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To me, most TV-movies seem like they are made by the same production company, with all the elements shoved into a big blender and the results poured into various standard molds.
The "Bad Guy" character is pretty much your standard villain who has a shallow disposition and crummy dialog, the same goes for the rest of the "marines".
There's a good deal of that in the movie, and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the plot, but that's the standard bug about most anime movies I've seen.
The plot is OK, fairly standard shake on a playful serial killer vs cop movie, but the dialog is simply horrible.
The film does have its moments, especially with Spanky and Bumbo in the kitchen, but overall it reminded me a lot of that standard childhood nightmare of being chased by a gorilla, except not as exciting.
the standard movie starts at one point, and the rest of the movie branches off from there, while u know exactly what is going on.
The characters were quite standard, for instance the bad guys were totally horrible without a redeeming quality, and the good guy is pure and honest, and gets into a lot of trouble.
There are the standard barflys who sit there all day drinking, and who must be on a fat social security paycheck to pay for it all!
The storyline is essentially a standard 'evil cultists wish to summon Satan to Earth' type thing, something which has, to be honest, been done many times before.
What kind of a system is this that can categorize a completely naked "detainee" handcuffed backwards to his bed or another prisoner made to stand for a long time in a difficult position by the fear of being electrocuted as "standard operating procedure"?
A slightly inferior companion piece to the stunningly brilliant "Porky in Wackyland", the first two minutes of this cartoon are fairly standard (though good) Warner Bros pre-WW II animation fare.
No one should except to see an Oscar worthy film here, but this movie simply ran with the standard "white man learns to love Asian culture" script, and it doesn't even pull that off well.
As the newly founded Dodge City teems with violence and chaos, an Irishman reluctantly becomes Marshall and tries to tame the West in this standard but enjoyable and colorful Western.
The plot is a standard and unsurprising affair but what sets it apart is James Woods' sardonic, cynical and hilarious portrayal of a tough, world weary cop who has no time for 'do-gooders' and over sensitive types.
The film's basic handicap is its effort to shrink a lengthy epic (at least partially) to a standard theatrical run.
Dubious accents aside (and with all due respect to the Yorkshire vocal style, the film is at least understandable this way...), the acting was of a high standard, the dialogue excellent and the key characterisations well drawn.
Not the standard super evil villain and valiant good guy.
The opening music really set the standard, found the film OK.
You'll have to keep your eyes opened,as this film probably won't play out at many cinemas (and as far as I know, no American standard DVD exists as of yet,despite the fact that the film was released in 2005).
He sets the standard.
There are numerous animation techniques mixed together, loads of standard anime exaggeration (no manga though), psychedelic trips, serious issues and silly sarcastic humor.
There are some standard plot elements and moments of discovery.The animation for the little girl is also very good.
I mean Farley is his usual standard, hes as good as the actors around him.
I suppose I like it so much because I didn't start watching the show having a standard of what it should be like fixed in my mind, so I wasn't disappointed.
You had better bring some... though not the standard light-hearted fare Dunne and Grant had performed in before, this film is a classic example of an American tear jerker.
Wigs: Standard wear in the 18th century, these were simply atrocious.
When I saw the first Santa Clause at the age of 10 it had set the standard for Christmas movies for me.
Unfortunately it came in a period when Kelly/Donen were setting a new standard for big production and very rapid pacing, so it was out of fashion and ignored.
Louis Jouvet is the class act, not unusually but the plot is a little creaky - it failed as a Musical on Broadway in the early fifties where it played under the title Carnival In Flanders and left in its wake an enduring standard 'Here's That Rainy Day'.
The first half is standard kung fu.
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