Sentences with phrase «big set piece»

There are very big set piece political occasions for Chancellors to show what they are made of.

I enjoyed the big set piece at the end of Underworld: Evolution, but this film simply takes it too far.

While the director can't quite top his first big set piece — the nightmarish encounter between a helicopter fleet and the furry giant they foolishly irritate — he has an affinity for ghoulish sight gags.

Indeed Sidibe's Jamaican sass - monster character seems to disappear for the last 20 minutes of the heist itself (which is jarring since there's a shot that seems to set up a scene that we never see), but there are a couple of physics - defying moments in the big set piece that managed to keep the audience gasping (and would have been heart - stopping on an IMAX screen).

Elsewhere, Marvel's Avengers: Age Of Ultron won an award for its destructive big set piece, while the team behind The Revenant's impressive bear effects also won their category.

We get rowing and playing in the lake, playing arrow roulette (funny dangerous idea), a big set piece of going to a water park and the inevitable rematch of the 30 year - old basketball game with rival team bringing their middle - age game to the floor.

Unfortunately, he still has no idea how to direct action and the movie's big set piece delivers none of the intended thrills or drama.

Tomb Raider frequently displays glimpses of greatness but is far too quick to move on to the next big set piece.

In fact, every big set piece, flashback, and hallucination is unimaginative — and subsequently infuriating.

Each locale is usually good for one big set piece featuring a car chase or some martial arts - tinged fighting, and a new character or two to add to the faux - witty repartee.

Some peaks and troughs would have been nice, particularly since the big set piece in the opening act is the only time the film truly stuns.

That episodic format can work in some cases (Harold & Kumar, Anchorman), and even seems well - suited to Vacation's «stops along the road trip» structure; but again, Daley and Goldstein keep things so amped up the entire time along the journey that it becomes impossible to appreciate the biggest gag setups and set pieces, as the big payoffs get lost in the rush of little «filler» gags in between each big set piece.

Like they felt they needed a big set piece battle to end the movie.

Yates is more attentive to the actors - the central trio and Alan Rickman's Severus Snape, in particular - than he is with choreographing the film's big set pieces.

There used to be a wide range of different games to choose, from run - and - gun action titles to slow - paced tactical shooters focusing on strategy and tactics, but now most shooters follow the same model of big set pieces, regenerating health,

They spice it up once in a while with green and orange, but it's all very simplistic and i feel that if they had made it to a bigger scale it would have felt more like the movie, instead of showing us all the big set pieces in cut scenes only.

It's telling that two of Rampage's big set pieces end with a gigantic albino gorilla laughing and giving the finger straight into the camera.

For all of its big set pieces, the events of 2016's Deadpool unfolded in a relatively limited geographical area: New York City, or, rather, Vancouver, standing in for New York City.

It feels as if there are at least a couple of scenes missing, including some big set pieces that might have opened up the film's world beyond Planet Zero, the Fantastic Four, their dad (or at least Johnny and Sue's dad) and Doom.

What's also missing are the big set pieces that stick long in the mind after the credits have rolled.

The Superbowl commercial the other day was a cut down version of this, so the big set pieces have already been spoiled.

Prince of Persia doesn't buck against this trend but at least its convoluted story doesn't get in the way of the big set pieces.

The details really pop out especially in the big set pieces, which are dark, huge, gorgeous, and foreboding.

That includes the big set pieces as well as the smaller ones, like a gnarly brawl in an elevator that delivers what action fans crave.

The movie compares favorably with Doug Liman's «Go,» another late - night waffle run of a movie that didn't let the modest budget and lack of big set pieces kill its momentum.

Some of the other extras are more production - based, like the location featurette «James Bond in the Bahamas,» an in - depth featurette on filming the sinking palazzo sequence («Death in Venice»), and storyboards for two of the film's big set pieces.

The DTS - HD 5.1 track never disappoints, giving both the big set pieces and more intimate moments their time in the spotlight.

I loved the films from the 70s because they were about characters, and not so much about big plot point and big set pieces.

It lacks any of the big set pieces he usualy does, but has an awesomely creepy feeling throughout.

It's not a very logical turn of events, but the glimpses of male rear nudity and exaggerated belly flop sounds present one of the film's biggest set pieces.

Lovingly and respectfully transformed into a screenplay by the late Melissa Mathison (who wrote ET), the result is a huge tale that focuses on small things — there are guns, choppers, chases and more, but the biggest set piece, really, is the setting of a table for The BFG to eat a gargantuan breakfast at Buckingham Palace (staffed by Rafe Spall's amusing footman, Penelope Wilton's magnificent Queen and Rebecca Hall's curious onlooker).

The biggest set piece, tellingly, sees Hendrix play Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as an impromptu opener to a gig attended by Paul McCartney.

, too many of the other big set pieces are chaotic and overly edited.

You get a big action scene to start a movie, you get another in the middle, and you end with the biggest set piece.

Although an early showdown atop a waterfall — in which T'Challa must face off against a challenger from another tribe — has some of the single - take elegance of the boxing matches in Creed, too many of the other big set pieces are chaotic and overly edited.

For all the swashbuckling zest of the first Pirates film, there were no memorable action scenes, whereas Dead Man's Chest intelligently puts most of its energy into several big set pieces that are thrilling and memorable in their use of cause and effect.

Where Triple 9 shines is in its three big set pieces for each third of the movie.

in QA considering that the biggest set pieces are affected.

One is a light floaty gun, chapter based, fast paced FPS,... while the other is slower, more epic war driven, tactical, but with bigger set pieces and team themed online.

Game Informer's Daniel Tack gave Call of Duty: WWII a strong 8.75 out of 10, praising the game's satisfying gunplay and big set pieces while echoing the common sentiment of the story being a bit clichéd.

Despite its weak story, the game's campaign is a fun, action - packed romp with big set pieces that are especially delightful in four - player co-op.

Neverending Nightmares doesn't go for the big set pieces, but relies on you to fill the gaps with your own imagination before unleashing some horror on you.

There used to be a wide range of different games to choose, from run - and - gun action titles to slow - paced tactical shooters focusing on strategy and tactics, but now most shooters follow the same model of big set pieces, regenerating health, linear levels, and «cinematic experiences.»

I didn't have the kind of money to execute the big set pieces that we have in this.

Speaking of modern video game franchises with big set pieces spread across multiple sequels, Kotaku has word that there's a survey floating around out there attempting to gauge interest in potential settings for the next installment of Assassin's Creed.

As we have come to expect, the trailer has a few of the big set pieces and explosions too.

The campaign has lots of big set pieces and exciting moments, and it's streamlined and intense — and more consistent than MW2.

The reason people are drawn to indie games, I think, is because the indie scene tends to focus on emotional experiences over big set pieces and explosions.

Not exact matches

«Confidence was a big piece of it for me,» says Dillon, who set her sights on a graduate business degree during a Capital One earnings call where she did not understand all the financial details.

What critics said: «It's at once minimalist and maximalist, cynical and dopey, a big - boy white elephant art film that is actually a lean and mean suspense set - piece machine.»