Movie Jail: This week's defendant is...Julia Roberts!
Jan. 15, 2013
The Defendant
Julia Roberts
The Case
The Prosecution: Larry Crowne, Valentine's Day, Oceans 11 and 12, America's Sweethearts, The Mexican, Full Frontal*
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, we haven't featured an actress in this new year, so what better time to introduce our newest defendant than now. She's been mentioned in the Strike Backs time and time again, and after going over her case, we're hoping the jury will convict Academy Award winner Julia Roberts. Yes, Academy Award winner. Remember that? Because we barely do. Let's just pick up this case from 2000, when she won the coveted Oscar for Erin Brockovich and followed that up with the lackluster The Mexican. The next few years were hit and miss with bombs like Full Frontal and American Sweethearts, and while the Oceans movies may look fun, Ms. Roberts is basically relegated to the "girl" role, which she plays with all the energy of a broken toe nail. She hasn't had a fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes since 2009's Duplicity which we also found her to be incredibly flat in, even if the movie wasn't terrible. It's time we lock up Madame Roberts for inconsistency in choosing quality roles over the last few years, maybe that will light a fire under her ass and get her into gear.
The Defense: Charlie Wilson's War, Closer, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Mona Lisa Smile, Erin Brockovich*
Ladies and Gentleman of the jury, there's only been ONE Academy Award winner, male or female, that's been brought to trial that you've found guilty: Halle Berry. Are we saying that Ms. Roberts is on the same level as Ms. Berry? It's not even close. Have the past few years not been kind to Ms. Roberts? Possibly, but if we're going by the movies she's made since 2000, the defense doesn't see it as lopsided as the prosecution is making it out to be. She absolutely deserved the Oscar for Erin Brockovich and she was solid in Closer, a movie that wouldn't typically be in her wheelhouse with all its lurid sexual content. And was she really that bad in the Oceans movies? What other actress could play opposite George Clooney and make it believable? And Brad Pitt's not an answer. We don't need to throw Ms. Roberts in Movie Jail, but we will agree she's teetering on that fine line. Let's give her another couple of movies before convicting and sentencing her.
Also, full disclosure, Mona Lisa Smile totally got me laid. So that's why it's on the defense.
IN CLOSING...
So, what’s to be done with Julia Roberts? Is it time we put her on notice for having a few bad years? Has she squandered whatever good mojo she received after receiving the Academy Award? And the most important question to be asked, once all evidence is taken into consideration, we ask you The Jury, is Julia Roberts GUILTY or NOT GUILTY? Let’s hear YOUR arguments, either side, by STRIKING BACK BELOW.
*The court recognizes that all movies are subjective, so relax.
WHAT SAY YOU, GUILTY OR NOT?
LAST WEEK'S VERDICT
It is the jury's decision that after reviewing last week's evidence, the court finds Marlon Wayans GUILTY of all charges. Like really, really guilty. With the exception of a handful of jurors, it was an across the board guilty verdict for Mr. Wayans. Sentencing ranged from The Hole to the electric chair, but we're going to go with a stiff life sentence with a possibility of parole when Mr. Wayans can no longer speak or write.
| Extra Tidbit: | Who Should Take the Stand Next? Strike Back Below! |
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| Source: | JoBlo.com |
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Not Guilty.
Not Guilty
Not Guilty
Guilty as hell
guilty
Double post
How old are you guys...
Not guilty.
Not guilty.
Not Guilty
GUILTY
Tidbit: still throwing Schwarzenegger's name out there, or Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Tidbit: still throwing Schwarzenegger's name out there, or Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Guilty...
GUILTY!
Not Guilty
GUILTY
She was irritating, like Streisand irritating, way before Erin Brokovich. Pretty Woman was great. Steel Magnolias was tolerable to good. After that, Roberts became more of a diva than an actress. In every goddam film, she plays Julia Roberts rather than
She was irritating, like Streisand irritating, way before Erin Brokovich. Pretty Woman was great. Steel Magnolias was tolerable to good. After that, Roberts became more of a diva than an actress. In every goddam film, she plays Julia Roberts rather than her character.
