I don't get the hype

Rating: 1/10 (6 October 2018)

Natalie Portman can't really act. I don't understand why everyone's so enamored with her. She was good in Black swan because she only had to play that 'always on the verge of tears, I don't know what's going on' kinda character that she ALWAYS and can ONLY play. Everything with her seems forced and akward. Rehearsed. She doesn't make me feel like I'm watching Jackie she makes me feel like I'm watching a hohum actress play Jackie. Sure she can memorize and recite the lines. She can cry on Q Yadda yadda but she never really takes on her characters persona. In fact that's the case with quiet a few of the characters in this. With all the liberties they took for this movies story lines they failed to really tell me anything honest about this woman. Anything that would make her endearing or even any more memorable than she already was....or wasn't. Maybe that was the point? That she wasn't so great after all? I dunno, didn't make me believe that either, being that a lot of what they did in this never actually happened that way. I just don't understand why people rave over Portman's acting?? Let's be honest, she's been the worst part of most of movies she's in. Far more bad than good in my opinion. Someday I'd love to see this done with actors that can make me believe the roles they are playing. Give us a story line that is factual and has some interesting and relevant history in it. Show us the real Jackie that we never got to see. The one from behind the doors. The woman behind the man. The real Jackie was way more than just a fashion icon and wife that had a crappy week. She was a lovely, interesting, powerful woman for her time and she deserves to have her actual story told. The good AND the bad. This is basically "the week after" staring a make believe version of Jackie O, not a true biography of Jackie or her life.