Sentences with phrase «act as the script»

According to director Rian Johnson, she acted as a script doctor for the film.

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Abra is doing the same thing but using Litecoin and Bitcoin instead of USD with Abra acting as the counterparty (i.e. the other signatory) to the P2SH scripts.

Today these P2SH scripts are 2 of 2 multi-sig scripts with Abra acting as the second signature.

The dementia did focus on the acting brilliance of Ronald Reagan (as president, statesman, and front man for «Voodoo Economics» that once critics Bush - Clinton - Bush would perpetuate in the name of popularity and built to corporate bedding and betting that led to the housing and mortgage scandals) but as is common with the disease forgot to script how Reagan's communication then heavy in specifics would behoove this current crop of actors that waffle in soliloquies signifying nothing.

«As if acting a script, the Presidency alleged that the Panel accused Dasuki of awarding fictitious contracts between March 2012 and March 2015.

Goal priming - accountability What it does: Planning exercise sessions can work against piking last - minute, as in the act of crafting a well - articulated plan, you're effectively programming your mind to follow the script.

I take various scripts of T4T3 as it's a balancing act....

That may also be the script's fault for creating a flat gentleman hero of yore to act as Jules's foil and to be put on a pedestal as the classic man all men should strive to be.

But it's also far from a satisfying work as a whole, with a number of crippling script issues that no third - act rewrite could have saved and an uneven tone that prevents it from becoming the definitive zombie picture it hopes to become.

As directed by Robert Zemeckis from a script he co-wrote with Christopher Browne, the film limps through its first two acts, putting in time until the big moment.

There is, as such, little doubt that the film takes a serious dive in its increasingly underwhelming third act, with Ganz and Mandel's script emphasizing elements that couldn't possibly be less interesting - including Chuck's decision to break away from both Long and Keaton's respective characters (ie it's a twist on the dreaded fake break - up cliche).

Melanie Griffith and Sharon Stone have a scene apiece as, respectively, an acting teacher and casting agent; Alison Brie (Dave Franco's real - life wife) plays Greg's girlfriend Amber; and Seth Rogen and Paul Scheer admirably restrain themselves as script supervisor Sandy and DP Raphael, acting as audience surrogates as they incredulously watch Tommy's on - set decisions.

All in all, the film is plenty conventional, even in a portrayal of Ancient Rome that is about as thin as a lot of the characterization, and as contrived as the melodramatics which slow down the impact of momentum almost as much as dull and draggy spells, thus making for a script whose shortcomings are challenged well enough by a powerful score, immersively beautiful visual style, solid direction, and strong lead acting for Henry Koster's «The Robe» to stand as an adequately rewarding and very intriguing study on the impact Christ had even on those who brought about his demise.

It's a film that speaks to his growth as a filmmaker; the bravest thing he does here is to pull himself back, to let the performances and the script speak for themselves, to act as a guide to this and not as a showman or a spectacle - maker.

Director Stanley Kubrick, working from a script cowritten with Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson, kicks Paths of Glory off with an admittedly less - than - engrossing stretch, as the movie boasts (or suffers from) a somewhat talky first act that doesn't contain much in the way of compelling elements - although, by that same token, it's clear that the film benefits substantially from Kubrick's stellar directorial choices and a host of above - average performances.

That said, the music is excellent, the acting is very good for as thin as the characters are, the script is the weakness not direction or photography or editing.

Best show on TV right now, they control the script, the tempo, the action, the acting... Season 2 introduces some flashbacks, not as boring as

Well - directed for the most part, very well - acted by these two veterans, and the script is as competent as it should be for this type of film.

The most intriguing element of Perry's script is its structure, which acts as a continuous sort of baton - passing between characters.

When the game is through, highlights in the script, acting and charm behind slightly intriguing subject matter are enough to bring the final product to the brink of decency, but this effort is far from that threshold, as underdeveloped, unlikable characters, aimlessly unfocused dragging and a cold directorial atmosphere behind a paper - thin story concept leave «Zero Charisma» to slip into mediocrity as a forgettable, under - inspired misfire.

The script — as is the case in nearly every Ninja film — has holes bigger than Okinawa, and the acting is downright atrocious, particularly that of Norris, who, thankfully, improved with time.

Aside from the confusing personality of Kruger, which comes off as annoyingly overacted, The Bridge is well acted, the script and location are original, and the pace is just about right.

Dealing with the Civil Rights act and his relationship with Martin Luther King as well as trying to get re-elected, Jay Roach gives us a great script and paces the film masterfully.

However I didn't care about most of the characters, and I'm not sure if it was because of not knowing them as characters or the acting or even the script.

The acting is okay here but it has trouble when up against a script like outta of some juvenile detention facility, as clunky as Lincoln Logs.

