Sentences with phrase «complex characters from»

While I love the Bride and Uma Thurman's performance, I just think that Bill is the most complex character from the Kill Bill films (although I think Michael Madsen's Bud is truly underrated).

Not exact matches

Even though the parts of such a whole are not independent of one another and are ultimately integrated into the one complex prehension which is the satisfaction, they function, nevertheless, as quasi-individuals to the extent that each component derives its individual character in part from the object to which it initially conforms and retains it throughout the whole process.

[Note: We will return to our series on the book of Esther next week, with a discussion on the complex character of Mordecai, after I've returned from my travels.]

The model of the relation of God and the world in spacetime is a complex point, derived from linear objective reals of a vector character.

In Bellah's view, this capacity to differentiate symbols from the truths they convey is a prime example of the more complex, more highly differentiated character of modern religion.

The purpose of this distinction is to distinguish the nascent, deviant, augmentative, or spoliative character of a complex from its sphere of dominance while at the same time consigning neither to the status of lesser reality.

In this way persona evolved in signification from simple and static mask to complex and living character, moving from the exterior to the interior, from the superficial appearance to the substantial reality.

Thus the thesis from which we proceeded (cf. 2.1), that the world is to be thought as a unity and as being of a «simple» basic character, is reformulated in such a way that is has become compatible with experiences of complex associations of happenings: The world concretizes itself in events which for their own part are to be thought as a stabilization of a network of relations.

Let's also take a look at the very first and last lines of Jon's article, the first coming after an extended quote from part of my article pointing out what I see as a limitation of Twitter — that you can only stuff so much complex thought into 140 characters:

But the drive to create virtual characters that are indistinguishable from human characters has also given rise to complex forensic and legal issues, such as the need to distinguish between computer - generated and photographic images of child pornography, says senior author Hany Farid, a professor of computer science and a pioneering researcher in digital forensics at Dartmouth.

These complex programs automatically regulate the basics of a game, from managing memory needs efficiently for smoother play to changing the lighting as a character moves through a landscape.

Anna Schmidt is one of the more complex and interesting characters of the entire film, and though her motivations are clear, she still steals the show from time to time.

Moving from an uptight funeral director on SIX FEET UNDER to a serial killer on DEXTER, to Beat Generation figure David Kammerer in KILL YOUR DARLINGS, Michael C. Hall continues to illuminate humanity in transformative, complex characters.

Granted, Winstone shares a kindred spirit in the conflicted, star - glasses - wearing Bob Hoskins from Neil Jordan's equally undermining Mona Lisa, yet Glazer's film bravely favors a story of nominal stasis, allowing the focus to shift to the infantile yet complex characters Winstone's thug shares the film with.

That struggle and its psychological toll explain the hatred festering within the movie's strikingly complex villain; their lack suffuses the Wakandan characters with a strength — a wholesale freedom from America's crippling racial neuroses — that carries a deeper thrill than comic books tend to convey.

There is nothing too complex or overdone about it, which is kind of what I was hoping for, but there are no real stakes aside from seeing if our main characters make it out alive, which in the end does not really matter, because they all pull of ridiculous stunts, making for a very far - fetched film.

Great Performances from all the cast especially the lead actor who brings to life a very complex character.

Sentenced to three years in jail upon getting into a scuffle with a couple of fuzz trying to stop him from busking in the park, Otis, for starters, would be a far more resonant character if he were portrayed by a black actor (it doesn't count that the icky Matthews suffers from delusions of soul), since there's nothing to justify his martyr complex.

Funny lines flow from left and right, with more than half a dozen characters brought together under complex but clear circumstances getting a chance to inject their personality.

To underline the point, director Matt Reeves frames a sequence of Gary Oldman shuffling through family photographs on his iPad, the glow from the screen quietly lighting the actor's tearful, joyful face; and then repeats the trick a few scenes later, with an entirely CGI character delivering just as complex a scene in total wordlessness, with a different glowing screen and different family pictures.

While the movie's focus is not solely on Green's character, his ability to bring this complex performance to life definitely makes him stand out from the bunch.

While nowhere near complex as the Helm's Deep by Peter Jackson, this massive set piece has captivating sequences and a proper buildup — from preparations to the big assault and strategic efforts, then back to smaller fights where characters continue to show raw power, solidarity, and conviction.

There are a lot of things to admire about the 12 - issue miniseries (from its multilayered narrative to its psychologically complex characters), but the Holy Bible of comic books it is not, and that only makes reviewing the film adaptation even more difficult.

Like his award - winning drama A Separation, this French drama from Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is packed with complex characters who have detailed, full lives.

With both actors matching his enthusiasm for complex characters and the taut, challenging story about a brain - damaged ex-jock (Gordon - Levitt) being played by a seductive sociopath (Goode), the conversation turned from defying audience expectations, to what constitutes normal, to the wonders of location filming during winter in Winnipeg.

