Sentences with phrase «as emotional tale»

Man On Fire emerges as both a successful revenge tale, as well as emotional tale.

Not exact matches

He cited Joel Burns, a Forth Worth, Texas, city councilman whose emotional tale of being bullied as a young gay man went viral on the internet.

Although White is absolutely right about the tendency of today's animated films (Tangled included) to pander to the most annoying and depressing aspects of popular culture even as they ignore or deny the richer, deeper culture from which most classic fairy tales emerged, the animated features that Disney brought to the screen when Uncle Walt himself still oversaw the studio made a point of drawing considerable aesthetic, emotional, and narrative power from specifically Christian aspects of the culture that, even today, America shares with Europe.

The fantasy tales of supernatural beings and happenings are not proven to be valid and are perhaps useful only as daydreams and emotional (spiritual?)

Having lived through this emotional mindf * ck with my FIL and now feeling calm enough to recant the torrid tale — I'll spare you the gory details — I'm reminded of the many times my girls have gotten into disagreements with one another and the coping mechanisms my husband and I have used as a means to resolve their differences.

I got scammed by a man on Christian Mingle that used my love of Christ as a tool and wove an amazing tale and took me on an emotional journey.

Showing few visible signs of the massive rewrites, reshoots and other post-production patchwork that delayed its release from December 2012, this sleekly crafted, often nail - biting tale of global zombiepocalypse clicks on both visceral and emotional levels, resulting in an unusually serious - minded summer entertainment whose ideal audience might be described as comicbook fanboys who also listen to «Democracy Now.»

Part fairy tale / creature feature / domestic melodrama, this adds up to far more than a «one boy and his monster» story — and is a tougher emotional journey as a result.

Whatever its imbalances and flaws, the movie is sure to strike an emotional chord with the book's many fans as well as newcomers to the remarkable tale.

It's quite an emotional tale, too, as what starts out as an odd - couple dynamic really becomes interesting as they are forced to challenge not only each other but themselves as the landscape becomes more and more hostile.

This tale of children and adults growing up doesn't quite have the emotional punch of THE DESCENDANTS, but Faxon and Rash once again prove that they can write compelling, flawed characters as well as writing young characters that seem real, which is a rare quality.

Many critics felt that, due to lack of genuine conviction, Spielberg failed to give Walker's folk tale a narrative drive or emotional push, resulting in an overly fractured saga, devoid of the pop - folk religiosity that served as the glue that held the episodic book together.

With a tough exterior but a soft and loving emotional center, Cooper acts as a sentimental pillar to our tale.

What begins as a light comedy of manners soon goes south when Allen creepily attempts to turn a story of emotional abuse into a heartbreaking tale of two lovers meant for one another.

Ronan talks about acting for the camera like she has done it for 50 years, affecting a California accent for Lady Bird, discovering the character as she was doing it, and getting emotional when we talked of the tender immigrant tale Brooklyn which brought her her second Oscar nomination just two years ago.

He has described his film project as «a really sprawling, emotional nightmare fairy - tale type movie... about an abandoned orphan who gets lost in the woods.»

Ostensibly, «The Danish Girl» is a historical biopic about this courageous transgender figure, but in reality, it's more a love - conquers - all tale in which Lili's wife, Gerda, serves as the emotional core.

Taking a distinctly right - wing point of view when considering the not inconsiderable problems with the American justice system, it shamelessly pushes all the right emotional buttons as it tells the tall tale of the... Read More»

If Stanley Kubrick had made a film about American slavery, it might have looked and moved somewhat like this one, always thinking about shots as shots and scenes as scenes and themes as themes, yet always tying every element, whether central or marginal, to the film's emotional spine: a tale of what it means, physically, to be enslaved as opposed to free.

Assayas canvases familiar themes in this tale about an author whose sudden fame brings unexpected emotional duress as well as the attentions of an aggressive admirer whose welcome assistance soon becomes dangerously parasitic.

«Midnight Special» is nearly as great as those two, combining a thrilling sci - fi tale with an emotional family character study.

He's penned a dandy of a script and garnered memorable performances from Dinklage, Paula Clarkson, and Bobby Cannavale as the core triumvirate in a tale of despair, isolation, awkwardness, and from - the - emotional - ashes friendship in a small New Jersey town, appropriately named Newfoundland.

The result is creative and cute, while simultaneously unleashing flashes of gory horror — a tale of growing pains and parental struggles that never loses realism or emotional weight, even as it sinks its teeth into weirder genre elements with relish.

There's an emotional intensity from the actors in the first segment that seems more or less absent from those in the second, despite it being just as personal a tale.

What could have become a trite, overwrought, emotional depiction of «woman goes mad with grief, and is further corrupted by power» and, therefore, a backwards - looking cautionary tale, is, instead, presented as moving and human.

As she did with Half of a Yellow Sun, Adichie creates a multigenerational tale, spanning three continents and incorporating the complicated politics of Lagos, the slippery codes of race and class, and the emotional network of family and friends.

Leon offers a finely drawn tale that encompasses theft, blackmail, emotional violence, and murder, as well as a rich array of characters... [and] compellingly combines their workaday crime - solving with a detailed picture of a vanishing Venice.»

Same Kind of Different As Me is the emotional tale of their story: a telling of pain and laughter, doubt and tears, dug out between the bondages of this earth and the free possibility of heaven.

Now firstly, Remedy knows how to tell stories and as far as engrossing tales with a character - centric narrative and suspenseful, often emotional developments goes, Quantum Break is probably their best work yet.

It manages to tell a much more thoughtful and mature story than its predecessors and offers up an emotional tale that isn't afraid to touch on Kratos» failures as a father.

No, it doesn't tell a delicate emotional tale the way the original does, but the ending will still leave your head spinning, even as the horrific executions have your stomach churning» The reviewer concluded.

The Civil War crossover, though a more recent event in the Marvel Universe, manages to carry as much emotional weight as stories like The Age of Apocalypse, Days of Future Past and any of the other amazing tales from the past 60 years.

Danai Gurira who brought Michonne to life on the TV series did not reprise her role in the game, therefore Michonne is voiced by Samira Wiley who has starred in Orange is the New Black and The Handmaid's Tale delivers a stunning performance that can range from light - hearted dialogue with Pete to action and even emotional scenes when Michonne hallucinates about those who she has lost which provides a guaranteed emotional response from the player, while Malik Yoba voices Pete who made his debut as Yul Brenner in Cool Runnings followed by Detective Carson in Cop Land and TV series such as New York Undercover, Alphas and Empire.

Combat is less arcadey and button mashy than previous iterations, and akin to a more approachable Dark Souls in some ways, while the storytelling is focused on telling a more human and emotional tale as opposed to the nu - metal rage of the previous God of War games.

From there an emotional tale is weaved as Cortana descends into rampancy and the Chief needs to get help, to get her back to earth.

Highlights of the exhibition also include major works, such as Racconti di Guascogna (Tales from Gascony) 1951, and Ragazzo col Tacchino (Boy with Turkey) 1955, which show how Afro's more symbolic representation of objects and figures shifted to become a purely expressive and emotional form of abstraction.