Sentences with phrase «origins of the first film»

Nevertheless, Iron Man 3, even without the baggage of an origin of the first film or the sequel - setup of its second is the longest film of the series, and, with its share of lengthy lulls and action overkill, it definitely doesn't need to be.

Those wanting to get back to the monster movie origins of the first film might feel a little like a mouse being played with by a cat.

Not exact matches

Another movie that received a surprisingly welcoming reception from critics this summer was this Planet of the Apes origin story, the first film in the long - stalled franchise since Tim Burton's 2001 remake.

The first three - quarters of the film is virtually indistinguishable from the rest of the origin pictures, built up from nonsensical, otherworldly, unexplained things, given meaningless definitions, and generating motives and purposes and conduct with broad strokes.

All these first films suffer from having to explain the origin of the character and we are all sitting there going, okay when's he going to «turn» into something super-human?

by Bill Chambers As with most «origin» Tarzan films, Tarzan himself is an off - screen promise for the first third of Tarzan the Ape Man, though his famous yodel (which the studio maintains was artificially created) portends his appearance about ten minutes before he actually materializes.

The film version of On Chesil Beach, penned by McEwan and helmed by first - timer Dominic Cooke, circumvents the problem by employing many, many flashbacks that further explore the couple's origins.

And then, of course, there's the film's eventual premiere, when Wiseau first endures the feeling of having audiences laugh at his work, for which he had bared his soul and burned several million dollars of a fortune whose origins are anybody's guess (although «such nosy person» Sestero's best guess in the book, involving a shady business called Street Fashions USA, isn't even mentioned in the film).

This film plays like a colourful remix of the first instalment, but one where the origin story element is clipped down to a fine point.

«Death at a Funeral: Last Rites, Dark Secrets» (20:10), the first and longest of the disc's three featurettes, offers a decent overview of production, covering the origins, casting, and filming.

Most of the first «Iron Man» was devoid of a serious villain as it was origin story and the second film simply dropped the ball in that department (Mickey Rourke on the race track was more bizarre than terrifying).

When: January 10th Why: The first of two Hercules films being released this year (and most likely the worst of the pair), Renny Harlin's origin story of the Greek hero looks every bit the cheesy B - movie that you'd expect from the director of «The Covenant» and «Mindhunters.»

The first film told the origin story of Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange, while also setting up the character's appearance in «Thor: Ragnarok» through the end - credit scene that saw the Doctor meet with Chris Hemsworth's Thor regarding Loki.

While Ouija: Origin of Evil isn't going to win any year - end Awards, the sequel is a massive improvement over the first film and I thought it was really well done.

Eighteen films into Marvel's blockbuster franchise they're long overdue, arriving in a «Black Panther» origin tale that also breaks ground as the first standalone film of the modern Marvel era to be led by a black superhero.

Set between the first and second films, Sgt Davis Tubbs (Brandon Smith) assembles a task force to destroy the Creeper once and for all while growing closer than ever before to learning the secrets of its dark origins, as the monster terrorizes a local farming community.

X-Men: First Class - Another demonstration of the allure of putting new spins on very old characters, Matthew Vaughn's origin film is full of style and substance.

Roughly the first hour of the film details Tribe's origins and output.

The first Captain America film gave the origin story of Steve Rogers but his relationship with Bucky is taken to the next level in this film.

Ouija 2: Origin Of Evil (Mike Flanagan, 2016) This film is a great improvement on the first Ouija film which actually sent me to sleep!

We now have the first ever shot from the film, directed by up - and - coming horror icon Mike Flanagan, who was behind Netflix's Hush, not to mention Ouija: Origin of Evil and Oculus, Before I Wake and Absentia.

In addition to discussing the origins of the film (including a funny anecdote about his first meeting with Ryan Gosling), Refn talks in length about securing independent financing, casting the actors and more.

Since its story was already related during a dull dumping of back story in the 2014 movie, Ouija: Origin of Evil may be relatively pointless, but co - writer / director Mike Flanagan's creepily effective film has at least one thing going for it in that regard: The first movie was so repetitive and forgettable that it's unlikely anyone really cares about or even remembers the story as it was told in the original.

After the first film did so much to twist and bypass the now - established formula of the comic - book hero origin story, the new team of screenwriters (Christopher L. Yost, Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFeely) has returned the Asgardian warrior, who is not technically a god but has been mistaken for one in the past, to his home, where he's back to being a fighter for the good of the trillions of sentient beings across the universe.

The drawback is that - like so many Marvel origin films - the features of the heroes's powers are offered in careful (read: budgeted) measure, as if box office returns are required first, before more elaborate sequences will be paid for in sequels.

There have been other uninspiring films in the Marvel canon (Iron Man 2, Thor: The Dark World and so on), but this is the first of these films that feels like it is aimlessly jumping from point A to B to C to D, following the exact same origin / redemption storyline that has been seen a billion times before.

According to the press release on StarWars.com, this film is a kind of origin story that «focuses on how young Han Solo became the smuggler, thief, and scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi first encountered in the cantina at Mos Eisley.»

A lot of people predicted that Justice League main struggle with competing with Avengers Assemble was the fact that the majority of heroes in that film had an origin story to set them up, whereas here we are meeting Aquaman, Flash and Cyborg for the first time.

and so on), but this is the first of these films that feels like it is aimlessly jumping from point A to B to C to D, following the exact same origin / redemption storyline that has been seen a billion times before.

The 24 - minute film first appeared as a part of «Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe,» the artist's 2012 - 13 solo show at the Santa Monica Museum of Art and the «Brooklyn Museum.

Her first solo museum exhibition, Origin of the Universe, originated at the Santa Monica Museum of Art in 2012 before traveling to the Brooklyn Museum of Art, where her film «Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Woman» premiered.

For those who enjoy cerebral sci - fi with a strong female lead, Lynn Hershman Leeson reflects on the origins of her web - based project Agent Ruby (1998 — 2002), an artificially intelligent bot that first appeared in Leeson's feature film Teknolust, starring Tilda Swinton.