Sentences with phrase «flimsy plotting»

While Potter devotees will no doubt be scandalized by the edgier bad - boy «tude now possessed by Mr. McGregor's mischievous cotton - tailed nemesis, the greater offense committed is the awfully flimsy plotting that fails to take full advantage of terrific production values and the work of an engaging cast led by the affably energetic James Corden.

The film doesn't do much to satirize the spy genre, instead using its flimsy plot mostly as a scaffolding for a barrage of jokes.

Flimsy plot line with poor writing and actors that are type - cast and superficial.Dusku plays the same role over and over again.

Goldberg and Rogen make the comedic moments work brilliantly but a flimsy plot built on the declining friendship between Baruchel and Rogen grates throughout.

He can't make up for the flimsy plot or...

Solace enjoys the basics of a workable crime story, but it becomes so bogged down with its supernatural elements and its flimsy plot that it spins its wheels.

Viewers aware of the plethora of previous space invader and Armageddon offerings will be instantly cognisant of the flimsy plot predicated upon perpetuating the protagonists» survival, which owes a significant debt to Danny Boyle's undead feature 28 Days Later.

The game even had the audacity to have a story mode with the flimsiest plot I've ever heard of: Waluigi steals the music from the Mushroom Kingdom so Mario must get it back by dancing.

A slick combat system, excellent character customization and a gloriously sun - drenched end of the world make up for any of the faults of Sunset Overdrive's flimsy plot.

In Ace's case, the flimsy plot alone isn't enough to hold the missions together, and there's no real sense of accomplishment or weight when you complete one.

We don't play classics like Mega Man X or due to the engaging struggle between Reploids and Mavericks, nor does the recent Bayonetta's flimsy plot reduce the quality of the top - notch visuals and combat.

The flimsy plot and bare - bone acting is kind of endearing too, but it's the sets that are truly fascinating — especially as leftovers, as photographer Jo Broughton reminds us.

Not exact matches

While the plot is as flimsy as a hooker's halter top, it's buoyed by two actors with attitude and timing.

What might have achieved a degree of cult status across the pond when it was aired in 10 - minute installments, struggles to pass big - screen scrutiny in a feature - length treatment that hinges on the flimsiest of plot lines.

Critic Consensus: Though featuring a talented cast, August Rush can not overcome the flimsy direction and schmaltzy plot.

Critics Consensus: Though featuring a talented cast, August Rush can not overcome the flimsy direction and schmaltzy plot.

While the plot might be the flimsiest, the characterisation actors Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton bring to this film turns it into a small delight.

But plot isn't the primary interest here: this is as flimsy as a sitcom, and it's shot like one too.

The plot is essentially a flimsy framework...

The extortion subplot involving Ansel's manager and Lance Reddick's shadowy menace (playing a mysterious figure in the way only he can) may be a necessary evil to motivate Ansel toward taking on the family as clients, but in practice it is such a half - baked flimsy concept that it never evolves beyond plot device status, feeling more like manipulation than motivation.

Fans of musicals may be willing to overlook slight plots and flimsy structure, but they don't have to endure that here.

Maybe the same could be said of Drive, but here it feels tired already and is not enough to carry the flimsiest of plots or transcend the overbearing sense of self - indulgence and emptiness.

Much of this has to do with the fact that the storyline is a bit more cohesive, no longer showcasing scenes that don't push forward the plot or story, even if they are still hinged by the flimsiest of reasons.

2 Stars PLAYING A PAIR OF ANTAGONISTIC one - term Presidents thrown together in a flimsy chase plot, Jack Lemmon and James Garner trade insults that aren't exactly in Lincoln's league.

While the plot is more flimsy and haphazard than it was the first time (and it wasn't like the first Super Troopers was remembered for its plot either), the actual comedy itself is blooming with spirit and rambunctious silliness.

«Bootcamp, Critique Register, Roadshow... without these I would still be beavering away in isolation writing mistargeted, hybrid, wrong - length manuscripts on flimsy paperstock with irredeemable heroes and overly complicated plots.

This isn't yet another murky blog that defiantly stamps its foot over the «problems» in traditional publishing, and the sheer audacity of publishing companies to expect an author to help with marketing, all of which usually acts as a thin veil that covers what is, at best, an uninspired book and at worst a flimsy manuscript littered with bad formatting, typos, grammatical errors and plot inconsistencies.

Despite the flimsy nature of this sort of game's plot, it's good to see cutscenes explaining the characters» motivations, be it Sackboy's desire to create or Sly Cooper's desire to steal.

In Fire Emblem Fates the incorporation of this mechanic has a somewhat flimsy connection to the plot, as it is never really explained how it is possible for the Fire Emblem Fates children to fight alongside their parents, aside from the fact that the protagonists hide their children in pocket dimensions in order to protect them.

This actually makes The Good Wife seem self - aware: instead of delving into flimsy personal side plots, like so many so - so law dramas do, the characters» resistance to such detours defines the show.