Sentences with phrase «of familiar story beats»

Unfortunately, the screenplay by relative newcomers Geneva Robertson - Dworet and Alastair Siddons (from a story by Evan Daugherty and Robertson - Dworet) is a mostly tired rehash of familiar story beats and largely uninteresting backstory.

Apart from the trademark hand - drawn style and grotesque creatures, its mishmash of familiar story beats feel more like a Hollywood production than the more eccentric Japanese visions we've come to love.

Not exact matches

That story is of course already familiar to many, including those from well beyond Tyneside: the «Entertainers» tag, new signings Les Ferdinand and David Ginola combining with existing talent to play scintillating football, the 12 - point lead in early January, the 4 — 3 defeat at Anfield still regularly hailed (rightly or wrongly) as the best game the Premier League has ever seen, Kevin Keegan's «I will love it if we beat them» rant, a Cantona - and - Schmeichel - powered Man United scenting blood and recording a relentless series of 1 — 0 wins (including one at St James» Park in which we battered them senseless) to claim the title with all the remorselessness of a lion tracking down a wounded gazelle.

The film follows the usual trajectory of such a familiar tale, but its focus is on the beats in between such a story's big moments.

The resulting drama showcases a remarkably strong vision in the confines of more familiar story beats, but it's a testament to Cummings» maniacal performance that he manages to keep us engaged.

There are some wonderfully tense scenes early on, and it does a good job of hitting all the usual beats without feeling too familiar, but «The Infiltrator» would be a lot more engaging if it was afforded the time to explore its story, as well as the players involved, in greater detail.

Audiences are extremely familiar with the kinds of story beats that drive not just these «new» programs but the hundreds that came before them; buddy - cop and spy - guy moves have been remixed and repeated for decades, but these derivative works ignore that reality.

And it was unclear whether showrunner Bruce Miller would be capable of guiding the series beyond its Emmy - winning first season, even as the writers planted the seeds of revolution within Atwood's familiar story beats.

If the plot sounds familiar, it's because the movie follows the same basic story beats of the original, and while that's not as problematic as it would be for most sequels — after all, these guys are so dumb they transcend logic — there's something that just feels off about this installment.

It may just suffice as a sun kissed slice of distraction but in reality, there's not a beat of this story that isn't predictable or even tries to subvert the overly familiar.

The chemistry between the main players is it's own kind of special effect, atoning for the familiar story beats as the group make their way up the Eastern seaboard.

Sure, some of the story beats and characters are familiar in the super-rigid superior district attorney (played by Alfred Molina), and the play - by - his - own - rules detective, but they've been proven to work over the course of cinema history.

This is the type of cinematic history lesson that's both socially relevant and highly entertaining, and although «Hidden Figures» hits a number of familiar beats, there's nothing ordinary about the incredible true story at the heart of it all.

While the story reuses a number of familiar ShinTen beats, there's also a bit of virtue in the plotline.

Luckily Akiba's Beat has a nice balance between story and dungeons, so you never really feel overwhelmed and by the time you find yourself saying «just get me out», you're usually out and back on the streets of Akihabara enjoying the sights, taking care of side quests, and getting more familiar with the people around you as well as the stories behind them.

In order to play Luigi's Balloon World, you'll have to have beaten the main story first, which is probably a good idea anyways so you're familiar with the majority of places to hide balloons.