Sentences with phrase «feeling slavish»

Director Peyton Reed wasn't given an easy task coming onboard so late in the game, but he does an admirable job of producing a streamlined, standalone adventure that weaves in references to the MCU without feeling slavish to the material.
WHY: Disney's live - action remake of «The Jungle Book» is one of the year's most pleasant surprises — a visually immersive adventure film that pays homage to the 1967 classic without feeling slavish.

Not exact matches

The maker of the iPad and iPhone has sued three of the largest manufacturers of Google's Android - based devices — Samsung, Motorola and HTC — for multiple patent infringements across multiple countries, pointing out «slavish copying» of design and «look and feel
But unlike American Hustle, which felt like a slavish copy of Scorsese, I, Tonya feels inspired, enthusiastic.
One of the reasons that Prince Caspian works so well is that the creative team [writers Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus and Andrew Adamson, who also directed] took the key elements of the story and built an epic tale around them without feeling the need to be slavish in their adaptation.
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