Sentences with phrase «film feels personal»

Written by Braff and his brother Adam Braff, the new film feels personal and distanced, as if they don't entirely know what they wanted to express beyond simply the idea of expressing emotions.

One should mention that Chazelle uses a lot of up close shots to really make the film feel personal and real.

Not exact matches

Whatever one's personal feelings about the film, it seems clear that Mel Gibson was trying to deliver a cardiac shock to the imagination, Christian and non-Christian, of our times; saying in effect, «Look in graphic detail at what God's Son did for you.

Unless you are a model, personal trainer or adult film star, it can feel awkward to consider your body your biggest asset.

The film begins with Cheryl recounting how she got to where she is, this being her life - long personal pursuit for the something «more», which she felt exists beyond the typical human life boundaries.

Where there was a real, personal feel to Iron Man's battle with Obadiah Stane's Iron Monger in the first film, the battle royale here is simply not as emotionally involving — even when Vanko steps in, it doesn't really work.

The great writer / director Michael Haneke's ongoing commitment to an unblinking, deeply aware, and brutally honest cinema goes to new, more intimate and personal places in Amour, and while it's not always easy to watch (nor should it be; even at its most painful, it always feels precisely and ineffably right), it's tremendously moving and powerful in a way very, very few films are.

Jessica Lange brings so much energy and personal involvement to her portrayal of Frances Farmer that you can't help but feel sorry for her; nothing else in the film remotely matches her talent and dedication, and she seems alone — and even slightly absurd — in her feverish creativity.

Although the events are dramatized for the film, his personal heartbreak was the catalyst for wanting to explore the over-encompassing feelings that go along with both falling into love and losing love.

The film feels incredibly personal to Webber as nearly everyone in the cast goes by their real name and his son in the film is played be his actual child.

Guillermo del Toro's highly personal monster film «The Shape of Water» speaks to «what I feel as an immigrant»

Normally this kind of documentary manipulation would raise flags for some, but given Panahi's current predicament and subsequent longing for the medium (and additionally the film's unmanufactured feeling), it comes off as an intensely personal, resonant rebellion, an incredibly beautiful movie and one of his best films to date (read our review).

At the beginning of the film, Thorpe is at a personal crossroads: he's recently single, suddenly aware that same - sex marriage has become a thing (i.e. the pressure to get hitched is upon us all), yet he feels a bit like an outsider in the larger community.

Moonlight feels more personal for Jenkins, who was born and raised in Liberty City, Miami, the predominantly African American neighborhood in which the film is set.

By effortlessly mixing the personal with the political, these films feels specific to the Obama Era, in which many Americans hoped that simply electing a biracial president would heal our racial wounds.

It is just one of the many reflections the film casts on a case designed to mine the plaintiffs» personal feelings for the purpose of riding a broader current of emotion.

Naturally, how we view any film has a lot to do with our own experiences, but with such a personal topic, the influence of our feelings on the issues at hand are bound...

The film feels deeply personal because the characters are middle aged it's easy to relate to the struggles of getting older and battling health issues.

When we saw Hayao Miyazaki «s «The Wind Rises» the next day, we were unaware that the director was about to announce that it would be his final film, but even then, it felt like a fitting career summation; a very different, and highly personal piece of work delivered in traditionally gorgeous Ghibli - stylings.

Upside down you're turning me: Hong Sangsoo explores feelings of love, lust, and broken hearts in a film that nods to his own personal affairs

More importantly than anything, it cuts close to the bone, with much of the film feeling like Gilliam confronting his own mortality: «for all the film's flaws, it feels like a very personal and moving piece of work as Qohen moves towards some kind of acceptance that his time on Earth will be brief in the grand scale of things... it's not so much a film about a search for a meaning, as an embrace of meaningless, and it's fascinating in that respect.»

On a personal note, being a hardcore Spidey fan, I felt I might be bothered by some of the modifications made to the origin, but after watching the finished film, I must say that none of the changes really have any bearing on the overall story, and it's remarkably accurate as far as the characters go.

