Word: high tension
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...each race. The CGI and computer-enhanced car crashes that occur on the track are exciting at first, though the novelty soon wears off as they are overused, and the consequences of high-speed collisions are completely ignored. Despite spectacular automobile acrobatics that should result in maiming or death, drivers in Driven just walk away unscathed. This bit of irresponsible filmmaking saps the dramatic tension from the accidents, rendering them little more than showcases for Harlin’s dramatic visions and the scope of the technology available to him. By far the most thrilling race takes place...
...does not watch such films for the plot or the characterization, but for the action and the visuals. And these are treasures that Skyline Cruisers delivers in spades. The initial raid to steal the cancer drug is taut and perfectly paced. Tension is present in every drama-drenched second as Mac and company infiltrate the building utilizing incredible high-tech devices. Yip manages to make all this techno-wizardry compelling rather than obtuse or obnoxious. Multi-hued shades of lighting, smooth-as-butter tracking shots, and perfectly filmed set-ups make the break-in a visual palette of wonders, easily...
...such prosperity was shared. Says Reich: "There weren't any real poor people in Jerusalem then. There were the rich and the less rich." Argues Fabian Udoh, professor of liberal studies at Notre Dame University: "The high priests, the aristocrats and the administrators would have been very, very rich, but there were also people who were very, very poor." The obvious economic tension in Jesus' preaching may reflect his experience either in Jerusalem or in Galilee...
...presents Sharon's flaky affairs and her thoughts about God and love in an enjoyable style, but Goodman does not provide any voice of her own behind the character. We are presented with such high-reaching concepts as religion, destiny and true love, but Sharon treats these concepts with limited depth, and therefore, so does the novel as a whole.Goodman demonstrates that the real tension in Sharon's life is not a lack of spiritual signs, as Sharon thinks. Instead, Sharon suffers from the inability to reconcile her independent nature with her conscious desire to structure her life and find...
...Santana High School is in the Grossmont School District, whose contentious board of supervisors has faced criticism over their handling of racial tension and creationism in the past. The most recent outrage was the defeat of a school board member because he voted to add sexual orientation to the district's nondiscrimination policy. Ted Crooks, the school board president, barely survived a recall effort because of his vote...