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This show is even more biased to the far left than Fox News is toward the right.
But it was geared in my opinion toward little kids.
The movie should be viewed by students of film, sociology and American history so they might have a better understanding of the negative, demeaning attitudes toward Blacks so prevalent in the U.S. until relatively recently, traces of which still exist.
Yes, the film "exploits" the very real feelings people have toward violent wanton crime, but this story could have been a lot more exploitive than it is.
Toward the end when he does his "not alone, not alone" speech, it's just hollow words.
A man's relentless drive toward self-destruction is the tenor plot in this film, but the surrounding study of human nature, and of what can be the ultimate values in life fill out the canvas.
At first he's all shy, and toward the end, he becomes a real bohemian charmer with his poetry and professions of love.
The filmmakers point out how the misuse of the Bible by Judeo-Christian leaders has created not only an environment that leads to shaming but also condones "sanctified violence" projected toward gays and lesbians.
Yet, I wonder if those who did not enjoy this movie as I did might not find it more interesting if viewed today with gas heading toward $4 and then maybe $5 a gallon?
They also point out that Quintis has become rather smug toward the end of the movie.
Everyone seemed dispassionate about any and every thing that was happening or had happened or toward each other.
Strange gas erupts from the earth and mysterious red lights appear out of nowhere, causing the world's population to slowly die off as this unknown menace moves from the North & South Poles toward the equator.
One plus, at least from my perspective, is that there's far less actual violence directed toward animals.
The story/screenplay by David Kajganich tries very hard to be substantial (Viking runes were left in about eight farms and the Nazi's preoccupation with the occult made them spend years tacking them down - the runes being a means toward immortality if you drink the right blood yada yada yada...), but in the end this is just another of the genre as SAW 1 - 6(?), Seven, Silence of the Lambs, Halloween 1 - 5, etc.
Ironically, the zombies are less lethal toward our protagonist than some other humans.
Lots of cut-scenes toward the beginning of the film didn't really serve a purpose.
While this documentary lost its focus toward the end (when the son--filmmaker Chris Roe--became a bit whiny), I found it insightful, touching, and often funny.
Perhaps the fact that this film is now 59 years old and what was arguably fast-moving then now veers toward the pedestrian draws attention to this basic flaw.
But Lazaro is vengeful toward the men who killed his mother, and has the opportunity to strike back!
We hear strains of Edward Elgar in the background, and see painful images of what it must have been like for this soldier, as the Japanese slowly crawled toward the Americans on the black sand at night.
Everyone stays true to their colors and it rolls toward a predictable conclusion.
The show took its first turn toward the direction of Science Fiction with the introduction of the Bionic Bigfoot played by Andre the Giant as well as the hidden colony of alien beings.
Soon, the guide will start having strong feelings toward Tania (the movie seems to imply you should never include a beautiful woman in an otherwise all-male expedition).
Frank is supposed to be a goofy and likable guy who grows on us despite his unorthodox methods toward couples coaching.
The surprising thing when viewed from an historical perspective, is that society's attitudes toward diversity have changed little and gay people are still struggling with the problems presented in this movie.
Meeting a former very beautiful lover is a romantic way toward change.
We adults know, wink-wink, the folly of the tiger and bear, but we love such stories and we crave expectation-building stories like an addiction, she seems to say...and thereby in childhood learning sets the stage for evaluating the ensuing adult ventures toward their own mirage-like horizons.
This documentary takes a boy's defense of his father's work ethic and aims it at a man who has done a great work toward opening the eyes of a nation toward the misdirections of its leadership -- a great work ethic in itself.
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.
Toward the end you see two guys sitting at night in the rain with the statue of John Lennon, the forlorn hopes and dreams for freedom and spontaneity.
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