Sentences with phrase «of lackluster films»

Looking back at Spider - Man 3, Franco's redemptive story as Osborn was one of the lackluster film's better parts, and he is often praised in a largely praiseless outing for Raimi.

Not exact matches

The first few years of his career following the departure from the show were somewhat lackluster, but Smits eventually landed the role of Senator Bail Organa in the second and third Star Wars prequels, a move that would permanently cement him in film history in the minds of at least one very large fanbase.In addition to his work with the Star Wars franchise, Smits also made an inevitable return to the small - screen mid-decade with a prominent role on NBC's The West Wing during the show's 2004 - 2005 season.

It's just as clear, however, that the film's incongruously languid pace stands as an almost insurmountable obstacle virtually from the get - go, as filmmakers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have employed an episodic structure that becomes more and more problematic as the thin narrative unfolds - with the ongoing emphasis on subplots of a decidedly underwhelming nature (eg Jim's continuing efforts at resisting the advances of a sultry neighbor) compounding the movie's increasingly lackluster atmosphere.

Having recently given us three «Cars» films of diminishing interest and the well - intentioned but lackluster «Good Dinosaur,» Pixar has turned its Luxo lamp to illuminate novel new material in «Coco.»

And the lackluster early trailers and reports of poor test screenings don't inspire confidence that Singer's film will slay the competition at the box office.

As most of the films in the set were sourced from older flat video masters, quite a rhubarb was raised over WHV's justifying the lackluster transfers with the contention that full - frame transfers were Stanley Kubrick's preference.

Terrible plot, lackluster effects, a trainwreck sense of direction, and an absolute lack of an epic scope that the first two delivered on so well makes Superman IV: The Quest for Peace not only the worst Superman film, but one of the worst comic book movies in general

Unfortunately, for me, the predictability of the narrative and the lackluster performance of Portman brought this film down.

Yet despite the strong cast, One More Time is a lackluster film without much of a story.

Buttonholing Andrew at rehearsal break, Fletcher shares the ur - myth of this film: how Charlie Parker's lackluster showing at a jam session made drummer Philly Joe Jones hurl a cymbal at him, thus motivating the practice sessions that produced jazz's Ultimate Killing Machine.

The immeasurable amount of satisfaction that film gave to me more than makes up for what I believe was a lackluster year in American cinema.»

Even though every other aspect of the film was lackluster, the all - star cast had every potential to shine.

He appears at the very end of this film, and he only reminds us of what the rest of this well - crafted but lackluster opus is missing.

It's my hope and belief that the second lackluster trailer was deliberately deceptive to better draw a «normal» audience in, and that the final film will be more reflective of VanderMeer's work.

A golden age of comic book movies may be dominating Hollywood right now, but over the past few years there have also been signs of an effort to turn around the thus - far lackluster genre of video game - turned film adaptations.

Of course, Verhoeven's US big - budget genre work, such as RoboCop (1987) and Total Recall (1990), both spawning recent lackluster remakes, and pulpy neo-noir Basic Instinct (1992) were overshadowed by the debacle that would come to be Showgirls (1995), now celebrated as one of the best worst films ever madOf course, Verhoeven's US big - budget genre work, such as RoboCop (1987) and Total Recall (1990), both spawning recent lackluster remakes, and pulpy neo-noir Basic Instinct (1992) were overshadowed by the debacle that would come to be Showgirls (1995), now celebrated as one of the best worst films ever madof the best worst films ever made.

This time, I felt the film started off a bit lackluster, got much better towards the middle, but lost some of its steam by the end.

Although Paramount extends one of their standard combo packs to the film (a minor surprise given its lackluster theatrical performance), they don't bother with a slipcover, placing the two plainly - labeled discs inside an eco-friendly keepcase along with the Digital HD code insert (whose back promotes a downloadable free HTTM game).

Whatever shimmer of discovery Thor had in his first film has rusted to lackluster.

The ensemble does most of the film's heavy lifting, since the unevenness of the script impacts Babbit's direction as well (it's surprising to see how lackluster her direction can be at times, considering her excellent work on television over the years).

With many complaints of political overload, childish dribble in Jar Jar Binks, lackluster chemistry and overdependency on CGI effects, reverting back to what made the original films click is the success story in The Force Awakens.

Sadly, the combination of stale direction, pacing problems and uninteresting characters result in a lackluster film.

There is really only one full - on production number, picturized to the title song, which is actually the lone memorable tune in a most uncharacteristically lackluster collection of songs from the composing triumvirate of Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy; even so, with the film's run time uncomfortably stretched to over two and a half hours, it could have used more musical bits to keep the energy from flagging.

