Word: flaws
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Frank pointed out another flaw with the footprints...
...flaw that colors everything in the film, however, is Taymor’s hesitant and wobbly direction. While the ballsy Titus knew well that it was visually arresting and never forgot, Frida oscillates nervously between an intense visual palette and boring displays of ho-hum period cinematography and horrendously contrived narrative set-ups that bore more than they evoke. Early in the film, the trolley crash that renders Kahlo periodically unable to walk is shot and edited with a shocking visceral quality and a brash artistic confidence. Immediately after, Taymor gives us a shamelessly trippy, grotesque animated sequence that quite...
...movie’s greatest flaw is its inability to create a sympathetic character in Katie. The screenplay rarely delves thoughtfully into her mind; instead, it relys on shamelessly dramatic flashbacks of her father leaving her in a field of snow to give the audience insight into her doom-riddled fear of abandonment. Moreover, although the most crucial aspect of Katie’s affliction that feeds into the final plot twist is rather obvious right from the start, the movie chooses to pretend that the viewer has no clue about this key fact and plows through scene after scene...
...Bush Administration hawks, however, there are two flaws in pursuing the UN route. The first is that the international body does not share Washington's policy of regime-change, and is concerned only with disarmament. That gives Saddam plenty of wiggle room by simply playing ball, unconditionally for now at least, with any new inspection regime. The second flaw is that a UN process is likely to delay a showdown, particularly if arms inspections are actually resumed. The case for urgency may have less to do with any immediate concerns about the state of Saddam's weapons programs...
...main flaw with Bush’s plan is that there are other countries seeking to acquire nuclear and biological weapons, including ones that are against the United States, Sewall said...