Word: shallowing
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...they are, after all, creations of the filmmaking team--director Danny Boyle, writer John Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald--who gave us Trainspotting and Shallow Grave and who have yet to make a movie that is less than extraordinary, stylistically speaking. Boyle is a director who has never encountered a radical angle he doesn't like, a dislocating cut between two of them that doesn't capture his fancy, an eccentric minor character he won't encourage to subvert a cliche...
...wacky content, the film has strangely subdued feel; the lack of energy is palpable to the viewer. Brian Tufano's camera, which was so sharp and dynamic in Trainspotting and so creepily sedate in Shallow Grave is only able to capture flat, washed out images. Setups that ought to be bold and striking are rendered as drab and sluggish...
Although at first glance, both books appear more shallow than a drop of testosterone, a closer reading of both proves that they are not without their charm. Both are written in a friendly, "buddy-buddy" style that instigates an "us-against-them" attitude in the reader's mind--not unlike the pro-female books that also saturate the market. An enlightened person may ask, "Can't we reinforce our strength without making the other party look weak?" People like this, however, obviously do not work for the mass media. They may also be from Pluto instead of either Mars...
...scene, though beautifully executed, lacks emotional resonance. It is immediately apparent when Pelzig felt at ease versus when he strained to create a moment or a scene. In the group dances featuring Romeo and his kinsman and friends Benvolio and Mercutio, the variations for the men are forced and shallow. It is only when the men are character-acting that the steps and movements become lively...
Giardi will have to continue to play well at this crucial, and now quite shallow, position if Eitzmann's loss is not to be sorely felt...