Sentences with phrase «more effective the film»

Needless to say, Karlson was proud of Walking Tall, most of all because it was a gamble that worked, and made him financially secure for the rest of his life, while generating a wave of adoring publicity that finally shed some light on his earlier, more effective films.

One wonders how much more effective the film might have been if the roles were reversed.

Whether intentionally or not, the supplement section of Lionsgate's DVD release actually shows how much more effective this film could have been.

Not exact matches

i might aswell recite the film script from hellraiser 2 bloody cenobytes are more effective than this lot

Their approach, in which micro-liters of liquid containing a drug are instilled into the lung, distributed as a thin film in the predetermined region of the lung airway, and absorbed locally, may provide much more effective treatment of lung disease.

«Both 2 - D and 3 - D are equally effective at eliciting emotional responses, which also may mean that the expense involved in producing 3 - D films is not creating much more than novelty.

Researchers at the IPA have developed a film - based panel heater, which quickly provides a comfortable warmth in electric cars, which is — particularly on short journeys — more effective than former electric heaters.

Actually, if I understood it correctly, I think the title of this film was to indicate that forks (i.e., eating) could be more effective that surgery, or medical intervention (i.e., «knives»), though I know it's also interpreted as not needing a knife if you don't eat meat.

Bullet to the Head is a wasted opportunity to make something quite interesting and worth your time, but instead it just takes bits and pieces to create something that in the end is not worth watching because the film lacks a good story, effective action and more importantly good performances and interesting characters.

Obviously, the film is critical of the FBI's counterterrorism techniques involving informants, and it's never more effective a critique than when we see and hear Khalifah, who — without any prompting from the filmmakers — knows exactly what's happening here.

On the small screen, the film will likely lose some of its raucous energy - although, since the film plays like a prolonged sitcom, it might very well be even more effective on the small screen.

Grint started out good and stayed there, while I think Watson actually regressed some; I found her more effective as younger Hermione, as she tended to do little more than seem sullen in the later films.

This can not be accomplished as well as it is without the help of Refn, as director, because even though the experimental storytelling of this film is distancing, it feels a bit more realized than it did when it was applied to the misguided «Pusher», having a somber thoughtfulness that is sometimes effective in establishing subtle tension, maybe even resonance.

Even in Refn's and Hubert Selby Jr.'s script, this film is just so blasted limp, and from a directorial stance, Refn makes pacing problems all the worse with a meditative atmosphere which is rarely effective, primarily carrying dead air which is inspired by a quiet sobriety that distances and bores more than anything.

The casting of Megan Fox may have been cost effective and commercially viable, but if the goal of this film was to be admired and respected, someone more accomplished and with an actual ability to act would have been chosen.

If they come out with more films, i would definitely go see them and i advise anyone that enjoys effective horror to do so as well.

There's no real sense of momentum at work here; Constantine feels more like a series of vignettes loosely strung together (some far more effective than others) than a linear, cohesive film.

Using the less - is - more approach, Nicholas Smith builds the film to an effective and suspenseful climax.

Even if one agrees with the disgust they feel at this privileged, entitled class» complacency and complicity, a little more subtlety and a more nuanced approach to the dynamics of this culture clash would have made the film that little bit more effective.

Logistically, making such a film is no less complicated — or dangerous — than the revolution itself, and «Return to Homs» may ultimately prove more effective in attracting the support the movement requires.

The result — though admittedly it's a low bar to clear — is a more effective, adult - friendly film than its predecessor.

The presence of Penn, who has purposefully avoided making big - budget Hollywood films, is a testament to Pollack's reputation and power; and rarely has this supremely gifted performer been more effective, despite the inherent limitations of the thriller genre.

Everything about this film is subtle and understated but all the more brooding and effective for it.

In his essay Fassbinder noted: «After Douglas Sirk's film, love seems to me even more to be the best, most sneaky and effective instrument of social oppression.»

Using the less - is - more approach, however, director Nicholas Smith builds the film to an effective and suspenseful climax.

Even though a lot of the scares weren't as effective for me in this film because of the more comedic tone, I could definitely see the impact and effect they had on the audience, so I'm sure those segments work.

The tone of this film felt a lot more similar to something like Drag Me To Hell and all of its effective scares while also not taking itself too seriously, although it's definitely not as good as Drag Me To Hell.

