Word: charmless
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...narrative, but often a disjointed and pretentious one. If it's not always clear what's dream and what's reality in the Village, it's also not always clear what's complexity and what's affectation in The Prisoner. And it doesn't help that Caviezel's blank, charmless performance gives us no real anchor or connection with his quest...
Dongguan, along with a handful of similar nearby towns, is the real Santa's factory at the North Pole. A sprawling, charmless city of 7.5 million that sits 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong in southern China, Dongguan produces a vast amount of the toys that will end up under Christmas trees around the world. Toys were one of the critical, low-wage, low-tech industries on which China built its economic ascent over the past 30 years. But as workers such as Wei know better than anyone, 2008 is the year that that...
People who live near Trump's site worry about the prospect of shadows, of crowded subways and buses. Yet Television City does not really seem so disruptive. The site, a defunct rail yard, is empty land; urban renewal rendered most of the adjoining blocks charmless years ago. Moreover, 8,000 new apartments should channel some of the gentrifying development pressure away from fragile Manhattan neighborhoods. The rooftop acreage is ingenious: the park will be above the elevated highway that runs along the Hudson, allowing pedestrians unimpeded views and a sense of riverfront connection...
...give property developments breathless coverage, have also been remarkably muted in recent months. Ironically, the developers of those foreign-styled suburbs that are already finished report high sales rates for what are, after all, some of Shanghai's most comfortable neighborhoods, even if some of them feel as charmless and inauthentic as an oversize miniature-golf course. But as the upper echelons move into their plush digs, the rest of the city is left to wonder why there aren't enough satellite towns suited for them. In the end, Shanghai's concession to an international future may prove as politically...
...about nine seconds, Yun, our charmless but unbelievably efficient waiter is back, putting down the tea, and breathless to take our order. Impressed by the speed and the lack of pretense, I try desperately to keep up—my eyes darting across the enormous menu, ordering all sorts of things I’ve never seen before...