Sentences with phrase «action than drama»

Not exact matches

Why is it so hard to believe that people truly are judged based on their actions — and that if the perception is that the drama you bring is greater than your results on the field, it could have an impact on your employment options?

As God prehends the universe at the instant the piano teeters, he sees the various possible ways this little drama could be played out, sees all the ramifications of the possible scenarios, and realizes that some ways the action might unfold are better than others, that is, some outcomes would produce a future which when he, God, prehended it would make his experience more rich, more harmonious, more beautiful than his experience would be were alternative outcomes to produce quite different futures.

Golf's visual drama rests less in action than in reaction, so the game's most arresting photographs have little to do with hitting the ball.

The gunplay (what little there is), is done well, and even though the film is more style than substance, and could stand to be trimmed up greatly, it's a thinking man's drama / thriller, and not a blockbuster action film.

The show still has some interesting things happening, and there are worse things on TV than a fast - paced action drama.

Those looking for action, drama, or rock»n' roll may find the mix less than satisfying.

Part political thriller and part gritty action drama, this was a more subtle and complex experience than I was expecting.

Even though it has some very gritty, brutal action scenes, it is more of a thriller (or drama) than anything.

mmm... a protagonist who complete dominates a long film to the detriment of context and the other players in the story (though the abolitionist, limping senator with the black lover does gets close to stealing the show, and is rather more interesting than the hammily - acted Lincoln); Day - Lewis acts like he's focused on getting an Oscar rather than bringing a human being to life - Lincoln as portrayed is a strangely zombie character, an intelligent, articulate zombie, but still a zombie; I greatly appreciate Spielberg's attempt to deal with political process and I appreciate the lack of «action» but somehow the context is missing and after seeing the film I know some more facts but very little about what makes these politicians tick; and the lighting is way too stylised, beautiful but unremittingly unreal, so the film falls between the stools of docufiction and costume drama, with costume drama winning out; and the second subject of the film - slavery - is almost complete absent (unlike Django Unchained) except as a verbal abstraction

The film is more drama than action, and the pacing suffers as a result.

The next James Bond film will be helmed by Marc Forster, a German - born director more associated with intimate dramas than high - octane action films, it was announced yesterday.

The drama and tone are powerful and effective and Lawrence makes an exceptionally charismatic heroine, but an almost total lack of action means this is less catching fire than treading water.

When Eddie Murphy (Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places) became available, the project changed from a spiritual adventure film to an action - comedy, with each scene reconstructed in order to play more for laughs than for drama or awe.

That may result in less thrills, but Season Four seems to have finally struck the perfect balance between zombie action and human drama, and although audiences love the former, there aren't many shows that do drama better than «The Walking Dead.»

Jason Statham takes a darker role than usual in a gritty London drama that never quite seems sure of itself, as writer - turned - director Knight mashes several huge social issues with a hint of action and a...

The Stark heir remains undefeated on the battlefield against the Lannisters, yet has had more romance and drama than on - camera action scenes in the epic fantasy series.

Your review makes me far more optimistic than I was, though I have been excited for this.Seems that they will get the smaller nuances in, and they have focused more on the drama here, the action only kicked in in the second half of the book anyway.

Yet another urban action drama, better than some, worse than most, this stars Bruce Willis as a disillusioned middle - aged detective whose latent sense of justice is triggered when he is asked to accompany a witness (Mos Def) to the courthouse and finds that his fellow corrupt cops want to kill the guy.

Starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon, it's an invigorating war action / drama that shows how modern soldiers had to relearn their craft in order to take the fight to an enemy with a literally medieval mindset, embracing rather than fearing death, while having to rely on new allies who were often more interested in fighting ancient tribal grudges.

Even the visual effects look less polished than past installments, and if you're going to surround your action with dull human drama, the least Bay could have done is make it look good.

What really stands out about «Maggie» is its cast, as the ex-governor continues his return to acting with something different for him: a low - budget horror drama that's more of a character study than an action picture.

Think of this more of an action movie with depth than a historical drama or political comment on the state of civilization's decline and you'll come a long way to appreciating Gibson's work for some gutsy in - your - face entertainment.

As for the movie representation of Maze Runner series, following the plight of Thomas and his fellow Gladers, this cinematic series falls somewhere in the middle of those two, finding a better groove in its dystopian action than teen drama romance (i.e..

