Sentences with phrase «flat characters with»

Because of this you could be forgiven for assuming at first that Geralt is a flat character with an equally flat voice actor, but it quickly becomes apparent that Geralt isn't an emotionless bastard, rather he's battle - hardened and world - weary.

«A stereotype is a flat character with two dimensions,» Self continued.

Not exact matches

With the course of time such «deformations» lose their newness, and often even their original metaphorical character, and become flat, commonplace words.»

And when something's as richly imagined as the world of «Game of Thrones,» the show can fall flat when it plays fast and loose with character motivations.

«Phil didn't do something to earthquake - proof the house that he promised he had, and spends most of the episode trying to cover up,» says Burrell, who loves the bumbling but well - intentioned character, which was written with him in mind — something he finds «not particularly flattering, but hilarious.

Showing its transitional nature, the animal was slightly smaller than a modern black bear, with a flatter head and a combination of primitive and advanced dental characters.

You'll get the character of vintage denim along with a more flattering contemporary fit.

I also wanted to update the flat front cabinets to something with more character.

It's rendered in a simpler style than previous Ghibli / Miyazaki outings, with a handcrafted coloured - pencil look, while in the foreground the characters are given a rather flat palette.

With his trusty assistant Pippy beside him Popper closes a deal on Manhattan's famed Flat Iron building by convincing Jeffrey Tambor's character Mr. Gremmins that the time has come for him to pursue his dreams of sailing around the world.

But the game is flat out relentless and will make most regular 2k fans feel like they re playing Dark Souls at first and will leave every game feeling like a glorified bum with all of the characters praising you like a blind kid after hes allowed to score a touchdown.

By following five Atlanta - based couples, the film wants fervently to incorporate all its character's diverse fluff into one sitting, but such hopes are subverted to an emptily - flat experiment that pairs audiences with familiar faces acting out a weak script, while the experimenters stand back and pray that the audience doesn't notice just in fact how hollow it all really is.

Taking place almost entirely in a single flat, with only a handful of characters, it feels like a play that exists only in dreams.

It feels like a slapdash collection of scenes rather than a balloon sent smoothly aloft, with jokes often falling as flat as Cena's buzz cut (a running gag centers on his tough - guy character's propensity for crying, a go - to bit that ages fast).

Chances are, Beatrix Potter would be flattered to know that one day, more than a century after she published «The Tale of Peter Rabbit,» her most beloved character would be reinterpreted on screen not as a traditional cartoon (even though her work paved the way for the likes of Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse) but as a photo - real, fully anthropomorphic rabbit, complete with opposable thumbs and a tiny blue jacket.

Things fall flat, though, when Taylor emerges as the central character, interacting with Hill House's malignant history in an increasingly silly series of frightless escapades that have her chasing about the house's serpentine corridors after wispy kiddie ghosts and bloody footprints.

Jack's killer - disease revelation admittedly does inject the proceedings with some much - needed energy, although even this aspect of the film ultimately falls flat due to Bell's overtly sinister turn (ie one's efforts at buying into the character's claims are consistently thwarted by his exceedingly evil demeanor).

Similarly, the textures are flatter and character models a little more angular (and when they turn to ice it's just blue rather than an actual ice layer), but Climax has still done an admirable job with this port.

The game tries to inject some personality with banter between characters, but it falls flat.

A setup like this could easily fall flat on its face with the absence of a strong lead character to make it fun, but thankfully, High Moon Studios nails the overall look and feel of Deadpool.

It is, of course, not surprising to note that the sentimental elements that crop up towards the end fall completely flat, as the viewer has absolutely nothing invested in these characters or their happiness - with the end result a nigh worthless piece of work that manages to waste a fairly impressive cast (ie it takes some effort to drain Allen of his natural charisma).

Speaking with an approximated early New Yorker cadence and flat vowel sounds that somehow suggest a middle ground between roughneck and rococo, he's a fearsome character, spitting hatred toward immigrants with both relish and genuine fury.

The end result is an action game with appealing and simple gameplay but with flat characters and no connective tissue.

And another good thing, if I'm going to play Lucille, Guillermo's the one to do that with because he's going to make sure that it's not just this flat archetype of a character.

She could use a more flattering wardrobe, too, as could Molly Ringwald in The Breakfast Club, who wiped clean with a little foundation the identity of Ally Sheedy's character at the close of that film, and Can't Buy Me Love's Amanda Peterson, who wouldn't associate with Patrick Dempsey until he put mousse in his hair.

«The Lazarus Effect» is not the usual mindless thriller, but it's as flat as an open soda from last week, with dull characters and virtually every scene taking place in a single location.

While As Above, So Below begins with an at least mildly intriguing set - up of plot, once this team heads into the catacombs it quickly becomes yet another rote display of forced jump scares, awkward character interaction and painfully flat acting that forces us to try to believe this is heading in any direction other than where we all know it's going to go.

