Sentences with phrase «one's central story»
Another issue is the lack of a strong central story.
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The game's central story doesn't feel nearly as urgent as it could.
No actor, no matter the pedigree, can make us care given that little to work with, especially in a movie lacking focus and a defined central story.
On top of that, the script is genuinely funny at times and, overall, the rather lacklustre central story of the little people taking on shadowy corporations and the supernatural matters little when engaging with your friends and even your enemies is so darn amusing.
In addition to Ezio's central story missions — which will take around 15 - 20 hours to complete if you blast straight through — there's a lot of optional stuff that it's in your interest to uncover.
For two decades, globalization has been the world economy's central story line — or so it was until Russia and China sharply changed the narrative.
Mark Ruffalo gets the meatiest of the three central stories as Adam, a Manhattanite whose firm hold on his personal demons is tested when he falls for Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow), a woman who doesn't know about his past.
- Bob [DISAPPOINTED] Beautiful but oh so empty, the latest picture from Park Chan - Wook is a superbly constructed con - artist film that is weighed down by its «dirty - old - man» central story involving a secret society of pornographic literature.
The Disaster Artist feels like an excuse to laugh at the personality and foolishness of Tommy Wiseau in brand - new ways, but it also humanizes him, establishing a strong central story about a lopsided and perplexing friendship between Tommy and his longtime best friend and filmmaking partner Greg Sestero (played by Franco's real - life brother, Dave Franco).
Refusing to settle down to focus on its intriguing central story, filmmaker Greg Francis whirls around through a series of whizzy flashbacks that layer in...
There is a strong narrative to tell here; it's just a shame it only exists as a backdrop to an overused and recycled central story.
The film's second central story is that of Cliff Stern (Allen himself).
Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network has announced the launch of The People's Network Showcase, a new series of specials featuring short films from emerging independent filmmakers all over the world, set to air quarterly with new two - hour episodes curated by genre or central story theme, and the master himself John Carpenter will host the premiere on Halloween Eve this October.
While their introduction forgivably diverts from the flimsy central story, their antics give Tarzan II a sitcom feel.
For everything that Justice League does well regarding tone and table setting for its characters, it's also forced to contend with an incredibly uneven central story.
«Dreamland» was dedicated to George Coe, who voiced the character for five seasons and died in 2015, giving the episodes an even more serious resonance outside the vengeful central story.
Regardless, the lesson I learned was that the story wasn't important to a FPS game of this style (I'm aware that Bioshock and Portal both have awesome central stories).
Why To Avoid It: Weak central story; Far too many loading screens; Frustrating technical problems
The Leftovers «central story of moving on after the Sudden Departure attracted her, not the mystery of the missing 2 percent.
In addition to Ezio's central story missions — which will take around 15 - 20 hours to complete if you blast straight through — there's a lot of optional stuff that it's in your interest to uncover.
feels like an excuse to laugh at the personality and foolishness of Tommy Wiseau in brand - new ways, but it also humanizes him, establishing a strong central story about a lopsided and perplexing friendship between Tommy and his longtime best friend and filmmaking partner Greg Sestero (played by Franco's real - life brother, Dave Franco).
Still, the movie's central story did not provide much for character development even with a 2.5 hour run time and, the end of the movie will leave most people disappointed compared to previous installments.
Unlike «Chan Is Missing,» the movie is made up of subsidiary events, without the support of a strong central story.
(In Nicholas Dunbar's telling, that is the central story of the financial crisis.)
While they are important, they must be focused around the central story of your company.
Lewis said the central story of his life was to find the source of an acute experience he referred to as «joy.»
This central story has been scientifically debunked because the DNA of American Indians is not Jewish.
One of the central stories of the book of Mormon claims that the Americas were populated by Jews from Jerusalem that sailed across the Atlantic ocean to america.
Even the central story of the Christian gospels bear a striking resemblance to older Pagan myths.
His mother's descent into depression is the central story, but Oz's book» one of his longest and most complex» attempts much more.
There are two answers to this: first, because the film is released on DVD this month and is expected to challenge all - time sales records, and second, because the central story contained within it is remarkably, profoundly and intentionally stuffed with powerful theological messages.
It takes an integrative act of the imagination to grasp the central story which is retold from many perspectives in the canon.
Martin Saunders asks: why do so many major films seem to stumble into the central story of the Christian faith?
Nevertheless, in the midst of his reshaping still lies the central story at the heart of the (original) Book of Mormon — that a 19th century treasure hunter called Joseph Smith claimed to have discovered a new revelation of Jesus appearing to South American tribes inscribed on golden plates which only he could translate, and became the self - appointed prophet of a new religious movement (and yes, that whole story comes in for a lot of ridicule along the way).
For most readers of these pages, the central story is the biblical one, told for millennia around campfires, altars and ordinary supper tables by parents, teachers, preachers and friends.
The central story is the story of Jesus, the Christ.
Spectacles like that are fueling the central story line of the campaigns for governor and comptroller.
The central story draws in many tangential...
I did finish every last percentage point of the story and I have to say I enjoyed the random side quests and hunting more then the central story missions.
The central story revolving around Dexter and Lumen is pretty good, but it's certainly a big step back from the Trinity Killer in Season 4.
Marc Forster and David Benioff have made a faithful adaption from the book, leaving out parts only necessary to the central story.
Anything wants to be an unconventional love story but gets distracted by other subplots, and McNeil doesn't take the time to develop what becomes the central story line.
But the decision to honour its central story instead of competing with its bigger, brassier AVENGERS predecessor makes it a surprisingly personal tale about the testing of our favourite mechanic's mettle.
But amid the frenzied hubbub, there are intimations of a darker, sadder history unfolding — in the dilapidation of the communist - era hotel in the frame narrative, and in the multiplying gangs of 1930s - era military police in the central story.
Its central story of a missing four - year - old girl, Kate, and the destructive effect her disappearance has on the marriage of her parents Stephen and Julie could hardly not be heartrending, and Cumberbatch and Kelly Macdonald handle the lead roles with an anguished restraint which is far more eloquent than outbursts of furniture - chewing hysteria would have been.