Sentences with phrase «many emotional beats»

All this goofiness can hamstring a movie's emotional beats, and there are a few Ragnarok moments that don't have quite the dramatic pull they should (one early scene between Thor, Loki and their father, played by Anthony Hopkins, particularly suffers).

Through the months of listening to my every flaw, I would gaze out the window of our therapist's third floor office and wonder if it was high enough for me to run and jump to my death, just to escape the emotional beating that Husband # 2 was unleashing on me.

So far as it goes, this sort of emotional beat is serviceable enough.

And when the film slows down to take an emotional beat, those are perfectly handled too, with one scene in particular that should have the entire audience wiping away a tear.

A worthy farewell that packs in as much action as its seven predecessors combined and manages not to stint on the emotional beats.

One of the earliest emotional beats in Infinity War involves Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts trying to persuade Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr.) to take off the mantle of Iron Man and join her in wedded bliss.

«13 Minutes» is a superbly acted and strikingly evocative work, with careful attention to period detail and its many emotional beats.

Wanuri Kahiu's sophomore feature is just good enough to give its modest intentions a historic purpose, bringing fresh context to an old formula while hitting the expected emotional beats.

There are some sloppy rules and failed emotional beats, but if you're a genre fan watching Truth or Dare for the clever concept and inventive kill scenes, there's some fun to be had with this Blumhouse release.

The emotional beats are right on cue - although this can be called into question slightly in the closing minutes of the movie - and the action scenes are visceral, real and are actually incredibly scary for a PG - 13 movie.

New Girl is extraordinarily deft at mirroring its plot points and emotional beats in its structure, and «San Diego» is...

The resulting temporal choppiness from not being clear from the start not only continuously takes us out of the story to try to catch up with it when we're finally given enough information for it to make sense, but it also reveals just how manipulative the device is in order to try to load up all of the emotional beats for whatever version of a climax the story can muster up.

Castle was never an award - winning, hard - hitting drama, but it hit so many emotional beats and showed characters with true resonance and growth.

The visual pyrotechnics are nicely balanced with a focus on the emotional beats of the story and the film works largely because its three young principals have finally learnt how to act.

The other reason certain emotional beats don't work is due to a lack of character development.

If viewers don't feel connected to a character because of a lack of development, it's difficult to have a response to emotional beats in their story arc.

This is bleak, harsh material, and seeing specifically Jackson, Tamblyn, and Russell (channeling a pitch - perfect John Wayne) draw out and nail the emotional beats required of them transported the audience to that appropriate mood.

While Avengers: Infinity War attempts to balance so many characters and give them compelling narratives, very few of the emotional beats stick their landing.

As much as the film is immaculate in its production values, the most care and consideration on the screen is the patience with which Haynes stages the film's emotional beats.

This expanded version of the promo, which had audiences applauding at CinemaCon a couple of weeks ago, ramps up the emotional beats while also allowing for a few more shots of the big guy doing his destructive thing.

The Program (2015): A by - the - book story about Lance Armstrong's doping scandal that suffers from the problem that plagues many biopics: namely, it operates with the understanding that we already know the real story (or most of it), so it doesn't work that hard to make the characters seem real or to make the emotional beats land with any sense.

The beatings are fierce in KILLER JOE, physical and emotional, but it is the emotional beatings that resonate the most.

Serkis delivers a brilliant, heartfelt performance that matches his iconic turn as Gollum, and while the visual effects didn't quite achieve the seamlessness they need, he ensures that we feel every emotional beat.

The emotional beats hit home more strongly, too, with Sean Connery impressing both comedically and tragically (he won a deserved Best Supporting Oscar for the film), and the various losses on the squad feeling much more meaningful than the similar losses do in Gangster Squad.

Where in the past Crowe's confidence has let emotional beats speak for themselves, here they are too often pushed by the twinkly score by Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi.

With magnificent turns by Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons (the latter especially, who should be considered for Best Supporting Actor once we fast - forward seven months from now), and a well maintained adrenaline rush by focused directing and excellent editing, the only reason Whiplash isn't in the Top 10 is because of it's noticeably poor depiction of women and predictable emotional beats.

«These movies, besides carrying so much action and special effects, wouldn't be what they are if it wasn't for those emotional beats these inter-relationships carry.

Because despite various emotional beats often (but not always) hitting their mark, it's impossible to avoid the (knowing?)

In reality, Chen's heartbreaking pastoral tragedy (which is now nearly impossible to find in a format that preserves its original beauty), uses its crisp emotional beats to boldly advance the feminist stirrings of China's 5th Generation filmmakers.

The fast paced nature of the story means that a lot of the emotional beats and character development that are seen in the anime lose their impact here, but it also makes it easier to experience the game if you are playing it as a fan, just to witness some of the epic boss fights.

And giving Murphy and Stiller one last emotional beat together — whether it was a warm buddy - buddy moment or an uneasy truce — would also have allowed Ratner to explore some of the race and class issues his movie only begins to touch on.

In that sense, A Simple Plan is as traditional a morality play as a thriller can get, but Raimi has never been a director unwilling to splash about in the shallows; instead, the inevitability of the plot is his point — even the simplest of decisions carry whole worlds of consequence — and Raimi injects each emotional beat with unspeakable tragedy.

The novel itself is rather slim, so it can't have been the hardest thing for screenwriter David Magee to adapt, but I'm happy to report that all of the most important emotional beats from the novel are included here.

While none of these emotional beats are necessarily groundbreaking — you'd see them in any relationship movie — they are deeply felt, and the arc over which they unfold in the movie is feels effortlessly orchestral in its composition.

Emotional beats and life lessons test De Niro's abilities at coaxing drama from the dick jokes.

Emotional beats are unearned and don't do much to stoke sympathy.

Not everyone agreed that Hawke also deserved an Academy Award nomination for his role, but considering the emotional beating he takes from Washington throughout the film, he probably deserved some recognition simply for remaining visible.

Nichols is in full control of the emotional beats, the raising of the stakes, and the deepening investment by the audience.

It's as if you've shared every footstep and emotional beat with each character.

The cinematography is gorgeous as always, and the performances are pretty good across the board (particularly newcomer Ni Ni and Christian Bale as the Westerner caught in the middle of the conflict), but the real star is the story itself, which earns its emotional beats without feeling like it's pandering to the audience.

«Shockingly effective, not just in creating a sense of constant, palpable tension, but also in the way it pulls off authentic, effective emotional beats.»

It is a shame that these enticing qualities falter once the film hits its third and final act, where it endeavours to hit more emotional beats than it needs.

Director Adam Hootnick (Unsettled) does his subject no favors by underscoring all of the emotional beats with overbearing music.

After a series opener in which Sherlock traded its mystery status for soap, the second episode of series four, «The Lying Detective», doubles down on the new soap operatic direction of the show and delivers even more antics and heavy - handed emotional beats.

However, for genre fans, it remains a respectable entry, even though it can be clunky at times, especially in a climax that feels like it is missing a few emotional beats, and an epilogue that seems to be MIA in the process.

When the script has called for it in his career, Kaluuya has nailed the emotional beats.

It eliminates anything feeling forced or contrived, with all the emotional beats hitting just the right notes.

The most significant cuts are an alternate prologue showing Dr. Griffiths as a child and, in a rare move, a fully - animated action sequence that takes the place of a more emotional beat in the final film.

The result is a humanizing journey through pain, pleasure and everything in between, rife with nostalgic moments, utter hilarity and earnest emotional beats that'll turn any but the most stone - hearted to weepy lumps.

Ava DuVernay's note for J.J. Abrams on The Force Awakens added an vital emotional beat.