Sentences with phrase «own central gimmick»

The central gimmick allows the film's modern - day stars to, through clever editing, interact with scenes and characters from actual period thrillers.

It doesn't tell us anything new, and the central gimmick isn't particularly insightful, but the cast keeps the tone sharp and...

Death Race adds a few interesting kinks to its central gimmick, which keeps the endless demolition derbies from becoming repetitive.

If we are going to continue to get movies with this central gimmick, let them at least be the result of someone being smart enough to see opportunities such as this one.

Of course this constant back - and - forth with quests would get boring if getting around wasn't easy, and cleverly Techland have turned this problem into their central gimmick.

The plot of director Mark Palansky and Mike Vukadinovich's screenplay is little more than a murder mystery, and it's one that doesn't even incorporate the central gimmick into the story enough for the concept of a memory - recording device to really matter.

The Hype: In Fear is one of those horror movies that revolves around a central gimmick, like The Blair Witch Project and La Casa Muda before it.

The central gimmick is daring and thrilling, of course: the sensation that director Alejandro G. Inarritu shot this movie in one long, single take, through narrow corridors and up and down stairways and onto the streets and rooftops of Times Square.

The only truly positive thing to say about the film is that the central gimmick is milked for all it's worth and proves consistently fun, clever and inventive.

Writer / director Nacho Vigalondo's Colossal surprises — at first, with its central gimmick and, later, with its depiction of trivial and petty vileness transformed into a preternatural, international incident.

The Wii was underpowered from a hardware standpoint and contained a central gimmick that Nintendo may have been unsure would resonate with consumers, so maybe it undercut supply to keep from having to discount product too quickly.

The whole concept of Hybrid revolves around this central gimmick of being constantly stuck to cover.

Namely, is the central gimmick of the system worth it?

Instead of power - ups, Cappy is the central gimmick of Odyssey.

The central gimmick of the system might not appeal to you — and I'm sure it won't appeal to the majority of gamers once the novelty wears off — but the implications of that gimmick will be what's important.

Devolver's newest release is Minit, a game that goes overboard when it comes to retro visuals but also manages to entertain players due to its gameplay and central gimmick.

This game is entertaining in great part simply for its central gimmick; you put the remote on a flat surface and then tap that surface with your fingers.

Not exact matches

The «gimmick» used throughout the discussion is the image, by which is meant a cartoon - like picture that selects central points in the foreground and neglects photographic - like detail that could detract from the needed impression.

But it's definitely a Disney / Spielberg movie, smooth and neatly packaged and more interested in the gimmicks than the central enigma of Hitchcock's movie.

This central story is told like a somewhat over-hyped thriller, shot with gimmicks that add overwrought urgency, even though there's never any actual tension.

But it's the laughable and insulting manner in which Curtis treats the central time travel gimmick that puts it over the top (under the bottom?).

Fortunately the central performances are so good they make the filming on iPhone - thing less of a gimmick.

While there is much to admire in the film's dedication to its central conceit, many viewers quickly grew tired of this gimmick.

Despite plenty of on - screen parties, there's little to celebrate regarding this predictable romantic comedy about a midlife crisis, with a central narrative gimmick.

Hawke has said that he wanted to be part of a Hamlet that wasn't about the central performance, but without some intensity from the lead, the character and his story easily gets overshadowed by the gimmick of the contemporary setting.

Within the full picture of that sequence, directors Anthony and Joe Russo let the characters show off their skills and indulge in their gimmicks without abandoning logistical cohesion or losing the central idea that there are consequences to the chaos.

It becomes central to the story instead of a gimmick, and in that way is more real and genuine.