You know I keep saying, if WB would just give us the goods (real movie news); we’d have some good stuff to talk about.

All I have to say is, bring on HBP!!!! That’s ALL I’m concerned with.

I don’t know why the box is there, I said bring on HBP ! RON, I want Ron daggone!!!

Ha ha some people need to really chill out! Getting so worked up just because there sre people who aren a fan of Emma’s acting! Jeesh…get a grip! No one is slagging Emma, just commenting on her acting ability, which I think you’l find we have every right to do. As I haver said before I really like Emma, she comes across as very professional and nice in her interviews. And John you sound like you are about twelve…either that or you have a serious crush…

Well..I agree with many people here about Emma´s “acting” skills…But please take a look at who´s she´s up against…I mean NOT excatly class A actresses. So perhaps this nomination isn´t so wrong after all

Why all the vitriol??

This silliness happens a lot on Leaky. I’ve never understood it. I thought Leaky fans were supposed to be more reasoned.

Come on people – we’re not talking about the Nobel prize here!!!!!

I don’t think we’ll see any of the trio’s true acting ability for several years. Dan has a private acting coach and voice coach, and yet the awards he has won have all been voted on by the public,too. Yes, even the awards for Equus. I think it’s great she’s nominated and they should all enjoy this time while they can because I’m not convinced any of them are going to take the acting world by storm once the HP movies are over. It’s a very tough business, and none of them are extraordinarily talented. But they work hard and balance an awful lot in their young lives, so I don’t begrudge them anything.

Good luck and congrats!

@ amy- I don’t understand how you say that Emma doesn’t get acknowledged enough for her acting… She`s almost always nominated in things with Harry Potter, so I don’t see why you’re saying that. Rupert is the one that doesn’t get acknowledged at all.

@ KB Prez

With respect, criticizing Emma’s acting does not = vitriol. It merely =’s criticizing her acting. Period.

A handful of the comments here have been pretty harsh about Emma, I will agree. But I think if you read the comments carefully, you will see that most people have been kind about Emma, while making what they feel are valid criticisms of her work in the HP films.

However much people like Wilson and John would like to attribute it all to jealousy, or youth or being female (or even being American, apparently), the fact remains that a lot of people of all ages and genders think Emma is not a good actress. In fact, every red-blooded, heterosexual male I know in real life, from my 13-year-old nephew to my 39-year-old coworker, thinks Emma The Person is gorgeous and likeable, but can’t stand watching Emma The Actress. My husband, who also thinks Emma is beautiful and adorable, actually burst out laughing (and not in a nice way) when I told him that Emma had received a nomination for her acting.

A lot of people genuinely don’t care for Emma’s acting. I’m sorry, but there it is. If it makes her hardcore fans feel better to blame it on OMG JEALOUSY, then more power to them, I guess. But it doesn’t change the fact that she’s not a good actress.

Regarding the UR ALL JUS UGLY AND JELLUS!!! comments from John and Wilson:

Hahahaha! That is so funny. I could very easily respond with an equally scathing blanket generalization of people who praise Emma’s “acting”, saying that they’re all just pathetic, pubescent, sexually-frustrated fanboys who think that if only they could meet Emma she’d fall in love with them, and are so blinded by her good looks that they can’t even see what’s right in front of their faces: that the lovely goddess Emma is, in fact, human, and Just. Can’t. Act. But I’ll rise above it, and won’t make such a generalization of Emma’s defenders in these comments.

Oops, I guess I just did, didn’t I?

@ Jeanne, I agree with you its rather funny when they talk like they are professional judges and what not. OH and like their opioion is the center of the universe or Gods word or something. People do it alot with cast members, its sooo sickening- ” shes not what I Pictured”, ” shes not MY whoever”. Geez peoples get over youselves.

@Danielle, I hear ya, but I will never understand the agitation (by some) over these popularity contests.

@ BellaSnape and Jeanne

Um, last I checked, you don’t actually have to be a professional judge to recognize bad acting. That’s like saying you have to be a weatherman to be able to tell when it’s raining. Bad acting is bad acting, and it’s right there for anyone, even us lowly non-actors, to recognize.

And BellaSnape, I would also respectfully suggest that you yourself seem just as convinced that YOUR opinion is the center of God’s universe. For example, you have repeatedly blasted anyone who even DARES to say they don’t think Helen McCrory is right for Narcissa, without acknowledging that people are different and have different ideas of the characters. Instead, you seem to think that because YOU like her, EVERYONE should like her, and you seem to show no patience whatsoever for anyone who disagrees with you. So if we are arrogant and self-centered in our opinions, then you certainly are as well. (For the record, I actually like Helen McCrory, I’m just using her as an example since you seem to feel so strongly about her.)

Honestly, I just don’t understand what’s wrong with people saying that they dislike Emma’s acting. I can understand people getting upset about PERSONAL attacks on her, but most of the comments on this thread have not been about her as a person; they have been about her acting. There is a big difference. And I just don’t see what’s wrong with that. Peole have certainly criticized Dan and Rupert’s acting in other threads. Why should Emma be exempt from valid criticism?

Oops, typo, that second-to-last sentence was supposed to start out “People”. :headdesk:

@ KB Prez: I think maybe what galls people is that the popularity awards are disguised as “acting” awards. As someone said earlier, give Emma an award for being pretty, for being charismatic, for being a fashion trendsetter, for being a good student, or for just being a nice person. By all means, give her an award for that. Just don’t pretend that it’s for “acting”.

But you’re right, we get too worked up about it. So I’ll just take myself away now. :)

What’s the big deal? So Emma got nominated for some award, so what? And since the award specializes in sc-fi and fantasy, I don’t think it’s a big surprise that people from OOTP got nominated. Yeah, there many other older actors in OOTP who are better than Emma but seriously, it’s not like this is the Oscar or something.