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It would have detracted from the movie itself, in my opinion.

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However, I was fully under the impression that he had memorised every word, not that this in any way detracted from the presentation.

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The human heads which ornamented the arms of the chair were obtrusive, and detracted from the dignity which the artist succeeded in gaining in the figure.

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However, when congress turned it into a long-weekend, many felt that it detracted from the spirit of the holiday.

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Of the six glasses before us, each added or detracted from the wine in a different fashion.

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And when the monster was finally revealed towards the end, which was wholly unnecessary I felt and detracted from the story, the director saw fit to give him a five second origin flashback.

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I felt elements of dodgy punctuation detracted from a smooth reading and the dialogue needed to be a bit snappier. rumjhum Says:

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‘Timecop’ was on TV last night with a surprisingly similar scenario, which somehow detracted from the originality of this piece.

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Ninja AssAssin a disappointment, VforVendetta was okay, but too much lesbo storyline detracted from the core principles of the story.

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Of the six glasses before us, each added or detracted from the wine in a different fashion.

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