Sentences with phrase «fantastical action»

But del Toro's liberatingly fantastical action sequences give us quite a ride.

While Joe Johnston helmed the original, giving it the retro sensibilities and spirit of Johnston's other fantastical action film The Rocketeer, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, a pair that are better known direction comedic television.

Without question Pt. 1 is the weakest in the franchise but it seems that it drained into Pt. 2 because despite moments of complete peril and action there are scenes that drag unbelievably slow killing any momentum built up by some fantastical action sequence.

The film soars on a lyrical mix of scruffy singing heroes, cross-dressing heroines, narcissistic villains, and fantastical action choreographed like dance.

But Hark is a seminal figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema, and has crafted some of the more fantastical action extravaganzas to come out of Asia over the last decade - plus.

Like Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Godzilla, Days of Future Past tries to use real - world history and iconography to prop up its storyline, and while its allusions aren't particularly deep, the attempts at contextualizing its fantastical action at least evince a little bit of ambition.

Not exact matches

Bright promises a unique blend of sci - fi, action, and CGI effects, so if you're looking for a fun way to kill an hour and a half, this fantastical tale is the movie for you.

From the Studio: Kubo and the Two Strings is an epic action - adventure set in a fantastical Japan from acclaimed animation studio LAIKA.

If there's a certain airlessness to Folman's live - action aesthetic and a tendency to over-egg some of the speeches, it does set up a kind of artificial, sci - fi - ish tone early on, even in this, the least fantastical part of the film.

What we get instead is often very deliberately mundane: The future fashions and gadgets brandished as a sci - fi convention seem oddly simplistic and mechanical, the action set pieces (if one can even call them that) are pared down to the basics, and even the overtly fantastical game environments look like normal places in the real world.

As such, the effects workload wouldn't have been any higher than the average blockbuster — of course there would be heavy CGI elements, but probably far less than something like, say, Disney's other forthcoming tentpoles «John Carter» and «Oz: The Great and Powerful» — and the fantastical elements, at least in Elliot and Rossio's draft (Justin Haythe has since come on board to rewrite) aren't massively prominent, the film being more of a straight action Western.

The perfect combination of platforming, action, adventure, role - playing, and arcade elements created incredibly addictive gameplay set in fantastical worlds.

As it continues, the biblical and fantastical flourishes intriguingly fit into this context, while director Mark Neveldine delays tipping over into effects - based action until the final act.

The music is perfect for a fantastical adventure, the effects make each onscreen action satisfying, and the voice cast does a great job of bringing personality to every character.

As a wuxia film (a particular type of fantastical drama / action film involving Chinese martial artists and set in deep history), its loveliest resonances are found its finely executed martial arts sequences, costuming and period setting, as well as the still charisma of Shu Qi's performance.

As we expect and hope for, the screen is filled with fantastical visuals that somehow push our imagination, while at the same time, feel realistic to the story and action.

Simplistic in his beliefs and pure evil in his actions, Manx preys on children, picking them up in his menacing 1938 Rolls - Royce Wraith and taking them to a fantastical place called Christmasland, where it's Christmas every day and from where the children will never return.

Posted on December 22, 2017, in Book Reviews, Three Stars and tagged action, adventure, Alyssa McCarthy, amazon, amazon books, amazon ebook, author, book, book review, book worm, books, bookstagram, bookstagrammer, childrens book, creatures, ebook, ebooks, fantastical, fantasy, fantasy book review, fiction, from frights to flaws, goodreads, harry potter, jk rowling, kids book, kindle, kindle book, kindle ebook, literature, magic, Magical Missions, mystery, novel, preteen, publishing, reading, review, reviews, stories, Sunayna Prasad, teen, teen fiction, thriller, urban fantasy, writing, YA, young adult, young reader.

Dark Meadow: The Pact is Tegra 3 optimized game and it's a first - person, horror / action / adventure game where players fight to escape a dark fairytale world filled with fantastical creatures bent on destroying them.

The Tenth Line The Tenth Line is a console - style RPG featuring a colorful cast of characters, unique battle and level - up systems, quick 2D platforming action, and an original, fantastical story about friendship, faith, and finding your place in the world.

Portal Knights is a first and third person sandbox action adventure RPG, having a fantastical adventure by yourself or with other friends via online coop.

Developer: Vanillaware / Atlus Publisher: Atlus Genre: Action Role - Playing Platform Played: PlayStation 3 Vanillaware has created an experience that encapsulates you within a fantasy setting, through fantastical and beautiful artwork, unique array of character designs, mythological beasts throughout the land, and a whimsical soundtrack.

Players are now getting a taste of what it will be like to view the fantastical worlds of their favorite games like Skyrim and Fallout through the lens of VR — to experience them through their own physical actions and reactions.

The highly anticipated Elder Scrolls Y: Skyrim from Bethesda Softworksis scheduled to be released on November 11th, but for fans who can't wait that long for a glimpse of the action, new screenshots have been released that show a glimpse of the fantastical world of Skyrim.

This is an action - platformer in which players assume the role of a human character navigating a world of fantastical creatures.

The result is a merger of action - packed imagery and fantastical characters with the artist's distinctive approach to socially committed abstraction.

For the past seven years his fantastical works, oscillating between figurative and abstract, have captured freeze - frame instances of stirring sporting events, amusement park thrills, and mass group exercises in attack strategies that often situate the male figure in actions that bolster his heroic status.

«Spéciale n ° 54 Hommage à Hopper» (2007) features a house with a nearby road sign for the Hopper Center — although no such institution exists, except in this painting, which functions, as does most of Mr. Monory's work, like a movie screen where fantastical drama and action are routinely played out.

An influential professor and artist in Istanbul, Eviner is known for her drawings and paintings in ink and acrylic that depict fantastical human - animal creatures, and for her multimedia videos and installations that feature performers engaged in absurd gestures and ritualistic actions.

For twenty years Trenton Doyle Hancock has gained international renown for his paintings, which fuse cartoon - style drawing and abstract expressionism, creating a fantastical world populated by strange creatures known as the Mounds, their nemeses the Vegans, and Hancock's alter ego, Torpedo Boy, who reflects his lifelong love of comic books and plastic action figures.

The second Monster Hunter game to be released on 3DS thus far, Monster Hunter 4 will hit shelves with enhanced gameplay allowing for better movement around environments and more intense action against the game \'s fantastical beasts.