Sentences with phrase «expected emotional beats»

Banned in its native country ahead of its Cannes premiere, Wanuri Kahiu's sophomore feature is just good enough to give its modest intentions a historic purpose, bringing fresh context to an old formula while hitting the expected emotional beats.

Wanuri Kahiu's sophomore feature is just good enough to give its modest intentions a historic purpose, bringing fresh context to an old formula while hitting the expected emotional beats.

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Everyone expected an emotional letdown to follow, but the Flyers won their 12th straight game that Saturday in Hartford, beating the Whalers 5 - 2, and on the flight home Keenan, so proud of his young team that his eyes misted over when talking about it, helped the stewardesses serve meals.

The expected nature of these beats makes the film less surprising, and thus makes the story less engaging — and that leaves less room for its final emotional beats to hit home.

Dispensing with the freedom a cable series affords (where viewers are often already expecting to invest for a few episodes), Roadies» premiere is filled with clunky exposition, and plays out like a mini-movie whose emotional beats are told, but not earned.

Again, maybe not what was expected but Marquez makes sure to deliver some visually stunning work to move Bendis» script and deliver the necessary emotional beats from beginning to end.