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The action is toned down considerably!
If they had just toned it down a little.
In this installment, the sexual innuendo has been toned down with Kam showing a caring maternal side towards a recently orphaned genius teen.
But for awhile, the smaller studios were producing movies about teenagers that wasn't toned downed or soften for the kiddies.
I've read somewhere that the original screenplay had to be toned down, which doesn't surprise me at all - if they tried to really show what the battle was like, it would have been almost impossible to make I'm sure.
The toned down appeal of the film, centering on the studied view of a relationship put through an emotional ringer, is a retread into Happy Together territory but without the hyper-kinetic patchwork of jarring film stocks and hyper-saturated sequences that have become a trademark of Kar-Wai's films since Chungking Express.
The result is that for the first time, possibly in his career, Brophy was toned down enough actually to add something to a film rather than try the viewer's patience with the irritating behaviour of a retarded but unruly six year-old.
His performance there was toned down, with none of his trademark goggle-eyed stare, although that may have something to do with him being replaced for most of the movie by a cartoon fish.
I could not get close or sympathize with any of the characters and I'm no prude, but the sex scenes were really unnecessary or they could have been toned down.
I'd give-away the plot if there was any, besides the usual death scenes (hopelessly toned down for TV sensibilities) and some of the worst acting I've seen.
None of the traditionally "weird" and impressive costumes looked like what they were supposed to be (i.e. the candies didn't look like candies, the rats didn't look like rats but rather like chocolate kisses,) the acting was weak, perhaps toned down too much for the screen, and the choreography just didn't do anything for me.
Tim Thomerson is still the best thing about this series, but his wisecracking is toned down in this entry.
But as the series continued he toned down his performance and I totally loved him.
Good humor is a sustaining virtue which goes a long way towards explaining the accessability of the aged source material (which has been toned down a bit in its harsh scepticism).
There are no overtures to serious issues (even the illiteracy angle is just a plot-tool for the ensuing love story) and no real fireworks, though the characters are intentionally a bit colorless and the leads are toned down to an interesting degree.
His shallow fake bravery is toned down into serious resolve.
With a slightly toned down Carrey antics yet with just the zap and crackle of his old self, Carrey powerfully carries this movie to the height of laughter and also some dramatic, tearfully somber moments.
This is a fun movie, with absolutely everything: ghosts, the spooky castle, repeated visions of past events, sex and violence ( though both have been toned down in the version most Americans have seen over the years.)
A toned down maybe less acrobatic scarecrow would've made this movie much less cheesy.
But, as the series progressed, the writing got better, the cast got more comfortable with their roles and Moore toned it down a little.
They seem to have been a sort of toned down version of "The Three Stooges," and - not being much of a "Stooges" fan - I actually appreciated their more toned down style of comedy.
Lipstick Jungle, while toned down from Sex and the City, is a great option for those of us missing that show.
The insistent preaching of the series is thankfully toned down, with the emphasis on a slightly more exciting adventure that recycles the perils of the previous films, like falling rocks and sheer drops.
Furthermore, literally everything about this effort is toned down from the original.
There are so many points here that could have been explored in better and/or subtle ways...Joe the billionaire deserved to be toned down for the sake of realism, for one!
Her dyed blonde locks now toned down to a still teased, yet slightly more modest black.
It's not toned down; it's non-existent.
The color content was toned perfectly and the fight scenes were flawless!
On the whole, this movie seemed more of an experience, including the somewhat obnoxious antics of Bill Murray whose slightly toned down style preserved then sanity of this movie for me.
Based on a bestselling book, and supposedly toned down a bit, the picture was a huge hit for Fox, spawning a mediocre 1961 movie sequel and a highly watched 1960s television series.
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