Yimou is a master craftsman when it comes to delivering on action and mood, but expends too much energy on the bells and whistles, while neglecting the humanity that should lie at
the core of this love story.
But
the core of this love story is her bond with Rex, played by a scene - stealing German shepherd named Varco.
Not exact matches
Choice quote from Universal co-chairman Donna Langley, «At its
core, Fifty Shades
of Grey is a complex
love story, requiring a delicate and sophisticated hand to bring it to the big screen.»
After my
story yesterday it's hard to «move» you again, therefore I will keep it simple and go back to the
core of what I
love about my job: Collaborating with my favourite brands.
David's professional and
love - life struggles take the movie down a series
of tangents that may distract him from his mother's illness (while featuring and creating problems
of their own), but they mainly end up distracting from the
core of the
story.
Although A Monster Calls has elements
of fantasy and adventure, the real
core of the
story is Conor's attempts to cope with the kind
of outsized emotions that even adults are ill - equipped to handle:
love, loss, and grief.
The
story of their
love and heroism, told against the grimly realistic background
of pounding artillery and deadly ambushes, forms the
core of the film.
The point is to expose the raw emotional
core at the heart
of all
love stories and pop music Ewan McGregor plays a songwriter who falls hopelessly in
love with Nicole Kidman's dancer / prostitute.
The
core of Cold Mountain is a
love story that is not quite there, gutting some
of the rest
of the film, which is told from two points
of view.
But, as he tells Backstage, «the more that I learned how family - centric the celebration is and just the
core tenets
of the holiday — about this obligation to remember
loved ones that have passed on, remembering them every year in a joyous way, putting things out that they
loved in life and passing their
stories to a new generation — it just seemed full
of potential to tell a unique but very deep and emotional, funny, colorful, musical
story.»
Where Avatar falls a little short is in the romance between Jake and Neytiri, which while compelling doesn't resonate as strongly as the emotional
cores of many
of his previous films, whether the traditional romantic
love stories of a Titanic, The Abyss, or The Terminator (or even True Lies); or his dual epic sequel tributes to maternal
love, Aliens and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Once the film gets going, the
core story is quite simple — Eisenheim
loves Sophie, Leopold is jealous
of Eisenheim's hold over the people, and Uhl must balance his job and his personal feelings.
50/50 is the
story of a guy's transformative and, yes, sometimes funny journey to health — drawing its emotional
core from Will Reiser's own experience with cancer and reminding us that friendship and
love, no matter what bizarre turns they take, are the greatest healers.
That was as important to me as bringing the big spectacle; it's about making sure that you've got this young man and this woman - this
love affair - that you're rooting for at the
core of the
story.
But more than anything, The Handmaiden is just pure cinema, a dizzying, disturbing fable
of love and betrayal that piles on luxurious imagery, while never losing track
of its
story's human
core.
There is a soulful
core in this
story of love found and lost.
Hence, all the marketing for
Love Happens, from the trailer to the ads to the title itself, veer steeply away from the very real premise
of the movie into the romance that happens amidst the movie's
core story of a man coming to grips with the death
of his beloved wife.
Although certain preconceived notions may drive some viewers to label the homosexual relationship at the
core of the
story as niche cinema, they'll soon be proven wrong and left speechless, realising that director Luca Guadagnino and his brilliant cast have masterfully told a universal
story about first
love which transcends any possible label.
At its
core, Only Lovers Left Alive is a
love story, but it's more about the ebbs and flows
of life, the way relationships and settings change and evolve, writ large through the lens
of two immortal beings who know the real writer
of Hamlet and hung out with Lord Byron.
Westley and Buttercup truly
love each other, Inigo thirsts for revenge, the Six - Fingered Man (Christopher Guest) is sadistic and cruel, and the cast never belittles the emotional
cores of the
story.
I don't want to turn people off with that, but what's really unique about this movie is the fact that it's like this kind
of crazy action - comedy, but really at the
core there is this like romance and there's this
love story where all he wants to do is to propose to her.
In our
Core Classics ® series, we present
stories loved for generations in abridged versions for young readers, faithful to the style, plot, and themes
of the originals.
Here's an excerpt: «It's basically a
story about loss
of innocence, it's about overcoming hardships... but at its
core, it's a
love story.»
Dramatic and thrillingly written with an uncanny eye for glimpses
of beauty in a ravaged landscape, Fallen Land is a
love story at its
core, and an unusually assured first novel by award - winning young author Taylor Brown.
This unlikely friendship turned
love story forms the heartwarming
core of the upcoming novel from bestselling author Callahan, who has previously published as Patti Callahan Henry.
Since I finished my
core series this summer, I've tried a couple
of «pilots,»
stories that could be developed into a new series (Torrent, a contemporary fantasy, the Swords & Salt tales, prequels for an epic fantasy trilogy I want to do, and a contemporary mystery /
love story that's coming out later this month).
At the
core of all my
stories, I blend my
love of secrets and mystery with the tension and chills
of a thriller.
There is no romantic subplot, but a maturely handled
love triangle at the
core of the
story.
Packed full
of obscure gaming references, a
story so goofy you can't help but
love, and characters that are actually as endearing as they are cute, Neptunia is a charming series
of games that hits directly at the
core of the things fans
of Japanese games and anime
love.