Sentences with phrase «established characters from»

One of the series» greatest perceived problems (that I too had an issue with at first) was the reliance on long - established characters from the Victorian literary canon.

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A domesticated and tailored leftover from the wild and woolly frontier evangelistic campaigns, Mr. Graham is a key figure in relating the established character of this ecumenical religion to the sectarian radicalism of our evangelical religion.

And from my Canadian perspective (in a country with the grand total of 35 million people, living in one of the world's largest land - masses) is respond compassionately — again paying attention to quotas and targets established by the powers that be, including absurd comedian characters like Trump.

«114 James emphasized that from the earnest minister, people «do not look for the flowers of rhetoric, but for the fruit of the tree of life» which establishes «his character as a useful preacher.

The animation team, from head of character animation Tim Cheung to head of story Rejean Bourdages are leaders of digital artists that are at the apex of their craft and whose work establishes the state of the art.

Similarly, the late in the game subplot that revolves around Joe agreeing to escort the sergeant - turned criminal Charles Willis (Ben Foster) ultimately distracts from the story and character threads that were already established, more than it enhances them.

Director Ron Howard delivers an admittedly appealing opening stretch that effectively establishes Willow's fantastical world and raft of quirky characters, with, in terms of the latter, the movie certainly benefiting from Davis and Kilmer's thoroughly charming and affable work as the disparate protagonists (and it doesn't hurt, either, that the chemistry between the two couldn't be more solid).

It's a unique premise that's employed to affable (if entirely forgettable) effect by director Howard, as the filmmaker, working from a script by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, does an effective job of initially establishing the movie's seedy, New York City - landscape and assortment of oddball characters.

Bagheera's runs, Kaa's falls from the treetops, the marching elephants, even Shere Khan's head tilts - all of them are established at the characters» first appearance and then repeated without even the slightest attempt to cover it up.

By the time the shocking (yet not entirely unexpected) conclusion rolls around, Breathe has established itself as a promising effort from an exciting new filmmaker - with Laurent's stylish sensibilities setting her apart from many of her contemporaries (ie it's impossible not to be captivated by an outdoor tracking shot that follows a character through the rooms of her small apartment).

Pacing is a problem for most pilots — so many characters to introduce, meaningful stakes to establish — but Quantico, from «Gossip Girl» producer Joshua Safran, does this effortlessly, with at least one deadly effective twist you won't see coming.

It's ultimately clear that The Finest Hours is at its best in its relatively propulsive first half, as director Craig Gillespie, working from a script by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson, does a nice job of establishing the the central characters and the dangerous circumstances in which they find themselves - with the screenplay, which also emphasizes the ongoing exploits of Bernie's girlfriend (Holliday Grainger's Miriam), generally juggling the various narrative threads to seamless effect.

But this disassociation from established Star Wars scene - setters - rousing theme music, any recognisable characters, the unmistakeable sounds of a lightsaber or Vader's heavy breathing - makes Star Wars 1313 a much more intriguing prospect.

Amour suffers from some pacing issues, although these are largely the result of Haneke using «dead space» (such as a sequence in which his camera spends an inordinate amount of time focused on paintings or an interminable scene in which Georges attempts to capture a pigeon that has entered his home) to establish a tone or develop a character.

There's little doubt that Stone does an impressive job of authentically establishing the movie's cut - throat world of high finance right from the outset, as the filmmaker, along with coscreenwriter Stanley Weiser, offers up a blisteringly - paced narrative that rarely pauses to explain exactly what the central character does or how all of this works.

From what I understand Kathy Kennedy has been searching for female directors with pitch ideas for something new within the Star Wars universe, not focusing on an established character.

But Bucky actually borrowed the moniker from a long - established comic character who T'Chaka took into his family when Hunter's parents died.

By the time a necrotic viral pandemic spread cross-country to small town America and infected the film's titular character, 16 - year - old MAGGIE (ABIGAIL BRESLIN), authorities had established a protocol for patients infected with the deadly virus: they are removed from society and taken to special iso... Read On

Though the warehouse is an interesting setting (cribbed, clearly, from Reservoir Dogs), Wheatly fails to establish the spatial locations of the characters.

Playing a broad spectrum of characters, the actors range from the untrained to established professionals, all of them precisely suited to their particular roles.

As its predecessor established back in 1999, though, the Silent Hill franchise cranks the creepy dial up to 11 almost as soon as the experience begins when you learn that this is a letter from the lead character's James» wife.

Although most of the key players were established in the first trailer, released in June — or before that, in 2016's Captain America: Civil War — from star Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa to Letitia Wright as Princess Shuri to Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger, the new footage reveals different facets of many of the film's characters, and of the nation at its heart.

Our strategy was to establish from the very beginning that the main character was experiencing a sense of dislocation.

The first outing for Craig, when he was the brute, may not have been the Bond we've known, but at least we could see what the filmmakers were attempting with the shift from our established perspective of the character.

His character comes to fruition in the second act and apart from being present during pivotal battle scenes, his character is not given enough time to establish, and so comes off rather bland and underwhelming.

