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The story had a
tendency
to become clumsy and unfocused, but Disney's Black Cauldron suffered from the same problem.
I think the
tendency
would be to portray Bettie Page as some sort of sex vixen, like a Jayne Mansfield.
Well, it actually presaged by one year the
tendency
of 50s movies to enlighten us as to the innocence of "juvenile delinquents", and the guilt of "society".
March, who had a
tendency
to be hammy, strikes just the right balance between Norman's vulnerability and his pomposity.
One must first look at Philippine culture to realize that in the Archipelago, there is a
tendency
to believe that "more is better".
There's sometimes a
tendency
to take for granted what Woody Allen can do when he makes films "outside the box".
Two, of the new sheriff who has the
tendency
to consider him as a dangerous person and a trouble maker.
The point of the film is to make fun of phony sentimentalism, sanctimonious posturing, and the general
tendency
of the media to put profit ahead of grace, dignity, and the simple truth.
Hallmarks of the category include female chauvinist perspectives, emasculated or violent male characters (if there are any men to speak of), long stagnant takes shot on digital video, and an aggressive
tendency
toward unresolved endings.
The only problem is that it has a
tendency
to sink to the level of The Three Stooges, with Robinson playing the Moe role.
Well , "Rocket Power " was the first in start with this stupid
tendency
, and maybe for that reason it is the most annoying and boring cartoon of all the time .
Throughout the mini he has displayed a marked
tendency
to concentrate on what would look good rather than on what would work well dramatically.
It does, however, have a
tendency
to stop on a dime and go the other way - From humor to serious relationship discussions.
Dunne is a pretty easy-going, sensible woman, but Grant shows a
tendency
to be rather flighty and impulsive.
The cinema MUST surely have taught us all enough about the lives and work of conmen by now for us to find it ludicrously improbable that either of the two main characters would be willing to expose thousands of dollars of money already "in hand" in order to secure the alleged "sure thing" of a deal that is to net them many thousands more (after all, it is the endemic idiocy of such greed and of the general greed-driven
tendency
to forget the "bird in the bush" principle that is the very basis of a conman's livelihood).
While the Deathstalker was basically a brutal and invincible Barbarian cheapo version of Conan played by muscleman Rick Hill in the first movie, the title character became a skinny guy with a
tendency
towards stupid jokes.
Still, once Lacy makes headway into Garland's fascinating movie career, she has a
tendency
to then double-back and give us more of the old stuff.
The episode concentrates mostly on Cartman and Butters, and how Cartman's scheming mind and
tendency
to over-think things creates his own downfall.
It is nice to see characters that are true to their natures and which do not exhibit that nasty
tendency
to change personalities in midstream just because it was convenient to give a shortcut to the plot.
The first of Jones's short lived Hubie and Bertie series about two frequently cruel and sadistic mice and their
tendency
to prey on the emotionally frail, 'The Aristo-Cat' reduces the star character's roles to virtual cameos.
Ben Stiller is especially yawn-inducing as Starsky, a character with no personality other than a
tendency
to whininess.
Its greatest problem is its unfortunate
tendency
to encapsulate complex political issues in slogans, and those slogans, in turn, in characters - the portrayal of John Knox (who does little more than storm about and utter his most famous quote) exemplifies this.
I think that many of us have a
tendency
to over-analyze these types of movies, when, in fact, we should just sit back and enjoy the experience.
It seems almost incredible that this film was made in 1936, when the almost invariable
tendency
in Hollywood was to portray negroes as (perhaps) lovable, but mostly inept, submissive, rather primitive creatures, good for a laugh and musical entertainment but for not much else.
Coming out at the same time as Ken Russell's rather more amusing Valentino, The World's Greatest Lover suffers from Gene Wilder's sporadic
tendency
to mistake the grotesque for the side-splitting.
This makes the film just that much more disturbing if you ask me because when you're looking at live and in motion footage and can see exactly what led up to that person's death, one has a
tendency
to want to play that terrible scene over and over in their head for days after; and for me it isn't always done intentionally, it's just that it get's in your head and doesn't want to leave until you are able to focus your thoughts on something more pleasant instead until it goes away...which is easier said than done I'm afraid!
We have a
tendency
here in the United States to homoginize prisoners with grey or orange jumpsuits, given them a number, and put them into a regimented lifestyle outside of society.
The change in priorities - and outsiders
' tendency
to overlook it - is not difficult to understand.
The natural
tendency
for monopolies and oligopolies to arise needs to be constrained by regulations.
The US decision reflects two converging forces: a deep-seated foreign-policy
tendency
– manifested by all recent US administrations – to seek hegemony in the Middle East, and Trump’s peculiar brand of psychopathy.
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