Word: climaxes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...almost assured by paying attention to the details; like introducing seemingly unimportant elements of Daniel's character--such as his love of wine and his wine cellar, the nail gun and his rotting wood floor--at the beginning of the film and having them figure prominently in its final climax; and like having victims and supporting actors that actually resemble real human beings. But most signifigantly, Arachnophobia possesses a hero audiences can believe...
...Cosby film, no one can see Dad at first; then only his children; then everybody, if the lights are low and the plot requires it. He walks on floors but falls calf-deep into a carpet. In Ghost Sam can walk through some walls but not others. At the climax, he wastes time trying to persuade Molly to open her door when he has the power to unlatch it. He is a most unreliable specter. If you were Molly, would you trust this ghost enough to have sex with...
...prime example is Thunder's emotional climax, in which Duvall shouts at his young charge, "You're scared, you're scared!" To which Cruise deftly retorts "You're scared, too!" Typical of the entire movie, Towne does not set up this, or any other of the films' emotional turns, with any believability. Cruise's breathtaking response is preceeded by a bewildering psychoanalysis of Duvall's character which would seem to require telepathy and clairvoyance to produce...
...would have been the perfect climax to a lengthy and noble postseason. Two weeks before, the Red Sox themselves had been one strike away from defeat in the American League playoffs when Henderson himself sent an 0-2 pitch into the bleachers, paving the way for a Sox victory...
Even a pre-MTV adult can find the game exhilarating -- for about an hour. Then it runs out of gas or fizzles out, as Gremlins 2 pretends to and ultimately does. At the climax, when other movies are accelerating, a dyna- movie must slow down in a vain search for emotional heft. By the end, viewers may be exhausted from information overload. Instead of leaving the theater with a rosy glow or warm tears, dyna-moviegoers feel like a James Bond vodka martini. They have been shaken but not stirred...