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Ironically Marlon Brandos character soon finds love of his own in a woman of Japanese descent.
The approach to Altair-4, the starship itself, the landing on the planet's alien surface, the descent via extensor stairs, the first view of the landscape, the approach of the rocket-sled, Dr. Morbius's house seen from without and from within, the underground complex and its wonders, the setup of the weaponry, the battle with the monster, the final approach of the unseen destroyer,the escape from the doomed planet--all these scenes are etched into the viewer's mind because we discover them along with the participants.
Emy's descent into vice after she falsely assumes that George has abandoned her is bleak and upsetting; ditto the remarkably sad and heartbreaking surprise bummer ending.
This was readily apparent with the release early in 2002 of L'Emploi du temps ( Time Out ) , a brilliant character study of of a white collar worker's descent into melancholy after having been fired from his job.
Descent is a film.
I am Italian American in descent, (Partially anyways) Cher is not Italian, and, for that matter, neither is the writer nor the director!
Reda is a young Frenchman of Moroccan descent.
If I'm going to watch a porn movie, I prefer it to have some sort of plot, and a descent dialogue.
The Story should not be spoiled by ill informed description but suffice it to say it relates to a young mans slow but inexorable destruction and descent into espionage and treason.
We as a people of African descent owe it to ourselves to make a change to this cycle of "all talk and no action" and start to realise in order to make a change, there needs to be less talk and more action.
Even though The Shining is over a quarter of a century old, I challenge anyone to not get freaked out by Jack Nicholson's descent into madness.
It's also best if you don't question the intricacies of the premise and just take it as a descent into madness, because it's pretty trippy surreal at times.
Being of Eastern European descent, I have no knowledge of it.
It would amount to the same effect if the 9/11 footage of those planes crashing into the WTC were shown a hundred years from now, and the viewers were intentionally misled into believing that these crashes happened all over America that day, that every single American was physically harmed, and every person from Middle Eastern descent was responsible.
This probably explains, as far as I'm concerned, AMC's sudden decline in popularity and aimless descent into le potee.
It turns out that the affluent Nestor is, ironically, Marcus's only potential ally in his descent into depression and madness, but his offer of help may come too late.
High cheekbones never hurt a gal in films, and as Kim Novak must be of Czech descent judging from her name, we have here the classic Slav look.
I wouldn't say though that the acting was superb, but it was descent.
The images were sharp, the colors were descent for DV-format, even the editing was satisfying.There were some people in the movie too...
This movie was released the same year as Spider-man 2, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, The Incredibles, and The Day After Tomorrow, you would expect some descent graphics.
Why did not this film receive a descent DVD-treatment instead of the much inferior "Two Companeros"?
The victim's eventual descent into being a prey of the predatory aristocrats from cherishing a chance at free sex experience is very well executed and the final sado-orgy is terrifyingly nightmarish.
The film then focuses on her son Joe, and his problems in finding out he is the son of Stalin, and his gradual descent into Stalinism.
I am of Irish descent myself,& my family is from Dublin,Ireland, where Ms. O'Hara is from.
Maybe it's just because I have a big kung fu movie collection and I'm of Chinese descent...
Olivia de Havilland (who's really of Norman descent!!) gives an other great performance as the definitive Maid Marian, a sweetly beautiful romantic Norman heroine who's loyal to Richard and Robin's love interest.
And then the descent into the everyday.
Let's put aside the cue little acronyms ABCD (American Born Confused Desi - anyone of Indian descent) and NRI (Not Resident Indian) and look at in my opinion the fundamental flaw with this movie.
Stuck it in my DVD player hoping for a half descent movie.
Interesting and sad too, to see the very talented child actor Scotty Beckett long before his untimely descent into crime and early death.
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