Sentences with phrase «dystopian feel»

Some have a decidedly dystopian feel and some are just plain old neurotic.

The trailer calls back a newly re-popularized Blomkampesque aesthetic, which creates a sort of gritty, dystopian feel, similar to the original Terminator.

After all, there's something a bit dystopian feeling about pushing a button and essentially flattening the playing field between professionals and amateurs.

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That said, nothing makes me feel quite as anxious as when I watch or read a futuristic sci - fi about a dystopian future of an abandoned society crumbled by technology.

It is in the adult dystopian section, however, I feel it could easily be read by a teenager.

It feels like the dystopian future of countries managed by major conglomerates dawns ever closer.

Another film I initially gave a B to before totally revising my feelings on it, Yorgos Lanthimos» dystopian parable on modern romantic relationships belongs in an oddity's museum.

The inhuman institutions of power and intersecting realities are par for the course with Gilliam, and it doesn't quite manage to feel as refreshing or original as the first two parts of his dystopian trilogy.

If we hadn't seen any of The Hunger Games movies, Divergent might have felt fresher, less like a medium - grade helping of dystopian sci - fi built around a young female character who learns to kick butt.

And like Judge's 2006 dystopian comedy (which feels less and far fetched each passing day, as the meme goes), «Downsizing» is rife with witty visual touches and inspired comic premises but never quite comes together as fully successful whole.

Though the more futuristic stuff isn't too distracting considering Hollywood's current obsession with dystopian sci - fi films like «The Hunger Games,» the decision to cast a 24 - year - old actor in the lead role (playing a 16 - year - old instead of the 12 - year - old that appears in the book) feels wrong for a number of reasons.

Thanks to a background in visual effects, Ball uses a reasonably modest budget (as far as dystopian sci - fi blockbusters go) to create a film that feels quite large in scope and exciting as far as the chases, gunplay, and fights.

«Logan» is a comic - book movie that feels more like a dystopian sci - fi Western starring a guy and a girl who just happen to be able to turn their hands into cutlery.

It feels both divorced from and intrinsically tied to its source material, the 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury, which is maybe inevitable when bringing a decades - old work to a contemporary audience.

The second sequel to 2013's dystopian satire feels eerily prescient in its depiction of a polarised America.

Who should win — Kent (pictured, right), but Zak Hilditch for the end - of - days thriller These Final Hours can feel unloved given the category had time travel, dystopian future and fairy tale horror contenders front and centre.

Mendes has always been an assured visual stylist even when his material feels wholly bogus — see Road To Perdition — and in Jarhead's second half the desert begins to look like something out of a dystopian sci - fi movie: Pools of oil spilling everywhere blot out the sun and the only illumination is provided by poisonous oil well infernos.

On the one hand, most people seem to agree that he did an admirable job of translating Suzanne Collins» popular dystopian sci - fi thriller into cinematic form; on the other hand, some of Ross» stylistic choices with Hunger Games (specifically, the disorienting shaky cam / editing approach) left many viewers feeling disgruntled.

The early scenes are eccentrically engaging and in their most inventive moments (Stanley Tucci as a purple haired Oprah - like talk show host, the torture - gym training scenes, Elizabeth Banks as the oblivious, garishly made - up minder Effie) create a strange dystopian vision that feels refreshingly singular.

Cable, the gruff, cyborg Mutant from a dystopian future, made his dark and gritty debut in the new trailer for Deadpool 2, and at first, everything seems to serious that it feels like a totally different type of movie from the irreverant comedy of the first flick.

A Quiet Place further brings to mind Spielberg's War of the Worlds; not only in the way that it taps into the fears of being a parent with children in a troubled political climate and modern world that often feels dystopian, but even down to its set pieces where freaky creatures hunt people hiding in basements and desperately trying to not draw their attention.

Now, with her second book, When She Woke, a dystopian novel set in America in a near - future in which the country has been taken in a very right - wing direction, about to hit the bookstores» shelves paired with its digital cousin, Jordan may be feeling that this progression has been very fast paced.

But Canadian author Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven brings a breath of fresh air to the genre with her fourth novel, a beautiful and deeply felt story that uses its dystopian setting to explore our very human need for shared culture, art and stories.

In a dystopian vision of our near future, Detroit is the story of three androids, three machines designed to obey, who start to feel emotions.

When I first started my time in the beta I was impressed with how alive the world around me felt, running through the dystopian landscape and seeing other players engaging in random firefights with both mutants and aliens all help you feel like your part of a bigger resistance.

Outside of the minimal context, Playdead brings us another living that feels eerie and dystopian.

The setting of Neo-Paris feels alive and bustling within the dystopian reality of a society under constant surveillance and a memory trade, where peoples» memories are currency.

It should be said, though, that this is still one of the best cyberpunk games I have played in a long time, and the story really does feel like the birth of a dystopian, cyberpunk future.

Ever wondered what it would feel like hurling yourself from a levitating building miles above the ground whilst surrounded by a neon dystopian futurescape?

An Innocent Exploration Game that feels like a relaxing morning stroll, it's a 2D flight game set in beautiful dystopian world with lots of secrets for you to uncover.

Looking and feeling like real organic material, Munk's works can be seen as dystopian solutions for a digitally hyper - connected yet physically disconnected milieu.

As can happen with dystopian narratives, Future St. felt weirdly prescient, especially since Segade began to develop his story about a version of despotic gay nationalism (or regionalism, in this case) before the alt - right rose to its current prominence and Milo Yiannopolous became a sensation.

Perry transformed Bridget Donahue's space into what felt like a dystopian film set.

The blurred lines between fact and fiction have never felt so prevalent; they are the subjects of science fiction and dystopian novels such JG Ballard's «The Drowned World», or Yevgeny Zamyatin's «We».

While some works seem dark and dystopian, others are tinged with notes of humor and levity; others still feel sweet, or elegant.

As the Trump administration releases a National Security Strategy that argues U.S. leadership is «indispensable» in pushing back against an «anti-growth» and borderline immoral climate agenda, Atwood's dystopian imaginings have never felt more prescient.

As our world increasingly feels smaller, rather than looking towards a dystopian future, we are tearing down geographical barriers to enable frictionless global payments through decentralized applications.