A bit like the guilty pleasure that is Lego games really, and of course we have
the obligatory movie tie in title here.
In addition to
the obligatory movie clips and footage of Bice performing and playing piano, it contains some of the deleted footage of Ferrell and Heder singing (actually, they're mostly made to look like they're lip - synching).
The video alternates between footage of the teen sisters rocking out on a niftily - lit set and
the obligatory movie clips.
The movie's only flaw is also a virtue: It's jammed with characters, stories, warmth and laughs, until at times Curtis seems to be working from a checklist of
obligatory movie love situations and doesn't want to leave anything out.
And to be honest, we were pretty nervous about
the obligatory movie that would soon follow.
There are also a few of
the obligatory movie clips, along with some outtake footage.
Not exact matches
There are plenty of seemingly
obligatory plot devices in G - Men, Cagney does... well, Cagney and its a must see for any fan of early mobster
movies.
So yeah, we all know that Black Panther, a.k.a. Prince T'Challa, is going to triumph over adversity in his bid to bring harmony to the kingdom of Wakanda, that there will be the
obligatory action sequences where actual danger is a distant possibility for both hero and bystander, and that the plot will pivot on a mysterious object of unknown origin («Vibranium,» in this case — don't worry if it sounds unfamiliar; the film's characters will mention it at least three - dozen times over the course of the
movie).
That isn't to say this
movie doesn't have its share of Sandler irritants; There is the
obligatory running joke about a gay singer (Alexis Arquette) who can only perform Culture Club songs, and the filmmakers get maximum mileage from a nice old woman (Ellen Albertini Dow) who enjoys candid talk about penises.
Admittedly, irrespective of the
movie, this
obligatory scene is almost always false and contrived, but if we believe in the romance, we accept it.
To the shock of everyone watching his Olympic escapades, Eddie vows to compete in the potentially deadly 90m jump, which leads us directly into the
movie's
obligatory «He did it!
It's hard to avoid wondering if the
movie's uninspired but watchable proficiency is Harvey Weinstein - mandated, given the
movie's troubled production history — O'Connor replaced director Lynne Ramsay, male leads rotated in and out of various parts, and eventual co-star Edgerton wound up helping to rewrite the screenplay — and the seemingly
obligatory, unheralded theatrical release it's now receiving.
Style has always suffocated substance in his
movies, and he buries Batman v. Superman under an orgy of CGI mass destruction that, combined with
obligatory and clumsily inserted set - ups for the other superhero
movies that Warner Bros. has in the pipeline, shows just how relatively restrained Avengers: Age of Ultron was.
Both have been chosen because of their hopes for a brighter future, but over the decades, Frank (now played by George Clooney) has become disillusioned, and it's up to Casey and Athena to bring him around and in the process save the world from... Well, I won't spoil it, but let's just say this is the sort of
movie in which a discussion of global warming plays a supporting role and the senselessness of Hollywood
movies and video games receives its
obligatory culture - war spanking.
Even when the two of them get down to the de rigueur sex stuff, most of which is generic R - rated business — you know, ice cubes sliding down torsos, the
obligatory bare breasts and bums — the
movie doesn't submit to the dominance of dark eroticism.
The better Marvel
movies have found ways to interlace wisecracks with
obligatory, semi-infinite warmongering, as in the first «Guardians of the Galaxy» or the more recent semi-sendup, «Thor: Ragnarok.»
So if something feels lacking and
obligatory about Airport» 77 - in which a botched hijacking lands a Boeing 747 in the ocean, the passengers struggling to get back to land safely - that's only because the film presents a crew of
movie stars eager to cash their checks and get out as quick as possible.
The film's
obligatory seance scene, which could have been rehashed from past horror films, is given a unique twist and makes for one of the
movie's most effective moments.
Though excitement inevitably arises, Bee
Movie doesn't force an
obligatory action climax upon us, instead maintaining the light and pleasant tone held throughout regardless of its varying focus.
After a brief reprieve with War of the Worlds, which cleverly went for a smaller cast, we're back to the
obligatory dozen or so characters, some of which we will expect to die before the
movie's over.
