Sentences with phrase «dramatic stories like»

The travel industry has seen a healthy share of changes and developments in the last decade, but big, dramatic stories like the ones listed above are getting people to think about travel insurance.

The energy - drink maker Red Bull, for example, wants its users to live on the edge — and it backs that up with dramatic stories like Felix Baumgartner's famous skydive from the edge of space in October 2012.

Not exact matches

Stories like Carol's are not as dramatic as Sheryl Sandberg's, but they showcase obtainable outcomes and relatable pathways to success.

You will note the Dramatic Stories are like little vignettes with fairly clear plots.

The most successful viral crowdfunding campaigns often have specific emotional pulls: dramatic stories presented by video, the ability to track the progress of where your donation is going, or a sense of familiarity with the person in need (think sites like GoFundMe).

But a Poulter victory, though highly improbable given the likes of multiple - major winners Spieth, McIlroy, and Bubba Watson populating the top of the leaderboard, would make for a much more dramatic story of sports redemption.

I like the imagery in this case because it's dramatic and it tells a story visually — it's a like a film montage rendered in static, vertical form.

The study is based on a theoretical model the researchers developed and was inspired by the dramatic stories people like to tell about risk - taking entrepreneurs.

The story pulls you in with a testimonial from a seemingly trustworthy person who, like you, was «skeptical» at first, but then experienced such dramatic and «real» changes that they can't imagine their life without the powerful and affordable product.

Oh sure, the «estranged dad vs. embittered daughter» material is supposed to be the meat of the meal, which is why we're treated to so many extra scenes of people chit - chatting by firelight, but the dramatic push should come from the kidnapping story, and that chase just gets shoved into the background whenever the characters feel like conversing — yet again.

The good news is that if — like me — you love everything having to do with Arthurian mythology, you'll likely be able to tolerate Ritchie's dramatic flair and will appreciate a fresh look at the epic story.

The more layered truths behind scandals of the past have made for some great documentaries (particularly last year's «O.J.: Made in America» and «Hot Coffee,» the illuminating story behind the coffee that was «too hot») and a number of recent dramatic highlights, like Aaron Sorkin's upcoming «Molly's Game,» about the woman callously dubbed the «poker princess» by the tabloids.

The core story reads like a screenplay, with many highly dramatic points, but the movie plays out like most other submarine movies.

«There are no dramatic new features,» admitted, Ebihara, «but there's a reliable sort of fun here, like there always is, between the new action scenes and the charming story.

Passengers has been sold as a love story, but for the sake of dramatic tension films like it are often guilty of normalizing abuse

His use of space and time has theatre - like economical sense to it but instead of focusing on the dramatic structure he uses it as a pretext to tell a story of the most toxic and lethal of all human addictions — family.

Like with anything that is popular, the movie's plot has led to countless fan theories; ranging from aspects like the story was all in the head of Rod the TSA agent, that Get Out is a sequel to Being John Malkovich, the important symbolism of the deer, the dramatic irony of Chris picking cotton to lead to his escape, and much mLike with anything that is popular, the movie's plot has led to countless fan theories; ranging from aspects like the story was all in the head of Rod the TSA agent, that Get Out is a sequel to Being John Malkovich, the important symbolism of the deer, the dramatic irony of Chris picking cotton to lead to his escape, and much mlike the story was all in the head of Rod the TSA agent, that Get Out is a sequel to Being John Malkovich, the important symbolism of the deer, the dramatic irony of Chris picking cotton to lead to his escape, and much more.

Bryan Singer's X-Men franchise has done slightly better, giving characters like Storm (Halle Berry), Dr. Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) rounded stories and proper dramatic arcs, so that they seemed more like women, and less like blow - up dolls.

A thrilling interpretation of the dramatic realities of the times and a reimagining of what wartime must have been like for one of literature's most famous and compelling characters, a story of all - consuming passion and ambition set in war torn Scotland.

Just by the glimpses we've gotten here, especially on Apatow's part, it looks like all involved are really pushing their talents to the limit to bring such a funny, yet odd story to full dramatic life.

Yet, Stories We Tell often feels more like a dramatic suspense saga, or even a gothic romance, more than a movie about Sarah Polley because even though she sits at the very centre of the frame, this is really a biographical portrait of a ghost.

Director François Girard (The Red Violin) tells the story without regard for little things like pacing, character development and dramatic tension.

