Sentences with phrase «entertaining than the movie»

The game was more entertaining than the movie, to say the least, which feels hastily rewritten and nervously edited.

This may be the first time in history that the marketing campaign has proven more entertaining than the movie itself.

Not exact matches

There is nothing that entertains them more or longer than a pile of new books to sort through and a special new movie.

Actually, that would be more entertaining than this entire movie.

The show's overall tone is less campy than the Flash Gordon movie, but it's more mature, and entertaining, than the old «Battlestar Galactica» or «Buck Rogers in the 25th Century» series.

The movie could have done with more of him and Alison Brie (as Violet's little sister, who becomes romantically involved with Tom), because they're much more entertaining than Segel and Blunt.

Composer Mica Levi and sound designer Johnnie Burn put in overtime on this one; it's a valid complaint that most mainstream movies are wall - to - wall music and explosions, but here's an example of using sound to challenge and disconcert an audience rather than lulling and entertaining them.

Pay the Ghost is badly written, directed and acted.The movie is boring most of the time and the CGI effects are pretty bad.Cliché, unoriginal, boring and bad acted are probably the best adjectives to describe this movie.But, the last 15 minutes were pretty entertaining even though they were the most stupid and the CGI was even worst than it was for the rest of the movie.

The steady cavalcade of cameo appearances, coupled with the inclusion of a few genuinely funny comedic set - pieces, prevents the movie from becoming an all - out bore, admittedly, yet it's worth noting that both Carell and Fey's small - screen work is, by and large, far more entertaining than anything within Date Night's appreciatively short running time.

Critics Consensus: The Angry Birds Movie is substantially more entertaining than any film adapted from an app has any right to be — which may or may not be much of an endorsement.

You'll end up being more annoyed than entertained, (The 3D isn't bad but it won't improve your experience) I don't hate 1D as much as other people do, however, It's true when they say that this movie is only meant for their die hard fans.

A movie that's admirably provocative, even if at times it seems to be more interested in being challenging than being entertaining.

Price's descriptions of these new beasties trigger accompanying vignettes far less entertaining than the framing story, which is rife with horror movie in - jokes, cheesy rubber monster masks, and music by pop - reggae band UB40 -LRB-!).

It was a year we all wanted to be entertained than have to face the dreariness of our normal lives, what with the wars and the economy tanking, The Hangover, for better or worse, was the movie we went to when we needed a laugh.

If an animated movie is going to offer children a way to process death, it's hard to envision a more spirited, touching and breezily entertaining example than «Coco,» Pixar's full - throttled foray into the intricately celebratory world of Mexico's annual remembrance festival Día de los Muertos.

You end up with a movie that's never more than harmlessly entertaining and adequate — I doubt the filmmaker was aiming so low.

More than its cheekiness though was that «Scream» simply was an amazing horror movie: it utilized new technologies for ingenious kills, had two manic and yet unsuspecting killers, and had thoughtfully written and entertaining characters.

With funnier jokes, better animation and more inspired references, this entertaining sequel is considerably superior to the first movie, boasting also a sweet message about love transcending all differences and characters much more charismatic now than ever before.

And so what we have is an entertaining summer movie that feels more like a bridge to Part 3 than a repeat of what was best about Part 1 with some organic additions.

The movie is never less than entertaining, but it fails to satisfy — it gives us too little of too much.

Garland, working from his own screenplay, has infused Ex Machina with a pace best described as deliberate, with Garland's willingness to let the story breathe having both positive and negative ramifications on the movie as a whole (ie certain sections are far more enthralling and entertaining than others).

«The Intervention,» it must be said, is also just a really entertaining drama — a feel - good movie that doesn't try so desperately to be a feel - good movie, partly because DuVall relies more on situational comedy than straight up jokes.

I don't believe I've ever encountered an unrated cut of a movie that was substantially different or better than its theatrical cut (well, Walk Hard adds 25 % new content, some of it quite entertaining, but I'm okay having only the theatrical cut of that underappreciated biopic spoof).

People will despise this movie for its quirky dialogue and its over-exposed lead, but given a chance, Jennifer's Body is entertaining, a little bit different, and deserves better than it's gotten, despite some obvious flaws.

While the story is entertaining enough, it's numerous lulls and predictability felt too often like a lifetime movie rather than a big screen feature film.

