Sentences with phrase «emotional film moments»

Significantly, the shimmering «Tree Strings» and its pairing with a scene of an underwater burial creates one of the most indelible and emotional film moments of recent years.

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That makes her death even more tragic, but in the first «Guardians of the Galaxy,» it's still an emotional moment that opens the film.

In The Revenant's case, the moment of highest overall emotional intensity came right at the end, suggesting that the film, at two hours 36 minutes, was not, in fact, too long.

Great moments abound, from Steve showcasing his heroism sans muscles by jumping on a dummy grenade to his emotional goodbye to Peggy Carter in the film's finale.

After the first third of the film, the rest drags, some of the punch lines flop and dramatic moments that attempt to diversify the film's humor aren't emotional.

Studi, Beach, and Kilcher also get their moments to shine in Hostiles, despite their characters» own emotional journeys coming across as a secondary concern to the film.

I did think there were scenes of emotional import (I did care during Tony's re-watching his dad's old films, amanohyo) and there were a handful of funny moments that worked (Hammer's «Ex-Wife»... yeah kinda figured that would happen, but hey there's a pill for that now!).

Nearly every one of the film's emotional scenes is too predictable to hit its mark, but Mr. Jones's dry delivery has its moments.

There are essentially two moments of drama to the film, followed by some weighty emotional repercussions, and that's it!

Just as important to the films» emotional core is the often underutilized but never the less wonderful ensemble cast, all of whom do themselves proud with the moments that they are given.

As with all his Potter films, Yates never shies away from showing blood or carnage when appropriate, and the emotional kick the film delivers in its more intense and upsetting moments is all the more potent because the violence goes unsanitised.

It's nothing like a safely commercial film: like Ex Machina, it asks viewers to be patient with its mysteries, and with the relatively subtle emotional responses of a group of characters who are all clearly repressing their fear and frustration, right up until the moments where they explode.

When you're not supposed to take a film too seriously, it can come as a shock when the emotional moments kick into high gear throughout the third act.

And while the movie's obvious highlight comes with Roma's brutal dressing - down of Kevin Spacey's officious manager, Mamet's screenplay affords virtually all of the actors their moment in the sun - with Lemmon's sad - sack of a character ultimately standing as the film's emotional center (ie despite his exceedingly slimy actions, Levene becomes a figure worthy of the viewer's sympathy).

It's enjoyable watching Leonardo and Kate draw closer together, and the film's emotional moments strike the right notes.

The film's uncomplicated plotting allows plenty of space for goofy little throwaway gags — like a running joke about the young McGregor's feeble attempts at birdwatching — that other films might have cut to make way for various subplots or emotional character moments.

But the filmmaker has such a consummate understanding of storytelling and technique that he knows when to drill down into a moment for greater emotional truths and when to condense what must have been excruciating volumes of information — both in terms of the Papers themselves, and the journalistic processes of vetting, creating and production of a daily newspaper — to communicate the essential details that keep the film on track.

Carell leans a little hard on Doc's emotional innocence, but he owns the film's best moments.

The film is part comedy, part drama, with some potent emotional moments and thoughtful scenes.

Another highlight of the film was a deeply emotional moment that takes place during one of Magneto's (Michael Fassbender) flashbacks.

In spite of this, there are moments in the film that do touch upon the sublime, and the setting is partially responsible for the fleeting moments of emotional connection.

There are often too many moments played for laughs that undercut much of the films emotional impact occurring in the third act.

His use of perspective throughout is done to perfection and during its Iraq sequences, which are constantly referred to and visible right up until the emotional ending, the higher frame rate only enhances the realism — almost to the point of you looking away from the screen as one of the film's most pivotal moments plays out.

Nichols was also a wizard at capturing the psychic and emotional currents of the moment his films were made in, from the generational anxieties of «The Graduate» in 1967 to the self - defeating political idealism of «Primary Colors» in 1998.

While many of his scenes had been completed, a key emotional moment with Jennifer Lawrence's freedom fighter Katniss Everdeen had not been filmed.

