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I wish Makers in general, should understand the fact that when such uncommon themes are chosen, more effort and homework is required in presenting a new angle as well as packing it with interesting elements.
Whoever directed Drive-In Massacre must not have been a fan of horror films because it doesn't seem like any effort whatsoever was put into it.
The ending is incredulous and the whole thing is a wasted effort from a limited director.
I understand that everyone who does a remake feels compelled to "update" by adding more time and effort to the sub-plots, but really!
Fine effort by Tony Hopkins as transplanted Welshman director but to no avail.
This Friz Freling effort from a Michael Maltese story piles on all the gags that one always associate with the Warner Bros. cartoons, like the one when Bugs, as the lone pitcher of a baseball team, manages to strike out three members of the opposing team by throwing the ball reeeeaaaaallll slow as all three swing their bat real quickly with the announcer saying at that speed, "One, two, three, out!" Or the one when Bugs distracts one of them by showing a picture of a sexy girl to keep him from catching the ball.
There was an effort made to shoot the movie to give it a more realistic look, but it was totally screwed up.
Maybe the effort was too much I certainly felt exhausted by it!
This has to be one of the biggest wastes of money, time and effort ever!
When I first saw Robert Duvall's earlier "The Apostle" (1997), I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt being that it was his first effort as both lead actor and director.
Ten years after one of Fox's most popular television show, I thought they'd have put more effort into paying tribute to the old days.
Not sure if this is even on DVD but not worth the effort unless it has director commentary offering explanations and apologies!
The acting is uneven but overall this is a top notch "B" effort.
The story is rich and juicy, full of the dramatic potential which can jump a stylistic gear into melodrama with very little effort, but also weighted with a powerful message about personal moral responsibility.
Prolific novelist and erstwhile doctor Crichton, in his first directorial effort, exercises firm control in bringing his own novel to the screen, seeming to know exactly what he wants to say & how to say it.
horror, comedy, sci-fi, etc), but for some reason Macross: Do You Remember Love is seldom mentioned alongside gems like Akira, Ghost In The Shell, or Mononoke Hime (and pretty much every other Studio Ghibli effort) - something I find quite difficult to understand.
So, what of this, his last effort on British soil for a couple of decades.
If the film was supposed to be scary then it might work on little kids but it's a weak effort.
The film is mammoth in its length, at over 12 hours, but, more importantly, it makes a considerable effort to construct a balanced portrait of the West and its inhabitants: Europeans as well as Native Americans, Blacks, Mexicans, Chinese, etc.
I am really glad that the Disney Channel took the time, money, and effort to make this rather dazzling movie!
As a matter of fact, it is not really comparable to any of the great westerns because it is inherently small and my bottom line is that to the extent that it is worth watching, it is because it was a sincere effort but that is the best I can do and it is faint praise indeed.
If they were going to put all this money and effort into making sure the special effects were good, then they really should have made sure they had some kind of storyline, and some reason to make the film.
A valiant effort but it doesn't hold a candle against other indie films of the period.
I like a good vampire film as much, if not more so, than the next person so imagine how I felt when I had the misfortune to see this so called 'artistic' effort.
Oldman's intense performance and an obvious effort to make a surreal, metaphysical statement weren't enough to pull the weight of this film.
yes, the British accent takes a bit of listening to catch on to, worth the effort!
I would like to appreciate director for such a bold and courageous effort.
I applaud Fox's decision to distribute this film and will make every effort to support them in all of my movie watching choices in the future.
The fact that the people who made this movie put so little effort into it is genuinely insulting to anyone who has chosen to invest precious time in this excuse for a movie.
Hellseeker ranks as the sixth episode in the series and it is - along with Inferno - the weakest effort so far.
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