Guilty
GUILTY
Not Guilty
Guilty
Guilty as charged
Next Up: M. Night Shyamalan
Next Up: M. Night Shyamalan
Probation But Not 100% Guilty
Not Guilty
So, so, so, so, so guilty
Not Guilty
Guilty
Next Defendant: Ivan Reitman
Next Defendant: Ivan Reitman
Not perfect doesn't = jail.
GUILTY
I used to like Julia Roberts but now she has lost me.
I used to like Julia Roberts but now she has lost me.
Guilty
But i biasedly cannot stand her.
But i biasedly cannot stand her.
Guilty
Guilty
Extra Tid: Can we put a whole movie studio on trial how about Dreamworks Animation
Extra Tid: Can we put a whole movie studio on trial how about Dreamworks Animation
Guilty.
Extra Tidbit: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Extra Tidbit: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Guilty.
Batman264
You don't want to be "that guy". Well, you're "that guy." Don't come on here trying to fish for something racially offensive. It's not there.
"Except Robert Rodriguez which doesn't even count." LOLZWUTT
As an "ethnic" person, reading your comment makes me sad, confused and hungry.
Mostly hungry, cuz its lunch time.
You don't want to be "that guy". Well, you're "that guy." Don't come on here trying to fish for something racially offensive. It's not there.
"Except Robert Rodriguez which doesn't even count." LOLZWUTT
As an "ethnic" person, reading your comment makes me sad, confused and hungry.
Mostly hungry, cuz its lunch time.
Not guilty
GUILTY
Extra Tidbit: Paul Rudd
Extra Tidbit: Paul Rudd
Guilty
Not Guilty
Not Guilty
Side note: How was Nicolas Cage not guilty?
Side note: How was Nicolas Cage not guilty?
Not Guilty
Not Guilty
Not Guilty
Guilty of being hugely overrated...
GUILTY
Not guilty
She is not doing blockbusters anymore but only because clearly she doesn´t care anymore about her status in Hollywood. When she tries to do her stuff she is still successful (Eat, pray, love, 80M domestic, more than 200M WW) but she has worked with some of the best, Soderbergh, Hanks, Nichols... Right now she is cooking a good one with Meryl Streep.
Julia Roberts is for sure a divisive person and actress but is undeniable that she is one of the
She is not doing blockbusters anymore but only because clearly she doesn´t care anymore about her status in Hollywood. When she tries to do her stuff she is still successful (Eat, pray, love, 80M domestic, more than 200M WW) but she has worked with some of the best, Soderbergh, Hanks, Nichols... Right now she is cooking a good one with Meryl Streep.
Julia Roberts is for sure a divisive person and actress but is undeniable that she is one of the greatest stars of all time, magnetic and impossible to ignore.
I´m always ready for more Julia.
Not guilty
She is not doing blockbusters anymore but only because clearly she doesn´t care anymore about her status in Hollywood. When she tries to do her stuff she is still successful (Eat, pray, love, 80M domestic, more than 200M WW) but she has worked with some of the best, Soderbergh, Hanks, Nichols... Right now she is cooking a good one with Meryl Streep.
Julia Roberts is for sure a divisive person and actress but is undeniable that she is one of the
She is not doing blockbusters anymore but only because clearly she doesn´t care anymore about her status in Hollywood. When she tries to do her stuff she is still successful (Eat, pray, love, 80M domestic, more than 200M WW) but she has worked with some of the best, Soderbergh, Hanks, Nichols... Right now she is cooking a good one with Meryl Streep.
Julia Roberts is for sure a divisive person and actress but is undeniable that she is one of the greatest stars of all time, magnetic and impossible to ignore.
I´m always ready for more Julia.
Guilty