One of the most important ways this is done is through building tension — the emotional strain that the audience feels as the film builds to a particular moment.

But the more Molly's Game tries to decide what its story is about rather than just telling it, the more the film feels like it's trying to «solve» Molly rather than portray her, to the point where its two big emotional moments involve Molly being sat down and informed about her own daddy issues by one male character, and getting passionately defended by another, her lawyer (Idris Elba), while she stays silent.

But the film finds an unexpected link to the current moment when it touches on the emotional and physical abuse McLaren inflicted on Westwood.

Theoretically the climax of an action film should tie together all of its emotional and plot conflict into one big moment of physical catharsis.

It's a «go with it or be left behind» challenge by Connolly, whose film soars or sinks on how willing its audience is to suspend disbelief in several key moments while also demanding a very real emotional involvement it never earns.

But that film had moments which were truly shocking and allowed the violence to have an emotional impact on the characters and audience.

And although the CGI clearly was made in a different era, it was still a very entertaining film that not only had moments of tension, but also an emotional charge thanks to Robin Williams and his character.

The film takes time to outline and explain Thanos» bleak worldview, as well as giving him moments of emotional depth involving daughters Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Nebula (Karen Gillan).

There's a unique experience I have every time with Anderson's work: I watch with a smile on my face the entire time, until the final moments, when the film's emotional undercurrent hits me like a ton of bricks and I watch the end credits roll with tears streaming down my face.

It's all on the page in terms of dialogue, but the deer scene, for instance, or the scene on the phone near the end, were the moments where I felt she's allowed to be more emotional than anywhere else in the film.

Some of the film's most emotional moments are unintentionally funny, but these are far outweighed by the sense of mystery (and dread) which hangs over the entire narrative.

The way that Jenkins manages to balance the heavy emotional moments with lighthearted laughs is what makes this film such an incredible experience.

Also, the movie does have its cheesy moments, but there are some nice emotional scenes as well that the US military would be proud to have in the film.

That isn't to say those emotional moments didn't still work for Pixar this year, it is just impressive to see a film not feel the need to go down that road in order to create an excellent movie - going experience.

Your films have always portrayed characters at pivotal emotional moments in their lives — whether that's the postcollegiate existential crisis of My Sex Life or the familial unraveling of A Christmas Tale.

Grateful for the inclusion of Sridevi and Shashi Kapoor in the In Memoriam section of the Oscars 2018, Twitter users — from the film fraternity as well as their fans and followers — expressed how it was an «emotional» moment for them.

Emotional moments in the film fall flat due to lack of on - screen chemistry and a score that disrespects the audience.

«Having witnessed theater - goers sitting in emotional silence well after the end credits have rolled, following the last, powerful moments of Dibb's film, we feel strongly that positive word - of - mouth in conjunction with the calculated rollout strategy we'll be executing will ensure that Journey's End continues to find and connect with its audience.»

Its strong ensemble cast, occasional good jokes, and on - point emotional moments keep the film from feeling stale or overly cliche.

By focussing on the emotional bleakness in this story, writer - director Williams manages to find some interesting moments in a film that otherwise seems contrived to reach fans of heartwarming fare like The Best Exotic Marigold...

Filmed in one long take, the acting and the timing of the characters and their actions is perfect, creating one of the most emotional moments in recent movies.

However, each time the film gets to an impactful or emotional moment, it's instantly destroyed by something absurd.

Two of the films most emotional scenes, including the harrowing moment Lara takes her first life, are all - too - quickly forgotten in favour of loud, bone - crunching spectacle.

For a moment, let's just set aside all the controversy surrounding this year's Palme d'Or winning film — whether it's the graphic sex scenes, or the allegations of emotional abuse of lead actresses Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos and crew members by their director Abdellatif Kechiche — and consider that this just looks like a damn good love story.

The low energy delivery from Farrell makes any moments of emotional outburst all the more explosive and adds to the overall sense of dread that permeates the film.