The same could be said for this film,
nothing about its filmmaking, theme, or acting is unique.
Not exact matches
There's
nothing special
about the
filmmaking.
The proclamation that there's
nothing you can't learn
about filmmaking from George Stevens» film should make you want to watch it again.
The same can be said
about Academy members in 1990, who famously screwed Martin Scorsese out of the Best Director statuette for Goodfellas in favor of Costner's proficient but overrated work; 13 years after its original release, the film remains
nothing more than a well - polished but generic example of epic Hollywood
filmmaking.
Weitz has done solid work in the past with his brother Chris Weitz on things like
About a Boy (which got them a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination) and American Pie, while his solo
filmmaking career has been
nothing to sneeze at either with things like Being Flynn and In Good Company.
For a film
about carnivorous underground monsters, its pleasures figuratively reside strictly on the surface, with
nothing in the way of thematic depth or groundbreaking
filmmaking to be found.
Nothing about him or the film reached an epic proportion of legendary
filmmaking or acting.