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It has many of the usual flaws of Canadian films...self-conscious acting...an
excess
of cinematic gimmicks and, above all, the self-effacing Canadian habit of using Canadian cities as stand-ins for American ones.
To the extent that GenXers like myself would spurn the
excess
of the 1980s and embrace the grunge movement of the 1990s, Beavis & Co were sort of a strange post-modern anthem for us.
If you don't believe me, look at the number of goofs listed on IMDb for this movie--WAY in
excess
of what you'd expect to find.
If he had a cocktail, he always had a napkin to blot the
excess
on his mouth with unbelievable perfection!
One of the serious potential environmental costs of most mining operations is pollution of downstream streams, rivers and lakes with
excess
sediments and toxins.
One of the most serious examples in 19th century USA of
excess
river sedimentation was caused by hydraulic mining of gold-bearing gravely hills on the sides of the Sacramento Valley in the period from the 1850s to the early 1880s.
It embodies the emptiness and mindless
excess
of a decade which is more often remembered for a great sea-change in the body politic.
The general consensus has always been that while Princess Margaret may have been spoilt and pampered and may have revelled in the
excess
of luxury at her disposal, she was a very beautiful young woman.
Unless you understand wretched
excess
this movie won't really mean much to you.
Gregory Peck carries on in shameless
excess
as a forceful be-drunk-or-be-damned alcoholic; in contradiction to the gentle and soft spoken real Scott Fitzgerald.
" Skycaptain bludgeons the viewer with its sheer
excess.
It is an hilarious examination of human greed,
excess
and emptiness by one of the most moral of contemporary British writers.
(A good example of scare which has been done to clichéd
excess
now, is the cat jumping out of the closet, followed soon there after but a now unexpected appearance by the villain of the film) This film couldn't successfully pull that off, so how could I expect it to fulfill any of the other conventions of horror film.
Canadian filmmaker Mary Harron is a cultural gadfly whose previous films laid bare some the artistic
excess
of the Sixties and the hollow avaricious Eighties.
In the voice over which begins the film, Hughie(Billy Connolly), a roadie for the great 70's band Strange Fruit, said the reason lightning struck at a rock festival to stop Strange Fruit's set was that God was sick of 70's
excess.
The film accurately depicts each adolescent's thoughts or feelings in regard to love with heartfelt sensitivity, never crossing over into maudlin
excess
even once.
I did not have too much interest in watching The Flock.Andrew Lau co-directed the masterpiece trilogy of Infernal Affairs but he had been fired from The Flock and he had been replaced by an emergency director called Niels Mueller.I had the feeling that Lau had made a good film but it had not satisfied the study,so they fired him and hired another director.This usually does not work well (let's remember The Invasion).But The Flock resulted to be better than what I expected.It's not a great film but it's an interesting and entertaining thriller.The character development is very well done and I could know the characters very well.Also,the relationship between the two main characters is natural and credible.Richard Gere and Claire Danes bring competent performances.Now,let's go to the negative points.One element which really bothered me (there was a moment in which it irritated me) was the
excess
of edition tricks to give the movie more "attitude" and style.That tricks feel out of place and their presence is arbitrary.Plus,I think the film should have been more ambitious.In spite of that,I recommend The Flock as a good thriller.It's not memorable at all,but it's entertaining.
The mix of pithy dialog and passionate
excess
makes this a delightful miniseries.
As the title says, this movie IS
excess
baggage in your video collection.
All but the most analytical cynics will get caught up in this well crafted thriller which squeezes 10 pounds of dramaction into a 5 pound bag magically making room for the
excess
with hi-tech gadgetry.
It's nymphomania and it's not good for you since anything in
excess
doses is not good for you- whether it's food consumption, drugs, alcohol etc.
Because we live in an age of excess, modern moviemakers seem obliged to reflect this in their overblown remakes of old films.
Watching people nibble on human flesh does look nasty at times, despite the poorly translated U.S. release having had the
excess
gore cut.
Every dumb and embarrassing stereotype is used to
excess.
P.S.: The action is so balletic in its style and
excess
that it's almost reminiscent of a John Woo picture.)
It's just as well The Pagan was shot as a silent, because it it had been a talkie, the camera would have been nailed down, the sound hissy and distracting, and the melodramatic
excess
of the plot overemphasized.
They're tough and taut, lacking the operatic
excess
that characterized the American gangster epics (such as "The Godfather"), but more than making up for it with brutality.
Andy Garcia is too fat for the role of Modigliani, who at the end of his life was wasted by
excess
(e.g.
Their selections of paint, fabric, and accessories are rather outdated and kitschy, and they faux finish to the point of excess, dangerously giving viewers the impression that drawing design inspiration from the dining room of a Mimi's Cafe or Olive Garden is a good thing.
Culminating in four long years of production, VIVA reminds of early studio John Waters efforts filtered through her own Strange Guignol style (wherein lurid set color and mannered acting replaces Grand Guignol's gaudy
excess
of violence).
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