Sentences with phrase «main characters seem»

It may be because there isn't necessarily a big bad guy to kick things off, the main characters seem to be trying to simply survive.
I'm a little disappointed at the lack of diversity with the characters that were shown, I'll admit, as the main characters seem to all be sword - wielders.
The voices for main characters seem good as well - most USS team members have amplified voices as they talk through their masks.
By the time «One Day,» a decades - spanning nonromance, gets around to making one of its main characters seem like an actual human, the film's just about over.
The three main characters seem to have good chemistry and the
They also have ideas that don't pan out, and an overall lack of cohesion — the main characters seem sequestered in separate story lines that don't really mesh.
Failing on every account to make its main character seem special, let alone legendary, The Legend of Tarzan is one of the summer's weakest would - be blockbusters.
but also includes journal entries, newspaper clippings, emails, and other forms of correspondence, has held appeal, perhaps, because of its inherent hush - hush nature: the main character seems to share a secret with the reader, something meant for his or her own eyes, or one other beloved's eyes.
The main character seems clunky to me as he lumbers stiff - legged across the landscape, but he's fluid as he evades and chops down bad guys who cross his path.

Not exact matches

The line between vigilante and terrorist seems to be very thin indeed, especially in a game where the main character is supposed to be heroic yet at the same time can do some amazingly unheroic things.
High - profile, successful, and gold - agnostic investment - world luminaries assess the macroeconomic risks of radical monetary policies and reach a similar conclusion: This will end badly: — Seth Klarman: «All the Trumans (reference: a 1998 movie [The Truman Show] in which the main character's entire life takes place on a TV set which he perceives as reality)-- the economists, fund managers, traders, market pundits — know at some level that the environment in which they operate is not what it seems on the surface....
For much of his career, he wrote bitterly satirical novels about well - off Londoners; even when the prospect of nuclear catastrophe arises, as it does in London Fields (1989), Amis seems to treat «The Crisis,» the coming «horrorday,» primarily as a vehicle for revealing the largely unpleasant traits of his handful of main characters.
In the movie K - Pax, the main character Prot seems content and happy.
However, to return to the main issue before us, it may seem that we are being disloyal to traditional Christian teaching if we in any way cast doubt on the universal and unsurpassable character of Jesus the Christ as decisively revelatory of God.
Wearing this black rose print dress at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool seemed appropriate, given that Rose was the main character in the film about the ill - fated ship.
It was painful for me to get through — not because of the risqué content — but because I didn't like the writing and felt that the voices (words they used, the way they spoke) given to the main characters just seemed soooo fake and uncomfortable.
The moments in the story seem to continuously string along without any input from the main character.
Not all scenes are built with the same attention, but the main character models are wonderful, and the plot seems to have a dark twist we are eager to explore.
It seemed like a good idea to check out the new local dinner theater to see a hot movie like District 9... but as soon as the main character popped off his bloody fingernail to his (and our) great surprise, I regretted having just taken a big bite of pizza.
The main characters may seem like generic stereotypes — Phil is the natural leader looking to relive his college days, Stu is the straight - laced zeta male stuck in a relationship with a controlling girlfriend (Rachael Harris), and Alan is the wild card — but their different personalities mesh extremely well.
The supporting characters are usually an afterthought, but in Black Panther, they are so well drawn that they seem every bit as interesting, perhaps even more so, than the main protagonist himself, who is either mostly masked or obvious CG during his battle sequences, whereas we are always aware as the women fight, with full acting and facial expressions to root us into their fight in the moment.
The main players at the paper are its publisher Kay Graham (a very strong Meryl Streep, as a character finding her place in a world that doesn't seem to have one for her), who took over the job after her husband's suicide (The ownership of the paper belonged to Kay's family, but her father passed on responsibilities to her husband), and its executive editor Ben Bradlee (an iffy Tom Hanks), a shark in the newspaper world who's equally revered and feared.
It is one of the rare times that our main character engages in any traditional superhero activity, and even then it seems less triggered by a desire to save the kidnapped girls he will eventually rescue than to join Nakia (Lupita Nyong» o) and inform her of his father's passing.
The first half hour felt almost like a sucker punch with the unabashedly inconsiderate main characters who seem more and more like people I know throughout the movie.
It seems Trickster has all the right answers, and pretty much knows how to get our main character Michael (played by Edward Furlong), out of any tough opstical that crosses his path.
