Sentences with phrase «dramatic purposes»

Even when tragedy strikes, it feels more for dramatic purposes than because the story calls for it.

Regardless of what details in the story are accurate or made up for dramatic purposes, I found the film quite fascinating.

Only two of the tunes by composer Matthew Wilder (yes, he of «Break My Stride» fame) and Hercules lyricist David Zippel, the lovely if very short «Reflection,» Mulan's de rigueur «I Want» song; and the aforementioned «I'll Make a Man Out of You» serve a recognizable dramatic purpose.

The volume needs to be turned up, but it is consistent and atmospheric effects usually have dramatic purpose rather than being gimmicky.

It's a change that's certain to be met with resistance on the part of biblical scholars, but it serves a definite dramatic purpose — allowing for inner turmoil on the part of Noah's family.

So, the James Newton Howard paradox is fully in evidence throughout Nightcrawler, as it veers between some moments that are dramatically and musically compelling, some that have some real dramatic purpose and a degree of style though not the greatest things to hear out of context, and others that seem entirely uninspired.

In La La Land, «the whip» is used for dramatic purposes between Mia and Sebastian at The Lighthouse Café.

Firstly, the villain lacks dramatic purpose.

Ditto some of the new characters — Chris Cooper and Margo Martindale provide the voices of veteran dirt - trackers and moonshine runners whose dramatic purpose fizzles.

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The Englishman's principal dramatic purpose was to introduce an element of levity.

There are cheap ways to do this, such as cliffhangers that are there for dramatic purposes only, trying to force the reader to read on to find out what happens.

It never even remotely said it was going to move into that area, and to do so would have removed its dramatic purpose.

A triumph of comic irreverence and dramatic purpose, Episode VIII dazzles like the sci - fi saga hasn't in decades.

The movie elides and truncates history for dramatic purposes and can not resist a very amusing scene in which Raleigh brings tobacco and potatoes from Virginia.

Perhaps seeking to retain something of the book's rhythm, Knight and Hallstrom let a very simple story meander for two hours and include episodes that serve no dramatic purpose.

Whenever I see «inspired by a true story» in the credits, I translate that to mean that the idea for the film may be based on a real person, but the majority of the story and its characters are fictitious and made - up for dramatic purposes.

You could say it all started back at the invention of film itself (for dramatic purposes), or five years ago (for practical purposes).

So we know from their history what Detroit will be like, which is raw and pseudo-documentarian, and even where they tweak the truth for dramatic purposes, still a brutal facsimile of real life.

None of them has any dramatic purpose except to drive the plot and hold up the shapeless melange of backstage intrigue, and their functional nature becomes increasingly awkward.

It's not too far fetched that one overheard conversation can change the course of your life forever, but certainly for amusing and dramatic purposes, this one is pretty over the top.

Sorkin says the film is «much less fictionalized» than people might think,» although some scenes were done for dramatic purposes, pointing to the final confrontation between a college - age Lisa (then played by Perla Haney - Jardine) and Jobs.

There are no side plots, no exposition, and no character backstories that are thrown in for dramatic purposes.

Setting aside the deliberate construction of a view of Mozart for dramatic purposes, there is little doubt that successive generations of scholars have been sincere in their views of the composer, each claiming to be more «objective» than the last, stripping away the veneer of speculation to arrive at «the real man».

Writers have been known to embellish facts for dramatic purposes.

You should pause only at the end of an idea or a thought unless it's for a dramatic purpose or a specific reason.