Sentences with phrase «dramatic power»

As a result, you feel a little less comfortable exploiting the brutal, dramatic power delivery.

He is provided not only with action sequences but scenes of intense dramatic power.

Raw, intriguing and energetic despite its flaws, the film fades in dramatic power over its final stretch and doesn't always do justice to the the potential richness of its subject, but until then, it makes for an authentic, distinctive and watchable blend of the tough and the tender.

If it doesn't tie many (or any) of these thematic strands with a neat bow, that's in the nature of a film that chooses raw dramatic power over narrative finesse.

Turns out it's real, but the suspicion that it might be otherwise is a tribute both to the debuting filmmakers» skills in shaping their story and that story's innate dramatic power.

Synopsis: Screen legends Gregory Peck (On the Beach) and Richard Widmark (Road House) co-star in this brilliantly cast western epic featuring an unusually fine story and magnificent direction by the great William Wellman (The Ox - Bow Incident)-- unleashing dramatic power seldom found in this type of film.

There are bits that reminded me of «Aliens» and «10 Cloverfield Way», as well as M. Night Shyamalan's «The Village» and «Signs» but, appropriately enough, it's the family dynamic that gives this the most dramatic power.

The story centers around an uninspired love affair, then tries to develop dramatic power by employing traditional techniques of audience manipulation.

The reality of his handlessness heightens his character's story and adds dramatic power to his every moment onscreen.

This choice makes the setpiece's inherent dramatic power insperable from its status as a directorial and photographic performance.

The contrast between the immovable, «dead» bodies of the dolls and the aggressive, vulgar language not spared by their «talking heads» add up to an unexpected dramatic power of this show.

The ability to enable and disable throttling is only available for certain phones, since newer models aren't affected — Apple says the iPhones 8, 8 Plus, and X all have hardware updates to make such dramatic power management unnecessary.

Kerry Beyer's perfectly appointed reading brings out the offbeat humor and dramatic power of Louis Sachar's 1999 Newbery Award winning story of the incredible but wonderful coincidence of an ancient family curse and a prison camp friendship.

Censorship can even enhance filmmakers» dramatic powers, he tells Rahbaran, by impelling them to think symbolically and poetically.

The results will alter what's left of the Queens GOP political landscape with a dramatic power shift in either direction.

Just love the dramatic power it had!

The movie lacks the dramatic power and impact of Kazan's 1954 Oscar - winning drama, «On the Waterfront,» with which it shares some thematic similarities, but it is sincerely acted by all the cast.

A rare screen adaptation of a beloved novel that maintains the emotional and dramatic power of the original while establishing its own distinctive approach to the story, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) is an underdog masterpiece.

That alone wouldn't be so bad — Damon certainly has the skill to convey Steve's growing disillusionment — but what's particularly irksome is a late plot twist that makes the character's change of heart too easy, robbing the moment of the dramatic power it deserves.

In this film, we're given tantalizing glimpses of that scenario, but the need to interject action and adventure for a momentary thrill robs Outbreak of dramatic power.

The Concept One does lack the soundtrack and the dramatic power delivery of a conventional supercar, but in the way it accelerates and in the way its torque vectoring system picks apart a corner it is enormously entertaining to drive quickly.

This wasn't a gentle correction, but a dramatic power cut.

A dramatic power dome in the hood combined with a raised cowl gives the Trailblazer a strong, purposeful appearance.

The intention is to render improvement in the dramatic power of a manuscript in relation to its targe...

The intention is to render improvement in the dramatic power of a manuscript in relation to its target audience.

ook trailers, those short video teasers that take their name from the more common movie trailers, offer an intriguing way to hook potential readers through the dramatic power of visual storytelling.

It is this diverse cultural background that makes Fan Ho's creative style so unique, full of lyrical beauty, dramatic power, and poetic grandeur.

Marie Julia Bollansée's dramatic power of observation is reflected in her video work.

(One of the best ways to quickly test the dramatic power of shifting from left to right is with Betty Edwards Drawing on the right side of the brain work.)

Everything he did, while to an astonishing and even aggressive degree an assertion of the self, was to an almost equal degree a response to the drama of the world around him — the dramatic power of lovers, friends, still lifes, landscapes, or (certainly in the case of Guernica) current events.

The Ontario Court of Appeal noted the dramatic power of an internet posting:

There is a dramatic power imbalance between employees and the companies for which they work.