Sentences with phrase «of narrative momentum»

The notion — by some of my fellow reviewers — that the book is too long is precisely the reason I found it captivating... Indeed, most contemporary books are so in love with their own postmodernity that they often run out of narrative momentum within the first 200 pages.

I was just mulling over this very matter earlier this week in a review of USA's «Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G.,» which also cuts corners and condenses facts in the name of narrative momentum and dramatic impact.

Things should get better with the arrival of Henry Cavill as Clark Kent, but the hour that follows is a fatal mix of awkward editing and a void of narrative momentum.

With a considerably scattershot plot, one which has a somewhat episode design, Nerdland lacks some of the narrative momentum that comes from more cohesive stories.

It's fairly tedious stuff that's compounded by a lack of narrative momentum and an almost aggressively deliberate pace, with, in terms of the latter, the movie's slowness ultimately preventing the viewer from working up any interest in (or enthusiasm for) the protagonist's feel - good antics.

Not exact matches

Making a Murderer is one of multiple examples of a true crime narrative so evocative that it revived momentum in a once dormant case, as Avery recently hired a new lawyer in the hope of mounting a fresh appeal of his 2007 conviction.

If the Iowa Caucuses were being held next week he could survive any attack on the strength of narrative and momentum.

That Dortmund's barn - burning beginning to the year coincided with Bayern Munich stumbling toward the eventual firing of Carlo Ancelotti only tilted the narrative momentum even further toward Peter Bosz and Co..

That is a very large success for a party with as little real power as the Democrats currently have, and the narrative of that success may give the Democrats some momentum towards further success.9

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the world witnessed the American unilateral momentum; its narrative and logics are visible during the Obama administration, even though its apex is to be found in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

There are other issues here, ones that involve pacing and tone and narrative momentum and Bilbo's own lack of significance in a story that's allegedly all about him, but all I can think about right now, 30 minutes after exiting the theater, is how badly I need to go see it again at a reasonable 24 frames per second in regular old 2D in the hope that I can fully immerse myself into this too - long, too - repetitive saga.

While she keeps the action hopping from one flash point to the next and cooks up a couple of exciting sequences in the last 30 minutes, she doesn't develop the narrative momentum needed to sustain a two - hour story.

Critics Consensus: 13 Minutes explores an oft - neglected corner of World War II history with just enough craft and narrative momentum to offset a disappointing lack of subtlety.

Rather than collecting a bunch of funny people together on a set and just letting them riff, the film establishes coherent characters and drops them into a twisty mystery plot that's tightly crafted enough to generate some real narrative momentum while never getting too bogged down in its own plot that it forgets to be funny.

Regardless of how one might feel about its inherently icky subject matter, Dark Crimes needs more narrative momentum.

Critic Consensus: 13 Minutes explores an oft - neglected corner of World War II history with just enough craft and narrative momentum to offset a disappointing lack of subtlety.

As if it's not enough that the characters are kind of unlikable in certain areas, this narrative that does little outside of simply meditate upon the questionable leads is pretty thin, and that really undercuts much momentum, to where natural shortcomings play an instrumental role in bringing the final product to mediocrity, and yet, I won't go so far as to say that this film's story concept is completely juiceless, as its portrayal of a nerdy manchild's lifestyle is pretty realistic, if not genuine, and therefore kind of intriguing.

The movie's failure is especially disappointing given the effectiveness of the stars» work here, and yet the actors» ample charisma is eventually rendered moot in the face of a narrative that's almost entirely lacking in momentum.

The execution and delivery whilst not matching the predecessor, still maintains the momentum whilst giving the main campaign memorable moments with the snap shots of narrative bringing the best and cutting the worst.

The ongoing absence of momentum within the narrative ensures that Agora becomes more and more tedious as it unfolds, with the tragic conclusion subsequently unable to pack the emotional punch that Amenábar is clearly striving for - thus cementing the movie's place as a misguided and utterly forgettable piece of work.

Only Russell, the star, is allowed to move through a range of moral positions — though the simple arc of his development precludes ambiguity, which might impede the momentum of the narrative.

The 2017 lineup, which kicks off with Sorkin's directorial debut Molly's Game, will screen a total of 131 films, including 33 narrative films, 16 documentary films and 82 shorts, most of which are already beginning to build momentum for award season.

There are a few pacing problems in the third act that retread similar themes and add unnecessary subplots that only serve in slowing the momentum of the main narrative.

All it ends up being is a collection of funny, oddball moments, feebly strung together, but never really generating any kind of comic or narrative momentum.

The inclusion of a few standout sequences (eg Charlie confronts Hans» dying wife) generally compensates, as does the effectiveness of the various performances (ie Rockwell has never been more entertaining), but the film doesn't wholeheartedly begin to engross until around the one - hour mark - after which point the narrative's escalating momentum becomes more and more difficult to resist.

