«Fifty Shades Darker» is melodramatic garbage of the highest degree that forces
decent actors like Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan (who look as interested as their contracts obligate them to be) to deliver cringeworthy, soap opera - quality dialogue.
It's got an overcrowded cast of only marginally
decent actors like Idris Elba and Matt Dillon.
Not exact matches
For all the good moments which find the
actors sounding off well, or the odd
decent musical number, it ultimately feels
like a collection of bits which have no real reason to associate or progress to the chosen conclusion.
There's a
decent bunch of
actors here, and the production values are pretty good for what was publicised as a throwaway comedy (in fact it looks a lot
like the Scooby Doo set).
I thought Vantage Point looked
like a pretty
decent thriller from the trailer - quite refreshing to see
actors of a certain vintage in a film
like this, rather than a bunch of kids - but reviews suggest my enthusiasm was possibly misplaced (I'll get to make my own mind up soon enough).
That's the only reason I enjoy his films anymore because otherwise he doesn't know about «writing dialogue that doesnâ $ ™ t all sound
like its coming out of his mouth, where to put the camera or how to get even halfway
decent performances from talented
actors.»
The
actors do a
decent enough job and go beyond the call of duty that their names suggest, but it's Mendelsohn who outshines everyone and truly looks
like he belongs in the fucked up world Gosling juke - boxed together.
Jake and Michael Pena are terrific together and if they had hired
decent actors as the gang members and just shot it
like a normal film it might have worked.
With Get Low opening today with
decent enough reviews — we have to look at the Best
Actor race, and whether a vet
like Robert Duvall, who gives a well reviewed performance, can...
There are the expected scenes of
actors riffing all over each that populate most modern comedies, but also hints at a bigger budget and attention to aesthetics
like nifty camera work, tilt - shift photography, and some
decent action set pieces.
Despite the presence of a
decent cast - with real
actors like John Lithgow and Michael Rooker on hand - every character seems bland and forgettable.
Unless you're just looking for that flick to get your date to hold you tighter and hide her face against you whenever it looks
like something particularly nasty is about to jump out, The Quiet Ones is not much more than a dreadfully routine horror flick with credible
actors and a
decent sense of period to keep it from completely freefalling into the bad movie abyss during the unsatisfying and lackluster finale.
Other
decent bonuses on the DVD include a behind - the - scenes Still Gallery, Advertising Gallery, 4 postcard still / lobby card reproductions, and a short featurettes that briefly chronicles Tyrone Power's appearances in various swashbuckling actioners, with clips from a number of films extant on DVD, and a few likely on the horizon (
like the CinemaScope epic King of the Kyber Rifles), plus comments from the son of director John Cromwell —
actor James Cromwell (the benevolent father figure in Babe, and Jack Bauer's monster dad in Season 6 of Fox» TV series 24).
If somebody can compile lists of the funniest cat videos and potatoes that look
like actor Channing Tatum, shouldn't there be a
decent ranking of airline frequent - flier programs?
They even got some
decent English voice
actors this time around as well, with the
likes of both Cam Clarke and Nolan North making appearances.