Word: climaxes
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...devoted only 12 secs. each at breakfast time. After all those girls he had a son, JoJo, a silent, sulking lad in Goth attire. (In the original, and JoJo was unrelated to the main Whovian - just "a very small shirker" who performs a crucial role at the climax.) So the movie combines two kinds of parenting: literally, as the Mayor and JoJo find a project to bring them together, and figuratively, as Horton (a fine vocal job by Carrey) grandly represents the kindness of strangers...
...subside, as the film starts parading its strong story sense and its plethora of heart. There's an old-fashioned suspense sequence, in which Horton tries to navigate a rickety rope bridge, that's as well choreographed as any action scene from an Indiana Jones movie. So is the climax, with the Who-villagers shouting in desperate chorus to save both their world and their benefactor's life. I won't say it's emotionally wrenching, but the man sitting in front of the child at the screening was bathed in tears...
...houses almostas well as striking footage of the wintryfields and lakes beneath the open skies ofrural America. The film’s visual appealis greatest during its most brutal scenes.Sequences of abuse contrast dramaticallywith interspersed shots of farmlandsunsets, which provide some of the film’sonly warm colors.The climax, in which James takesTara to her grandfather’s farm, marks theleast believable portion of the film. Tara’sgrandfather, played by Dennis Hopper(“Easy Rider”), is flat and underdevelopedas a character. Hopper succeeds inportraying the cruelty that caused hischildren to run away...
...song’s lyrics, such as “I lied awake thinking of the hope that’s laid on me,” perfectly lay out the heartbreaking reality of this story and the situation in Afghanistan. Musically, the song builds to a sweeping climax worthy of Arcade Fire, and within the first two songs the album has already reached emotional depths other artists often miss in their efforts to make a quick point...
...Dangerous Laughter,” takes the shape of alternate rewritings of the past, chilling renderings of the present, and dystopian predictions of the future. The stories are strung together by the systems of thought and practice that Millhauser elaborates and explores to the point of either inevitable climax or collapse—and often both. Though Millhauser may expand the ideas behind his stories to points way beyond reality, his creations stand like fragmented prompts for the reader to consider rather than a set of answers neatly handed to her on a platter. Millhauser’s characters wade...