The spaces Frank and Margaret live in are established with sight lines across cuts, each shot a discrete unit, separately lighted.8 When they go out, they stand in (or against) the landscape like Antonioni characters rather than, like Richardson and Reisz's characters, emerging from and heading back into streets, alleys, over bridges, under tunnels.

After establishing one character, the movie gets to its foundation: a group of travelers from around the globe go on a whale watching trip in Iceland.

There is an obvious gap between these two characters that co - writer / director Kris Swanberg starts to establish from the start of the film.

Trapped doesn't soften or shy from its uncomfortable material, establishing Bacon's character as a sociopath you don't want to cross.

And while it initially seems like John Debney's generic musical score is going to be the only source of mood establishment, something funny happens: setup established, the characters begin to move about like butterflies emerging from cocoons, displaying tenfold more emotional nuance than one might rightfully, albeit cynically, expect from such a film.

Working from a screenplay credited to William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy, Kormákur (2 Guns, Contraband) sets Everest up in the typical disaster - movie mode, establishing the characters in simplistic terms so that we learn, at most, maybe two things about any one person.

I'm very interested in costume drama, and if one commandeers it, the film needs to establish itself as different from costume drama on television and in cinema, which is all about the interior [of characters].

45 Years may only be his second fictional feature film, after 2011's Weekend, but British director Andrew Haigh has already established himself as a man who creates characters that feel ripped from the real world.

U.K. filmmaker Vugar Efendi establishes the agenda of «Here's Looking At You,» his four - minute supercut of memorable cinematic moments, with this quote from Martin Scorsese: «Films that I constantly revisited, that I saw repeatedly, held up longer for me over the years not because of plot but because of character.

It's done so by establishing some of the most important X-Force characters, including - from the trailer - some we never expected to see at this stage.

Similar to Vergara, his character is familiar and is essentially the same guy from start to finish, however, whereas Vergara pops up intermittently, Leguizamo's character is so well woven into the script, he becomes essential to the tone and environment established in the second half of the film.

Yet it is nonetheless an accomplishment of sorts that not a single character in the entire film manages to establish an identity discrete from his or her narrative obligations.

The way she handles time, and how she uses seemingly innocuous and naturalistic moments between characters to develop such a strong, sensitive and moving film is the sort of thing one would expect from a well - established master instead of an up and coming filmmaker.

The film concentrates on Peter Pan as a boy, meeting and establishing relationships with characters from Barre's most famous work.

It's clear right from the get - go that Christopher Cain is in absolutely no hurry to tell this story, as the director has infused The Stone Boy with an almost achingly deliberate pace that does prove effective at establishing the film's very specific locale, admittedly - yet there's little doubt that the laid - back atmosphere, when combined with the uniformly subdued performances and the less - than - eventful nature of Gina Berriault's script, effectively ensures that the viewer's efforts at forming any kind of emotional attachment to the characters fall flat virtually from start to finish.

But Crowe cuts corners in establishing their chemistry: Instantly and inexplicably smitten with her charge, Allison emerges from the same fantasy factory that produced the Kirsten Dunst character in Elizabethtown, for whom this very site coined the Manic Pixie Dream Girl title.

It seems unnecessary to report that the script — written by old pro Lawrence Kasdan, whose credits span from «The Empire Strikes Back» to «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» and his son Jonathan — shows us how Han first encounters the major people and items in the character's established lore.

We've already become accustomed to the characters we already know, and screenwriters Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber (working off the characters from the comic book series by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner) offer nothing new for these characters to do (Only Sarah's obsession with taking part in the action — and inevitably kissing men instead of hurting or killing them — is close to a distinct trait from any of the established characters).

Filmmaker Cory Finley, working from his own screenplay, delivers an opening stretch that admittedly holds a fair amount of promise, as the writer / director does an effective job of establishing the characters and the palatial estate at which the bulk of the narrative transpires - with the stylish visuals certainly perpetuating the movie's watchable feel.

Raiden in Revengeance seems like an entirely different character from the one that has been established so far.

The meat and potatoes are the film's many scenes of the various hauntings inflicted on the characters, which establish an eerie sense of dread with many a creaking door, creepy clapping and shattering glass coming from unpredictable corners.

Thus established, Black wrote several more big - concept slam - bang thrillers — including The Last Boy Scout and The Long Kiss Goodnight, notable for their darkly comic tone and likable, if outrageous, characters, before stepping away from Hollywood for a few years.

As she did in The 33, director Patricia Riggen introduces Miracles from Heaven's characters by establishing one dominant trait that will define them throughout.

The screenplay, which George seems to have reworked from unknown writer Thomas Gallagher (Suffering Man's Charity), does a good job of establishing all the characters who will feature in this circus of misunderstandings.

It did its best to take the most important — and probably available — characters from the established franchise and bring a slew of new characters to replace a lot of the fringe roles that push along another ad lib adventure story that melds history and fantasy together in such a way that when you try to figure out how much of it is historically true you're immediately distracted by how fun it all is.