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The lighthearted, fun-poking flavor of Austen's writing is completely and conspicuously absent from this ponderous foray iinto horror meets period drama.
SLOOOOOOOW, tepid, poorly produced 70's schlocker made moore cowvincing because of today's headlines; nonetheless, this film is worthy stink-fodder because of uncowvincing acting, absent direction, and silly 70's clothing(sadly, the MooCow remembers when Adidas clothing was all the rage...).
In addition to being haunted by the case, Tibbs is conflicted about his home life, but the issues of race and Tibbs' barely concealed sense of social outrage are absent here.
Everything that made the original so much fun seems to absent here.
For that matter, everyday things such as telephones and newspapers are conspicuously absent, the rural community is strangely devoid of farm animals or wheat-fields, and most puzzling of all for a 'typical' North of Ireland setting, there is only one Christian community - not even a couple of Anglicans to season the mix.
In this installment Ralph Macchio's Karate Kid is absent, already having been in one too many of the episodes.
Laash" almost put me to sleep.The plot is extremely slow but more or less follows Bram Stoker's famous novel.The suspense is completely absent as is the gore and nudity.The film is only recommended for curious horror fans that want to see the second horror film made in Pakistan(after "Madman" from 1964).
But as with so much of Joel Schumacher's work, genuineness and authenticity are conspicuously absent, and every point must be delivered via sledgehammer to the midsection.
He seems to be a nice boy (if not mentally absent), and is portrayed by Gosling with a complete lack of violence, anger, or agenda (and if you're waiting for him to reveal his sinister side later in the movie, don't waste your time-- it's not that kind of movie).
Not only is the story itself ripped to shreds, but the satire is almost completely absent from the film, and it's mixture of romance and intrigue doesn't even touch upon the biting commentary that Austen put into her work.
Whatever it was that made The Lost boys so likable was obviously absent here.
Other characters were absent, not to mention important events were completely eliminated.
The overwrought soundtrack references an emotional tug that is entirely absent from the film.
The melodrama labors from scene to scene and the comedy is completely absent.
The richness of the above three movies was commpletely absent.
enchantment and magic are also markedly absent from this particular piece. in fact, all aspects that made the stage version of 'the tempest' full of wonder and intrigue have been sucked completely from this convoluted version about a self-absorbed, pompous arse who can't figure out how to care about anything beyond the blur of his wealth and power.
Forget about the plot or storyline from the book - they're completely absent from this movie.
First of all, I found the plot line somewhat absurd - the absent husband for 25 years/ still in love/ not even a letter!
And why was the guy who was absent for so long coincidentally working on an oil rig next door to the congress-woman's party?
The literally needless violence, the plot holes, Tarantino's table-itis sans drama, and absent character development made this a thoroughly painful, glorified montage.
The story is vague and uninteresting, the speed in the movie is absent and the voiceover irritating.
all the characters exchange only a few words during the movie, dialogues are nearly absent, and when some words are spoken they're often weak and empty, far away from describing people's real feelings.
Soon they suspect their ever absent spouses of having an affair with one-another.
The widescreen (Shaw Scope!)shape was lost and the original actor's voices absent but this is still good to watch.
Being an avid Carpenter Fan, I really loved this film (although the wigs do leave a lot to be desired!) and agree with many of the comments, that certain areas of her life were absent or not touched on.
Hence, the battle against Chief Crazy Horse (Anthony Quinn) is portrayed as a crooked deal between politicians - California Joe (Charley Grapewin) and a spuriously absent corporation which wants to reclaim the land Custer gave to the Indians through the systematic genocide of the Nation's first peoples.
The beginning seemed slow, though..it took awhile to feel for the characters-the husband could have been more abusive-he just seemed absent so when other characters talked about him-it didn't really fit.
Any understanding of the medium of film is absent.
This sequel is either greatly lacking of these elements or they are totally absent!
This film truly is mindless, it is absent of any plot or character development, or any sort of storyline.
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