Sentences with phrase «for big action sequences»

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For decades, Wonder Woman has been one of the comic book world's smartest characters, blending ideas about feminism and gender roles with big action sequences and compelling storylines.

Perversely (if unsurprisingly) for a big - budget historical epic, Scott stages most of his «action» in undistinguished, ground - level medium shots and flip - flopping close - up dialogue sequences; after an hour of this, one's starvation for a few picturesque vistas is only briefly sated by a lovely shot of the Thames Estuary, or Robin and his men's first arrival in Sherwood under sun - dappled branches.

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are returning along with an island full of unwanted beasts and for those who worried the last preview focused on just the bigger action scenes, this one has some of the more intimate creepy sequences that made the original film so successful.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 10, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG for frightening images and action fantasy sequences) Third installment in the film franchise based on the C.S. Lewis series of fantasy novels finds Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pensie (Georgie Henley), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter), returning to the magical land of Narnia to embark on a dangerous, seafaring mission taking them to the edge of the worFor movies opening December 10, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG for frightening images and action fantasy sequences) Third installment in the film franchise based on the C.S. Lewis series of fantasy novels finds Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pensie (Georgie Henley), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter), returning to the magical land of Narnia to embark on a dangerous, seafaring mission taking them to the edge of the worfor frightening images and action fantasy sequences) Third installment in the film franchise based on the C.S. Lewis series of fantasy novels finds Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pensie (Georgie Henley), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter), returning to the magical land of Narnia to embark on a dangerous, seafaring mission taking them to the edge of the world.

I do wish heʼd came up with something more inventive for the big climatic action sequences in downtown Chicago.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Rated PG - 13 for intense prolonged sequences of sci - fi action violence, mayhem and destruction, and for language, some sexuality and innuendo Available on DVD and Blu - ray After the horrible reception of the second film (I actually received the worst hate mail of my career for my semi-positive review), the big metal robots are back for an even bigger adventure.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Rated PG - 13 for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images Available on DVD, Blu - ray and Blu - ray 3D When I first heard Peter Jackson was creating The Hobbit for the big screen, I was elated.

There's a terrific introductory sequence featuring River Phoenix as a young Indy, exploring some of the origins of his character; a couple nasty tombs are waiting to be explored; many countries dying for a visit from the 1989 Just - Call - Me - Indy World Tour; Nazis; Sallah (John Rhys - Davies» greatest role outside of Gimli); plot twists and turns; and so many action sequences and trademarked humor that you just couldn't find a fedora big enough to carry it all.

Civil War was also partly filmed with IMAX cameras and the movie in general tends to feel big, visually - speaking, in - between its action sequences and many establishing shots of locations around the globe (as well as the massive title font that's used to identify each individual change in location)- making IMAX the preferable viewing format for Civil War.

From there the film is pumped up action / adventure fantasy, with big effects sequences and action scenes as the race of giants, who have a taste for humans, skin, bones and all, menace the humans.

The action sequences alone are giving the biggest battles of The Avengers and Thor: The Dark World a run for their money.

Adapted from the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan, a much better title than the bland one Affleck and co-writers Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard chose, The Town is a solid drama about actual adults, featuring some excellently choreographed action sequences and is a big leap forward for Affleck's directing aspirations.

is a solid drama about actual adults, featuring some excellently choreographed action sequences and is a big leap forward for Affleck's directing aspirations.

Serenity benefits from its larger big screen budget with better special effects than the TV series, and more time for prolonged action sequences.

Gangster Squad (2013)-- «Max Kennard» RP: You probably already know this, but because of the idiot in Colorado who went into the theater and killed those poor people... We had a trailer for the film that had a scene that took place in Grauman's Chinese Theater, which was a big action sequence in our movie, and we had to scrap the trailer, they had to reposition the movie and put it out later.

For those who were never big fans of Greengrass «style, the news that they'll actually be able to see what Renner is doing during Bourne Legacy «s action sequences should be most welcome.

While this film certainly does break some new ground from a cultural level, this entertaining action flick also feels a little too big for itself at other times because as well done as the narrative and storytelling aspects of this film are executed, occasionally the action sequences don't...

And as 2016's Deadpool made clear, the greatest of those powers may be his complete self - awareness: The majority of jokes in Deadpool were focused on flaying the titular hero and the superhero industrial complex, whether that meant poking fun at Reynolds's career and Fox's run of bad superhero movies or inserting raunchy one - liners and superfluous gore into the movie's big action sequences in order to earn its rare - for - the - genre R rating.

She pushed hard for that contrast, recognizing that many Marvel films lacked that important storytelling element — a factor she discovered happened most often on the big exterior action sequences, when the weather would change midday and the filmmakers would solve the continuity problem in post-production, by meeting in the middle and washing everything out.

Beyond fixes that with ease, putting Bones at the head of most of the bigger action sequences and making sure there is always time for his scowling manner.

For mainstream viewers, there are big action sequences, a heady battle montage, a»40s setting featuring über - Nazis with glowing laser - guns, and plenty of well - timed one - liners.

Tomorrowland Rated PG for sequences of sci - fi action violence and peril, thematic elements, and language Available on DVD and Blu - ray In the hopes of giving life to a theme park attraction, Disney created the huge tentpole Tomorrowland and threw one of Hollywood's biggest stars, George Clooney, into the mix with a story about a young girl on a mysterious journey to find the future.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening August 26, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Columbiana (PG - 13 for violence, sexuality, intense action sequences, disturbing images and brief profanity) Revenge thriller, set in Bogota, Colombia, about a young girl (Zoe Saldana) who grows up to be a cold - blooded assassin after witnessing the murder of her parenFor movies opening August 26, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Columbiana (PG - 13 for violence, sexuality, intense action sequences, disturbing images and brief profanity) Revenge thriller, set in Bogota, Colombia, about a young girl (Zoe Saldana) who grows up to be a cold - blooded assassin after witnessing the murder of her parenfor violence, sexuality, intense action sequences, disturbing images and brief profanity) Revenge thriller, set in Bogota, Colombia, about a young girl (Zoe Saldana) who grows up to be a cold - blooded assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents.

Wonder Woman specifically received its PG - 13 rating «for sequences of violence and action, and some suggestive content,» which means that the WWI setting and Diana's romantic entanglement with Steve Trevor were likely the two biggest contributing factors.

Slightly slower and more character driven for Milton, but with big action sequences.

Ready at Dawn does a great job of interspersing small jolts of the plot during action sequences to help keep players fully involved though so even while you're pushing for the next big cut scene you're still getting a great story in the meantime.

The jewel in its crown is a fantastic single - player campaign that gives you the big set - pieces and heavily scripted action sequences you might take for granted, but with a scale and a vigour that you haven't seen in years.