Sentences with phrase «more interesting character study»

There's never a chance that the «good guy» will yield to the «bad guy's» intentions, which would represent of a blurring of the «good» and «evil» lines and make for a more interesting character study.

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In a study of his earlier pictures, Kolker notes that «Scorsese is interested in the psychological manifestations of individuals who are representative either of a class or of a certain ideological grouping; he is concerned with their relationship to each other or to an antagonistic environment... [and finally] there is no triumph for his characters» (A Cinema of Loneliness [Oxford University Press, 19881, p. 162) The Jesus of the Last Temptation fits this pattern (as do Travis Bickel in Taxi Driver, Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and Paul Hackett in After Hours) By eschewing any reference to a resurrection — and, in an interesting theological note, allowing Paul to suggest that his preaching of the risen Christ is more important than the Jesus of history — Scorsese presents the crucifixion as the final willful act of a man driven by a God who makes strange demands on his followers.

On the whole, I was hardly interested in this snoozefest of a mystery «thriller», but there are moments in which I found myself genuinely invested in this layered and meditative drama, and for those moments, I give some credit to Refn for actually waking up, and even more credit to the real force behind this misguided character study.

More character study than thriller (the title means «revenge»), this slow - burning Austrian film effectively holds our interest with its unpredictable plot, even though it's not easy to care where it's going.Tamara (Potapenko) is a Ukrainian...

Your main complaint seems to be that Howard likes, and focuses on, the admittedly more likable but, in your view, less interesting racer more than the racer you think the movie should have focused on, ultimately rendering the film a star vehicle rather than the character study in obsession you wish it were.

While it's more likely to be forgotten than to become a cult classic, it's an interesting and provocative character study of a town without much for its inhabitants to look forward to except to, like the trees, tear down the old and useless for a chance at a stronger new life.

This summer: A Midsummer Night's Dream with two of Broadway's very best performers (Danny Burstein & Annaleigh Ashford) and Julius Caesar with Corey Stoll, Nikki M James, Elizabeth Marvel and more Vox interesting piece on Sanrio's most popular character since Hello Kitty Mic new study suggests cats like humans more than food.

Don Jon is more of a character study than a plot driven film and none of the characters are that interesting.

MacMurray, in a daring departure from the family - friendly image he was beginning to cultivate at the Disney studio and in then - upcoming «My Three Sons», provides an interesting character study with his portrayal of a rather unlikable fellow whose sense of decency is considerably more deplorable than that of Walter Neff in Indemnity.

Rudolph's underrated and visually inventive comedy Investigating Sex (2001)-- loosely inspired by José Pierre's study of the relationship between surrealism and sex — returns the director to a more salient concern with the connection between human desire and art; as its characters discuss their thoughts on sex, they sit among paintings and sculptures that would likely have also piqued the interest of Hilly Blue in Trouble in Mind.

People are rightly interested in what the research can tell them about living a more fulfilling life, and the study of character strengths and virtues has neatly met that need.