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Jeremy Irons makes an grant effort with what he has to work with but he's let down by the script and the bad performances of his co-stars and the only solid piece of real acting comes from the voice over work of Rachel Weisz, who gives the dragon Saphira enough charm, charisma, and strong will to make her the only believable and likable character in the entire film.
Somewhere In the Night dates from 1946, the same year his second directorial effort Dragonwyck was released and it's well up to snuff.
Camera-work under supervision from cinematographer Gilbert Taylor is strikingly effective and creative but general mistreatment of basic rules of continuity sinks this effort despite its pretty scenic effects.
Photographer Joe Rosenthal caught the soldiers' images in an iconic still that captured a perfect moment and reinvigorated the U.S. war effort against the Japanese.
Fortunately, this innovative, different effort at comedy came off as fresh, honest, and disarming as many of the actors were able to try on different characters with good effect.
Set in stunning scenery on the titular Tibetan plateau, "Mountain Patrol: Kekexili" recreates an extraordinary grassroots effort in the 1990's by supremely dedicated idealists to stop poaching of the Tibetan antelope -- mano to mano with no satellite phones or navigation equipment or much in the way of weapons.
I think this movie, for what it is and when it was made, is a very good effort.
There is no commentary and no effort to supply context.
10/10 for effort, but 4/10 for the finished product.
Reyner has done an outstanding job on this effort.
Sounds like a pretty desperately reaching "high concept" effort, right?
I saw this movie as I had seen a good review from IMDb itself....moreover I was compelled to see this film as Dakota Fanning was in this movie........even though Kurt Russell was in this movie..........I expected it to be her movie and it was..........She is an amazing talent whom we had seen in I am sam,Hide and seek,war of the worlds,push,winged creatures............without much effort she delivers the beautiful performances and it makes me wonder..............The story has inspired me and has made me realise that to achieve anything we must believe.............even when odds are against us..............this film brings out true value of relationship and will to uphold the most thing in which you believe.................
I've got only good things to say about this second directorial effort of Mr Banderas; lush cinematography, good music, nice pacing, and an ensemble cast whose performances shine like gold.
The first credited Merrie Melody is a poor effort.
Still, I was not prepared for "The Baron of Arizona," his second film and one that seems to have provoked little critical interest over the years, to be such a disarmingly lucid and entertaining effort.
More historical curiosity that entertainment, "Manhattan Parade" is an early sound effort that has dated badly.
This being director David Keith's first directorial effort I was willing to be a little forgiving in it's production.
What I was expecting was some amateurish first film effort which I hoped would have enough good ideas to make it worth a full viewing; what I got instead was a minor masterpiece of cinema.
Going in I expected that this early Nicholas Ray effort would probe the themes of youth anguish and alienation present in his classic "REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE" and I suppose it does, but in such an episodic, dramatically stillborn way, it's hard to believe it's even from the same director.
Something that Hollywood sometimes finds difficult to do, even with huge budgets, star talent, and tons of marketing effort.
I really hope his next effort will be more thought out.
I would give the filmmakers 10/10 for effort and 8/10 for the result.
Poor poor effort.
Picture yourself the inventor of a computer that monitors everything, keeps track of everything, so you save time and effort.
As those who have seen this movie know, this is a film designed to play on the paranoid minds of people who think that the United States will turn fascist over-night in an effort to fight the war on terror.
And that's including RoboCop 3. I accept it's a low budget film, but that's no excuse for the leaden script, the bizarre pacing and direction, and basically wasting what little effort was put into it.
While I applaud the film makers for their effort and terrific use of the camera and very little funds, I can't say that I enjoyed this film a great deal.
This is another entry in the LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT sweepstakes, but the pacing is slow and the payoff not really worth the effort.
I used to think that if I didn't understand a film it was my fault and I had to watch it again making an effort to really comprehend what it meant.
Without a doubt this is Woody Allen's best effort.
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