Sentences with phrase «of weak plot»

I recommend Enon to readers who enjoy quiet, interior narratives; long (but not belabored) descriptive passages; a strong sense of place; and to those who won't mind spots of weak plot and dialogue in order to get to the good stuff.

This was one of his weaker plots to begin with and it has suffered

This was one of his weaker plots to begin with and it has suffered more in this adaptation.

Not exact matches

Real EFFR plotted with one - year percent changes in investment (not shown) from 1954 to 2016 reveals a small and weak positive relationship between rates and investment — the reverse of the standard assumption.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

«But if you plot the same information as a function of the sample size, the datasets, in fact agree, and display the same general trend — the larger the indentation in the material tested, the weaker the olivine becomes.»

The book as a whole had the opposite issues as The Minotaur; the sense of atmosphere was weaker (also, Morton occasionally makes weird word choices that threw me off) and the plot was too neatly wrapped up.

The movie portrayed her personality and as a legend of a woman posed as a man to enter the monastery and become Pope.German actress Johanna Wokalek was pretty good for that role and the other performances were decent as well.The portrayal of the time, crowds and the cities was below average, but very effective, since it was a low - budget movie, the image and lighting quality was not always good.The weak point of the movie was in the rhythm, which at times was uneven, and went from fast to very slow, but still it was never boring because of the strong plot.

Ron Howard's third (and weakest) stab at a Dan Brown adaptation, Inferno follows Tom Hanks» Robert Langdon as he and an emergency - room doctor (Felicity Jones» Sienna Brooks) team up to prevent a catastrophic global plot designed to wipe out more than half of the world's population.

Dorff is stellar and the film builds some tension but a bit too much required suspension of disbelief, some plot holes, weak dialogue, and two increasingly silly twist endings ultimately sink the piece.

The film also minimizes the utter endgame uselessness of the Hallows, which seemed such a weak and frustrating plot device in the book.

The plot was so weak and generic, it was exactly the same as Ride Along or Central Intelligence and those wannabe buddy cop movies and the jokes were most of the time childish and forced.

Begins as a serious, straightforward account of the origins of the cocaine trade and «gangsta» culture in 1980s Harlem, but then downward spirals due to a weak plot and gratuitous violence.

The first couple of levels are a bit dull story-wise but it picks up and has a couple of very interesting plot twists, the ending was a bit weak though but that could have been due to my high chaos

Lets not beat around the bush anymore though, the plot is weak and in all honesty most of the characters are pretty bland and unexciting.

The first couple of levels are a bit dull story-wise but it picks up and has a couple of very interesting plot twists, the ending was a bit weak though but that could have been due to my high chaos playthrough.

The plot is probably the weakest part of this movie as it really doesn't make much sense or have any real weight to it.

The plot is weaker than some of Marvel's more recent stories (I'm looking at you Winter Soldier), and the villain is the biggest mustache twirling megalomaniac the studio has yet produced, but what it lacks in completely solid writing it makes up for in its wonderfully charming cast, an impressive use of special effects, and at least a baby step forward as far as female supporting characters are concerned.

The acting was strong by all the cast and between this and the non stop action, comedy, interscene heightening of thrill and suspense, this makes up for the somewhat weak plot in places.

The plot begins near the latter years of the Han period, and each character has their own storylines which often intersect, but the writing is pretty weak and the plot isn't much more than just an excuse to funnel players into various battles with various bosses.

The overall plot of Fire Emblem is thin, introducing the cast in ways similar to their source material but with weak excuses for battles.

The ending of the plot was pretty weak, but still funny.

Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye actually gets the most screen time of any of the Avengers, and some new recruits join the team, including two who part of a very weak plot development.

Masters of the Universe is, by and large, a weak fantasy / action film, full of leaden plotting, bad acting, and hokey characterizations that will most likely please no one but the most forgiving fans of the He - Man mythos.

