Sentences with phrase «intrude upon the story»

Rise of the Planet of the Apes also evokes a few clever references to earlier films: present, but never so strong as to intrude upon the story.

Once «Only the Brave» takes a turn that makes its characters more vivid, it becomes clear that that the genuine life - and - death stakes of a firefighter's life will intrude upon the story; what starts out as old - fashioned and rah - rah becomes, by the final scenes, genuinely devastating and intensely poignant.