Sentences with phrase «melodramatic plot»

And, of course, the pulpy, melodramatic plot of The Postman Always Rings Twice is the structuring device of Ossessione, in contrast with the episodic, picaresque plotting of the films we think of as neorealist.

Once the gears of Potter's melodramatic plot start into motion, though, it becomes little more than an over-the-top soap opera, in which current affairs and past sexual trysts are revealed, relationships falls apart, a terminal diagnosis comes to light, and the gun goes through a series of motions to wind up in the hands that held it at the movie's start.

All that painstaking work was definitely worthwhile, making the singing as intense and personal as possible, something that pays off as «Les Misérables»» way melodramatic plot gets increasingly wild and crazy.

The inclusion of some weirdly melodramatic plot developments towards the end doesn't really help matters, while Rebecca's discovery of Steven's ruse comes much sooner than one might like.

Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous ultimately possesses all the depth and subtlety of a garden - variety sitcom - complete with melodramatic plot developments and groan - worthy punchlines - and it does go without saying that Simpson's cinematic track record remains aggressively unimpressive.

While earlier Kaurismäki films like Shadows In Paradise and The Man Without A Past were deadpan, blue - collar subversions of melodramatic plot points and classic film genres, this is pure self - commentary, best appreciated by fans.

When that event is the systematic killing of over a million people because of their ethnicity, one especially has to question the rationale of including such a contrived and melodramatic plot as one of the story's central points.

The melodramatic plot revolves around Dr. Wren Petersen (Theron), the uptight daughter of the famous humanitarian founder of Medecins du Monde, who meets roguish surgeon Miguel Leon (Bardem) at a Monrovian refugee camp.

On the contrary, it's so waterlogged with the stuff that every melodramatic plot twist wrings out a few more drops.

Before the Storm maybe doesn't take this to heart enough, with its more melodramatic plot beats actually detracting from the parts I enjoyed — and yet I'm inclined to forgive those sins, because the moments where it does stumble on some seemingly universal truth?

«A Royal Affair,» which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, unfolds in ribbons of traditional, melodramatic plotting, and is certainly a bit too long.

I could go along with the melodramatic plots, the broad characters, certainly all the maps and amazing music.

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... eventually ditches its character - driven approach in favor of far - fetched plot twists and melodramatic contrivances.

The soap suds bubble through clearer than ever, the laughably melodramatic twists in the plot, the car chase, the conspicuous consumption of E.L. James's novels — who knew «If you write it, you will eventually own it, when the public eats this soft - core swill up.»

In conclusion, there are melodramatic spells, as well as some focal unevenness, spawned from hurrying past certain plot aspects that really aren't all that needed in the first place, being not much more than supplements to the rather repetitious bloating that makes this overambitious effort too overblown for its own good, though not to the point of completely dismissing its engagement value, as there is enough sharpness to the production designs, cinematography and score work to provide striking style, as well as enough story value, brought to life by inspired writing, direction and acting, - particularly by leading lady Halle Berry - to make «Alex Haley's Queen» a rewarding near - epic study on the struggles faced by the mulattoes who struggled to fit into a post-slavery society that was rich with racial tension and plenty of other life challenges.

Directed by: Justin Lin («Better Luck Tomorrow,» «Fast Five») Bottom line: The plotting is ridiculous and the dialogue is melodramatic, but the stunts are as good as they get.

A melodramatic tone and fragmented plotting undermines this film's serious edge, almost losing the point in the process.

His subversive sense of humor and convoluted plots, which often circle back through time, keep his films from being merely melodramatic, but at their worst they can seem frenetic, all color - saturated surface and no substance.

And while some of the plot turns feel overly melodramatic, they also work as self aware moments that remind us how easily films can evoke emotions from us.

The romance works rather better than the thriller element, as the plot becomes so convoluted and melodramatic it gets rather silly and never seems to be sure whether to takes itself seriously or not.

Obscurely sentimental and melodramatic, this is a shitty war film with zero horror and terrible, terrible acting and plot.

The story has promise, and the actors make it work, but the execution of the plot seems flat and melodramatic much of the time.

The story, revolving around the illicit, ongoing romance between British soldier Tristan (James Franco) and Irish Princess Isolde (Sophia Myles), doesn't have a lot to offer in terms of complexity; Dean Georgaris» screenplay generally utilizes melodramatic and predictable plot twists to propel the story forward.

He makes no excuses for the storytelling, no matter how incredible the coincidences and extent of the plot or how melodramatic the situations in which the characters find themselves.

If this plot device isn't bad enough, the arguments that erupt between Ben and Dylan about this and other incidents are overtly melodramatic and nearly unwatchable.

«Warrior» lays it on thick — and that's without going into the numerous other melodramatic flourishes added throughout the plot.

With its story of a love triangle gone sour, the unintentionally comic result was a masterpiece of inept moviemaking — inane, non-sequitur-filled dialogue, hilariously melodramatic acting, gratuitous sex, and a nonsensical narrative rife with inconsistencies, red herrings, and plot holes.

There are plot conveniences and melodramatic writing to spare in this first novel, but it also offers a rip - roaring adventure and steamy romance scenes, along with a relationship that teens will root for as much as they did for Bella and Edward.

Bright's light, droll tone ably skips over melodramatic pitfalls (and glosses over a few plot elements that strain belief), but when Nick and Adelaide's secrets come out, her sparkling prose becomes unrelentingly sharp.

Alice the 101st is thus far considerably less melodramatic but that's not a bad thing; there's some interesting different plot elements coming together and a fun amount of humour in this one as well.

But, Maddy said, «even these two can't save the insufferable writing and inexplicable side plots» of the overstuffed, melodramatic Beyond.