Young and optimistic, he seems convinced that change is possible without violence, but Assad's harsh reaction to this movement proves otherwise: The army cracks down, claiming the lives of innocents and children in the process, while detaining suspected dissidents — including activist cameraman Ossama al Homsi, whom Derki had hoped to feature as one of the docu's main characters, until his disappearance.
What's disappointing about Riddick is that it never seems to figure out why we would want to follow the main character, outside of his propensity for violence and snark.
Alicia Vikander (Jason Bourne, Ex Machina) stars as Lara Croft, the main character from the long - running video game franchise that follows an explorer who always seems to get caught up in danger and intrigue among historical artifacts and ruins.
The acting was a very mixed bag considering most of the main characters are miscast i mean come on Thor as a hacker come on, Viola Davis was the best part of the movie as the no nonsense Carol Barrett and it seemed she was the only one trying here.
The main characters are kick ass... the story seems cool... the environments are well done... and the gameplay and feel of the game is just awesome.
Utterly preposterous as this premise goes — not to mention how Brian seems hopeless and instantly way out of his depth the second he comes within inches of Arielle — this fanciful movie goes on hoping you'll bury your incredulity for this narrative, much like the main character, who has his head in the obliviously romantic clouds.
It should have worked, and it almost does, but Black buries his characters in a sputtering, chaotic story, seeming to realize only sporadically that we aren't watching this film for the plot and the stunts... but for the byplay between the two main characters.
But it seems fairly clear that Halperin has made an attempt to deliver a decent story and to involve the viewer with the plight of the main characters while operating within the constraints of a minuscule budget.
Crazy Donny (Giovanni Ribisi) shows up again to menace the bear; one of the main characters has a near - death experience; Sam «Flash Gordon» Jones, who enlivened the first film, seems to be wedged into the second story out of friendly obligation.
The film seems to be set in New York and yet its main characters, the Wishbones, are all voiced by British actors in British accents.
A good number of our main characters are closer to catching on to what Luck's horse trainers, old Walter (Nick Nolte) and Turo (John Ortiz), seem to know already: These horses aren't just lucky talismans; they also possess a purity of spirit that rehabilitates many of the show's jaded characters.
Mazer, whose main claim to fame is his comedic association with Sacha Baron Cohen, writing for such films as Borat and Bruno, goes one step beyond, by introducing the characters these two seem more of a natural fit to be with, and the result is two people trying their best to stay faithful to their vows with a partner they love but aren't really sure they like, while keeping their feelings for their natural suitors at bay.
Even the supporting male roles just seem to work in tandem with the main cast, adding spice and developing them into well - rounded characters.
For example, the stunningly offbeat lyricism of the shot in The Conformist where the main character and his mother lean into a wind that drives a sea of autumn leaves about their ankles has now been partially saved from the gratuitousness that seemed so apparent in 1971.
Your main complaint seems to be that Howard likes, and focuses on, the admittedly more likable but, in your view, less interesting racer more than the racer you think the movie should have focused on, ultimately rendering the film a star vehicle rather than the character study in obsession you wish it were.
There are times when The Squid and the Whale could have used a bit more development, particularly in the character of the mother, who seems, at least superficially, to be the most «normal» of the four main characters.
The main character is sent on a mission with a specific task but it always seems like his commanding officer has his own agenda.
Ronit is probably the main character of the film, but it seems like all three of the lead performers could be considered the protagonist in a way.
The devil is indeed in the details and ditching apparently superfluous details about the main characters» previous affairs in the book makes them seem too much like a «movie couple» instead of real people.
But despite having made a film in which two of the four main characters are women in subservient roles, and making it clear that Nathan's realism test will include a sexual component, the movie never seems to be exploiting the characters or their situations.
The main antagonist, Adewale Akinnuoye — Agbaje is a menacing, interesting character, which is why I was so annoyed when the director seemed to get bored with him.
It's a funny scene that certainly adds a lot to Gerry's character, but in the context of the story it seems self - serving to give such significant insight to a supporting character while the main cast only gets a cursory backstory at best.
''... Things like «character motivation» and «stakes» can be forgiven if the viewer is enjoying watching the movie, and that's the main problem with Fantastic Four: No one seems to be having any fun,» he adds.
While the main character looks generic, and there are too many gameplay elements in the overall package, Metal Gear Survive seems action - packed, absurd, and entertaining.
It seems safe to assume this is one of the game's main characters.
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