Sentences with phrase «characters than its flesh»

Unfortunately, Davis has roughly the same relationship with George before he hulks out, and the truth is the movie is a whole lot more interested in its CGI characters than its flesh - and - blood ones, not unlike the currently - in - release «Pacific Rim Uprising.»

Not exact matches

For what it's worth, the characters are slightly more fleshed out than in other «Call of Duty» games.

If not an elaborate feminist update, then at least a fully - fleshed - out female character with more than one or two lines of backstory.

And although the pervasive atmosphere of quirkiness often threatens to become overwhelming, it does become increasingly clear that Satrapi intends for the film's style to represent the central character's less - than - sane mindset - with the heightened reality of the movie's environment going a long way towards fleshing out the protagonist and his deranged psyche.

A fiendishly effective holiday - gone - wrong thriller that's better at cranking up the agoraphobic action than fleshing out its characters.

I disagree with the assessment that they are caricatures rather than characters; if the film took the time to develop each soldier into fully fleshed - out three - dimensional characters, we'd end up with Band of Brothers, and at slightly under three hours the filmmakers just didn't have the time for that.

Flashing back and forth through time to show how our main character got to be where he is, I found the present day more interesting than the past, due to the fact that the interesting portions of the past feel incomplete and not fleshed out enough.

As a result, while you wonder at Zamperini's story, he remains a character rather than a person of flesh and blood whom you ache for, despite the wonderful effort by O'Connell.

But in fleshing out the characters and expanding his storyline, [McEwan] raises more than a few questions that contradict his own source material.

What this prequel serves is to fill in all of the necessary gaps in order to flesh out just who all of the characters are, why they do what they do, and why the police can be seen as not much different than any one of the other powerful triad families in trying to maintain control of the city by any means necessary.

McDonagh reveals the Harrelson and Rockwell characters to be more complicated than expected, and the exceptional ensemble works wonders to flesh out the people doing the avenging, so that it's not just plot machinery and stick figures.

I see it more as a social study, a kind of fictional ethnographic profile of the corporate culture, with characters more suggested than fully fleshed out.

«And rather than focus on the script and the scenes directly, we fleshed out the relationship the characters had prior to this momentary snapshot that you get of them in the movie: what they experienced together, how they kind of grew apart.»

Rather than helping to flesh out the character, these scenes add little or nothing to the proceedings.

Theoretically, a flowing, surging river of zombies — with mouths and outstretched arms threatening to devour any living flesh it encounters — should be more terrifying than a few actors as zombies sprinting at a character, but it fails in execution thanks to CGI that makes the zombies look rubbery.

Susannah Grant's by - the - numbers screenplay sees the characters as markers on a storyboard rather than flesh - and - blood humans.

In Plaza's defense, however, she's given more freedom to flesh out her character to be something other than the wry, smartass she is usually equated with being.

Hopefully Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan comes through stronger than Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit so we get a chance to see this iteration of the character fleshed out and take on more missions.

Excluding Larson, who is woefully neglected in a role that reduces her to eying Marky - Mark's character rather than becoming a flesh - and - blood character (Larson is far more effective as a texting addict in Joseph Gordon - Levitt's amusing Don Jon), supporting performances feel inspired.

While many of the characters have great detail, the developers didn't really bother to flesh out the environment with anything more than a few assorted rocks and trees.

But it's much less successful in fleshing out the lead characters, or in doing much more than demonstrating that supporting players have an important role, too, in the outworking of the plot.

None of the characters is fleshed out beyond what's necessary for the plot at hand, as we get the sense that not a single one of them has even a shred of a personal life, family or friendships other than as vessels inhabiting their current occupations.

Green, making a name for himself as the go - to man for pot and phunny movies -LRB-» The Pineapple Express»,» Your Highness»), spends more time tweaking the cocaine gags and splicing in sex jokes than he does fleshing any of the characters out or even attempting to get the audience to side or relate to a couple.

While I do feel that Scorsese's film is, in some important respects, better overall than Infernal Affairs due to its emphasis on character development, richer themes, and more fleshed out motivations, there are at least two reasons why I think that it will never make Infernal Affairs obsolete.

Her character is never more than a contrivance to flesh out a story that didn't need her, and which limps to a muddled ending.

