Sentences with phrase «emotional heft of»

DayZ managed to claw its way out of the pack by rolling out a sprawling open world, a compelling crafting system and gripping emergent storylines that can match the emotional heft of The Walking Dead for those who dedicate themselves to the world.

There's a sense of weight to those relationships that is impossible to fake because the audience is part of the love — to cite a rival franchise, it's the difference between the emotional heft of The Wrath Of Khan and the emotionless waft of Star Trek Into Darkness.

Overall, Running With Scissors is a mess, but one that's made watchable by its Oscar - worthy performances and the emotional heft of its mother - son storyline.

Talking of the emotional heft of objects, one of the things that I found immediately moving about the film is the sense it has of a world where images are scarce, and where something like a rosary bead can be invested with so much longing.

But «Shooter» has neither the emotional heft of the former nor the taut suspense of the latter.

For Plummer — who is currently filming «Gully,» about a trio of teens running wild in a dystopian L.A. — managing the emotional heft of «Lean on Pete» with the day - to - day baggage of filming illustrates the harmony he strives to achieve between his career and home life.

Though Diego Luna is intriguing casting for Cassian because of his diminutive and elusive presence, he lacks the emotional heft of a reluctant hero.

Oswalt and Theron work so well together that they almost make this subplot — which has the emotional heft of the main plot — come alive.

«The Grand Budapest Hotel» is a superb comedy, but it still lacks the emotional heft of Anderson's greatest work.

Does this system benefit the emotional heft of This Is Us?

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And in any case, the lack of emotional heft to any of these angles is a problem for «Megamind.»

The rejection of the either / or divide extends to Killmonger, whose emotional, fraught back story gives the movie more heft and real - world friction than any of Marvel's other superhero blowouts.

Alice Through the Looking Glass doesn't clear the CGI cobwebs or successfully anchor any of its new events with emotional heft.

Redoubtable dances a similar waltz, peppering late -»60s post-modernist chic with layer upon layer of allusion while simultaneously providing emotional heft and intellectual stimulation about the themes being discussed on screen.

Arrival is a beautifully polished puzzle box of a story whose emotional and cerebral heft should enable it to withstand nit - picky scrutiny.

When Donal approaches the long - buried reasons for this morass, «Bad Day» (which actually is set over several days) loses some inspiration, as it aims for a degree of tragedy it hasn't acquired the emotional heft to support.

The bulk of the movie's emotional heft revolves around these key players, with various supporting roles showing up in the latter half of the film to offer support and their condolences to the shattered man.

But when it emerged that «Monster House» creator Gil Kenan was set to take charge, The prospects of «Poltergeist» improved immeasurably: his films have precisely the right blend of spooky thrills, oddball invention and emotional heft to suit this story of a young girl abducted by vengeful ghosts.

While Reeves and Pacino hammed it up she played it straight, and in among the CG wreckage, gave surprising emotional heft to the part of a woman gradually losing her sanity.

The idea of it lacks vitality, not to mention any sort of emotional heft.

The first of five new films in the Harry Potter universe combines enthralling visuals with surprising emotional heft

Kenan's films have precisely the right blend of spooky thrills, oddball invention and emotional heft to suit this story of a young girl abducted by vengeful ghosts.

As they take to the road pursued by all manner of miscreants, Logan, the professor and the girl become an unlikely multigenerational group, and the conversations Logan and Xavier have about family, disappointment and responsibility have surprising emotional heft behind them.

Its uplifting story arc may be formulaic but the strength and honesty of the performances give it surprising emotional heft — especially from Damon as a troubled math genius in the role that marked his arrival as a major, serious actor.

The film's virtually a solo effort for much of the running time, and Bullock (who won four years back for «The Blind Side «-RRB- is doing something different here from the bulk of her work in the last few decades (you have to go back to «Speed» for its closest counterpart, and there's much greater emotional heft here).

Despite an occasionally stilted pace and a few cartoonish touches (Molly Shannon plays Rachel's mom with a broad sexual frustration that clashes with the rest of the material), Earl develops a rare emotional heft, particularly when Greg is pressured to make Rachel an original film.

The ensemble cast is excellent, including One Direction dreamboat Styles, who confidently hefts the emotional weight of one nerve - jangling stand - off in a sinking boat.

