Subject: Reviews/Criticism (Page 14)

The acting is always good, but when it's not, you can always expect that character to flash her boobs, so who's complaining?

editor, director, performer, & film reviewer
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My first thought in watching The Hobbit was: Do we really need this movie? It was my last thought, too.

film reviewer & critic
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Whew! That was close: something almost happened there for a minute.

writer, editor & film reviewer
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Since the scenes where they're together are so much less convincing than the ones where they fall apart, watching the movie is like being on a double-date from hell.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense, and the human desire to be entertained. No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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This is the kind of show to give pornography a bad name.

(1927 – 2008) British-born American writer & critic
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If they'd stuffed the child's head up the horse's arse, they would have solved two problems at once.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
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George Moore wrote excellent English until he discovered grammar.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Communication Language Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

Troy is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer, according to the credits. Homer’s estate should sue.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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More dreadful than dangerous.

musician & film reviewer
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No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out.

(1942 – 2013) American film critic, journalist & screenwriter
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It’s a thing, not a movie –- if, that is, you believe a movie should be more than an accumulation of prankish set-pieces flimsily strung over 80 skimpy minutes.

film critic
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The works of Richardson… are pictures of high life as conceived by a bookseller, and romances as they would be spiritualized by a Methodist preacher.

(1717 – 1797) English art historian, antiquarian & politician
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 might be the most beautiful and well made bad film in history.

film critic
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I have been told that Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.

(1850 – 1896) American journalist
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The only reason you could possibly want to sit through this low-rent rip-off is to force your significant other to terminate the relationship because of your terrible taste in films.

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A bad temper, like Mr. Whistler's paintings, should never be displayed in public.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Characteristics Reviews/Criticism

To imagine that there was a whole process required to bring this film to screen is almost too painful to imagine.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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Battlefield Earth should be shown only at maximum-security prisons when a prisoner is tossed in solitary for bad behavior.

American film critic
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He has a splendid repertoire of 500 words; why does he insist on using only 150?

(1915 – 2002) Israeli diplomat & politician
Communication Language Reviews/Criticism

The main character’s bout with cancer throughout 50/50 was nothing compared to the mental anguish I was forced to deal with as the 'plot' of this misguided medical morass unfolded before me.

(movie reviews at mrcranky.com)
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