Sentences with phrase «also subplots»

There also subplots involving Carol's co-worker Louis (Demetri Martin) having a crush on her, and relationship problems between Dani and Moe.

There is also a subplot of Zoe's constant nightmares of a burning apartment building.

There's also a subplot where Clare's boyfriend becomes a psycho stalker thanks to a backfired wish.

There's also a subplot involving Harry Treadaway and Amanda Seyfried as a small - time dealer and his pushover girlfriend who take a criminal errand to Mexico City that feels fully disposable.

There's also a subplot revolving around April's budding relationship with the father (Colin Firth's Frank) of one of her students, a union that's ultimately complicated by the revelation that she's pregnant with her ex's child.

There is also a subplot involving an African tribal chief (Djimon Hounsou) who has an old score to settle with Tarzan.

There's also a subplot involving the foremost poisonous snake expert trying to find anti-venom that was obviously shot by the second unit director, complete with really cheap digital cinematography.

There's also a subplot involving Alice's first client (played by Lake Bell), a spoiled, inattentive woman of wealth who exists so that there's a scene of Alice drunkenly embarrassing herself at a fancy restaurant.

There's also a subplot that stretches through each of the game's episodes to tie them together, but it didn't have the same impact on me compared to previous games in the series, which focused on a more personal story for Phoenix Wright.

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His unlikely recovery would also be a feel - good subplot for Nigeria as they attempt to write another chapter in their Mundial history.

The romance subplot between Barry and Jessica was also hollow for me.

It's also really long (especially the director's cut), and filled with a lot of filler subplots that just don't work for me, even with the decent use of mood, tone, and atmosphere.

That's also true of the film as a whole, which is so elaborately plotted — crosscutting between past and future while keeping a good half - dozen subplots spinning in the air — as to seem more like a contraption than a movie.

The supporting cast (especially Lillard) also provides a sound base from which the show can broaden its perspectives and subplots.

However, there was also a stupid subplot involving Tom Green feeding a snake which I thought was a boring stretched joke.

The busy camera work also occasionally gets in the way of the Paris - set final act, where the narrative sprouts a raft of subplots: a love triangle between Cosette, Marius and Éponine; Javert still chasing Valjean; and finally, the plucky little revolutionary urchin, Gavroche (Daniel Huttlestone), facing the military cannons to sing of hopes for the future.

Sure, it's to bridge a connection and unity between their opposing viewpoints so that Lyndon B. Johnson's staunch pushing of the Civil Rights Act feels in character for someone that previously toed the line of racism (he has a friendly association with an openly bigoted US Senator played by Richard Jenkins in a subplot without much engaging drama or consequence), but it also isn't a good enough defense for formulaic and conventional filmmaking.

I was also a big fan of a romantic subplot (a complete invention of the filmmakers) between an elf and a dwarf.

He enjoys his own slowly, stealthily building subplot that not only serves as a mirror that nicely supports his grandson's journey but also further drives home what is ultimately a universal message that applies to audiences of all ages.

The relationship of this film, between Jamal and Anna Paquin's Claire Spence, is merely a subplot — kind of an also - ran relationship to the Forrester / Jamal relationship.

Also in contention must be Fremon Craig's script, which plays to the teen audience with recognisable moments of anguish and glee (the romance subplot involving Hayden Szeto's American / Korean student feels both fresh and warmly familiar) while exploring some very adult emotions; as with the best of the genre, it is a film about teenagers but not just for teenagers.

Also, for such a short piece it's odd that Clooney spends so much time on subplots that don't add up to much.

The subplot of Leo's family also adds a breath of fresh air by producing a layer of drama that is absent from the original, causing choppy waters of emotion to arouse the truth of what really happened after he fell into the sea.

There are also several subplots involving reconciliation with parents, or finally coming out to them, that are a bit too pat.

Director Brad Peyton (this is his follow - up to «Journey 2: The Mysterious Island», which also starred Johnson) even takes a risk with a subplot that's quite heavy for a typical action film.

The screenplay also stirs in a subplot involving Jean's ageing father (Thibault), who never quite registers as a proper character beyond someone who has remained at the head of his family for at least three generations.

I also attribute part of this to having a variety of subplots that come into play.

Also, in a sweet subplot, a pretty outcast (Arleen Whelan) finds true love against the odds.

