Sentences with phrase «impressive than the film»

Not an easy combination and more impressive than the film itself.

Not exact matches

2 is impressive having earned more than all the other films combined,» said Paul Degarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore, who noted that Captain America: Civil War accounted for more than half of the summer take at this point last year.

That's an impressive return for a film that cost less than $ 5 million to make.

Probably more impressive than the direction of the film is Lucas's achievement with the script.

But let me tell you, the most impressive thing to me about Rodgers» film was that this guy, who is all of 5» 6 and 205 pounds, liked to be the hammer rather than the nail when it comes to contact.

While not as impressive, the film's DTS - HD MA 5.1 soundtrack was more than competent for a tale of this sort.

The 2.40:1 / 1080p / MVC - encoded 3D image is less impressive than the 2D but still quite good for a post-converted film.

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.

Also impressive is director Wenders» use of his and Lisa Rinzler's shoots in Assisi, black - and - white, deliberately faded and silent film, showing an actor playing St. Francis who at the key point in his life heard God tell him to restore a dilapidated church — which I believe he did thinking that God's will is more important than his father's rage at the saint's alleged throwing away his money.

Though infused with impressive bursts of style, Johannes Roberts» 47 Meters Down is, for the most part, a disappointingly generic offering that contains few elements designed to capture and sustain one's interest - with the film's less - than - captivating opening stretch, which establishes the somewhat one - dimensional protagonists, unable to cultivate the atmosphere of abject suspense that director Johannes Roberts is clearly striving for.

Stephen Dorff was so impressive as original Beatles bassist Stu Sutcliffe in 1994's «Backbeat» that no less an authority than Paul McCartney, who otherwise hated the film, called him «astonishing.»

Add a score by Underworld's Rick Smith and a kinetic, visually impressive trailer, and we're hoping that the film arrives sooner rather than later.

The main contradiction to all of this praise, of course, is that the events that occurred in the first film (like killing off the entire team in the opening mission) lead to the less - than - impressive sequel.

Haynes, with a film light on dialogue and entirely too reliant on Carter Burwell's impressive, ever - expanding and changing but nonetheless incessant score, draws on the hollow sentimentality of his premise rather than the emotional specificity of his characters» engagement with the art and history that saves them.

The results are fairly engaging; the many scuba - diving treasure - hunting scenes in The Deep were filmed on location rather than in a tank, and Challis's submerged but uncompromised lensing makes them all the more impressive.

The special effects are impressive at times but in this day and age you need more than just special effects to make a successful action / adventure film.

Yet this film is more impressive on a visual level than a narrative or thematic one.

Tremblay's acting ability is already stellar at his young age and his capability of negotiating certain emotions in this film is far more impressive than seasoned - performers within the ensemble cast.

I don't really understand why the film was shot in 70 mm, other than maybe it was impressive back in the 80's, but I guess it's a credit to Tobe Hooper for realizing the world wouldn't be able to handle a movie full of Mathilda May's boobs in 35 mm.

Cheang Pou - soi's Motorway takes an appropriately soft - shoe approach to the setup: Favoring (comparative) restraint over expected spectacle, the film's abundance of car chases derive an impressive visual dynamism from the elegance of their conception rather than the caliber of their execution.

It's no wonder Aronofsky felt the need to explain his film after it was released to more than 2000 screens, an impressive aspect to the story of this film in and of itself.

Though it's more obviously flawed than any Bergman film since The Rite (I haven't seen Face to Face), this is an impressive, if horrible, experience, and it scared me more than any film of the year.

Less than a week after it hit theaters, Marvel's Black Panther has already recorded an impressive $ 242 million at the box office and in doing so has smashed the notion that «black films don't sell.»

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The impressive fluidity of Olivier Assayas's Clean, which is much indebted to the right - hand - in - glove fit of DP Eric Gautier and how he seems to catch actors on the intimate fly even when they're sitting still, makes the film appear more naturalistic than it really is.

