Sentences with phrase «over good narrative»

Are such films too shackled by the blueprint of the original, or are interfering gaming companies - Ubisoft, in this instance - too interested in product promo over good narrative filmmaking?

Not exact matches

In fact he so strongly feels the need to press his point that he has crossed over into the field of New Testament studies to wage his campaign there as well.1 And indeed Childs has performed a valuable and needed service in reminding us that what we have now is not just individual passages, nor is it just the «books» which as larger units give the individual pieces a place in the larger narrative.

The poet, as represented by his narrative voice, courts the danger courted by Icarus, Phaethon, and Bellerophon — the danger of harboring and enacting an ambition («to soar / Above the Ionian mount») that, however fueled by good intentions, passes over into pride.

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«92 And, for the same reason, «the narratives and symbols which «represent» the victory of the Good Principle over the Evil Principle are nor expendable.

The shadow of a larger apocalypse hangs over the narrative as well since, whatever the experiments were meant to do, they seem to have created the possibility of a world - ending cataclysm.

While everyone loves a story about good people triumphing over evil forces, such stories don't encourage us to become a part of the narrative.

It could provide the best measure yet of the competing narratives that seek to explain why Democrats like Latimer have performed well in the «blue wave» that has recently washed over the state.

Yet while they'll profess admiration for individual public servants, mainstream politicians have over the past three decades relentlessly promoted a narrative which has taught us to believe that publicly - owned services such as the NHS aren't quite good enough.

And the one that we thought was the really good narrative and had such an impact was the issue over electoral reform.

Doubt at big downtown are good for everybody will see who wins that battle over the narrative.

«The medieval composer of the text certainly did not think in terms of social networks but, in recording a cast of hundreds with well over a thousand connections between them, he imprinted them into the narrative.

We are the first to admit that even the most witty, intelligent and well thought out profile narratives will not win over your dating audience if your pictures are bad.

Tim Burton has taken a hallowed classic of the modern musical theater, hemmed in the narrative from well over two hours to well under, cast confessed nonsingers in the principal roles, and somehow managed to make something magical out of it

And though I'm often reticent to watch movies more than once or twice, Tully is the kind of cinematic treat — a cult classic well in the making — that you'll want to rewatch again the second it's over, not just to help piece together various narrative clues but to revisit the rib - tickling jokes and hang out with these characters for a little longer.

Unless you've been living in a cave for the better part of 2009, you've already heard the buzz surrounding Inglourious Basterds, an ultimate cinematic package filled with enigmatic performances, ultra-violent imagery, and a revisionist World War II narrative created over the course of a decade by director Quentin Tarantino.

It's those narrative conveniences that make «In Darkness» feel slick and worked over - the sense that an immensely powerful story of survival has been cut to fit the cloth of a by now well - established genre.

She may be the last relatively untapped figure in British heritage cinema's well - worn library of queenly narratives, but she has once more been passed over for the privilege of fronting the latest middlebrow, true - life royal drama, fast becoming an annual fixture on the UK film calendar.

Known for complex narratives that often concern a network of characters engaging with the mediation of identity, truth and history, Egoyan's work over the last decade plus applies these concerns to a variety of film subjects, as well as installations, plays and operas.

Having said all that, The Good Dinosaur is one of the studio's better efforts over the past five years from a narrative standpoint.

Condon's film also completely skims over the well - publicized rape allegations against Assange, and although that would have made an already unfocused narrative even more so, it's an important piece to the puzzle.

Impressionistic imagery (best ever appearance by a naked CGI devil) thrillingly takes precedence over narrative cohesion; it's a major, marvelous dose of WTF.

With its latest adventure, The Good Dinosaur, a charming tale focusing on a family of green apatosauruses, there is an undeniable emphasis on graphics rendering over narrative construction.

«The one thing we've always really admired about Kevin Feige and Marvel is they have a very, even though they're building an interconnected narrative through many, many films over many years, they have a very disciplined one movie at a time attitude, as well, which I think is very very helpful to the creative process of fashioning the individual film,» he continued.

The function of good voice - overs is to provide a contextual layer that enhances the themes of the story or magnifies a character in a way that is not seen with the visual narrative.

A surprise win came in Best Editing when the seven - hour ESPN doc O.J.: Made in America took home the award over a number of traditional narrative features.

The Gist: It's been well over a decade since seminal American filmmaker (and sometime Indiewire blogger) Bogdonavich directed a narrative feature, and even as he's remained busy with journalistic pursuits and documentary work, it's hard not to wonder what sort of stories the man behind «The Last Picture Show» could tell today.

A directorial debut charmed but not necessarily win over critical mass but nonetheless did not go unnoticed (helps when your directorial debut wins the Best Narrative Feature award), CBS Films have acquired the U.S. rights to Dean.

