Sentences with phrase «even as these supporting characters»

Not exact matches

We do not have street wisdom and about building the Emirates, as much as it makes financial sense and glitters so well, I think most of us will take an Highbury laden with trophies and full of life and character over a lifeless and bland Emirates where fans are not even allowed to passionately support their team.

The supporting characters are usually an afterthought, but in Black Panther, they are so well drawn that they seem every bit as interesting, perhaps even more so, than the main protagonist himself, who is either mostly masked or obvious CG during his battle sequences, whereas we are always aware as the women fight, with full acting and facial expressions to root us into their fight in the moment.

A character actor even in his early twenties, Paymer displayed his versatility in a wealth of TV supporting roles on such weeklies as Cagney and Lacey, Diff'rent Strokes, The Commish and Downtown.

Lady Bird has a quiet and concise outrage about economic inequality, and key to its emotional generosity is that even minor supporting characters seem aware of how unfair it is that their futures can be determined by something so random as when and where they're born.

Most of the best actress performances this year function as supporting female characters, even when they're leads.

It was her love for the music that most represented Cameron Crowe's own love for it and, ultimately, she served as the most important character even though she was more of a supporting player.

Also along for the ride is Clint Eastwood's son Scott who seems to be present as a foil / support for Boyega's character and who is referred to as attractive, which might be his sole reason for even being there.

Far from empty - headed, though, Stardust is a deeply meaningful series of sweet - nothings, wholly apolitical even in a macho supporting character revealed as a cross-dresser and hair stylist; and by its end, it wins not in spite of being so exuberant in its indulgence of flamboyant clichés, but because it is.

Able to assist other teammates with her dances (even with how shy she is), she joins Songstress Azura as a unique sort of support character.

Taxi Driver has been so effective in immersing us in Travis Bickle's singular, interior isolation, I think most of our memories of the film — its most famous images — are of his loneliness, when, in reality, the film is full of wonderful supporting characters (Peter Boyle as Wizard, and even Scorsese himself).

Even those fashioned as leads are often supporting because their entire reason for existing at all is to «help» the main male character somehow.

Even though Bigelow had to face some harsh criticism from women who saw Strange Days as an anti-women film because of the shocking violence on display, it could be argued Strange Days is a pure feminist picture, as Angela Bassett's Mace is a physically imposing, capable, intelligent yet distinctly feminine character who might be the supporting pillar of Ralph Fiennes» lost soul, but in some ways remains the emotional center of the whole film.

Certainly it isn't because it's a fitting ending to the journey of Bilbo, as he's not even involved in the majority of this film, instead taking a back seat to a host of characters that are either greatly beefed up from their small supporting roles in the original Tolkien work, or, as in the case of lovelorn wood elf Tauriel (Lilly, The Long Weekend) and handsome dwarf Kili (Turner, The Mortal Instruments), complete fabrications injected to put in a love story for, presumably, the young female set.

The characters and subplots that surround him also play an important part in the picture (you've got Don Cheadle, Bruce Greenwood and even John Goodman as supporting actors).

Annoying supporting characters, glib dialogue, a problematically short running time, and constant, contrived solutions to inescapable predicaments prevent this final outing from being memorable or even as enjoyable as «The Lost World» — which couldn't match up to the perfection of the original.

There are so many characters in these films, it's difficult to make them all feel important, and we're at the stage now where even major characters are effectively sidelined into cameos and supporting roles, although that is not fundamentally a problem if the script is strong, as it generally is here.

It's not uncommon for Godzilla to share the screen with other monsters (he's battled giant moths, sea monsters, flying dragons and even robots), but as the singular title character, his role here is at best supporting if not mere extended cameo.

Christopher McCandless is of course given the lion's share of discussion but the supporting cast and even minor characters who show up for only a scene are considered as well.

Supporting males characters such as two student athletes played by Emory Cohen (Place Beyond the Pines) and newcomer Anthony Kelley - or an enforcer played by The Wire's Dominick Lombardozzi - feel even more like devices than characters, though given their small roles in the story, that's a bit more understandable.

That movie's lead character, played by Charlie Hunnam, was rendered entirely forgettable by dazzling supporting performances: a career - best Sienna Miller as the explorer's wife and, even more surprising, Robert Pattinson as his eccentric (and occasionally drunk) sidekick Henry Costin.

Even the possibility of sequels turns out to be a question that distracts from a successful product: A little too bombastic for a leitmotif, Monty Norman's now - familiar «James Bond Theme» follows our hero around as if testing the waters, toying with the possibility that this character could support a series.

The less said about the supporting characters the better, though, as they're a roll - call of cliché that are either annoying, weak, predictable, or all three, sometimes even at the same time.

Both lead and supporting performances (particularly Mercedes Morán, drily witty as Neruda's wife) are superb, even though much is made in the film of Peluchonneau being a supporting character perhaps invented by Neruda.

Between co-writing and directing, Iñárritu does a very nice job of keeping all the major supporting characters in the audience's mind — even as he concentrates the majority of the film's 156 minutes on Glass» travails.

Though her story might be too big for a film of which she is not the star, it's not inconceivable that she could simply appear as a supporting character as a kind of Easter Egg, or even a backdoor set up for a spin - off.

The Mexican setting looks great while a stellar supporting cast give it their all, even if — as in Theron's case — their character's schtick grows tiresome.

Yet even amidst the playful and poignant, as also manifested in slight but suitable supporting characters (voiced by the recognisable likes of Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Joel Murray and scene - stealer Charlie Day), Monsters University seems more an excuse to give Mike and Sulley something to do rather than giving audiences a reason to care.

I hope you'll explain what developmental editors do, as well — how they often start with an author before a word is written, how they support, challenge, and sometimes suggest characters, stories ideas, structure; and how they also line - edit and even suggest new language for character development, dialogue, and other aspects of the literary style.

Both Leia and the Emperor act as support characters that can lay down handy things like a power - up and a shield and even heal enemies while also coming with a small entourage of honor guards that players can step into the boots of, giving them access to more powerful infantry.

With the original Mass Effect trilogy, we had plenty of time to grow fond of recurring characters — and even managed to become attached to some in simply the first game — and it was easy, as the supporting characters were unique and interesting.

she should be support only cause if they make her playable they would make a sh*tty moveset as they did with iruka and even worse cause at least iruka can use seals but anyway if they are making these sh*tty characters playable and they do nt make all those war characters they forgot it will be the same game all over again

Told from the perspectives of characters such as Motonari Mōri, his son Takakage as they take on Hanbe and Kanbei, but even tales such as the Legend of Shingen Takeda while he campaigns with the support of the Sanada brothers.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM Generations will revolutionize the series; online play and ramp up the number of playable characters to more than 70, with even more fan favorites available as support characters.

With unique heroes covering all basic elements of ranged, melee and even ability driven characters, these characters are categorized as Offense, Defense, Tank, and Support and each play vital roles in team matches staged in the classic good vs. evil fashion.

The voice acting is also quite good, and really causes the player to feel like they're invested in the well - being of the main character, as well as the supporting cast, even though you're worrying about yourself most of the time.

I would support a Vita release, even not knowing how the vita game works, but the same game where you spend «your energy» on a couple combats, wait for hours, and do a couple more, to unlock the next dialogue, and repeat... that's not the kind of game I want to play, as much as I actually enjoyed the story and characters.

As of the date of this review (11/13/17), it still does not support 280 - character tweets, even though the website and Twitter apps for other platforms have supported the longer tweets for about a week.