Moreover, by sticking closer to the book's original premise, which involved a man's attempt to locate his wife in the ensuing chaos, Spielberg creates a disaster film that feels much more intimate and personal than the «50s version.

Scorsese knows how what a powerful sense of escapism movies can be, and this feels like one of the most personal films he has made in years.

While this film has some bracingly strong observations on the nature of long - term professional and personal relationships, it also feels somewhat theatrical in the way its story develops.

This is a good move by the director, as it makes the film feel more personal and character - driven.

But that film felt more achingly personal.

Sarah Polley's 2012 documentary, Stories We Tell, is a personal film, and yet to use that word feels somehow reductive.

Watching James White can feel like diving straight into an open wound, and Mond (who based part of the film around his own personal experiences) makes every moment feel as raw and visceral as possible.

What could feel clichéd in many movies is done in a spectacularly innovative way in BIRDMAN because although the premise is straightforward, director Inarritu has created something remarkable by getting up close and personal in the characters faces and — even more extraordinarily — doing the entire film in one shot.

This helps create a very personal and real feel to an otherwise very surreal film.

The film definitely feels like a Bay movie though when it comes to all of the up close and personal action scenes.

Despite my personal feelings on the Stooges, however, it's strange to see their fans showing so much animosity towards the film, because it looks like the Farrellys have absolutely nailed the slapstick brand of comedy that the bumbling trio is known for.

How does the film depict the commitment the President's personal security detail feels for their Commander - in - Chief?

In a year where so many films feel politically charged, What They Had is a refreshingly personal, startlingly funny, high - octane family drama.

Also, while the film, of course, doesn't have the luxury of an extended TV series, Wright had the opportunity to include more personal touches than the character of Churchill's typist (Lily James is an extended, unnecessary distraction), who is there to put up with his eccentricities (including famously dictating letters from inside a bathtub), outbursts, and yet buoy him when he is feeling down.

Altman himself had spent many years working outside the studio system for that very reason, as they consistently requested modifications to his work because they felt audiences didn't want or care to see films that they consider to be depressing or personal.

But ultimately «A Ghost Story» joins the short list of films like Darren Aronofsky's «The Fountain» and Terrence Malick's «The Tree of Life» to speak to me in such a profound way it feels like a personal address.

It doesn't mean that every person must align themselves with a film that they have a personal or emotional stake in, but having a favorite and seeing it succeed is a great feeling.

Once the film gets going, the core story is quite simple — Eisenheim loves Sophie, Leopold is jealous of Eisenheim's hold over the people, and Uhl must balance his job and his personal feelings.

His best films — The Devil's Backbone (2001), Pan's Labyrinth (2006)-- have married narratives that feel intensely personal with authentic characters who resonate culturally.

Collectively they feel like a triumph over the long - simmering tension between art and commerce — between personal expression and commercial concerns — that has seen renewed debate in the film industry as artists endeavor to make movies that feel like more than another episode in a series.

Bigelow, who has some idea how it feels to be the indie spoiler in the race, recently hosted two private screenings of the film — though she has no personal connection to it or to director Debra Granik.

At 130 minutes, the film also feels unnecessarily drawn - out, although the length of the story gives Oz time to make positive personal changes in a more believable way.

A reflexive film that feels like a deeply personal exploration and which demands an almost ascetic commitment from the viewer.

This film feels like a personal attack on my childhood and one that left a very bad taste in my mouth.

Did that make the film feel more personal?

Night Moves, the latest film by Kelly Reichardt («Meek's Cutoff»), is a personal story about three young people attempting to impact a society in which they no longer feel a part.

The film's soundtrack will have you tapping your toe as it feels perfectly curated to carry Baby along on his ride into personal destruction.

Avengers: Age of Ultron was bogged down by the weight of the franchises it had to support and launch, but this film feels remarkably less self - serious, even with a larger cast and more personal stakes.