Not exact matches
«As the actor
in the
film, you just have to step away and say, I don't know
anything, really, and whether any of it is true or false.
At no time
does the
film show the couple
in anything but a chaste embrace.
I used to
do stop motion short
films in college, but have been too afraid to
do them for the blog (the quality of my old videos werent
anything to brag about).
«
Anything over 50 yards is rare
in a game,» says Broncos offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Gary Kubiak, «but I
did see
film of Vick throwing a ball 75 yards.
I'm not sure there is
anything creepier than children
in horror
films, there is just something about taking that innocence and turning them into something dark and sinister that doesn't sit well with...
In a recent YouTube campaign
film, he complained that «we have gone down the road of mediocracy and compromise, we don't like the idea of excelling of
anything because we worry that it implies that somebody is less good».
Another advantage of this light - based processing is it doesn't require
anything to come
in physical contact with the
film being treated — for example, there is no need to attach electrical contacts or to bathe the material
in a chemical solution.
While Yates doesn't
do anything shockingly out of turn with the
film, I found myself struggling to connect with the epic, symbolic conflict and was more interested
in the smaller moments.
Trying to underplay conventional plotting as much as it can, this
film is seriously meditative upon the life of a man who we barely known
anything about, and makes matters worse by portraying gradual exposition
in too abstract of a fashion for you to receive the impact of the would - be remedies for characterization shortcomings that
do indeed go a very long way
in distancing you from a conceptually sympathetic and worthy lead.
Once the fear has passed, just
in time for nap, visual and musical style are sometimes played
in an immersive fashion by highlights
in a directorial performance by Nicolas Winding Refn that bring some life to the
film, though not as much as John Turturro's inspired lead performance, which
does about as much as
anything in bring the final product to the brink of decency, which is ultimately defied by the serious underdevelopment, overambition, monotonously unfocused dragging and near - punishingly dull atmospheric dryness that back a questionable drawn non-plot concept, and drive «Fear X» into mediocrity,
in spite of highlights than can't quite obscure the many shortcomings.
There are, one assumes, whole swaths of the book that develop Jack as an emotional character while he's not
doing much of
anything, but that doesn't — can't — work
in a
film.
The flash - forward right at the end of the
film, when Harry, Ron and Hermione are middle - aged parents waving off their kids at King's Cross, actually affected me more than
anything they
did in the previous seven
films.
The
film doesn't use sound
anything like as effectively as Leone, but the fight scenes feel brutal and realistic, particularly
in the final showdown (s) between Carver and Gideon.
This is not to say the «other» is always morally superior or
anything, but it's a crucial fact
in understanding apartheid that, it bears repeating, it was the NATIVE population, the MAJORITY of the country (
do the aliens outnumber the humans
in this
film?)
With this movie, he just doesn't deliver
anything worthwhile for fans, and it's a shame because if the story would have been a bit more developed, then I think that the
film would have succeeded
in being a memorable action
film.
If there are truths about Nick Cave to be found
in this
film, I don't know that they will reveal
anything he doesn't want revealed.
Sennett admired Fazenda's comic gifts and her willingness to
do anything for a laugh, and accordingly starred her
in his 1920 feature
film Down on the Farm.
I think this
film had the potential
in being a great
film, but it simply doesn't deliver
anything good for the entire family.
People like Daniel D obviously don't know
anything about
film, and look for improbabilities
in a narrative to decide wheather its a good movie or not.
If the secret police ever want to get
anything out of me, all they have to
do is sit me down
in front of this
film.
Mercifully light on the soppy sentimentality that often weighs down most kiddie flicks, Peter Rabbit is a fast - paced, gag - a-minute affair that at times recalls the
films of Zucker - Abrahams - Zucker
in its willingness to
do anything for a laugh.
Without ruining
anything in the nearly two - hour
film (if you know the history, I am too late,) I can say it is an ambitious sequel, has its moments, yet
does not always have the energy or flow of the first
film despite the return of the same director.
A lot of scenes
in the
film just don't make any sense and don't add
anything to the thread of a narrative that runs through it, but they are striking and
do have an effect on you, which is perhaps the purpose.
Yes I dislike the way Legolas is portrayed
in these
films, as if he's some kind of invincible super God - like character who can
do virtually
anything such as defy gravity.
Even though the 2003 comedy scored a 14 % on Rotten Tomatoes, I thought that this was an excellent
film and a great attestment to the message, «Don't let
anything stand
in the way of your dreams.»
Rarely are female leads given
anything of substance to
do in action
films, so I applaud Besson for writing this role for a woman.
Yet an actor
in a Cameron Crowe
film must be prepared to
do things that fly
in the face of conventional narrative: his characters are forever addressing the camera and declaiming their innermost thoughts
in voice - over, the cumulative effect of which is an
anything - can - happen atmosphere and characters of substance etched
in lightning - quick vignettes.
