Sentences with phrase «example than a movie»

A script writer for video games does more than for example than a movie script writer.

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At the reduced rate, users in New York City, for example, only need to see one movie per month for the pass to more than pay for itself.

In perhaps the most notorious example of Oscar's underdog favoritism, in 2010, The Hurt Locker — released on just 535 screens and tallying less than $ 19 million at the box office — beat Avatar which had grossed $ 760 million and was well on its way to becoming the most successful movie ever made.

For example, a person with autism who is viewing a movie of people in a room will spend a relatively large amount of time looking at non-social objects — such as chairs — and is more likely to look at the mouths or bodies of the characters than their eyes.

For example, there is more than you could ever want to know about the machine that inspired the game - theorising computer in the cult teen movie War Games.

For example, Buckwalter suggests getting someone with AMD, who can no longer read, books on tape or taking them to a concert rather than a movie.

But more than any other film — with the possible exception of The Last Temptation of Christ and that example doesn't count because it's a far more precise moment — the last five or ten minutes of Batman make the movie.

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.

The reception of this movie is a perfect example of how less - than - bright, thin - skinned, lily - livered critics destroy perfectly enjoyable movies because they don't like people being «mean» or because the characters aren't «likable.»

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.

was an example of directorial excess with a greater concern with «vision» than story, Annihilation is a different sort of movie.

It's clear right from the get - go that director Alan Poul and screenwriter Kate Angelo aren't looking to reinvent the wheel here, as the movie initially comes off as an almost prototypical example of a modern romantic comedy - with the less - than - innovative atmosphere cemented by the proliferation of wisecracking characters and the protagonists» initial encounter (which essentially defines the term «meet - cute»).

The world of 2016 movie soundtracks likely had no catchier tune than «Drive It Like You Stole It,» but each track found within Sing Street is another example of this filmmaker's gifted ability to move his audience with audio as well as visual ingenuity.

The movie never really digs into the terror of isolation or the desolate beauty of life on Mars — there's hardly a single memorable image in the whole thing, and generally serves as a prime example of how director Ridley Scott is more polished journeyman than top - tier visionary.

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).

John Woo, for example — who Chan last worked with more than 30 years ago, when both were doing cheap kung - fu movies — is an old hand at this kind of neo noir.

«The Tale of Despereaux» was a fine example, but nothing was more evident of this trend than the wretched «Delgo,» which was loaded with name actors but reeked as a movie.

Maybe its dedication to be as 80s as possible means that it does feel more dated than other examples of buddy cop movies.

When this movie violates its own case and crosses into the Grand Guignol - for example, the close - ups of the skin flying off a woman's back as she's whipped - the excess feels much more egregious than if a bad movie did the same.

Look at the failure rates of the Punisher movies (although most of those are garbage except for the better - than - average War Zone and if you talk about that Thomas Jane version I will pull your asshole through your ear) for the perfect examples.

For example, certain scenes are more violent than usual, and the ending of the movie is quite dark, so young children should not see this.

It's a perfect example of a horror movie for whom a PG - 13 or an R rating is irrelevant, because it relies on creeping dread rather than brutal violence to scare its audience.

Inaugurated behind and in front of the camera by a promotional reel - cum - prologue in which Nick talks about towers falling down and needing to become the rain that washes the scum off the streets, Vigilante is never much more than an example of how people who really want to make a movie will go to any lengths to do so.

His character arc is deeper than it ever has been before and as we look at the character with a new light, he becomes the ideal example of why Reunion is smarter than most of the American Pie movies that came before.

Though the movie's essentially entertaining all the way through, Crazy People never becomes anything more than an inoffensive time - waster mostly due to the pedestrian and sitcom - ish approach to the material (example: most punchlines are followed by a short pause, presumably to accommodate laughter).

Movie stars have tamed sassy kids in movies from «The Blackboard Jungle» to «Stand and Deliver,» but it's hard to remember an example more patronizing or sentimentalized than this one.

