Sentences with phrase «incongruously deliberate pace»

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There's little doubt that Real Steel's biggest problem is its excessively deliberate pace and unreasonably overlong running time, as filmmaker Shawn Levy, working from John Gatins» screenplay, has infused the movie with an incongruously epic sensibility that all - too - often threatens to negate its positive attributes - with the fairly pointless (and surprisingly unpleasant) robot - vs - bull brawl that opens the picture effectively setting a tone of regrettable sloppiness (ie Charlie goes through two robots before settling on his final fighter).

becomes the fun, briskly - paced comedy that one might have anticipated, as filmmaker Farah has infused the proceedings with an oddly (and incongruously) deliberate pace that prevents the viewer from wholeheartedly embracing either the narrative or the characters - with this feeling exacerbated by the consistent inclusion of overlong and downright needless sequences and interludes.