Re: Spider-Man: The Reboot!
Just to briefly respond to the Mike's posts, look, I could give two craps about Dunst. I understand she isn't whomever these models/porn stars are that you put in your signatures, etc. But you made my point earlier--it doesn't really matter who plays MJ, because she's just a plot point. She isn't the protagonist of the film, she isn't the antagonist of the film, she's something that is there to move Parker's story along.
And frankly, the hatred she has received has been extremely over the top and in many cases, disingenuous. Sure, alot of it comes from bandwagon jumping and exaggeration from posting on a message board, etc., but be real. It could have been worse. She's a good looking chick, even though she isn't Heidi Klum or whatever. What else was needed?
Most seem to accept that MJ didn't require a Judy Dench-type performance. So no, Dunst isn't a great actress, but so what? Neither is the guy who played Green Goblin's son, but he did the job.
I'm not disagreeing with your points about Dunst being a bright spot in the 90s who has faded, but that happens with 90% of female actresses. Why? Because they all get their jobs based on looks, and when that's gone, only a very small few remain. Hell, one of the finest actresses over the past 50 years was Faye Dunaway. What happened to her after Chinatown and Network? She's mostly relegated to TV appearances and straight-to-video-type fare. So why hate on her for that? Almost every actress who gets a high profile acting gig gets it because they are "hot" at the moment for whatever reason. Even all the actresses/models/whomever that you list are, I suspect, this week's flavor who will be forgotten about in a few years. That's just the nature of the female actress, unfortunately.
But at the end of the day, yeah, none of this matters, because the evil, talentless hag Dunst is gone.