Virtuous, bookish, and with a knack for leaving sliding doors open, Maddie might as well be Laurie Strode for the new millennia, but where Laurie exerts her power over Michael Meyers with a well - placed wire hanger and a weak scream, Maddie uses her knack for narrative (she's an author, after all) for a brainy, meta - takedown of the masked intruder.

In the world of the film blogosphere we love to heaps mountains upon mountains of adulation all over films that spark originality — and for good reason — whether it be original in narrative or technical.

Dorothy Woodend: There is a good film buried in the midst of director Dees Rees's Mudbound, but it is covered over with turgid dramaturgy, overlapping narratives, and a determination to seemingly include every possible horror and affliction that might attend rural life in 1940s Mississippi.

Awarding over $ 60,000 in cash and prizes, the fest bestowed its highest honors on Rodrigo Reyes» «Lupe Under the Sun,» which took home both the Grand Chameleon prize and the Best Narrative Feature award.

This 5 - day festival showcases over 100 American and international independent narrative, documentary and animated features and shorts as well as panel discussions and special events.

Many educators feel that this method, combined with teacher narrative, better reflects student progress because it makes allowances for individual differences in learning rate and style, emphasizes real learning over test scores, and minimizes subjective considerations.

Are you willing to turn the narrative over to strangers who may not have your school's best interests at heart?

Arnold Spirit, a goofy - looking dork with a decent jumpshot, spends his time lamenting life on the «poor - ass» Spokane Indian reservation, drawing cartoons (which accompany, and often provide more insight than, the narrative), and, along with his aptly named pal Rowdy, laughing those laughs over anything and nothing that affix best friends so intricately together.

Arnold Spirit, a goofy - looking dork with a decent jump shot, spends his time lamenting life on the «poor - ass» Spokane Indian reservation, drawing cartoons (which accompany, and often provide more insight than, the narrative), and, along with his aptly named pal Rowdy, laughing those laughs over anything and nothing that affix best friends so intricately together.

A lucid, accessible guide to the controversy over the passion narratives of the Bible, but more important, one of the best accounts of how prejudice is transformed into racism.

Over the course of this series Nath Jones's writing style develops from the raw, associative, tyrannic rambles of cathartic non-fiction, flash fiction, and rant in The War is Language and our digital domains, to the delightful rough - hewn vignettes of 2000 Deciduous Trees, into the compact characterizations of the fictionalized tellings in Love & Darts, and finally toward How to Cherish the Grief - Stricken's fully - crafted short stories that use literary devices and narrative elements to reveal a world well - rendered.

This is also a great point from which to survey the arc of the no - kill narrative over the last 30 years since the founding of Best Friends in 1984.

Where this game truly succeeds is with the narrative as it is well thought - out, well - explained and properly executed over the course of the story.

Truth be told the quality of both the writing and main narrative thread is all over the place, bouncing madly from genuinely beautifully written moments with emotional impact and outstanding twists sure to leave you with your jaw on the floor to scenes with clumsy dialogue and ideas that just didn't work out as well as I would have liked, though exactly how much of this inconsistency can be put down to translation issues is hard to judge.

As well as winning Develop's New Games IP and Use of Narrative awards, the Golden Joystick's Performance of the Year and The Game Awards» Games for Impact Award, LIFE IS STRANGE has been the recipient of over 30 Game of the Year awards, and featured in countless top ten lists and reader - voted Game of the Year lists.

However there is still a lot to like about Andromeda once you come to terms with its focus on exploration and side - stories over a single captivating narrative thread, and it ends up being a pretty good experience overall.

This essentially makes the narrative completely superfluous, and while not all games need engrossing stories to win me over (a few measly cutscenes would have done well), I personally see it as a missed opportunity.

Soul Sacrifice: It has a cool story, a very well done narrative, but over all of that is the combat system, very funny, very fast and with tons of customization.

Unlike most first - person shooters, which focused on action over story, the game featured a strong narrative and well developed characters.

Taking place almost a millennium before the events of Skyrim, the main narrative of ESO consists of your character setting out to end the vile machinations of the Daedric Prince Molag Bal as well as to seize control of the imperial throne, which has been vied over by three different factions since the land's former leader vacated it.

Now if you handed me Watch Dogs 2 with a true focus on manipulation and control over the city as you ran freeform around this slick environment with better narrative, a stronger focus and an enjoyable character.

It is, in fact, the same problem as designing Extreme Pong: that in handing over drama management to an invisible algorithm, the player has no way to know his actions are driving the story and the dynamic narrative becomes indistinguishable from an authored one - and likely not as good.