Sentences with phrase «move the story along at»

Happily, director Phyllida Law, working from Catherine Johnson's excellent screenplay, moves the story along at a spirited pace by including as many musical numbers as possible.

They released three Gears games, and then brought along Polish studio People Can Fly to work on a prequel that failed to move the story along at all.

Not exact matches

Director David Yates, who is new to the Potter franchise, moves the story along briskly, at the expense of texture and nuance.

Director Nash Edgerton and screenwriters Anthony Tambakis and Matthew Stone do a fine job of juggling the multiple story lines, moving things along at an entertaining clip.

Brett Ratner pushes the pace of his story at quite a fine rate as we move along a series of spectacularly scenic action set pieces including grassy battlefields, murky swamplands, dank temples and vast, sweeping plains backed by towering majestic peaks.

He also moves the plot along at a strong pace and makes sure that the focus always remains solidly on the story; although some digressions seem to take place, any side - trips still stay on the correct path and fit neatly within the framework.

The Post... * Wonderstruck: aerial night view of Trailways bus slipping into the Lincoln Tunnel along pink trajectory... * Atomic Blonde: The fight on the stairs, and then part two... * A Ghost Story: moving van's reflection on window, swinging out of sight down road... * Mudbound: laughter and tears at homecoming... * Stephen Root pronouncing «melancholic,» Get Out... * Sublimely daft rhythms of MoMA reception, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)... * Man pedaling boy's bike, city lights on horizon — Suburbicon...

Coming into any sequel blindly can make that experience tough to sit through without getting too confused or losing interest; fortunately because this is a feel - good movie and the ensemble cast has strong chemistry — it wouldn't surprise me one bit if half the time Terrence Howard isn't even in character while cameras are rolling — the story actually moves along at a comfortable pace, enough to make certain loose ends easy to ignore (again, if you're coming in without seeing the original).

At no point are there any slow points and every scene fits the purpose of moving the story along.

At times it seems as if they attempted to humanize him, which leads the film into bouts of melodramatic mush, but it is essential to move the story along and creates the swells needed for the many crescendos of action and conflict throughout.

In much the same manner Bart Layton structured his incredible documentary The Imposter last year, Polley moves the story along with the best possible pace, releasing new bits of information at the exact moment they will have the most impact.

The story moves along at a brisk pace from the very start and never lets up.

While the story grows confusing at times, the only discordant notes are a couple of narratives that focus on fringe characters who appear to exist only to move the story along.

The author did a good job of moving the story along, including so much description for every part of the storyline that at times I did feel I could see what she was trying to show the reader.

I found it interesting that there were so many red herrings to try to throw you off track, but I'd say that they helped the story move along at a steady pace.

It was obvious that the author did a tremendous amount of research into her subject and she was able to present this information in a story that moved along at a brisk pace.

Far more of the plot revolves around her than it did in the first book, and the story also moves along at a faster clip, with few slow spots (if any).

The author spent much time and exhaustive effort to put together a true story that at times moves along like fiction, and presented characters that had me totally engaged.

Different scene types move with different energy; you might avoid too many slow contemplative scenes at the beginning of a novel when you want the action to move along, but you will be well - served by using suspense scenes, which build anticipation at almost any juncture of the story.

It's nice that this book looks at those relationships and expands them in a story that moves along quickly with smart writing and easy prose.

posted at Ian Martyn, Science Ficiton Writer, saying, «The advice «If it doesn't move the story along, take it out,» — good advice or not?

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And finally, the story moves along at a lumpy pace, burdened by the game's structure.

The story moves along at a wonderful pace, with characters you grow to care about.

I found myself caring for the characters in the game and the story moves along at a nice pace.

- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing

It's got a decent enough story to move the game along and more action than you can chuck a grenade at.

There were even a few strange instances where the NPC's that help move the story along didn't bother talking to us at all.

The dialogue is presented almost entirely through text menus with only small samplings of voice work here and there and the story moves along at a plodding pace without much progression.

Thankfully, curator Sandra S. Phillips avoided binaries like black over-crowded train / affluent white train in favor of photos of more diverse subjects to move the story along; anyway, when looking at the black train by Cole, I reflexively imagined its white counterpart with what I saw in Goldblatt's photos of a wealthy white home.

The close connection is represented in the many stories of the physical and social world passed on by ancestors — stories that often start out at sea and move closer to land — stories creating seascapes of islands, reefs, sandbars — and travel on to create the landscapes.8 They are evidenced in song and storylines, ceremonies, dance, art works, coastal shell middens, and many sacred sites, places and artefacts along the coastline of Australia.