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The time
period
seems to be the 1930s or early 40s.
This is not Romania anymore, but I see the events are happening in the same
period
with the incident from 11 September.
I am sad that a
period
of history that is so fascinating and so rich in material for film can be made into a ho-hum event .
Wm C Quantrill was barely shown in the film , probably the most intriquing figure of the
period.
I hope Ang Lee will make another film from the
period
and try again, or some other film maker will look into the tremendous wealth of material to write a screen play on .
Of the episodes I have seen, most of the plots and jokes could be set in any time
period.
Carrie Fisher has stated on more than one occasion that she made this movie during a
period
of her life when she had a heavy cocaine problem, and she doesn't remember very much of it.
The Eternal Jew (Der Ewige Jude) does not have what we today would call the markings of a scholarly document: rather than naming experts or sources to support what it says, it simply says, without opposition, what it wants us to believe (one will concede that American newsreels of that
period
were also much less regulated than would seem ethical to a modern audience, often inserting dramatized scenes and passing them off as actual news footage).
'Mojo' uses a technique for shooting the 1950s often seen in films that stresses the physical differences to our own time but also represents dialogue in a highly exaggerated fashion (owing much to the way that speech was represented in films made in that period); I have no idea if people actually spoke like this outside of the movies, but no films made today and set in contemporary times use such stylised language.
'Mojo' features a strong performance from Ian Hart and annoying ones from Aiden Gillan and Ewan Bremner, the latter still struggling to build a post-'Trainspotting' career; but feels like a
period
piece, a modern film incomprehensibly structured in an outdated idiom.
The only redeeming quality I could find in this movie was that the artifacts looked authentic enough to pass for medieval or Gothic
period
pieces.
It was nothing more than common dialog that would have taken place back in that
period
of time.
Released five years before the Broadway opening of "Dreamgirls" and partially set in the same period, it has a predominantly black cast and a story revolving around an up-and-coming girl group, and that's where the resemblance basically ends.
To move the story into the 20th century just outrages the original story's intent and nature; possibly you might have been able to move it over to England, but it must be a
period
piece.
After a long
period
in the space, looking for the remains of planet Krypton, Superman (Brandon Routh) returns to Earth.
Yes, it is far more realistic than other war films of the
period
for depicting the mud, boredom and frustration of the grunt, but unfortunately one comes away from it thinking that's ALL there is to this movie.
There's plenty to appreciate here: spectacular locations and flying sequences;
period
costumes, props and sets; and competent writing and acting.
This sequel is thoroughly uneven, incoherent and rambling in "plot" (if there really is one)and tries too damned hard to be modern (ridiculous, out of
period
and character 21 st century style songs predominate) and cute (yawn: there are too many manufactured, belaboured jokes with animals.)
Some people have made a point of dissing this movie because they question the plausibility of black people in the Old West, Asian people in the Old West or women with guns in the Old West
period.
I waited almost 25 years to see this movie, thinking it might be an underrated work, from a
period
animation was no longer of the quality it had once been.
It's a somewhat generic ghost story about an actress haunting a studio during the filming of a WWII
period
drama.
And to let you know the game is set in a medieval time
period.
As interesting as a sheet of cardboard, this dispensable
period
piece has little going for it.
I'm of the opinion that a good children's story is a good story,
period.
Expecting a combination of scifi and
period
film about Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage, the history of computers, etc, I was disappointed by this movies nonsensical pseudoscience and mixture of real and fabulous history.
Coach Backula brilliantly moves him to first citing the fact that when he attempts to run he stays in the same place for too long a
period
of time.
All you need to know about this film happens in the first five minutes: it looks cool, it has a solid original soundtrack reflective of the late-60s period, and all but a couple of its characters are unlikeable.
Then we switch to present day where a team is attempting to excavate the site (the movie's first mistake, but hey those
period
costumes are expensive and this is a Sci-Fi channel movie).
Why the sets and costumes are sometimes in period, and sometimes bizarrely not, why they commissioned SUCH bad songs, why the script doesn't make any sense whatsoever (not even on a silly, children's film level) . . . .
Most of us first encounter Keaton in one of the brilliant feature films from his great
period
of independent production: 'The General', 'The Navigator', 'Sherlock Jnr'.
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