Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Boner Games: Jennifer Shrader Lawrence.

Had you watched Winter's Boner Bone (2010) where the surely sweaty-palmed Jennifer Lawrence on her first blockbuster exposure, one cannot deny that "...Lawrence's eyes are a road map to what's tearing [Ree] apart." (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) is a katniss observation to her revered performance. Ever since "Mommy, I volunteer to be an actress."

Probably in a cheerleader outfit, or tensely struggling in between her bulky duffel bag and dangling hockey stick, evidently fresh from practice, both of which, incidentally, are her hobbies, Lawrence had always cheered on a goal to be an actress that which impassioned her to audition in the New York spring of 2004, fourteen years of protecting her dream like a defensive player in a touchdown pursuit. The Kentucky hotshot, after a series of minor appearances, eventually signed thirty (30) episodes in The Bill Engvall Show in 2007 (below).

Lauren Pearson in The Big Engvall Show.

A 2010 Young Artist Award nomination was her tribute.

Fast track from The Poker House (2008) and The Burning Plain (2008) that, briefly, are complete opposites in critical reception, before District Twelve's Katniss Everdeen, she was Raven Darkholme alias Mystique in X-Men: First Class (2011), timely preceding Rebecca Romijin as the younger, perilously reluctant mutant. Ever since then, what with lip locking with one of Hollywood's sex gods Michael Fassbender, she shapeshifted through the eyes of the people a refreshing breed of fantasy, both men and women alike. Even reportedly can turn gay men straight. The true nightlock to your current girlfriends, Lawrence caught the world's attention - as if our worlds don't already consist of her - at the 74th Hunger Games in the avaricious and politically implied Capitol. Alongside Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark) and Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne), the love triangle everyone's head over heels for is as prevalent in the books as it is in the real world. In fact, the film was so loved by both fans and critics it earned $686.5M in ticket sales - one would think that's enough money to build a mall in District 12. It is also documented that Katniss Everdeen is the first female action star ever to convene the $300-million benchmark box office hit (and remarkably surpassed).


Widely recognized in the elitist and hard-to-please Academy, at a self-loathing age of twenty-one, she was only testing the waters of her full potential when it already landed her a nomination at the 84th Academy Awards for Best Actress in Winter's Bone. The transformation from a starlet to one of the most coveted actresses is arguably as blinding as a projectile arrow; the target ever so adaptive with her.

Jennifer Lawrence in The Silver Linings Playbook.

Featured in the Metro Manila Film Fast (click it) blog entry, this long overdue, 8-time Academy Award nominated, including Best Actress in a Leading Role awarded to, who else, The Silver Linings Playbook is the mutual connection of two complete strangers once was for personal gain. Neither knew an emotional bond took place; an emotional bond for two emotionally unbalanced individuals. Quick, it premieres tomorrow!


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