An important point here is that we don't see the band perform until about
the midway point of the movie.
The sad thing is, by
the midway point of the movie, no one really cares if Rocky and Bullwinkle save America.
Not exact matches
By the
midway point, Wright has pretty much given up on the theater gimmick in favor
of a more traditional storytelling method, and it saps what little energy the
movie had going for it.
Normally, this kind
of movie would end with the triumphant publishing
of the story, but Webb's initial success occurs at the
midway point.
The sci - fi element doesn't really kick in until about the
midway point, however, and so early on, it plays out more like a «Big Chill» - style reunion
movie, with Gary serving as the symbolic corpse that reunites the group
of friends.
At its
midway point, the
movie gets a jolt
of drama from the 2007 resignation
of Pijbes's predecessor, Ronald de Leeuw, in a departure that seems motivated, at least in part, by exasperation.
«Ransom» at first appears to be shaping up as an instantly forgettable and unapologetically mainstream thriller — but some wonderful twists around the
midway point make the second half
of this
movie an unexpected treat.