Sentences with phrase «like plot»

Other movies I watch over & over for the house: Father of the Bride and You've Got Mail (although, I really like the plot of both of those movies as well).

Although it seems like the plot to a television drama, it is more common than you might think: each year, according to the Department of Justice, an estimated 56,500 children are reported illegally taken by a family member.

Hiring managers want to see a gradual progression in your career and the anecdotes, trials, and triumphs you've gone through to get to this level — much like the plot and climax of a bestseller.

I'm of the mind that it allows for higher quality programs, the show creators don't have to worry about X conpany pulling sponsorship because they didn't like the plot line.

I think it's safe to say Microsoft still has a few secrets up its sleeve, and Scorpio could certainly get a Surface - like plot twist that differentiates it for its chief competitor, the PlayStation 4 (PS4) Pro.

It's like a plot twist in a confusing movie, when you're watching a movie and your friends are acting like they know what's going on, and you're like, «Yeah, I do too.

Cutting the cord is appealing, but then you have to patch your entertainment options together like some weird, video - streaming Frankenstein's monster, which sounds exactly like the plot of a movie you'd find on Netflix.

Buying life insurance on someone else and naming yourself as beneficiary might sound like a plot point in a film noir mystery.

While egg freezing does sound like the plot of Alien, it's not too terrible of a process.

To further the understanding of all interested readers, please provide a like plot data for back radiation and associated surface temperatures at all corresponding ToA intervals.

It sounds like a plot - line from a bad 1950's sci - fi movie, but unfortunately there's nothing fiction about it.

Sounds like a plot to cove their own as....

It also gives some weight to the argument that humans have warmed the Earth, but if I had done the same with the 1981 data of Hansen (or current data adjusted back to be more like that plot) there would be a zero contribution from humans.

It's getting rarer and rarer for games to pay attention to stuff like plot and character as well as gameplay, and Overwatch looks to be a refreshing change.

Small elements like plot holes, handling on ladders, and the occasional glitch happen, but are infrequent and diminutive enough to nearly overlook.

This might sound like the plot for a new sci - fi movie or show, but it's actually the premise for Durango, an upcoming open world MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role - playing game) from Nexon M, designed specifically for mobile devices.

Like the plot, the setting isn't exactly what it seems.

New looks were given to Mirror's Edge 2, though more attention was paid to how DICE built the world around Faith (and Faith herself) instead of details like plot, settings and release date.

Identifying contradictory emotions adds some nice diversity to the proceedings, but because you can only use the ability at predetermined spots and you're not penalized for wrong guesses, it ultimately feels more like a plot device than an essential gameplay tool.

The series seemed to negate itself with an annoying, Matrix - like plot twist in Star Ocean 3:»Til the End of Time, and the follow - up, Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope, felt clichéd and halfhearted.

Rather than being like the plot of a movie, the court likened the character interactions of Bang!

Again, much like the plot the ideas presented here are intriguing: Nilan can literally build combos using «Pressens», each of which offer a certain benefit when successfully executed in a combo.

Buying life insurance on someone else and naming yourself as beneficiary might sound like a plot point in a film noir mystery.

The Treasury's October 17th, deadline is quickly approaching and, like the plot of Tom Clancy's novel, the ramifications of failure will have a great impact both politically and economically.

We like plot, but not too much.

A developmental edit focuses on things like plot holes, character and plot development issues, timing, inconsistencies and problems with dialogue.

Of those, the majority are tolerable in their lack of proper editing, but it's not difficult to find work where research standards suck, the formatting is poor, or worse, writing that misses the importance of things like plot, characterization, POV, and on and on it goes.

During a developmental edit, the editor examines your story from a bird's eye level, looking at elements like plot, characters, themes, etc..

It did feel like a plot of a novel.

I think writers can experiment and entertain, embracing all those crazy things like plot and character that used to bring Virginia Woolf out in a rash.

In an earlier blog post we talked about the importance of developmental editing and why the focus on big - picture stuff — structure, book - spanning issues like plot or organization, character development, dialogue, and that sort of thing — needs to come first, before you spend too much time worrying about the finer points of style and wording.

I supplied him with a quick synopsis, descriptions of the characters and their personalities, and that I wanted the tone to be like my plot: fast - paced and intense.

Really like the plot developments and the characters... though I am not quite sure to what to expect from future books since the series is «the Buford family» mysteries.

A developmental editor, who looks at your manuscript as a whole for big problems like plot holes or poor narrative flow, may suggest massive changes.

Learning objectives are like plot points.

Joy: Watching a struggling mother of two overcome her misfortunes and become a success story may seem like the plot of a predictable movie of the week.

Win Win benefits greatly from the tastefulness of its actor - turned - director McCarthy in the problematic but not derailing final act in which Kyle's scheming mother (feeling too much like a plot device) brings the story to the brink of its modest confines when she threatens to end the movie with a courtroom battle.

Sounds a bit like the plot to Crank, but this doesn't look similar at all.

WHAT: While out to dinner with their two friends, Joel (Paul Rudd) and Molly (Amy Poehler) recount the story of how they met and fell in love — an extraordinarily cheesy romance that sounds like the plot of a romantic comedy film.

This Matrix - like plot uses elements of that blockbuster trilogy but fails to achieve the same intensity or unexpected twists.

While that may sound like a plot line you've seen a hundred times before, this is not your typical revenge thriller.

The action, like the plot, is comprehensible and well presented, but doesn't bring a whole lot to the table in terms of artistry or innovation.

One of the most remarkable things about Skeletons is that, despite its sci - fi - like plot, there are no special effects to speak of.

It may sound like the plot of a movie: police find a young man dead with stab wounds.

While I don't mean to make it sound like the plot is akin to The Tree of Life where the filmmaker has purposefully made his point difficult to get at, or maybe the point itself was... Continue reading «MOVIE REVIEW: VOLVER (2006)»

Montana is a bridesmaid, of course, as she has been countless times before — doesn't this sound like the plot of 27 Dresses?

The Misery - like plot follows the calamitous misadventure of Wallace (Justin Long), a snarky L.A. podcaster who heads north to Canada to interview the Kill Bill Kid, a teen whose viral video shows him accidentally slicing off his own leg with a samurai sword.

http://www.thefilmcatalogue.com/catalog/FilmDetail.php?id=10435 http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2010/11/02/casting-news-first-images-and-a-plot-synopsis-for-wong-kar-wai%E2%80%99s-the-grandmasters/ Official Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Grandmasters/ If this synopsis is accurate then it sounds like the plot is fictitious rather than based on fact.

Never has a big, roomy ventilation shaft felt more like a plot device.

Movies like this that exist simply as parodies do not worry about conventions like plot or character development.