Sentences with phrase «central conflict»

The two central conflicts of the story are Ray coming to business disagreements with the McDonald brothers and his marriage to Ethel (Laura Dern), whose support he either ignores or, when she dares to ask fairly basic questions about the tenability of his plans, outright dismisses.

What prevents Homefront from being the kick - ass action flick it could have been is the dilution of the movie's central conflict between Broker and Bodine by bringing in the bikers.

English language arts teachers could use the framework as a lens for identifying and exploring central conflicts in works of literature;

Once the English encounter the Pokanoket, the show's central conflict comes into focus: The Pilgrims initially fear what the Native Americans might do them — referring to the Pokanoket as «savages» probably didn't help soften relations — while Massasoit wonders if he should accept their offer of peace and friendship.

He characterizes the Reagan Administration's circumspection on the AIDS problem with this bleary aperfu: «Within the politics of AIDS lay one enduring central conflict: AIDS pitted the politics of the gay revolution of the 70s against the politics of the Reagan revolution of the 80s.»

The director (who also co-wrote the script) invests ample time in fleshing out Wakanda and makes the dynamic between its villain Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) and hero T'Challa (Boseman) much deeper, and more philosophically murky, than most central conflicts in Marvel movies are.

Even more pressing is his imminent appearance on «University Challenge,» the long - running TV quiz show (modeled on the American «College Bowl») whose central conflict has always been as much about class as about intellect.

A witty script, brilliant acting, a touching central conflict and superb cinematography should lead «The King's Speech» to a victory.

Torres and Blasi wrap up the movie's central conflict so rapidly and so carelessly that it feels like an afterthought — as if they're eager to give the audience its happy ending, hoping against hope that viewers won't stop to think about what that ending really means.

The entire movie was filmed in five days during a huge U.K. music festival, most of the cast had to be convincing as rock musicians — and even perform live — and the basic plot is a pretty standard romantic comedy with a completely contrived central conflict.

In form, it's very similar to The Lord of the Rings with lots of walking and talking montages and an identical central conflict — the corrupting temptation of the all - powerful ring and a call to courage for a hobbit.

Between an obviously strained father and son bond, which drives the story's central conflict forward, to the subtle differences in opinion of all four characters that affect the two romantic relationships, «In Our Nature» genuinely looks at the petty differences that can unnecessarily drive people apart.

Written by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who also wrote the screenplay for David Fincher's The Social Network, the movie explores the central conflicts of Jobs's life by compressing them into three tension - filled scenes that play in real time, each lasting more than 30 minutes.

The central conflict between Valjean and Javert is the most pertinent conversation starter of all.

In his discursive Acedia and Its Discontents: Metaphysical Boredom in an Empire of Desire, R. J. Snell makes much of that novel's central conflict, between the lightness of freedom and the weight of commitment and deep human entanglement.

In his studies of Luther and Gandhi, Erikson has illuminated the role of dynamic religious leaders whose personal and existential conflicts reflect the central conflicts of their age.

This central conflict resonates.

The MTA is one of the central conflicts in the relationship between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The central conflict doesn't come until near the end, and there's so central villain or antagonist to the film.

It starts with the central conflict.

Plotwise, the film lags a little bit since there is no real villain, but a central conflict I won't give away surely does exist to keeps things afloat.

The premise seems a bit outlandish, but it does what it needs to: lays the groundwork for the central conflict when, on Día de los Muertos, Miguel's family discovers his secret passion.

Pregnancy, cancer, boyfriends, girlfriends, and parenting are all the central conflicts and they work in every single episode.

The central conflict is easily delineated.

The central conflict is Jim Blandings's pursuit of an American Dream on steroids and a entitled sense of opulence, but this conflict isn't really resolved because Blandings never tones down his ambitions or does anything to earn his privileged opinion of himself.

But the fact that this movie is smart enough to swallow that argument and then play it out as a central conflict is part of its charm; so too is the fact that it spins it up into a more broad critique of society, sort of a thinly veiled, more deliriously silly, all - Lego version of Brave New World, where fitting in and having fun hide something more sinister.

Sony has released three new teasers for the long - awaited — and long - delayed — The Dark Tower, and each serves as a bit of a primer on the complicated world of the Stephen King adaptation, outlining the central conflict between Idris Elba's good guy gunslinger and Matthew McConaughey's nefarious Man In Black.

In attempting to balance the central conflict between Frank and Evelyn, a nature - vs.

He draws only on the violent and revisionist later entries in the genre (Leone, Sergio Corbucci, Clint Eastwood, Sam Peckinpah) to make a nihilist, heel - dragging black comedy that borrows its central conflict from John Wick.

Its central conflict is how the African kingdom of Wakanda, despite possessing technology that far surpasses anything else created on the planet, chooses to isolate itself from the rest of the international community.

Act I presents the central conflict quite thoughtfully, thinking over the series» death and destruction with gravitas.

The central conflict between man versus ape and ape versus ape is set in place fairly early on and the tension continues to escalate until the final battle.

Most of the film focuses on the central conflict between Picard and Shinzon, and what's interesting about it is that it's not merely a matter of good vs. evil.

Even if it is at the cost of its central conflict, BvS does work as a promo for films yet to come: there's no one who won't want to get to know Gadot's kick - ass Wonder Woman better after the credits roll, while Eisenberg's conceited Lexcorp heir is riddled with daddy issues, and feels ripe for further exploration.

Rather than the A's vs. the Yankees, it's Beane's analytical forward thinking vs. baseball's intuitive old guard that is Moneyball's central conflict, and Miller mines it for laughs, as well as for considerable dramatic tension during Oakland's losing start to the season.

The central conflict could be avoided if either one of them bothered to say anything of any value about their feelings, instead of just talking in clichés about love, loyalty, and, in an especially cringe - worthy scene, the existence of a deity.

But its central conflict lost me, its countless shoot - outs bored me, and by the end I was just annoyed and frustrated by what could have been.

Note that the central conflict does not concern which boyfriend Katniss will choose, despite what Entertainment Weekly would have you believe.

Though the film feels a bit crowded at times with all of the various characters and cameos (including the introduction of Black Panther and Spider - Man), they never overshadow the central conflict.

It takes too long to figure out what the drive is in this story and what the central conflict is for Kim.

It brings out the saga's central conflict — despotic President Snow versus champion of the people Katniss Everdeen — and shows how resourceful people can work within the system to bring it down.

If the central conflict is too «simple,» these movies invent other conflicts that feel too manufactured to be real, and we're supposed to feel inspired by the movie because it's «based on a true story.»

In fact, what starts out feeling like the third act turns out to be but an extension of the central conflict.

Change the Future,» keying in to what appears to be the central conflict of the 2016 summer event.

Gone is the necessity of world - building and establishing the central conflicts.

The film takes a good amount of time setting up its central conflict, so when the inevitable confrontation breaks out in the final twenty - or - so minutes, we are so deeply invested in the scenario, the sequence packs a punch.

That said, its within The Crown's closing episodes that it finally stumbles towards its central conflict, as epitomised in Elizabeth's decision of whether to defy the Church's traditions and allow her sister Margaret (Vanessa Kirby) to marry divorcée Peter Townsend (Ben Miles).