Indeed, the fleshed - out secondary characters have better material than do Sookie and her vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer), who labor under the burden of replaying for the umpteenth time the forbidden love between the living and the dead, the light and the dark.

Getting the most from your (excellent) cast early on to flesh out the relevant back story and character development rather than jumping straight into the action was a smart move by Edwards but after half an hour you do find yourself ready for something big and loud to break something expensive.

These deleted scenes wouldn't have «fixed» Three Billboards, but they remain an interesting look at a film that probably could have done more to flesh out its black characters rather than having them serve as symbols or part of the background.

The rest of the story is fleshed out with mostly forgettable NPCs and a range of side quests — you'll solve criminal mysteries, be sent out to kill specific enemies, and help characters find what they need for recipes and artisanal work — that serve more as motivation to keep exploring the game's huge and captivating realms than meaningfully expand our understanding of this imaginative world or the people who live within it.

Even the fine performers are given no room, between the twin poles of joy and despair, to flesh out their characters, despite the fact that Nixon's recent run of impressive indies has proven she's more than capable, and Ehle is one of our favorite working actresses.

He's more fleshed - out here than he was in Thor but the character still leaves a bit to be desired despite a few great scenes showing him locked in capitivity.

These damsels come across more as ridiculous caricatures than actual flesh and blood characters; nobody could retain any sort of patience around people who talk nonsense the way these girls do.

While Cully (Chris Pratt), a binge drinker who doesn't realize that aggressively trying to apologize to people for being an «asshole» in high school only makes him a bigger one, and his wife Sam (Ari Graynor), who is rightly resentful of her husband's behavior, are fleshed out just enough, other characters — like Garrity (Brian Geraghty), who has to convince his wife (Aubrey Plaza) that his hip - hop lifestyle as a teenager don't define him now, and Scott (Scott Porter), who lives in Japan and has no other discernible traits — are little more than background dressing.

Sometimes, Andrew Niccol's ideas are more fleshed out than his characters or stories, but that's not the case with «Good Kill.»

In the iteration that's now playing at the Pantages through May 27, the more it seemed like Colletti was trying to get out of Jack Black territory, the more it seemed like an impersonation rather than a fully - fleshed out portrayal of the character.

Despite a surprisingly good supporting cast (which includes Toby Jones, Paul Giamatti, Rose Leslie, Michelle Yeoh, Brian Cox, and Jennifer Jason Leigh), the film also fails to make more than a half - hearted effort to flesh - out its characters.

The characters are less flesh - and - blood people than agents of the convoluted setup, and whose depth is limited to their reactions to the plot.

They do a great job, of course, but they are more symbolic, archetypes, rather than fleshed out characters.

In one scenario, the skin is literally peeled from a character's back; another instance of Cronenbergian imagery that again reminds us these flesh suits are little more than disposable units within a system of ruthless execution.

It seems like it would have been easy to fall into the trap of turning this larger - than - life character into a two - dimensional cartoon, but Stevens does a wonderful job fleshing her out and bringing her to life.

While the game might be too cutscene - heavy for some players it uses this to create a cash of fleshed out characters who are almost all fantastically acted and written, and who are often more than meets the eye, revealing new aspects of their personality as you spend time around them.

Well... in more of a supporting role than a fleshed - out character.

Characters that have all of their moves unlocked just hit harder and more enemies than before, and luckily it's pretty simple to unlock a character's full moveset — it's fleshing out the other badges that are tougher, requiring rarer materials.

But Lacalle tells me that the team decided to opt for an encumbrance mechanic, rather than a traditional inventory page, because it opened up the flexibility — and yes, the authenticity — of how you fleshed out your character.

She's much more fleshed - out than any other character previously seen and can be regularly engaged in conversation.

The dialogue is as excellent as always and really fleshes out the characters, and the setpieces players will be going through are fantastic and lend themselves to a larger - than - life experience.

The humans fare just a touch better, but are still nothing more than vague personalities that have no notable depth to them past some surface traits, though it's nice to see another familiar character in the form of Olympia Vale get fleshed out just a bit.

I feel like fleshing out these characters could have effectively fleshed out the world more and resulted in me wanting to take these guys out for a reason other than experience and loot.

They're great ways to flesh out the characters, and some are more story related than others.

His character is fleshed out here more than any of the other games combined, and seeing him during his quiet moments with Otacon and Sunny gives him a lot more depth than we previously thought possible.