Sentences with phrase «gentler take on a film»
The movie has elements of a kinder, gentler take on a film like Roger Dodger, which handles a similar protégé relationship with a mentor too unaware to offer any real guidance.
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In tackling Louie's story (which sees him transition from Olympian to soldier to castaway to POW to war hero), she takes on a production of monumental scale, filmed in multiple countries and in vast expanses of the open, pitiless Pacific, but her willingness to go big is less impressive than her unwillingness to go gentle.
Save for a few scenes that take place on a battlefield, much of this work could easily be accomplished on stage, yet instead of making the film feel small or inadequate, this restrained setting instead gives weight to the micro expressions and gentle asides that Day - Lewis uses to bring life to his role.
Their journey — physical and metaphorical — takes them to some very dark places, and though the film has elements of gentle humor that leaven the proceedings — and two fine performances from Jay Duplass («Transparent «-RRB- as Nick and Linas Phillips (Young Adolescents) as Conrad — we can never get away from the uncomfortable fact that writer / director Davis (editor on Duplass's documentary Kevin) has made a conscious decision to put a mass murderer at the center of his story.
Tom Green's follow - up to Gareth Edwards» inventive «Monsters» does at least attempt something interesting: Just as the first film fused monster - movie sci - fi paranoia with a gentle indie love story to become an offbeat take on genre, «Dark Continent» basically wants to be a war movie with vague sci - fi elements.
Based on Augusta Trobaugh's novel of the same name, the film takes its gentle time introducing the particular nuances of place, the Spanish moss dripping from the trees, and the insular nature of the townsfolk.
The rest of the day is free for you to explore at your own pace, perhaps take in the architecture and filming locations of the BBC series, the White Queen, on a gentle stroll.