It's not hard to see the appeal of a movie like this — again, the premise is a slam - dunk as far as high - concept comedies go — but the execution is, at best, lacking, and at worst, baffling (why, for example, does this movie have more false endings than

Thankfully, there are more than enough examples of this kind of gory comedy to keep Deadpool 2 comfortably in the successful column, right down to the closing credits scenes that sit amongst the movie's funniest moments.

Most movie posters include more information than can be successfully squeezed onto a DVD, for example.

I kept the focus on potentially great actors rather than evident great movie stars: an Anne Hathaway, for example, has star quality oozing out her ears, but I'm not yet convinced she has the same depth of talent these 10 do.

We briefly mentioned the then - upcoming film Baggage Claim as an example of a movie, written and directed by an African - American filmmaker, that exists outside of any perceived «black genre» (whatever that means), which is really just a comedy that happens to feature African - Americans rather than whites of European descent.

There are many more mysteries of just how the Force works in Star Wars than there are examples of us seeing the ways it works across the entire movie saga.

Examples: Visited Florida this summer, Is an avid waterskier, Has a big brother and little sister, Was born in another country, Lives nearest the school, Learned how to skateboard this summer, Didn't see the movie Titanic, Likes anchovies on pizza, Was born in the same month as you, Has a brother or sister in the same school, Favorite subject is science, Has an ear pierced more than once, Father's name is Jim, Read more than one book this summer, Speaks two languages, Has two pets.

The iPad is most definitely heavier than an Amazon Kindle, and it's unlikely you'd hold it in your hands for long periods of time — to watch a movie, for example.

For example, comparing the OLED Tab S 8.4 to the LCD Apple iPad Air: the OLED Tab S with Diamond Pixels is 27 percent more power efficient (for the same screen size and Luminance) than the LCD iPad Air for mixed image content (that includes photos, videos, and movies, for example) with a typical 50 percent Average Picture Level.

It's an example of a book that spawned a successful movie but, far more than that, it's an example of a book that changed lives — and maybe the world — for the better.

The Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet costs # 449 all in, which makes it cheaper on the whole than the Pixel C but you don't have the option to buy it without the keyboard meaning if you want a tablet just for movie watching for example, it is pricey.

Depending on where you live, NYC for example, theatres charge more than $ 12 for a movie.

While you should probably do more to prepare for retirement than watching movies — use a retirement calculator or consult a financial advisor for example...

Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a fine example that games can be better than movies.

Lego Batman 2, with its open world Gotham City and brilliant videogame interpretation of Superman was far more interesting to play than its 2014 sequel, for example, which mainly focused on some boring Green Lantern space adventures — and I love me some Green Lantern, even after the much - derided 2011 movie.

Grand Theft Auto V, for example, features a sprawling game universe even more immersive for many players than big movies are for theatergoers.

As someone who was raised more on video games than on film, for example, I'm more inured to the «crap» aspects of the interactive arts than to the «crap» aspects of film, and I hold negative opinions of many — if not most — of the critically - acclaimed movies I've seen.

Some of these overlay works reflect an interest less in an image's expressive power than in its status as a visual cliche (the dark - eyed women with flawless lips drawn in the unmodulated line of romance comic - book or movie - poster illustrations, for example).

As we said in an earlier example of this, the movie «The Day After Tomorrow» portrayed rapid climate change impacts far faster than any reasonable interpretation of the peer - reviewed science would justify.

Example A movie released in 2007 (The Great Global Warming Swindle) also claimed that the MWP was warmer than today.

For example, you can have the most expensive coin collection in your apartment that is worth more than the jewelry a movie star keeps in their rented beach house that is the equivalent of a beachfront mansion.

It found that a person who liked the movie «Fight Club,» for example, was far more likely to be open to new experiences than a person who liked «American Idol,» according to a review of data provided to The Times by Michal Kosinski, an author of the 2015 study and a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford.

The Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet costs # 449 all in, which makes it cheaper on the whole than the Pixel C but you don't have the option to buy it without the keyboard meaning if you want a tablet just for movie watching for example, it is pricey.

For example, a specific activity such as a trip to the movies with a friend may be more successful for your child than a sleep - over where plans and expectations are not as clear.