Based on the best - selling video game,
the film hurtles beyond imagination with explosive action, humor and amazing special effects.
Reason trounces emotion at every turn, keeping
the film hurtling along at breakneck speed.
Not exact matches
And if physicists set up the experiment with a photon detector at each slit, that is indeed what they see: Photons
hurtle randomly through either the first slit or the second, which results in two separate clumps of dots forming on the
film.
The Post is a
film that feels in constant motion, where the camera is often
hurtling forward to catch up to the drama, which here takes the form of heated negotiations between Post publisher Katharine Graham and her editor Ben Bradlee around the ethics and efficacy of continuing to publish the Papers after the Times had raised the ire of the Nixon administration.
The
film opens with Bob Merrick
hurtling dangerously across a lake in his speedboat, an accident waiting to happen, rather than with Helen picking up Joyce and Tommy at the pier in New York.
The
film opens pleasantly enough, with voiceover narration by Emma Thompson accompanying an image of the Voyager I spacecraft, the furthest man - made object from earth,
hurtling toward the edge of the solar system.
Of course, ample scenes of motorcycles
hurtling around corners at horrific speeds are included across the
film's 104 minute running time, however the emphasis on the riders rather than the race grounds the feature in the relatable quest of chasing a dream.
As Avengers: Infinity War
hurtles toward its April debut, plenty of questions still loom over the Marvel Studios ensemble
film.
Nevertheless, the
film gets a little sloppy in continuity, especially as it races toward the end, such as a scene involving a robot getting drilled by V.I.N.CENT in one shot, then seen outside the ship in the next,
hurtling toward the black hole.
Clocking in at just under 90 minutes, every second of the
film is focused on
hurtling towards a climactic fight between Roland and The Man in Black.
The problem is that Johnson doesn't stick with his own formula and allows the
film to convolute itself into an anti-climactic melange of plot hoops and
hurtles that are meant to be clever, but by the limping third act, end up robbing the
film of the magic it was oh - so close to conjuring.
The
film works — and just barely — only because the narrative flies at warp speed; there's no time to think about gaping holes in the plot and gross violations of the fundamental laws of physics, not to mention credibility, when you finish
hurtling in the course of two hours across the Atlantic Ocean and back only to find yourself
hurtling through the Chunnel with no chance to catch your breath.
Yes, the
film uses each speaker nicely and appropriately, but the creaks and roars don't quite compare with the brute force of the battle scenes in SPR or the
hurtling destruction of Twister; those are so powerful that they actually give me goosebumps to hear.
That vision includes vehicles fuelled with blood, «Doof Warriors» playing flaming guitars as they
hurtle into battle, CG used in respectful subservience to jaw - dropping practical stunts, and Hugh Keays - Byrne's Immortan Joe presiding over a religious cult seemingly inspired by a Duran Duran song that was inspired by the original Mad Max
films («Wild Boys always shine», remember).
Part of this was nostalgia; the classic Star Wars sounds are proudly running through the entire
film, from the music to the iconic noise of a Tie Fighter
hurtling through the skies.