Sentences with phrase «first third of the film»

And pacing problems aside, the scifi-less first third of the film was necessary setup for a Cornetto Trilogy staple: That scene that comes along and punches you right in your tear ducts.

In the first third of the film, Jacob's bank crashes spectacularly, triggering the suicide of its founder - and Jacob's mentor - Lou Zabel (Frank Langella).

After the first third of the film, the rest drags, some of the punch lines flop and dramatic moments that attempt to diversify the film's humor aren't emotional.

As the movie clocks in at almost three hours, it surprisingly takes most of the first third of the film for the group to even leave the hobbit house.

The first third of the film shows them in action, with each character attempting to do anything that's possible to earn some money.

It ends up squeezing every team member's backstory into the first third of the film.

The first third of the film establishes the world inside this place and sees him getting acquainted with a few other eccentrics, including the Wilders, a family whose station in life seems to be being stuck on the bottom floor.

Ordinarily I would have thought that idea to be relatively distracting from the plot but in this case it really works and actually enhances the experience, when you consider how the first third of the film is written and performed.

Most of this comes in the first third of the film, the live - action part which is certainly the most coherent and as a result perhaps the most enjoyable.

The first third of the film juxtaposes a musical celebration inside the Fox Theater with the mounting chaos on the streets.

The first third of the film makes a point of fixating upon that idea, of how trust is so hard to come by when you're a professional spy.

Mean Dog Blues is rather predictable, as you can guess the remainder of the plot and climax forming long before the first third of the film has passed.

Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson's script seems to do quite a bit well — for the first third of the film, the horrific nature of the crimes has the film sympathizing with the police officers (Robert Baker in particular), only to later reveal incompetence and corruption on these characters» parts.

If only the first third of the film were handled better, this would be an action masterpiece, but it's still quite impressive.

The first third of the film moves almost too quickly, a blur of gatherings of left - wing intelligentsia and free spirits.

The first third of the film focuses primarily on Paxton as he travels way down the deep blue sea in a small vessel.

The film as a whole is one of great beauty and sensitivity, with Schnabel and two - time Oscar winner Janusz Kaminski bringing an impressionistic touch to the scenes of Jean - Do's imagination and memory, as well as to the first third of the film, which is almost completely filmed from Jean - Do's point of view.

Coriolanus feels much longer than it actually is, due to the fact it's limited action takes place solely in the first third of the film.

Herein lies the first fatal mistake of the film: Affleck structures the first third of the film that takes place in Boston as a kind of prologue, briefly introducing Joe lying in a hospital bed before moving back seemingly only a few months back in time.

The first third of the film is the most interesting as we watch singletons check into a hotel in which they must find love or risk being transformed into an animal of their choosing but if you asked me with mild curiosity why this is, I couldn't tell you because after two hours of this drivel, I neither knew nor cared.