Sentences with phrase «for grand spectacle»

It's a quiet yet fitting celebration of a series better known for grand spectacle.

At two - and - a-half hours — roughly half the length of the version Woo released in his homeland more than a year ago — Red Cliff may seem like a hefty undertaking to some, but the director, whose gift for grand spectacle remains undiminished, makes every minute count.

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Liberty Media are trying hard to improve the spectacle of F1, so for the US Grand Prix they decided to go full «Murica with the driver intros.

We know that the F1 United States Grand Prix is the best place for a globally - recognised star like Michael to take the spectacle to the next level.

Critic Consensus: It may favor spectacle in place of the deeper themes in Herman Melville's novel, but John Huston's Moby Dick still makes for a grand movie adventure.

But I can confidently report that it's another mammoth achievement for Anderson, who shot the film in 65 mm — not for the sake of spectacle (it doesn't have anything like the grand vistas of Marfa, Texas in There Will Be Blood), but for the intensely intimate relationship that develops between a knockabout WWII veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) and the charismatic religious visionary (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who offers him a way forward.

When they opt to zero in on the actions of a single character, as they often do, the grand spectacle is dropped for a fairly routine focus on run - of - the - mill heroics that predictably exist to manifest the conclusion of a painfully telegraphed arc that not even John Powell's triumphant score can lend gravitas to.

In May you can witness the grand spectacle of the Monaco Grand Prix, while the biggest, baddest boats on the ocean sail into Monaco's harbor for the Monaco Yacht Show in Septegrand spectacle of the Monaco Grand Prix, while the biggest, baddest boats on the ocean sail into Monaco's harbor for the Monaco Yacht Show in SepteGrand Prix, while the biggest, baddest boats on the ocean sail into Monaco's harbor for the Monaco Yacht Show in September.

These stumbling blocks may stop the game from reaching classic status, although the series is always such a grand spectacle and visual treat, that we always thank the mighty one for gifting us with eyesight and bemoaning those unfortunate enough to be blind, with this said it's not too difficult to let some of the problems slide.

Part performance, part temple for the digital age — this show will clash processes and aesthetics in one grand spectacle.

Clearly hand made and suggestive of prototypes for molds the small blocks demure to participate in the ongoing need for spectacle, grand scale or material innovation as a means to communicate.

Thousands and thousands of people, for example will be pouring to Brazil in order to witness the grandest sporting spectacle in the world - the Olympics.