tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post3644098181111239183..comments2024-02-16T02:34:38.673-08:00Comments on Nelsa Roberto's Out of the Wordwork: Sandra Bullock, Characters and Likeabilityout of the wordworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15919130781982475478noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-12577929079522671452010-02-24T17:07:06.040-08:002010-02-24T17:07:06.040-08:00Hi Blee Bonn: I hope some of the things I've o...Hi Blee Bonn: I hope some of the things I've outlined here migh might help when thinking about character development. Hope you enjoy the movie!<br /><br />Hey, Laura: I know - showing off a character in five pages or less is one of the hardest parts of a book. I spend way too much time on that but it's so important!out of the wordworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919130781982475478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-40795981809662094012010-02-24T09:13:17.522-08:002010-02-24T09:13:17.522-08:00I loved Speed! And your list is right one. Main ch...I loved Speed! And your list is right one. Main characters should have bad qualities but some of those qualites must shine through for the reader to like them. Finding the balance in the opening pages is the challenge!Laura Paulinghttp://www.laurapauling.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-38250354387018815342010-02-23T16:35:51.704-08:002010-02-23T16:35:51.704-08:00Fabulous information - a great reminder on really ...Fabulous information - a great reminder on really thinking about your chacters. Thank you.<br /><br />I'm definitely a Sandra Bullock fan but have not seen the Blind Side yet and really want to. Soon I hope.Blee Bonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272480204272788877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-50056016519763579462010-02-23T15:50:08.864-08:002010-02-23T15:50:08.864-08:00Maureen: What a great story! I can totally see San...Maureen: What a great story! I can totally see Sandra Bullock doing that 'pee dance' and being her always likeable self.<br /><br />And you're right. She totally carried that movie (which had some problems). Without her, it would never have been so popular.out of the wordworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919130781982475478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-44658055310396065092010-02-23T11:44:44.263-08:002010-02-23T11:44:44.263-08:00Great post, Nelsa. I, too, was so pleasantly surpr...Great post, Nelsa. I, too, was so pleasantly surprised by The Blind Side. Didn't sound like a movie I'd like AT ALL, but heard good things so went and she totally carried that movie. It all hinged on whether you believed her motivations for helping that kid (that they weren't just to help the team) and she made me believe. She also made me believe she questioned her own motivations for a moment when others did. Great job on her part. It was all in the facial expressions.<br /><br />I actually saw her up close and in person the night of the Crash premiere at the Toronto Film fest. I was waiting in a huge crowd in the lobby of the Elgin, and was right in front of the elevators. The red carpet stuff was happening about 10 feet away, if that, but I wasn't even trying to see. Too many people and I was more concerned about being ready to make a dash when the opened the doors so I could get a good seat.<br />Anyway... some festival volunteers suddenly parted the crowd.. right where I was standing... and Sandra Bullock kind of skittered down the little path through us. Maybe 2 feet from me. She was all dressed up in her red carpet finery... but kind of skittering, grinning at everyone she passed, saying, "gotta pee, sorry, gotta pee, excuse me, gotta pee."<br />It was so Sandra Bullock. Cool to see she was that nice and self-effacing in real life, too.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-52952366231279999602010-02-22T18:03:40.056-08:002010-02-22T18:03:40.056-08:00Anna - You're absolutely right. There is a vul...Anna - You're absolutely right. There is a vulnerability to Sandra, a tough but tender aspect that's very appealing. <br /><br />Hi Blythe! It's true. All the movies Sandra Bullock was in would be totally different with those actresses embodying the role (I'm very glad they got Sandra though!)out of the wordworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919130781982475478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-4485995807957151072010-02-22T12:11:06.899-08:002010-02-22T12:11:06.899-08:00It's interesting to think how those roles migh...It's interesting to think how those roles might have been played by other actresses (less successfully I think, casting does require a particular genius...) Nicole Kidman? Michelle Pfieffer? It isn't just the role as written, there is something about the way each lives inside her own skin...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10147284664183496856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-57833382930580921482010-02-22T10:45:20.652-08:002010-02-22T10:45:20.652-08:00I'm also a big Sandra Bullock fan, and I think...I'm also a big Sandra Bullock fan, and I think it's for all the reasons you mentioned. There is something so likable about her! I think part of it, too, is that even when she's playing the toughest characters, there's still a degree of vulnerability to her. That's what makes her so sympathetic and what makes her characters seem real.Anna Staniszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09316883819771607655noreply@blogger.com