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I'm also a secondary ed teacher, have had two brain surgeries (for Chiari Malformation not an AVM though), followed by re-hospitalization for severe infection, and had extensive rehabilitation to learn to speak and walk again.
Baseball is secondary to drinking, swearing, having sex, cheating, and being plain obnoxious.
Now, if told in a competent way, Sherlock Holmes-inspired tales can be entertaining, even if of secondary heritage.
The secondary characters and even the plot are not from the book.
The main reason for this is simple: instead of being a talkathon with secondary mystery elements like "Thumbs", this is a good old-fashioned whodunit with nearly all of the typical elements of the genre in place: a luxurious mansion, a large but limited number of suspects, a cunning police inspector, family secrets, intense emotions and rivalries, red herrings, etc.
One of the most understated of Cassavetes' main characters (compared with the more involving Myrtle Gordon, Mabel Longhetti, and of course Gloria) Cosmo is a guy who's gone through life treating his emotions as secondary.
Alan Arkin has a secondary, not a starring, role.
When Gene Kelly arrived on the scene to direct 'That's Entertainment, Part II (1976),' he found no shortage of interesting clips in the MGM archives, but occasionally had to settle for the secondary musical numbers from the most famous musicals, for example, having to settle with "Good Morning" instead of "Singin' in the Rain."
Here, so much is communicated without a word; dance is central, the plot, not sacrificed but secondary.
(Even a secondary character who finds herself pregnant after a brief fling with the film's villain opts to "keep her baby.")
The secondary love interest (Simon Baker) didn't make us feel she should be attracted to him, while the boyfriend (Adrian Grenier) made us wonder why she took up with him in the first place.
The actors really become secondary to the setting, as does the plot.
And a miscast Lana Turner has basically a secondary character.
Let's start with a shallow story, awkward pacing, loads of unmotivated 360 degree jump cuts, inconsistent character super powers, recycled explosion footage, unresolved two dimensional character issues, inconsistencies in alien monsters, and perhaps some of the worst secondary character acting I've seen since Hercules Goes Bananas.
Almost every secondary storyline is poorly developed and ultimately unneeded.
Of course the human beings in such movies are usually of secondary interest (with the exception of the great Fay Wray), so the real question here is, how well do "The Lost World"'s dinosaurs and the twenties stop motion special effects hold up?
McKee is aiming at lyricism, and while we should expect that plot is also served, in this film it is secondary.
Fosse also takes two secondary characters from the play, who are older, and makes them young and attractive in order to make their story more youth-friendly, I imagine.
True, the secondary characters could've done with more development, but it is compensated by top notch animation, a good music score, surprisingly mature scripting and a compelling enough story, that is quite action packed, and the ending was very poignant to say the least.
Rescuing a girl in the process is just secondary to satisfying his blood thirsty rage.
It's kind of fun also to see how the scenarists managed to leap from one implausible, contrived plot development to the next - but that's a secondary matter because most of these films were beyond belief.
Nielsen plays a secondary role, and his character is definitely second rate.
The action in his movies are always secondary.
The secondary characters are also in fine form and make memorable impressions that adds to the enjoyment factor of this film.
Having performed the role of "Ruth" at secondary school, I have many fond memories of "The PoP".
Truth is of secondary importance, and it is clear that in the American justice system, only the wealthy can receive anything approaching fairness.
I am afraid that the main trouble with this movie is the uncapability to create a really living character, notwithstanding Mrs. Elsner's efforts, and the complete unconsistency of the secondary characters (like her boyfriend, or her son, or her former lover).
But the secondary big named talent is just as great.
Walter Pidgeon gives a classic performance, both strong and vulnerable, for which he will become better known in later films, and Ruth Hussey, usually in a secondary role, puts in a sensitive and generous performance as the "skipper's" stalwart wife in a part that could have been given to Myrna Loy.
If not for the transcendentally beautiful Talisa Soto as the secondary love interest this would be a total write-off.
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