Nothing gets resolved
in the end, and the character doesn't
do anything except mouth off for the entire
film.
I don't know how nerdy the people
in this
film are
in real life, but most everyone
in this cast is some kind of a reject who has
done hardly
anything before.
If Rampage's giant monsters stand for
anything — and giant monsters usually
do, even
in films as silly as this one — it is the destructive self - interest of the monstrously rich, and there is an unexpectedly topical plot thread here about billionaire grifters
in gilded office blocks getting their FBI - mandated just desserts.
If you're
in the mood for something fun, then give this one a shot, just don't expect
anything great with the
film.
If there is
anything I didn't like about the
film, it's Cameron's lack of realism when dealing with the roles of children, especially Jonathan Lipnicki's (Stuart Little, The Little Vampire) character as the boy that Maguire forms a bond with, as he's too unrealistic
in demeanor and too strange looking to buy as a real kid, and for that matter the same goes for Tyson Tidwell's (Suarez, The Ladykillers) demeanor (son of Rod) as well.
The first third of the
film shows them
in action, with each character attempting to
do anything that's possible to earn some money.
And just as with those
films, my mind couldn't help but wander adrift
in a sea of thoughts that had nothing to
do with
anything taking place on screen.
I'm not even of the school that thinks the Zimmer approach is fundamentally wrong for a
film like this — it's just that
in this instance, he (assuming he actually had
anything to
do with it) certainly
did get it wrong.
When it comes to «Marvel's The Avengers», they are the hottest ticket
in not only
film this year but also
anything having to
do with media
in general.
I don't know if that amounts to
anything considering the
films in the same category - «A Walk to Remember, «Whatever that Miley Cyrus
film was called», «Message
in a Bottle», etc..
A few unexpected minor pleasures: the time - travel flick Predestination, an adaptation of a Robert A. Heinlein short story that's one of those rare sci - fi movies that feels like it was made by people who read sci - fi; the horror Western Bone Tomahawk, which feels,
in the best way, like someone filmed a first draft script and didn't cut anything, all its little quirks of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minut
in the best way, like someone
filmed a first draft script and didn't cut
anything, all its little quirks of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and
In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minut
In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minute.
If
anything, the tiny - budgeted
film (though not that poor considering the filmmakers licensed a David Bowie song) is a sizzle reel for Josh Trank who shows he can
do on a fraction of the budget what many directors
in Hollywood can't
do with hundreds of millions.
There are very few
films which
do that today, the last
film to truly deliver that promise is The A-Team, which beyond
anything else provided entertainment
in droves.
Of course, if his
films are any evidence, von Trier has been orbiting Planet Melancholia for a while now, even before his widely reported battle with clinical depression, and so it's little surprise that the main characters
in Melancholia enter the stage with an existential weight on their shoulders that has little, if
anything, to
do with the world's imminent demise.
As for the rating, anyone who knows
anything about The Hunger Games should know that this doesn't lend itself towards light material — this is one of the darker «PG - 13»
films to be released
in a long time.
Spielberg's frantically uneven
film, adapted by Cline and Zak Penn and set
in a grim 2045, posits an immersive virtual world called the OASIS where humans can become their own avatars and
do anything imaginable.
Not only
did the
film make all kinds of»80s jokes and references, but John Cusack's character existed as something of a throwback to the many famous roles he had
in that aforementioned decade (Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Say
Anything, et cetera).
It ends with a title card that states «A Paul Schrader
Film,» but it is such
in name only — a version of the movie that neither Schrader nor Refn (who retains an executive producer credit) nor Cage endorse or have
done anything to promote, assembled by a team of producers without the input of Schrader or the
film's credited editor, Tim Silano.
Topics include: using the «C - word» the most times allowed
in a 15 rating, wanting to make an American action
film that didn't parody
anything, the social commentary on «Starbucking», the characters and the friends cast to play them, and Wright's directorial style.
Say
Anything... has also just made its DVD debut
in the US this month, and reviews of that disc are full of praise for the new 16:9 anamorphic video transfer that's been
done of the
film under the director's supervision, making mention of its detail, sharpness, colour saturation and perfect black levels.
And any time spent thinking about how ridiculous what they're actually talking about is, is still more entertaining than some of the antics the supporting characters get up to, be it John Malkovich trying to kung fu a robot or a former Special Forces soldier complaining stress or all the running he was having to
do, or dear God
anything having to
do with Sam's parents who offer nothing to the
film but reminders why they shouldn't be
in it.
This religious - fish - out - of - water narrative involving the Hasidic community has been well trod
in films before, but
in the hands of filmmaker Sebastain Leilo and his more than capable cast, Disobedience doesn't treat it with
anything less than striking intelligence and humane interactions.
Yet Power doesn't know how to balance it all out properly, resulting
in a lopsided
film that seems more interested
in torturing its characters than
anything else.