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Although both sides have some merit to support their claims, it should still be noted that the seventies take on A STAR IS BORN remains one of the most touching and highly entertaining showbiz dramas that Hollywood ever produced.
All the of the aforementioned movies merit their R ratings for violence.
But rank and privilege merit no special consideration.
Everyday items such as crates, boxes, metal containers, etc. - items which most of us perceive as utilitarian at best and dismiss as being utterly without aesthetic merit - are instead converted into glorious objects d'art by Burtynsky's camera.
In light of bad reviews - or car crashes - I feel possessed to get in gear and make a transmission to give merit where due, and do a service.
Furthermore, she feels she has lived a life that lacks any true spirituality, humanity and merit.
The people who seem utterly without merit are really nicely developed human beings who get to see the light.
In fact, in 40 years of university teaching, I averaged about one student a semester who had even heard of it, much less any who could say anything comprehensive about it--and the overwhelming number of students were merit scholars, all of which speaks to the enormous amount of censorship in American education.
For the film critic, there's plenty of sharp technique and technical merit.
Interesting enough to merit watching instead of skipping past to get to the good parts.
As predictable as a Hallmark card, but not without merit, The Rookie makes for a solid outing.
The real merit of the picture is the cast.
As I was leaving the theatre, everyone kept saying how wonderful it was, and that oddly made me feel proud because I think this a truly non-conformist film and if it does well, which it should, it does completely on it's own merit, not because of star-power (Madhuri excluded), gimmicks, or because it's part of some trend.
It's a shame that Mr Burns didn't run with the pregnant-after-a-one-night-stand plot thread as he might have turned out a movie of more merit and certainly one of more originality.
It is humorless without merit.
This piece of trash is totally without merit.
Still, any film where the co-writer is blown up on screen and where a frozen nurse is accidentally decapitated isn't entirely without some merit.
The films conclusion couldn't have been more obvious and expected even after being distracted from any possible merit pertaining to script ect by the nudity which in a perverse way made the entire thing worthwhile.
Unfortunate, because the score, though minor Goldsmith, does have merit.
Just because "Pony Express" is a western and the Indians are characterized as the bad guys, does not mean it is without merit.
Whatever possesses some people to write reviews saying this movie has merit is beyond me.
It marks one of the last gasps of the low-budget, hardware-driven (Rockets and Rayguns, if you like) school of sci-fi and falls well short of its contemporary "Marooned", much less merit any comparison with "2001" and other later high concept films.
Goldberg's mere presence brings a smile, but this is hand-me-down material (much more so than the cookie-cutter first installment) and is completely without merit.
Taking a stand for cinema's populist underdog, Visions of light reinstates the basic elements of importance in film in an age where the artistic merit is credited the director and the actors.
Although the academy is notorious for decisions based on emotions rather than merit, in this instance, I consider the splitting of best direction and best picture Oscars between the 2 films as a just outcome.
Since NBC owns Bravo now, maybe they'll continue new eps. of "Kingpin" on Bravo next season if the ratings merit it.
I wanted to like this I really did, and to it's merit it did start off rather well, but as it went on it became a casualty of too many twists spoiling the stew.
Sounded interesting, plausible idea, but sadly lacked any merit of an actual Star Wars 'fill in'.
There were a few admirable killing scenes,the spinning log to be sure, and some above average makeup and special effects, but just not enough to merit a rental, and definitely not a purchase.
The film's main merit, aside from Hoffmann's performance is the art direction, beautiful sets and lovely costumes, particularly the brief underwater scene with the mermaids.
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