re: Angelina Jolie: good actress?

We will probably never know...she's a celebrity now more than actress.

She has screen presence and looks and personality...and like a Pulp Fiction pig, bacon goes a long way.

That's acting nowadays.

She had to play herself though, she has to play her star power...that's her draw...her looks, star power, you have to know you are watching Jolie fully. She was pretty good in the Changeling but even then the audience was like, ah, that's just Jolie - in essence, it's difficult for her to disappear into a character as actors are supposed to do.

I could never see Jolie play Monster like Theron.