Not exact matches
Sanders adopts some
odd style of
characters laughing at
moments, when they aren't that funny.
And as a lightly nostalgic ode to a particular place and time, Robespierre and co-writer Elisabeth Holm's film can be subtly wonderful, particularly in its quintessential New York City
moments involving
odd and nosy background
characters.
I can't stand his films (his recent few that I've seen), they are incredibly dry, extremely boring, and he focuses on these
odd vapid
character moments more than any meaningful interactions.
Everything works here; the
characters are funny, the set - ups are funny, the lines are funny and even the
odd moments of randomness (Mike Tyson singing «In the Air Tonight» has to be seen to be believed) don't seem too out there.
Dr. Mason stressed the need to focus not on 20 - 100 different strategies for developing
character in the
odd moments that are available, but in the value of a «program that hones in on 5 critical features that can be integrated throughout the school day in multiple ways.»
We have a protagonist who often acts like a silent
character but actually isn't, speaking out at
odd moments and staying quiet when one would expect some sort of reaction.
What it amounted to at the
moment is a lot of waggling and the controls for the movements felt really loose and jarring, with
characters moving a bit too fast and at
odd angles.
The
characters are the strong point though and despite the
odd «underground yokel» ruining the
moment, both voice acting and cutscenes are very impressive.
Even the voice - acting,
characters and the narrative are actually okay (well, except a really
odd, forced
moment at the beginning involving a friend signing you up on your phone to a website filled with videos of people dying).