Sentences with phrase «less character development»

The action and excitement is elevated here making it more exciting than its predecessor (with less character development needed) but it does seem to drag at some long - winded parts, which would have easily been excised out if this whole adventure was compacted into one film.

Anna Kendrick, who we all know can sing from Pitch Perfect, is excellent as Cinderella — although both her and Mackenzie Mauzy's Rapunzel are given less character development in order to make time for their musical performances (and one can imagine Christine Baranski, Tammy Blanchard, and Lucy Punch will be featured in some deleted scenes as Cinderella's stepfamily).

Was it just a coincidence that each film had less character development than the one that preceded it, but ever more special effects.

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In fact, I find Guy's book amazing because it talks less about value investing rules and more on a value investor's character development.

It is no less CGI'd and no less bombastic, but it gives special attention to character development and resists the neat ending we expect.

The director guides the discussion along the lines of sound personality and character development — with no less an underlying thesis than the Golden Rule.

The relatively favorable conditions in which he had placed them were still far from allowing a rational development of the character and of the intellect in all directions, much less of the free exercise of all their faculties.

After the tech hub is erected, one theory goes, more residential and commercial development — such as luxury and market - rate apartment buildings, chain stores, and hotels — would change the community character, make the surrounding areas less affordable to small businesses and unrecognizable to long - time residents.

«First, it tells game designers that they may want to focus their content development efforts on actions consistent with character roles, and spend less time on content that players are unlikely to use.

Hostiles has less success with its broader exploration of the Old West and the United States» genocide against the Native Americans, in no small part because Yellow Hawk and his family aren't afforded the same development as most of the white characters here.

That reliance is less engaging in the movie's interpersonal relationships, which, despite charming performances from Jackman (who manages to overcome his character's numerous flaws) and Goyo (who avoids the trap of becoming a grating «precocious kid»), are as rote as their development is inevitable.

But Hostiles seems less interested in character development; Bale, Studi, and Pike are all playing people who have witnessed terrible brutality and seem somewhat detached as a result.

It's the combination of character development, action and pure emotion that drives the film, where even secondary characters have motivations; a wonderful moment a lesser film would have cut for time finds the shapeshifting Mystique (Rebecca Romijn) propositioning Wolverine, at first disguising herself as Wolvie's crush, Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), then purring, «No one has left scars like you.»

The Marvel X-Men spinoff was stuck in development hell for years, following the character's less - than - well received debut in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Some main characters also receive slightly less development, but not so much that would effect your understanding of the plot.

There is no attention paid to character development and even less, if that's possible, to plot coherence.

A steamy sitcom which could have benefitted immeasurably from less carnality in favor of character development.

It reeks of cliches, less than memorable characters and incomplete development.

With spotty acting, superficial developments, and rules that seem to be made up as the film moves along, Dead Silence is strictly only of interest to audiences who are all about scary images set to ominous music, caring far less about a good storyline to follow or characters who do or say things that might be plausible to anyone who experiences them in real life.

Aside from the characters of Marina — and to a lesser extent Orlando — there is little room for character development.

Some late - inning plot developments are forced and contrived; even less convincing is the annoyingly inconsistent character of Rachel, who undergoes radical shifts according to the needs of the plot.

Despite the program's emphasis on character development, the KIPP students were no less likely to smoke, drink, get high, or break the law.

In his most recent book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, Paul Tough hypothesizes that a child's success depends less on pure cognitive ability and more on the development of a collection of qualities referred to as non-cognitive skills.

Art, music, time with nature, exercise, play, awareness of beauty, and the development of personal character are considered less important than preparation for state achievement tests.

As discussed earlier, you need to impart training quickly to your sales staff, which can be done e effectively through Articulate Storyline, because the course development time is very less as it has a huge collection of photographs and illustrated characters along with expressions and poses.

Age appropriate and inquiry / project - based learning methods; dual enrollment classes; focused tutoring to less prepared students; increased learning opportunities; relevant professional development opportunities; faculty leadership opportunities; community outreach; small school environment; surveys each year (parent, student, faculty); striving for academic excellence; Charter Counts character education program implemented; teaching critical thinking skills.

Plot development is far less in - your - face in this series, and any forward progression is done via subtle character development and the occasional new face.

Share your particular needs and concerns with your editor — for example, you might want less insight on character development and more guidance on plot.

You might ask a reader or editor to focus on the plot or character development while putting less weight on the dialogue.

If you think Kenshin would have been better with more of an edge and less of the character development, then this is the title for you.

I'm beginning to think that the name Duke Nukem Forever is less a play on its exorbitantly long development cycle, but rather a testament to its title character.

Sure, she's more or less just using Link at first, but her character development is wonderful throughout the game.

Sakurai did state there would be less characters than in Brawl early in development.

In addition, concentrating more on character development and less on ludicrous leveling of weapons and accessories would create a need for equipment rather than the game's current minimalist implementation.

With less emphasis on the zombie apocalypse and more on the realistic character development within the multiple seasons, Telltale separates itself from other games in the zombie genre by letting the horror and gore take a back seat.

A bit of a controversial character for long time fans given his less than... «deep» character development, Broly has still become a stand out character for the movie series.