Word: inertness
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...Branko Djuric) and a Serb (Rene Bitorajac) are trapped in a trench, exchanging anger and the occasional gunshot. They are aware that the Serbs have booby-trapped one of the dead bodies in their refuge with a spring-loaded bomb. If he is moved, it will explode. But the inert soldier (Filip Sovagovic) is not dead. Now we have a situation--and the makings of a very good movie...
...understandable that the Navy wants to increase training. But in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the people of Vieques asked for a hold on scheduled maneuvers to allow its people time to recover from the emotional distress of terrorism; the Navy responded with 5-inch shells and inert bombs. This is a problem; the Navy must be more responsive to legitimate requests from American citizens...
...time. That doesn't help the three young stars, on whose slim shoulders the whole project rests; they are competent but charisma-free. The film lacks moviemaking buoyancy--the feeling of soaring in space that Rowling's magic-carpet prose gives the reader. The picture isn't inept, just inert...
...Guns, inert grenades and bombs slipped past guards or X-ray machines by FAA agents at Logan airport from...
...Sotos do not reproduce; on the page, they look (and are) rather inert. A work like Green, Red, Blue Writing, 1978, becomes flat in reproduction. On the wall it's a different matter: the painted surface and the wires in front of it vibrate in the most delicate and unpredictable way; their movement is at one with their color; and the result is a real pictorial richness beyond any of the gimmickry that Op Art, Kinetic Art and their hybrids were accused of back...