The languid pace of the film is utterly perfect, reflecting the time investment that McCandless put into his journey, while the beautiful, subtly - played performances he gets from Vince Vaughn, Hal Holbrook, and especially Emile Hirsch as McCandless are nothing short of phenomenal.
Not exact matches
It's just as clear, however, that the
film's incongruously
languid pace stands as an almost insurmountable obstacle virtually from the get - go, as filmmakers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have employed an episodic structure that becomes more and more problematic as the thin narrative unfolds - with the ongoing emphasis on subplots
of a decidedly underwhelming nature (eg Jim's continuing efforts at resisting the advances
of a sultry neighbor) compounding the movie's increasingly lackluster atmosphere.
The
film's
pacing is
languid, at times hypnotic, especially effective in sequences where Vance rides his bike at impossible speeds along the back - roads
of the verdant yet barren South.
The
film moves at a
languid pace that seems appropriate for its setting, utilising the true beauty
of Bruges to great effect while imbuing the experience with a sense
of make - believe that perhaps allows the violence that comes to be even more shocking.
The
film moves at an effectively erratic
pace: action in the real world moves fairly swiftly, but once it's in the world
of the mind, the
pace becomes more
languid, befitting the surrealism
of dreams.
Certain Women moves, as all Reichardt's
films do, at a
languid pace, and a handful
of characters — notably Williams's — could be a little better developed.
No other
film on the list inspired such low expectations from me before viewing it, but celebrated Irish playwright Martin McDonagh has kick - started the played - out Brit gangster genre with a dose
of existential neurosis, refreshingly
languid pacing and ream upon ream
of rapid - fire, ferociously literary dialogue that credits its audience with as much intelligence as its audience.
There isn't any sense
of urgency (or
of any narrative destination at all, really) present in the
film and the
pacing feels
languid at best.