«Casanova» only gets into trouble when it wants to mean something, and the more pointedly
emotional moments seem cooked up to the point of hokum, but it's fun when it wants to be, and most of the time it just wants to be fun.
Not exact matches
If there is one area in which the children as a group do
seem to differ somewhat, in
emotional reactions, from the children that I meet in wealthier communities — and even here I would be very cautious not to overstate this — it is in their sensitivity to other children's
moments of anxiety and their acute awareness of
emotional fragility and of the tipping point between exhilaration and depression.
They can get
emotional quite easily and the next
moment they
seem to be totally okay.
Though forced by his condition to relive
moments of extreme danger and
emotional significance, Billy's not a hero, nor is he really a reflective sort: to be honest, he doesn't
seem to have much interiority at all.
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...
In keeping the emphasis on Doris's kooky nature and an ever - present feel good vibe, the
moments of budding poignancy about aging and
emotional trauma
seem misplaced and seriously undercut.
We've got much more piss your pants one liners and forth wall breaking tomfoolery from Wade, it's sweet sensitive and extremely
emotional in parts (not since the finale of T2 have I sobbed so much), the OTT action and gore makes a hatchet fight in a Butcher shop look clean in comparison with
moments to make hardcore Gore - Geeks give a huge hooray, the cringe worthy «oh no he didn't»
moments are rife, there's a touching subplot about what it really means to be Family and also we are treated to an array of colorful supporting characters including an excellent turn from Josh Brolin as futuristic super soldier «Cable», a wonderful performance from upcoming young talented star Julian Dennison (hunt for the wilder people), the obligatory Hugh Jackman cameo and a mega hard Super Villain who makes his previous onscreen incarnation
seem like Vinny Jones in a giant penis suit... Oh wait!
Mr. Vigolando, whom indie fans will remember from films like Timecrimes, Extraterrestrial, and Open Windows,
seems to derive confidence from strangeness, which allows even the wackier
moments in Colossal to generate some unexpected
emotional responses.
These observations are perceptive, and they
seem like just nice
moments until a surprisingly walloping
emotional coda that I dare not spoil consummates them into something more.
The biggest weakness for me were the villains of the piece; Kylo Ren felt a little too Anakin for my liking and
seemed more like a spoilt child prone to tantrums than an intimidating presence cut from the same cloth as Vader; this also compromises THAT
moment which should've had a lot more
emotional impact than it did.
Gooding dazzles with a fine performance during the powerful
emotional moments, but
seems out of place when undergoing psychiatric analysis.
The film only lapses during the occasional
moment where things
seem to go too over the top to believe outright, but given the
emotional turbulence of the time it was made in, such indulgences
seem forgivable.
Epic
seem to have taken criticisms toward the Gears story to heart and have made a valiant attempt to craft some truly
emotional moments for the final game in the trilogy, and they've succeeded to a degree.
Early reviews of Gears of War 3
seem to indicate that Epic is raising the bar here, as well, citing the game's convincing character development and
moments of surprising
emotional depth.
Gomes transforms what at first
seem like insignificant and useless assemblages into pretexts for a
moment of mental and
emotional concentration, creating a tension between the object and the possible.
For Reidel, Radar Home, 11.8.13
seems to be about overcoming obstacles and accepting those that can not be overcome — remaining productive, creative, and positive during
moments of
emotional distress.
Though individual instances of «turning away» from your partner's bids may not
seem to make much of an impact on your
emotional connection, the build up of these
moments can incur enormous damage to your relationship.
It could
seem like since you came into session without a defined problem that counseling is making things worse, but really, you are opening up the opportunity to work through your
emotional response to
moments that may otherwise cause conflict to grow in your marriage.