Sentences with phrase «one's deliberate pace»

She understands the power of living at a slower more deliberate pace.

The first two thirds of the film move at a very deliberate pace with not much happening, which makes the final act of the film all the more frustrating.

Because of that, I believe people who don't like it will point to the film's quiet parts and deliberate pace as part of its negatives.

It has a more deliberate pace than other YA fantasy... and more emotional thrills.

All of them are statically shot, so that the already deliberate pace of the storytelling gains an added level of visual stagnancy.

Shifting priorities of the EPA can be seen in the contrast between Pruitt's speedy response to petitions from coal polluters seeking regulatory relief and his more deliberate pace in handling state petitions for action against the coal pollution.

Filmmaker Carl Tibbetts, working from a screenplay cowritten with Janice Hallett, has infused Retreat with an almost excessively deliberate pace that proves problematic right from the outset, with the movie's hands - off atmosphere exacerbated by Newton's cold, oddly unsympathetic performance (ie she seems to actively hate her own husband).

Scott's elegant, shadowy atmosphere and deliberate pacing make the film a delightfully spooky experience.

That being said, Gaghan's choice to infuse the film with an egregiously deliberate pace is lamentable; it's virtually impossible not to wish that Gaghan would just get on with it already, but he instead stubbornly focuses on Katie's various academic and personal struggles (who cares, though?)

Dan Futterman's screenplay (based on the pertinent sections of Gerald Clarke's biography) is a detailed rendering of the writer in this phase of life, mirroring the structure of In Cold Blood, and Miller's deliberate pacing allows us to absorb the intricacies of how this story and the decisions made to tell it affect him.

While early momentum is promising, Snatch is taking a very deliberate pace with its rollout.

Critics Consensus: Jeremiah Johnson's deliberate pace demands an investment from the viewer, but it's rewarded with a thoughtful drama anchored by a starring performance from Robert Redford.

It's clear immediately that Payne is going for a nostalgic, unabashedly old - school feel, with the movie's black - and - white cinematography merely the tip of the iceberg in terms of its far - from - modern sensibilities - as Nebraska progresses at a seriously deliberate pace and, for the most part, emphasizes small, character - based moments over plot.

The distinctly fractured narrative - coupled with an exceedingly deliberate pace - does ensure that one's initial impression of the film is that of an art - house mess, yet there reaches a point at which Egoyan's muddled modus operandi comes into focus and one is subsequently drawn into the proceedings.

It has the same deliberate pace; the same downbeat tone and the same mismatched, psychologically tormented detectives that put aside their differences in order to do their job.

Apollo 18, which is presented as yet another found - footage documentary, proves unable to grab the viewer's interest virtually from start to finish, with the movie's unreasonably deliberate pace effectively highlighting its myriad of problems.

Hitchcock, working from a script by Joseph Stefano, offers up an opening half hour that boasts the qualities of a lurid melodrama and hardly even hints at the horror to follow, yet, despite the filmmaker's reliance on a decidedly deliberate pace, there's certainly something quite compelling about the central character's ongoing exploits - with the engaging vibe heightened by Leigh's strong performance and the masterful visuals.

Rees, whose one and only feature film until now was her 2011 debut, «Pariah,» has said she set out to make an «old - fashioned» movie, and she's done that, allowing her story to unspool at a refreshingly deliberate pace and her characters to find their own footing within the story and with one another.

Director Anton Corbijn has infused the proceedings with an almost impossibly deliberate pace that's sure to leave certain viewers checking their watch on an all - too - frequent basis, yet there's little doubt that The American remains oddly compelling even through its more overtly uneventful stretches - with Clooney's expectedly magnetic performance certainly going a long way towards establishing and perpetuating the movie's consistently captivating atmosphere.

The movie's all - too - deliberate pace holds the viewer at arms length for much of its overlong running time, however, as Foley's rough - cut sensibilities result in a surfeit of palpably padded - out and entirely needless sequences - with the ensuing lack of momentum ensuring that certain moments aren't able to pack the visceral punch that Foley has intended.

Also, director Jan De Bont (the «Speed» movies, «Twister») seems to have confused deliberate pacing with dull, drawn - out storytelling.

With its relatively deliberate pace and uneventful opening hour, Hostel Part II suffers from precisely the same sort of problems as the original (ie it simply takes far too long for things to get going).

The degree to which Death Wish improves as it progresses is nothing short of staggering, as the movie, for much of its opening hour, comes off as a take - it - or - leave - it endeavor bogged down by an overly deliberate pace and a typically erratic performance by Willis - with, in terms of the latter, the actor delivering an occasionally stirring yet mostly ambivalent turn that prevents the viewer from wholeheartedly sympathizing with and rooting for his character.

