Sentences with phrase «great film as a whole»

While I wouldn't proclaim it a great film as a whole, it is a great debut as a film creator for its star, as there are so many ways this material could have been done wrong, potentially tarnishing the good - guy appeal of Gordon - Levitt, one of the rare child stars who has made the transition to movie star into adulthood without being pigeonholed or gone off on a path of self destruction.

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I've never been a fan, as a rule of horror movies, however, the trailer drew me to this one and i'm glad it did, the awful acting we usually get in horror movies wasn't there this time round, in fact, the whole cast were excellent, the special effects were really very good and the humorous, intelligent dialogue (another thing you don't usually get in horrors) was brilliant, loved the film, Chris Hemsworth, although with less to do in this than he does in Thor, was great in it too.

When films tend to recycle ideas under different titles, the genre as a whole suffers, and we have several films in the last few years that show the decline of great horror.

If the film is less than great as a whole, its beauties are clear and particularly striking, especially considering its limited budget.

«Ted» was the same way as well, the film was great in a whole but there were certain parts that dragged major ass, same happens here.

In my humble opinion, I believe that both films are, as a whole, greater than the sum of their parts, primarily entertaining because of the choice key bits of hilarity and satire that, when strung along successfully, manage to make them very funny to quote from, despite the fact that they aren't really brilliant ideas in and of themselves.

There are some snubs without question like Three Billboards, Girls Trip, and Colossal, three great films that didn't end up getting any love in the end, but I love the range of winners that truly represent our organization as a whole.

I love a popcorn flick as much as the next guy, but any discerning film fan knows that there's a whole wide world of film out there and even North America still has a few unsung directors who work outside and inside the system producing great, interesting fare.

is beloved by Oscar voters — and her committed turn as an allegorical Mother Earth is great, no matter how off - putting they may find the film as a whole.

Luhrmann takes great care with the rhythms of individual scenes, yet the film as a whole plays like a long trudge through a familiar story.

The whole film is great, but who really makes it spectacular is Chris Evans as Steve Rogers or Captain America as comic fans know him as.

Stage Beauty (2004) 3/5 I had expected a great deal from Richard Eyre which stars two great actors (Claire Daines and Billy Crudup) early in their careers and thought the film is entertaining enough and the performances, particularly from the leads, are excellent, the film as a whole is rather underwhelming.

Youth: Youth is annoying as hell, the kind of navel - gazing film that finds great meaning in the ogling of a perfect female body, but there are just enough wonderful moments peppered in there — Rachel Weisz's monologue; the song at the end — to keep you from writing the whole thing off entirely.

I would argue that his looks are a great benefit to the film as a whole, as the fact that he seems like a sweet and geeky guy definitely makes his character feel much more realistic, and even when the comedy takes a turn into areas that one could easily consider crass, Carell's charm allows him to effortlessly retain his likeability in a way that Rob Schneider could never in a million years do.

Just as likely is the notion that many of this year's films contained great elements rather than being great as a whole — see Allison Janney's performance in I, Tonya — and voters responded accordingly.

Nineteen films over 10 years — and while not all of them have been great and a few have even been not that good, as a whole they have maintained a general sense of consistent quality and entertainment value that is impressive in its own right.

The Dead Girl is one of those films where its parts are greater than the film as a whole.

Christian Bale as lead Russell Baze is a solid presence in the film and Bale always delivers in some way or another but Russell is a strange character though that we never truly feel an affection towards him the way in which we need to and his relationship with the severely underutilised Zoe Saldana as Lena who like the great but short shifted Willem Dafoe as low level crime player John Petty needed some more screen time and their arcs just never play out into a satisfying whole.

Although Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a much loved film, especially for those who are nostalgic for the time period, the sum of its parts is greater than it is as a whole.

For those that are, there's some terrific performances and great locale work to recommend the film as a whole, with a story that is compelling if you're patient.

Even with its problems, Rachel Weisz still manages to be amazing in it and its hands down her best performance in a film by far and she has given a lot of great performances (I saw «The Brothers Bloom» in Toronto last year and yes, she's great in that as well, so the whole «Inconsistent» dig is unwarranted.)

Del Toro is good with the little he has to work with on the page as Che, and the rest of the casts (including such too - generally - underseen faces as Julia Ormond, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Franka Potente, and Joaquim de Almeida) do well in limited time (though Matt Damon's cameo in the second film is distracting to say the least), and the HD - shot images look great, but by the end of the 4.5 hours I can't exactly say that I really learned much new about nor gained a whole lot of insight into Che.

In college, I had a professor who was, ironically, one of the great film scholars in the world, but a mediocre lecturer and guide to the group as a whole.

Many contemporary artists are getting to show great interests in the cinema historically or technically, and many works referring to the films in the past have been produced in order to express their ways of understanding about the work or a perspective about the world as a whole.