Adapted from the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan, a much better title than the bland one Affleck and co-writers Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard chose, The Town is a solid drama about actual adults, featuring some excellently choreographed action sequences and is a big leap forward for Affleck's directing aspirations.

Great Directors on TCM: Howard Hawks Even more so than Wilder, Howard Hawks genre - shifted with ease, including westerns and musicals along with comedies, action films, noir and drama.

At its core, the JJ - verse is still a dumb, loud vehicle for big - budget action set pieces and nonstop explosions, so it's unlikely we'll ever get a tense sci - fi drama with more talking than punching.

Though it is a thriller at heart, and does have a high - speed driving subtext, the film feels more like a throwback to the music video stylized, R - rated crime dramas of the 1980s than the new Fast & the Furious over-the-top, CGI - infused modern action - thrillers.

This actually doesn't look so bad, more of a drama than a horror, but it looks to get into some werewolf action by the end.

Other than the big action climax, the best thing about Snitch is its quality cast, with Johnson delivering yet again in both drama and action in a role that doesn't really rely on his additional charisma and brawn.

Honored with the French Legion of Honor in 2001, the 2000 Acapulco Black Film Festival's Best International Film Award for Le Conte du ventre plein (aka Bellyful, 2000), the 1999 Chicago Underground Film Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award, the 1987 Children's Live - Action Humanitas Prize for The Day They Came to Arrest the Book, a 1972 Tony Award nomination for «Don't Play Us Cheap», two 1971 Tony Award nominations for «Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death», along with a Grammy Award nomination and Drama Desk Award for this earlier musical, Melvin Van Peebles is more than a one - note film director.

In truth, the deeply absorbing and thematically rich «Apes» sequel is more akin to a drama than an action film, but it's one that still satisfies the desires and demands of big, blockbuster filmmaking.

The action is rousing, the tone balances humor and drama well, and the story features deeper ideas than some recent entries in this genre.

Physical Evidence is a more serious action drama but it's also a Burt Reynolds vehicle which makes it less than edgy.

City on Fire has the makings to be a much better film than what it is, but the meandering plotting and lack of focus to it's own themes makes it more of a curiosity than as a truly gripping action - drama.

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I can see how in theory or on paper while being developed, that this looked like a strong action drama, but ultimately it turned out to be a borderline less than average genre film.

Yet it rarely left its stage roots with the «drama» coming from the words rather than the actions as it became a series of intense conversations between successful businessman Victor Quinn (Pryce), poet Paul Peplow (Considine) and Quinn's recovering addict wife Elsa (Thurman).

Recommendation: A restrained picture in terms of how it depicts violence and stages action set pieces, Unforgiven is a unique western that reminds one far more of a psychological drama than anything John Wayne or Paul Newman might have starred in.

That doesn't make any more sense than including films which are more drama than horror, more thriller than horror, and more action than horror.

The first «fully painted» feature film took a live - action drama of the days following Vincent van Gogh's untimely death in a small French village and, with the work of more than 125 artists from around the world, converted every frame into an oil painting in the Modernist's style.

Covering everything from action films, social dramas, love stories and crime films, what they have in common is an African identity and cultural grounding that make them more popular than Hollywood films for Nigerian audiences.

During the Kickoff show, Fox aired a spot for «Red Sparrow», the Jennifer Lawrence action / drama opening in a little less than four weeks (Mar. 2).

A good drama and hot action — can't ask for more than that.

At times the spectacle seems distracting from the human story, at other times his determination to ground the action in human terms (with all the mortal dangers involved) becomes alarmingly intense, less a superhero action movie than a grim urban tragedy (Berg's on - the - job directorial training on the medical drama Chicago Hope comes in handy here).

That carries us through the downtime between the action scenes, although it's much more tenable for purposes of comic relief than for drama (The film still continues the silly amnesia storyline for Letty).

However, this level of violence hasn't been seen much on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. which previously has lent itself to a more action - adventure, goofy tone than the gritty crime dramas seen on Netflix's Marvel shows like Daredevil and Jessica Jones.

«Sabotage» Directed by David Ayer Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mireille Enos, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams, Joe Manganiello, Josh Holloway, Terrence Howard, Harold Perrineau Action, Crime, Drama 109 Mins R Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn't been in something as good as Sabotage for more than twenty years.

It successfully struck a balance between drama, action and comedy better than most other adventure games I've played over the years.

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