Sentences with phrase «battles scenes the film»

Not exact matches

So we were watching the newest installment of the Chronicles of Narnia film series — Prince Caspian — the other night, and I found myself growing increasingly uncomfortable with the use of a Christ - figure (Aslan) in battle scenes.

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.

Bluntly edited, with no hand - holding transitional scenes, the film is an intimate portrait of an idealistic, understaffed, sometimes wrongheaded team battling youth prostitution, thievery rings and adult predators from every class of society.

The film's most joyous musical scene comes not at the big climax performance (which is definitely pretty great), but rather about halfway through, when the campus» four a cappella groups meet at the bottom of an empty swimming pool (just go with it) and have a battle.

At the end of a big rhinoceros battle, a male character submits to Gurira in the film's single most iconic shot, while an earlier scene in which she tosses aside a bad wig ranks as the most gay - friendly Marvel moment to date.

The film's two major scenes of military conflict — the battle of Gaugamela, where Alexander's force of 40,000 bested the Persian King Dariussd III's 250,000 - strong army, and a third - act forest routing in India — are given short shrift and photographed in that jittery «you are there» un-StediCam-style that renders the action impenetrable.

The same is true of the dwarves, which greatly affects a number of the film's big battle scenes.

Well the film was wide release, so it makes sense there wasn't an entirety of focus on the specifics, but I still think it would have worked better if it was more like the trailers professed intentions; doco style, with vignettes of alien / human scenes that emphasized and helped explain, not found footage either, like for example, after talking about Wikus in the past tense, it could focus on him for a bit then move on, but it stuck with him, and the film changed gears, I just thought it would have been better to focus on other things, as opposed to dumbing the plot down to one man and his battle against the evil government / corporation, and still stay in the doco style, it could have worked, no?

Little more than boring extended battle scenes between the two, framed by the killing of teenagers who usually deserve their demises, Freddy vs. Jason is one of the year's worst films.

There's a terrific scene where he confronts that battle physically as well as mentally — and it is the heart of the film.

The battle scenes in «Hacksaw Ridge» are among the most violent captured on film - and also the most urgent.

From the opening space arrival scene to the final battle, this film has it all in terms of a video feast for the eyes and excitement for the ears.

Clooney proves again that he knows how to direct intelligent films that rely on a great dialogue, and this intriguing character study is gripping from the first scene to the last, centered on a brilliant political battle and with an intense performance by the always fantastic Ryan Gosling.

An Alexander nut for most of his life the director gives us a film that — even in its loooong three - hour form — continuously holds your attention especially its intense and bloody battle scenes.

The film's weakest scenes are generally those featuring Emma Thompson as Kay, and her ongoing battle with new assistant Penny, played with quiet authority by Queen Latifah.

For all its high - spirited action scenes, the film's most impressive sequence involves a single water droplet, which is later echoed in an artfully choreographed battle involving cannonballs.

The few battle scenes depicted in the film manage to disappoint, frustrate, and downright blow.

There's a second big battle scene, late in the film, which allows Spielberg to display the chops he earned on pictures like Jaws and Jurassic Park.

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.

There was never a time in the film where I felt the battle scenes looked fake.

The extras includes the following: The Making of Battle Royale, TV Spot: Tarantino Version, Basketball Scene Rehearsals, Tokyo International Film Festival 2000, Special Edition TV Spot, Original Theatrical Trailer, Battle Royale Documentary, Special Effects Comparison Featurette, Filming On - Set, Behind - The - Scenes Featurette, Audition & Rehearsal Footage, Instructional Video: Birthday Version, Battle Royale Press Conference.

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.

The first half of the film is devoted to plot development, and the second half is, essentially, one long battle scene.

For a film with such a great soundtrack and such epic battle scenes, the DTS really makes a big difference in the overall experience.

To counter the heady and slow - moving debut film, director and co-writer Nicholas Meyer fashioned a high - spirited naval adventure with Ricardo Montalban delivering an all - time melodramatic villain performance and battle scenes energized by James Horner's ringing score.

