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But what I got was two hours of one sight gag -- a rich, old white guy rapping and jiving in the "hood" in an effort to "enlighten" the audience.
Overall, a poor effort on someone's part.
Hrithik as Krrish and as Rohit put in a good effort, but for me, it wasn't enough to make up for the shortcomings of the film.
In my opinion 'To Hell and Back' is one of the best war movie ever made, (right next to 'Saving Private Ryan') because it was about a true story of a kid from Texas with a run-a-way Father and a dead Mother, wanted to do something for the war effort but was turned down by every other service except the Army, and the Army had second thoughts.
Still, this is a terrific Cher performance: focused, unselfish on the screen, and quite natural; she's charming without effort.
When this was made, MGM was no longer making a serious effort to get Hedy Lamarr good roles.
As I said several times several films never coincide with their original written versions, but this time the director Jean-Paul Le Chanois made a good effort in having a material as much similar to the book.
Therefore, I applaud Mehdi Norowzian for his effort, even if his reach may currently exceed his grasp.
There are only so many Orson Welles types who spring forth a genius in their first effort.
After a so-so effort in Magnum Force, Dirty Harry goes comedic.
The biggest problem was that despite all the star power and the direction of the great Michael Curtiz, the overall effort is pretty awful and is only saved by a few moments here and there (provided mostly by Flynn and Walter Connelly).
The Giant Gila Monster is the story of a former child star named Scotty Beckett going under the name of Don Sullivan in an effort to salvage his career and someone named Ken Curtis who made a decision that being an actor is far better than being a horror movie producer.
So if you like the idea and don't pay much attention to the effort of the actors see it.
I would understand that the people making this would have wanted to stay away from giving it the same treatment as SatC, but in an effort to do so ended up making it bland, pretentious and preposterous.
The first is to show the plight of Mexican immigrants in their effort to realize economic betterment while concurrently maintaining their cultural identity.
The film's basic handicap is its effort to shrink a lengthy epic (at least partially) to a standard theatrical run.
As you can tell by the summary line, I'm no big fan of the Tarantino scripted original, but it shines in the face of this effort.
It's this fact that made Star Wars work so well, and it's nice to see the same effort transplanted into an earlier film that doesn't have the special effects and grandiose that Star Wars had.
Dealing to be impartial and generous with the last work of Carlos Reygadas, I could recognize its effort to obtain a different film, cradle absolutely in personal convictions and without considerations for the Box office.
However, if you can hang with the film you will be rewarded for your effort with some truly bizarre moments.
I recently saw the movie at a convention and was surprised by Dutt's effort to make a film about American characters without having any knowledge or ever living here.
After each effort at generating laughs, there seems to be an uncomfortable silence as the audience consistently remains silent, or worse yet, sighs at this unbelievably unfunny movie.
I wanna know whos lightbulb lit up with "i have an idea, lets make sheep aggressive?? it tickles me to think people spent time and effort on this, and its amuses me more to imagine this film winning an award.
It's movies like this -- cheap and devoid of any real effort to uphold the horror legacy, but which get cherry spots on Blockbuster shelves because they're packaged with slick cover art -- that give horror movies in general (and zombie movies in particular) a bad name, and that make horror fans so wary.
Bottom line is that as one who has long been interested in stage magic I feel really cheated for having spent so much time and effort to try to get answers to real questions that I haven't even tried to express in this limited space.
This film is an effort to commemorate the selfless patrol jobs performed by one-time civilian volunteers who acted as natural reserve wardens in that part of the country.
I myself wasn't a big fan of the hockey chick thing, but whatever draws people to this wasted effort.
Adolfo Aristarain is one of those rare filmmakers who defines his own world in cinema by writing and directing terrific stories with brilliant dialogue and using a familiar cadre of actors who give the finished product an ensemble effort.
Honestly, if you're a June Allyson fan, you may find this effort amusing, otherwise, I wouldn't waste my time.
A total bomb, in my humble opinion, but I gave it a 2 for effort.
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