Word: clunker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...similar leap of illogic assumes that because women in the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Sweden consume lots of milk and also suffer high rates of breast cancer, the former must cause the latter. Another clunker is Cohen's claim that widespread lactose intolerance--the inability to digest dairy products--means milk is of little use as a source of calcium. In fact, many cases of lactose intolerance are mild and interfere only slightly with calcium uptake. Many people intolerant of milk can easily digest yogurt. And lactase tablets can make dairy products digestible even in severe cases...
WILL WINJames Cameron for Titanic. Cameron does have a way with large-scale spectacle, but he also wrote a clunker of a script...
...makers of this super-animatronic clunker were so enamored with themselves for creating swarms of giant bugs, big fancy spaceships and massive explosions, and so sure the audience would be equally enthralled, that they neglected to make a passable movie. The special effects are unsupported by any semblance of plot, character development, directing, acting or editing. If you've seen the preview, then you've enjoyed it considerably more than anyone who actually had to sit through...
...makers of this super-animatronic clunker were so enamored with themselves for creating swarms of giant bugs, big fancy spaceships and massive explosions, and so sure the audience would be equally enthralled, that they neglected to make a passable movie. The effects are unsupported by any semblance of plot, character development, directing, editing or acting. If you've seen the preview, then you've enjoyed it considerably more than anyone who actually sat through...
...love scene between her and Wesley Snipes could have energized this clunker, but his semi-platonic cameo made him seem more like a guest star on a sitcom than a leading man. What on earth is the point of getting the girl if you don't even kiss...