Word: lighting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would be the first person to watch a movie that put teenagers in a really realistic light. I think a sugarcoated view of teenage life has its place--a lot of those films are highly entertaining. But when you are doing a serious piece, and demonstrating that film can be art, the more real your portrayal is, the better...
...honest reporter for a moment), the Backstreet Boys delivered an energetic and completely spellbinding show. The concert struck like an avalanche, as the boys emerged from the sky (they might as well been "gods" descending from the heavens to their shrieking fans) amidst smoke, light and thundering fireworks to the opening score of Star Wars. They followed their "Larger Than Life" opening with other Millennium debut material, each song displaying a harder and edgier sound than their older hits. Likewise, the choreographed dancing and effects were red-hot. The entire scene was mass hysteria--an electric visual thrill that ignited...
...Bulldogs are currently ranked No. 8, a spot that may change in light of a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of UConn on Wednesday...
...life crisis. Lester's voice-overs insist that it is so much more: the rediscovery of beauty in the world, of accessible pleasures. Still, he really does little more than abandon his adult responsibilities and regress to teenage indulgences. Lester's raging at the dying of the light might be a little more poignant if it meant more than rediscovering psychedelia and getting into a coed's pants. Furthermore, Angela (played by the svelte and perceptive Mena Suvari) is nearly as brittle and shallow as Lester's wife. Lester isn't checking out of the race, he's just trading...
Then I remembered the prayer my mother said after she helped me get ready for the first day of kindergarten. She said that she wanted me to listen to my teachers and enjoying learning from them, and wished me success from that day on. In light of her hopes, a skirt is more than just a skirt. It becomes a hope for a good year and a respect for learning. And that's something that is definitely not frivolous, superficial or materialistic...