Sentences with phrase «of predictable plots»

The 90 minute story is dull, unexciting, and full of predictable plot details.

Midnight Sun is otherwise a bland mix of familiar types (the doofus Dad, the quirky best friend who wears woolly hats indoors, etc.) who trundle along the rails of a predictable plot, one that relies on Katie preposterously keeping her illness a secret from Charlie until it inevitably catches up with her in a Cinderella - ish manner.

He kept it up until the end of the film and so did the script (for the most part — when it had problems again, they were of the predictable plotting variety).

Either as scripted or, more likely, as directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (the Resident Evil movies), Pompeii fails to make us care about any of its stock characters and, therefore, any of its predictable plot developments.

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I found some of the dialogue forced, and the plot line was often predictable.

The plot of the book was very predictable and there were no surprises here at all.

One's interest does, as a result, begin to wane considerably as the film plods into its increasingly predictable midsection, with the inclusion of hackneyed plot twists - eg Nick and Billy must whip their ragtag group members into shape, Billy is forced to contend with an obnoxious rival (Max Minghella's Graham), etc - ensuring that the movie only grows more and more interminable in the buildup to its expectedly uplifting finale.

While not a TKO and certainly not devoid of hackneyed dialogue or predictable plot twists, «Real Steel» wins the vote in a split decision as the people's champion.

That's because most of the story dances around a «plot twist» or discovery or whatever it is that is hardly exciting, and all too predictable (Lime is alive, duh) and our main lead is a doofus, and not exactly the charming type, just a helpless goon going around from one point to another.

The lessons and plot twists will be predictable enough for someone over the age of eight, but hey, everybody needs to learn some time.

The acting is crappy and the plot is predictable and void of any laughs.

There are only a few plot details set - up throughout the course of the first act, so it's very predictable when viewers finally reach the third act.

Dungeons are tiny, its characters paper - thin, and the story far too predictable in its overuse of already overused plot elements.

Perhaps the weakness of Coco will lie in its predictable storyline, as it becomes clear from early in the Land of the Dead sequence where things will be going for the rest of the plot, if you know how these stories always go.

Most of the plot events are predictable and aren't all that incredibly rendered.

As for the plot itself, yeah it's going to be predictable as ever, but that's part of the cheesy charm.

Everything here is predictable, from the tired plot whose revelations are deeply unsurprising to the gritty dialogue and casual everyday violence of the cops involved.

A disastrous film that wants to be more complex than it should be, coming up with more and more unnecessary details at the expense of simple concision, and so the obvious, predictable narrative gets lost amid contrivances, implausible scenes and plot holes the size of Africa.

With a predictable plot on a well - worn theme, and with little dialogue of note, it's very hard for Villeneuve to sustain any dramatic tension.

Critic Consensus: Due to its use of cliched and ludicrous plot devices, this thriller is more predictable than suspenseful.

More action - packed and manga - style, but its predictable plot points (punch - ups and air - battles) are secondary to Miyazaki-esque scenes of women's work, the indifferent beauty of nature and war as nightmare.

Black Panther's third act is less impressive by comparison, as the movie's action gets bogged down in CGI overload and its plot beats lack the emotional resonance of earlier moments, either because they are rushed or a bit too conventional (re: predictable).

With a predictable plot on a well - worn theme, and with little dialogue of note,

There are plenty of plot - related issues, not the least of which is that the film's «science» is wrongheaded in many ways, but it's hard not to be impressed by a movie that pushes forward relentlessly without being predictable.

Critics Consensus: Due to its use of cliched and ludicrous plot devices, this thriller is more predictable than suspenseful.

The Good Dinosaur is predictable and has a simple plot, but executes it with rich attention to detail, beautiful animation and a lot of emotion.

To call the plot and progress of Singer predictable would be a serious understatement.

Some of the plot is predictable, and it's a lot of stuff we have seen in a Woody Allen film before.

The careers of most action stars plot a predictable path.

Every other element of the plot is similarly predictable.

Coming in at just 80 minutes runtime, the predictable plot with good quality 3D effects is short enough to hold the attention of most young viewers.

The plot's predictable, and there's nothing new in this film, it's just a great collection of new talent (well, new to the cinema anyway... I've never seen the TV show).

Despite a predictable plot, Barbie as Rapunzel is a positive role model exemplifying qualities of friendship, loyalty, and self - esteem, set in a soothing soundtrack by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Perhaps a bit too dry or sedate for a Saturday night sleepover sort of horror experience, The Invoking does benefit from at least two performances that are worth enjoying (Miller and Midili); a calm but welcome amount of attention paid to things like mood, tone, music, and atmosphere; and a plot that starts out as the epitome of predictable and gradually grows more novel as we move on.

When you cut down Cars as to why it worked, it wasn't for the technical stuff, or the predictable plot, but because we enjoyed the characters the depiction of small town America represented by Radiator Springs, and some clever sight gags and jokey allusions to the world of automobiles themselves.

Warning: This review reveals details of the film's plot, including the predictable ending.

Even if the plot points are predictable, The script as a whole does a great job of telling the story.

Naked is a very inconsistent film with dumb plot points and an incredibly predictable conclusion, which sort of takes away from the comedy that does work, but I'm not going to be too picky about a film like this.

In addition to its overly familiar plot, Homefront runs its course in some predictable ways, and the leaden, by - the - numbers events of the film are too plodding for this relatively talented and appealing cast to overcome.

A somewhat by - the - numbers rom - com with predictable plot points and character arcs, No Reservations nevertheless kept its focus on an upscale New York City restaurant, its kitchen, and a battle of pride therein.

The film itself is nothing new, and the plot very predictable, but all the same it worked for me, and I must confess I had to hold back tears at a couple of points (something which hasn't happened since In America — I dare you to keep your tear ducts dry in that film).

Uncle Buck bears the unmistakable feeling of a series that was market - tested to death in every predictable plot turn.

Within the confines of the plot, Memento is, at its core, a standard thriller, with plot manipulations that are predictable within the usual parameters of the genre.

It loses most of its momentum for an uninteresting and predictable plot in the middle and then winds back up for a kinetic conclusion.

Of course the film would be predictable in its plot advancement and conventional in its conclusion.

In the other, well, you'll be recoiling at the predictable plot points riddled with convenience and the multitude of cheesy lines (which Neeson looks like he almost can't bring himself to utter).

Paranoia is one of those thrillers that has excellent presentation of high caliber actors and excellent filming, but it totally lacks any misdirection of plot and situations which makes the whole movie pretty predictable and the ending a bit anticlimactic.

It is quite similar to The Devil's Backbone in many aspects of the plot, which leads to a fair amount of it being rather predictable.

What transpires is a plot that is predictable and saccharine at almost every turn so don't expect even the slightest hint of grit or darkness.

The plot is appropriately predictable, and riddled with cliches, but is also one of the most enjoyable video game adaptations to come out of the gates in a very long time.