Beyonce is Etta James — FIRST LOOK

WOW ALOT HATERS BOTH WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL , LIKE CAT WILLIAMS SAY HATER ARE GOING TO HATE THATS THERE JOB. ETTA JAMES BEAUTIFUL BEYONCE BEAUTIFUL SO PLEASE PEOPL GO GET A LIFE. BY THE WAY BEYONCE SONG THE **** OUT I RATHER GO BLIND. BEYONCE LET HATERS HATE GIRL YOU ARE TRULY A TALENT.

Beyonce rocked the roll as Etta James it was a very powerful roll for her to play and she did a great job at it. Every who said that she can’t act is jus mad that they can’t be beyonce. Beyonce has improved with her acting skills over the years and this was a great roll for her to do something different.

Beyonce can not act! No comedic timing, no rangea, no acting ability.PLEASE stick w/ singing!

i saw the movie and i thought it was going to be wack but beyonce did an AWESOME JOB!!!! it shocked me really but she was bangin’

Might i say that the retardation of this blog is outrageous.
Beyonce is a terrific actress and a beautiful singer. you all are very critical, but i don’t see any of you doing better. As far as her performance, in the movie, it was one of the best i have seen in my life. But back to the criticizing, until you have made it as big as her refrain from making ignorant comments such as those and perhaps your ideas of acting should be improved. I hate critical people that can make comments of other people but remember you are not perfect yourself and beyonce is only human, but i don’t see anyone giving you money to play in any movie or sing any song.

I have read all the comment and the reality is Beyonce Knowles is a great intertainer. In my opinion, its not about hating or being jealous. The fact is this, Beyonce cannot sing or act…She has not paid her dues as an actress first of all. Beyonce made it because she has two great managers (her parents). Beyonce has always been the center attention, even when she was with the group. She was always pushed to the fore front but she was not the talented one in the group. Beyonce sells her sexuality, I give it to her. She has done an excellent job. Beyonce is smart, she married a mega star…Beyonce has to pay her dues, like most talented people. It took years for several talented artists and actors/actresses to get recognized. The music Beyonce sings fits her talent. What ever Beyonce has it is working for her and she is making mega dollars…Mature people are not haters, we all have a right to our opinion whether you agree with it or not. I have a right to express my opinion. In the movie Beyonce’s performance like in all her movies are not impressive. She is not an actress , she is not for the big screen. What is all the color issues..who cares if someone is bi-racial. The bottom line if you have a drop of black blood, people will consider you black unless you can pass for white. Not all bi-racial people are light skin….The reason Beyonce got the part was probably because she is the hottest performer out there now. Etta James paid her dues, Natalie Cole Richard, Aretha Franklin, the list goes on and on. During the 40’s-70’s you technology is not what it is today. You could not alter voices or do voice overs back then. The movie Beyonce was in was a great movie, but unfortunately, the other actors made the movie.. Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Chess, and Wolfe’ and the actress that played Muddy Waters wife (she can act). Everyone has a talent, Beyonce is a great performer and dancer she would do well in Vegas…I did not say singer or actress, I repeat a great performer and dancer….But guess what our opinions do not matter…..Beyonce is still going to the bank…

Not trying to sound tacky, however Beyonce’ should stick with making wonderful music; everyone that can sing can not act and Beyonce’ past screen performances proves my point.

Most of you are right. She can sing and dance her ass off but she can’t act to save her life. Her acting looks fake and staged. I can’t take it seriously. She looked goofy in dreamgirls when she tried to be serious.

who ever said beyonce cannot act **** u and a big **** u to the ones who said she cannot sing lay of she sexey and more talented and has more money then most people in hollywood and u know she way better then u that why u talk about har like so get off her back and get a life because u know u cannot do half the things that she do so grow up and back off

B. may not look like Etta but she played her great and killed her songs… All of u guys are haters…. …Only very noticable difference is B is clearly a soprano and Etta is Alto!!

No offense, but it galls me that most of you made these comments before the movie even came out. And as for Beyonce’s acting abilities, most of you probably confuse her southern texas accent with not “delivering the lines the way that you would expect a great actress to do” after years of training in acting classes and such. As for paying her dues, lest you forget the heart-wrenching tryouts in her youth where they lost and dedicated their lives to honing their talents with hard work and perserverance that got her where she is today. And last but not least, I loved past tense Etta James songs and I just looked at her bio and she had had a great life. But unfotunately we all get older and our society does everything to get rid of us save the Eskimo tradition where “Old people also, when they became too feeble to contribute to the family, were left out in the snow to die.” I myself would love to go to an Etta James Concert. Face it when we get older our talents are not marketed as they were when we were younger. However, if someone had thought of it Etta James could have song “At Last” maybe as a duet with Beyonce that would have been great publicity for the movie. Of course now people will be running to see the movie so that they can weigh in on whether or not Beyonce can indeed act. And another thing, maybe your gauge of good acting and my gauge of good acting are two differnt things. And oh yeah Heather Headley (whoever she is) looks and sounds more like Etta James?. But the point that the movie shows to me the struggle Etta James had to go through in order for Beyonce to be able to do what she does. Think about that for a minute. Don’t kill the messenger without first receiving the message. Did you even know what Etta James had to go through to even be Etta James. wow! I for one would rather see Beyonce experience the struggle through “acting” in the “movie” instead of real life. This is actually a compliment for award winning Etta James “IMITATION IS STILL THE GREATEST FORM OF FLATTERY” and I can imagine that when Beyonce was growing up she listened to Etta James. I am just glad that Etta James is able to still show case her own talent today even though I understand how she feels that in her lifetime she COULD HAVE performed for the President of the United States, but this is not Beyonce’s fault.

she cant acted i’m not hateing on her but she cant act. why is she all ways acting shes not good. U ppl who think she act, think ppl hateing on her need to stop. anit no body hateing on someone who CANT ACT. Her singing is ok. That is my Oppinon NOT yours so shut the f%^$ up.

Beyonce an Etta at so good if you no what i mean.. she dont feel the music like Etta does. That at Last song was okay but i couldn’t feel if