Writer / director M. Night Shyamalan's penchant for a deliberate narrative is certainly in full effect with Unbreakable, as the movie, though consistently entertaining and occasionally engrossing, progresses at a lackadaisical pace that tends to prevent the viewer from wholeheartedly embracing the material - with the film ultimately faring better than, for example, The Sixth Sense due to its progressively absorbing narrative (ie there's a sense of forward momentum that was almost entirely absent from that earlier picture).

In memory of Sally Menke's artistry and love of mentoring, Sundance Institute created the Sally Menke Memorial Editing Fellowship, to support an emerging narrative editor in furthering their craft, expanding their artistic community and providing momentum to their editing career.

Take a bunch of derivative narrative elements, shake furiously, and pour them out onto the screen without any discernible talent or narrative momentum.

While this is justified from a storytelling standpoint, with Tyler's 19 - year - old Lucy arriving in Italy at the beginning of the picture and greeting her cohabitants for the summer, the film takes forever to achieve narrative momentum as a result.

Shifting between the three main characters in a haphazard, often bewildering manner, Kick - Ass 2 never builds any narrative momentum, feeling much more like a routine series of unrelated episodes about Life In These Trying Times.

The stories of the three female leads, african american women working for NASA and fighting for the recognition of their work and abilities, are woven together, giving strength and momentum to the narrative.

Coogan is a gifted comic performer, for sure, but oftentimes this actively acts against the movie, since it feels like there aren't individually crafted scenes, or even much in the way of forward narrative momentum.

By the end of Christmas, Again's brief runtime, Poekel's preference of little to no narrative momentum begins to wear things down, but not enough to cause any serious damage.

And yet, while the film boasts great performances, the narrative and overall drama lacks the ferocity, momentum and intensity of Gray's other work.

The narrative momentum that Hugo's journey had built up evaporates, and now we are exploring why Papa Georges — as his ward, Isabelle (Chloë Grace Moretz: Let Me In, Kick - Ass), and Hugo's new friend, calls him — is so sad, why he won't return Hugo's little notebook full of drawings of the automaton, and what secret he is harboring of his past that he won't talk about.

Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (genre mechanics with a gift for narrative momentum but weak on story) write and produce but don't direct (Jimmy Hayward gets credit there), and this dull mess could really used some of their hairbrained excess just to make it interesting.

Her clue - gathering gains momentum and there won't be any spoilers here but a number of dicey hazards and run - ins with at least two ectoplasmic entities add to the narrative rather nicely.

The larger scope of the sequel allows for Evans to flesh out the narrative, but too many chatty gangsters almost cripple the momentum between incredible action sequences that certify Evans» ascension to a supreme action cinema maestro.

The desire to run through the same cat and mouse scenarios again and again, affects some of the momentum previously generated just when narrative should be driving forward.

But Midnight Special is a chase movie, and like all chase movies it runs the risk of losing all narrative momentum once it arrives at a destination.

On the surface, «Closer Than Sisters» is another frustrating episode of Penny Dreadful in terms of jump - starting the narrative momentum that started to stall a couple of episodes ago.

And although the movie does slow down considerably as it progresses, Felony benefits substantially from an influx of surprising plot twists throughout its midsection - as scripter Edgerton peppers the narrative with unexpected occurrences that effectively perpetuate the film's forward momentum.

The narrative momentum quickly stalls out, as the story adds little to dynamics of high school bullying.

The decision is, perhaps, unwise in terms of helping us to understand one the movie's most important characters, but it is, at least, smart in terms of maintaining a sense of momentum in the narrative.

There are cute moments with the birds, but the villains are so vague that there's very little in the way of peril or narrative momentum.

They become more so as the narrative itself becomes repetitive, but for a while, Wheatley maintains a sense of kinetic momentum that keeps the pieces together.

and an infantile but to - the - point narrative momentum, Retaliation has almost no character development and its second act is a disaster of storytelling.

The Fellowship honors the memory of the beloved Sundance Institute mentor and prolific editor Sally Menke (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, All the Pretty Horses, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, etc.) by supporting an emerging narrative editor's understanding of craft, expanding their artistic community, and providing momentum to their editing career through participation in the June Directors Lab and year - round mentorship from several accomplished editors.

Worse yet, there's little momentum to this alleged satire of the golden age of filmmaking, there's little congruency of narrative and there's even less holisticness to the events once they've all been assembled.

The narrative fairly rattles along with a focused momentum that recalls the great hard - boiled Hollywood thrillers of the 70s, with Shannon and Edgerton like dual Clint Eastwoods in their characters» laconic determination to get Alton to his prophesied destination.