However, many reviewers noted
how cinematic the story is, observing that while it may be a poor novel, Armada would make for a great movie.
Not exact matches
It's true that the disorientation produced in the collision of Igorrr's frenetic style - mashing and Dumont's unadorned long - take aesthetic ensures that the film feels remarkably distinct from prior
cinematic adaptations of Joan of Arc's life, but it's also hard not to wonder
how this particular
story might have played without the farfetched musical conceit grafted atop it.
There are elements of the
story that push the believability of Andrew's obsession a little too far, but overall,
how Chazelle is able to craft a psychological thriller out of this simple, off - beat premise, is one of the best
cinematic accomplishments of the year.
Cinematic Essential:
How much did you know about the
story?
Working from an adaptation by John Romano (The Lincoln Lawyer), Pastoral manages to feel too long and like not enough at the same time, and it's a reminder that not every
story, no matter
how good, is inherently
cinematic.
Chris Evans has taken to the Internet to share
stories of his anxiety and
how it led to fears about taking on the role as Steve Rogers in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe.
Depending on
how you look at it, the Marvel
Cinematic Universe took upwards of 45 years to piece together (counting the company's comic book origins), but according to the filmmakers entrusted with the next stages of the
story, its deconstruction has already begun.
Director Alan Taylor knows
how to continue
cinematic stories that other filmmakers have...
Locke (Steven Knight, 2013) A brave rethinking of
how to tell a
story on screen, reimagining the very nature of what is
cinematic.
How the Marvel
Cinematic Universe works is that there are basically a bunch of individual solo
stories to introduce or develop characters and
story arcs to get everyone excited for a huge team - up Avengers finale.
At a recent roundtable interview, Anderson and production designer Adam Stockhausen talked about
how the project first came together, what inspired the
story, the influence of Viennese writer Stefan Zweig's work on the multi-layered storytelling approach, their collaboration on the vision for the movie,
how they created this rich, lush
cinematic world and brought the audience into it,
how Anderson cultivated a communal atmosphere on set and made available a large selection of books and films to the cast during production, Stockhausen's favorite day of shooting, and the challenge of using different aspect ratios.
Ace new movie The Disaster Artist — in limited cinemas on December 1 and nationwide from December 6 — is the true
story of
how one man's dream to make his
cinematic masterpiece led to one of the worst films in history, and one of the biggest cult hits.
The
story deals with the co-dependence between friends and
how that disintegrates with the tensions of class and lineage — note
how this topic seems fairly similar to another debut film from a famous television impresario who revealed himself to be completely tone deaf to
cinematic storytelling.
While the literary fans will most likely be split as far as
how Yates and Goldenberg have chosen to adapt the Rowling opus, fans of the movies can finally have something to smile about, and one can only hope that future film versions will continue this new trend on sticking to the basics to tell a
story in an appropriately
cinematic fashion, leaving the side
stories and whimsical superfluous characters better left to the realm of the richly - developed book forms.
Doctor Strange's first
cinematic debut, however, gives viewers a quickly paced origin
story that feels as familiar as most contemporary superhero
stories, where the viewer tags along to see
how a man adapts to become something extraordinary, but in every other aspect the film provides relentless spectacle and levity.
We're debuting a brand new Thoroughbreds featurette in which Finley explains
how the
story morphed from its original form — a stage play — into a wholly
cinematic experience.
In telling the
story of
how Tommy Wiseau made the 2003
cinematic calamity «The Room,» James Franco — a bit of a disaster artist himself — connects with a character on screen like he never has before, and lets us see
how Wiseau went from Hollywood nobody to cult legend.
By looking at
cinematic techniques and ways sound is conveyed for specific effect in movies, fiction writers can see
how to do similarly in their
stories.»
From the outset of almost every Quantic Dream game release, it is apparent that these people know
how to tell a
story in the most
cinematic and visually striking fashion possible.
I could point out
how stupid the
story is, or
how much the opening
cinematic resembles the one from the original Angry Birds, but I don't want too.
The gameplay slice from our prologue demonstrates
how the game is presented, and
how the
story will evolve based on the tactical decisions made during the choice driven narrative and
cinematic turn - based combat,» says Andrej Vojtas, Creative Director, Poetic Studios.
The gameplay showed
how Respawn is attempting to bring
cinematic story moments normally found in singleplayer to multiplayer.
It was probably one of the first fighting games to have the opening
cinematic that kind of presents the first part of the
story, then as you clear the arcade mode with each character, you got a CG movie that shows you
how the
story progressed for each character, and that was at the start.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short
stories about a cursed family in Washington state and it's coming partly from Annapurna Pictures (Sausage Party, 20th Century Women, American Hustle, Joy) which goes to show just
how cinematic and narrative - focused the game will be.
The ground breaking title brought the idea of open world gaming to consoles and its quality voice acting and edgy
story showed us
how cinematic a game could be.
Though it's hard to care too much about
how fancy the
cinematics look when the
story they're telling is such a stinker (not to mention they're unskippable).
The ground breaking title brought the idea of open world gaming to consoles and its quality voice acting and edgy
story showed us
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From August Sander's portraits of society to Tina Barney's depictions of social elites to Cana Bilir - Meier's
cinematic exploration of the forgotten
stories of migrant workers,
How To Live Together shows that the stranger, the other, is something people are made into.