Sentences with phrase «war battle scenes»

In the second decade of his career, Dapper Bruce Lafitte, as he is now known, is taking on «the history»: Civil War battle scenes, the civil rights movement, and, in this body of work, Hurricane Katrina.

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My students are far too often ready to believe that Kant was just, in a given passage, murky or that Aristotle was pointlessly repetitive or that Tolstoy was, in the battle scenes of War and Peace, needlessly verbose.

Langport was also the scene of a major Civil War battle on 10 July 1645, in which the Parliamentarians defeated the Royalists.

Since the «real» Nigerian military establishment, noted for its daring and dogged ability to take on all comers in any theatre of conflict; a military that went saw and conquered in places like Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Somalia and several other scenes of more frightening wars around the world, showed up for the final battle -LSB-...]

Just south of the Mason - Dixon line and north of the Union - Confederate lines during most of the Civil War (and the scene of its bloodiest battle, Antietam), Maryland is a crossroads state, with both Northern and Southern influences and with both industrial and rural economies.

However, this was definitely the most violent and realistic war film I've ever seen and I had to look away a lot during the battle scenes.

If you're following me on Instagram and watched my stories you might know that I'm a big Star Wars fan, one who watches the entire trilogy at least 2 - 3 times a year (and the battle scenes of the prequels every now and then) and one who was skeptical when Disney first acquired the movie rights but was eventually content after watching The Force Awakens, though not completely satisfied as to why that movie was even necessary in the first place.

In this movie's climactic scene, as Harry and Voldemort face off amid the rubble of war - torn Hogwarts, there are not one but two long moments in which we see Harry's powers, represented by a greenish bolt of light, do battle with Voldemort's, a yellowish bolt.

Rather than a cohesive narrative, Avengers: Infinity War resembles the penultimate sequence of every Marvel Studios production that has come before, an exhausting series of ultimately futile action scenes that endlessly proclaim the goodness and importance of the supposedly heroic characters as they engage in battle against an all - powerful foe.

Early scenes have him staking his claim to the throne in trial by combat, taking on a challenger in a brutal fight that foreshadows battles to come — wars for the soul of his country.

Actual depiction of the Civil War is pretty much limited to a single gory battle scene at the opening, followed by a corny sequence where Lincoln chats with some young soldiers.

More action - packed and manga - style, but its predictable plot points (punch - ups and air - battles) are secondary to Miyazaki-esque scenes of women's work, the indifferent beauty of nature and war as nightmare.

Unfortunately it's these war measures that push this monarchy out of the realm of family viewing, Graphic depictions of bloody bodies, dark, dank torture chambers and impaling are shown along side gruesome battle scenes aboard the naval ships.

The battle scenes extraordinarily reconstruct the horror of war in a time when seeing the whites of your enemy's eyes was a tactical necessity.

Special kudos must be given to film editor Michael Kahn, whose facility with these completely unhinged battle sequences should shame anybody who's ever worked on a Michael Bay movie; to cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who has given these scenes a dull grey cast evocative of nightmares torn from America's sleeping subconscious brain; and to sound designer Gary Rydstrom, who has crafted a World War II soundscape that rattles and unnerves you even when your eyes are closed.

A dog who will grab your heart and moments of intense emotion make this much more than another war movie although there are some tough battle scenes.

The other Black Panther post-credit scene revealed that T'challa now plans on sharing Wakanda's high - tech resources with the rest of the world, but we know that at least one of the major battle sequences in Avengers: Infinity War, that has been featured in the trailers, is set in Wakanda, with Steve Rogers as Nomad teams up with Bucky / White Wolf and several of his Avengers buddies to take on the nefarious Outriders, an alien race who fights for Thanos (Josh Brolin).

The battle scenes between the military's exosuit army and the mimic aliens are the absolute highlights of the film, delivering what feels like a technologically upgraded battle from World War II.

These battle scenes feel more akin to modern action cinema and while they may be the main event to historians and war buffs, they're also more routine and less entertaining for the average viewer.

There are no typical battle scenes in Mrs. Miniver; instead the war is portrayed as literally showing up right at one's front door.

«Ran» is a heroic saga of human destiny, a war movie with some of the greatest battle scenes in the history of the cinema, a costume drama of the utmost magnificence — and a crackling good samurai movie chock full of swordplay and palace intrigue.

Bookended by war scenes that dramatize the fine line between civilized society and the brutality of war, it all comes together... bringing more power and poignancy to the two best scenes: as previously mentioned, Letts and Lerman go mano y mano in arguing the brilliance of Bertrand Russell, and their word battle highlights the age - old idealist vs. real world struggles; a mother - son scene towards the end is as heart - breaking as any we're likely to see on screen this year.

We've heard that she's not set to appear in Infinity War, but that doesn't mean she can't show up for the final few seconds of the battle or during a post credits scene.

Among other things, there's confirmation that a scene takes place during World War II, another that revisits Loki during the Battle of New York, as well as a return to Tony Stark's Hall of Armors, which was destroyed in Iron Man 3.

«Wonder Woman» Standard Definition DVD contains the following special features: · Crafting the Wonder · A Director's Vision: Themyscira: The Hidden Island · A Director's Vision: Beach Battle · A Director's Vision: A Photograph Through Time · A Director's Vision: Diana in the Modern World · A Director's Vision: Wonder Woman at War · Warriors of Wonder Woman — · The Trinity · The Wonder Behind the Camera · Finding the Wonder Woman Within · Extended Scenes · Blooper Reel

According to the comics, Captain Marvel is a necessity in Infinity War, though there are chances we might see her only in the final battle or credits scene.

