Sentences with phrase «loving homage»

I definitely love the homage of the scarves tied around the neck that is trending right now.

Wim Wenders pays loving homage to rough - and - tumble Hollywood film noir with The American Friend, a loose adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game.

Perhaps intended as loving homage, «The Better Angels» instead borders deeply on self - serious parody, virtually utilizing a checklist of every stylistic trope Edwards» cinematic maharishi uses — hushed ponderous voice - over about the nature of life; that gliding camera; dancing wide - angle shots; jump cuts; dancing in fields; a spiritual connection to nature — and one by one employing them all without a trace of ironic self - awareness.

In loving homage to classic 1980s Hong Kong vampire films like Sammo Hung's Encounters of the Spooky Kind, The Dead and the Deadly and the Mr. Vampire series, first - time directors Yan and Chiu have built an effects heavy update of the old lore: the vampires still hop and are still immobilized by Taoist amulets (pieces of yellow paper with magic characters written on them) but they also vaporize when stabbed by wooden swords.

It's a mix of loving homage to rhythm and blues, scattershot comedy, on - the - spot musical, and the most outrageous car chase film ever put to celluloid.

And while I'm not painting Nintendo as the Evil Overlords, I still wish that a lot of these fan games could just be left alone, as they are (mostly) obvious loving homages to Nintendo franchises fans love, including the fan game creators, and the creators don't (typically) ever try to charge a dime for them.

May 11, 2018 • The band's sophomore album, Rios de Norte y Sur, pays loving homage to a music born of the collision of indigenous, African and Spanish cultures in colonial Mexico.

I love its homage to my previous penchant for nuts and bolts and all things «hardware», and conversely, to all things sparkly and femme.

And despite the intense, almost microscopic focus on familial trauma in Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, no other Anderson film so beautifully considers the complexities of sibling dynamics than The Darjeeling Limited, a breezy, colorful, and nuanced train ride through the bustling mise - en - scène of India and a loving homage to the film music of Satyajit Ray and Merchant Ivory.

This is a loving homage to spy films from the 50's and 60's.

You know how Metal Gear Solid's Solid Snake is totally a loving homage to Snake Plissken from John Carpenter's Escape from New York?

Packed full of jokes and mischievous side quests, the game is both a loving homage and a pastiche of the series it's based on — offering fans of the series a plenty of laughs along the way.

«Phantom Thread» is at once a lush, loving homage to vintage romantic melodramas, Alfred Hitchcock's «Rebecca» foremost among them, and a characteristically bold departure — not merely because it's Anderson's first production set outside the U.S.

I guess I hoped there would be more to this beyond the loving homage and parody of recreating scenes from The Room with Franco's famous friends.

Take Me Home Tonight is a loving homage to eighties teen films.

The era of the scrolling beat «em - up is brought to life once again, in this loving homage to Streets Of Rage and Final Fight.

PIRANHA 3 - D is a loving homage to that film made by people who understand what made that film great, and who understand how to make it... Read More»

Overall I give it an A, I love the homage that it clearly pays to the first film.

Fans should be pleased with these, as they fall into the loving homage category, rather than an attempt to ape the original.

He has also surprised audiences with the unexpected sequel to «Blair Witch,» which, while not perfect, was at very least a loving homage.

Openly acknowledging that his film wasn't a new riff on Bram Stoker's novel so much as a loving homage to F.W. Murnau's silent horror masterpiece, Werner Herzog twisted an immortal character into the subject of a beautiful gothic tragedy about loneliness.

Or loving homage?

Super 8 is a loving homage to the early directing and producing work of Steven Spielberg.

CC2567DDVD ISBN 1 -68143-092-4 UPC 7 -15515-16521-1 THE AMERICAN FRIEND - Blu - ray & DVD Editions Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) pays loving homage to rough - and - tumble Hollywood film noir with The American Friend, a loose adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game.

The distance from shameless rip - off to loving homage may not be far, but it is a chasm this film fails to jump.

The pair may have wanted to pay loving homage to the exploitation films they loved as youngsters but, as everyone quickly discovered, few filmgoers seemed to share their fascination with the genre, with the double - bill flopping in the US and Tarantino's stand - alone Death Proof being a box - office bust upon its belated UK release.

While there's plenty of big picture aspects that Hyrule Warriors handles well, the little details also help make this game feel like both a loving homage to Zelda's history while also creating an IP that stands on its own.

Nomura's creative involvement and Anderson's obviously sincere and loving homage to Japanese visual culture is meant to be proof against criticism, but Anderson's obsession with detail and visual, while rendering beautiful films with that famously symmetrical framing, makes him the wrong filmmaker to tell stories in someone else's land.

It's a loving homage that quite inadvertently plays up how forgettable the new characters are in comparison.

There has never been a movie that feels quite like Baby Driver: a violent action movie with the soul of a musical, a car chase extravaganza whose hero extols the virtues of being decent, and a loving homage to a genre that feels happy to coexist with its peers rather than mock them.

A loving homage to Hollywood's Golden Age, this black - and - white, silent film follows fading star George Vantin (Jean Dujardin), who sees his cushy -LSB-...]

And even if this loving homage to all things sci - fi never quite hits the sturdy comedic stride of, say, Shaun of the Dead or Superbad — the two films audiences are most likely to compare it to — movie lovers will still have a field... read more

We get the sense that its a loving homage to times past, and were looking forward to being pleasantly surprised by more subtle references to bygone eras.

The big winner at last year's Academy Awards, «The Artist» plays like a loving homage to an era of filmmaking that many people have either forgotten about or never knew.

It's also a loving homage to the Super Nintendo era of video gaming, martial arts flicks and yes, Seinfeld.

A loving homage to storytelling itself, Greenberg's stunning graphic novel, her first, isn't an encyclopedia at all but an intricately crafted mythology told from within a young man's grand adventure.

Sometimes these things are coincidence, or a loving homage, or just something that happens because fighting game moves are often based on real martial arts.

That feels like a loving homage to this beloved part of the Zelda series.»

SUMMARY: Like most successful license - based games, Aliens: Colonial Marines is much more than a loving homage; it serves as one of the most robust story - driven co-op experiences to date.

It's the next step in Mario's evolution, while also being a loving homage to the series» peerless history.

Designed and developed by Eric Barone as a way to hone his own programming skills while looking for an industry job, Stardew is a loving homage to the very best features of the Harvest Moon series of games.

Set to launch for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One this Tuesday, Agents of Mayhem is also a loving homage to Saturday morning cartoons from the 1980s.

The loving homages to Activision's old art Read the rest of this entry

It's more of a loving homage to the original, updating the aesthetics and stages while retaining everything that made the original so great.

Is Alan Wake a parody of its genre, a parody of Remedy's own Norse pomp, or a loving homage to everything?

Out Run could therefore serve as a loving homage to the 70s and 80s era of car - based movies, as well as an adaptation of a much - loved coin - op.

The game is a loving homage to the Mega Man games of the NES era (as well as the Wii's 9th and 10th titles), and the graphics are bright and detailed enough to feel decidedly 80s.

You know how Metal Gear Solid's Solid Snake is totally a loving homage to Snake Plissken from John Carpenter's Escape from New York?