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After hearing the phrase "the child-like princess" over and over and over again you feel a desperate need to start throwing things at the TV.
and NOT morally ambiguous, a phrase that I have learned to hate.
It is the women who think up the plan to save the city As, I said smile, but very funny with the undercurrent of male an female dynamics underlining every line, phrase and action in this treat.
When certain characters try to be serious or they throw out some line they think would be good catch phrase you can't help but laugh at how poor the acting was.
This movie follows the phrase "Lets just suppose"...
Though this is a pretty grim movie at times, I can't hear the phrase "Spanish Inquisition" without going through the Monty Python routine.
When I see the phrase "great cast", I think GONE WITH THE WIND or TWELVE ANGRY MEN, not a film whose lead is Lyle Talbot (the same guy who starred in a few decent films in the 30s but also PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE and a lot of other turkeys).
Ever heard of the phrase 'Build it up, tear it down'?
So many important plot elements were left out, that the phrase 'sort of based on an idea by Michael Crichton' is the closest you can get to a relationship to the novel.
In many peoples minds child abuse is a taboo subject, and, rather like the way that the phrase 911 has become iconic, the subject of child abuse, particularly child sexual abuse has become a metaphor for the most unimaginably awful thing that can happen to a human being.
I personally know of no such phrase... Any help is appreciated.
No one else could say one phrase to this rubbish.
Maybe I'm biased because I'm from New Jersey, but I've never heard any of my peers use the phrase "Shut up!" Give me some characters and dialogue I can relate to for God's sake!
That's what the exact phrase was " A British version of DIE HARD " and being a DOCTOR WHO fan there's nothing I and many other fans would have liked more seeing a former DOCTOR WHO being as famous as Bruce Willis .
We've all heard that phrase before, and if ever that tried and true proverb needs uttering it's when discussing Gareth Rhys Jones' 1999 directorial debut, Bodywork.
There exists the phrase, "It's so bad it's good".
"Casus belly" There is a huge difference by saying "I hate America" or "I hate how America is acting under George Bush" If I would have been MW's English teacher catching him misusing this phrase, he would not have passed the dictionary lesson.
This movie superbly exemplifies the phrase "The calm before the storm" It gives the entire movie audience a crystal ball concept analysis report that sparks a bittersweet realization and empathy for everyone who plays a significant role in this George Lucas masterpiece!! Director George Lucas has never been better...The cast is sensational!!and the film's unassuming demeanor surprisingly captures the honor of being one of America's greatest films on record!!! Five stars!!
That phrase isn't always an oxymoron, just usually.
Tweety then utters his famous phrase, "I taught I taw a puddy cat." (thought I saw a pussy cat.)
This is a wonderful wonderful movie that exemplifies the phrase, "misty watercolored memories."
In a phrase "it was messed up".
But instead of learning from those experiences, he chooses to repeatedly exploit the concept for the cheapest of laughs in a show that redefines the phrase "appealing to the lowest common denominator".
"Quid pro quo" is a phrase much like the word "requiem" which can be a dangerous thing in a very dumbed-down society.
There were no good quotes except the 'live love' phrase but other than that nada.
This is a simple line spoken by one of the characters as he's watching a random movie in the drive-in theater, but the phrase is actually much more applicable to the production he's starring in himself!
With every phrase of this film I hear racism and condescension.
We all know the phrase "buying the cow" and this movie does a pretty good job of giving some different views on why one should commit or not.
To the poster wanting "Merci Simca" to become a common well-known phrase- I totally agree.
Maybe that's a phrase from the movie.
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