Director Lenny Abrahamson seamlessly translates Donoghue's work
into cinematic terms with his relentlessly compelling adaptation.
Not exact matches
«Black Panther» might be the latest entry
into the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, but in
terms of the overall film timeline, it's actually set way back in 2016.
If there was ever any question to Michael Mann's genius after Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans, or Heat, it must be laid to rest now — he's pushing Spielberg in
terms of visual gift, trumping him in
terms of maturity (and courage, of course), and he's moving
into an upper echelon of
cinematic directors (Stanley Kubrick, for example) who, when they're on, produce tapestries so pure that you feel as though if you tapped them they'd ring like crystal.
If you don't know what these
terms mean, you soon will after sitting through 150 minutes of mechanical mayhem in this sequel to the 2007 movie that launched the Transformers toy franchise
into the
cinematic stratosphere.
All of which is to say that this clean - burning
cinematic engine may qualify as a peak Marvel experience, but it isn't a transcendent one; transcendence simply doesn't factor
into the calculations of a franchise dedicated more to its long -
term survival strategy than to the quality of any individual chapter.
Speaking on the process of movie selection and shortlisting, Emirati writer and filmmaker Manal Bin Amro, said: «The main challenge was the large number of entries received from many countries and filmmakers, and also the multitude of excellent films in
terms of production, content and
cinematic creativity, which created a deep discussion to sincerely try to come up with unbiased and fair results based on a comprehensive
cinematic vision that takes
into consideration the general approach and categories of the competition.»
In
terms of in - game storytelling, the game has been crafted well, often flowing straight between gameplay and
cinematic, sometimes taking you
into a first - person view in certain situations, which gives you a more personal perspective in certain events.
While I wouldn't be opposed to seeing Ready At Dawn return to the drawing board with a sequel — after all, the game's lore IS interesting — the series would need to make some major concessions in
terms of trading the
cinematic flair for actual engaging gameplay in order to pull us back
into the werewolf - ravaged alleyways and crumbling ruins of 19th century London.
The path forward in art - historical
terms was split between those artistic movements more aligned with deeper investigations
into the increasingly essential properties of a particular medium or reductive practices (e.g., Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Minimalism) and those movements that actively sought an expansion of the arts
into a plurality of new forms, hybrid media, and interactive experience (e.g., expanded cinema, intermedia, installation art, performance).13 Of these choices, hippie modernism would follow the latter course through experiments that drew upon the theatrical qualities and the participatory actions of the Happening, embraced Fluxus's democratic spirit in its everyone - is - an - artist philosophy, explored the work of experimental filmmakers seeking to expand
cinematic experience, and experimented with the fluid nature of light and sound as well as the interactive qualities of kinetic art.