Magazine: 14 Actors Acting - Natalie Portman - nytimes.com/video

[muychingon23]

Go on...

[KatiKosta]

I haven't noticed how tiny she was!

[estebansasuke20]

This is fuckin ART , ignorants go away .l. <3 Love you Natalie <3

[MrBrandonGonzales]

You all know if this was real life the first thing she would take off are those uncomfortable heels.

[GoodKnightFilms]

well, to me, it represents the layers a person sometimes have to create in order to fit in with society. And only when your alone can you be yourself. its supposed to be melancholic and grim, not speedy and OTT

[unity2012]

Beautifully done. 

[RozRuss]

Um, this is her great acting??

[deepystone]

FF please !

[beyonceLVR1]

This is Beyonce after she finishes a show...LOL

[Joyce926]

I don't get this.

[elfeLrOuNd]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah YOU PEOPLE ANNOY ME!!!! go get pikachu on ur gameboys

this was flawless, i though it was so good that anyone could see it, but u only care bout ur neuras

[Wushu17]

I thought she'd shed her clothes to reveal that she's actually Keira Knightley. That would've been an Oscar worthy performance.

[bacoll35]

I need those shoes in my life! lol

[millerlois23]

why the American cinema is suddenly so inferior: Israel

a stone-age religion and people can't make good art because only a progressive Christian heart can make good art

since AIPAC owns every single American critic and journalist, no one will say that Natalie Portman is the worse actor of all time.

[ImaginedWriter]

@millerlois23 "progressive Christian heart can make good art"

Wrong, Western art was born in ancient Greece, and the renaissance was inspired by those same ancient Greeks. Christianity is jewish barbarism lite, it took the renaissance and enlightenment to civilize it and finally turn the virus into something that was not a threat to classical western civilization which is greco-roman. True semitic Christianity gave us the dark ages.

[mimipockets]

@millerlois23 Israel is not a religion, and many great American actors were not Christian.

[lynxbits]

Oh my God are we going back in time? What's up with fashion or creativity these days? everything is about the 40's 50's with all those hipsters and wannabes, It was the 80's a few years ago, and the 70's around 1 decade ago, and a mix of the 90's in 2008-10... I'm getting tired

[TheGabbyVasquez]

@lynxbits Performers who defined cinema in 2010 CAPTURE CLASSIC SCREEN TYPES

[JasmineBaby05]

how could anyone dislike this?

[ImaginedWriter]

If you want to see what an actor can really do in under 3 minutes please search for the video of Marlon Brando playing Anthony making the dogs of war speech in Julius Caesar.

[ImaginedWriter]

She's not a very good actress, put her in a Shakespearean play and watch her squirm.

[JasmineBaby05]

@ImaginedWriter why do you think that she's not a good actress?

[ImaginedWriter]

@JasmineBaby05 She has a monotone voice, is unable to express emotion effectively through her features or her voice & that leads to a very small range of characters which she can play. She has no sense of physical acting i.e. the way Brando would sit on a swing play with his glove whilst having a conversation which was entirely naturalistic- she is unable to do that always looking stiff and forced. She cannot do accents or display differing personality traits other than slightly neurotic

She a

[koruki]

@ImaginedWriter wow really if you're not as good as Brando then you're a bad actor. Bit harsh?

[differentandalike]

NATALIE PORTMAN IS HOT

[spookmineer]

She is peeling away one layer.

But in the end we're still at least two onion peels away from seeing the real her.

And it doesn't matter :) she's awesome in any layer.

[irinisva]

I was not a wig, it was actually her real hair! Or at least I believed her acting :)

[charissecoal]

some complicated looking underpants there nats

[kethhawthorn]

i was wondering how much she would take of before the time was out

[sspirits8]

So this is what acting entails. LOOOOL 

[artrais]

Niños jugando a actuar.

[MrKrekkie]

She can strip much more clotes in 1 minute 34 seconds if she tried harder.

[wonderingheights]

meh.

[ThePremiumGoods]

@dreyfoostheatra acting

[AshitaNoKanousei42]

I was just doing this ten minutes ago.

