Word: blandness
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Many of the scenes look bland, giving the impression that those same shots have already been done before in other films, only better. The style of the film is somewhat reminiscent of episodes of “Law and Order” in the way the camera films investigators walking around a city talking about crime. And indeed, Campanella directed several episodes of the show. Imitating the visual style of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, Campanella frames some shots with dramatic red curtains and varies shots between warm and cold colors, but he does not use the effect consistently...
...movie also lacks creativity at almost every turn. Many of the movie’s scenes are very close in content and construction to the British version, and the score is unoriginal and bland...
...It’s the true loves / That make me want to say goodbye.” It is entirely unclear what Wainwright is talking about beyond the level of platitudes, and the broader feeling conveyed, that of love’s sadness and longing, is just as bland. Towards the end of the ballad, the piano delves into a cascading and unpleasant series of arpeggios that make little sense with such downhearted lyrics...
...recent years, Yardfest has featured artists who were bland (Sara Bareilles), out-of-date (Third Eye Blind), pleasingly out-of-place (Wu Tang Clan), and actually very good (Ratatat). By crowding this year’s bill with three acts, the Harvard Concert Commission and College Events Board (CEB) had the chance to bring in an even wider diversity of groups to entertain the campus...
Phil (Carell) and Claire (Fey) Foster are a typical suburban couple who are starting to notice just how bland their marriage has become. When the Fosters find out that one of the happiest couples they know is splitting up, the two decide to spice up their weekly ‘date night’ with a dinner in the city. After appropriating the dinner reservation of a pair of absentee diners—who happen to be petty criminals—the Fosters’ night gets progressively and entertainingly worse...