«Suicide Theory» does boast a couple of intriguingly complex characters, however, and some interesting points on how little satisfaction is derived from retribution, especially when what goes around reliably comes around.

However, what sets Dawn apart from other blockbusters, is its rich and emotionally complex characters, well most of them.

What sets Dawn of the Planet of the Apes apart from other blockbusters, is its rich and emotionally complex characters

This week, he trades in the orange overalls and vests of a «hot shot» firefighter for the combat fatigues of a U.S. soldier, Sergeant Adam Schumann, returning from the Iraqi War in 2007 in writer - director Jason Hall's (American Sniper) earnest, authentically told, compassionate Thank You For Your Service, another «based on a true story» throwback war - at - home drama elevated — just like last week's Only the Brave — by Teller's unfailing, unflagging commitment to bringing the inner turmoil, turbulence, and torment of his character to complex, contradictory life.

They can engage in complex stories featuring characters who exist apart from their abilities, and they can do it in a way that is as imaginative as, well, a comic book can be.

Former school teacher Brendan, who stars opposite Aidan Gillen and Chris O'Dowd in the movie, found it difficult to detach himself from the complex character once the cameras stopped rolling.

While a bare plot summary — the Doctor meets Vincent Van Gogh and helps him defeat a giant chicken from outer space — might suggest a less than serious episode, «Vincent and the Doctor» is in fact a deeply felt piece of work, with a wonderfully complex portrayal of its central character and plenty to say about topics that Doctor Who doesn't normally touch.

The best Iranian film in years, invisible in its own country save for a series of screenings at the latest Fajr Film Festival, a sum of Banietemad's work (both fictional and documentary): characters from some of her earlier films meet and have complex, intimate interactions over the landscape of contemporary Tehran.

Lovelace would appear to be, from her actions, a complex character with her own wishes, dreams and desires — many which would seem alien to you or me, and yet she is drawn to be an empty vessel, through which the wishes, dreams and desires of others are poured into.

His presence is the provocation of the messy entangled relationships that incur and this release provides energetic liberation from the tight strains of the characters» complex relations.

Some credit has to go to S. Craig Zahler's excellent screenplay, which gradually reveals a more complex character underneath Chicory's buffoonish surface, although Jenkins» ability to create such a genuine and sympathetic character from the page is what helps elevate Bone Tomahawk from a low - budget genre pic to a future cult classic.

The first, by James Whale from 1936 is a nuanced portrait of a racially complex society, with dignified performances from its minority characters (including the electrifying Paul Robeson) which is turned into a much simplified musical starring Howard Keel and directed by George Sydney.

Footage from «Kick - Ass 2» revealed darker plot lines, and the film's cast and director discussed its complex relationships, changes from the source material and expanding the roster of characters.

The kid from Mud and The Tree of Life delivers a complex character with simple grace.

From the perspective of an actor, Jeff (Gillooly) was such a complex character, and I was curious to learn the truth behind the man, and what really happened.

His dopey take on Assange is a far cry from a definitive look at a complex character (even if it does wind up being the only one).

The New World is a movie to get lost in, and from the first few minutes we are thrown into director Terrence Malick s world of complex characters that focus on their emotions and feelings at their current time in this new found place on earth, rather than overweighing us in a story about when Pocahontas met John Smith.

But when he befriends a young girl at at park, he has to face his old demons... It was always going to be a tough sell to elicit empathy for such a complex lead character, but Kevin Bacon manages to convey a complex range of emotions, from guilt, to desire and to fear of re-offending, in one of the best performances of his career.

What is refreshing and rewarding, as it was on A Single Man, is that Ford backs up the style with substance in the form of complex and compelling story and characters, which in this case are adapted from Austin Wright's 1993 novel Tony and Susan.

Diehard fans will be quick to point out that the complex character came back from the dead in the comics.

Slow, not terribly interested in lore or internal logic, and fatally hamstrung by the choice of actors like Billy Crystal and a zombified Emily Mortimer to voice its American dub, it's a regression for Miyazaki from his last two films (Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away) in almost every sense, starting with his decision to have a lonely young woman as the central character in place of the prepubescent little girls front and centre in most of his masterpieces (the last two films, Kiki's Delivery Service, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and My Neighbor Totoro) and ending with a gross simplification of his usually complex themes of confidence and actualization into a colourless, flavourless drone about the hard - to - dispute badness of war.

Even so, Robbie does a solid job of capturing the complex character of Harding, pirouetting from vulnerability to volatility on a dime.

Writers Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan should be credited for creating a character rich in complex emotions, all veiled beneath an alcoholic veneer, which shields him from his sheer loneliness and from the hate spewed on him by the public.

As Eli Cash in The Royal Tenenbaums, he showed a fragile and complex character that provided a stark contrast from his much - beloved comedy work.

Gamers ask more and more from their video games, feeding the need for a deeply engrossing experience with complex character development and outstanding delivery.