Sentences with phrase «great strengths of the film»

And those blunt parallels to real life military and political uprisings from the not - so distant past and the film's near - future destiny is the greatest strength of the film.

That's one of the great strengths of the film.

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But its greatest strength is also its biggest weakness: Luhrmann is so intent on dazzling viewers with his frenetic, over-the-top directing style that the film constantly threatens to overshadow, if not injure, the delicacy and profundity of Fitzgerald's exquisite novel....

The CNT films made using the microcombing technique had more than twice the tensile strength of the uncombed CNT films — greater than 3 gigapascals for the microcombed material, versus less than 1.5 gigapascals for the uncombed material.

The great strength of Mr. Keneally's book, and now of Mr. Spielberg's film, lies precisely in this pragmatism.

The film is premised on the verbal communication of urgent information, yet its many non-verbal moments provide the greatest strength and clarity.

A decent character study whose main strength lies in two great performances by Foster and Harrelson, who shine in a sad story that deals with the psychological consequences of a terrible job, but the film also suffers from some tiresome pacing and unnecessary scenes.

That refusal of sentimentality allows the film its greatest strength: the rare nuanced depiction of partner abuse.

One of the great strengths of Quentin Tarantino's films is the way his love of cinema permeates every frame.

The cast is uniformly excellent, with Francisco Reyes a particularly likable beam of strength and light as the unfortunate Orlando, but the film's great triumph is Daniela Vega, a transgender actress and singer, who makes an indelible impression in the leading role.

Schroeder brings a decidedly un-Hollywood approach to the material, which is both the source of the film's greatest aesthetic strength (it is unusually attentive to questions of character and form) and most crippling commercial weakness.

Paul Weitz uses a particular technique to great effect throughout this film — by showing his two men's stories as opposing and interchanging, and contrasting their fortunes and frustrations, but constantly showing both together, as two parts of the same, he allows us to see both men's flaws and strengths.

Ruben Östlund's Force Majeure is also too long, but it's bigger fault is that it borrows the central premise of Julia Loktev's far superior The Loneliest Planet (2011) and then turns that film's greatest strength — subtext expressed through ambiguous gestures — into pages and pages of festival - friendly, on - the - nose text.

The film opens on the island of Themyscira, a paradise island created by the god Zeus and hidden from the real world by a protective shield, and the film stays there for a while as we follow Diana from curious little girl to fully trained warrior princess but once Steve Trevor's fighter plane crashes there and Diana realises there is a war being fought in world she does not know of that is not too far away then we swiftly get brought into London in 1918 and this shift from fantasy into a «real world» scenario gives the film a greater sense of depth, and when combined with characters that you actually care about then Wonder Woman is head and shoulders above all of the other DCEU movies on the strength of that alone.

Shot in Florida, the film's location is one of its greatest strengths.

That's the film's greatest strength, it's a perfect ensemble, and I'd like to spend many more hours of my life traversing the universe with this beautiful bunch of oddballs.

Zootopia definitely works best when the filmmakers are only halfway stepping their feet into the detective aspect, so that they could remain consistently exploring the world that they've created and just how animals coexist, which is one of the film's greatest strengths.

The film's strength lies in its engaging visuals, namely the impressive opening sequence and the clever editing during certain fight scenes which lends them a greater feel of urgency and excitement.

He may be — the film is somewhat ambivalent about it, which is one of the movie's great strengths.

I wasn't familiar with the TV series (created by Dan Curtis, it starred Jonathan Frid as Barnabas and film - noir great Joan Bennett as Elizabeth), but one of its strengths was fusing low - key campiness and spooky - goth atmosphere.

There's no sense of comfort at all, and this is the film's great strength: the unnerving, claustrophobic feeling that our leaders are sinister, and Joe's efforts to save one girl are, ultimately, not enough.

Thankfully, this is also one of the very few Marvel games produced by SEGA that actually shows a clear understanding about what makes the character great and it also does a great job of riffing on the strengths of the first film.

The film's focus on the complicated female friendship is one of its greatest strengths, and it puts SHELLEY ahead of many other horror films released this year.

In the films, Frodo and his fellowship of friends and allies embark on a desperate journey to rid Middle - earth of the source of Sauron's greatest strength, The One ™ Ring — a ring that has the power to enslave the inhabitants of Middle - earth.

For me, that the protagonist's terrible predicament is partly the result of this trapped, circular thinking is the film's greatest strength, and it makes the man's situation almost unbearably relatable: if this were to happen to me I would simply be waiting for the madness to end too.

Of course, it's a sad irony that «Candelabra» with its meticulous period detailing and flamboyant sets and costumes, is one of Soderbergh's most big - screen - worthy films, but it will be a small - screen experience for many U.S. viewers, still, the film's greatest strengths are its storytelling and characterization which simply sing, off screens of any sizOf course, it's a sad irony that «Candelabra» with its meticulous period detailing and flamboyant sets and costumes, is one of Soderbergh's most big - screen - worthy films, but it will be a small - screen experience for many U.S. viewers, still, the film's greatest strengths are its storytelling and characterization which simply sing, off screens of any sizof Soderbergh's most big - screen - worthy films, but it will be a small - screen experience for many U.S. viewers, still, the film's greatest strengths are its storytelling and characterization which simply sing, off screens of any sizof any size.

That leaves the DTS - HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mix on Virgin a fine combination of classic Pop / Rock hits (some of the greatest songs ever recorded actually) with music from Air that meshes seamlessly, naturally and just adds to the strength of the film.

Regardless, the rapport of the three leads is the film's greatest strength.

As unabashedly patriotic a film as I've seen from the Great White North, the strength of Men with Brooms is that it understands where its loyalties lie — the only Yank representation in the piece comes in the form of two bungling «ASA» (NASA without the «N») officials who provide the occasional look of befuddlement and dimwit comment.

The film's greatest strengths are Eddie Redmayne, Jóhann Jóhannsson's score, Benoît Delhomme cinematography and, at risk of crowding the list of highlights, one must credit James Marsh's helming of the project entire, which echoes his previous Oscar - winning effort, Man on Wire, in a most joyful manner by presenting Professor Hawking as a man who's physically the yin to that films uber - athlete's (tightrope walker Phillipe Petit) yang and yet a kindred spirit in terms of sheer zest for life and experience.

Showing the film's canny admixture of a very modern, almost experimental sensibility with a sense of classicism in the period, location and fidelity to the text, the trailer gives a great impression of the enormous strength and boldness of Kurzel's fresh imagining of this archetypal, elemental story.

Patriots Day is a wonderful film that honors the men and women of Boston and the strength of that great city.

The strength of the film and Cooper's performance is that they tell us everything about Hanssen yet don't presume to know the great unknowable: Who he is.

His film «First Steps to Recovery», explores illness and death and the ways in which faith can be a great source of strength and solace to those facing these issues.

Schools and organizations around the world are hosting screenings of a short film called The Science of Character, which explores the research behind character development and encourages us to focus on our character strengths for greater personal and community well - being.

Thankfully, this is also one of the very few Marvel games produced by SEGA that actually shows a clear understanding about what makes the character great and it also does a great job of riffing on the strengths of the first film.