Sentences with phrase «central plot»

What that conversation gave birth to is a collection of four very different stories all focusing on the same central plot.

There is no one central plot, which makes a lot of sense when you consider that the war itself played out on so many different fronts.

As a result, what appears to be the film's central plot point — Abby's sudden revulsion to human contact — actually manifests itself as a metaphor for her disenchantment, rather than an essential narrative driver.

As fans predicted, the Soul Stone was introduced in Infinity War in a big way, essentially functioning as the film's central plot for two - thirds of the movie.

-- The Chinese localization team has already finished translating the games» script — There will be no new Mega Evolutions introduced in the new games — Z - Moves return and now use motion control to activate using the Joy - Cons — Central plot revolves around the conflict between tradition and innovation — Region inspiration has been rumored to be Spain or Italy — Release to come late 2018 (~ December) or early 2019

The movie's central plot involves the accidental theft, by Billy and his partner Hans (Christopher Walken), of a Shih Tzu belonging to a murderous crime boss (Woody Harrelson).

The Scooby - Doo - ish central plot is forgivable in a movie with so much visual verve, energetic action and a character so wondrously designed as Baymax.

Really, the picture Excalibur most resembles is legendary stinker Krull (which likewise features an embarrassed - looking Liam Neeson in a tiny secondary role), complete with deplorable special effects, identical central plot, incomprehensible execution, and from - outer - space choices everywhere else.

The sequel's central plot explores the relationship between the head honcho of the Guardians, Peter Quill, and his absent father.

Sherrie and Drew's central plot merges romantic - comedy cliches with every hackneyed star - wannabe movie ever made.

It groans under the weight of its cast, strains with the tension of holding four central plots aloft in nearly a dozen locations, flexes mightily between tones to fit the moods we associate with different Marvel subfranchises.

While he basically ripped off the «Hell's Coming With Me» speech from Tombstone... he fancies himself an economist because he found a way to make people pay him $ 18 million per film in which the central plot is about a country or world having to save him from himself...

Existentialism tells us that there is no real ending to our lives, that there is no central plot to our story.

@Atheist Hunter Any story that uses magic as a central plot device is fictional.

Her worries about the campaign — and the unsettled question of whether its success is based on an undercurrent of racism - provide an complex and intelligent moral counterweight to the central plot.

The central plot has great drive and pace, and some drama, but all the ridiculous subplots get in the way.

The idea of matter escaping the alleged point - of - no - return was surprising (it's a central plot point in that other recent movie about black holes, the biographical The Theory of Everything), but the fate of information that falls into the black hole was what really troubled Hawking's colleagues.

The longer he talks, the more we keep coming back to the central plot hole of the two films - if Bill was so confident that the Bride would kill all his other assassins, why go through with it?

It's really the producers» fault for trying to shoehorn a bunch of potential spinoff characters into the film at the expense of the protagonist and what should be the central plot.

Despite a bunch of clever ideas and a central plot concept (Phantom Zone Kryptonians terraforming (ha!)

But what's the point if you're going to skip past the new characters» stories, the old characters» stories, and muddle the central plot even further.

Without tempting fate and angry phone calls from a desperately insecure director, the central plot of BATMAN V SUPERMAN introduces us to Jesse Eisenberg's version of Mark Zuckerberg's version of Lex Luthor.

The central plot follows Kruger's Katja, who married Nuri (Numan Acar) when he was in prison on drug charges and started a family with him after his release.

could provide the central plot hook for a sweet romantic comedy?

There is a central plot, of course... such as it is.

Once the central plot — Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in increasingly ridiculous, but entertaining, fashion — it hits it stride with aplomb.

Despite lots of energy from the cast, Blankman is marred by stupid humor and an inability to make its central plot the least bit interesting.

In terms of story, Into the Woods starts off harmlessly enough; the central plot thread has a Baker (James Corden) attempting to reverse a witch's curse that has left him and his wife (Emily Blunt) childless - with a bug - eyed Meryl Streep playing the sorceress in question.

If you're new to FullMetal Alchemist, the central plot is set up in the movie's first few minutes.

But back, again, to Lucy and the central plot.

There was no central plot and the parts that actually were there are put out there and then ignored and practically unused.

The central plot is involving, even with the awkward editing and a couple of uneven performances.

And Cannavale provides a cool spark of comic relief as well as an ironic counterpoint to the central plot.

The scene ends with a sudden punch, and now the central plot and back story alternately unfold.

While the central plot circles around T'challa and Nakia, a more understated yet important relationship occurs between Okoye and W'Kabi.

Take the movie's central plot.

However, for those that have that part of them ready to receive it, Somewhere in Time is a classy and nicely developed love story that, like the central plot of the film.

Maybe, if that brief fling between Rachel McAdams» Ani Bezzerides and Colin Farrell's Ray Velcoro had taken over as the central plot (was there even a plot to take over this season?)

The central plot revolves around the agenda of Desperado Enforcement, a seemingly evil private military company obsessed with reigniting worldwide conflict after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

While the meeting between these two great players will provide the film's central plot, the trailer suggests that Battle of the Sexes might also tell a more nuanced tale of an athlete coming to terms with her sexuality while in the limelight.

Moreover, the film uses extensive flashbacks, depicting Lizzie's harrowing childhood and rise to fame, instead of focusing on the present, resulting in a periodic loss of interest in the central plot.

The central plot itself may be nothing to write home about, but it is the interactions between the superheroes that we paid to see, and The Avengers delivers in spades.

Schumer and Hawn making jokes about being potential sexual assault victims (before and during the central plot even begins) which not only feels tasteless but ominous as you wonder how far this supposed comedy will take its dark subject matter.

With the Guardians knee deep in the film's central plot, we could see the loss of Peter Quill sending the likes of Drax and Gamora off the edge in terms of anger toward Thanos.

Along with this central plot, Kay Cannon's script also weaves in a series of side - stories for each of the central cast members involving decisions about the future and romantic entanglements.

Finances form the central plot struggle hanging over Hilly's head; he's hounded daily by Lisa and Merv for cash to run the venue, while he continues to put on free shows and sleep on rancid mattresses the rest of the time.

I can't say the movie elevates to that level again, and there are certainly some lumpy sequences that tend to run aimlessly in circles before lackadaisically finding their way back to the central plot.