Sentences with phrase «for plot machinations»
«We don't play it for plot machinations or tropes.
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The plot thickens through the violent machinations of an albino monk who works for Opus Dei, an actual Roman Catholic organization portrayed by Brown with lightly veiled contempt.
We received the former for review, which contains a 2.35:1 transfer of the film in anamorphic video; the image is quirky in accordance with John Seale's cinematography: grain is overemphasized in several climactic shots, as if to ground the ludicrous plot machinations in some kind of hard - edged reality, while blacks are chalky throughout and detail has a filtered quality — a Lawrence Kasdan trademark.
The plot machinations of the early going do feel like just that as so many things seem to magically fall into place for DJay's transformation — the keyboard; a spontaneous run - in with Key (Anthony Anderson), an old acquaintance and sound engineer who then takes him to a soul - stirring church choir performance — in an almost implausibly pat manner.