Legends retains
the inherent silliness of the Rayman universe by wholeheartedly embracing its characters and humor and weaves a variety of legends set in different worlds.
However,
the inherent silliness of the license combined with WayForward's personal brand of comedy helps keep things fresh and fun, although that dreaded sense of stale repetition sometimes begins to rear its ugly head in between bouts of progress.
I have just demonstrated
the inherent silliness of trying to go by that poem.
The character of Luke Collins is played to hone in on
inherent silliness of the modern day urban cowboy (there's a shot of Eastwood's buttocks for all parties that may be interested).
But, against all odds, it succeeds simply by fully embracing
the inherent silliness of a jacked Paul Rudd who can shrink in size and control an army of ants.
Does it, like the Marvel film, transcend
the inherent silliness of the superhero flick?
I can only assume that Steven Spielberg hoped
the inherent silliness of Transformers lore and Michael Bay's notorious propensity toward bad filmmaking would cancel each other out when he enlisted Bay.
Not exact matches
The only way to free the mind
of the believer from such delusions is to aggressively point out the
inherent silliness in their beliefs.
This is an aspect
of the Steven Moffat years that I do NOT like — I loved Russell T. Davis era for a few reasons (even the
silliness) but one thing that he stayed pretty strong on was the Doctor's heart (s) for life, his
inherent curiosity and respect for alien life, and his abhorrence
of murder.
Fortunately, with Thor: Ragnarok, writer - director - actor Taika Waititi (What We Do In the Shadows) wisely mines humor from the character's
inherent silliness and wraps it around an dazzling, offbeat core
of straight - up comic book antics.
M. Night Shyamalan is aware
of silliness inherent in «Split,» bends our expectations to his purposes and sneaks plenty
of genuine scares in between the smirks.
Were Tobe Hooper to have retained the directorial reins (he left the project due to «creative differences» during production), one can imagine his particularly acute ability to interweave social contexts within unusual premises might have made at least some sense
of the screenplay's
inherent silliness.
The Overdue Comedy
of Thor: Ragnarok — Christopher Orr enjoys Marvel Studios» latest, which suggests the future
of superhero movies may rely increasingly on embracing their
inherent silliness.
Fortunately, with Thor: Ragnarok, writer - director - actor Taika Waititi (What We Do In the Shadows) wisely mines humor from the character's
inherent silliness and wraps it around an dazzling, offbeat core
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Unlike the personality - packed «Guardians,» «Ant - Man» smells
of product, without a distinctive voice and seemingly afraid to embrace its
inherent silliness.
Disregard the
inherent silliness such a premise could conjure to find a tale
of intergalactic manifest destiny and cabin fever madness that transcends the likes
of lesser science fiction fare.
Deadpool is also aware
of the
inherent silliness and ludicrous situations that come from the nature
of superhero films.
The comedy here is socially relevant in only the slightest
of ways, allowing for the troupe's
inherent silliness to loosen up any pretentious idea
of satirical grandstanding.