Word: bleakness
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...just sloppy execution? Wait a month, if not a quarter. Silence in this case is golden, because most companies would not take the extreme measure of announcing a shortfall if they had any hope, near term, that there could be a turn in fortunes. In other words, as bleak as things are, these companies usually take this extraordinary step because they believe things are even darker in the near term, and they don't want to mislead...
...somehow logical, carefully developed through choreography. The Firebird herself, given frantic, bird-like steps, seems supernatural, wrought with the frustration of being the sole guardian of good in a realm deprived of it. The princesses dance barefoot, as if to accentuate their delicacy and femininity in a dismal bleak world, and also their child-like helplessness in Kastchei's realm. Yet when the princesses are alone, they joke and socialize; true to the human element, they retain hope, never do the characters give in to benign acceptance of their situation's injustice. In the end, when Ivan and the Firebird...
...Mendes' bleak vision of a suburban town, where little love passes between parents and children, and neighbors are suspicious and secretive towards each other is wonderfully and subtly presented. He envisions Americans as having cut themselves off from one another, isolated with their own cars, their own garbage disposals, and own lives, totally independent and disconnected. Windows are used not as views to the outside world but as voyeuristic peeks into others' lives. Cinematographer Conrad Hall furthers Mendes' vision with brilliant use of color, making the typical suburban home a mystical and, at times, beautiful setting...
Aside from that, the results looked pretty bleak for the Crimson...
...created by our collective unconscious. That's not to say The Blair Witch Project is a bad movie. In terms of premise alone, it's probably one of the most original features of the decade. But an Alfred Hitchcock film this is not. Its tireless commitment to the most bleak form of realism, while admirable in this age of special effects-laden horror films, gives it the emotional depth of an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. The fear of the movie's characters is raw and brutal, but the fear of the audience members is dulled by the absence...