[MegaJUMIOR]

QUE TODOS DIGAM SIM PARA O POETA DO AMOR ULISSES JUNIOR ACESSE YOUTUBE

[t6yz]

no tits ?:(

[thestarishere]

Then she got all pregnant with this balletdancer and laughed real stupid.

[iJAEHCE]

Now that's acting. Whoever said her face is telling a story is right on. That was excellent.

[rockitvomit]

I love the soundtrack. I watch this video again and again for it.

[AntonDubious]

Aww, why did she have to stop undressing?!

[chelseanica25]

good she took off the wig.. it's really disturbing me

[MikeMths35]

@chelseanica25 I loved her in the blonde wig, it made her look like a hot tranny, I like hot trannies.

[cw6391]

the only vibes i'm getting from natalie portman in this video are those of vapidity and condescension.

[strawberriedc]

And that would be because... she's a talented actress @cw6391

[Miasmummy2497]

not.....that good.



[pics2share]

I like Natalie, but for some reason, seeing this, I kept thinking Madeline Kahn in

Blazing Saddles.

[rzu82]

ms portman is completely overrated, she is able to play one single character a neurotic woman/child/etc...

i suppose she works hard, but she lacks completely instinct for acting

[jmf459]

@rzu82 I never thought I would hear someone say something unfavorable about Natalie Portman. I used to practically have an obsession with her, but as time went by, I realized she's not as great an actress as everyone makes her out to be. She isn't terrible, she just isn't amazing. I think if I were given the chance, I could probably come close to her. Who knows? I think she's good enough to get by, but not good enough to be considered an amazingly talented actress.

[StrikeDaMic]

It's like she thinks "All the kids looking up to me can suck my dick!"

[UniverSouLove]

Now that's acting!!

[DivinePonies]

As she would poetically say to all you haters:

"YOU CAN SUCK MY DICK"

[pwnff]

marilyn monroe!!!!!!!

[jmf459]

@pwnff I don't think Natalie warrants a comparison to someone like Marilyn Monroe! She is an okay actress, but she isn't amazing. Marilyn Monroe will forever be a cinematic icon. She had such a one-of-a-kind screen presence. Natalie just doesn't come close.

[MikeMths35]

@jmf459 Marilyn Monroe acted like a silly blonde blowup doll and in real life she sucked dozens of cocks of producers and directors to win acting roles.

[ridingtigers]

@peymaania you expect a two minute youtube video to have substance?

[lekkermary]

lol those shoes are too big for her

[Ingretto]

how is this acting? i could do that...

[SuzanneLyons]

These videos are beautiful!

Suzanne Lyons

SnowFall Films

[neglabable]

Why does it bother me so much that she didn't take off her shoes? Those look like the most painful accessory... why keep THEM on?

[TheHuntress144]

what am i supposed to be feeling right now? i shouldn't have to ask that question.

[UniSantae]

OMG this made me laugh. It's a little girl with a diva wig on! Oh wait, that's Natalie Portman. LOL.

[cocomilkshakex]

nah nothing

[lovegc55]

that was cool

[lewie]

im confused

[FallenPixel]

yeah, no.

[welldonefromhereon]

that did absolutely nothing for me

[welldonefromhereon]

hmmm

[RafouliG]

her shoes are too big

[RafouliG]

@CravingCock738 wtf!?

[chronophagia]

*shudder* Clearly she wasn't ACTING in an elegant fashion in this, and CLEARLY that was the point. She seems more exhausted than anything by her body language. . . Probably from putting up a front for hours at a time . . . Thank you, Mrijkus, for saying something intelligent . . .

[Mrijkus]

i dont know, dont really like it. I like the idea and i see what they meant, but Natalie isn;t very elegant in this

[Troublemaker1991]

@Mrijkus did you think that maybe the story she's telling is the one of a person who is hiding under the superficial elegance and glamour of her clothing? which would mean that she's not meant to be elegant, just look like it.

[Mrijkus]

@Troublemaker1991 yeah i did actually think that :) but it doesn't really come across to me for some reason.

[Sunydown18]

THAT'S Natalie Portman!?

[kathldock]

i love this. her face tells a story, and it's as if stripping more than clothes as she takes them off. it's like she is literally exhausted of pretending, of perpetuating something she's not. so tired.

