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The twist is predictable from square one, and the character's motives are so utterly ridiculous that they inspired laughter from the audience.
I question the motive of the creators of this fictional account of the BTK killer's motives.
The film was simply awful - I say that without hyperbole or ulterior motives - it was awful.
Motives behind their actions are not shown.
The acting can't possibly overcome the script which removes the characters' motives for their behavior.
When a director goes out of his way to humiliate his actors, one has to question his motives in doing so.
Whatever their motives for being in this movie, if you have an actor like James Woods you better make good use of him.
The characters are unbelievable, how the act is not realistic at all and their motives are contrived.
Motives are utterly incomprehensible and a narrative does not exist.
However, the end of the screenplay does not provide any explanation for the killing instinct and motives for the behavior of the nurse Jane Toppan, giving the sensation that the budget ended before the finalization of the shooting.
Subtle motives, characters that seemed real and spontaneous.The remake was terrible.
Never before have the motives of the producers of a motion picture been more transparent.
You are not sure completely of his motives whether it's love or money or both, but that is what makes this pilot even more intriguing.
Also Japanese is the fact that the lecherous motives that initiated his new passion are made plain but somehow accepted, at least eventually, by family and audience.
Not one boring second, a fantastic cast of mostly little known actresses and actors, a great array of characters who are all well defined and who all have understandable motives I could sympathize with, perfect lighting, crisp black and white photography, a fitting soundtrack, an intelligent and harmonious set design and a story that is engaging and works.
He has his own motives but Kureishi treats him with a good deal of compassion.
Instead, we are shown all the many motives underlying both the French and English (who held Normandy) politicos and priests who put her to death.
But Benito is actually leading a group of heirs and businessmen, including American entrepreneur Mr. Kitch (Jack Palance), with ulterior motives, reflected by what Anna hopefully will actually accomplish with the Count.
The storyline doesn't just introduce your average black-gloved & sexually frustrated killer, but blends good old-fashioned revenge motives with the macabre myth of the murderous "Red Queen".
If 2004 was the year of the biographies and 2005 was the year of the political films, 2007 can be identified as a year featuring a wide plethora of morality tales, films that portray, test, challenge and question human morality and the motives that drive us to do certain things.
Although this identification is rather broad, I think that there are a handful of films released this year, such as 3:10 To Yuma, Eastern Promises, American Gangster, No Country for Old Men and others that specifically question and study human morals and the motives that drive us to acts such as violence or treachery.
In addition to various other questions concerning the motives of Mickey Rooney for that particular visit he'd recounted, and about the answers to which I can only try to speculate, I suspect the main one had been of a decidedly religious nature.
The arc of the the plot is defined in the first 3 minutes, the characters are sympathetic and clearly drawn, their motives completely believable.
This is one of the Batman Returns/Forever type films, which include romances and the conflicts of Wayne and motives for dating.
It is a story full of twists and turns- a movie of motives and moves.
What Gypo did was wrong, but we can certainly understand his motives.
Perhaps when it was released in 1938 there would be a feeling that Davis' character has turned a corner and has become more selfless, but to me her motives seemed awfully suspicious.
The story itself is very entertaining and amusing, once you come to accept their motives and not ask questions such as "why on earth doesn't she tell everything to her husband and get it over with?"
Suspecting hidden motives and doubting everything, which gives us the answer to the rhetorical question posed in the beginning (the answer to which, by the way, is exactly what you would expect).
You know those thrillers where killers have sincere motives?
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