Word: passionate
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...this for Weitz: he got the movie made, even in its current gelded form. But there's something missing, beyond the iconoclastic theology, in this perfectly OK, blandly underwhelming superproduction. The movie lacks an elevating passion, a cohesive vision, a soul. It's as if The Golden Compass has misplaced its artistic compass. Somebody stole its daemon...
...Chen’s passion for politics seems to have shown through when he worked as an intern for the Senate Republican Conference one summer in college...
...founder and former roommate, said he has gained respect for Chen because of his passion, dedication, and open-mindedness...
...Kaufman says she fell in love with the theater community here because of its unique dynamic. “There’s such a community because it’s extracurricular. Also, because of that, there’s a vitality and passion,” she says. “If there were a formal concentration or department, personally, I think it would create a weird dynamic.”Kaufman goes on to explain that there would be a hierarchy of those studying drama versus those choosing to study other fields, creating tension when allocating resources, such...
...MacEwan is not Jane Austen, and the adaptation of “Atonement” seems destined for a better end. The younger, more capricious Cecilia Tallis is a much better match for Knightley than the wry Elizabeth Bennet. The World War II backdrop and brief scenes of passion, as well as the quality of MacEwan’s prose, all lend themselves well to Wright’s eye for lush cinematography and emotional bravado. In many ways “Atonement” promises to harken back to the great literary adaptations of the late 1980s and early...