[hobo8675309]

@kathldock Yeah, I thought she was horrible in the Star Wars movies and in V for Vendetta, but her acting has certainly improved since then.

[leloochlover101]

@kathldock get over yoursef

[OneElectricKiss]

Why are so many people hating? I thought this was beautiful, she was only taking off her outfit and it was alluring for some odd reason. She looked beat and tired like she had a long ass day of work, and almost kind of sad.

[cw6391]

this isn't acting as much as it is arrogantly posing.

[eederTH]

SEXY

[joezangre]

I'n in love with her and i'm a girl who like boys LOL xD

[VivedAmour]

@joezangre hooray for you

[NightinGal89]

@joezangre me too. It's weird, right?

[crackerpopskikay]

whoa portman is soooo freaking good at acting. watched black swan today and I completely got surprised, it's a whirlwind of emotions. I think the film is perfect, no pun intended

[litheshadow]

BALENCIAGA

[ognirgify]

Natalie looks like Bette Davis in here...not so much of Audrey Hepburn

[soffistikkated]

From Jean Genet's The Balcony!

[aped3sing]

Hannah Montana after last preformance.

[Stephjackson10]

@aped3sing hahaha thts joke!

[UncleHobbysHobbys]

@yourbestfriendagain

boring;)

[UncleHobbysHobbys]

@yourbestfriendagain

for a nip like you?

[jonathonjunkie]

Shes not trying to be sexy. She is a woman that is tired from a long day of work.

[charliecharful]

@UncleHobbysHobbys FUCK YOU

[UncleHobbysHobbys]

@charliecharful

why so hostile dude?

[BlairLaurel]

Is that supposed to be acting?

[iGreenSoul]

I'm a big Natalie fan, really I am. But frankly, her brilliant acting skills didn't shine here. Truth's to be told.

[treehamallama]

love it!

[ChloeDust]

I love natalie portman.

[UncleHobbysHobbys]

terrible

she can`t act

[TastyEmuCakes]

@UncleHobbysHobbys Ahahaha, she just won the Golden Globe for best Actress for Black Swan and most likely will win the Oscar, too. What have you achieved?

[UncleHobbysHobbys]

@TastyEmuCakes

she will with sympathy;DDD

[valkyroo]

Classic Portman... trying desperately hard to be sexy and failing miserably. As usual the performance is self conscious and shallow.

[valkyroo]

Classic Portman... trying desperately hard to be sexy and failing. As usual the performance is self conscious and shallow.

[asthaa7]

@valkyroo I completely agree, the part where she sits n realizes that she needs to get the dress off her ass before she sat is so funny.

[deenclassic]

she had the best soundtrack i think..

[behodwo]

Didn't like this...

She was glancing at camera, and, frankly, she doesn't seem to know what to do with her dresses.

Not at her best :(

[lordsuzy]

She"s very great in acting because she started acting when she was only eleven and now her acting skills was developed! great for you Natalie!

[aongaaong]

Terrible. She was glancing at the camera. 

[rodpixel]

Hello guys, don´t you understand? She doesn´t need to do a sexy striptease to be Natalie Portman! THAT´S A GIFT!!

[rodpixel]

Hello guys, don´t you understand? She doesn´t need to do a sexy striptease to be Natalie Portman!

[andruja]

ma che è sta merda?

[fabfourgroupie]

where's the acting?

[Excuseify]

so pretentious i cringed

[sjmoy1]

I feel so awkward watching this . When she starts to take her dress off, you realize how small she is. She looks like a little girl, so vulnerable, trying to become a seductive woman with no prevail..... Oh snap, was that the plot of the video?!?

[baberuthless10]

i like 1:13 thats the best part of the video.

[tamills74]

she's intelligent, but not glamorous; she's too smart to be that seductive and alluring

[MsThunderroad]

amazingly shitty natalie.

a girl born without genitals.

[LurunInia630]

of all 14, I find this the most awkward to watch. Maybe it's how she takes off the gloves. =\ just saying...

[GirlModeling7382]

My boyfriend always looks at me crazy when I orgasm, I twist and moan like you wouldn't believe!

[abzedoo89]

@GirlModeling7382 What does your comment have to do with anything, like seriously?

[biwakokko4]

Awww absolutely classic!