Director Salim Akil certainly takes his time in luring the viewer into the proceedings, as the filmmaker has infused the early part of Jumping the Broom with a palpably deliberate pace that's exacerbated by a recurring emphasis on familiar and downright hackneyed elements.

I also think the quieter and deliberate pace helps paint a poetic picture of contemporary China, it all feels real.

Killers Not everyone «round these parts liked this film as much as I did, but I felt its sly moodiness and deliberate pace actually worked supremely well and kept me involved right through to the end.

There's little doubt, however, that the movie's unabashedly deliberate pace plays a significant role in its slow - but - steady turnabout, as director Nancy Bardawil - working from Michael Gilvary's screenplay - does a nice job of developing the film's laid - back landscape to such an extent that Greta essentially becomes compelling by association.

Boxcar Bertha's oppressively deliberate pace is exacerbated by Scorsese's loose, improvisational style (something undoubtedly dictated by the budget), which gives the film a fairly amateurish feel.

Director Takashi Shimizu - working from Stephen Susco's screenplay - has infused the proceedings with an extraordinarily deliberate pace that often borders on oppressive, ensuring that even the most die - hard fan of the first installment will find little worth embracing here.

It's ultimately a little remarkable just how little there is within Curvature that works, as the movie, though saddled with a needlessly deliberate pace, does open with a fair amount of promise thanks to its high - concept setup - which follows Lyndsy Fonseca's Helen as she finds herself, days after her husband's (Noah Bean's Wells) suicide, embroiled in a conspiracy involving a secretive government operation.

Set against the monotony of arid land and small - town doldrums, Aloupis» deliberate pace assures the reciprocity between these two characters flourishes logically.

Once that's out of the way, however, the movie establishes itself as an all - too - typical slasher whose problems are compounded by an incongruously deliberate pace - with the less - than - engrossing atmosphere highlighting the narrative's absence of compelling characters.

Although films like L'Intrus have primed us to accept such shards as part of an impressionistic array of visual information, adding up to a textured view of nighttime Paris as a hopelessly lonely place, in Bastards the pieces fit together in a precise way we're simply not allowed to know until we've arrived through the movie's own idiosyncratic channel, and at its own deliberate pace.

Unfortunately, «A Reason» doesn't have enough story to justify its running time of nearly two hours, and though the performers are skilled, the melodramatic score and deliberate pace result in a piece that is overwrought but underdone.

While I love the usual slow deliberate pacing, H8 actually felt slow at times — or like you said so well: disproportionate chapters.

The quiet, deliberate pace of Lincoln's rhetoric is matched by the film itself, yet the film is at its best when these intimate moments unfold.

It's certainly not surprising to note that Night Moves, as per Reichardt's head - scratching modus operandi, has been infused with as deliberate a pace as one could possibly envision, with much of the movie's opening hour devoted to the central trio's methodical preparations for the aforementioned act of eco-terrorism.

Zahler is incredibly proficient at establishing a very slow, deliberate pace in Brawl in Cell Block 99 which might be annoying for those who just want the action (reminder: this is not an action movie) but is efficient for those who enjoy slow burn storytelling.

Some of them today (and they are mostly colleges, not universities) have succeeded, though at a more deliberate pace, in their ambition to maintain a Christian character while upgrading their scholarly performance.

Nevertheless, Scott's elegant, shadowy atmosphere and deliberate pacing make the film a delightfully spooky experience (it's more in line with part one of the series, Michael Mann's 1986 Manhunter), though the extreme gore may be too much for some viewers.

Stressing the need for long shots and deliberate pacing for effective comic gags, Spielberg underestimates the innovative spirit of his own visual style in dramatic situations.

It's clear right from the get - go that Joe Johnston is looking to emulate the feel of an old - school horror flick, and although the filmmaker does succeed to a certain extent (ie the movie boasts a decidedly atmospheric sense of style), The Wolfman suffers from an egregiously deliberate pace that slowly but surely renders its overtly positive attributes moot - with the pervasively stuffy vibe holding the viewer at arm's length for the majority of the running time.

Coming on the heels of 2005's A History of Violence, Eastern Promises certainly feels like an apt follow - up for director David Cronenberg - as the film possesses a number of similarities to its forebearer, including an expectedly deliberate pace, shocking bursts of violence, and an absolutely compelling turn from star Viggo Mortensen.

Critic Consensus: Jeremiah Johnson's deliberate pace demands an investment from the viewer, but it's rewarded with a thoughtful drama anchored by a starring performance from Robert Redford.