About two - thirds of the new scenes were presented in the deleted scenes section of the earlier edition of this film: «Battle Aftermath,» «Looking for Strength,» «Dye Market,» «Meeting at Gracchus» House,» «Father and Son,» «The Execution,» «Spies Close In,» «Another Enemy,» and «Fighting with Fire.»

Suffice to say that there's a thrilling large - scale battle scene, and a lot of slightly less - large - scale ones, and that the film's final 15 minutes or so have a genuine, unexpected emotional resonance.

The battle scenes use the same film technique as Saving Private Ryan's harrowing introduction, resulting in some of the most intense action sequences in years.

The film is book - ended by two intense battle scenes — one factual, the other fictional.

There is only one battle scene — at least, of the military variety — in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, and it comes at the very beginning of the film.

We are filming an additional scenes for Alita Battle Angel tomorrow and are on the hunt for a Male Stand - In.

The Falcon scene, in which Ant - Man battles the Avenger, is a key scene not only in the film, but in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

If for some reason the drawn - out and incoherent battle scenes are what you liked about the earlier films, the climactic one here is still both of those things.

«Snow White and the Huntsman»: The castle may have been computer generated, but the expanse of beach that serves as the backdrop for the fantasy film's climactic battle scene can be found in Wales.

The big battle scene at the end is, of course, worth the cheesy Sean Astin speeches at the end of the film.

Armies swoop towards one another across a vast plain, each group displaying their own intricate maneuvers and battle strategies, wielding their own specific weaponry, making one think it could be a deleted scene from John Woo's «Red Cliff,» or that a fussy Middle Earth equivalent of John Keegan had been a consultant on the film, providing information on how the dwarf infantry worked, and how the elves moved in formation.

Cowperthwaite's direction is specific and confident, especially in one extremely complex battle scene where — unlike in a lot of films nowadays that over-rely on shaky - cams and quick - cuts — you can tell what is happening, who is doing what, and why.

That's because they're the ones that know all the behind - the - scenes stories and they're the ones that have been battling to get the film made.

This film is quite intense for a 1964 B&W samurai film, it is graphic and contains an amazing ending battle scene to rival all battle scenes.

EXTRAS: There's a massive amount of bonus material, including cast and crew audio commentaries on every episode (and two each in the case of episodes 5, 9 and 10), a behind - the - scenes look at filming the Battle of the Bastards and creating Vaes Dothrak, featurettes on the mythology of Westeros and Ethos, deleted scenes and more.

With filming of the battle scenes in France and the Capitol in Berlin, Germany, we're looking forward to more Natalie Dormer who, according to IMDB, has top billing in this film.

A suspense - filled and ferocious battle of good versus evil, Dead Again in Tombstone on Blu - ray ™, DVD and Digital HD is loaded with exciting special features including a behind - the - scenes look at the making of the film, deleted scenes montage and feature commentary with filmmakers.

Both consider Battle as the end not just of The Hobbit trilogy but the film saga that began with Lord of the Rings, a series liberally excerpted here in both clips and behind - the - scenes.

The rest of the film is battle scenes, CGI and stunt doubles delivering the same stuff we see time and time again, making sure each of the 12 franchise characters have at least one big moment.

«Hacksaw Ridge» is not subtle, but it is brutally effective, and it contains some of the most justifiably violent battle scenes ever committed to film.

EXTRAS: There are 11 cast and crew audio commentaries spread across the four - disc set, along with an overview of Season Three, featurettes on filming the ninth episode («Battle of the Wall») and the role bastards play in the Seven Kingdoms, a roundtable discussion with the actors whose characters died in the fourth season, deleted scenes, a blooper reel and some interactive features.

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.

While the battle scenes can only be viewed as impressive from a visual standpoint, where the film finally shows its fatal flaw is in the utter lack of emotional grip, as characters live, love and die, and yet no tears are shed among a viewing audience despite following these hearty heroes for over eight total hours of film time.

You expect pretty much every scene that is going to take place and that makes the stakes of the battle a little bit lower because the film makes you think, «If Billie doesn't win, this is a sham!»

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.