However, the original Japanese version of the movie doesn't have a central character of any sort to anchor the story; even Godzilla himself seems to be a bit actor in his own movie, walking in and
out of scenes almost randomly.
Not exact matches
Almost without fail, he turns his back on representational
scenes, opting rather for abstract, geometric patterns
out of his feeling that traditional biblical
scenes or saintly figures create a distraction to true worship.
One
scene is set with a full moon hanging low over a grove
of pine trees that's
almost cut and pasted
out of E.T. Where Stranger Things wanted to remind viewers
of their childhoods (or
of the media their parents and older siblings loved) Guardians 2 seems to want to compare itself to every piece
of 1980s pop culture, and come
out on top.
It was
almost too much to bear: the absolute ordinariness
of the
scene, which would remind any
of us
of our own desks and unfinished projects, combined with a fear that she might not be back to finish things up, to clean the dust off the tape dispenser and wash
out the water bottle for another use.
From Buffalo's classic Anchor Bar wings (home
of the original Buffalo wing) which single - handedly transformed the American game day diet to Mighty Quinn's chili lime smoked wings — a relative newcomer to the New York wing
scene — which Time
Out NY named one
of the «Best New Wings in New York City,» our favorite wings are fully prepared and require
almost no prep.
When I look
out my window I have to keep reminding myself that it's
almost the middle
of April because my eyes see a
scene from February.
After launching with just 100 boxes, Lucky Dip Club now sends
out over 1,000 boxes a month, and enjoys
almost cult - like status on the craft
scene, with legions
of devoted fans setting their alarms for the early morning launches and sharing their Lucky Dip Club snaps across social media.
Then disposable diapers came into the
scene and they cut the options down to one, pushing cloth diapers
out of the picture
almost completely.
Blair said he was so concerned about the prospect
of Britain plunging
out of the single market that he could even return to frontline politics himself, saying: «I look at the political
scene at the moment and I
almost feel motivated to go right back into it.»
Besides all the bling brought to us by celebs decked
out in gold and silver, we were also treated to a lot
of sparkle courtesy
of some heavy embellishments along with eye - catching jewelry that
almost upstaged a few gowns (not to mention a couple
of scene - stealing hair accessories).
I am in my 40's, and have been dating for a couple
of years, after being
out of the
scene for
almost 2 decades.
And while some
scenes do portray a gratuitous amount
of almost Tarantino - level violence that comes
out of nowhere, most
of Gangster Squad's violence feels justified, and redemptive, echoing a theme
of the film that makes it more fun than your average action fare: heroism.
Zahler takes his time with
almost every
scene, letting a sequence
of O'Dwyer changing the dressing on his injured leg, for example, play
out in its painful entirety.
Jordan Peele, who scored two personal nominations for best director and original screenplay, as well as two more nominations for «Get
Out,» seemed
almost stunned, reacting with a gif
of Kaluuya in one
of the film's iconic
scenes and asking «What's the opposite
of the sunken place?»
Jordan Peele, who scored two personal nominations for best director and original screenplay, as well as two more nominations for «Get
Out,» seemed
almost stunned, reacting with a gif
of Kaluuya in one
of the film's iconic
scenes and asking...
The music occasionally,
almost out of luck, sets the right mood, but most
of the time just makes for awkward dialogue
scenes and a composition clash
of sound and visuals.
Director Steven Soderbergh shoots those dance sequences with dynamic flourish (The camera is
almost always moving in ways that punctuate the actors» motions) and plenty
of polish (The stark contrast
of the darkened house
of the club with the perfectly lit stage is itself a contrast to Soderbergh's washed -
out cinematography for the
scenes outside
of the club).
It's downright pornographic, and the force
of the
scene almost seems to emanate from the sense that the erotic power between the two was
out of even Hitchcock's control.
The ways in which this movie contrives so many familiar
scenes out of its double threat, though, are
almost impressive in how predictable they are.
An
almost unrecognizable Michael Chiklis is the way too sensitive assistant coach, and Laura Dern's best
scene, as Bob's wife, is a bizarre monologue which comes
out of nowhere and doesn't fit at all.
Fuqua has a lot
of fun playing with the clichés / tropes
of westerns and succeeds in producing a fun movie that is most notable for having a uniquely integrated Seven — and least notable for having a villain who is an unmodulated black hole
of evil that sucks the energy
out of almost every
scene he's in.
But as was made public well before the film's release, Singer had to cut a lot
of footage to get the film to an acceptable theatrical length, and in doing so he cut
out almost all
of Anna Paquin's
scenes as Rogue.
By the time we did that
scene it was
almost like an
out of body experience.»
Our reviewer pointed
out that the film's flaws — namely, some credulity - stretching contrivances — are
almost wholly redeemed by how they lead to
scenes of interplay between these two actresses.
Most
of the stuff I find myself creeped
out by no matter how many times I see it (e.g., Cure, the Winkie's
scene in Mulholland Drive) is just on the border
of the irrational, but slasher movies — in which the narrative is
almost always a process
of elimination — are really easy to rationalize, which is probably why there's so much academic literature about them.
Robots, Hoodwinked, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse
of the Were - Rabbit) seems desperate (and yet strangely half - hearted), and many
of the
out -
of - hive
scenes are
almost Simpsons-esque in their lack
of sparkle.
Rossi wrote a script exploring the most gruesome depths
of repressed grief, Morano certainly pulled it
out of the actors and added further intensity with her blurry focus and pore - revealing intimacy in
almost every
scene, throw in the ear - assault and too - serious actions
of the characters and it stops being insightful and starts being a bit scary.
