Sentences with phrase «of subplots involving»

It doesn't help that the story becomes unwieldy from a multitude of subplots involving the supporting characters, such as Tars Tarkas» rivalry for leadership of the Tarks with Tal Hajus (voice of Thomas Haden Church), the question and implications of Sola (voice of Samantha Morton) being Tars Tarkas» daughter, and the political maneuvers of Dejah's father (Ciarán Hinds), who thinks he can ensure peace between Helium and Zodanga by having his daughter marry Than.

The other half of the movie involves Cecil's home life, which is reduced to his wife Gloria (Oprah Winfrey) turning from a life of heavy drinking and carrying on an affair with a neighbor (Terrence Howard) to becoming a better person, and a contrived series of subplots involving his eldest son Louis (David Oyelowo), who sees his father as weak and wants to fight the good fight for equality.

The integration of the subplot involving Graham taking the paper public is weaved in to the main narrative nicely, providing the audience with layers to contemplate.

One of the subplots involves a religious cult that has started worshiping things he has said as scripture.

Since this is partially a dating sim, much of the subplots involve you playing the focal point of a harem of anime girls, each with their own stereotypical personality traits.

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Some brief appearances from a vicar, some short prayers for safety and a small subplot involving the earl's anti-Catholic views are pretty much the sum total of Downton's engagement with God so far.

So while the story involves the odd romantic subplot, there's no doubt that it's about themes of friendship, family, bravery and redemption.

The same can be said for a minor romantic subplot involving Greg and his girlfriend Amber (Alison Brie), which is very much underdeveloped and doesn't add much to the final product other than a somewhat clichéd angle where Tommy becomes jealous of Greg's new relationship.

and a vaudeville sequence involving an East European maid, a dominatrix and a guy duct - taped to a chair, and there's an amusing subplot in which Stifler and Finch compete for the attention of Cadence (January Jones), Michelle's adorable younger sister.

Beyond the chases and gunplay, there's an infertility subplot for Max and Annie; an exhaustingly recurring joke about embarrassed Michelle's one - time celebrity hookup; and truly painful discussion of urban - legendary autoeroticism involving Marilyn Manson.

A subplot involving his adopted daughter Gamora (Zoë Saldana), whom he kidnaps away from her Guardians of the Galaxy cohorts, labours to give him depth, but you feel the effort, and these are the stodgiest scenes.

Thankfully, this does NOT involve a romantic subplot between the two of them.

Carell's clueless Brick, perhaps by necessity of the actor's current leading man status, has been given a bit more to do and a subplot involving his burgeoning romance with a woman (Kristin Wiig) who is his moronic female equivalent.

Serreau directs for maximum freneticism, with her actors rushing around and regurgitating great torrents of imperfectly subtitled dialogue (a gratuitous subplot involving drug traffickers seems to have been inserted just to double the hysteria), and while there are more than a few laughs, most of them are laughs of recognition — seeing these gags again is like coming across long - lost (and vaguely embarrassing) relations.

Season 5 kinda regressed into the cliche story of the vampire struggle, there were plenty of jokes but again, stupid subplots were involved to ruin the experience.

The slim plot mainly involves Menashe's attempt to impress his brother - in - law and their rabbi by hosting a successful memorial dinner for his late wife, the preparations for which detour into a brief subplot about a pricey shipment of gefilte fish.

The non-Rhode Island portion of the film that introduces a sociopathic albino, a profoundly implausible love story and subplot involving a country club (that's not «sub» enough) is wrought with pleas for laughter.

(This is not to say that the latter half of Wish I Was Here is devoid of missteps, as Braff offers up a few underwhelming subplots that could and should have been excised (ie it's hard to see the value in most of the stuff involving Gad's prototypically off - kilter figure).)

Most of the film's subplots are inconsequential in the big picture and really only involve stalling, the all - powerful villain is mishandled, and big problems seem to have simple solutions that come off as cop - outs.

Barker's brand of unsavoury operatic cheese (he's the Douglas Sirk of splatter) finds its root here, too, in an inexplicable subplot involving a circus performer (I think) and his pet feral child.

The film adds a criminal element with a convoluted subplot involving Ana's deranged former boss, but everything ends up just fine, of course.

The subplot involving Baird Whitlock's abduction by a group of jaded Communist screenwriters is a total bore, while many of the big - name actors (like Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes) only appear in one or two scenes each.

Another one of the «better» subplots involves British actor Jack Whitehall as a struggling stand - up comedian who wants to marry his girlfriend and mother of his child.

Lame subplots involving Bobby's sister (Sari Lennick) and gangster brother (Corey Stoll) only get in the way of the more interesting love story, which benefits from Eisenberg and Stewart's excellent chemistry.

There's an uncertainly conceived subplot involving an implausibly synthesized «designer drug,» and the religious beliefs of another black cop, evoking some of Tolkin's preoccupations in The Rapture, are shoehorned awkwardly into the proceedings.

The film maintains a fair level of competence during the first half, then falters thereafter when the story becomes convoluted with subplots involving political affairs and illegal gambling operations.

All the while, a frantic Ford is working a case involving land developer «Lew the Jew» (Adam Goldberg), whose deal is being scuppered by a mysterious graffiti artist painting X-rated murals of the real estate tycoon (a subplot as puerile as it sounds, though undeniably funny in parts).

