Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...here is that all the bands are comprised of teenagers, representing the sway these movies hold on today's adolescents. Considering the band members represent a generation that wasn't even old enough to go to the cinema without their parents when these movies came out, this may seem odd--but then, perhaps because they weren't actual teens, they were able to take the often mushy emotions in both the movies and their accompanying soundtracks at face value...
...charming drama Scent of a Woman. But where Woman had Al Pacino at the helm and young Chris O'Donnell in the eagerbeaver supporting role, Meet Joe Black reverses this buddy-buddy formula. Here, Anthony Hopkins is demoted to a supporting role and Pitt becomes the leading man. This odd conception of the roles proves fatal: Pitt can't carry the burden and Hopkins can only pick up after him so many times...
...good shot and a clean kill. The 50-odd lbs. of venison will make cube steaks, stews and sausages. Cedric wastes no time on the Bambi syndrome. But to associate him with a Jonesboro syndrome is an error of human intuition...
...very odd. Nothing was taken except the bags," Weld said. None of the bags was conspicuously marked withYale identification...
Which is an odd thing, for funny is not the way serious-minded people get ahead in America. The road to the White House is littered with bodies of wits like Fred Harris and Mo Udall and Bob Dole. Business leaders and college presidents--they're not funny. Being funny is not even the way certified funny people get ahead. Robin Williams won his Oscar for one of his suffering-psychiatrist parts. Steve Martin now works with David Mamet...