91. VIOLENCE There is some prison brutality and a few battle scenes, but they appear bloodless and remote. 92. Were the battle scenes more grand, this would score higher. 93. You watch the battle scenes through field glasses. 94. Among the items used are pieces of glass, boxes, plastic water bottles, and a plastic bucket -- an essential prop for the battle scene. 95. And his focus late in the movie on the geopolitical tussle and battle scenes involving the overmatched Tibetans and cold-blooded, expansionist Chinese plays like a tangential subplot. 96. But a television report aired in Quito cited an Ecuadorean soldier who said the battle scene stank with the decomposing bodies of dead soldiers. 97. But disjointed editing mars the battle scenes, which are upstaged soon after by a compelling depiction of an earthquake. 98. But the movie comes up short with weak, understaged battle scenes that fail to effectively use the grand medium of film. 99. But Poles have been buzzing about the three-hour period film filled with battle scenes, lavish costumes and well-known actors. 100. Even a war film from India drew crowds, although battle scenes were the last thing many people wanted to see. |