The other half of the movie involves Cecil's home life, which is reduced to his wife Gloria (Oprah Winfrey) turning from a life of heavy drinking and carrying on an affair with a neighbor (Terrence Howard) to becoming a better person, and a contrived series
of subplots involving his eldest son Louis (David Oyelowo), who sees his father as weak and wants to fight the good fight for equality.
Then there are the fan - vexing elements of his supposed half - human heritage and a strong
romantic subplot with his companion Grace (a doctor who performs heart surgery right after going to the opera).
The Crash fumbles between bad diatribe and bad domestic drama, complete with
subplots about absent parents and childhood cancer.
Gregg also mixes in
subplots with Norman in his father's shadow and a car accident Claire was in, both of which obviously come together to attempt to make the story grander.
After a pharmaceutical - and - alcohol - induced bit of airplane class struggle that exemplifies Wiig's ability to ramp up a joke so it doesn't become repetitive (as does a later, extended attempt to have her cop admirer Rhodes (Chris O'Dowd)-- a sweet romantic
subplot in which the two have worthwhile conversations and uncontrived issues to resolve — notice her by breaking all sorts of motor vehicle laws in succession), Annie's life, which she already thought had, really hits rock bottom.
Despite the jump back - and - forths between real world and Marty's screenplay, the film remains remarkably focused with as
many subplots as it has going on.
The story does have a couple of
subplots as well, which can bag yourself some nice rewards, with their own sub events linked to different members of your team.
The story is already formulaic as it is, but someone came up with the bad idea of shoehorning in a romantic
subplot for Vianne that feels just that — uncomfortably wedged in.
-- There's a minor romantic
subplot between Star - Lord and Gamora following the seeds planted in the first movie
There are several
subplots which blend into the plot, making this not so much a one joke story but a continued laugh - a-thon.
There's also a whole
other subplot involving Peter Sarsgaard's human villain Hector Hammond, who becomes infected with the Parallax and gains powers similar to those of Jordan.
He gets this second half
subplot where he bickers a lot with his head of security, Leslie Nielsen.
One of the most intriguing
subplots concerns Graham's friendship with McNamara, and how difficult it would be for her to publish something that would ruin someone close to her.
However, I give director Stephen Hopkins credit for including an
interesting subplot involving famed German director Leni Riefenstahl, who was commissioned by the Nazis to film the entire Olympics for a documentary that was supposed to become a propaganda film for the Nazi movement, but instead became a showcase for Owens.
There
also subplots involving Carol's co-worker Louis (Demetri Martin) having a crush on her, and relationship problems between Dani and Moe.
But despite the number of
subplots going on that include parallels to a particular commander - in - chief, amnesia, and betrayal to name a few, Vaughn and Jane Goldman manage to tell a story that gels just enough to avoid becoming incomprehensible.
It doesn't help that he gets caught in a ridiculous «we're in love after a day»
romance subplot with Makenzie Leigh's Faison, a cheerleader who takes a liking to him.
Any and every conflict or plot development regresses into a high - speed pursuit, and that the movie's major
subplot revolves around a sequence of races around the globe only enhances the impression that the script is stretching for ideas despite the almost complete restart.
Why is there an
entire subplot about the movie's comic relief trying to set up a talent show?
Madden and the screenwriter Ol Parker, working from a novel by Deborah Moggach, divide the movie
into subplots.
But really, the silly romantic
subplot featuring Daryl Hannah and the predictability of the storyline prevents the movie from ever being the biting satire it clearly wants to be.
As you can clearly see, there is a lot going on here, with dozens of characters wrapped up with
several subplots in the elaborate tapestry that is «Avengers: Infinity War.»
The story travels through many location, includes many characters, and throws many
subplots at the audience.
The ensuing multitude of
subplots does prevent the viewer from wholeheartedly embracing the central protagonist's plight, and yet there does reach a point at which the various threads begin to converge and the plot appreciatively streamlines - which paves the way for an impressively propulsive midsection that's rife with tense, action - packed sequences.
What this trailer does hint at though are the
various subplots embedded in the main plot.
What, the end of human civilization isn't enough, they have to throw in a wildly
unnecessary subplot about a sad child?
Not only are entire
subplots from the book eliminated, but several characters have been cut, too.
Sandler's Jack is in advertising, the movie features innumerable celebrity pitch - men (Billy Blanks, Jared Fogle, John McEnroe), and the
major subplot involves Jack trying to land Al Pacino for a Dunkin' Donuts ad campaign.
Nor does this hour demonstrate the sophisticated humor of «Veep,» a better parody that doesn't need a zombie -
like subplot.
The book
includes subplots of love stories and conspiracies, along with interludes of a peasant life marked by a spiritual wisdom and uncomplicated human decency that the sophisticated have discarded with contempt.
Sure, the handsome Kili (Aidan Turner) gets his
own subplot centering on a deathly injury and a coquettish flirtation with Evangeline Lilly's Tauriel, but again (sigh) it's all narrative teases that amounts to TUNE INTO THE NEXT EPISODE TO FIND OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENS.
In fact, it's an even better film as it doesn't get distracted
by subplots in the way that Gondry's film did.
This one has to keep coming back not just to a story, but several
different subplots as well, and it suffers for it.
A few subtle
subplots add texture, and there are some terrific dynamics on display between key players: Keaton's Spotlight chief Robby Robinson and a valuable source, Rezendes and victim defense attorney Mitchell Garabedian (played by Tucci), and Baron and the entire staff.
What they uncover takes us into an
intriguing subplot revolving around a twin study, nefarious researchers and revelations about Lisbeth's past.
His unlikely recovery would also be a feel -
good subplot for Nigeria as they attempt to write another chapter in their Mundial history.
Another off
subplot deals with Gerry (played by Haley), Eddie's right hand man, in a performance that is menacing through a deliberate lack of menace.
A small part by Alan Alda, as the original Elysium founder plays out pleasingly, and it is his character Carvin that holds the deed to the farm, offering the story its
silly subplot about a big corporation trying to buy out Elysium to build a casino, which at one point has Linda running topless (with others) in front of a television camera.
Some brief appearances from a vicar, some short prayers for safety and a
small subplot involving the earl's anti-Catholic views are pretty much the sum total of Downton's engagement with God so far.
And yet somehow, none of its many
subplots feels shortchanged; James Spader's Ultron is a truly creepy, unpredictable foe; and it's still a pleasure to see the gang united.
There's a
whole subplot about a Vietnamese priest that purposefully refuses to make any kind of sense for most of the run time.
It works less well when her otherwise convincing on - screen daughter, Ruthie (Stefania Owen), veers off in a brief and rather
pointless subplot involving school, peers and drugs that doesn't go anywhere before being wound up almost as quickly as it began.
Additional subplots include: Calvin secretly plotting with One - Stop (J.B. Smoove) to sell his shop and open a new one on the safer North Side; Calvin's teenage son Jalen (Michael Rainey Jr.) getting mixed up with and recruited by one of those deadly gangs; and Rashad being suspected by his wife (Eve) of infidelity with the buxom and big - bottomed Draya (Nicki Minaj).
Everyone here has his or her own
little subplot: Ryan starts falling for Sarah (Sharon Horgan), a much smarter and more professional game - night partner whom he brings in as a ringer, and Kevin desperately wants to know which celebrity Michelle slept with while they were on a break before getting married.
Without much of a narrative,
even subplots concerning Yuri's mad, druggie brother Vitaly (Jared Leto) and model wife Ava (Bridget Moynahan) seem like way - stations along a dotted line.