Sentences with phrase «movie did a decent job»

I thought the movie did a decent job of portraying the book, but I definitely preferred the book over the movie.

Relying on a combination of archival footage, the prison letters of the doomed dead men walking (as read by impersonators Tony Shahloub and John Turturro), the reflections of sympathetic lefties like Professor Howard Zinn, and the folksinging of Arlo Guthrie, the movie does a decent job of convincing any open - minded viewer that Sacco and Vanzetti were indeed framed.

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In the movie, Director Mimi Leder does a decent job of showing the villain's side of the story, and Romanian actor Iures manages to invoke some empathy for his position.

What it seems to do, though, is do a decent job at portraying the movie to which it's connected, which also is pretty rare in this industry.

While Stephen King's story is much darker, and the revenge is served much more cold, for the sake of a movie like this, they did a decent enough job for a straight - to - dvd thriller.

I mean come on, the guy was like 6 when he made this movie, and honestly he does a decent job, even if he does deliver his lines rather woodenly at times.

This is her third movie in that capacity, and while it certainly doesn't suggest she should give up the day job, it's a very decent effort in many respects.

Director / co-screenwriter Jeff Wadlow (of the loathsome Kick - Ass 2) does a decent job of not playing into horror movie tropes.

Yes, for a while, it's basically your typical slasher movie, but screenwriter Scott Lobdell does a decent job of tricking us.

And since it simultaneously serves up a compelling storyline and does a decent job of character development, it's worth checking out just based on the rarity of a movie with an empathetic black protagonist even being made about the Congo.

Bay is no stranger to action movies, and 13 Hours does a decent job of showing the dangerous situations that the Americans faced in during the Libyan civil war and portraying the heroism of the security force that protected and saved American lives.

«The movie has an appealing cast including Anna Kendrick and Bridesmaids scene - stealer Rebel Wilson, and should do a decent job tapping in to the younger female audience that's made «Glee» such a hit,» BMO writer Ray Subers wrote before the movie's release.

It's a surprisingly ambitious movie from someone who has spent most of his career as a television director, and considering the limitations and high expectations, he does a decent job in keeping things interesting.

Actually, I thought that was a decent movie, but it didn't exactly inspire Willis to quit his day job on TV's Moonlighting.

But you never mind too much because this is clearly one of those movies that aims to be more of a character - driven experience than simply a plot - driven story and it does a decent job of meeting its goal throughout and keeping you invested.

There is a set of speakers at the rear bottom and they do a really decent job with music, watching movies, or playing games.

Avalanche Software have released a game based on the new Cars movie that is currently doing the rounds at the local multiplex, so the question that I will attempt to answer is have they done a decent job, or is it a cash grab like in the bad old days?

Overall, The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game takes the plot of the film and does a decent job of rolling with it, interjecting its own cutscenes where possible and ensuring the action is a key component of the game.

Based on the 1989 Tim Burton movie, Batman actually does a decent job of following the film's basic plot and spicing in gameplay liberally borrowed from Ninja Gaiden, like the wall jump and Batarangs.