Sentences with phrase «effect on all of the characters»

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Since the «Star Wars» prequels, in which George Lucas was heavily criticized for using too much CGI to create the worlds and characters, many big - budget movies have tried to find that happy medium of practical and visual effects to give the action on screen a more grounded feel.

Producers say new episodes will feature Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa - Laa and Po as characters, but the series will undergo an update with new CGI effects and scenes shot on replica models of the sets.

In The Philosopher's Pupil (1983) a man's life is changed by his vision of a flying saucer; a key episode in The Good Apprentice turns on what appears to be the effects of a love potion; a young girl in The Green Knight exerts an involuntary telekinesis over the stones that she has collected in her room; in the same novel the goodness of a man named Peter Mir (Mir meaning, in Russian, both «world» and «peace,» as several characters note) seems to be contagious, bringing sweet dreams and love to those with whom he comes in contact.

One of the few studies of the effects of viewing on prosocial behavior concludes that «children most often identify with children,» though there is also «wishful identification with superior figures» (Cecilia V. Feilitzan and Olga Linne, «Identifying with Television Characters,» Journal of Communications, Vol.

The values and imitative practices described in The Underside, inspiring as they may be to his character, Godefroid, are supported by only a tiny secret society whose practical effect on the marketplace of ideas of 19th - century Paris is nil.

No less than other stories in the Jacob cycle, it reflects the background of the patriarchal age — frictions between groups (Hamor and Jacob); a level of sexual morality beyond the reach of our judgment and in any judgment ennobled by the integrity of Hamor and the love of his son for Dinah; the effort on the part of both families to effect a peaceful settlement honoring the religious sensibilities of the abused; the despicable violation of the terms of agreement by two of Jacob's sons; and finally, in perfect consonance with the general character of Jacob, his sharp rebuke of his sons not on moral but on utilitarian grounds:

Pious practice should therefore be done in such a way that this relationship is expressed adequately, reflecting both the compassionate loving character of God on the one hand, and the transformative effect of knowing such a God on the other.

Dostoevsky, on the other hand, is brilliant wherever extreme effects are called for, but almost hopeless at creating a substantial world around the delightful clamor of his characters» voices, or at creating a credible psychological personality behind any of those voices.

I can quite reasonably worry in these cases about the effects of government action on the character of those who are compelled to give and on the character of those who expect as a matter of course to receive.

The pressure on the paid - time religious broadcasters to maintain the specific structure of their audience because it is the most financially supportive for them has had the effect of shaping the character of their programs away from their original intention of evangelism, even though they keep the intent of evangelism as a masthead.

But if we look away from the failures and consider the effect on character and personality of a genuine Christian faith, surely we are presented with something very impressive.

At stake is the future character of harness racing in the U.S., for what happens in Pennsylvania is going to have a marked effect on the sport, one way or the other.

The help they can give their students that will have as much of an effect, if not more, on how well they do is with developing their character, their non-cognitive skills.

This very old, very consistent country has far more effect on the character of those who inhabit it than they do upon it, although the changes they do bring - to food, culture and general vitality - are very welcome.

He was concerned about building heights, and the effect raising them would have on the «character» of some neighborhoods, «something we work on all the time to protect.»

But most of our 23,000 genes are involved in fundamental processes such as cell division, and do not have any known effects on our character.

To first order, deuteration should therefore have little or no effect on the smell character of an odorant recognized by shape, whereas deuterated isotopomers should smell different if a vibrational mechanism is involved.

The term erethism (or reddening), which derives from a person's tendency to blush, 3 covers a constellation of personality traits including timidity, diffidence, contentiousness, insecurity, bluntness, rigidity, excitability and hypersensitivity to criticism and to sensory stimulation.4 - 6 Considering mercury's subtle but reproducible effects on emotions, it is likely that a number of problems blamed on character, personality or stress may in fact be caused or compounded by low - level mercury toxicity.

Its stylish directing, vicious violence and effects, and focus on the character and choice as the basis of horror have been done time and time again, and never to the level that

This is the web application boy offering her clients, usually for 30 mins gfe once you can be at OaklandEast Bay Area Looking for jobs, housing, for being the psychological effects on the 10 world of the character of the marriage sex.

During these reflective moments, Anderson's use of the tracking shot takes on a swivel effect, ping - ponging back and forth between actions in elaborate long takes, departing from the presence of one character to find the sudden absence of another.

Funny, Ignition (the publisher who will live in infamy with me from now on) didn't indicate on their website — amongst this shocker — all of the following absentee features that make KoF... well, KoF: No final boss, no character intros / outros, only one win pose, only 6 stages (2 are effectively palette - swapped), no special effects when finishing a foe with a super, no arcing story, no teams... no nothing... With some 5 teams of 3 characters each still represented, and a few stragglers, it honestly feels like this game was published incomplete, like the deadline was a sword of Damocles, threatening doom.

The environments are amazing, when on the deck of the tank the rain effects are extremely lifelike, along with rain drops hitting the ship and characters.

Critic Consensus: The Lazarus Effect has a talented cast and the glimmer of an interesting idea, but wastes it all on insipid characters and dull, recycled plot points.

A Simple Plan used that theme to function as a true character study of the effects deception have on us and how we react to that pressure.

Critics Consensus: The Lazarus Effect has a talented cast and the glimmer of an interesting idea, but wastes it all on insipid characters and dull, recycled plot points.

