We discuss the overall feel in advance, then, in the case of simple sequences
like dialogue scenes, I will even rely on the cinematographer to suggest improvements on my shots on the set.
Not exact matches
Like most of the more notable critics have pointed out; no personality is to be found among the Decepticons (the least they could've done is to synthesize StarScream's rasp to throw the fans a bone for God's sake), an overly active camera and «busy» robot models make some action
scenes little more than a confusing blur, and goofy, unfunny
dialogue permeates the story.
It feels
like every script - reader in the Italian - Swiss - German - Albanian - Kosovo coproduction cut out a line of
dialogue in each
scene, leaving behind an irritating silence and an enigmatic puzzle for the audience to second - guess.
The future
scenes also contain some good action beats that bookend the 1973 section, but because many of the featured mutants (
like Bishop, Blink, Warpath and Sunspot) are appearing on screen for the first time with almost no introduction, you don't really care what happens to any of them, especially when the actors only have about three lines of
dialogue combined.
It's not surprising that the trailer for Columbus plays up its most conventional elements, the
scenes (and
dialogue exchanges) that make it seem
like an ordinary indie melodrama about two strangers whose lives intersect during a confusing time for both of them.
She moves easily between reality and fantasy, nails the
scene where Hush Puppy finally meets her mother, handles the crying
scenes like a pro, and has the ability to read the beautiful lines of
dialogue by Luci Alibar and Zeitlin with the kind of feeling and maturity of a much older actress.
Yet Dargis goes on to say that something must have gotten lost in the translation from noble idea to low - budget reality: «the entire [opening]
scene, from the camerawork to the stilted, stop - and - go
dialogue, can be read as a Brechtian enterprise, but mostly it feels
like Mr. Schrader isn't in control of his material.»
But I kept telling the studio, and I kept telling Ryan, I'm
like, «No, the director's cut going to come in at
like 2:12,»» Leitch explained about his rough cut of the film before elaborating that the extended version contains a montage of Deadpool attempting suicide, some extra material with Domino and alternate takes of existing
scenes with different
dialogue.
For as much as fans of Tarantino love his
scene - chewing
dialogue (even if people don't really talk
like that in real life), there's almost too much in «Death Proof.»
Though best known for her arch
dialogue, Cody has a knack for location, setting stories in sharply sketched places and clearly defined moments in characters» lives — qualities that sometimes make Ricki And The Flash feel
like a throwback to the minor - key American filmmaking of the 1970s, when Demme first arrived on the
scene.
It's shockingly inept in almost every conceivable way, from the clumsily expositional
dialogue to special effects that look
like they belong in a cut -
scene from a turn - of - the - millennium video game.
If the choreographed sex
scenes break into the pedestrian plot and
dialogue of Body of Evidence
like numbers in a musical comedy, that's because they appear to be the only
scenes the filmmakers really care about; otherwise the characters and story can go straight to hell, one feels, as they eventually do.
Take away the love it or hate it score (it's jarring, but in its own way, it almost feels
like it's a character itself) and the long stretches of
dialogue - free footage (again, the praise for these
scenes reeks of movie snobbery to me — five minutes is good, twenty minutes is puffed - up filler), and what you're left with is a film that showcases the downward descent of one man.
Arguably the movie's most iconically enjoyable
scene — thanks to Mauro Fiore's sweat - and - shadows cinematography, John Refoua's editing and some choice slices of showdown
dialogue from screenwriters Nic Pizzolatto («True Detective») and Richard Wenk («The Equalizer»)-- the saloon confrontation also introduces the second of the seven: Pratt's hard - drinking, wisecracking gambler Faraday, who
likes to play card tricks during sticky situations.
This won't be to everyone's taste, but very quickly became
like candy to me — because, of course, by giving each
scene and sequence its full weight and measure (there are rich, trenchant
dialogue scenes in this movie, several of them; never better than Jesper Christensen's Mr. White having a quiet word with Bond, or Seydoux's Madeleine passing angrily, drunkenly out, muttering to herself in French), Spectre begins to feel
like something no Bond movie has ever felt
like before: an actual movie.
The writers and director George Armitage spread around sparkling
dialogue like candy so that nearly every actor — Joan Cusack, Dan Aykroyd, Alan Arkin, Jeremy Piven, etc. — has a standout
scene.
He expertly synthesizes influences (he writes
dialogue like Cassavetes, shoots
like Scorsese, and embodies Altman's generous compassion for human life) without getting smug or derivative, blends humor with nerve - shredding tension (the
scene at Rahad Jackson's is virtuosic) and plumbs the depths of the darkness of which men are capable.
I wasn't expecting a great movie, i walked in expecting to hate it, but if you are capable of turning your brain off to enjoy the ride this movie is fun,
dialogue and plot are pretty dumb (Again, turn your brain off, otherwise you'll feel insulted) This is more
like another Transformers movie, no real plot, just special effects and cool action
scenes.
But Focus will need to make some nifty marketing moves to reach them; despite the age and appeal of the cast, the
dialogue is often expressed in a kind of stylized formality, while art house touches
like a
scene backdropped by «Ave Maria» and an upper - crust manor setting can belie the film's quicker, looser rhythms.
He clearly
likes the
scenes of
dialogue between Depp and Edgerton as much, if not more, than the outbursts of violence And the excellent cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi («Warrior,» «The Grey») hones in on these expressive faces.
There are some sloppy moments and obvious cheats,
like extended
dialogue scenes that were clearly done with green screen, but the overall piece is quite technically impressive.
