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He is incredibly funny in it, and I'm sure most of his stuff was improvised, because it's the only bright spot in a badly directed, badly lit, badly everything turkey that should've been released in January or February.
Instead I was treated to yet another Cocknee Mocknee crime film, the same as all the others to be released in the last few years (except with even more silly running about, badly filmed gun fights and many many jokes from The Simpsons) Rarely have I found myself laughing so hard at not just bad acting/script/directing (take your pick) but also the preposterous presumption that this is what present day London was really like.
Some films age badly, but Golden Boy practically decomposes before your eyes.
I watch a load of independent movies, many with budgets much lower than this film had, and I have yet to see such a badly written, badly directed, badly made and woefully badly acted dud as this.
And to make matters worse, this film has, as other reviewer already pointed out, not a few badly independent and almost meaningless scenes.
It goes for beautiful landscape and badly made computer tech of the ship.
Badly scripted, acted and shot.
Badly paced, wooden performances, awkwardly shot, weird music, and even terrible costumes - my God, what is Billy Bob Thornton's wig all about???
There are especially many mistakes where the characters seem to look beside each other instead of at each other, due to badly matched camera angles.
Moreover, poorer regions would do badly in such a system.
I am not defending the antiquated European social-security systems, which are badly in need of reform; but I am concerned about the reduction in social provision, both in Europe and America.
Specifically, it may be that we have reached a turning point in the march of technological progress – one that we are navigating very badly.
Unfortunately, these kinds of attempts to juice the economy typically end badly.
Pakistan’s response to its recent political challenges indicates a continued commitment to fight for democracy – a commitment that could serve as a badly needed model for many other Muslim-majority countries.
Juppé, whose efforts nearly 20 years ago to impose badly needed reforms made him one of the country’s most unpopular politicians, might be forgiven a bit of schadenfreude.
Musharraf’s rule has given the military leadership a strong role in policymaking, but his eight years in office have badly damaged domestic support for the army’s influence within the government.
The end of the American housing bubble might not turn out badly.
When, after nearly an hour, Jibril reemerges, he is convinced that the conversation went badly.
The self-employed informal sector, a major contributor to India’s economy, was already badly hurt by demonetization just a few months ago.
French citizens badly needed a furlough, if only for a month, from the socio-economic reality of their country.
If countries that adopt standards are defined as “safe” investments, foreign investors can justify their actions even if things go badly wrong.
Meanwhile, though Société Générale has been saved by Noyer’s professionalism and political courage, it has been badly wounded and will most likely be taken over by another bank.
Indeed, the UN report lists 29 economies that are likely to be badly affected by China’s slowdown.
To some extent, Trump’s hostility toward Europe, not to mention the rising bellicosity of Russian President Vladimir Putin, could actually help the EU, by showing its members just how badly they need one another, particularly to ensure their defense and security.
If Merkel’s government believes that paying lip service to growth is enough, it is playing with fire: a euro collapse in which not only Germans would be badly burned.
Khaled Mashal, Hamas’s overall leader, who lives under Syrian protection in Damascus, traveled to Tehran, where he received some $50 million in badly needed cash.
If the US can behave so badly without apology, Putin’s thinking goes, why should Russia be denied its sphere of influence in, say, Ukraine?
As a member of NASA's Advisory Council, I am currently visiting its Kennedy Space Center, which is badly in need of upgrading and repairs.
But how long and deep will this recession be, and how badly will it affect emerging and developing nations?
With today’s ultra-low interest rates and high unemployment, public investment is cheap and plenty of projects offer high returns: fixing bridges and roads, updating badly outmoded electricity grids, and improving mass-transportation systems, to take just a few notable examples.
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