With nothing new or original here, and plot «twists» that are telegraphed from a mile away, those who are impressed with flash and glitter and cell phones and night club scenes and slow, back - lit,
obligatory love - making sequences will no doubt enjoy this
movie.
Hardly changing the DVD artwork beyond its dimensions, the side - snapped Blu - ray case is topped by an
obligatory cardboard slipcover includes a Disney
Movie Rewards code as the lone insert.
For production duties — and
obligatory romantic subplot — the
movie looks to a lanky, taciturn loner (Mamoudou Athie) who performs spastic «political» noise - rap tantrums under the moniker Basterd The Antichrist.
The second attempt to reboot the franchise after New Police Story in 2004, Lockdown is mostly a humorless bore until the
obligatory bloopers and outtakes in the end credits — and even those are drawing from a flat vein, since there's so little play in the
movie.
The lovable actress shows some surprising range throughout the
movie, particularly during one
obligatory scene that panders to the audience's sympathy vote.
Now for the
obligatory sequel question; does anyone really want a second Anchorman
movie anymore?
Inside, one finds a booklet that offers a Disney
Movie Rewards program code, a $ 10 rebate for those silly enough to buy Underdog again on Blu - ray, and the
obligatory information on Beagles from the American Kennel Club.
And while the script bubbles with the
obligatory salty language, the set design and music are altogether too clean and polished to fit a
movie about lovable slobs.
By focusing on Robinson's rookie season, the
movie doesn't have the proverbial big game to lead up to, nor the rags - to - riches turnaround
obligatory for sports dramas.
Depending on your kink, the frottage will work at times, but the
movie drags when the nostalgia stops for one of its
obligatory refractory periods.
I've already made peace w / the inevitable, overlong & boring battle scene at the end, which is
obligatory to every superhero
movie, even the good ones.
Coogler stages the film's
obligatory globe - trotting action setpieces with vigor; an extended, multi-pronged battle through Busan fuses the great
movie car chases of yore with a handful of tech - fueled treats, sending old and new modes of action careening through the neon - lit sreets at a breathless clip.
The trailers for the never - to - be-classic Christmas
movie Love The Coopers make it out to be a banal but well - meaning piece of holiday fluff, filling the
obligatory «ensemble dramedy» slot on the holiday
movie bingo card created by the success of Love Actually.
Perhaps that's giving the film too much credit, as it does provide the muscular lead shirtless and wounded, an attractive female who's conveniently found in a bra, and the
obligatory sequence of Good Guy defying logic and overcoming opposition that so kindly follows the One - Bad - Guy - at - a-Time rules outlined in the Action
Movie Convention.
The
movie is satisfactory through its plotting, its
obligatory romance, and its appropriate conclusions.
Working through the neophyte filmmaker's genre playbook, director Ana Lily Amirpour follows up her vampire
movie A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night with this dystopian flick most reminiscent of the Australian strain in terms of vibe / aesthetics, what with its shantytown sets, symbolic names, and
obligatory feral child.
The plot (scripted by Hossein Amini, Peter Straughan, and Søren Sveistrup) meanders across Norway until an
obligatory cat - and - mouse game develops between Hole and the killer — during the last 10 minutes of the
movie — propelling it toward a perfunctory anti-climax.
The love triangle is such an afterthought, and has for all four
movies, that its inclusion here seems begrudging and
obligatory — much like the brief appearances of characters from other films, including those played by Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Jeffrey Wright and the late, much - missed Philip Seymour Hoffman, who show up to briefly orbit Katniss, get maybe a few lines, and duck out.
Panda 2 even foregoes the
obligatory pop song tie - in, perhaps recognizing nothing could live up to Cee Lo Green's «Kung Fu Fighting» cover from the first
movie.
Then again, the bulk of the plot is only setup for the script's
obligatory twist, so maybe Schumacher's directorial missteps aren't the
movie's biggest problem.
Like the similarly terrific Zootopia, Moana refreshingly swaps the
obligatory romance of so many Disney entries with an entertaining buddy
movie vibe.
After some lunch and the
obligatory souvenir photos, we continue through the
movie - making town of Ouarzazate and onwards to the stunning Dades Gorge where we stay for the night in a basic hotel.