Sentences with phrase «building tension»

It provides some nice building tension in its second half, an ingenious little device involving colored glow sticks, and a wonderfully paced third act and finale.

It's a great way of building tension, especially if it's a character you have invested a lot of time and resources into.

Rather than building tension with editing, we get abrupt jump scares.

A Quiet Place is a taught drama / thriller that uses virtual silence to slowly build tension.

The film uses unique editing techniques to help build tension for a topic that only appeals to a very niche audience.

The first hour of the game builds tension through the scripted exploration of a mansion.

The difference in the critical muscle - building tension on the biceps is astonishing!

Obviously the close score helps build tension throughout the game but more than that both teams really wanted to get the win and extend their season.

The film attempts to build tension throughout the film to lead up to it's climax.

If we're going to talk about building tension, we should also talk about relieving tension.

When the action set pieces do arrive, they are often well - crafted affairs that build tension without relying on endless destruction.

However, the film does not build tension or fear of not being able to see what's going to kill you.

In particular, if our way of exercising is aggressive, pushing, forcing, we'll just build tension and carry it through the rest of our lives.

This is a slow - burn, highly unsettling horror movie that does a masterful job building tension.

The combination of combat and construction here really builds tension and adds to this desire to stay safe but also to find more resources and keep researching better items.

There's an art to making a horror movie with limited resources, one that involves suggesting danger rather than showing it and building tension out of virtually nothing happening.

The characters are interesting, the sports scenes actually build tension for the forthcoming final game, and some of these shots are just priceless.

The pacing is perfect and is constantly building tension.

It's a very good film that builds the tension brilliantly.

It creates an opposing atmosphere and builds the tension very well.

The play pacing, contrasting between action, puzzle, and exploration, slowly builds tension, allowing it to fluctuate at different points.

The greatest challenge, I think, in writing the thriller is finding the right pace of building tension, and maintaining tension throughout the book.

They're both about building the tension and releasing in some way.

When it realizes it's got to do more than just build tension, it falls apart.

Close - ups can also help build tension and rhythm in film.

It's hard to call it thrilling — these aren't characters you actually care about and De Palma isn't as concerned with building tension as playing visual games — but it sure sparkles.

At just 90 minutes, A Quiet Place is brisk, but it's also patient; this is one of those monster movies that builds tension from the absence of the monster, at least until the full - bore, unbroken set - piece of the second half, when all the stillness and pregnant pauses give way to an extended riff on the best scenes in Jurassic Park.

Leon and Helena's campaign is a zombie game for the first half, it attempts to build tension like a good Survial Horror like Silent Hill 2 but it often feels forced.

Sachar expertly builds tension as he incrementally reveals the dangers of Biolene and its connection to fuzzy mud, ratcheting up the dangers facing Tamaya and her friends.

While its contemplative nature and abrupt ending will definitely puzzle and even frustrate some audience members, the film's success can be found in its performances and its remarkable ability to quietly build tension as Reichardt gradually tightens the screws.

This production is also especially good at expertly building tension around situations (like the long - awaited Potter - Voldemort showdown) that anyone who knows the books knows the outcome of.

«The Insider» isn't just beautiful to watch on an epic scale, it expertly builds tension by integrating an electronic score by Pieter Bourke and Lisa Gerrard and the terrific editing work of William Goldenburg, David Rosenbloom and Paul Rubell.

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The dynamic musical score and sound effects are super effective at building tension in a very primal way, subtly letting you know you're not alone by way of nearby snapping twigs and floors creaking in the next room.

Loktev builds tension masterfully in the first half, but with small moments of danger and discord that trouble what is otherwise a pleasant outing.

Director Damian Harris and writer Mary Agnes Donoghue nicely build tension, providing some solid dialogue as well.

This sentiment not only proves Clemenza's veteran status, having endured previous conflagrations, but presents an anti-romantic view of such struggles, assigning them no more purpose than to relieve building tensions.

Good horror needs time to breathe, downtime between the scares to let the player breath and then build the tension back up.

An uncompromising editing job by Julie Monroe delivers the films jolts and builds tension while informing on character.

Pretending that nothing is happening will only build tension in your home and lead to more serious damage later.

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Dorff is stellar and the film builds some tension but a bit too much required suspension of disbelief, some plot holes, weak dialogue, and two increasingly silly twist endings ultimately sink the piece.

The things Shyamalan once did so well, especially in «The Sixth Sense» and «Unbreakable,» perfectly modulating the rhythms of the scenes and patiently building tension, have entirely abandoned him.

Hooking the audience and keeping them interested is a delicate balance when building tension in a thriller like this.

Director Ferenc Torok keeps the dialogue at a minimum, but the hushed conversations among the villagers speak volumes, and the film effectively builds tension as more and more secrets come to the surface.

KONA is a game submerged in mystery and intrigue, one with a spine tingling narrative and unflinching drama that unfolds building the tension throughout.

Scott seems just interested in connecting the dots rather building tension or atmosphere (hallmarks of his excellent Alien).

Grenades explode with a bang, sword fights build tension with clanging of metal, and clicks of reloads ensure players that something's about to go down.

She isn't the typical kind of main character so this book series won't be for everyone but if you like heavy plot lines, complex worlds, politics and slow building tension - then give this one a try.