Sentences with phrase «film much personality»

Winstead's wide - eyed cringing in the lead doesn't give the film much personality — particularly by comparison with Kurt Russell's shaggy swagger in the 1982 version — and the concepts and visuals that don't come from Carpenter instead come from Ridley Scott's Alien, or David Cronenberg's body - horror films.

Not exact matches

Filmed without narration, subtitles, or any comprehensible dialogue, Babies is a direct encounter with four babies who stumble their predictable ways to participating in the awesome beauty of life.Needless to say, their experience of the first year of life is vastly different, yet what stands out is not how much is different but how much is universal as each in their own way attempts to conquer their physical environment.Though the language is different as well as the environment, the babies cry the same, laugh the same, and try to learn the frustrating, yet satisfying art of crawling, then walking in the same way.You will either find Babies entrancing or slow moving depending on your attitude towards babies because frankly that's all there is, yet for all it will be an immediate experience far removed from the world of cell phones and texting, exploring up close and personal the mystery of life as the individual personality of each child begins to emerge.

To transform a novel into a film without tact or some place of purpose is to present an audience with a run - down of in - book events without much - needed personality or intent.

Sprinkled with little personality bits here and there (Tallahassee's mad quest for an ever - elusive Twinkie, Columbus's crippling fear of clowns, etc.), Zombieland doesn't break any new ground in the horror genre so much as make for a strong dose of escapist fun for knowing fans of the films.

The reason you may never have heard of this director: while he effectively served his studios, stories and stars, he never put much personality into his films.

This isn't a film so much as an illustrated screenplay sustained by screen personalities and directorial momentum.

The film is a pure distillation of his personality, so he's been front and center doing as much press as he can in between festival dates.»

Uncle Buck's central appeal is the performance by John Candy, and many who think of the late comedic actor nowadays probably remember much of his onscreen personality as that which he portrays in this film — occasionally overbearing, but with a heart of gold.

Though ultimately her traditional point of view gains sympathy, the titular monarch is criticized for much of the first half, but gladly this much - acclaimed film values its captivating tale of clashing human personalities over any kind of polarizing political commentary.

I don't know how much the M. Night Shyamalan comparisons get bandied about in his home, but Godse, whose novel was apparently a Top 5 bestseller in India, is an awful actor, and though the film's ensemble cast features American Radio Hall of Fame inductee Myron Cope as well as Emmy - winning TV personality Dave Crawley, for the most part this is strictly amateur hour.

Like Goldie, Reese can carry these kinds of films with nothing more than her smile and cheery personality, and while the role seems to have been written for someone more of the blonde bombshell variety, we like Reese as Elle so much, anyone else would have been a big letdown.

Much of the film's humor comes from K - S2O, who has a vastly different personality than C3 - P0 or R2 - D2.

Stakeland — a post-apocalyptic, vampire road trip movie — is not a bad film so much as it is derivative and without much visual personality.

Hendrix is a big personality and that much comes through in the film, which is content to simply spend time in his presence, be it tuning a guitar, browsing a bookstore, or trying to patch things up with someone he just beat with a telephone.

Not a religious film by any means, it isn't concerned so much with Heaven or the afterlife so much as exploring the comic possibilities of a man transported from one life to another, trying to inject his own personality into the body of another.

Despite the historical setting and the much more detailed world - building that swallows most of the film's opening, there's a definite glimmer of his dark personality here, right from the off.

Much like Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, though, the sizable cast means this his late appearance in the film doesn't leave much time to actually do anything with him as a character or explore his unique personalMuch like Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, though, the sizable cast means this his late appearance in the film doesn't leave much time to actually do anything with him as a character or explore his unique personalmuch time to actually do anything with him as a character or explore his unique personality.