Our reaction: «Hitting lightspeed from its opening sequence and rarely letting up, Solo doesn't have the emotional heft or lingering impact of The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi or, indeed, Rogue One, but it's the most fun entry since A New Hope.

Buoyed by clever takes on undead lore and charmingly dorky puns, the film earns its emotional heft through inspired characterizations and centuries of starch - collared melancholy.

Visually stunning, well acted, but altogether too silly and far - fetched to really resonate, the film lacks the emotional heft, enormous sense of personal loss or sense of time from Reiner's film, and for a film so preoccupied with its central character's inability to forget or escape the past, it fades into memory all too quickly.

It is not concerned with the wider political issues of the period, but a little more specificity would certainly help the film, as both its lack of nuance and persistent plotting issues frequently undermine much of the potential emotional heft.

Despite an occasionally stilted pace and a few cartoonish touches (Molly Shannon as Rachel's sexually frustrated mum clashes with the rest of the film), «Earl» develops a rare emotional heft, particularly when Rachel pressures Greg to make an original film for her.

The benefit of a creepy, powerful villain, from whom audiences will reel as he lays down his baton to wash his hands, is that his emotional heft filters throughout the entire film.

Just like that scale model of a Civil War battle, the outcome of The Grand Budapest Hotel is never in doubt — no matter the meticulousness of its simulacra — nor, as a consequence, do the tribulations of his tin soldiers have much emotional heft and attachment.

Shannon's performance is fully committed, but Nichols» direction of the scene adds emotional heft to what could be merely a showcase for his actor's magnetism.

In one sequence, Martin explains that he had to tell his wife to come to bed every night, otherwise she would stay up working until 4 a.m., sometimes 6 a.m. To see her husband support her and never feel any sort of jealousy in her successes gives the film some serious emotional heft.

Yet what gives «Faces, Places» additional emotional heft is the collection of people they meet along the way.

Anderson's films have long had an off - kilter balance between arcs and individual moments, and this movie is largely tilted towards the latter: to name just one of the most piercing examples, the first flashback (of many), which shows Spots and Atari's first meeting, has enough emotional heft to sustain a full half of a lesser film.

The movie uses familiarity with the Star Trek crew to give the story some emotional heft, but the story itself is one of the most self - contained Treks in the whole 13 - movie series.

While at this point in his bastardized career, Burton is no longer a tough act to follow, Muppets director James Bobin doesn't clear the CGI cobwebs or successfully anchor any of these new events with the emotional heft that would at least make the removal of Carroll's sense of humor, brilliant caricatures, vivid imagery, and peerless wordplay somewhat tolerable.

In a presumed effort to add some emotional heft and continuity with The Lord of the Rings, we get a guest appearance from Legolas (Orlando Bloom), the flaxen - haired elf from the LOTR trilogy.

The end result is a profound work of genuine emotional heft — two hours of hope surrounded by the worst conceit imaginable.

Montages are used to show the passing of time and as such pass by too quickly to attach any sort of emotional heft to them.

These are moments that contribute to the emotional and intellectual heft of the movie, not showy shots that are dissected in film class.

Lady Bird's relationship with her mother forms the same steel column of emotional heft that the Frances / Sophie relationship does in Frances.

His relationship with his father gets a bit of a short shrift (an aspect of the story that gets more of a spotlight in the novel); the content is there, but it might not have the emotional heft it could given more time.

His choices, an eclectic assortment of songs, lend the film emotional heft while controlling its tone.

But for a role that requires rich emotional heft, she lacks the physical stature of Korean divas like Bae Doo - na or the range and refinement of Jeon Do - yeon.

But while DiCaprio painfully conveys Glass» turmoil and intense resolve as he goes after the odious fur trapper John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy, in the film's best performance), there's an absence of emotional heft at points.

It's been 18 months and two more viewings since I was first wowed by Andrea Arnold's sink - estate drama, and Fassbender's is the performance that reveals more at each turn: as the kindly boyfriend of the teen protagonist's neglectful mother, his delicate negotiation of the queasy divide between parental and sexual impulse gives the film its messy emotional heft, but he's responsible for some unexpected stabs of joy too.