Sentences with phrase «improves upon the film»

In some regards, it can be better by embracing what works best and improving upon the film's previous faults.

Starting Tuesday, the preferred way for The Muppet Movie and its creators to live on is in Disney's The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition Blu - ray + Digital Copy, a disc that improves upon the film's two DVD releases in pronounced ways.

Not exact matches

Some areas could have been improved upon as well, and I felt that this film could have been great, instead it's a film that's good, but never realizes its potential.

It's an amusing portrait of frustration that inadvertently epitomizes The Hero, a film that generously gives Elliott one of the few lead roles of his lengthy career, but mostly asks him to embody clichés, without providing any sense of how he might improve upon them.

American Wedding supposedly marks the end of the American Pie series, which is something of a shame given that each successive film seems to improve upon its predecessor.

There are many other average films that deserve sequels in order to be improved upon, but instead they decided to milk a story that had already been milked far too many times.

The «Empire Strikes Back» of the «X-Men» series, «X2» not only followed up on the pretty - darn - good original film but improved upon its every aspect — raising the stakes and the scale while seamlessly introducing new characters and growing bit players from the first film into full - fledged members of the team.

And luckily, fans of the first film will be pleased to know that Paddington 2 not only lives up to its predecessor, but improves upon it...

Whether due to mastering or the film's desired hazy look, the element isn't as sharp as today's new Blu - rays are and probably could have been improved upon.

If the film's plot would have been improved upon, and the cast would have put a bit more effort into their performances, then The Final Frontier would have been a much better outing than what it turned out to be.

The brilliant talent of Nick Park and team evolves before our eyes as each short film improves upon the last.

Now this isn't an awful film, but it could have been improved upon.

DeMonaco improves upon the plot and character weaknesses from his previous film to increase a sense of realism.

It falls short of the original film, but clearly improves upon its immediate predecessor and ends on a strong note to restore luster to a franchise that previously felt like it should be just a single film.

Trying to improve upon my last film, I headed to another feature narrative after a recommendation by a well - known critic.

The film is another piece of horror - tinged, genre filmmaking — this time the main inspirations are hyper violent»80s action films like Big Trouble in Little China and The Terminator (again)-- but like the duo's preceding film, it knows what it is, recognizes the flaws of its ancestors, and tries to improve upon them while holding onto that sense of reckless abandon that makes those movies so fun.

Everything that was good about the first film is all present here but is improved upon and the new director definitely helped with some of the faults from the first film.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate, Blu - ray, DVD, Digital HD, VOD, On Demand on Friday, March 7), the second film in the young adult dystopian series starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katnis Everdeen, a reluctant warrior and symbol of resistance, improves upon the original film in almost every way.

«More than making up for its disappointing predecessor, «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2» is an incredibly emotional film on many levels and a more than worthy conclusion to the series, mainly because it doesn't shy away from finding ways to improve upon the original book.»

It's a rare film adaptation that improves upon the original text, highlighting its crucial themes while streamlining and shaping the action into something legible and gripping.»

The film is shot and edited nicely and would have course be improved upon in HD with a lack of detail in some paintings and art pieces that would be more intensive on Blu - ray.

How the «Last Jedi» making - of documentary «The Director and the Jedi» recalls — and improves upon — the behind - the - scenes mini-movies that create lifelong film fanatics

The truly spectacular action sequences never falter, more seamlessly blending live - action performance and stunt work to CGI marvels: a rampaging battle staged on the side of a building and a runaway train sequence easily trounce the efforts of the first film, and Raimi's effects team (again supervised by John Dykstra) also subtly improves upon the hero's web - slinging transit high above the city streets.

A film that only improves with time, Lady Bird stormed this list upon my admiring revisit and it's one I look forward to popping on over and over again.

It's not that it's a bad film, but it just doesn't improve upon the original and seems completely unnecessary.

Yates's dispassionate shooting of those scenes in clinically sound locations certifies the grimness of Higgins's thesis (one gets a grubbily incontestable, time - and - money demonstration that crime often pays miserably), and ultimately he improves upon the experience of the book simply because the visual experience of the film is less monotonous than the verbal experience of the book.

Full Exposed Edition DVD Review: Greatly improving upon the initial barebones release of the film, the two - disc special edition of «The Full Monty» isn't going to blow you away, but it does offer quite a bit of background material on the making of the film.

In every one of those areas, this edition appears to improve upon Criterion's 1999 DVD, giving this clear upgrade value for those who appreciate the film enough to own it.

Following a worldwide blackout a few years after the events in the first film, a new generation of replicants «improved» upon earlier generations, but a few remain, and K begins the film by dealing with one of them, Sapper Morton (Dave Bautista).

Criterion's Blu - ray combo presumably improves upon past releases if even only for supplying the film and the numerous substantial extras in two formats.

At the end of its run, the film might not be able to match Skyfall «s billion dollar box office but it's certainly going to vastly improve upon the box office results of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, Craig's two other outings as Bond.

Amid the glut of YA book - to - film adaptations, «The Hunger Games» has always stood head and toe above the competition — a movie franchise that actually improved upon its source material by treating the audience with respect.

Yet guests who join Great Rail Journeys in order to explore «God's own country» on an escorted rail tour will soon realise improving upon New Zealand's film - star looks is an impossibility.

Star Wars Battlefront II improves upon the original game's single - player experience with open - ended, mission - based objectives inspired from all six Star Wars films.