Sentences with phrase «own deliberate pace»

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

Oden proceeds here at a very deliberate pace, as no doubt a scholar must, and this often obliges him to illustrate a point by quoting some amusing passage from Kierkegaard's work only then to offer an inevitably ponderous explanation of the joke.

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.

All expert players therefore school themselves to adopt a deliberate pace, allowing an extra tick of time for each play, to avoid revealing more about their hands than is indicated by the card that is played to the trick.

For some parents, that means picking a technique that jumps a few stages of soothing at a quick and deliberate pace, while for others, that means a slow and gradual process, one step at a time.

A need for prompt action «We need something that has fast action to complement the deliberate pace of the U.N. process,» said Durwood Zaelke, the president and founder of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development.

In another experiment, Michael Falkenstein of the University of Dortmund in Germany found that when elders were presented with new computer exercises they paused longer before reacting and took longer to complete the tasks, yet they made 50 percent fewer errors, probably because of their more deliberate pace.

The deliberate pace and two - and - a-half-hour run time effectively impart the tedium of the miners» jobs, while the conversational scenes and a series of charming black - and - white portraits give us a sense of personal stakes and a bit of levity.

There's little doubt that Real Steel's biggest problem is its excessively deliberate pace and unreasonably overlong running time, as filmmaker Shawn Levy, working from John Gatins» screenplay, has infused the movie with an incongruously epic sensibility that all - too - often threatens to negate its positive attributes - with the fairly pointless (and surprisingly unpleasant) robot - vs - bull brawl that opens the picture effectively setting a tone of regrettable sloppiness (ie Charlie goes through two robots before settling on his final fighter).

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.

The deliberate pacing allows for the characters and themes to be well developed.

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.

With its deliberate pace and excellent cinematography, «The Duel» is an evocative movie that bottles one point in time, allowing us to observe it at our leisure.

It's fairly tedious stuff that's compounded by a lack of narrative momentum and an almost aggressively deliberate pace, with, in terms of the latter, the movie's slowness ultimately preventing the viewer from working up any interest in (or enthusiasm for) the protagonist's feel - good antics.

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.

The Crossing has a European feel and a more deliberate pace to match.

The film has a deliberate pace that some might struggle with, but for those looking for a rewarding and unforgettable experience, Annihilation is not to be missed.

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.

The film unfolds at a deliberate pace, with a soundtrack occupied less by dialogue than by the sounds of water flowing and crickets chirping.

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).

This import by Christian Petzold («Barbara») has the deliberate pacing that's common with European films, plus the somewhat dispassionate solemnity that's stereotypically German.

With their long takes and deliberate pacing, Kelly Reichardt's films (Wendy and Lucy, Old Joy) aren't for everyone, but she does have devoted fans (critics among them).

Like «Take Shelter ``, this film starts off at a deliberate pace.

Is it a combination of length and deliberate pace, or a favoring of long, static shots vs. montage and whip pans?

In so doing, the film takes a much more graceful, deliberate pace than many might be expecting to undergo.

Like the rest of Lanthimos» filmography, The Killing of a Sacred Deer will likely prove divisive, as he's certainly testing the audience's patience with his deliberate pacing, making you feel the same inescapable sense of horror its doomed subjects are suffering through.

It's become something of a trademark for Shyamalan to imbue his films with a slow, deliberate pace - something that doesn't always work (ie Unbreakable).

Alas, McCarthy drops the ball with a midsection devoted almost entirely to Annie's tedious efforts at solving the central mystery - with the familiarity of this portion of the proceedings compounded by an excessively deliberate pace and lack of actual scares.

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).

Undeniably gorgeous, Blade Runner 2049 suffers from the slow, deliberate pace of the original... but with less of a payoff.

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.

The visual and editing restraint is notable, too, because despite its deliberate pace, the film is bristling with ideas.

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.

And I appreciated the deliberate pace of the story, as I like it when the character reveals occur at the right moment and time, as opposed to all at once in an explosion of exposition.

Director Anton Corbijn's latest has all the firepower (and star power) you expect from an action blockbuster, but it's a different kind of film, with a quiet, deliberate pace to match its distinctly European vibe.

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.

Leone countered the deliberate pacing with tangible tension and riveting performances.

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

The saga is the first limited series originally commissioned for Netflix and, with its sweeping vistas and deliberate pacing, also represents the latest small - screen effort at the kind of old - fashioned storytelling the major studios have all but abandoned.

Some fans have complained about the deliberate pace of this show when the gang sought temporary refuge at the farm and prison, but the tension built during these lulls always led to a bigger payoff when all hell inevitably broke loose.

Cooper sets a very deliberate pace, taking his time to move the story forward several years as Russell and Rodney are each forced to deal with a series of bad choices.

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.

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

It's not a glacial movie, but there's a deliberate pace to the picture that goes against traditional thrill ride demands of the season.

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.

Criterion's new Blu - Ray ports over the old DVD's commentary track that trades between separate recordings of Powell and Martin Scorsese, who supplements Powell's deliberate pace and anecdotal tidbits with his usual breathless, ebullient style.

As if it's not bad enough that the deliberate pacing reeks of self - importance, the film's only entertaining action involves scenes in which earthlings chat with Kang and Kodos.

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.

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.