Of course, there is far more to Powell's music than drum loops, and the way he combines modern electronics and synths with an orchestra is as impressive as any other film composer.

However, all of their films have still gone on to earn tons of money at the box office, and even their less impressive films are leaps and bounds better than 50 % of the animated films out there.

Less impressive is the Dolby Digital 5.1 mix — a shame that the film looks more ambitious than a comedy but sounds exactly like the typical example of one: unassuming.

However, perhaps even more impressive than the fantastic acting, is that the film was done by a first time filmmaker.

I call real people and not snobbish critics much more impressive than guilds that won't let an animated film in.

If Pete Docter manages to stick with the film until its completion, that may end up being somehow more impressive than returning to past stories and characters, as Pixar has done in the last few years.

Even more impressive than the coming of live action digital 3D is the extent to which the film industry has already adopted 3D digital imaging technology to create virtual sets for pre-vis purposes and, more impressively, for set creation and extension.

Director Simon West hasn't had the most impressive career, but as fans of «Con Air» will tell you, he's more than capable of delivering a kick - ass action film.

Though less obviously a tour de force than many flashier recent art films, such as Alexander Sokurov's one - take feature Russian Ark, it's no less impressive as a technical achievement.

In addition to The Shape of Water, genre titles like Blade Runner 2049, The Last Jedi, Get Out, and Logan are all up for an impressive spread of categories that include more than the traditional collection of technical awards that more FX - heavy films that tend to be nominated for those awards.

After a string of films making less than expected, 2001's Shrek (the company's second CG feature) grossed an impressive $ 267 million domestically alone.

Kyle's Review: More so than any other film in the Nightmare series, just edging out New Nightmare, Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors stands out as an impressive and worthy addition to the accumulated collection of True Horror Classics.

Featuring more than 45 minutes of never - before - seen footage, the spectacle of Alexander is even more impressive with this all - new unrated version which brings the film to a heightened level of realism and intensity.

In this film, focus is almost always on the action rather than the person undergoing through a challenge — when the action isn't that impressive in the first place.

Schwarzenegger, whose first appearance doesn't come until more than an hour in, admittedly does provide the film with a few chuckle - worthy moments, yet such antics are hardly enough to compensate for what's otherwise a fairly interminable experience - which is a shame, certainly, given the potential afforded by the decent premise and impressive cast of comedy all - stars.

Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock has peppered Foreign Correspondent with several expectedly impressive set pieces - including a famous sequence in which an assassin works his way through a crowd toting black umbrellas - and yet the film never quite becomes anything more than a sporadically intriguing curiosity.

Amazingly, despite his less than impressive credentials, the high - end production values of the first film remain intact on Lafia's watch.

It would be ludicrous to expect an Academy Award nomination for work in a film this screwball, Hurt's turn here is no less impressive than any of the more serious roles he's had in his fine career.

By today's more sophisticated standards, it takes more than just vivid animation to thrill us, as we've seen some very realistic effects in most of today's blockbusters, many of them far more impressive than those rendered in this film.

Whether the syrupy tunes (penned by the duo behind La La Land's songs) annoy or mesmerise, they carry the film through as proper narrative devices, rather than tacked on flourishes, which shows an impressive and touching level of genre - specific dedication from Jackman and director Michael Gracey.

Ben Stiller is a comic who has made some less than impressive comedy films.

An impressive feat that the film was actually shot in just 21 days but I feel like it was better off as a short - story rather than a full length feature.

For someone who is not quite old enough to legally order a drink, she has amassed an impressive body of work that showcases not only her considerable talent, but also a commitment to intelligent, thoughtful films that do more than just kill a few hours at the local cineplex.

The film is a bit of a gas, especially in its kaleidoscopic visuals and impressive visual effects — even if they are so overly ambitious as to be truly confusing as to what you're looking at in more than a few moments.

For proof, one need look no further than the impressive array of independent films released last year, some of which have now made their way to Netflix.