(This charming subplot also offers a sly cultural corrective to «Sixteen Candles»; if Steinfeld is the movie's Molly Ringwald, then Erwin is pretty much the anti-Long Duk Dong.)

But it's also sincere and good - hearted, with well - staged action scenes and a refreshingly strong romantic subplot that offers a nice alternative to Twilight's moping angst.

Also, if you're looking to break into films, these classics are a great starter to learn story techniques, character development, weaving theme with plot and subplots... It's just an invaluable source of educational wealth.

There also are some subplots which are left unresolved by the end, which will further convince you of that fact.

It's also a testament to Sheridan's writing that there's no romantic subplot squeezed in, bringing a dynamic you don't normally see in bigger budget films.

The film often points out that it knows some of this is silly, but that it also knows the audience will just love being part of the return of some of the characters and subplots.

Also, there's a subplot about a mole inside the government that is as obvious and useless as it is underdeveloped and hastily resolved.

We've got much more piss your pants one liners and forth wall breaking tomfoolery from Wade, it's sweet sensitive and extremely emotional in parts (not since the finale of T2 have I sobbed so much), the OTT action and gore makes a hatchet fight in a Butcher shop look clean in comparison with moments to make hardcore Gore - Geeks give a huge hooray, the cringe worthy «oh no he didn't» moments are rife, there's a touching subplot about what it really means to be Family and also we are treated to an array of colorful supporting characters including an excellent turn from Josh Brolin as futuristic super soldier «Cable», a wonderful performance from upcoming young talented star Julian Dennison (hunt for the wilder people), the obligatory Hugh Jackman cameo and a mega hard Super Villain who makes his previous onscreen incarnation seem like Vinny Jones in a giant penis suit... Oh wait!

There's a subplot between Osment and Rodriguez that is incredibly peculair mostly because There's also a cameo that has perhaps been spoiled for many at this point, so I will only say that though his character doesn't always fit in with the rest of the film's tone, his performance is the best comedic element of the film.

But the picture is also funny; a subplot where Alexandra tries to get people to attend her performance at a quiet club is paid off with a genuinely well - timed, melancholic rim - shot.

(There's also a romantic subplot involving Max, but aside from some beautiful shots of the two doing yoga in front of a wheat field, it feels nonessential.)

Una preserves that central setting, but it also nervously, detrimentally abandons it at every opportunity, breaking up the long - form conversation with flashbacks to the pair's illegal encounters (some staged through the increasingly cliché drop - the - soundtrack - out subliminal blips), relocations throughout the building (and, eventually, outside of it), and a subplot involving layoffs at Ray's job and a co-worker (Riz Ahmed) who gets wedged between the two.

The movie is also mind - numbingly slow at times, weighed down by subplots that go nowhere and entire scenes where nothing happens.

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).

Jurassic World succeeds in being really entertaining, but it also becomes inundated with extra characters that really don't add anything to the story and subplots that make the flow of the movie feel convoluted.

I wish that the Mexican drug cartel subplot was not so overwrought and Oliver Stone - ish, and the decision to shoot much of the film «Cops» - style is also problematic.

The twins also become a threat in their own sense, once their romantic subplot peters out.

There's also a useless subplot involving a crazy woman (Nina Arianda) set on hiring Axler to murder her pedophiliac husband, and a less useless faming device — an invention of screenwriters Buck Henry and Michal Zebede — in which the protagonist carries on expository Skype conversations with his therapist (Dylan Baker).

Much of Porco Rosso is given over not only to the act, but also the accomplishment of flying, especially in a subplot involving a young (and notably female) plane engineer who comes to Porco Rosso's aid.

It's one thing to be about love, and entirely another to be one not just about romantic love, but all types of love — also love between friends, within a family (as illustrated in a subplot involving Naina's bickering mother and grandmother, which nicely supports the main story), and its power to inspire people to act beyond themselves.

The movie also thoughtlessly tacks on a subplot about cancer, presumably to add tears to the laughter; it, too, fails.

There's also an entire subplot dedicated to the budding friendship between kindred spirits Jenko and Zook that has some really funny bits (like their sandwich and Q - tip derived «meet cute»), but it's played to death over the course of the film's unnecessarily long 112 - minute runtime.