Granted, the film's main plot already begs for belief to be suspended in and of itself, but once we are able to go along with it for entertainment's sake, Larry Cohen's (Cellular, Body Snatchers) rather weak script starts asking for more, until it becomes laughably dumb for the rest of the way.

Unfortunately, the script is fairly weak and does not sustain the energy to keep that aspect of the plot intriguing.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is the weakest of the three Hobbit films in regards to plot, and is also the weakest opening of Peter Jackson's six J.R.R. Tolkien adventures.

The film's plot — while not exactly unprecedented — is weak at times and sits at the back burner to these guys all trying something cool with the jokes, but I would've preferred, in light of the film like Attack the Block, for this movie to try and embed the narrative into the humour a lot more, rather than just make another The Babysitter with more comedians.

WWZ is nothing more than another militarized hollywood mish - mash of pointless cut - scenes, shallow characters, and weak plot.

Of course one can not forgive a movie with such a weak plot and clichés and call it a great film.

This is not a movie full of Michael Bay explosions and bullets to cover up a weak plot and even weaker characters.

The problem is the rest of it; the plodding story and the rest of its very weak script with cliched plot points and a rather unsatisfactory ending which unfortunately leaves you massively unfulfilled.

Amid much badly accented dialogue that does nothing to clear up the plot's convolutions, Kinnaman proves the film's weakest link, chewing scenery so voraciously as the tale's nominal villain that he ultimately undermines any faint semblance of seriousness.

Most of the plot involves Gage attempting to figure out what Jackson is up to while trying to maintain the charade of her weak disguise.

Even for a Mario game, the plot is weak, with a brief introduction of an annual, sticker - themed celebration.

Technically speaking, the film is fantastic, but that doesn't make up for some of the weakest direction and poorest plotting of the films in the Harry Potter series.

Its plot is incredibly weak and the characters are little more than pawns used to take the story from point A to point B, but it's been directed with a lot of panache and contains enough blood and guts to satisfy gorehounds.

105 minutes of contrivances, coincidences and plot holes, this becomes a weak attempt at a thriller.

One bad, credibility - straining plot turn lead to another until the weak, clichéd conclusion, one of those «things are back to normal but never will be the same again» endings.

Mostly lauded for its stunning visual design which admittedly was breathtaking, but a weak overall plot which forwent the depth of the original animation, plus all of the added political incorrectness, and Ghost In the Shell 2k17 barely made a last impression — except for the lessons Hollywood learnt from this.

I know The Avengers raised the bar to astronomical proportions for the next phase of Marvel universe movies, but with its goofy humor, weak plot, and unnecessary romance, to me the film felt like a superhero chick flick.

Outside of the fights however, the film doesn't feel particularly well put - together: the direction is weaker than the previous outing — jerking between various scenes, locations, filler Thailand Tourist Board type shots... and there's no attempt at updating anything about the generic 80s action plot.

Some of the plot elements appear a bit weak on scrutiny — no doubt the result of that plague of rewrites and reshoots — but director Marc Forster delivers a thrilling ride that brings you to the edge of the seat and holds you there for the full two hours.

Johanna Mason is a fierce competitor who plots to take out all of her competition in The 75th Hunger Games by pretending to be weak.

Diamonds Are Forever (1971): Diamonds is the weakest of the early Bond films, a»70s clunker that suffers from phoned - in performances and a predictable plot.

Her developmental edits quickly picked out the weak elements of my plot

Many authors are «dreaming» of sales before they've finished writing; when their novel is still really a rough draft; when it's full of typos, the plot is weak, the characters flat, and nothing exciting happens between the beginning and the end.

It is checking the story for logic holes, inconsistencies of plot and character, patching any holes in the fourth wall, finding spots in the story that are weak or don't make sense, then suggesting possible solutions.

Even my most successful author - clients who hit best - seller lists who send me their drafts to critique get hundreds of comments and suggestions on how to fix plot holes, tighten dialog, pick up the pacing, restructure weak storylines and subplots.

Strong on characterization but weaker on plot, Rise and Shine is a tale of two sisters and one city.