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And right in the beginning we see Disney's blatant attempt to turn every story ever into a love affair between a man and a woman - they introduce Brenda, who only serves to make this movie Disney-compatible.
The acting was so terrible by all of the actors that any attempt to draw you into the movie through dialog are completely destroyed within moments of the actor/actress opening their mouth.
Then they tried to make an attempt at "Satanic Worship" by showing some guys in black hoods in a meeting.
It's insulting that someone will put this out as a feature film, and even attempt to remake a cult classic this sloppily.
This is an attempt, by both author Edgar Rice Burroughs and filmmakers, at an Arabian "Tarzan of the Apes".
The film plays out rather like a film school graduate's attempt to emulate these masters.
The attempt at dramatic dialogue only makes me wish I had better control of the fast forward control.
Bashki should be congratulated for attempting to convert one of the great works of English fiction into a movie, and then slapped silly for this attempt.
Now I realize that any attempt to convert a book into a movie is bound to fail in many ways, simply because of the medium, but this movie, regardless of the source of the story, is just plain pathetic.
Ralph Bakshi's attempt at an animated adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien's masterpiece was a very ambitious project, so ambitious in fact that it went bankrupt at some point during the production.
A half-hearted attempt to bring Elvis Presley into the modern day, but despite a sexy little shower scene and a pseudo-Playboy magazine subplot, Presley is surrounded by the same old coy, winking clichés.
It's obvious this project was an attempt to make a quick buck rather a good film.
As a fan of the genre, I was appalled to find little attempt being made to exploit the young actresses talents.
This was a nice attempt at something but it is too pretentious and boring to rise above it's low budget trappings.
Maybe the film maker's next attempt will be better.
It was a sad attempt at a haunted hotel gimmick that relied on poor old Genevieve, who truth be told, wound up getting more screen time than Trigger, who's contract as 'Smartest Horse in the Movies' didn't have anything to say about getting upstaged by a mule.
Hayden Christianson and Jessica Alba two of my least favourite actors of this century team up in what is quite possibly the flattest attempt at remake the already dire The Butterfly Effect.
Then you got the unlikable characters, 30 year old college students, a lame attempt at a surprise ending and lots, lots more.
People die (and so will you if you try to sit through this) If you've ever had any desire to see bad actors- many with ill fitting dentures-act or attempt to act in a bad horror movie this is your chance.
Bad directing, bad scripts, no attempt at authenticity (at all) all combine to just make the movie fall flat.
The point of a relentless lunatic that has a thirst for blood in a film is that he/she should seem almost god-like, like nothing can stop their maniacal rage, but in this film the resident psychopath gets himself stuck in a chimney in a bizarre attempt to surprise his next victim and of course follow along with the all to popular legend of santa claus, it's a reminder to the viewer that this man is in no way dangerous because he's far too stupid to be dangerous.
The rape/abuse scenes are surprisingly restrained and the attempt to cash in on "Death Wish" is laughable.
The harder the film tries, the louder each attempt at a laugh results in a resounding thud.
The ex-soldier's story is written by the books and the attempt to update us on Coltrane's family life seems lightweight.
But no such event took place in the many following boring minutes of this pathetic attempt of a film.
For a comedic writer, Woody Allen really lets the paying viewer down with this meager attempt at character development.
What made me track this movie down was the viewing Vampyres, I thought I have to get the other movies this guy (Larroz) has made, I was sorry I tracked this down,it is a weak attempt at an occult/satanic type movie laden with sex and only sex(with ugly actors and actresses, this is an excuse for sleaze.
"Pecker", which doesn't attempt to regurgitate early successes, is a slight, quiet, humble commentary on the vagaries of celebrity and the pretentiousness of the art world.
Loosely intended as a satire of D.W. Griffith's Intolerance, The Three Ages was Buster Keaton's first attempt at a full length comedy feature.
In an attempt to celebrate the work of Liverpool's Junior Liaison Officers the opening title points out that 92% of potential delinquents, who have been dealt with under this scheme, have not committed a second crime.
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