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There was a bit (but precious little) of good acting, primarily by the two prophets and Rostenberg, who only appeared once and had no lines.
Social issues like black market trading of precious goods, in this case human organs usually from children; nostalgia for childhood and one's roots, which was especially prevalent in Dead or Alive 2; thumbing-of-the-nose at taboos like gay sex and (satirical) rape/violence towards women; blood-curdling violence.
Ernst Marischka, one of the most respected Austrian directors of that time, made films full of beautiful scenes, delicate love and with respect to all that is precious in life.
Liang is worried that a precious art shouldn't die with Wang and so he sows the seed of an heir in to Wang's mind.
First of all, I just want to say that Clara Lago was the most precious little thing!
When they are on the beach, I nearly cried... there is the unspoken realization that time is the most precious commodity and it is most evident when they are together.
It's a precious piece of Melbourne history.
There is precious little in the story line that relates to actual events.
Realizing that the intended, called "Precious" (Barnes) is nothing but a gold-digger aided and abetted by her mother (Brady), they arrange for her to be introduced to a wealthy Count.
I've loved all of Cream's work, even as there is such a small and precious catalog of work to take hold.
It's so rare to see directors working in this style who are able to find true strangeness and humor in a hyper-realistic world, without seeming precious, or upsetting the balance.
A magnificent opening sequence also takes place where a furry squirrel-like critter attempts to hide his precious acorn.
Forbidden Planet represents the kind of science fiction that is precious in cinema, especially from the 1950s.
I think they are precious and the kids make me laugh but so do the others who made this movie as it shows the naiveté that existed in the early 30's.
I was curious on a rental one time, and I decided to take it home with me, my precious Blockbuster rental in my hands.
There is precious little effort made to examine and interact with the racism - and thus fails to recognise that the most potent anti racism weapon is to understand it at its very core in those who commit it.
The dialogue (and there is oodles of it) is sometimes meandering and overly precious, but this portrait of two young wannabe-lovers making a romantic, intellectual, and spiritual connection to one another is full of wonderfully amusing, touching and insightful moments.
In other words, it always seemed to me a genre so rooted in and tied to convention, that it left precious little room for surprise or originality.
He was the most precious little boy I had ever met.
Let me begin by saying that there are precious few movies that can actually scare the crap out of you, and this is one of them.
After realizing how many precious classic Dodge Chargers were destroyed during the "Dukes of Hazzard" TV run, it's also kinda sad to see a hot '57 Chevy banged up in chases (watch the disappearing dents, they used more than one of course) but the highlight definitely is that great crash by the '57 through the roof (where of course, McNichol simply keeps driving after the car lands).
Now I know that, for instance, PRECIOUS FIND was a poor attempt at sci-fi/action, but at least it had Brion James in it and it wasn't an ambitious international co-production.
How the filmmakers managed to make Hogan so uninteresting is a testament to their overly precious approach to the material.
Sol Svanetij (Salt for Svanetia) was made in 1929 about a remote Ukraine primitive Northern isolated area of the Ukraine where the people are poor, preyed upon and severely lack salt (animals lick blood, urine to find the precious commodity).
Charlton Heston hams it up like never before as a beaver-trapper reluctant to make way for progress and accept the fact that his precious trade is being supplanted by finer materials like silk; Brian Keith provides the brightest spot in the film as Heston's foul-mouthed partner, along with Michel Legrand's beautiful score and the desolate snowy landscapes.
When the British make a costume drama it is simply a feast for the senses: Luminous colours in the most beautiful shades of red, gold and brown, costumes full of little details and precious jewelry and a great music score that takes you straight to Shakespearian and Bronte England.
If you find it on TV, DVD, or whatever... Please don't waste part of your precious lifetime in this
I was in the video store the other day and figured on renting it,since I'd just finished the 1st,but something told me not to waste my precious money,and just view it online instead.
My favorite is actually Sterling Hayden's theory about fluoridation of the water from DR. STRANGELOVE and the global commie plot to sap & impurify all of our precious bodily fluid.
This is another one of those worryingly fashionable and prominent documentaries that offers plentiful sound-bites set to almost non-stop music, but precious little insight.
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