...

[goodguy]

Never was thoroughly impressed with her until this year's Melancholia.

[Silence_of_Lambs]

I enjoyed most movies I have with her.
But I can't imagine her as a lead-actress (like Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, etc) she's more the first female support-role for another actor/actress.

[Blair]

As I look through her career, I realize there is more that I have seen her in than I realized. I just never thought about it before, I guess.

I think that she is a fairly well-rounded, sometimes underrated actress.