Sentences with phrase «many amusing characters»

Marvel has handed the keys to the kingdom to New Zealand director Taika Waititi, who with his trio of writers unearths plenty of amusing character riffs, capitalizing especially on Thor and Loki's squabbling fraternal ties.

A foul - mouthed send - up of testosterone - infused, small - budgeted»80s action flicks, MacGruber is more of a functional than revelatory success — its script doesn't really substantially or satisfyingly delve into a number of amusing character defects it sets up for its self - involved hero.

The most amusing characters are Walken and Kevin Corrigan (American Saint, See Jane Run) who plays Anthony «Banko» Banconi.

Cougar Town goes for the same jokes that Scrubs goes for, giving us in - your - face jokes, amusing characters, but usually hitting us with some real emotion as the episode draws to a close.

With amusing characters and a riveting plot, The Grand Budapest Hotel is one of Anderson's strongest films to date.

Simply reintroduce the same amusing characters as last time and rinse, repeat.

At first glance, those obsessed with the night sky or astronomical concerns are played for laughs: in New York City and its nearby boroughs, a cast of amusing characters with thick regional accents illustrate that we can no longer even see the stars from the island of Manhattan.

Yes, the amusing character dynamic between Arlo and the panting, lovably canine Spot works as it should, and director Peter Sohn does okay by the action while making room for left - field humor (like a brief hallucinogenic digression due to bad berries).

He gets to don costumes and assume a few different amusing characters, while gesticulating wildly and making crazy eyes at the children.

Jason Schwartzman anchors this amusing character study about an irrational, uninspired alcoholic.

The most amusing characters were the Atari looking guys and their ray gun.

Besides the adventurous journey through the outback, the little «love triangle» with Bianca, Jake, and Bernard (who continually seeks for a moment to propose) makes for some amusing character interaction.

Not everyone will be able to enjoy a movie with such a foul protagonist and I didn't think I would, but there are just too many amusing characters and moments to write this off.

While Foxx's consistently amusing character is well utilized (even when stretching logic) and even Kevin Spacey serves a purpose in his pair of brief incarcerated cameos, Jennifer Aniston reprises her role, the weakest of the original horrible bosses, as a sex - crazed dentist to very little entertainment value.

Final Verdict: A Legacy of Whining could have done with more immediate comedy, but the leads manage an amusing character study of two immature men in their 50s.

While some of the poems suffer in translation, the idea of a street with a cast of amusing characters does not.

Amusing characters, engaging plot, lots of baseball and history, in a universe with ordinary supernatural personalities highlighted by a zombie riot.

This novel has a cast of amusing characters, a plot with a few surprises and is filled with wonderful prose like: «A passing car sent its searchlight - glare crazy and liquid over the sides of the buildings and into the trees, revealing not the colours, the daylight solidity of things, but a world of dark gaps cut from an empty skin of light».

Each volume takes me longer to read than most because of the text and panel heavy pages, which I quite like in a series that uses all that space to fill up with amusing character interaction, manga serialization education and a lot of artistic trials that will speak to any artist one way or another, especially when working to appeal to the masses at large.

Ouno is an amusing character in his own right, purely because he's much more a prop than a character.

These characteristics of him make him an interesting and amusing character.

Saints Row does, to its credit, have better graphics, a pretty good script, an amusing character creator, and better targeting (for better shooting people in the face).»

This meant that I was stuck on a ledge and although Link or as another amusing character calls him «Linky» can climb, this is impossible when it's raining.

With interesting and amusing characters, great game play and some truly beautiful visuals and soundtrack it is one of the best games on the system and I assure you that it's a great way to pass the time.

Packed with impromptu tidbits such as amusing character bios which pop - up on - screen whenever a new adversary is encountered, it would have been hard to imagine the game's creativity transcending its six - hour playtime.

Colorful interactive books for iPad feature professional voice acting, amusing character animation and fun logic games.

It made the story very believable and hearing the amusing character references in the Grand Prix such as «The sister complex kingpin of steel» added a nice humourous touch to proceedings.

To complement the great graphics, the voice acting is superb, especially Zelda Williams and Christopher Lloyd who successfully create two very likeable and amusing characters.

Franklin is a rookie just starting out in his criminal life, while Trevor is a homicidal maniac, and certainly one of GTA's crazier and most amusing characters.

Not exact matches

The plotline was clever, each character vivid (if a little unidimensional), the central protagonist genuinely engaging, the solution to the mystery amusing, the conclusion to the action satisfyingly dramatic, and the overall atmosphere pleasantly bizarre.

But a lack of deeper characters and bolder political observation means that, unlike election night, it's an amusing evening, if nothing more.

These set of ethically challenged and chronically convoluted characters will not stop to amuse me.

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[Certain characters] are there (as are many elements in the film) mainly because Wes Anderson thought it would be amusing to put them there....

The 40 Year - Old Virgin is a buoyantly clever and amusing comedy full of fresh gags about porn and speed dating, yet it has the wit to present its title character's dilemma as a projection of all our romantic anxieties.

But even though the film revolves around the now all - too - familiar characters Herz has matured them in a way that still makes them both amusing and endearing.

I understood the general outlines of the story, I liked the bold strokes he uses to create the characters, and I was amused by the camera work, which includes a lot of shots that are about themselves.

(A «Rain Man» homage involving his character is very amusing.)

His «Mr. Chow» character is one of the movie's more amusing components, so it's interesting to check out his improv moments.

Ana Ofelia Murguia coaxes some genuinely earned tears as Miguel's fading great - grandmother Mama Coco (the de facto title character); over in the Land of the Dead, Gael Garcia Bernal amuses as the seemingly carefree Hector, who serves as Miguel's resourceful tour guide.

The controls don't have a steep learning curve, the music is well done, even though I think this was the game's main weakness (I would have brought in Ennio Morricone for it), the characters are full of life (and if you have friends similar to Irish, it makes it all the more amusing), the side missions are mixed in difficulty and can happen anytime you're out on your horse or for a walk.

The game is packed full of humour, challenging puzzles, and an amusing pair of lead characters.

Established first as an object of scorn, the humorless Gary comes to be a sympathetic character whose amusing idiosyncrasies endear him to us and his neighbors.

Pleasurable, amusing, well conceived and written, though perhaps just a little shy on character development (New York excepted).

Not even the lease bit amusing or entertaining, The Nutcracker attempts to pull a entertain but ultimately fails because of It's obtuse story lousy characters.

Indeed, it has all their hallmarks: amusing, witty, even absurd dialogue; hilarious ensemble scenes; wonderful characters / cameo performances; and incredibly funny blooper reels during the end credits.

Some of the supporting characters are — «Yep» — mildly amusing, but even a chuckle didn't escape me.

A hit - and - miss affair that deals in a sporadically amusing fashion with many of the mundane (and a few not - so - mundane) tribulations of long - term monogamy in marriage, The Overnight is short enough not to overstay its welcome but too short to effectively develop the characters and their situations.

He has no better idea of how to stage action than anyone else in the Marvel cinematic universe, but he excels at capturing believable interactions between characters, mixing believable dramatics with comic exchanges that are consistently amusing.

The writing is smart, the characters are amusing, the cameos (including one from Bill Murray, and another from Stephen Colbert as himself) are entertaining, and the political commentary is as pointed as you might suspect.