abbeyjones18
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I heard that she's a huge CSI fan...
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Soul Surfer Movie Review from Nanny
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I heard that she's a huge CSI fan...
HuiZ
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Yeah I agree about her CSI role.
carebear4eva
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Thanx for the review 
Jade_kt
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Speaking of Carrie being introverted/shy, saw this on ET's website and Carrie sure has come a long way from that shy girl we saw on AI:
ET Flashback '05: Carrie Underwood
ET Flashback '05: Carrie Underwood
knewman19
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Thank You Nanny!!! a very well written review! (I may have to go through and spell check )
Thanks for you honesty and to me it is no surprise that Carrie may under act and this isn't her world so unless she acts all the time then that wouldn't really change like it may for a actual actor or actress who acts all the time and grows in that profession.
)Thanks for you honesty and to me it is no surprise that Carrie may under act and this isn't her world so unless she acts all the time then that wouldn't really change like it may for a actual actor or actress who acts all the time and grows in that profession.
Triquetral
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To be 100% honest. I love CU to absolute death, but its expected that at this time of her acting career, that this is the level of performance we will expect. I'll obviously make up my own mind when I see the film myself, but I expected this kind of review of Carrie directly. Shame she only sings once in the entire movie...but maybe we will see more on the soundtrack or something...or I dunno...just other singing...
carrieguy2
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great review!
sounds like Carrie did a respectable job for her firsr film and first serious acting role. bravo!
sounds like Carrie did a respectable job for her firsr film and first serious acting role. bravo!
nannygirl
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Carrie sings with the choir. She does not have a solo. There is one line of the song that you can hear Carrie above everyone else, but that is all. Like I said, pay close attention.
Haha, thank you, Kayla. I did not have an editor.
Also, as I mentioned before, Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for her debut performance. Yes, she is one of few, but she still did it.
Haha, thank you, Kayla. I did not have an editor.
Also, as I mentioned before, Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for her debut performance. Yes, she is one of few, but she still did it.
12russ79
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Thanks for taking the time and giving us your perspective on Carries acting debut. One thing for sure no matter what Carrie does her presence demands attention. Thats what the "it" factor is all about. Im sure my perspective will be different then yours but i bet most critics will not be as kind as you were. Heck look what critics say about her singing ability so you can imagine whats coming when Carrie is completly out of her comfort zone. Carrie could of took the easy way out like Toby and Tim and George and made her first role about singing. But she didnt this role is extremly challenging and will help her in the future because just like anything else acting takes alot of work and practice!! Again thanks for your perspective and as far as Taylor goes she should be great because she is acting all the time anyway. Cant wait to see the movie the story alone is remarkable and to see our girl on the big screen is just off the charts for me!!
supercarriefan
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Thanks for the review, Nanny! I don't expect to see the performance of Carrie's life in Soul Surfer, seeing as she is just getting her start. I'm glad to hear she did well though, and that the overall film is well done.
Russ, Tim's first role wasn't about singing/music. He had done several projects before Country Strong.
Russ, Tim's first role wasn't about singing/music. He had done several projects before Country Strong.
Cathie Wynkoop
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Thank you, nanny, for that honest, detailed review of Soul Surfer!! Your review makes me want to see it even more!
I think the message in this movie will overshadow any criticism of anyone's acting. And, Lord knows, we need all the positive messages we can get in this day and age!!
Good job, and I appreciate you taking the time to write the review!!
I think the message in this movie will overshadow any criticism of anyone's acting. And, Lord knows, we need all the positive messages we can get in this day and age!!
Good job, and I appreciate you taking the time to write the review!!
DaisyTweets
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Carrie sings with the choir. She does not have a solo. There is one line of the song that you can hear Carrie above everyone else, but that is all. Like I said, pay close attention.
Haha, thank you, Kayla. I did not have an editor.
Also, as I mentioned before, Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for her debut performance. Yes, she is one of few, but she still did it.
Well with all do respect Nanny, I for one would wish you would stop the comparison or pointing out the fact that Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for her first movie role. A true comparison can not be made since the movie JHud was in was a musical and based on a Broadway play. The size and importance of JHud's role in the movie and the size of Carrie's role are hardly the same and IMO shouldn't be judged the same and makes no sense to compare them. And I feel like its just a dig at Carrie's performance.
While I appreciate the effort of your review, I'm troubled by it at the same time. Why, if by your own accounts, Carrie's role isn't that large or pivotal is there so much time spent on it? Granted this is a Carrie site and we're all interested in her but I'm not interested in reading negative stuff over and over again. I guess I'm still stinging from the negative and quite vocal panning of Carrie's selection of Mama's Song as her fourth single on this site. Like it or not, since this panning was reported on various blog sites, I think this type of reaction from Carrie's fans may have and probably did have a negative impact on its chart run. I see the same type of thing happening with Carrie's role in this movie with this review.
