Word: effective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said he did not think Jackson's actions in Kosovo would have a negative effect on his reception...
...creating a full experience, all operas must represent some sort of aesthetic principle--the playfulness and humor of the early Mozart, the heaviness of Wagner. More than with a play or musical, all the elements of a well-done--opera music, costumes, lights, scenery--should resonate with a single effect. The aesthetic of King Kong is one of decontextualization and deconstruction, of presenting the familiar as unfamiliar...
...creating a full experience, all operas must represent some sort of aesthetic principle--the playfulness and humor of the early Mozart, the heaviness of Wagner. More than with a play or musical, all the elements of a well-done--opera music, costumes, lights, scenery--should resonate with a single effect. The aesthetic of King Kong is one of decontextualization and deconstruction, of presenting the familiar as unfamiliar...
...were a studio executive in the '70s, you would probably have turned down Star Wars. A farmboy from another galaxy leaves home to fight an evil empire and save a beautiful princess? On paper at least, it sounds like a high-budget kiddie flick. And, in effect, thats what itreally is. No one but a bunch of pre-pubescent boys and perhaps a handful of adults who just refused to grow up would want to see it, or so the reasoning of the times went...
...Unfortunately, whenever the new movie offers such a scene, bad editing or poor acting cancels its effect. Watching the movie, one aches for a certain glory, but the camera never seems to linger long enough, and the awe and agony that pervaded the original movies never registers in the faces of Ewan McGregor or Liam Neeson. When those actors, respectively playing Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon, "swim" into an underwater metropolis at the start of the movie, one feels a tinge of wonder, but it is immediately muddled by over-done special effects. Often, the music is off (John...