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It's always a thrill to find a show that is smartly written, assumes the audience has brains and displays subtle humor.
Damn this whole movie has an erotic dirty naughty cold evil undertone to it... it's subtle dance just keeps you drawn to it... you're just waiting for someone to get whacked.
I really like how subtle and light-hearted it is, but still has a huge impact on the audience.
Its laughs are subtle, but plentiful.
There was much subtle humor, sweet feelings, and Kim Frank just portrayed a dreamy character.
Subtle use of devices from other classic films (watch for 'Back to the Future', 'Indiana Jones..', 'Harvey', 'Tremors'.. and more).
It is a very subtle movie that provides an intoxicating experience.
The plot itself is simple - Kevin Spacey plays a mental patient Prot who claims to be from the planet K-pax who arrived to Earth by a beam of light, while Dr. Powell played by Jeff Bridges tries to help him to solve his delusions... First of all, I must admit the cast is perfectly chosen: Kevin Spacey is really brilliant in portraying the intriguing character of Prot, always walking in the fine line of convincing us that it is real and then making us wonder whether he is delusional or not... Some of the gem scenes include the one where Prot innocently eats the whole banana (even the peal) while in session with Dr. Powell; or the observatory scene where he confidently shows his knowledge of the K-Pax system to the astonished astronomers... Jeff Bridges on the other hand is the subtle, rational side of this movie, and he delivers it perfectly.
Beautiful, subtle, witty, with a few hidden surprises waiting for the viewer, this movie stands up to being seen again and again, and the story within the story, The Umbrella, is done so well, as we watch the scene unfold from drawings in a book.
And while often even the most serious HK films tend to insert quite a bit of humor in between all the drama and action, often spoiling the mood a bit, here the jokes are kept subtle and woven into the plot, even improving character relations.
Some references to today's world are very subtle.
A lot of the reviews seem to miss the point that the comedy is based on a quite subtle at times (at other times right in your face) contrast between old and new China.
Not until it's over do you realize it covers issues that are not only subtle but significant.
The comedy is subtle but strong, the romance has it's moments, and it is certainly a believable situation film.
Anthony Minghela's (writer/director) Cold Mountain is a carefully constructed, sensitive, and intelligent drama set in the social context of the confederacy during the civil war, which deals with the politics of the war in a very subtle and realistic manner.
Subtle and genuine actions on the part of the characters that had me watching what they were going to do next.
Holden and Jones SIZZLE in this movie, but not in the way we think of sizzling today -- it's very subtle and under the surface -- yet palpable.
We know that all documentaries are "mediated" to some extent and this one has Herzog's subtle hand all over it, most notably in the stunning music, the unbelievably expert selection of archival footage, and the management of cascading images.
There are too many people on this board who have obviously missed the subtle wit of this series.
The humor is subtle, and at times dry, and this makes it all the more realistic, as it is woven into the daily escapades of the characters.
The intricate and subtle gestures and minimal dialog take the tension to a point where an otherwise normal argument shocks the audience.
The passion of the actors,without the overacting, the aching for all the characters involved, the serious and subtle truths about marriage and divorce, all make this a must see movie, despite the fact that it is 1970s.
The subtle sub-text that permeates the entire movie has way too much to it to have been planned and portrayed; instead, it seems to have 'grown' itself, like some wild flower in the middle of a vegetable garden.
Ensconced in all the many of William Wyler's equanimity of subtle "multi-plots"...intentionally NOT "surrounding," "mini" or "sub" plots...in all their "colors and shades of intensity"...did more, than anything else I can recall, to provide to me some semblance of "reason" and "rational explanation" of what had been going on all around me...in REAL life.
Quickly the movie grabbed me with the depth of the characters and subtle plot.
He is both beautiful and very subtle, with no lines whatsoever.
There's subtle romance which is what I like, personally.
After watching the movie a few times, I found so many subtle touches and emotions within the dialogue.
Along the way she befriends a nice man, an ex-footballer player that suffered brain damage from a traumatic head injury, played in unexpectedly subtle fashion by a young James Caan, and decides to 'help' him, despite becoming frustrated with his simple ways.
For the horror genre, it has quite a few of subtle symbolics and references.
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