[knightsjedi]

That's not how you take off gloves, Natalie. Look, they're all inside out now. Yeah that's right, you should be upset.

[11martin82]

@knightsjedi I think the message of this video is that the girl is stressed and fed up. So i think taking her gloves off that way was purposely done

[yoyogirl100]

@11martin82 I'm pretty sure he was joking... :P

[11martin82]

@yoyogirl100 you'd  be amazed

[GothGirl783]

Oh god, astronauts are so sexy… Id let him fill my vacuum any day.

[StoneColdFoxxxx]

elegant

[SuperVincent81]

I love Natalie. She is an excellent actress. In Heat, Closer, V for vengeance, Star Wars episode III, My bluebarry nights. In this video she is wonderfully discreet.

[LukeNervous]

@SuperVincent81 v for vendetta* 

[Streetweare]

Natalie's so much more beautiful than Keira Knightley...I really don't see how people think they look alike?

[OFBI7]

ESPECTACULARRRRRRRRRRRRR.

[aggerification]

I don't care about her i wanna know what kind of music is that?!!!!!!!!!!!!

[andreajoynt]

@aggerification

Owen Pallett; says at the end. He used to be known as 'FInal Fantasy'.

[aggerification]

@andreajoynt Title please! where can if find it?!

[andreajoynt]

@aggerification

I think he composed these songs specifically for the NYTimes shorts. So, I don't know what any of them are called, regrettably. I'm hearing them for the first time, same as you.

But, if you want to check out some of his music, try his myspace page: myspace [dot] com/owenpallettmusic

And, personally, my favourite album by him is "He Poos Clouds".

Sorry that I couldn't be more helpful. But, if I figure out where to find these original songs, I'll let you know.

[aggerification]

@andreajoynt Thank You veeery much! :))

[GaelGarzon91]

Como pudo dejar esta mujer Gael Garcia Bernal !!!

[Novinte]

She looks great in blonde hair wow

[TheOnlyYomalolo]

So intense.

[olg06]

she looks like a an old lady with blonde hair i honestly thought it was barbara walters

[sjmoy1]

@olg06 LMAO!!! hahaha, that was sooo messed up. Maybe that's why she was so depressed in the video, I would rip that ghastly blonde wig off too.

[mariavicky815]

is fantastic, great congrat

[powerkisses]

brilliant actress, and she looks like diane kruger with the blond hair..

[CasaDeAgua]

i don't know what to say about this. it seems awkward at places, and she only comes off strong at the end. i was expecting so much more.

[MrLiberal4life]

boring no hot young guys in it. just a old lady.

[Nadianva]

Natalie is the best actress, she is so natural, so smart... the intelligence is from her soul... she makes you feel her scenes, I love her!, and I love her classic beauty, she can be french, american, italian, colombian, polish, arab, spanish.... she is great, she has done beautiful films.... she's wonderful!!

[dumbolv1]

you are magnifizanttt!!! miss natalie! this is why you're my favorite actress!

[BruBassGuitar]

Tout simplement magnifique! (et tellement belle)

[peaceloveannnna]

those shoes!

[HeleneIngwar]

nice shoes! good acting too though.

[neores]

Great actress!! no doubt about it...great job

[kotoyumu]

Want to see a real performance go watch Black Swan....like damn

[DogAmongMen]

........actING!!!!

[turpentime1]

Not as good as James Franco making out with himself.

[SpookyElectric777]

This is Beyonce after leaving the stage!

[irvykinneas]

it's her year

[littlelesslove]

something's not quite right with the portrayal. feels a bit forced.

[phistickie]

Oh ffs, this is just for taking pictures, it's not really meant to be video art.

[tykam1]

Hahaha! Was this supposed to be comedic?!?

Natalie Portman is a wonderful actress but this is downright embarrassing! Who thought this crap up?

[misomercy]

wrong way to take the gloves off Nat.

.youtube.com/watch?v=yPzApJ8eM­pQ

you do it like that.



[MondrosenPrime]

Portman is a good actress. Sadly, this video doesn't show that ability, just some undressing.

[camycamo4]

what "emotion" is it suppoded to be?  defeat?

[kaysandesses]

Absolutely choice.