Actions by characters late in the film also don't jibe with their established behavior and the ending falls flat.

With multiplexes full of flat cardboard characters who represent the black and white extremes of dramatic conflict, it's a refreshing change to see a cast of characters of varying shades of gray.

«Johnny Handsome» comes out of the film noir atmosphere of the 1940s, out of movies with dark streets and bitter laughter, with characters who live in cold - water flats and treat saloons as their living rooms.

But if you were suddenly without thought, you'd still find in Cowboys & Aliens a collection of disconnected explosions and flat production design, with characters who declare things to each other in inhuman exchanges very much like the ones in Relativity Media's last fucking disaster that's worse than you already think it will be, Season of the Witch.

She does her best with Nina, playing the ingenue with an effervescent grace, but can't really deliver the powerful performance she's capable of with a character who is so overwhelmingly flat.

The uninvolving atmosphere only grows more and more palpable as time slowly progresses, with Cronenberg's odd refusal to infuse the central character with any compelling attributes surely standing head and shoulders above the movie's many, many problems (ie Syd is about as flat and one - dimensional as one could possibly envision).

Of course, like practically all comedies centering on a boorish and unlikable individual, this wraps up with a few insincere moments of character maturity and empathy, but here such bits are no harder to take than the desperate gags flailing and falling flat at a rapid clip.

This feeling of lifelessness is also reflected in Del Toro's lamentably less - than - enthralling work as the central character, as the star offers up a surprisingly flat performance that's sorely lacking in the off - kilter quirks with which he's become associated (ie he's just dull here).

It's clear right from the get - go that Christopher Cain is in absolutely no hurry to tell this story, as the director has infused The Stone Boy with an almost achingly deliberate pace that does prove effective at establishing the film's very specific locale, admittedly - yet there's little doubt that the laid - back atmosphere, when combined with the uniformly subdued performances and the less - than - eventful nature of Gina Berriault's script, effectively ensures that the viewer's efforts at forming any kind of emotional attachment to the characters fall flat virtually from start to finish.

Lanthimos («The Lobster») starts off with an in - surgery shot of a beating, open heart — glistening with fat, it seems like a moving animal — and things go reeling from there: the uniform, intentional flat - affect performances (particularly Martin, who's both numbingly intense and not - quite - present); the high - angle camerawork, in which the characters sometimes seem to be at the bottom of a too - brightly - lit fishbowl; the slow movement away from familiar settings and emotions.

The flat itself almost becomes a character in the story, with each outsider's arrival as a kind of invasion.

For example, the segment of the film in which Chris spends some time working for Wayne Westerberg (Vince Vaughan), a farmer with a wild streak, falls very flat, possibly because Vaughan's character feels poorly defined.

If felt like it was trying so hard to be a Quentin Tarantino or Coen Brothers crime drama, but falls flat with forgettable characters and an uncohesive plot.

«In This Corner of the World» falls rather flat whenever it tries to deal with World War II directly, but as a character study of a young Japanese girl in wartime it is often beguiling.

's success is Hutton herself, as the actress delivers a painfully, obnoxiously over-the-top performance that remains a total distraction from start to finish - with the viewer's efforts at connecting to her character's plight, as a result, falling completely flat.

We don't get flat characters but rather glimpses of people we could imagine being in the world with us.

And yet in the ashes of «Avengers: Age of Ultron,» the brain trust behind Marvel Studios and directors Joe and Anthony Russo have built what is easily one of the strongest films of their so - called cinematic universe with «Captain America: Civil War,» an engaging, lively and just flat - out fun use of the characters we've gotten to know across the past eight years and 12 films.

The pastel - colored world of Zubrowka is captured with all the idiosyncrasy and precision Anderson is known for: written notes, books and objects are shot straight on with loving detail, flat - planed shots center characters in the middle of the frame, and hand - crafted miniatures depict many of the film's more fantastical settings and vehicles.

Looked like yet another desperate bid by DreamWorks to come up with colorful characters in a «new» setting on the heels of its 2009 March release — the flat Monsters vs Aliens.

Weisz herself, when she finally appears on - screen, is excellent, as too is Farrell; his character of David equally as rib - tickling with his subtle nuances and comedic quips which, if I were to repeat here, would fall firmly flat.

I wish I had some positives to talk about here, but the dialogue is flat, the characters are instantly forgettable, the quests are simple fetchery with little motivation, and I didn't encounter any compelling story points.

Her flat delivery never suggests the maternal devotion meant to drive her character's actions and her chemistry with the rest of the cast is nonexistent.

Phoenix is flat - out bad, playing your typical one - dimensional nasty villain with beady eyes and over-the-top line readings (modeling himself after the Billy Zane character in Titanic, no doubt).