Word: tediousness
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Although the star would blink out in practice, Reiss said, it would not do so until about 15 minutes after the probe reached the center of the star. Waiting that long would prove tedious for the movie audiences, some...
Even the most ardent fans of "Pulp Fiction" will concede that two and a half hours of Tarantino can become a bit tedious. So how is it that "Hoop Dreams", a low-budget, three-hour documentary by previously unknown directors, managed to break through the impatient, assault-me-with-blood-and-bad-jokes sensibility of today's moviegoers to earn praise from Loews audiences...
...process of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), she must submit to a two-week regimen of daily drug injections. They prepare her ovaries and cause perhaps half a dozen eggs to mature simultaneously, but the shots can also produce pain, bloating and sharp mood swings. Every day she undergoes tedious blood tests and ultrasound examinations: the doctors need to monitor the ovaries closely and remove the eggs at just the right time so they can be fertilized in the lab and then returned to the womb. Despite the hardships, infertile couples went through the costly, complex procedure 40,000 times last...
Delichatsios has done a great job with Look Back in Anger. Scripts like this, with few characters and no scene changes, can be insufferable tedious even in professional performances. It also doesn't help that the Winthrop House JCR is far from an excellent theatrical space. However, Delichatsions' choreography, from boyish brawls to a song-and-dance comic routine, juxtaposes energy upon indolence in an effective reflection of the themes in the dialogue. And the talented members of Anger's cast give some shine to this diamond in the rough...
...clips of the ghost that watched the artist throughout her childhood are appealingly Gothic, but I was less interested in the exploration of the artist's homosexuality and childhood abuse that follows. In contrast to "Delirium," there is no overarching theme to rescue this video from a swamp of tedious personal history. Over a clip of unidentifiable squirming insect life, Stratton's voice introduces the video: "This video is about seduction... This video is about you." Excuse me, but this video is not about me. Later Stratton quips, "All my friends went on Prozac and did great work. I went...