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They'd not noted, of course, that everyone from Ernie Kovacs to John Zacherle had already done that "brilliant and wholly original idea" on television -- and, most notably, Steve Martin did it in a feature film, "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid," one year prior to "Zelig."
The film tries to be a thoughtful approach to the series, but it only ends up being tedious, dull, and wholly lacking in entertainment value.
The idea of a video game as a movie (not a movie adaptation of a video game) isn't a wholly new one, and there have been efforts made on both shores to properly adapt the concept without adapting a game itself.
The ending is wholly predictable but somehow satisfying for a film of this ilk.
i've seen worse movies - movies that were less inspired and movies that were more wholly inept - but only a handful, if that, were even nearly as painful.
Bogus and manipulative all the way through, it's a patronizing rip-off even without its condescending and wholly fraudulent ideas about Appalachian history.
This film is wholly deserving of its substantial classic status.
There is a wholly moral line of thought which suggests such attacks on children require no forgiving back story and are disgraceful in themselves, with or without the nod of history, but that doesn't seem have occurred to the makers (BBCNI, of course).
This new film, because it is a black comedy, is wholly admirable despite its unremitting cynicism, and it provides many hysterically funny situations and lines of dialogue.
Notable performances that enhanced the truthfulness of Peter Buckman's adaption were turned in by Harry Andrews as the irascible, wholly independent Fitzgeorge and John Franklyn-Robbins uncomfortable in his own skin as Kay.
i wholly disagreed with most of the other comments.
Example: in the scene where he takes on the voices of Churchill, Stalin, and others, it's wholly within his character's desire to persuade the little girl (who's wonderfully played, by the way) that hope remains.
From the ludicrously over the top car chases, to the hackneyed dialogue, wholly predictable plot "twists" and diabolical attempts at comedy there's always something to laugh at (though never with).
But with my friend there to explain all the cultural and religious references and jokes, it was a truly unique, educational and wholly funny experience.
Nevertheless, 'Baseball Bugs' is a fun short which I always enjoy seeing and which is not wholly undeserving of its reputation as a classic, even if it does pale in comparison to the truly great Warner cartoons
The acting is amateur and wholly unconvincing.
It's not that it shows romantic landscapes or a wholly 'pretty' view of the country; quite the opposite.
The ancient warriors were wholly unnecessary and take up literally about 8 minutes of the entire movie.
Paradoxically, some deem human rights to be wholly inefficacious where their recognition is most required.
“A largely or wholly solar economy can be constructed in the United States with straightforward soft technologies that are now demonstrated and now economic or nearly economic,” environmentalist Amory Lovins declared in 1976.
In fact, it might be more accurate to say that it is wholly separate.
But they have persisted on this course in the face of a fierce campaign to dissuade them – including threats of Israeli sanctions and a cut-off of financial support to the Palestinian Authority by the US Congress – owing to their wholly understandable lack of confidence that anything will move without some new spark.
Sometimes her expression is briefly clouded by a streak of stifled pain, obstinate and not wholly contained.
When the Lisbon Treaty was signed, Germany was wholly hostile to giving the ECB such a role.
In other words, replacement of the 20 resigned Commissioners by a wholly new Commission approved by the Member States and endorsed by the European Parliament, could take several more months, and might not be complete until the second half of the year.
Even after the violent dismemberment of multiethnic Yugoslavia, none of the successor states can claim to be wholly homogeneous.
This fear is understandable, and not wholly irrational.
To enable progress, confidentiality was vital (despite US negotiators’ claims that the discussions were wholly transparent).
To consider just one obstacle, no vessels suitable for installing offshore foundations comply with the Jones Act, which requires that work on such projects use US-flag ships, constructed in the US, and owned and wholly operated by US citizens.
Mainstream politicians have failed to come together to combat populism because they are focused wholly on their own careers and the next election.
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