Like I say I appreciate the effort of your review but it goes contrary to other reviews that I've read on twitter (I guess like Tee has seen) and heard from my own local christian radio station personalities. Theirs was a positive and glowing review of the movie and Carrie's performance. I guess to tie this review back to my comment about the panning of Mama's Song on this site, it bothers me to see the nitpicking that goes on here of every little thing that Carrie does. Do all fans sites do this with the other stars? Like it or not this site is looked at by both Carrie fans and critics alike. Critics and haters are going to look for any little thing they can find out about Carrie and many times blow it out of proportion and hey, what better headline can they get then supposed Carrie fans hate her new single choice or pan her first movie role, to add fuel to their fire that Carrie isn't all that great.
Is Carrie without her flaws and miscues? Nope, no person is! Is it productive or helpful to go on and on and on about the flaw or miscue, I don't think so. I try to live my life with a positive perspective and don't look to tear things down by overdoing the negative and nitpicking something to death. Guess I subscribe to the Dr. Phil factoid of life, it takes 1000 (that's one thousand) attaboys, or in Carrie's case, 1000 attagirls or positive comments to counteract just ONE negative comment. Do we learn from constructive criticism -- you bet we do. But say it once no sense piling on. Just hearing something once stings pretty bad!
I guess I have a question but I'm not sure anyone here can answer it but here goes -- how do we know that Carrie didn't nail her performance and how, in your opinion, she comes across on the screen isn't just exactly how the real life Sarah is?
Thanks for your review Nanny. Sorry this post turned into a book! Guess it just hit a nerve with me today and my fingers just got typing away!
12russ79
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Oh ok thanks for clearing that up but i wasnt talking about Country Strong...LOL I believe he actually wrote a song for one of his first movies but i could be mistaken. Im a guy but my main point was that guys could get away with just playing themselves on the big screen. But woman are held to a much different standard. And as for Carrie she is held to such a high standard in everything she does it really is kinda funny! But she has such an incredible Middle of America work ethic that anything she does she turns to gold just out of hard work alone. You add in her "it" quality talent and you have a truly special Entertainer that directors will be knocking down her door trying to get her in their projects.
pklongbeach
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This is why I am holding out with an opinion till I actually see her in context of the film.
You are absolutely right that sometimes our job here is to uplift and be supportive. (though we all do that in different ways). But honestly is always the best policy.
You are right that comparing this to JH performance is out of context cause a large role allows you to "become" this character and add nuance and inflection repeatedly to different things and thereby comeout with a total character.
A very small part where you show out of no where and have to have a fully flushed out character who lives and breaths as an idividual is hard. That is why they give awards to supporting actors. It is a completely different set of "acting rules".
If you think about it, the role of Sarah would be very hard to get your teeth into in the first place. You are only on screen a little bit and and story and script don't allow much opportunity to understand the characters motiviations.
Like Nanny said, Sarah comes across unattached and cold. It's entirely possible that that is exactly what this person is. (that is not a swipe, it's an observation). But at the end Nanny feels like it just didn't quite work. For her. Thats completely fair. And i look forward to other peoples opinions.
I admit I lean much closer to Nannys view on things related to Carrie. My minds eye cretiques, analizes, tears down, builds up. Before you know it , the performance is over and I can't even say weather I liked it or not cause I was too busy analizing every moment (this is me now not Nanny).
In the TH video, I was completely freaked out watching Carrie break down. It was very hard to watch. I realized that it is always very hard for me to watch people close to me break down. It made me very undcomfortable.
Not cause she didn't do great, but because I didn't want to see her that way.
It was like Farah in the 80's when she started doing movies about vicimized women it was very hard for suciety to see her in those roles so she got panned. If you go back and watch them now, she in fact did an amazing job. We just weren't ready to see her in such a role.
So, I agree with you that part of our job is to be supportive of Carrie.
But some of us show our love in different ways.
I can already tell you that I am going to have to watch this movie more then once just to get over the shock of seeing Carrie "acting" on the big screen. That is going to be quite sureal.
bigbluegrl23
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This just stood out to me for some reason. Not sure I agree. Plenty of times, the supporting characters are way better than the lead. examples are the fighter and dark knight. i think the reason there is a supporting category though is because there are way too many good actors, and just having one category wouldnt be fair.
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DizzyDollyDee
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I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie. I'll adore Carrie no matter what kind of job she did. I hurt for her when she slips up as know the shyness in her and only want the best. I've seen such tremendous growth the last five years but I really like who she is and really don't want her to make huge changes. What she represents is whats important to me. I don't care if she never acts again as its her singing that I love. I don't care if she can never move into being overly comfortable on stage in an acting situation. I've seen she does awesomely for videos (TH and JAD) and thats enough for me. If she wants to act thats fine but know it takes away from the time she can sing - little selfish on my part. Course will support her regardless. Really appreciate the effort you made in writing the review!! It was great and well put. Think it gives us a good base on what to expect. I even like your comparisons as you know us fans well - whether we like it or not - comparisons are always in our heads!!