Sentences with phrase «clumsy dialogue»

-- Some clumsy dialogue.

Truth be told the quality of both the writing and main narrative thread is all over the place, bouncing madly from genuinely beautifully written moments with emotional impact and outstanding twists sure to leave you with your jaw on the floor to scenes with clumsy dialogue and ideas that just didn't work out as well as I would have liked, though exactly how much of this inconsistency can be put down to translation issues is hard to judge.

The quality of the writing is equally manic, ranging from being okay in a sort of strange, offbeat way to being cringe worthy, the characters delivering clumsy dialogue.

Still, the story is solid enough, supported by some strong voice acting talent that manages to work around the clumsy dialogue, but it all gets ruined when the story comes to a jarring moment in the closing stages of the game which, quite honestly, is downright horrible.

Twists, turns and superb pacing keep you on the edge of your seat throughout, and while there is plenty of clumsy dialogue the end result is a fantastic storyline, albeit one that doesn't seem to dare venture as deep into certain aspects of its own plot as I would have liked to have seen.

Yet, for all the insistence on ensuring the audience is always aware of each emotional development, drama is absent beneath the longing looks, clumsy dialogue and ineffective threats.

There is also some clever directing amongst the clumsy dialogue and thinly drawn characters.

Ronan does well in the lead role, delivering her sometimes - clumsy dialogue with deft comedic timing.

Things only improve when the more seasoned cast are on - screen, (most notably, a tasty set - to between the Robert Patrick and Bruce Greenwood patriarchs) but then the clumsy dialogue brings you back down to earth with a bump when you realise that everyone's only in this for the money rather than the artistic vision.

As she did with Alice in Wonderland, screenwriter Linda Woolverton uses simplistic plotting and clumsy dialogue to turn a...

If you can overlook little things like wooden acting and clumsy dialogue and arbitrary twists, you'll find an insane tale of zombies from hell invading Earth and eating their way through a cast of crucified martyrs, blind visionaries, creepy hotel handymen and befuddled cops, while a plucky pair of heroes desperately fleeing a horde of hungry undead.

As self - conscious narration and clumsy dialogue constantly draws attention to the techniques of sleight of hand and misdirection, it is impossible not to be cognisant of the filmmaker's own preference for both.

Not exact matches

If the actor's having trouble you know with a dialogue it just sounds clumsy, ah it sounds better maybe if you take it out.

A dull and painful mess that seems like a clumsy mix of The Transporter, Angel Heart and Kill Bill, forcing us to put up with an unbelievably stupid protagonist amidst embarrassing clichés, a lot of godawful dialogue, absurd plot holes and a ridiculous ending.

Darwin's conversations with his dead daughter are a clumsy device to demonstrate his inner turmoil and that's not helped by the fact that the dialogue is as subtly crafted as a full - body dissection by a supermarket butcher.

The characters were all dumb and unlikable, the dialogue was unbelievably clumsy and absurd quite often throughout, and of course, the ending deliberately left the door open for potential sequels to follow, go figure!

Ellroy is a clumsy stylist, who writes punchy dialogue, but his vision of law and disorder in LA is perceptive and penetrating.

However, everyone else struggles a bit, no matter how good the players are; even Laurence Fishburne, Richard Schiff and Chris Meloni have a hard time fitting their teeth around David S. Goyer's clumsy, on - the - nose dialogue.

Her Hannah is done no favours by sketchy early dialogue that presents her as a husband - hunting career obsessive with a «PG - 13 life,» one of too many clumsy nods to the film's own rating.

Not that Chappaquiddick doesn't suffer from problems common to run - of - the - mill political biopics, from clumsy expository dialogue to sporadic pacing.

It's an affecting notion that, ironically, loses its power during the rare, clumsy scenes of actual dialogue.

Though burdened with some painfully clumsy passages of dialogue littered throughout Wentworth Miller's screenplay, the film succeeds on the strength of its lush visuals, nimble editing, sweeping musical contributions by Clint Mansell and Philip Glass, and magnetic performances by Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode as, respectively, the reserved young protagonist and her creepily seductive uncle who reappears shortly after the death of her father (Dermot Mulroney).

The movie's clunky dialogue — which veers between perplexingly modern and strangely old - fashioned — feels the clumsiest coming from him.

Obvious dialogue and clumsy dichotomies — art vs. mediocrity, sanity vs. insanity, etc. — take over the script, and I lost interest.

The strength of Charles Frazier's National Book Award - winning source material lies in its socio - political details of America's Civil War period, but Minghella has focused his picture unerringly on the overrated novel's weaknesses instead: its dialogue, its clumsy Homeric riff (for better country - fried Odyssey, stick to O Brother Where Art Thou?)

Obvious dialogue and clumsy dichotomies — art vs. mediocrity, sanity vs. insanity, etc. — take over the script, and the dullness that is Gleeson takes over the movie.

To me, most of the copious passages of dialogue in Lush Life stand out as too fast, too slick, jammed with far too much clumsy back - story — in short, too TV.

The dialogue is clumsy, the voice acting weak and the humour is pretty hit and miss.

The clumsy combat, poor dialogue and technical limitations of the game sadly overshadow an otherwise intriguing plot set in a dark fantasy world filled with great ideas and concepts that are never realised.

The dialogue ranges from being is quite good to clumsy.

It certainly doesn't help that dialogue options feel more binary and clumsy than ever and the whole thing only introduces 3 new characters.