Schaffner came from TV, and while he has few of the obnoxious visual affectations of the TV - trained director, he tends to restrict the most significant actions and relationships in his films to spatial arenas that could be served very adequately by the tube rather than the Panavision screen: the real convention hustle in The Best Man takes place in hotel rooms, hallways, and basements; the tensest moments in his strange and (to me) very sympathetic medieval mini-epic The War Lord are confined to a small soundstage clearing or that besieged tower; the battle scenes in Patton are hardly clumsy, but the real show is George C. Scott; and Nicholas and Alexandra comes alive only after the royal family has been penned up under the watchful eyes of Ian Holm and then Alan Webb, far from the splendor of St. Petersburg or the shambles of the Great War.

Johnson makes these scenes his own with visual references to World War II carrier battles (fighters, bombers, dreadnoughts) and it's an interesting choice, even if the falling bombs seem to suggest that gravity exists in outer space.

Speaking of which - with Civil War, directors Anthony and Joe Russo (who also helmed The Winter Soldier) deliver some of the most impressive superhero - based fight scenes and set pieces featured in any Marvel Studios film yet, in terms of both the sheer scale and creativity of the Avenger vs. Avenger battles.

«The War on Wall Street» (6:40) takes us behind the scenes of the film's biggest battle.

J.J. Abrams discusses how DuVernay influenced a crucial battle scene in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Opening with a surfing scene that recalls those Frankie and Annette beach blanket operas and featuring a para-surfing scene mid-film with the worst rear - projection since the same, Die Another Day locates our favourite British Cold War relic in North Korea, engaged in a hovercraft battle that is as uninspired as it sounds.

The Battle of Hoth, which opens the second film in the Star Wars saga is one of the most iconic scenes in cinematic history.

Their scenes together are great (like two old war pals chatting over a cup of coffee, or in this case, rum, about their many battle scars), and if Disney did decide to go ahead with a fifth installment, a buddy picture with these two would almost certainly be the way to go.

In scene after scene, the war / sex connection is reinforced, and it parallels the personal battle between Ermey and D'Onofrio, who at first fails all of the tasks in basic training and then finds he has one skill: He is an expert marksman.

Two key scenes that exploit the surround sound experience very well: The future war scene near the beginning of the film and the «final» battle near the end of the film.

There's a reason why this movie is called «Infinity War» — it often seems as if we are watching one interminable battle scene.

Jaime's early scene with Brienne, trying to find a way past the essential fact that they are still on opposite sides of a war, was wonderfully scripted — especially when, after Brienne explicitly cited the possibility of direct battle, Jaime responded, «Let's hope it doesn't come to that.»

James Rhodes was critically injured in Captain America: Civil War when his pro-Stark ally the Vision accidentally blasted him while aiming for Falcon in the film's biggest battle scene.

Boasting savagely violent battle scenes and an adrenaline fueled chase through the breathtaking Scottish highlands, CENTURION is set during the war between Roman soldiers and Pict tribesmen during the 2nd century Roman conquest of Britain.

While credit is due for the clarity of the battle scenes in and of themselves, Gods and Generals washes out as a stultifying tribute to the pathological meticulousness of (largely Southern) Civil War recreationists — glossing over the ideology and blood sacrifice in favour of a series of almost static tableaux.

Crowe opens the movie dramatically with scenes from the battle, demonstrating the trench warfare that was the fashion of the times, a fight lost by the Anzac powers of Australia and New Zealand, the battle lost but the war eventually won.

Such battle scenes, which could have been far more interesting had we truly cared for the characters, not only grind the movie to a standstill, they actually are mostly needless to tell the story and deliver the themes on the tragedy of sacrificing friendship and freedom for the good of the war.

Free State of Jones (R for brutal battle scenes and disturbing images) Civil War saga about a white Mississippian (Matthew McConaughey) who leads fellow farmers and former slaves in an uprising against the Confederacy.

Paths Of Glory — One of my favorite, and one of the least misanthropist, of all of Stanley Kubrick's films is this courtroom drama in which Kirk Douglas tries to save three men from being executed for cowardice in the wake of a disastrous and idiotic offensive during World War I. Kubrick directs in a crisp, deep focus black and white, and his depiction of the battle, a long tracking shot of the horrors of trench warfare, is one of the most powerful scenes he ever shot.

A small sampling of the wide range of content that may be found here includes artwork such as Goya's Disasters of War; panoramic cityscapes of New York City's Fifth Avenue; George Caitlinâ $ ™ s North American Indian Portfolio; William Blake's hand - printed masterpiece of 1793, America a Prophecy; as well as 16th - century maps and drawings depicting the landing of European explorers in the Western Hemisphere; engravings of battle scenes of the American Revolution; photographs recording the westward progress of the American transcontinental railroad; sheet music covers and restaurant menus from the 1890s; and photographs of Depression - era New York City by Lewis Hine and Berenice Abbott.

Board the luxury Golden Eagle private train, and make a stop in Volgograd (Stalingrad during Soviet times), the scene of one of the most important battles of World War II.

The ruins of Fort Cairns and Mundy provide a reminder that this settlement was once the scene of pitched battles with Indian war parties, the last of which occured on September lst, 1872.

We head past Stirling, the scene of some of Scotland's most famous and bloody battles in the Wars of Independence.

The scene of Revolutionary War naval battles, legendary pirate tales, and Civil War sieges, the city is considered by many to be a living museum.