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And for those who haven't yet been in love, even just the hope that one day lightning can strike for you makes life worth living - because love is worth having even if but for a short time - even if you lose - because love is the "stuff" - the essence - of life.
Many specific complaints made by other writers here strike me as simple personal preference, which, after all, is what we are about here.
If you know little about Mid-South culture a lot of what goes on may strike some as cartoonish ... but accept the fact that Craig Brewer KNOWS how to paint the canvas and let the actors tell the story and you will enjoy this film.
"Strike Force" or "The Librarians" is a fun action movie that doesn't it take itself too seriously.
Wayne Crawford strikes again, or rather this was his first big strike, a deliriously entertaining little ball of manic kitsch energy masquerading as a psycho killer movie.
I know the writers strike killed another one of my favorite shows years ago called greatest American hero.
Sorta makes me wish I could play God and strike everyone involved in making this film with several bolts of lightning.
CHe urged Khrushchev to launch a nuclear strike against US cities.
Why are they doing what they are doing; in order to strike fear into other members of the group?
Although this film was made before Dogme emerged as the predominant method of filmmaking, and before digital triumphed over -- strike that.
This is the single greatest waste of potential I've seen from an "expensive" low-budget movie, and worse enough to let an axe strike through the gorgeous print without mercy.
This movie could have been sub-titled "When writers go on strike!"
Thirdly, and this will strike whoever has seen a "good" horror film before, the screenplay is absolutely empty.
I can only image that this was written by non-union writers taking advantage of the writer's strike.
This movie is so grim and depressing, I could feel absolutely no joy at the "happy" ending involving the union strike.
The attempts at humor involving Lake's pregnancy are absolutely disastrous, and any movie involving a Baldwin brother already has a strike against it.
The problem is that she can strike poses but she can't act.
However, we love adaptations of great literature and the current writers' strike brings to mind that without good writers, it's hard for actors to bring their roles to life.
She and Hamilton strike up an easy chemistry which goes a long way in putting the film over.
To pick on the technical flaws - silver F/A-18s and F-14s take of from a carrier for an air-strike, and miraculously become camouflaged F-16s for the actual strike - would give this movie more credibility than it deserves.
Because of the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike they had to shoot this episode in 3 days.
This however does not strike me as a.)funny, or b.)...even remotely interesting!!!
Written like a sitcom, this movie fails to strike any sort of likeable chord throughout, from the self-help doctor played by the aways sexy-as-chopped liver Molly Shannon to the 'I'm fat, and therefore funny' John Linette.
In fact, after this inferior fiasco, I wonder why Hollywood's producers ever bothered to settle the screenwriters and directors strike threats.
I recommend families if possible,to show this to older children only.Some of the stuff in this film maybe too disturbing for little ones to handle.Now that thats out of the way,let me explain about this movie.This is in reality a documentary of a male fox,who in the beginning is protecting his territory and seeking a mate.The beginning with the gorgeous sunrise and music score,is breath taking.You had better soak in as much of the scenery as possible,it'll get ugly later.They gave both the fox and the vixen names,but I can't remember what they are for the likes of me.He fights off this invading male,to win her love.They later on create a den,and the vixen gives birth to four adorable cubs;one of which is blind.There are many happy and playful moments featuring the fox family,but tragedy and bad luck strike all too soon.The first victim is the blind pup,who gets too close to a high tide and is washed away.The second victim is the mother,who while stealing chickens is deceived by a dead chicken hanging on a pole.She unknowingly walks into a foot trap.While trying to escape she rips off part of her foot,causing her to bleed to death.The rest of the fox family is forced to watch her die under a tree.The male is now a single dad,forced to take on the roll of mom and dad.He alone has to teach them the skills they need for life.It later proves not to be enough,when two of the now grown pups meet an ugly fate of their own; thanks to the carelessness and cruelity of man.I won't spoil the surprising ending for you,but it does show the farmer and his dogs close on his tail.And it is a well deserved ending after what the audience and the fox family was put through.I wanted to say that I saw this when it first came out in early 1980s, when we had a thing called Showbiz cable.I was only 4 when I saw it,but I could never understand why they wouldn't let me see all of it.Now
This is continually changing between a ground battle between the rebel strike crew on land (including Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Leia), the battle raging on in space (including Lando), and a confrontation between Luke and the Emperor on the new Death Star, which leads up to another duel with Darth Vader.
The next best scene is when Luke rushes to strike back Darth Vader to protect Leia.
They strike up a friendship as she teaches him the many tricks she learned whilst living on the street.
But in addition to that, he has a third strike: he's gay.
They and other construction workers vow to strike after a fellow employee dies from a faulty equipment accident.
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