Word: poignant
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Whereas Flags became a story of manufactured heroism, Letters is a poignant dirge for the defeated. In anticipation of the U.S. attack, Japanese soldiers have dug miles of tunnels to live in and fire from. But everyone, from the stalwart general (Ken Watanabe) on down, realizes that this anthill is to be a mass tomb. Waiting for an enemy with superior firepower, knowing you can't leave, knowing you can't win, knowing you will die--this is the tersest summary...
From Out of Africa and Cry Freedom to The Constant Gardener and Catch a Fire, Hollywood has paraded its love for stories about Africa--as long as they're mostly about white people. The poignant suffering of the blacks is a backdrop to the play of Danny's mixed motives. And, honestly, that's enough, since DiCaprio, here as in The Departed, proves himself the most watchful and watchable actor of his age. Since his teens, he has known how to make moral dilemmas seem both profound and sexy, and at 32 he just keeps getting better...
...eponymous final piece of the play. Like many of the other actors, Kargman’s performance occasionally lacks momentum, seeming to ramble for long periods without character development. Nonetheless, Kargman brings a strong personality to her role that makes it comically superficial, yet ultimately deeply poignant...
...Hero’s Companion,” the third portion, highlighted the extraordinary ability of co-concertmaster J. Y. “Ariel” Jeong ’07 in show-stealing solos on the violin.Jeong’s perfect pitch was especially poignant as it persisted through “TheHero’s Battlefield,” a percussion-heavy section that reintroduced the trumpets.The trumpet work was especially adept at conveying the calamity of battle in a controlled manner. The last two movements, “The Hero’s Works of Peace?...
...psychology) suggests that seven is a state of perfection, an apogee from which a child declines in beauty, ambition and innocence. At that age, children are both guileless truthtellers and natural performers, which is why Seven Up! remains the most effortlessly ingratiating program in the series. And the most poignant, since succeeding episodes have shown how they - we - lose more in growing up than is gained. The pretty petal doesn't open; it closes, or withers, or becomes a weed...