I think there's certainly scope
for suspense in a first - person narrative.
It «s patently impossible to maintain the realism required
for suspense in such a strained and silly context, though that does n`t stop Ritchie from trying.
Not exact matches
I suppose I should wait
for the rest of the story so as not to ruin the
suspense, but then maybe you have something else
in mind.
Thankful
for not keeping me
in suspense for too long and saving me a bit of research time, @ivanhoff followed up with this tweet:
This uncertainty (the nothingness of the antecedent non-being — the possible «how» corresponding to the actual «thus») will exist
for him as well as
for a contemporary; his mind will be
in a state of
suspense exactly as was the mind of a contemporary.
Which means that somehow director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, 10 Cloverfield Lane) keeps the audience gripped
in suspense for nearly two and a half hours largely with facial expressions, minimal dialogue, a sparse but hard - hitting score, and stunningly beautiful cinematography.
If Tiger Woods tuned
in to the WGC - Cadillac Championship on Friday, he could have been forgiven
for wondering if Augusta's green jackets decided to eliminate the
suspense and award the Masters to Rory McIlroy a month early.
Still, it is obvious that
in order to fill more seats and lure back TV, women's tennis needs to find some strong competition
for Evert, or it will continue to have finals that have all the
suspense of shark vs. sardine.
I relish the day we have a new manager, the list of players that won't be
in his plans, the new players he will bring
in, the
suspense the excitement
for a change of things, can't wait
for this 3 years to be over.
The current system has been
in place since 2006, taking the best bits of the one - hour session (the last few minutes) and making that feeling of
suspense last
for the whole hour.
Arsenal fans (and the players) have been kept
in suspense for long enough, and it is about time we were told the truth about Wenger's future.
The only real
suspense among these legislators -
for - life
in next year's elections is whether Republican Bill Larkin, 90 years old
in February, will stand
for another two - year term.
«Frankly, it made little sense to lay out a vision and then keep everyone
in suspense for weeks on how you plan to pay
for it.
Assuming all interested parties knew the score going
in, the judge (Andrew Ceresia, brought
in from Rensselaer County to preside over the case) nonetheless injected some
suspense when he expressed sympathy
for the defendant
in his pre-sentencing statement.
By the time he took the rostrum
in the House chamber last night
for the functional equivalent of a State of the Union address, President Trump had generated considerable
suspense around what he would actually say and how it would be received.
The stage is set
for the big battle on Saturday and Nigeria Politics Online's Olaitan Osola is
in Ondo to give minute - by minute account of what promises to be a great
suspense in history of elections
in Nigeria.
About the only
suspense attendant to last week's judicial conventions
in Albany
for state Supreme Court, which one Democratic attendee called «extremely boring,» was whether a Capital District Democrat would emerge to challenge Ulster's Julian Schreibman.
Novice comic seller and eBay user James Cracolici posted his copy of Tales of
Suspense # 39 on eBay
for $ 7,680 on March 15, according to his suit filed Monday
in Manhattan Federal Court.
Physicists are waiting
in suspense for the LHC to be rebooted next year after spotting hints of a mysterious new particle
in the data
The delay
in the radio signal returning to Earth from the spacecraft adds to the nail - biting
suspense, since it takes 48 minutes
for it to come back all the way to Earth.
As with anything
in life it's been a learning process
for me these past few years: plot & structure, mechanics, conflict &
suspense.
Although I hate dropping teasers (okay, I'm a big liar — I kind of love it), I'm going to have to keep you
in suspense for the time being.
For me life a game filled with
suspense we have to play it
in a cool way.
The initial emphasis on Jack's decidedly mundane endeavors - ie he eats dinner with a priest, he meets with the aforementioned client, etc, etc - proves instrumental
in transforming the character into a surprisingly compelling and sympathetic figure, which inevitably does heighten the
suspense once the tense and thoroughly engrossing third act rolls around (ie the viewer can't help but actively root
for Jack's success).
It is intelligent, intriguing, and topical, but it too often gets mired
in its own good intentions, too many plot convolutions, and character ambiguities that try to pass
for suspense.
What the plotting lacks
in cohesion and
suspense, the production often compensates
for in visual appeal.
The far - from - engrossing vibe is compounded by a quizzical dearth of action or
suspense oriented interludes, and it does, as a result, become more and more difficult to work up any real interest
in or sympathy
for the central character's exploits (which proves especially problematic by the time the twist - laden finale rolls around).
Mad Men may thrive on a certain heartless
suspense, but it's definitely got a brain, one that's interested
in how our lives are a battle between the narrative we imagine
for ourselves and the path we happen to be on.
