tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post703330103708453869..comments2024-03-26T13:45:53.127+01:00Comments on The Oscar Nerd: Debra Winger in An Officer and a Gentlemandinasztiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418227830861757663noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-56026453908073664612018-03-11T16:44:06.424+01:002018-03-11T16:44:06.424+01:00Interesting that she got a nomination for her role...Interesting that she got a nomination for her role in An Officer and a Gentleman considering she was one step above a whore. Her performance was probably the worst performance of any female on a screen ever, and if she hadn't been opposite Mr. Gere she would have been nothing more then scenery. She was a nothing actress then and is still a nothing actress today. Someone above says that she is a wasted actress and personally I think she is just a waste, a total waste of a human.DrDoom76https://www.blogger.com/profile/15077300779645310621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-88742570285889012422014-09-08T17:00:43.606+02:002014-09-08T17:00:43.606+02:00Another bit of input from yet anothe r"Anonyo...Another bit of input from yet anothe r"Anonyous". Difficult to critique in 2014 something created from the social preferences of 1882. Yet, wht might be the most interesting aspect about Winger's performance in OAAG was the general dislike she felt for Gere at the time. I recall that, some time later, Winger came clean how doing the "love scene was especially difficult ... due to her ambivalence toward Gere personally .. leaning much more toward not liking him.http://www.zimbio.com/Co-Stars+Who+Didn't+Get+Along/articles/XsTDJHbXf4a/Richard+Gere+and+Debra+Winger Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-5571697427932539722014-08-15T21:40:44.449+02:002014-08-15T21:40:44.449+02:00I thought Debra Winger was wonderful in the role o...I thought Debra Winger was wonderful in the role of Paula--her acting is subtle, e.g, a slight lift of the eyebrow as Sid and Zack approach the two girls at a dance--0h the anticipation--and then her heartwrenching disappointment when Sid chooses Lynette. Watch it again--she's great. Her throaty laugh is famous for a reason--it's sexy and contagious. And Richard Gere? HOT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-64721188035696637102014-05-03T13:50:03.504+02:002014-05-03T13:50:03.504+02:00Couldn't help responding to your comment "...Couldn't help responding to your comment "An Officer and a Gentleman has basically no clue about how people and life work"...<br /><br />You are so far off the mark on this. I was an "Officer and a Gentleman" and I can tell you the portrayal of officer candidate training at that time was so spot on it was unnerving. The naivety with which all of us young men went into these things does not negate the very real aspect of Vietnam, military bearing and striving to find ourselves. The way women were both adored, worshipped and yet denied in those times made Debra Winger's part fit perfectly.<br /><br />In those days we had TV but no internet, no social networking... nothing to view the world from a higher altitude than the narrow perspective of dramatisations that created reality more than portraying it.<br /><br />If you are a movie buff then pay closer attention to the details. The opening scenes with the whores, that father who was forced to care but actually did little more than tolerate his son... the numbness of innocence revealed in that first lineup of civilians on their journey to becoming officers.<br /><br />I was there. The portrayal of the "Peugeot Sound Debs"... all very real.<br /><br />I was, in fact the reality of this movie that popularised it more than the sentimental nonsense seen on the surface by a few who only seem to remember the ending yet few questioned who was saving whom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-51414517458684038012012-07-14T06:14:58.303+02:002012-07-14T06:14:58.303+02:00I was an extra in an Officer and Gentleman and Deb...I was an extra in an Officer and Gentleman and Debra Winger had an elitist attitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-54704396261156714512012-01-26T23:00:19.931+01:002012-01-26T23:00:19.931+01:00^ Hahaha! Love the shout-out as much as I love her...^ Hahaha! Love the shout-out as much as I love her in this movie. Thrilled that you liked her so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-77481472049359532342012-01-26T18:15:37.525+01:002012-01-26T18:15:37.525+01:00I would have nominated her,gere,keith,gossett and ...I would have nominated her,gere,keith,gossett and blount in 82.mrripleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-17052801348269203812012-01-26T15:46:14.199+01:002012-01-26T15:46:14.199+01:00You would probably choke to death reading heydeani...You would probably choke to death reading heydeanie's review of her. :Pdinasztiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418227830861757663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-69923693881659594752012-01-26T15:27:25.350+01:002012-01-26T15:27:25.350+01:00You're making me choke on my cheerios. This is...You're making me choke on my cheerios. This is a serviceable performance but nothing more, and she has hardly anything to do. <br /><br />Far better in "Terms of Endearment" a year later.Calum Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410595002533524268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-31741198232708317942012-01-26T10:23:50.893+01:002012-01-26T10:23:50.893+01:00I'm not a fan of this perf. I like Debra Winge...I'm not a fan of this perf. I like Debra Winger, but she just can't take this material anywhere, and Richard Gere is pretty awful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-24110013612385893332012-01-26T04:25:07.306+01:002012-01-26T04:25:07.306+01:00Debra Winger is a terrific and wasted actress. She...Debra Winger is a terrific and wasted actress. She didn't even have to speak to be stunning in Rachel Getting Married. In 1982, she is my third place, making Paula a three-dimensional character out of nothing.<br /><br />Eddie.<br />p.s. Is it true she provided the voice for ET? I always thought it was an urban legend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-76071099486148426952012-01-25T21:37:39.465+01:002012-01-25T21:37:39.465+01:00Agree with Fritz, still I loved her in Cannery Row...Agree with Fritz, still I loved her in Cannery Row...Sissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492565066941440526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-84746597934468927622012-01-25T21:12:35.526+01:002012-01-25T21:12:35.526+01:00I expected you to love her. :-)
I also think that...I expected you to love her. :-)<br /><br />I also think that she got the best out of what she was given but that's still too little for me.Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03291268052797806635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626381454085139.post-15545803758739070262012-01-25T20:54:18.164+01:002012-01-25T20:54:18.164+01:00I pretty much agree she makes far more than one wo...I pretty much agree she makes far more than one would expect out of her material.Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.com