Word: dulling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...film's rather homely Mimi (Evelyne Didi) isn't the fragile beauty of Puccini's opera, but she turns out to be just as consumptive. Her romance with Rodolfo is halfhearted; in a movie preoccupied with hunger, the couple's appetite for each other is depressingly dull. Musette (Christine Murillo) is so marginal to the film's action as to be an extra...
...first glance, this looks like an old, dull school building butparents always walk away with stars in their eyes," said Lisa Norton, a school official who offers tours of the building for parents shopping for schools...
...crowd seemed responsive and started to dance and sing along. When David Gahan sang "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence," the noise from the crowd was audible--not loud but definitely audible. Also Depeche Mode's rendition of "Behind the Wheel" and "Stripped" were definitely the highlights in a dull concert...
...such as "Hot Shots: Part Deux" and "Fatal Instincts" (coming out soon), one wonders why another is required. In fact, Charlie Sheen's chicken-arrow parody of the Robin Hood arrow scene was funnier. Because "Men in Tights" can only make fun of "Prince of Thieves," the storyline becomes dull and predictable and the viewers tend to wonder if Mel Brooks got his sense of humor from John Houseman...
...violence truly affects the way people act will continue to roil, with little chance of being resolved conclusively. For now, however, those alarmed by violence have the upper hand. Until viewers raise new alarms by tuning out in search of more stimulating entertainment, network TV seems headed for a dull, discreet stretch...