Short version: Although at times it felt like a made - for - TV movie, a far better film than the first and more entertaining than the super-serious Spider - man 3.

Above all else, movies and art, in any form, exist to entertain and I remain much more interested in how art affects others, more than with myself.

Which is a damn shame, because it's a highly entertaining, efficiently made action flick that's better put together than most movies that choke up the multiplex.

As much as I'm not looking forward to the converted 3D that I'll have to suffer through with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1 I do see that movies in 3D can be more than a gimmick and can make the movie more entertaining than if I saw them just in 2D.

Rather than get into some politically correct dissertation on the book, movie or story, I will only comment on the film itself... this very entertaining movie that also manages to deliver a timeless message.

While Reality Bites does manage to be entertaining while it plays, there is a disappointing quality to it, as it is so clearly a movie that was created to be much more resonant to its lost generation than it ever manages to be.

Writer / director M. Night Shyamalan's penchant for a deliberate narrative is certainly in full effect with Unbreakable, as the movie, though consistently entertaining and occasionally engrossing, progresses at a lackadaisical pace that tends to prevent the viewer from wholeheartedly embracing the material - with the film ultimately faring better than, for example, The Sixth Sense due to its progressively absorbing narrative (ie there's a sense of forward momentum that was almost entirely absent from that earlier picture).

It's not a stellar week for home video, but you could do worse than these two slight but entertaining movies, out now on Blu - ray and DVD.

I like that sorta movie and it harkens back to a time in the 70s / 80s where movies were made to be entertaining rather than epic.

While it rights some of the first film's problems, it has more than a few of its own, leading to an effort that, while entertaining, is probably the most deeply flawed Marvel movie since «Iron Man 2.»

The Year of Hong By Dan Sullivan More amazing than the pace at which Hong Sangsoo makes movies is how daring and entertaining his tragicomedies of attraction and solitude continue to be

Furthermore, it all proves just how forgettable The Man From U.N.C.L.E. truly is; the style is woefully entertaining in the moment but 24 hours removed, I barely remember anything about this movie other than Cavill driving a truck into a body of water while eating a sandwich to save his partner.

Sure it's more about spectacle than character, action over logic, but we go to the movies to be entertained, and they deliver on that, right?

A smarter - than - expected script turns this noisy sci - fi action movie into something remarkably entertaining.

Blurring the line between art and commerce as it ponders the very topic, POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold offers an entertaining look at consumer and audience manipulation, but doesn't tell us any more than we already know.

Tl; dr - much tighter and polished movie than the first and delivered a very entertaining experience with lots of pop culture references as is de rigeur for Deadpool.

Wholly derivative, as most modern Westerns tend to be, this manages to be entertaining due to its likeable cast, and some wonderfully quirky writing, which was co-written by none other than John Carpenter, director of other genre - busting B - movies like Big Trouble in Little China and Assault on Precinct 13.

Yes, spending half a movie with battered Romans fleeing for their life, almost as if they are starring in a horror movie than an action, is quite entertaining, but because Neil Marshall keeps the pace almost always at maximum speed, there is little time to actually reflect on what is going on.

More bystanders are slaughtered in this flick than practically any other action movie ever made (I'm serious), and it's slightly entertaining watching them all but throw themselves in the path of the bullets.

The movie was less than spectacular, but Kevin Kline, as usually, was entertaining as both the magical Artemus Gordon and the grumpy Grant.

Maybe some reviews are right about the fact that while Tropic Thunder claims to be a mocking look at the movie industry, it never touches upon the nitty - gritty of their gags (the actors, agents and producer are always comic book figures, rather than clever dissections of real - life counterparts), yet in never being anything less than entertaining, you never realise these problems until reflecting on the movie at a later date.

The movie didn't get the best reviews, but it's probably more entertaining than that boring Christmas special he made for Netflix.

Highly entertaining and responsible for giving Ryan Reynolds his true star making moment we've all been waiting for, Deadpool is a quick - fire burst of fresh air in a world of kid friendly superhero films that upon closer inspection isn't much more than a fun time out at the movies.

What we are worried about: There isn't anything glaring that we're worried about, besides the fact that this movie will probably look to entertain more than enlighten.

If a more interesting and entertaining Hollywood movie than Down With Love has come along this year, I've missed it.