On the other side of the coin, there is an entire subplot devoted to Brad's fertility, along with a payoff involving the comparison between Brad and Dusty's testicles by a fertility doctor (Bobby Cannavale), and a whole sequence at an NBA basketball game where Brad gets drunk and makes a complete fool of himself falls flat.

The middle act is a bit of a drag thanks to a somewhat forced subplot involving Lando's equal rights minded droid L3 - 37 (Phoebe Waller - Bridge).

The first installment a surprise hit that coasted on a novel combination of savvy music design and an affable cast led by Anna Kendrick; there were enough B - sides left over to for a watchable second movie; now, the premise is stretched so thin that someone thought it would be a good idea to pad it with an action - suspense subplot involving Fat Amy's (Rebel Wilson) long - lost father / international crimelord (John Lithgow with a sketchy Australian accent).

Only a subplot involving a pair of crooked local cops and the two brief, vigorous action scenes — shot largely with the camera following the assassin Portnoy from behind, her black wig in the center of the frame — give a glimpse of what Florentine is capable of.

Also in contention must be Fremon Craig's script, which plays to the teen audience with recognisable moments of anguish and glee (the romance subplot involving Hayden Szeto's American / Korean student feels both fresh and warmly familiar) while exploring some very adult emotions; as with the best of the genre, it is a film about teenagers but not just for teenagers.

If Alfredson and his three - person team of screenwriters weren't so focused on a subplot involving a sleazy engineer (JK Simmons sporting a terrible accent) or flashbacks with a washed - up detective (Val Kilmer in his first theatrical film since MacGruber), we might care more about Harry.

The screenplay also stirs in a subplot involving Jean's ageing father (Thibault), who never quite registers as a proper character beyond someone who has remained at the head of his family for at least three generations.

and a subplot involving the sale of a defence system that comes on a series of computer disks (yes, the square disks used 20 - 30 years ago).

The subplot involving Doc Goldman is a tragedy within a tragedy, above all for the doctor, a pathetic little man with a yearning for the impossible and a bad sense of timing.

The subplot involving Bishop's stepson Ryan (Gerard Kearns), who falls in with a sociopathic gangster, manages the difficult feat of being both lurid and boring; and the way Bishop finally extricates the boy from the mess is so raucously unbelievable that what no doubt was meant to be a crowd - pleasing finale comes across instead as crowd - annoying.

A substantial part of the mercifully brief 82 minute running time is taken up by a subplot of personal redemption involving characters played by Woody Harrelson and the wonderful Maura Tierney.

In fact, the subplots involving Skyler's (Anna Gunn) deeper involvement in Walt's business and Marie (Betsy Brandt) and Hank's (Dean Norris) struggles with his physical condition after being shot last season are some of the stronger B plots the show has presented to date.

(It's been rumored that some of these photo sessions, notably one involving a woman disfigured in an auto accident, represent subplots Leigh eliminated when the story started getting too long and unwieldy; another photo session features Alison Steadman, Leigh's recently divorced wife of many years, who starred in many of his previous pictures.)

There are entire branches of government that could have been cut for time, including a redundant subplot involving the Vice President on Air Force One, a quaintly 90s hacker stereotype played by Jimmi Simpson (as much as I love watching him on screen) and the constant cutaways to John's ex-wife camped out outside the White House.

In its original Dutch - language incarnation (seen by over 15 % of the entire Dane population), Nattevagten is lent a good deal of weight by a satisfying subplot involving the nature of love and the rites of passage young men endure to become men in one another's eyes.

Haven't even touched on the subplot involving a swarthy, hilarious French cowboy (Dante regular Robert Picardo), or Jack's own inamorata, a check - out girl the filmmakers so mishandle that she inadvertently becomes Innerspace's most complex character: her shifts in personality due to schizoid scripting result in actress Wendy Schaal — another member of Dante's stock company — creating a person in more emotional turmoil than even Jack and Tuck.

Upon presenting her novel to the local publicist, he condemns her sequestering the romantic elements that her ilk (other women) should want to read in favor of a horror subplot involving things going bump in the night.

While the key to the episode is a huge Griffin Muppet animated, in part, by Henson's son Brian, the humour of its spoiled prissiness is offset by a melancholy subplot involving a doomed ferryman played with convincing dourness by veteran character actor Robert Eddison.

Benford turns out to be something of a wet noodle and the subplot involving a future rift between him and his wife (Sonya Walger) smacks of soap opera plotting at its worst.

Although the overarching plot involves the conquest of Thor's native Asgard by Hela, the goddess of death, Thor actually spends the bulk of the film in a comic subplot involving a gladiator planet ruled by an alien overlord played by Jeff Goldblum at his Goldblummiest: equal parts twitchy, smug, and louche.

Personally, I'd rather worry about Nick than the cops breathing down my neck the rest of my life, although there is a subplot involving a life insurance policy that neither party claims to know anything about, further confusing the motives.

More effective is a long scene in which the guys make a group of well - to - do women feel better about their lives, while a romantic subplot involving Mike and a rebellious photographer (Amber Heard) is slight.

Each of them have their own little journey that mingles beautifully with everyone else's, leaving you satisfied with just about every one of the arcs — with the exception of a somewhat misjudged subplot involving Juliette Lewis» Karen and what her fiancee (Dermot Mulroney) might really be up to — and never feeling short - changed in any way.