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By forgetting that he delivers an awkward movie that doesn't even fulfill its artistic objective.
Whereas in the first movie, it was smooth and professional, it was jerky and awkward here, and the music wasn't particularly memorable.
The dialogue was awkward and pretentious, the interaction between the live actors and the CGI horrifying.
We can feel some sympathy for the socially- and sexually-inexperienced and awkward Tomek, but the motivations of Magda are pretty hard to see, and the ending, at least for me, was inscrutable.
Like a lot of these karate movies it is badly written, awkward, and sometimes just stupid.
While the David Lynch version of Dune is choppy, awkward, and unfaithful to the novel, it is visually well designed and well acted.
Through this however director Jon Jost keeps interleaving awkward frames, blocks of letters, opening credits with annoying swooshing sounds, color frames that announce "BLUE", numbers that count towards the "12 Steps to a Conclusion" announced in the opening credits.
The acting can't even be called acting, the inevitable sex scene is awkward, and you can tell that both girls feel completely uncomfortable doing it, and the male villain... god, who couldn't tell he was going to attack emily And the musical cues... my lord.
The awkward scene with the 2 young leads taking their clothes off.
Instead of taking small parts in heartfelt projects, Mellencamp dives right in playing the lead in "Falling From Grace", which he also directed, and the results are as awkward and unbecoming as that title.
The movie doesn't make clear what drives Lady Macbeth to madness, it doesn't give a reason why some of the characters should fear Macbeth and his "terror" (since there is no hereditary ascension to the throne, what with no throne and all) and it places Macbeth in an awkward position, since the leadership of a gang is as far from kingship as this whole movie is far from any Shakespeare.
Also, did Tom really have to give all those awkward speeches to the staff?
Perhaps it is the below mediocre screenplay (oops!, teleplay!) by John Pielmeier that consistently galumphs along in an awkward pedestrian fashion removing all sense of credibility to the story.
The Hollywood kung-fu offerings are just not "filmed right", and even make someone of certified skill, such as Chuck, look awkward at times.
The acting is awkward and creepy, and not in a good way...at all.
Michael Bassett's film 'Solomon Kane' (based on the character of the same name created by Robert E. Howard) is a disappointing Fantasy Action-Adventure film, that despite having a few scenes of genius falls flat with its awkward pacing, poor characterisation and general dullness.
No Holds Barred is pretty much what I expected from Vince McMahon production starring the least versatile actor in the action genre (Hogan) it is basically lots of unintentional humor, tons of awkward sequences, a couple okay action sequences and tons of stupidity.
The first of which is: Why make a film that plays out as little more than an awkward female fantasy?
As a result, it was just awkward and I just couldn't fathom anyone being in love with her let alone both Henry and Edmond.
It is dreadful in every way: crummy music, horrid choreography (check out the awkward lead male dancer), cheesy special effects and sets, wooden actors (the leads are barely at the high school level in their profession and were unheard of later), and a script without a single laugh.
I waited a long time to finally see what I thought was going to be a fun caper flick and was shocked to discover shoddy direction, awkward dialogue, a lackluster pace, unmotivated slapstick gags and an overall coarseness that permeated the film throughout.
I guess you could say that they succeeded in producing awkward dialog, but what was said seemed false and artificial.
It was hard finishing the movie - many of the scenes felt awkward.
The dialog ... well, often it is missing - many awkward silences; they are all just standing around, and it seems like someone should be saying something.
It gathers a set of awkward characters united by unbelievable links.
There are so many awkward pauses, awkwardly re-staged moments and awkwardly re-imagined line readings in this TV movie that at times, I forgot ever loving the play.
Despite the solid performance of Penelope Ann Miller, this movie was an awkward mess.
But this film was awkward in its direction, preachy in its style, exaggerated in its acting, and overly politically correct.
Some awkward visual situations are actually comical in a sick way.
A bit of a late bloomer, it is not until her eighteenth year that she finally begins to make the transition from awkward adolescent to self-possessed young woman.
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