In this third (and final) outing of the hugely popular Spy Kids series, writer / director / editor / cinematographer / production designer / composer / co-producer Rodriguez concentrates so heavily on the special effects that everything else — dialogue, acting, character and story development — comes off like an afterthought.

Characters overflow on the screen, crowding out emotional investment, and there is a severely misplaced emphasis on the power of special effects — many characters appear to be entirely digitized, and none has much screCharacters overflow on the screen, crowding out emotional investment, and there is a severely misplaced emphasis on the power of special effects — many characters appear to be entirely digitized, and none has much screcharacters appear to be entirely digitized, and none has much screen impact.

Five deleted scenes (17:25) are next, including some Eckhardt takes, and a multi-part behind the scenes look at the five (5, 15:53) gets into the characters, cast, crew, thoughts on themselves and one another, and some of the visual effects involved.

On the plus side, the first six episodes are impressively free of sorcery and special effects, and instead rely on the stuff of any deeply dark HBO epic: corruption, deceit, illicit sex (incest in this case), unflinchingly gory violence, and a willingness to kill off a prominent character or two in the service of ploOn the plus side, the first six episodes are impressively free of sorcery and special effects, and instead rely on the stuff of any deeply dark HBO epic: corruption, deceit, illicit sex (incest in this case), unflinchingly gory violence, and a willingness to kill off a prominent character or two in the service of ploon the stuff of any deeply dark HBO epic: corruption, deceit, illicit sex (incest in this case), unflinchingly gory violence, and a willingness to kill off a prominent character or two in the service of plot.

Its ambition is admirable: It wants to be an adult thriller like its director's justly famous «Three Days of the Condor,» with political and psychological reverberations, on real - world topics, with a reasonable cause - effect dynamic at play, clear motives, action plausible and not overdone, free of computer effects, full of recognizable, compellingly flawed characters, yet taut and gripping to an astonishing end.

As it comes together, the sequences of emptiness and a character that wonders from place to place, start to work together to tell a very deep story of depression, loneliness, suicide, conscience, adulthood, alienation, desire, limitations, fear, paranoia and at the heart of it all, the disgust and regret of becoming a father, that take severe psychological and physical effects on the main character.

By the time the climax hits, you care for the main characters and will find yourself forgetting about all of the effects on the screen.

Characters on a journey are often starving, exhausted or in desperate need of water — makeup effects create believable representations of their state.

My guess, since the dots are only on the special character cards, is that the dots are supposed to suggest the glitter effect of the actual cards.

The eponymous character is shackled, badly bruised and covered in mud, the effects of poor living conditions on the Roma...

Nevertheless, most of the cast has returned (save Dominique Dunne, killed shortly after work completed on Poltergeist — oddly, her character is ignored in the theatrically - released version), and the special effects are still top notch for a mid-1980s release.

In Barbara, Petzold has fashioned not only a superb character study but a film that illuminates the effects of oppression on the human...

And, regarding the inspiration for the idea of a place having an effect on a character's behavior, I had in my head several films that treated this subject, if indirectly.

For the first time, players will have the freedom to define their character, story and style based on the choices they make, the paths they choose and the style of skating they use on the proving grounds from Philadelphia and Baltimore to Washington, D.C. Tony Hawk's Proving Ground features deeper customization than ever before, including a Video Editor with full - featured editing tools and visual effects for creating «epic skate videos,» and a fully customizable online Skate Lounge where players can skate with friends in the ultimate pad.

There isn't a tree, mountain, character, location or special effect in this game that has any degree of personality or liveliness within its existence, making the whole engine seem like an assembly - line, cookie - cutter, by - the - numbers effort on the part of From Software.

Viewers would be forgiven for their hesitance to see another movie from the directors of the «Vacation» reboot, but John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, working from a pitch - perfect screenplay by Mark Perez («Accepted»), have crafted an ensemble comedy that lives up to its high - concept premise while giving a gang of talented actors — including the gifted Jason Bateman, so rarely employed to great effect on the big screen — fun characters and big, outrageous moments.

Audio Commentary: Director Brad Peyton provides a running commentary touch on all aspects of the production include casting and character development, as well as all the details on the special effects work and shooting challenges.

Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge - action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes.

Even when these films are firing on all cylinders — milking their computerized action set - pieces for maximum whiz - bang effect, nailing their glib one - liners, purposefully commanding a requisite sense of seriousness from their sprawling cast of superpowered characters — their impact on the motion - picture arts amounts to a net negative.

Again, it's not as obvious as it would be on a Switch screen, but the characters are all made of incredibly low - poly models when compared to its Switch big brother, and then when you factor in muddier textures, less visual effects and a generally blurrier overall image, it's hard to take to this version after playing it on Switch.

King's humor and absurdist instincts are winning, from a Mr. Bean - by - way - of - digital - effects scene that finds Paddington taking a disastrous part - time job as a barber's assistant to the various shenanigans of the villain, Buchanan, who scours the city for treasure disguised in his old theater costumes, leading Paddington's friends to pin the crimes on a purported gang that includes a nun, a medieval knight, and the Great Expectations character Abel Magwitch.

As mentioned, the graphics of the game is phenomenal on the Xbox One and the detailed environments, characters and special effects are simply amazing.

The film sets up some of the main characters early on pretty much in the same way we've seen in countless disaster movies, but it takes a real turn after the bombing and chronicles the incredibly complex and far - reaching operation that immediately went into effect.

The plot is focused on love in many guises, from the parasitic side - effects of unrequited desire to hedonistic pleasures, and each character struggles with temptation.