Sentences with phrase «escapist fantasy about»
Ana Maria in Novela Land (Unrated) Escapist fantasy about a slacker having a really bad day (Edy Ganem) whose fortunes suddenly change when she magically switches places with the star of her favorite TV soap opera after a lightning strike.
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OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmore East.
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The Golden Compass (PG - 13 for fantasy violence) Epic escapist fantasy, based on Philip Pullman's award - winning novel, about a precocious 12 year - old scholar (Dakota Blue Richards) already attending Oxford who ventures into a parallel universe to save her best friend and other children kidnapped by an evil organization known as the Gobblers.
We are not sure whether we are watching a realist drama about a kid experiencing poverty and hardship or an escapist fantasy in which the young hero is on a fantastical journey.
The superpowered characters all trying their hardest to look cool, the jutsus, peculiar, colorful clothes, the whole ninja faggotry and everything about the Naruto world fuels their escapist fantasies, while the pity - party character backgrounds, emphasis on revenge, and overall preachiness of the series make it fit just right with the mary - sueish drives of your average preteen and his sense of unwarranted self - importance towards the world.
To an outside observer or casual gamer, Dark Souls often defies what is «fun» about the hobby; these are not lightweight escapist fantasies or benign and mindless entertainments filled with beloved cartoon characters, but relentless tests of focus and skill.