Word: simonizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PUBLISHER: SIMON & SCHUSTER; 798 PAGES...
...movie begins with John Spartan (Stallone),wearing a hat which makes him look incredibly likeJohn Rambo, in a desperate attempt to capture themaniacal Simon Phoenix (Snipes) which ends updestroying an entire building and killing thirtyinnocent people, thus starting off the death anddestruction at a brisk pace...
...first time the award was given incliometrics, was in the early 1970s, to [Harvardprofessor] Simon Kuznets, and there hasn't beenone since," she said...
...swirling crowd scenes intercut with sharply detailed close-ups, in smokily languorous tableaus that erupt into brutal fights and sensual embraces. Instead of letting the performers sing, however, he has them lip-synch to a sound track of their own cast recording, issued by EMI Classics with Simon Rattle + conducting the London Philharmonic. It's a vibrant recording in its own right, but the miming shows -- and jars with the quasi-naturalistic style of Nunn's staging. And because the music seems once removed, the production often lacks the one quality that every directorial stroke was intended to achieve: immediacy...
Although the film was filled with many successful comic scenes, as the action became more serious much of the acting seemed forced and unrealistic. When Simon and Wai-Tung fought, there was so much focus on screaming and slamming it distracted from the real emotion of the argument. Similarly, when Wai-Tung's motivation for deciding to finally tell his mom was unclear and made the scene difficult to believe...