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This is a movie that deals in nasty, threadbare stereotypes instead of characters, preposterous manipulation instead of coherent plotting, and a hideous cocktail of cloying sentimentality and gratuitous violence instead of thought, wit or feeling.
Preposterous, of course, but I seem to remember the Hardy Boys' access at any given moment to CSI equipment being a little too convenient as well.
Over the years, we've seen a lot of preposterous things done by writers when the show just had to go on no matter what, keeping "8 Simple Rules" going after John Ritter died comes to mind, but this is probably the first time I cared.
Some things toward the end are just a smidgeon preposterous, thus negating a 10 rating.
Tom, idealistic, insensitive and naive is embraced by Audrey, emotionally more mature but more vulnerable, accepting his sometimes preposterous social and literary speculation as a sign of substance in comparison to the increasingly jaded and cynical world of her preppy friends.
least i didn't think so.this movie does have a twist of sorts,and the only reason it may be unpredictable is that it is so preposterous that no one for a minute would believe it actually happens.there's
To say that this is "the greatest martial-arts movie of all time" is downright preposterous.
The sets, costumes and production values are fine but nothing makes up for the preposterous premise.
The script is preposterous.
The plot relies heavily on coincidences, often preposterous ones; I don't want to spoil any of the plot, but the way two of the characters are thrown together in close quarters is just wholly unbelievable.
The plot though preposterous could have formed the basis of decent movie but one gets the impression that not enough time was put into tightening up the script so that the dialogue regularly lurches into the farcical.
Richards tries very hard and looks beautiful through one preposterous scene after another.
I would understand that the people making this would have wanted to stay away from giving it the same treatment as SatC, but in an effort to do so ended up making it bland, pretentious and preposterous.
Sure, the scene is well directed and a fair amount of tension is wrung from it, but if you take a step back to think, it's preposterous.
it's all topped by possibly the most preposterous ending in the history of cinema.(if
The fact that anyone would honor that traitor is preposterous.
I don't know what went wrong in the making of this film, but it is one of the most unimaginative, preposterous and generally boring films I've seen in recent years.
I've never seen such a preposterous collection of characters, few of which make a lick of sense.
The plot became more preposterous as the film went on, so that by the end nothing that happens surprises the viewer.
In a preposterous celebration of London's blitz spirit, the faces of the victims are printed on the side of WWII air balloons which float above the city in every shot.
There was too much obvious work in front of the blue screen and the situations were so preposterous that I eventually gave up on the film after enduring too much of a particularly ridiculous chase.
This preposterous sci-fi flick deals with the first mission to the moon.
The plot, such as it is, could have been successfully resolved in fifteen minutes, and the denouement is just plain preposterous.
The "clues" that are discovered in various places are preposterous.
Price's conviction and Fuller's straightforward direction somehow make this preposterous tale ring true (many of the basics are correct, though Fuller certainly over-dramatizes the later confrontations between Reavis and the government with its allies the homesteaders that the Baron is trying to steal from).
Ditto the wonderfully ridiculous, uproarious and utterly preposterous scene where the shark jumps some ten feet up into the air as if was shot out of a cannon and bites a guy hanging out of a helicopter in half.
The movie's premise is ridiculous and its portrayal of the "spy game" is preposterous.
Some elements of his self-rescue, however, are either far-fetched or downright preposterous (witness the "Snow White"-like scenario at the watering hole in which a deer, a raccoon, a turtle, a rabbit and a skunk-!!- casually hang out with him as he quenches his thirst.)
Over the top lighting, ridiculous characters, laughable special effects, and preposterous twist can't aid or at least make this film entertaining even for the avid B movie fan.
The main characters are preposterous and bear no comparison whatever with Conan Doyle's description.
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