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However, I am a great fan of A.A. Milne's books which are very subtle and hide a wry intelligence behind the childlike quality of its leading characters.
This film was not subtle.
It's a pity because with a bit of imagination and and some subtle changes this could have been a worthwhile film.
There seems to be an intent to convey some subtle spiritual/love/friendship message but it is so pathetically devoid of any substance you can't help but cringe.
The subtle tense atmosphere of the original remake are no where to be seen.
They have taken one of the most subtle and bright comic novels and made it dull.
The dialogue is lifeless, many lines seem like political statements, subtle or entertaining is this pic not.
The climax takes place inside an arena where one-man army Nero 'eliminates' George and what has remained of his gang from previous confrontations; the subtle way in which he despatches his nemesis, however, is effectively done.
But, instead, I realized that these films have made the very determination of the great "tragedy" trivial when the same boring situations, the same suffocating dysfunctional families and friendships continue to play out just have they been over and over again in some sort of attempt to knock out previous distortions of family life (much of it existing in the 1950s and earlier with personality and character aberrations being made ever so subtle), supplanting it instead with the "reality" of how things actually are.
This is also the worst acting I've seen T.L.Jones do(he brings nothing new or subtle to his stereotyped character).
There's too much foreshadowing and to many "subtle" clues, so when the first twist arrives early on, you already know how the movie is going to end.
Jamal wants to be Chris Tucker (whom I've always found very annoying), as a previous commentator has noted, but Peanut (Edward D. Smith), while some of his (over)reactions go on way too long (a director's problem), has some comparatively subtle and funny moments, such as when he is trying to instruct Jamal on the proper method of smoking a joint with a buddy.
I understand it had some subtle adult jokes in it but my children have yet to catch on.
This film makes a carry on seem subtle as far as sexual innuendo goes ( no mean feat), and has all the charisma of a corpse with rigamortis.
The subtle birth of essential truth is forgotten.
The foreshadowing was as subtle as a two ton sledgehammer.
It's the most subtle moment in the movie.
The "bad guys" are the worst kind of cliche, and there's not a subtle moment in the film.
John Knowles modern masterpiece, A Separate Peace, are one of many subtle, and subtly is the watch word, themes of love, hate, jealously, denial and regret.
Those type of movies have substance and are so involving it's easy to miss an important portion of dialog, or a subtle nuance to plot details you may have overlooked.
Racism is a serious issue but I think a subtle approach in cinema works far better than laying it on with trowel.
Drew Barrymore, fresh off her acclaimed role as "Poison Ivy", must have done this film simply as a favor to director Phedon Papamichael (he was the cinematographer on "Ivy"); playing a character named Daisy Drew (!), she's bumped off right away, which leaves us with no one to look at but Jeff Fahey and Sean Young (who hasn't had a single subtle moment on camera since "Blade Runner").
It has very subtle humor, but it is not meant to offer quick amusement as seen in Tom and Jerry or something like this.
It is the subtle humor woven around a seemingly straight-forward narrative that tells a great story, but allows you to enjoy the visuals at the same time.
I'm astonished how a filmmaker notorious for his political left-wing fervor could make such a subtle, non-sanctimonious picture.
It combines a wicked sense of humor with a subtle assault on homophobia.
I noticed that many of Cagney's films done with Warner Brothers in the 1930s lacked realism and his acting style was far from subtle.
There is a certain subtle charm that flows through Tom Selleck's performances.
No, it's not that funny, though i have laughed a bit at some moments, it's just so subtle.
It's about characters, their feelings, very subtle.
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