Word: statically
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...secretly lives in the art-school attic, and the ode to an imaginary girlfriend, Funny Little Frog. And they are delivered with Murdoch's characteristic humanity and obscure wit - it's still thinking music, so long as you think while you dance. And the band has never remained static. When the late bbc DJ John Peel described their last Glastonbury Festival performance as "surprisingly muscular," he was observing the gradual transformation of a band often relegated to the "twee" genre - music so light and self-referential that it almost shattered upon listening - of the late '80s. The surprise choice...
...know if they are all the same man or reincarnations of the same spirit or if one is a fiction in another's world. Perhaps we aren't supposed to know, which is fine, but it's not a particularly interesting mystery. The book reads like a static version of an over-worked Hollywood movie - full of arresting special effects but no believable characters or particular meaning...
...lockstep beat trundles on, accompanied by horn splashes and high guitar twangs in places, but remaining disappointingly static. Self-produced, this song is far from Aesop’s best (try his “Labor Days” album), but it’s a serviceable demonstration of his formidable mic skills, and doesn’t distract from the impressive visuals...
...performances are carbon copies of its predecessor.Recent movie musicals such as “Chicago” and “Moulin Rouge” were successes because they went beyond the limitations of a stage production. In “The Producers,” a static camera, minimal editing and washed-out lighting give the impression of a banal sitcom. The cast also fails to adapt stage acting to film acting—Broderick in particular. Huge over-the-top motions and facial expressions are necessary to convey the emotion onstage; but film acting, even...
...fine line between feel-good family fare and a heavy-handed appeal to religious America. And unlike the text, in which Lewis deftly blends morality with witty narrative and dynamic character descriptions, the film is virtually humorless and Swinton’s oddly androgynous face far too static. Adamson, the directorial mind behind “Shrek” and “Shrek 2,” is unable to carry over the wholesome, multigenerational fun of these films to “Narnia,” giving nothing to the parent dragged to the theatre or the young...