Besides being the first of the Coens» many fascinating flourishes here, this interpretable 8 -
minute sequence sets a model for the potentially ominous to enter the lives of well - meaning Jewish faithful.
Not exact matches
Twente seemed
set to end a 10 - match winless streak, a
sequence stretching back to mid-December, when they went ahead five
minutes after half - time through on - loan Malaga forward Adnane Tighadouini's strike.
After the fifth repetition, pedal easy for five
minutes and rest before repeating the entire
sequence two more times (in total you will do three interval
sets).
A 75
minute set sequence hatha yoga practice taught at 103 degrees and 40 % humidity.
The result is a tour - de-force that clashes static
set - pieces (including the film's most astonishing
sequence, a five -
minute ritual as Orin asks the village elders for advice, the figures illuminated against interior darkness by phosphorescent, ghostly lighting) with «extravagant» camerawork that has been compared to Max Ophuls (11).
It's the sort of
set - up that would seem to lend itself naturally to a briskly - paced, unapologetically violent B movie, and while there are certainly a number of enthralling
sequences peppered throughout, Outlander's oppressively bloated sensibilities play an instrumental role in diminishing its overall impact (ie the film should've topped out at 80
minutes, max).
Extras include a six -
minute behind - the - scenes featurette whose highlight is star Wilson suiting up for a pre-production supersonic flight; seven deleted or extended scenes — among them odd alternate opening and closing title
sequences — with optional commentary from director Moore and editor Paul Martin Smith — these trims carry a viewer discretion warning, for they would've threatened the film's PG - 13 rating; a fantastic, largely CGI pre-visualization (with, again, optional Moore / Smith commentary) of the virtuoso ejection
set piece that at times gives Final Fantasy a run for its money; the teaser trailer for Spielberg's upcoming Minority Report; and two engrossing full - length commentaries, one by Moore and Smith, the other producer John Davis and executive producer Wyck Godfrey.
A five -
minute featurette called «Greetings From Bull Mountain» is the standard five -
minute B - roll / soft - sell interview errata that features a few additional male buttock shots; «King of the Mountain» is a two -
minute music video that splices action
sequences from the film together with bloopers and
sets it to music (something resurrected in feature - length form by this year's ESPN's X-movie); and nine chapter - encoded deleted scenes (blissfully sans commentary and running between fifteen seconds and a
minute, each) are essentially long «comedy» shticks that prove for as bad as Out Cold was, it could have been even worse.
The opening
sequence of «Megan Leavey,»
setting up Megan's life «before» is no longer than five
minutes.
She gets a dance
sequence, which she of course clumsies up before being rescued at the last
minute (by her man, who takes over a drum
set and gives her a driving beat, which is, um, a metaphor I guess).
In between it offers, among other things, meditations on Spanish architecture and landscapes, an outdoor concert where the conductor is on an elevated platform in a shopping arcade and the musicians are on nearby balconies, a lavish state party thrown for the novelist, a verbal chess match at the party, a credit
sequence 20 - odd
minutes into the film, a concert inside a cathedral, extended lovemaking, a recitation of part of the novelist's book, an opera performed at a gigantic fish market, a university lecture on algae, another opera
set (though not staged) in a Turkish bath, a TV interview, a meal prepared and eaten by the three lovers, a film screening, and a plane trying to extinguish a forest fire.
The film takes a good amount of time
setting up its central conflict, so when the inevitable confrontation breaks out in the final twenty - or - so
minutes, we are so deeply invested in the scenario, the
sequence packs a punch.
New to this disc is the four -
minute «In Walt's Words: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,» an audio - only interview with Walt Disney discussing the film
set to an image track, the seven -
minute featurette «Iconography» that explores the film's influences on popular culture, art, and fashion, «@DisneyAnimation: Designing Disney's First Princess» with four contemporary animators discussing the design of Snow White, and an «Alternate
Sequence: The Prince Meets Snow White,» plus the breezy promo - style pieces «The Fairest Facts of Them All: 7 Facts You May Now Know About Snow White» with Disney Channel star Sofia Carson and the rap retelling «Snow White in Seventy Seconds.»
The special effects are fine and there a few quality action
sequences (the dwarves barrel escape scene is a standout), but, once again, there is no resolution and yet Jackson
sets - up the conclusion in such an obvious fashion that you wish he simply took another 20
minutes and ended it here.
Instead of actually fulfilling the oh - my - God - this - is - awesome momentum
set up right from the opening
sequence (a delightful 5
minute short film in its own right) by hunkering down and making the story, ultimately, work, he relies almost entirely on smoke and mirrors: throwing whiz - bang - eveything - but - the - kitchen - sink - razzle - dazzle to keep us distracted.
Any hope that «Warcraft» would be the first great video game adaptation is promptly squashed within the opening 30
minutes, and it only gets worse from there as the audience is forced to suffer through the convoluted plot (including an unearned romance between Lothar and Garona), a clunky finale that's more interested in
setting up future sequels than providing a satisfying conclusion, and a handful of unmemorable action
sequences.
«The Making of Moonrise Kingdom» consists of an 18 -
minute featurette shot on the
set of the film plus four storyboard animatics and narrator tests, five
minutes of screen tests of the child actors, and a short piece on the miniatures used in the flood
sequence.
(Like so many of the movie's Earth -
set sequences, this expository scene is
set in a car and looks so cheap that it comes as a surprise when,
minutes later, one discovers that the production had the budget for a space station
set and a cast of more than two people.)
The Lone Ranger's action
sequences, mostly
set atop and aboard real moving trains, are exciting and impressive, but that's only for the first few
minutes.
The hallmark
sequence of Atomic Blonde is actually just one part of a bravura 10 -
minute single - take (well, several shots cleverly disguised to feel like a single take) which also incorporates a brutal apartment -
set showdown and a frenetic car chase.
The film starts quite abruptly — no title card or Marvel Studios ident either — no, that comes ten - ish
minutes in, following a
sequence of back story
set in an Oakland apartment block in 1992.
The
sequence plays on for a few
minutes, but then reality is only given a few seconds to
set in.
An eight -
minute montage of interviews with Shatner, Nimoy, Kelly, and Montalban conducted in 1982 (followed by three
minutes of animated production stills — one depicts an on -
set «Fantasy Island» prank), storyboard archives for thirteen
sequences (on one such panel is scribbled the directive «This must be gorgeous!»)
Indeed it's the first thing you hear post a particularly lengthy (almost five
minutes) opening credit
sequence set to a familiar minuet by Luigi Boccherini that has come to stand for arch European elegance.
His film may not boast a single centrepiece action
sequence to rival, say, the D - Day landing scene in Saving Private Ryan, or even the single - take, five -
minute tracking shot of Dunkirk beach in Atonement, but it is effectively one long unbroken
set piece — surely one of the most impressive ever committed to celluloid.
Of course, the same could be said of its surprising shortage of action, with only two decent
set pieces (including an intense military extraction
sequence) over the course of its 123 -
minute runtime.
From the stunning, single - take opening
sequence that lasts more than 12
minutes, to the numerous
set pieces throughout, «Gravity» is such a technical marvel that it looks like Cuarón shot the whole damn thing in space.
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