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And I must say, this is a very thought-provoking, creative effort from first-time director Fred Durst.
Here's Hollywood's best pre-WWII effort to portray not only white-black racism, but its subtleties.
I gave "The Ultimate Gift" a 9 out of 10, which is an unusually high rank for me, but I can't describe enough how pleasantly surprised I was with this effort.
Great performances and intriguing plot twists and turns help elevate this forgotten effort from director Alan Rudolph (Breakfast of Champions, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle).
John Wayne as Ganghis Khan, and lots of white people playing Asians and making no effort to look and sound Asian.
Dull and likely socially disturbed dialogs (with some "witty" humor about the skin, German "die Pelle") plus the unnatural lightning definitely kills the aesthetic effort of the filmmakers (which is merely noticeable).
The creature effects were awesome (a lot of time and effort was poured into this creature, Tom Savini and Rick baker would be proud) and the story was a cross between "Alien" and "Oz" - pretty cool concept.
I respect both Corman and Scorsese, but this early effort by Scorsese is not up to even the average work by either.
One wonders how it's possible to expend the time, money, and effort required to create a film, and to then turn an apparently blind eye to the final product.
It is pathetic to listen to these people discuss their effort as though they had created something worthwhile.
It wouldn't have hurt to put a bit more effort in.
It was a nice first effort, I suppose, but so many scenes didn't mesh well with each other and apparently everyone speaks German.
Simple-minded teen sex humor is punctuated with graphic slasher murders in this mediocre genre effort.
Their effort to present this as something cool and fresh is pathetic.
Our gifted director puts a lot of effort in the character drawings, resulting in a likable female protagonist and a long list of interesting supportive players.
So, the success of this modest but "A" production effort is worth noting as a milestone in cinematic history.
This being Bergmans first effort as a film director, it has been criticized for being overly melodramatic.
I am so fed-up by it I am not even going to spend much effort in writing this review.
Laughable, extremely poorly scripted and acted effort about a small crew boarding what seems to be a "dead" huge Russian science ship that has been taken over by an alien life form in the form of electrical current.
It is, rather, a compelling exploration of the hubris and naivete that shaped the American war effort.
Marcelo Pineyro, one of the best directors from Argentina, surprises with every new effort.
As expected, the leads are the best...over time and effort.
Petulia is well worth the concentrated effort it takes to watch.
That was far better than this, (this was, to sum up: a rather weak effort to make it feel like a good film).
Coming,in Sirk's career ,just after "All that Heaven allows" ,it looks like its twin movie.Unlike "Written on the wind" or "Imitation of life" or "Magnificent obsession" ,it's not melodrama.It's closer to realistic psychological drama.More than the lingering charm of a romantic past (Blue Moon/You saw me standing alone/Without a love of my own),Sirk focuses on the selfishness of the children.Remember in "All that Heaven..." how the son and the daughter could not admit that their mother (of the upper class) should fall in love with a gardener and how they bought her a TV set where she only could see the reflection of her loneliness.Here the boy's attitude is not far from that: a spoiled child -as his sisters are- ,only concerned by his studies and his love affair,he does not care if his papa has become a nine-to-five man ,useful only for the dough he brings home,a life no more exciting than that of the toy robot he sells.Barbara Stanwyck 's role recalls the 1953 effort "all I desire" : the return of the woman,be she legitimate or a former flame.But in "there's always tomorrow",one can notice one of the permanent features of melodrama though: the woman who turns her back on love and becomes a successful businesswoman (or star) (see also the end of "written on the wind" "imitation of life" or Stahl's "only yesterday")
Tarantino's Pulp Fiction) or how the hits of their hit'n'miss first effort were just coincidential (i.e.
Presumably in an effort to inject poignancy and engender some sympathy for the victims the director applied static cameras concentrating on the contorted expressions of the suffering Watts and Roth.During one living room scene of more than 15 minutes the camera did not pan or zoom but on just one occasion moved six feet left.
I liked "La Ciénaga", the other Lucrecia Martel's effort.
I have to give them credit it took them twelve years to make and a lot of effort!
Also the movie is poorly staged and cheaply made making it an embarrassing effort at best.
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