The film's Hong Kong director, Jingle Ma, says the new 115-minute Mulan is a sweeping melodrama that depicts the central character as an action hero, dutiful daughter and wistful romantic.

导演马楚成称这部115分钟长的电影情节跌宕起伏，主角设定为集动作高手、孝顺女儿和情窦初开的少女于一身的形象。

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Also nominated for worst picture are Jennifer Aniston's action comedy "the Bounty Hunter," Sarah Jessica Parker's romantic romp and the" Twilight "parody" Vampires Suck."

获得最差影片提名的还有詹妮弗·安妮·斯顿出演的动作喜剧片《赏金猎手》、莎拉·杰西卡·帕克出演的浪漫爱情片、以及恶搞版《暮光之城》——《吸血鬼了没》。

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A big bowl of adolescent romantic mush garnished with horror-lite action scenes and a rushed road trip, The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a mess.

就像一个大碗里头，混杂着小年轻的爱情故事、伪惊悚的动作戏、以及急赶慢赶的公路旅程——《暮光之城》2《新月》简直一团糟。

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While Affleck has taken a circuitous route through Hollywood, which included some questionable action movies and a romantic media sensation dubbed Bennifer that led to Gigli and Jersey Girl, the actor has emerged as one of the best young directors in Hollywood today.

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The most distinctive of American cities, New Orleans is also hopelessly romantic with its eclectic and action packed fusion of European and American cultures, Creole, Cajun, French and Caribbean.

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Samuel Fuller, who was a novelist as well as movie director, used to write up these big storyboards, not necessarily with ideas, but he would have this different - the sequence of scenes in different colors: red for a romantic scene, blue for an action sequence - and try to vary his pace that way.

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