It's a short
scene, only a couple
of shots over a couple
of minutes, and Bordwell uses it as an example
of the simple virtuosity
of Hong Kong filmmakers, how they are able, again and again, to make an exciting and fun sequence
out of almost nothing, budget-wise, and specifically how Tsui's mastery
of cutting and framing keeps the whole sequence as light and airy as it is inexpensive.
The first
scene from Brave was previewed
almost a year before the film's release, character art from Monsters University was unveiled, 2014's The Good Dinosaur and 2015's Inside
Out were announced, and a retrospective panel was held with the talented pool
of Pixar directors.
The movie gets off to a somewhat sluggish start, at a party
scene that's overstuffed with arch dialogue and
almost as many pop - culture allusions as a Seth MacFarlane show, but the underlying humanism in Baumbach's worldview ultimately wins
out, and we actually come to care about this quippy group
of chums and their endlessly referential, often very amusing conversations.
The Mission Impossible star nearly died, when he was
out filming
scenes for Mission Impossible 5 in the city,
almost walking into the path
of an upcoming red double decker bus.
A few
scenes fleetingly mitigate the
almost total dearth
of laughs by injecting weird poignancy: a return visit to the stripper played by Heather Graham plays
out an interesting idea about the passage
of time since the first movie in 2009, and Melissa McCarthy livens up the picture in a couple
of scenes as a pawn - shop proprietress with eyes for Alan, suggesting that maybe what the otherwise hopeless case needs is the love
of a good woman.
Certainly there are things to love; Bilbo's character progression and his untimely addiction to one precious ring is welcome (although not nearly as prominent as it ought to be), the set design and telescopic vistas are
almost as epic as ever, seeing the majesty
of gold - diggin» dragon Smaug realized in impressive CG tantalizes the little boy in me (the one who listened to The Hobbit audiobook until it wore
out), and one particularly fun
scene involving dwarves in a barrel is a blatant film highlight; but other elements that ought to stand
out fall flat on their face and never recover.
A
scene at Lillian's engagement party where Annie and Helen (Rose Byrne), Annie's primary adversary for the title
of Lillian's BFF, keep trying to one - up each other at giving sentimental toasts starts
out as a platform to make fun
of Annie for not being as graceful (making women cartoonishly klutzy and clueless is a typical rom - com tactic to endear them to men), but refreshingly goes another way, turning it into a back - and - forth that builds and builds until it becomes
almost unbearable how embarrassing it is.
He tries to save himself and his bandmates from going to Hashima by arranging for a bribe, but that ploy backfires quickly in a heart - breaking early
scene where Gang - ok realizes that
almost everybody is trying to bribe their way
out of trouble.
Part
of what makes I Love You, Man interesting is that it's so
almost a canned studio comedy (the obligatory gross -
out gags, the cheesy orchestral cues) and yet manages to feel fresh and funny in
almost every
scene.
There is
almost no crucial dialogue, and whole
scenes — most notably one aboard an airplane threatened by a bomb — are played
out against a subdued jumble
of background noise.
This approach is so apparent in the final
scene that seems
almost ripped
out of the film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
While credit is due for the clarity
of the battle
scenes in and
of themselves, Gods and Generals washes
out as a stultifying tribute to the pathological meticulousness
of (largely Southern) Civil War recreationists — glossing over the ideology and blood sacrifice in favour
of a series
of almost static tableaux.
A 2009 story in The Washington Post called «The Room» a «train wreck
of almost incomprehensible proportions: Whole
scenes are
out of focus. . . .
In the interview, Pete talks about some
of his favorite movies he recommends to friends, the evolution
of the project over the years, how he got involved as a director, his vision behind the stark contrast between the beautiful,
almost photo realistic backgrounds and the cartoony characters, a
scene from the film that I felt was a homage to Jaws, the 1400 kid search for the main star
of this film, how directing the voice actors for the English version
of Miyazaki's Ponyo helped him in making this film, and find
out who directs Peter Sohn when he performs in his own film.
Honestly there were a number
of scenes in Inherent Vice where I thought,
almost out loud actually, «Gee, couldn't he have snipped
out a couple
of minutes from these
scenes?»
The educational improvement tactic
of last resort
almost always triggers protests — similar
scenes have played
out in Detroit, Chicago, and Philadelphia in recent years.
The
scenes played
out between the lovers were absolutely fresh and
almost unnerving; when the alpha male personality comes
out of Bennett Ryan as he orders Chloe around in the heat
of passion, she replies with an angry growl
of her own and tells him what he can do with himself in very explicit detail.
There's a
scene in the game which sums
almost everything wrong with the script which I want to briefly describe while keeping spoilers to a minimum: a character thought dead returns, and his startling reappearance is haphazardly swept under the rug with this ingenious explanation as to how he got
out of the hairy situation: «They had me fucked, and then I got unfucked.»
That doesn't mean you need to opt -
out of the convention
scene of the hobby — there's
almost certainly an event somewhere that is going to be the right size for you.
In their test
scene, they could throw
out over 75 %
of triangles before hitting the geometry engine, resulting in an
almost 20 % performance improvement.
What he finds is a
scene that
almost could have been taken right
out of the Twilight Zone.
In Grand Canyon (2013), the
almost washed -
out greyness
of the
scene conjures the notion that this is an old family photograph rescued from a box in the attic.
MACUF - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa, La Coruña Under the title «
Almost Anything», the exhibition
of the american artist Alex Katz at the Contemporary Art Museum Gas Natural Fenosa, MACUF, presents a selection
of 22 paintings
of landscapes,
scenes and portraits, mostly
of them large size, with the plain style
of this author
of flat compositions, silhouettes and «cutouts», as well as portraits on cut
out wood he has been made since the sixties.