Sentences with phrase «defined central story»

No actor, no matter the pedigree, can make us care given that little to work with, especially in a movie lacking focus and a defined central story.

Not exact matches

The two notes of individuality defined in a social world and action or embodied belief, which we saw are characteristic of Scriptural stories, are also, according to Auerbach, the central qualities of the Western literary tradition.

These purposes are realized in a series of events that Gabriel Fackre calls the red thread through Scripture - the central and defining narrative of Scripture, what we might call God's story of redemption or renewal.

The Story is defined as «the drama of God's deeds with its central act in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.»

Written by aviator - turned - author John Monk Saunders (of Wings and The Dawn Patrol fame) and directed by German émigré William Dieterle, the film lacks a strong central personality and mostly meanders through the middle but that easy rhythm and directionless story defines their whole situation and sets up the devastating third act, where the group travels to Lisbon for the bullfights.

I don't need to yell about how annoying it is for the central female character to be defined in the title of the story by the primary male figure in her life!

Part 1 of The White March features some smaller side quests but the central conflict is pretty clearly defined from the beginning, and there's not much in the way of depth for either the story or the new companions.