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...Director David Fincher has a wicked sense of humor. "A David Fincher film" deliberately takes one character on a (unnecessary?) roller-coaster and then leaves them strandedto deal with the traumatic aftermath. In Seven, Brad Pitt undergoes torture after torture and finally ends up on a desert road with his wife's head in a box. Pitt's detective had everything stacked so high against them that Fincher gleefully waits until 10 minutes before the movie ends to let everything collapse upon his hero.It's a sadistically amusing abuse of power. The Game is even better. This time...
...year was a roller coaster that began with a shocking 24-0 loss at Columbia, but entering Week Nine, the Crimson was 3-2 in the Ivy and had the opportunity to secure a tie for the title by beating Penn and Yale. Two losses ended those repeat dreams...
...Crimson (11-10, 1-6 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) experienced a roller coaster season full of climactic ups and downs. In his first year with the Crimson, Head Coach Tom Wilson attempted to find the right chemistry among a wealth of young players...
...Crimson came up just short, falling in a decisive game to eventual league champion Cornell, 3-1, near year's end. That game came on the heels of a roller-coaster season that saw Harvard struggle offensively at times but play splendidly at others...
...impressive but almost always flawed. Genre movies and silly Hollywood "products" are easy: you always know what you are going to get when you hand over your two bits and your two hours. There is a deep satisfaction in getting exactly what you pay for: a quick roller-coaster, or a good cry, or the fantasy of another life. Often, these pleasures don't even have to be shallow; some of the best movies inspire simple reactions and simple pleasures. There is so much joy in the way Gene Kelly hops and swoons through puddles in Singing in the Rain...