The film is at its best pre-interval, when director Mohit Suri stages some creepy sequences free of the burden of exposition; when he and writer Shagutta Ratique have to deliver some explanations in the second half, the decent performances by Ranaut and Hashmi are crushed under the weight of overly contrived plotting and some distractingly lackluster (if still better than the first film's) effects work.

Pegg and Frost went on to co-write the lackluster extraterrestrial comedy «Paul» on their own (and Pegg appeared in two «Star Trek» pictures) while Wright made the stellar «Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,» a film which failed to connect in its initial release but has become something of an instant cult classic.

With lackluster acting and stiff drama, the momentum of the film as a whole drags whenever the Burnford family is featured in their plight to find their beloved pets.

Tom Hardy as Bane, «The Dark Knight Rises»: While many of the Marvel films have been criticized for lackluster villains, Christopher Nolan provided some of the most engaging interpretations of Batman bad guys ever.

Miramax's DVD does right by the film, presenting it well and with a generous amount of interesting supplements despite its lackluster theatrical earnings.

A prominent - yet - lackluster ad campaign didn't help matters and the film's speed - of - light release on Blu - ray suggests an embarrassment that Disney would like to forget as quickly as possible.

The DVD's feature presentation is a tad lackluster, but the film doesn't seem to have the most striking of aesthetics anyway.

Despite strong reviews and preternaturally ripe direction on the part of first time writer - director Jake Kasdan (who was twenty - three at the time), the film was issued to the public in the traditionally lackluster month of January, and like many of its brethren in Stiller's filmography, may have dumbfounded audiences with its meld of comedy and confrontation.

Worse, despite a galaxy of comedy stars in cameos — among them Robin Williams (as Roosevelt), Christopher Guest (as Ivan the Terrible), Bill Hader (as hair - obsessed maniac Custer), Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, and The Office stars Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, and Craig Robinson — the film musters only a few lackluster laughs.

So - called Master of Suspense (yeah, right) Dean R. Koontz adapted this piece of trash from his lackluster novel and makes one of the most gruesome and dull films to come out in some time.

You go from experiencing moments of euphoric movie watching to scratching your head over something that feels like it should have been introduced in a previous film, and it's that level of disorientation that inevitably makes The Legend of Tarzan feel lackluster.

It's not even a good representation of 1980s films, by the way, with lackluster action sequences and agonizingly grating repartee.

Even sequences of flight are lackluster in comparison to films like How to Train Your Dragon; it's ironic that a film so uniquely weird can also be so uninteresting.

After the lackluster performance of both «The Lone Ranger» and «Transcendence» I'm thinking Johnny Depp is wishing he didn't die in the first film.

While there have been some great films of the alien invasion genre, many of the biggest have been the most lackluster — from the mediocre Independence Day to the horrid Battle: Los Angeles.

But the film is disappointingly lackluster — a mild squall instead of a storm.

Cavill makes an alarmingly undersized impression in the title role, but Goyer's adaptation of the character is so lackluster that it would be wrong to judge Cavill's ability to carry a film on this performance alone.

In sticking with tradition, Fraser followed his latest hits with misses: Inkheart fell way short of expectations, the true drama Extraordinary Measures co-starring Harrison Ford launched CBS films on a lackluster note, and the forest - saving family comedy Furry Vengeance was even too bad for the Razzies to single out.

I liked all of these quite fine in their respective films, but the first 4 performances were so lackluster.

The actors — especially the lead, Jennifer Lawrence, so good in films like Winter's Bone and Silver Linings Playbook — gave lackluster performances, and looked too well - fed and healthy to convincingly portray members of a population existing at a bare subsistence level.

The film owes much to the original Die Hard, but as the lackluster latest installment of that Bruce Willis franchise proved, it's not enough to simply know that kind of hero and hatch a scenario that brings out his best.

The only thing hollow about this film are the heads of those that created such lackluster entertainment.

Of course the main concern for most fans of the original film is whether direct Timur Bekmambetov will be able to deliver a quality film despite his lackluster track recorOf course the main concern for most fans of the original film is whether direct Timur Bekmambetov will be able to deliver a quality film despite his lackluster track recorof the original film is whether direct Timur Bekmambetov will be able to deliver a quality film despite his lackluster track record.

Considering the lackluster box office, it's amazing that any of my classmates saw the film.

From Lalo Schifrin's (Joe Kidd, Dirty Harry) lackluster and repetitive Psycho - like scoring, to the god - awful performance late in the film by the glam rock / new wave artists, Sparks (any ideas on how to get the incessant chorus from «Big Boy» out of my head?)

McGregor does have a bit of fun as the head of the king's guard, but he's about the only enjoyable thing in an otherwise lackluster film.

From comic books, novels, tv shows and films, yet his gaming history has been a terrible stream of lackluster games that never truly captured the feeling behind Batman.