Sentences with phrase «jokes over visual»

There are some flourishes that nod to the genre Spy is satirizing, and the requisite action setpieces are staged capably enough, but usually with a clear focus on jokes over visual refinement.

Not exact matches

Just when 21 Jump Street seems like it is about to trip under its own feet, it finds the perfect joke or visual to win you back over, making it a very difficult film to condemn.

This is network TV, so the consequences of the women's actions are less severe than what one might see over on cable; there is a bit of cartoon sparkle in their mischief, and a shellac of bouncy jokes and visual gags that overrides their nagging qualms about spiraling out of control.

You can, believe it or not, see some of Leitch's affinity for the silent classics in Deadpool 2, a movie that often blends action and comedy with visual wit and efficiency, offering an unexpected new angle to a sequel that returns with the expected load of R - rated snark and in - jokes for movie buffs (Celine Dion sings over the opening sequence, which invokes everything from Bond movies to Flashdance.)