I appreciate Nanny's review but it goes without saying that as objective as the review is (and I do believe Nanny was pretty objective) it is still affected by who we are, so I do believe that Nanny's review is how 'she' saw it.
The part underlined in the quote is something I was thinking about as well. I keep thinking that if Carrie displayed the wrong emotion for a particular scene the director would guide her in correcting it, so I'm wondering if the emotion Nanny saw as 'cold' someone else might label 'indifferent' or 'disappointment'? I believe the scene involved the main character telling Sarah that she wasn't participating in a particular project. Given the scene it may be exactly what the director wanted. I'm sure when many of us see the film we will each have our own different interpretations of what happens in the film and like Nanny we can only tell it like each one of us 'sees' it. And how we experience the occasion will be affected by who we are..it's the old, you say it's this and I say it's that....it's what makes life so interesting.
As for the comparisons, I don't know why these continue to occur...sometimes the comparisons are so dissimilar you wonder how the comparison could even be made...Carrie takes baby steps , others take giant steps , to each his own..I appreciate the fact that Carrie is very aware of her limitations and knows herself well enough to not bite off more than she can chew...That's one very smart cookie! If you examine Carrie's performance within the context of everything that is Carrie Underwood she probably did an excellent job in her first big screen acting role.