The sex
scenes were gritty and sensual in a way I've rarely seen reflected on the screen, and the pared back
dialogue was delivered with such inner torment and intensity that watching it felt
like a suffocating, visceral experience.
Timberlake delivers Allen's
dialogue as if he has no context for anything he's saying — he says «Eugene O'Neill»
like he just googled «Eugene O'Neill» — and he's totally obliterated in the
scenes he shares with Kate Winslet.
Like Smokey and the Bandit, The Concrete Cowboys works when it does because of the down home country
dialogue and spirit, with Selleck and Reed riffing off each other energetically for a few yuks, while the country music
scene plays prominently into the entertainment.
In fact, discounting a few painfully awkward
dialogue scenes, The Neon Demon's first half makes the film seem
like Refn's most surface - level - satisfying work since Drive.
It seems
like compared to your other
dialogue scenes, it doesn't cut away from the shot of her as much.
The fragmented
dialogue sounds authentically adolescent in some
scenes, in others
like place - holding boilerplate awaiting a rewrite.
Just
like the first film, Before Sunset is driven by its
dialogue and locales, and for those with little tolerance for films that don't showcase a chase
scene or an explosion at five minute intervals, you may find it talky and inconsequential, but at least it's only 80 minutes in length.
«Bad Turn Worse» starts off with such energy — I wanted more
dialogue - driven
scenes like the opening diner bit about Thompson and whether or not it should be called «Bacon & Egg» instead of the plural if you only have one egg — that it's bound to sag a bit when the robbery plotting kicks in.
It often feels
like it is used as a crutch to carry
scenes along and cover transitions where
dialogue seems to be lacking.
It gets redundant in a hurry, especially when it sounds
like Moore's
dialogue in these
scenes was recorded post-production.
Like a classic Woody Allen film, a sex
scene is perhaps filled with more
dialogue than any other.
Like many kitchen - sink comedies that end with outtakes in the closing credits, you can tell by the fact that the
scenes that didn't make the cut are similar to
scenes that did, except with different
dialogue and mannerisms, which further cements the notion that any script these actors read from was merely a blueprint.
Even basic
dialogue scenes either spin
like a dreidel or bob up and down
like crazy.
His screenplay credit may refer to little more than an outline of character and
scene descriptions, because in just about every
scene, actors look
like they're coming up with
dialogue on the spot.
Yet he stays fresh and alive in sparkling
dialogue scenes like their first meeting on the beach, where he introduces himself as the Shell Oil heir and wickedly parodies Cary Grant.
Like Black's previous work, such as Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout, the script juggles some impressive action
scenes with funny, quirky
dialogue.
Every
scene is an exercise in drawn - out affectation, with the characters» silent stares at each other, gazes off into nothing, and pauses between
dialogue exchanges — all set to meaningful piano twinkles and drum beats — so distended as to intimate parody, an impression exacerbated by William twice telling enforcer Vincent (Martin Donovan) that his comments sound
like something from a movie.
In these
dialogue - free opening
scenes, set to a score that buzzes
like a plague of locusts, There Will Be Blood establishes itself as a film of Darwinian ferocity, a stark and pitiless parable of American capitalism.
The performances aren't bad, and I
liked the working - class bickering of the early
scenes, which feels of a piece with similar exchanges in Alien (even if the post-sync'd
dialogue is painfully apparent).
The casting choices, the bizarre
dialogue, the excruciatingly cringe - worthy sex
scenes, the fact that it looks
like it was shot on a budget of $ 6, let alone $ 6 million.
Like all Berkeley musicals, the aesthetic split between the work of the credited director, in this case Lloyd Bacon, and the choreographer's takeover of the dance scenes is so vast as make the film seem like two movies stitched together.The final 20 minutes belong to Berkeley, who takes the blunt visual comedy and racy dialogue of the rest of the film and transforms it into visual poe
Like all Berkeley musicals, the aesthetic split between the work of the credited director, in this case Lloyd Bacon, and the choreographer's takeover of the dance
scenes is so vast as make the film seem
like two movies stitched together.The final 20 minutes belong to Berkeley, who takes the blunt visual comedy and racy dialogue of the rest of the film and transforms it into visual poe
like two movies stitched together.The final 20 minutes belong to Berkeley, who takes the blunt visual comedy and racy
dialogue of the rest of the film and transforms it into visual poetry.
Franco, as Wiseau, conducts himself
like a know - it - all virtuoso, but he can't get through the simplest of
scenes without tripping over his
dialogue.
With the help of Hollywood, over the course of just four years, more than 160 popular movies and shows
like Cheers and L.A. Law added designated drivers into
scenes and drunk driving prevention into
dialogue.
You can create different types of
scenes,
like dialogues, videos, links, PDF documents, etc. to always keep the learners» focus on the training.
If you're interested in improving your writing and learning the creative writing craft,
like writing in
scenes; showing versus telling; using setting, characters, and
dialogue; and structuring a narrative.
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I grew up on some TV, but mostly movies, and finally decided in my 30s that the books l loved to get lost in were those of Michael Crichton, where it seemed
like I barely had to construct visuals, and the
dialogue was just enough to propel me into the next
scene...
Truth be told the quality of both the writing and main narrative thread is all over the place, bouncing madly from genuinely beautifully written moments with emotional impact and outstanding twists sure to leave you with your jaw on the floor to
scenes with clumsy
dialogue and ideas that just didn't work out as well as I would have
liked, though exactly how much of this inconsistency can be put down to translation issues is hard to judge.
I
like the structure in God of war 3 were if there was any
dialogue there is a cut
scene The cut
scene would lead you into the next place you need to be at..