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DVD has become the
equivalent
of the old late night double-bill circuit, the last chance to catch old movies on the verge of being completely forgotten like The Border.
That way the worst movie you make is
equivalent
to Ferris Beullar instead of this sludge.
For cartoon fans like myself, its
equivalent
to a colorization of 'Casablanca'.
They are today's
equivalent
to the Ku Klux Klan of the 20th century.
They're like the
equivalent
of a carton of McDonald's fries--they taste Really good and you know there's not much nutritional value in them (re: from a literary standpoint, they don't say much about the universal human condition), but you're still gonna scarf 'em down, just don't be a pig and go for the extra-super-sized portion and fill up on too much grease ("too much grease" is a metaphor for the prose in King's novels when find yourself reading one of them and saying come on--enough with the pop-cultural observations or clever Yankee asides--get on with the story already!)
The claims of an "extremely shocking ending you will never forget" are the
equivalent
of one ton of stinking horse droppings.
This film is her indictment of abortion, but she cleverly muddles the issue by bringing in eugenics and birth control, leaving the impression that they are somehow
equivalent
to abortion.
The film has a greater power and intensity than the novel because Visconti is able to create the filmic
equivalent
of Cain's narrative structure but offer a more complex exploration of gender.
To "Bend It Like Beckham" may not mean much to us Americans who know very little about the other football (soccer), but to English sports fans, it is
equivalent
to "Hit it Like Bonds" or "Dunk it Like Jordan."
Return to the 36th Chamber is one of those classic Kung-Fu movies which Shaw produces back in the 70s and 80s, whose genre is
equivalent
to the spaghetti westerns of Hollywood, and the protagonist Gordon Liu, the counterpart to the western's Clint Eastwood.
While stuck-up snobby fright film fans may hold their noses at the perfectly putrid stench of this admittedly smelly schlock, devout TV trash lovers should deem this endearingly abominable offal the boob tube
equivalent
to Alpo.
Is it just a coincidence that the Islanders point out to sea in the direction of South America and say that is where their ancestors came from, led by Tiki, their
equivalent
of Adam?
As for Washington's directing, as I said, it is the directing
equivalent
of his acting.
Think about it; she makes no attempt to locate the mother, who may well be a confused teenager in need of medical treatment and seemingly no one from the Italian
equivalent
of Social Services makes any attempt to put the baby into 'care' (no Social Services?
Made at the height of MGM's powers as a musical powerhouse, the film features memorable music from the Gershwins, who rightly have been called the 20th Century's
equivalent
of Beethoven and Mozart.
Some people claim it's far too similar to other games, namely the Final Fantasy series--which is understandable, since it was originally intended to be Sony's
equivalent
of Final Fantasy.
Amazing to think that an innocent piece like Vonnegut's "Sirens of Titan" would probably have been the
equivalent
of "R" rated if filmed when it was published back in the 50s, for its violence, language and sexual and thematic content, though it's a tragedy that nobody's come up yet with a filmable script for it.
So, to successfully put the two together on screen... well, that is about the
equivalent
of splitting the atom.
The soccer
equivalent
of an unhittable curve ball in baseball.
They eventually make it to Mecca - the Muslim
equivalent
of the Vatican but on a much grander scale.
Filmed in a glorious British version of technicolor, or some such equivalent, about the only big name here is Dirk Bogarde as British subject Tony Craig, cheese vendor.
She's billed last, but with the typographic
equivalent
of neon lights around her name.
I found that the white actors playing Chinese was not as bad as I expected, that it wasn't the Asian
equivalent
of blackface.
The Vikings appear here as brute antagonists, the
equivalent
on the North Seas of the plundering Huns and Mongols further East.
Martin and Lewis (ably played by Northam and Hayes), shallow folk with little real talent who through happenstance fortuitously hit the show business
equivalent
of the lottery, cannot handle relationships, their success, or each other.
This is the cinematic
equivalent
of the mad relative kept locked in the attic.
In Dial 1119 -- the
equivalent
of 911 today -- clean-cut Marshall Thompson plays the most whacked-out of the bunch, a cold, disengaged psycho who kills without reaction or remorse.
this is a good movie...if you want to do the
equivalent
of burning 4 bucks for a crappy dvd.
I don't recommend this movie to anyone who has ever had a conscious thought or has an IQ
equivalent
to a small stone.
The moans of the ice queen were
equivalent
to having actual ice shoved in your ears over and over.
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