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And the fantastic "hunks" that other commenters mentioned that give some merit to the movie don't impress me at all.
We expect that from Keanu Reeves, but when Jennifer Connelly, who gives it her all even in junk like Hulk, phones it in, you should realize your project has little merit.
This will often depend on the merit of the filmmaker, and how personally they connect with the artist and the work itself (some of it is more made for films to show just to get kids to fall asleep in school).
I was sorely disappointed to see none of the original cast in the credits, but persevered nonetheless; maybe it still had merit, I hoped.
The reviews stating that this film is void of plot, acting, and merit are, for the most part, right on target.
I can't understand how anyone could say the first 100 minutes of this film are of no merit whatever.
This film has almost no merit.
This film either gets one star based on objective merit, or ten stars on how well it infringes on the rarefied thin air of Ed Woodish pretensions to greatness.
Though undeniably enjoyable, the popular poliziottesco subgenre - which proliferated in Italy throughout the 1970s - is also frustrating because one can never tell the quality of a specific title until one has watched it himself (this is mainly due to the fact that this type of film has been largely dismissed by the critics, while at the same time turned into a cult by fans): the thing is that a handful of titles definitely merit a critical re-appraisal, while many others are overrated by the aficionados.
The only real merit of "Ants" is its nostalgia value--yes, I would watch this as a child and be utterly terrified of those bloodthirsty, radiation-grown buggers; years later, the puppet heads being shaken off-camera are less than impressive (as is Gordon's excessively shaking camera during the attack scenes), as is the stock footage blown up to make the ants tower over our human protagonists.
Aldrich, once a filmmaker of merit, seems to have nothing on his agenda here except earning a paycheck (ditto cinematographer Joseph Biroc, who does some of the gloppiest, ugliest work I have ever seen in a major movie).
This cool 80's gem has perhaps stolen its storyline and most essential moments from classic blockbusters like "Deliverance" and "the Deer Hunter", but the raw violence and effective shocks are director Hughes' very own merit.
1st watched 10/18/2001 - 4 out of 10 (Dir-Jack Gill): I actually expected this title to be much worse than it really was, but it still was not good enough to merit it a good rating.
Ok, so when I voted I gave it a low score, but that was cause Terror of Tiny Town has very little cinematic merit.
Premise of the script has merit and could be utilized well in a more expensive production, but is let down by the threadbare production values of this film.
Unfortunately, they don't seem to have noticed that 37 years have passed since this tale had some merit, and the results are distinctly musty.
The young hero accomplishes nothing on his own merit except for saving the trans-Darien expedition from a guerrilla band in a scene that rings so phony it would have worked better as a dream sequence.
In sixty years of movie-going I have sat through some clunkers but "Nine Months" is right up there with "I aim at the stars","Mrs Doubtfire" and "Johnny English" vying for the accolade "Worst of the worst".It is a movie with absolutely no merit whatsoever.It has Robin Williams, who clearly thinks he is one of the funniest men on the planet, in a small role.
Oh joy,, another foreign torture/bloody movie that sadistic gore hounds try to convince themselves and other people that it has value or merit.
This ensures that, whatever the singers may do, the production can have no musical merit whatsoever.
movie spawned 5 sequels so far,and to be perfectly honest,it doesn't merit any sequels.for
On the merit of the stars' past performances, I'll give the show a few more chances.
While it was great material for the show, this movie isn't completely without merit.
Though those films certainly have their moments of merit, The Grey Zone is the absolute last word on Holocaust movies, a picture that so endlessly dives into the terror and banality of death that eventually absorbed the prisonners.
None of the stories has sufficient merit to warrant the time to sit through this film.
There's no artistic merit to thoroughly discuss.
The character development and plot is suitable for younger audiences, who may not get the in-jokes and broader theme, but will enjoy the visual animation and goofiness on its own merit.
It's not without some merit.
This Quebecois film is a charmer that redeems much else of dubious merit coming out of that bit of Canada which persists in its French-ness.
The artistic merit of this movie is enough of a reason to watch it.
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