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my sole purpose here is to say that this film is about dignity in a way that rarely does a film achieve.
He goes through searching for clues and trying to survive the touch of the Strangers, a race that houses more purpose to these people than they could possibly know.
Miss this one on purpose.
This film set in Chicago in 1952 starts ponderously with a voice-over of 'the voice of the city', strangely that of actor Chill Wills (whose voice is more that of a cowpoke or a ranch hand, thus highly unsuitable for this purpose), who then appears in the crime story as a ghostly police sergeant representing the spirit of the city.
I walk away with renewed sense of empowerment, purpose and determination.
In short, the only purpose this film serves is to demonstrate, through comparison with the original, the power of the classic and the weaknesses of the remake.
The purpose of his life is to protect the fort, the king.
Kirk Douglas and Farrah Fawcett man a space station on one of the rings of Saturn --- for what purpose is anyone's guess.
The reason I gave this movie it's single star (aside from the fact that there is no option to put 0 stars) is because it has certain educational purpose.
Yes, I put poople on purpose.
I thought this film had no focus; it was bad not particularly due to bad acting, or directing, but the lack of purpose.
Maybe she will eventually use footage from the hand-held camera as it seems to have served absolutely no purpose in this film.
These long close shots on the actor's eyes don't lead anywhere if the author has no intention, no other purpose but to please himself/herself.
I admit they were cleverly executed but did not seem to serve much purpose otherwise.
Ironically (and completely on purpose) the movie Van Wilder, featuring Ryan Reynolds, casts Tim Matheson as Van's uptight father.
The peculiar old Western gunslinger is a puzzle; he seems to fill no dramatic purpose.
Cagney seems to be presented as a sort of resident philosopher/observer, but in the end he dispenses no particular wisdom and one is curious as to exactly what his purpose is as well.
I think when movies are rated, their intended purpose should be taken into consideration.
They are put in such random context that it is glaringly obvious that their only purpose was to garner an "r" rating in a shallow attempt to appeal to teens.
The film is based around a group of American teens visiting Ireland with one purpose to take magic mushrooms & have a good time.
A very small company, Night Eyes Security, composed of two Griffith brothers, is tasked with guarding the Beverly Hills estate of a British pop musician, Brian Walker, and his wife Nikki (Tanya Roberts) but after she discovers her husband making the grade with a young woman during a party in their home, Mrs. Walker files for divorce, following which Mr. Walker hires Night Eyes to supposedly protect his soon-to-be former wife at their Malibu residence, although his true purpose is to obtain damning video tapes from surveillance cameras that he hopes will record Nikki's own sexual misconduct, thereby crystallizing his courtroom defense for their looming civil trial.
The most embarrassing moments were the Jeffrey and Melinda scenes in the mansion, who served no real purpose to the poorly thought-out plot.
What are they and what is their purpose I don't think is ever revealed.
Though made for any type of regular viewing, other than religious, its purpose was just a teaching tool to show value in every person and that there is beauty in everything.
The plot is a weak and empty bus that serves no purpose other than to drive the movie from one fight scene to the next.
In this sense it has a Upton Sinclair-like quality, and might be watched only for the purpose of learning about New Orleans.
Character development is not sufficient to allow the audience to summon the emotions the film seems to demand and comedic purpose is lost in quotes from Hamlet and a lot of sappy personal relationship issues.
What other purpose was there for the sequence concerning orange baseball or potato cannons?
Come to think of it, what was the purpose of the entire hazardous spill and explosive cola?
A family movie , But it's also about life ,family relationships ,a purpose in life , spiced with comic moments and also with the dilemma : How you deal with genuine geniuses ? .
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