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I'm sure the fact that the great Freddie Francis was replaced by another director has contributed to the weirdness of the film but I wonder what they were
attempting
to do.
They hang around-when not casually
attempting
to sabotage the project in orbit around Jupiter-on a beach on earth with this head guru guy who pulls out a guitar and stops the film, and does a musical number!
We have all seen played out far too many times the sad tale of the former great this- or-that
attempting
a comeback and flopping because the juice is gone.
I wonder if Zemeckis was
attempting
to preach to us about tampering with nature or for that matter, your outer body.
As I have said previously French films can either be very good or like this one where the director seems more concerned with an esoteric format to produce what is in the end nothing.The film starts with potential but degenerates into a series of angst that the main character is
attempting
to resolve.This leads to a very disjointed movie where nothing of consequence happens and the viewer is left to employ some form of rational to begin to understand the story line.
Samantha Mathis, while
attempting
to be the leading action lady in a few parts, suffers from a nervous breakdown.
Roman Bohnen, astonishingly aged only 45 at the time (and he died aged only 54! - a great loss!), plays a pathetic old man desperately
attempting
to grasp a last thread of a possible dream, having had the only love of his life, an old dog, torn from him and shot, so that he is deprived of anything and everything, stripped bare, a naked, lost soul, as so many in this story are lost souls.
Somber account of a Union soldier
attempting
to right the wrongs of war that left a community broken and sore, wrought with hate and anger towards "them dirty, rotten Yanks."
Yet this same moral reasoning does not apply when
attempting
to reanimate his murdered wife like 2 days later???
And it was nice to see a film of this nature done in black and white for once...and done so just because black and white can be as beautiful as color (though it's clearly not up to the standards of earlier Hollywood films), not because it's
attempting
to be some kind of pseudo-noir film.
The Egyptian had the excuse of actually
attempting
to add more depth to the characters but other than Victor Mature's one on one with a lion and a massacre of Aton worshippers at the end there are no mass action scenes.
The ladies of the court are very active schemers and plotters in the course of events, culminating in the incredible sight of Tirant forced to lead his knights into battle when he has two broken legs suffered from a fall,
attempting
to breach the princess's bedchamber.
What a bunch of crap...Malcolm McDowell seemingly
attempting
to recapture some of the facets of his role from A Clockwork Orange and failing miserably, combined with some of the most offensively brutal violence and vulgarity I've seen in a film recently.
The romantic comedy genre usually proves a precarious balance between
attempting
to recapture the genuine passion, spark, and often hilarity of a budding romance while simultaneously doing so in a fashion unique from its many predecessors - more often than not with less than limited success.
Who wrote the scene (ought to be flogged) where she as 'Sadie Bickerman' was
attempting
to push the young girl off the dock to feed the gator?
I guess the casting agent was asleep or just
attempting
to be fired so he/she could collect the unemployment and eat govt.
Like the film THE CRIME OF PADRE AMARO (please see companion review) the movie "The Healer" is a study of the degrees to which human beings can enjoy the gift of human sexuality while simultaneously
attempting
to serve as channels for spiritual healing, social harmony, and political integrity.
When the FBI comes to investigate the shady dealings of a physician in a remote hospital who is
attempting
to resurrect the recently dead, he dumps his test subjects in a swamp.
However, no amount or great future movies could ever atone for having to watch him (poorly)
attempting
to appear "ghetto" in this mess of a terrible action flick.
Ricardo Tubbs(..the ever smooth and cool Philip Michael Thomas), a cop in New York, traces a Colombian crimelord to Miami(..his brother was murdered by this man's gun-toting henchmen after a transfer of dope money, interfering with their drug sting)where the city's undercover detective Crockett(Don Johnson) has been
attempting
to catch him as well.
It's a foregone conclusion that
attempting
to make sense of a David Lynch film doth not time well spent make.
While
attempting
to make a comedy with some sense of purpose or message is a noble and bolder undertaking then most comedies (especially screwball comedies of the 30s/40s) were willing to attempt.
But wait a second.... Freddy is
attempting
this time to take over a young teenagers body and therefore become 'human' and no longer just a figment of perception, so far the idea is captivating to me.
America was
attempting
to adjust to the aftermath of World War I (which is explored brilliantly in this film in a sequence through which Tom's brother, Mike, refuses to drink from a keg of beer smuggled in by Tom for his dinner party) People like Mike were still trying to feel that sense of loyalty towards the government after World War I. Yet that loyalty somehow vanished with the development of Prohibition and the rise of gang rule in urban society.
At one point, a girlfriend
attempting
to calm an argument actually says, with utmost seriousness, "Can't we all just get along?"
The plot concerns Willie's character, Doc Jenkins,
attempting
to liberate himself from a contract he committed to when he was younger, drunker and a little less immortal.
Also Gauche back-stabs Link by
attempting
to kill him, so he keeps the cash for himself.
Cleary his sporadic output in the last ten years is Chuck
attempting
to slowly bow out of the movie business, or at least the ass kicking movie business.
Maybe he should be applauded for
attempting
to craft a legitimate picture, but outside of the lack of those exploitable elements, there seems to be little effort to make something quality or compelling.
There are bad guy minions in this movie that look like ninjas and a fair amount of scenes in which the character's voice inflection is completely inappropriate, not to mention the fact that instead of at least
attempting
to fake scientific jargon, lots of questions are answered with, "I can't tell you that, it's classified," or "it's so complicated, you wouldn't understand."
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