Sentences with phrase «compelling characters»

Despite being more rounded than its edgy predecessor, this is still a very intelligent offering, populated by interesting ideas and a host of compelling characters.

EXPERIENCE: An all - new single player story mode, with compelling character progression.

He doesn't have especially good eyebrows or hair, but he may be the most compelling character on the show.

That doesn't mean there isn't a worthwhile story within (or compelling character studies), but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Historical romance, however, is not historical fiction, although both share the goal of creating compelling characters in a vibrant period setting.

However, the storytelling does a fairly good job at building mystery and at creating compelling characters.

I think someone else could've made a much more compelling character.

It takes classic components of a great game — such as compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration — and combines them with the exciting opportunities of virtual reality.

The movie has all the ingredients for compelling characters, but just drops the ball.

Plus, we are given compelling characters to follow, each with her own goals, guilt, and reasons for being there.

In their defense, they weren't given much to work with or enough time to develop compelling characters that they would have had in a television show.

And more importantly, complex and compelling characters don't take a back seat to the action.

He put some really compelling characters and situations up on that screen.

Gone are the strategy elements, the planning and execution of turn - based battles, and even compelling characters that you want to succeed.

She's certainly the most compelling character here, and it's easy enough to wish she were the focus of the film.

Well, it did — but the series has other compelling characters, as well, and Naughty Dog will revisit a couple of those with next year's Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.

In the cinematic campaign, you'll enter a world filled with compelling characters and fight to take back our home.

She likes general commercial fiction and welcomes a dramatic storyline and compelling characters in interesting situations or relationships.

Uncharted 2 also improved the storytelling and gave us a wider array of compelling characters, while delivering dazzling presentation all the while.

Your book sounds like it has really compelling characters and a plot that makes you want to turn the page.

I would advise everyone to instead just watch The Shallows, a superior shark thriller with natural style, tautly wound suspense sequences, and the luxury of an emotionally compelling character arc to go along with the benefits of a sun - kissed Blake Lively.

In her artful feature film debut, writer - director Sara Colangelo deftly avoids the hillbilly stereotypes as well as movie - of - the - week territory with compelling characters who struggle with their own lies and grief.

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The result is a restrained, fitfully compelling character portrait of a former priest turned archaeologist (Stellan Skarsgård, excellent) who discovers a young boy possessed by the devil on a dig in the Turkana region of British Kenya.

OUR TAKE: Director Bennett Miller (Capote, Moneyball) is known for turning the most unlikely of stories into compelling character drama films.

The SoulCalibur series has had some big names before for its character cameos, like Link and Darth Vader, but this newest iteration is including one of the most compelling characters from a modern franchise: Kratos of God of War fame.

Critic Consensus: It's unabashedly sentimental, but thanks to reliably powerful performances from a well - rounded veteran cast, Unfinished Song proves a sweetly compelling character piece.

Going on to say that they will: «Work closely with an external development partner and internal team leads to direct the tone and timber of the project with an eye towards compelling character development, innovative narrative progression, and engaging interactions / gameplay in VR.»

As one of the best known French actors working today, Vincent Cassel has a penchant for playing compelling characters driven by a deeper desire.

Critic Consensus: Thanks to a liberal dose of propulsive, bloody action and enough compelling character moments to reward longtime fans, The Walking Dead's fifth season continues to deliver top - notch entertainment.

She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page.

Eclipse is a combat film of sorts, with a massive swing of romantic combustibility to tinker with, while allowing for potentially compelling character depth, as the Cullen clan is probed beyond the stares and lip - licking they were permitted in the previous features.

And Soon the Darkness by D. B. Bates — December 22, 2010 — It comes close to greatness but misses the mark as a result of some clumsy foreshadowing and director / co-writer Marcos Efron emphasizing the film's familiar plot rather than its unique, fairly compelling characters.

-- O Magazine «Adam Johnson has pulled off literary alchemy, first by setting his novel in North Korea, a country that few of us can imagine, then by producing such compelling characters whose lives unfold at breakneck speed.

Winter Passing almost always operates on the right side of the border, the full - of - life side where compelling characters live with urgency and intensity.

Well known for creating compelling characters whose lives are relatable and realistic, best - selling author Sherryl Woods returns with a new Ocean Breeze trilogy, which follows three generations of the Castle family.

Critics Consensus: Thanks to a liberal dose of propulsive, bloody action and enough compelling character moments to reward longtime fans, The Walking Dead's fifth season continues to deliver top - notch entertainment.

Critics Consensus: It's unabashedly sentimental, but thanks to reliably powerful performances from a well - rounded veteran cast, Unfinished Song proves a sweetly compelling character piece.

Silver Linings Playbook is compelling character drama It doesn't take long while watching Silver Linings Playbook to realize you're watching

Omega Force and Team Ninja have done a surprisingly good job of translating some of Fire Emblem's compelling character growth and management features into the Warriors universe.

In an attempt to use the concept to form compelling character relationships, writer - director Jeff Wadlow just doesn't have anything to offer.

This warts and all doc casts a light on a truly compelling character: a raging, binge - drinking, eco-conscious farmer.

What The Amityville Horror misunderstands is that if you invest just one character with a personality, then getting scalded by a teapot becomes an unbearable possibility — but if you fail to create a single compelling character, then anything you do to them elicits disinterest or mirth.

We are all about compelling characters and stories, and we see an amazing opportunity to build on what Gearbox has created,» reads the post.

In short, compelling characters need M&M s.

... «In the hands of a less adept writer, such complex history might grow opaque and tedious, but Reiss» storytelling flair and the utterly compelling character of Lev Nussimbaum turn this biography into a page - turner of epic proportion.»

While Tartt crafted very compelling characters and a story line that gripped readers, the pivotal painting on which so much of the story relies actually disappears for hundreds of pages at a time, only to be casually mentioned later.

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