Thanks to a layered performance by Franco and director Rupert Goold's willingness to let him play silent moments
for maximum tension, «True Story» continually surprises you with scenes
in which
suspense creeps into casual scenes and makes them something else.
Given a good basis
for a thriller
in the Patricia Highsmith novel and a first - rate script, Hitchcock embroiders the plot into a gripping, palm - sweating piece of
suspense.
He did several
suspense films, including Johnny Allegro and Dangerous Profession, but it was his work on The Window that earned Tetzlaff a permanent place
in the memories of filmgoers — a dark, chilling, and suspenseful thriller, based on the fable of the boy - who - cried - wolf, this film, about a young boy (Bobby Driscoll) known
for telling tall tales, who witnesses a murder
in his tenement building and can't get anyone to believe him, was an instant hit.
Another standout sequence
in Public Enemies is more effective
for comedy than
suspense, and involves Dillinger's reaction
in a movie theater to an on - screen announcement warning the audience to be on the lookout
for him, America's «Public Enemy # 1.»
[*** SPOILERS ***] movie would be better if they left out the first scene revealing that cruise would be captured by the bad guy at the end therefor reaveling that no matter what he did durring the movie you knew
for a fact that the bad guy would not die untill that scene was compleate and so
in all the scenes there was no
suspense, you also already knew he would not get to his wife
in time and she would be eventualy captured just like hoffman claimed he would do.
Nicholson gives a haunting and ravaged performance, and Penn shows real flair —
for visual
suspense,
for holding his actors
in the throes of slow - motion breakdown.
Not dissimilar to Rosemary's Baby, the made -
for - TV The Glow was supposed to have aired during the fall of 2001, but
for various reasons (including an unofficial post-9 / 11 moratorium on
suspense films set
in New York) the film did not make its Fox Network bow until August 30, 2002.
A master craftsman notable
for his almost Hitchcockian ability to create
suspense and keep action moving at an exhilarating pace, director John McTiernan began his involved with theatrical arts early
in life.
Penn, as a filmmaker, has never met a moody pause he couldn't over-extend, but he's got a real flair —
for visual
suspense,
for landscape,
for holding his actors
in the throes of slow - motion breakdown.
The cool articulation here of an intense lived experience is not unlike the
suspense beats
in the Coen's No Country
for Old Men.
I was pretty much right — his homely lullaby
for Eleanor (Lily Taylor) was appropriately innocent, and his creepy theme (with full strings)
for «the house» provided just the right amount of ominous
suspense and foreboding
in the scene that it was used.
Penn, as a filmmaker, has never met a moody pause he couldn't overextend, but he's got a real flair —
for visual
suspense,
for landscape,
for holding his actors
in the throes of slow motion breakdown.
One sequence,
in particular, involves a Japanese fighter plane and a swarm of sharks, and it is masterfully directed
for maximum
suspense.
The other approach to
suspense music - of having soft strings occasionally punctuated by violent stings from brass and percussion - can also be found
in the score («Breaking In», for instance, though that does develop into some great action music as it progresses
in the score («Breaking
In», for instance, though that does develop into some great action music as it progresses
In»,
for instance, though that does develop into some great action music as it progresses).
A bit more
suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been
in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned
in a slick - looking feature
for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there
in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced
in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.
I think Smith was going
for suspense, because the fate of the high school kids is up
in the air at that point, but he misses the mark here.
The acting was strong by all the cast and between this and the non stop action, comedy, interscene heightening of thrill and
suspense, this makes up
for the somewhat weak plot
in places.
Veteran cinematographer Robert Elswit, Paul Thomas Anderson's frequent collaborator who won an Oscar
for «There Will Be Blood,» shoots Los Angeles
in the wee hours with darkly gleaming menace, which is crucial to creating the film's mounting sense of
suspense.
What the film lacks is genuine
suspense, because
for all of its twists and turns, the set - up never reels us
in effectively enough to bother paying attention when things become odd, and all interest is jettisoned
in time
for the epilogue where all is supposed to be explained.
Scott wrings
suspense out of the sheer amount of options the space agencies have
for a mission where if one astronaut is lost
in pursuit of another, the whole thing is a failure.
However, as solid as it is
in most areas, I can only give the film a modest recommendation because, as a whole, it is curiously uninteresting, and what should have built up to edge - of - your - seat
suspense, lays dormant
for the duration.
The finale, set at the drive -
in, is an extended sequence of immense terror, beautifully staged by the director
for maximum
suspense.