Other characters in the film seem to exist solely to push him towards his redemptive finale, such as James Purefoy's King George VI, the one man to whom Churchill shows deference, or Ella Purnell as a meek secretary whose emotional outburst rouses him to action.
Not exact matches
The
other major flaw is that so much time was spent
in this movie on it's stylistic looks which as i said earlier were flawless but so much time and effort was spent on these that it
seems to have taken away from the
character development side of the
film.
And for some reason half of the
film is
in Spanish, which is rather disjointing and makes the different
character plots
seem disconnected from each
other.
In fact, the people who
seem to understand each
other best, our title
character, remain almost complete strangers to each
other throughout the
film.
Most of Lady Bird's teen
characters are united by these and
other populist totems (
in one adorable departure from a world of cultural verisimilitude, Sacramento
seems to be a haven for Stephen Sondheim nuts), but the
film finds them increasingly aware of the highly visible class markers that separate them.
Most of his
other early roles are disappointing, either showing his tendency to go overboard (his lawyer
in «Criminal Law» is more over-the-top than Kevin Bacon's psychopath) or select roles
in films where eagerness trying on new accents and psychological profiles
seem to overshadow coherent
character work («Chattahoochee»).
He's living
in the San Fernando Valley and has three best friends, who all
seem like stock
characters from
other, better
films.
Director Todd Louiso, screenwriter Gordy Hoffman, and star Philip Seymour Hoffman play nicely off each
other in a feature - length commentary
in which the
film seems to reveal itself anew to the self - effacing trio, who revel
in psychoanalyzing Love Liza's
characters and, when you get down to it, defending them.
The
film seems to be about a bunch of different
characters that have had different troubles with the law
in the 1970s, centering on two brothers, one a convict and the
other a cop.
Sure,
characters like Hawkeye or Black Widow could have cameos
in other films, but big, marquee
characters being part of another's movies
seems unlikely.
At first, the prospect of
characters in the MCU interacting
in - depth with each
other in films seemed like something that would only happen
in during the Avengers movies.
In the conversations I've had with others who have seen the movie, I was amazed to find that, in discussing who this film actually belongs to — whose story it is — everyone seemed to identify with a different characte
In the conversations I've had with
others who have seen the movie, I was amazed to find that,
in discussing who this film actually belongs to — whose story it is — everyone seemed to identify with a different characte
in discussing who this
film actually belongs to — whose story it is — everyone
seemed to identify with a different
character.
In Shanghai Blues, they're almost always in the same space, often literally not seeing each other but just as often looking right at and not recognizing each other, while at the same time every peripheral character in the film seems to be actively attempting to avoid being seen by someone els
In Shanghai Blues, they're almost always
in the same space, often literally not seeing each other but just as often looking right at and not recognizing each other, while at the same time every peripheral character in the film seems to be actively attempting to avoid being seen by someone els
in the same space, often literally not seeing each
other but just as often looking right at and not recognizing each
other, while at the same time every peripheral
character in the film seems to be actively attempting to avoid being seen by someone els
in the
film seems to be actively attempting to avoid being seen by someone else.
The diminutive and demure Vorspan, playing a
character who
seems like she's from a Todd Solondz
film by way of the Farrelly brothers (or perhaps the
other way around), is a real treat — cracked and vulnerable
in a uniquely compelling way.
West is a talented actor
in his own right, primarily known for his work on both The Affair and The Wire, and he should be able to bring the right kind of weight to a role that
seems like it'll hold some serious gravitas over Lara and the
other characters in the
film.
In many
other Coen Brother's
films, they sometimes
seem to view their rural
characters and settings from a somewhat superior distance, like incredulous anthropologists.
In other films, such as yet another Payne - directed road trip movie, Sideways, there were certainly just as many events that play for laughs, but those
seemed to stay true to the
characters and the scope of the
film.
The negatives I'm seeing are a lack of
character development, clinical tone, and violence, which to me
seems like Yorgos»
other films being criticized
in the same way.
Say what you will about the artistic merits of a
film like Nine 1/2 Weeks — an obvious comparison — but the
characters played by Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger
seemed, at a minimum, to enjoy being
in each
other's presence.
Marvel
films now deliver on what
seems like an absolute obligation to integrate multiple
characters from
other storylines into one
film, and the additions of Ruffalo's Hulk, along with Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange
in the early section, are welcome ones.
At times, he genuinely
seems sympathetic, mainly because we spend more time with him than most
other characters in the
film.