But it has given us much more: hours and hours of gameplay, acción / RPG gameplay, stellar Voice acting / script, tons of side missions and exploring, lovable / likable / crappy characters, beautiful worlds and lore, dinamic battle system with different classes that totally change the way we play as Shepard, female and male Shepard (how many games do that).

With superb acting, an excellent script and thunderous set - pieces, The Bourne Supremacy should be held as a textbook example of how to do a sequel right.

In his director's statement, Damien Power, who also wrote the script, cites»70s «survival thrillers» as his inspiration, and like «The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,» this movie has the hallmarks of torture porn: gratuitous slaughter, remorseless murderers and gruesome acts.

As a movie Jerry Maguire was a huge success thanks in part to Cruise's name (not to say that his acting isn't superb and completely convincing), but it also had a well - written script, and it most definitely deserves a full four stars.

The three lead actors — along with Tom Hollander as the perverse villain Isaacs, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng and Jessica Barden as the British family Hanna meets in the desert — have the kind of acting chops you don't usually see in movies like this, and they display them as much as Seth Lochhead and David Farr's script lets them.

Convenient blackouts hit at every turning point and the bodies pile up as our intrepid, wise - cracking reporters turn detective to investigate the hidden passages and clutching hands and missing wills while the script contorts itself in absurd contrivances and ridiculous dialogue and the cast offers a grab - bag of character types and acting excess.

Unfortunately, its successor is charmless and devoid of such luxuries as acting and a decent script.

And then just as I was like «I guess I should start acting again, go find some work» — this script came along, fell out of the sky and I read it and I thought «Well — that's interesting.

Pike is also attached to the Tony Gilroy - scripted High Wire Act opposite Jon Hamm, about a former U.S. diplomat who returns to service in order to save a former colleague in Beirut as well as Marc Webb's The Only Living Boy In New York opposite Miles Teller and Jeff Bridges.

Rather as Jean Rouch had done in Moi, un noir (1959), Gorin invites his subjects to collaborate actively in his representation of them, most evidently in some obviously acted scenes, but more subtly as well, as in apparently spontaneous but actually scripted monologues.

Their parents Johnny and Sarah are just as engaging (if somewhat more damaged), and the scenes in which they gamble everything in high - risk attempts to rebuild their family are nail - bitingly suspenseful because the script (and acting) makes us genuinely care about what happens to all four of them.

Tarantino otherwise performed wonderfully as host — he read the script's stage direction with his usual exuberance, acting out complex camera moves and providing sound effects; he also let the audience in on some on - the - fly directing, stopping the actors at numerous points with whispered tips or orders to repeat a passage.

What starts out as a quite promising gonzo pastiche sadly loses steam after the first act, when the script runs out of ways to sustain the hilariously insane premise.

Jordan will produce the motion picture, while Barclay Moore will act as executive producer and pen the script based on the book, which was published in September.

As Bana's shrink presses Redgrave's furtive, fretful Rose for details about a life glimpsed in increasingly lurid fragments, you're tempted to wish all involved had abandoned the script and allowed a venerated performer to reflect on the many and happier acting opportunities that surely constitute her memories, and ours.

But the acting and directing, as well as a fiendishly entertaining script, make it absolutely...

This story should, first and foremost, be a character piece focused on Domino and the bounty hunter world; the action in this script acts as a pay - off to those wanting more than a biopic.

While a slight improvement on my last film, it still wasn't great as the acting was iffy and the script amateurish.

Maybe not in the Coen brothers» top tier, this modern screwball is nonetheless severely underrated, with charismatic, goofy performances from George Clooney and Catherine Zeta - Jones and a twist - heavy script that acts as a showcase for the Coens» indebtedness to Preston Sturges.

If «I, Tonya» sneaks into this year's race, Robbie, Sebastian Stan (as Harding's partner in love, and possibly crime, Jeff Gillooly) and — in particular — Allison Janney (as Harding's controlling mother) would all be considered competitive in acting categories, as would Steven Rogers» script in original screenplay.

Ben Affleck throws a double - punch in this production, acting as both director and playing real life CIA agent Tony Mendez, the man who came up with a crazy rescue idea that involved a fake film script as an excuse to go to Iran to scout shooting locations.

This particular script from series vets Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan demands some real acting as Bond faces his mortality as well as his childhood roots.

Patiently building the tension, relying on a truly wonderful script, on the legendary Vilmos Zsigmond's phenomenal photography, on impressive acting by the protagonist as well as John Lithgow and Nancy Allen, wisely steering clear from underestimating the audience at any point, De Palma creates an ambiance so nerve - shattering, a ride so downright exciting that, as we observe how the plot develops on the screen, we can't help feeling a part of the conspiracy ourselves, terrified and adrenaline - pumped at the same time.

I need hardly point out that the script is terrible, both in terms of dialogue and structure, the acting is submerged in ineptitude and borders on pushing the progress of the art back about ten years, and the production values are as imaginative and convincing as those in a second - rate amusement park ride.