Sentences with phrase «effective after the first film»

Not exact matches

It is a little rough around the edges and there is an argument to be made that the relative lack of directorial flair makes the film feel too conventional but those points are only really relevant when comparing it to Argento's later works, and after all, this was his first movie and there are plenty of filmmakers out there at the twilight of their careers who would love to make a thriller as tight and effective as this with everything available at their disposal, let alone the small budget and restrictions that Dario Argento had to work with.

Even after watching the brilliantly effective first trailer — which opens with a slow tracking shot down a long, dark corridor — we have absolutely no idea what the film is about.

But after all these years (the first filmed adaptation was in 1907), the story still has power, enough to give the new Ben - Hur small moments of effective nuance amid the parade of empty spectacle.