Sentences with phrase «more interesting subplots»

is a to - the - point home invasion slasher film that has some interesting digressions and even more interesting subplots.

Centering on a family's holiday gathering in their family home, Red Christmas is a to - the - point home invasion slasher film that has some interesting digressions and even more interesting subplots.

KEVIN DURANT: One of the more interesting subplots of last season came in March when Durant missed more than a month with an MCL sprain and tibial bone bruise.

Not exact matches

But this time out, Gore Verbinski «s last go - round, it seemed the only way they could cram in more Sparrow was to include a hallucination subplot in which we get multiple Sparrows talking to each other — the film abandoning even the pretense of interest in the bland, chemistry - free romance between Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom.

That's interesting, I suppose, but the murder subplot never doesn't feel like a gratuitous «hook» in a show blessed with such a unique and potent milieu, and it paves the way for more gangster shit from a former writer of «The Sopranos» (Winter) who apparently can't leave that series behind.2

Lame subplots involving Bobby's sister (Sari Lennick) and gangster brother (Corey Stoll) only get in the way of the more interesting love story, which benefits from Eisenberg and Stewart's excellent chemistry.

I mean, for all the lip service the picture plays to a more liberal worldview, what with its woman doctors, massaging of the nobility of the «Third World,» and punishing jerks with fifteen - hundred dollar raincoats, there's a disturbing moment where, preparing to run from a tidal wave, the main white hero Sam grabs his white love interest (Emmy Rossum), the white hero's romantic subplot's white rival grabs a black peer, and the black homeless comic relief grabs his dog.

The romantic subplot grates, but hey, every superhero needs a love interest (with the possible exception of Castratoman) and the film could have done with being a bit more compact.

Once I realigned my expectations with the reality of the movie, I began to enjoy myself — though there wasn't as much hockey as I'd hoped (more on that in a minute), the romantic subplot, between Doug, and self - professed slut and lover of the violence of hockey, Eva (Alison Pill) captured my interest, not for its sweetness or charm, which it had, but because Eva was quirky, but in a realistic manner.

Screenwriter Kelley Sane generally does an effective job of balancing the various characters and their respective storylines, though there's certainly no denying that some of these subplots are far more interesting than others (ie there's a seemingly pointless digression concerning an illicit relationship between two young Arabs, the relevance of which isn't made clear until the film's final moments).

I found myself more interested in the subplots involving our older cast members.

I have to fundamentally disagree with the reviewer who writes «unfortunately, Smith's subplots are more interesting than the main mystery and the key character gets bogged down in too many philosophical digressions».

Today's successful romantic fiction tends to have stronger female leads, more action, less predictability, multiple subplots, and detailed, interesting characters.