Built around interviews with survivors still traumatized from their childhood exposure to the logo after shows like Bewitched or The Monkees, the film brings their stories to life with animation, found footage, and dramatic reenactments.

He's also a fan of the young writer's work and agrees to tell him the story of how he came to own the establishment without buying it — over dinner in a grand ball room that is illuminated like a stage where the lights rise and fall on dramatic moments of Mr. Moustafa's story.

«I feel like it's a truly feminist version of a romantic comedy,» says Deutch, whose character, Harper, provides the comedic and dramatic substance of the story.

Having Rudd in front of the camera helps the actor carry the comedic rhythms through the movie's more dramatic moments, bringing balance and relief to heavier elements like the Hope / Hank Pym reconciliation story with well - timed everyman charm that is Rudd's claim to fame.

Many students enjoy learning through dramatic activities like acting out a story that they've read, or creating monologues by historical characters, but students may lack the skills of cooperation, collaboration, focus and self - control that drama requires.

Based on real personalities like Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy's Jewish Secretary of State and spymaster, and on historical facts and events ranging from an African - American spy network to the dramatic self - destruction of the city of Richmond, All Other Nights is a gripping and suspenseful story of men and women driven to the extreme limits of loyalty and betrayal.

Indeed, movies and the wonder they inspire, «like seeing dreams in the middle of the day,» are central to the story, and Selznick expresses an obvious passion for cinema in ways both visual (successive pictures, set against black frames as if projected on a darkened screen, mimic slow zooms and dramatic cuts) and thematic (the convoluted plot involves director Georges Méliès, particularly his fanciful 1902 masterpiece, A Trip to the Moon.)

It's a contemporary love story of modern people with modern problems, a story with lots of humour and some dramatic twists — a bit like the process of getting it onto the pages of a real book!

- Library Journal «Certain bits of information occasionally feel deliberately withheld for dramatic effect (though they are eventually revealed), and Eva's superstar status at the end of the story feels like a little bit of a stretch, but Eva herself is a compelling, deliciously flawed character.»

(i.e. Making a short story into a flash fiction may make it more concise and dramatic or it may leave it feeling more like an outline.

Since then I learned some techniques from an experienced Hollywood script development exec, like starting with a one - sentence log line (the first sentence of my description of Vaccine Nation above is one, a bit long at 36 words) that captures the story, and then build the outline, including key dramatic steps, in three acts from there.

The Modern Combat series is also known for its dramatic set pieces at key points in the story, including things like «on - rails» car chase sections where you have to shoot pursuing enemies.

It's easy to get sucked into horror stories about things like foreclosures and student debt, but a little knowledge and preparation will make your own loan story a lot happier and a lot less dramatic.

We like to tell dramatic stories.

The imaginative practices of Dungeons & Dragons, which allowed a group of players to create dramatic stories around a tabletop using dice to resolve combat and certain tasks, immediately spawned successors — both in fantasy settings like Chaosium's 1978 classic RuneQuest, and in all kinds of other fictional worlds.

Story mode in particular is full of silly and «dramatic» line readings like Frieza screaming, «Your jokes are horrible!

How a dorm room Minecraft scam brought down the Internet (Garrett M. Graff / Wired - ARTICLE) «The most dramatic cybersecurity story of 2016 came to a quiet conclusion Friday in an Anchorage courtroom, as three young American computer savants pleaded guilty to masterminding an unprecedented botnet — powered by unsecured internet - of - things devices like security cameras and wireless routers — that unleashed sweeping attacks on key internet services around the globe last fall.»

Let the dramatic story and absurd humor of the series unfold like an interactive foreign film experience.

A point that shouldn't need repeating is that the media like a dramatic statement, and stories that say something is going to be worse than previously thought get more coverage than those which say it's not going to be as bad.

Readers who found the Hollywood stories of films such as The Day After Tomorrow, Waterworld or An Inconvenient Truth scary, might like to note that the mean average value of +1.0 mm / yr is not quite as dramatic.

The various «crises» I mentioned in the post were useful beliefs for some people — like journalists looking for dramatic stories, or researchers wanting attention and funding for their work.

The game had all the usual trimmings: a detailed story campaign that covered everything up to the Cell Saga, 20 - plus playable characters and homages to the show baked right into the gameplay, like smashing through mountains or calling in allies for dramatic one - liners.

I also like how the story line for the outer world wasn't too dramatic but instead very common and relatable.

I think that the 2 - story great room LOOKS beautiful and dramatic, but it sounds like it is not very practical.