Sentences with phrase «cacophonous mess»

by Walter Chaw A cacophonous mess of misguided revisionism and misplaced emphasis, Simon Wells's (and an uncredited Gore Verbinski's) updating of H.G. Wells's poli - sci - fi schlock masterpiece The Time Machine is a miasmic disaster, a sinkhole of shrug - worthy special effects, matte paintings, relentless music, and dangling plotlines and motivations.

Bassett, whose recent Solomon Kane suggested a director working in the hyperkinetic Paul W.S. Anderson mold, is clearly a poor fit for material that ought to be more contemplative than frenzied, and his flair is accordingly directed toward showy last - act set pieces and more blockbuster action with a capital A. Revelation trades the moody, satisfying first act of Silent Hill for one overloaded with talky exposition, and then goes on to trade its loud, cacophonous mess of a last act into an even more obtuse celebration of splatter and special effects.

Peter Debruge of Variety also finds it to be a «lumbering, confused, and cacophonous mess,» but, while acknowledging that it's almost impossible to divorce the film from its production woes, Indiewire's Eric Kohn writes, «It's sloppy and amateurish in parts, but always reaching for something, often resulting in a fascinating half - formed beast working through a lot of baggage: a vanity project about the nature of vanity, centered around one of literature's most famous examples, in the context of the most famous vanity projects of all time coming to fruition.

Brian Eno once noted that the Velvet Underground's cacophonous mess of a first album only sold about 30,000 copies in its first five years, but that «everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band.»

Not exact matches

This is especially true with ballistic weapons which require surgical accuracy to aim, leave a gruesome mess, and attract nearby foes with their cacophonous blasts.