Word: screen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dancers are silhouetted against a white screen. They approach each other slowly, seductively. The dance begins--silent, sensual, hypnotic. The dancers circle each other, trapped in a deadly game of passion of which neither seems to have complete control. Suddenly they surrender into each other’s arms, and the silhouettes fade into blackness...
...disappointingly infrequent appearance. Even when they do show up, they appear as silly rubbery monsters, not the fearsome feline-race implied by the Confederation's dread. Similarly, the scarce combat sequences are unspectacular. In fact, the combat usually consists of the heroes shooting at tiny targets on a screen, then flying back to base. There is little of the close-up dog fighting that could have brought at least some suspense to the action scenes...
Despite the failure of movies modeled after successful video games--most notably Super Mario Brothers and Mortal Kombat--Hollywood still hasn't realized that video games do not work on the big screen. This phenomenon is even more applicable to Wing Commander, a computer game that already bills itself as an interactive movie. There is absolutely no need to make the transition between computer screen and theater screen. As soon as the interactive element is gone, there is little to capture the interest of the audience. Wing Commander: The Movie crashes and burns...
...York Times felt it necessary to report that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. Kubrick always had a reputation as something of a misanthrope, a connoisseur of violence and off-kilter ideas. It's no wonder people translated the Kubrick that they saw on the screen to the Kubrick who lived a quiet life as an expatriate in London. Alas, the real Kubrick died a death less bizarre or shocking than that of many of his characters. But his movies, as mundane as his death may have been, will remain some of the most profound and troubling films...
...sequence in "Saving Private Ryan." has been hailed as the most extraordinary depiction of brutality ever put on screen. It didn't faze me a bit. As far as I'm concerned, nothing can top the savagery of an elementary school playground...