The second hour picks up speed and becomes more interesting, with some dips into serious drama that are particularly effective, but an unbelievable side - story into Holly's background before coming to New York drags the film down into absurdity.

Perhaps this ending would have been more effective if the rest of the film had more mysterious romantic images to reflect Liszt's idealism.

While The Discovery plays in many ways like a more effective version of the concept - choked Brit Marling / Zal Batmanglij movies, the cult scenes feel underdeveloped next to their film The Sound of My Voice, an intriguing but ragged thread left dangling as The Discovery turns towards more concrete, backstory - driven explanations for its characters» obsessions.

The screenplay, by Dani Romain and George F. Walker, vacillates wildly between searing drama and broad comedy, resulting in a distinctly uneven tone that ultimately undermines the more effective elements within the film.

Until suddenly he does, and the film shifts gears from a study of trauma into a more conventional (but still eerily effective) horror movie, with Josh (who looks more than a little like Glover in River's Edge) enthusiastically casting himself in the role of psycho killer, as if trying to live up to what he worries his best friend thinks he's become anyway.

While it might have been more effective to explore the reasons behind the various strata in more depth, the film's commitment to its class - induced delirium is commendable.

I won't spoil it, but the dialogue that Edgar does have in the film becomes so much more effective because there's so little of it.

Note that this review does not apply to the more cost - effective four - film / three - disc «The Karate Kid Collection», whose tech specs may vary.

More subversive and inspiring than Marston's lineage, which includes the Gal Gadot led reboot (a formidable step in the right direction, especially as concerns box - office standards), a film also robbed of its source material's original enlightened subtexts on sexuality and gender norms, Robinson's take on the material is effective, even if it stops short of being exceptional.

Both principal actors have a strong enough sense of their characters, even as they're pulled into increasingly harrowing places, to make the film a more successful one than Loach's last few, but it's still schematic and predictable, and it aggressively stacks the deck against Blake and Kattie in a way that makes it more effective as social activism, and less so as drama.

While light on story, this trailer features a better look at the action in the film, showing just how effective Ben Affleck's Batman is at taking down thugs as well as a bit more of the showdown between the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel.

The computerized black and white look and all the fake film grain stuff that was meant to evoke nostalgia got pretty grating at times, but I understand that they were good cheats to make the concept more effective.

Some of the film's more startling moments and visuals are the most effective and unsettling sequences I've seen in a horror film in recent years, which will be due in part to what personally unsettles me, but may have no impact on anyone else.

The best stories are universal, and a film that can scare across demographics is a hell of a lot more effective than one that only freaks out a small percentage of the population.

For the new film, Osborne («Kung Fu Panda») and screenwriters Irena Brignull («The Boxtrolls») and Bob Persichetti have taken the generally more effective tack of nesting Saint - Exupery's story within an elaborate framing device set in the kind of modular modern metropolis prophesied by Jacques Tati's «Playtime,» full of technology and free of wonder.

The blend of dramatic tension and the overall sense of something sinister unfolding is what makes the film so effective, but given the film's two - hour running time, I could have possibly enjoyed it more were some of the scenes of «WE ARE A FAMILY BUT I AM MAD!»

While light on story, this trailer features a better look at the action in the film, showing just how effective Ben Affleck's Batman is at taking down thugs as well as a bit more of the showdown between the Dark Knight and -LSB-...]

On paper, the film seems like a typical paint - by - numbers haunted house affair, but, thanks to Sandberg's slick direction, great production design and an effective soundtrack, it is elevated to something more.

Boston feels very much a part of the character of the film, and at least from the outside it has a welcome authenticity that may not be as flashy as, say, The Fighter or The Town, but maybe even more effective because of that.

As if she still needs to prove how consummately excellent she is, Cotillard tacks on some more buzz scenes to her flashy resume and gets away with claiming the film's most coherent (and therefore effective) monologues.

First and foremost, it's an incredibly effective thriller which can easily be called a horror film, more than suspenseful enough to keep you alarmed at all times, with one of the most compelling finales ever seen in cinema.

Interestingly enough, the more broad comedy that opens the film is not as effective as the more personal comedy that takes off in the second act.

THE GOOD SHEPHERD is a first - rate spy film told in a way that is anti-intuitive and therefore all the more effective for ringing so very, you'll pardon the world, true.