Sentences with phrase «plot macguffin»

He's Midnight Special's emotional core and plot MacGuffin wrapped into one whole, a seemingly alien child plagued with all kinds of peculiar powers he can't control.

In 2018, the train keeps rolling on, with part one of Avengers: Infinity War, which judging by the title will see Thanos taking all his Infinity Gems (those all - powerful glowing plot MacGuffins) and probably trying to blow up the universe.

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But from the perspective of saving species, it's a MacGuffin: a plot device that may impel the tired conservation narrative forward but is hardly a pragmatic strategy for preserving biodiversity.

The movie, co-written and directed by Troma graduate James Gunn, is so self - conscious of its familiar plot machinations that it calls out this MacGuffin with a jab from Quill, who says the orb gives off a «shiny suitcase, Ark of the Covenant, Maltese Falcon kind of vibe.»

The Infinity Stones have been the interconnecting MacGuffins that keep the plot moving within individual Marvel movies.

Also of interest in the casting call is the plot of the movie, which if accurate would confirm speculation that Captain America: Civil War's macguffin, so to speak, is the idea of a Superhuman Registration Act.

Crisis number two, the veritable Macguffin - like plot of the movie hits quickly.

In fact, pot is so unimportant, beyond being a plot device, it's not even entirely clear if the Macguffin pill is for medicinal use or recreational consumption.

Forgoing the storybook - influenced narrative of its basis in favor of an overly complicated plot, the movie also turns one of the game's core mechanics into an all - purpose MacGuffin.

Utilizing anachronistic gumshoe dialogue in the style of Dashiell Hammett, director Rian Johnson assembled a seemingly clever detective story that uses a «brick» of heroin as the MacGuffin, and a dead girl as a plot device.

Taken collectively, these artifacts are the mother of all MacGuffins - plot devices that drive the narrative, but may or may not have much to do with the true message of the story.

Yet the thin MacGuffin - driven plot, involving Walter's search for a missing film negative, is ridiculously contrived.

The plot, despite its topical references to politics and terrorism (specifically the Bush / Blair connection), is really just a MacGuffin.

The Stones have played minor roles as MacGuffins in many Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, and those assorted plot threads are all building up to Avengers: Infinity War, a film in which the ownership and location of the Infinity Stones will become vital to the safety of the Universe.

This is no ordinary one - off comic - book - movie MacGuffin: Individual Infinity Stones have driven the plots of Captain America: The First Avenger, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, and various other MCU joints.

The plot kicks into autopilot almost immediately, as the goons, corrupt cops, chase them around the city, another on - the - straight - and - narrow detective (Taraji P. Henson) tries to find out the details of the misunderstanding to help the Fosters, and the hunt for the MacGuffin of a flash drive brings the Fosters to all kinds of semi-kooky characters.

«My daughters were always looking at a video about this sloth trying to pull itself out of a cradle, so as I was writing the book, it worked into kind of a MacGuffin [plot twist] in the book,» he recalls.

Its narrative is a fizzle: characters and events pop up from nowhere, the plot lacks an impetus beyond MacGuffin hunts, and the ending feels rushed.

The depth of the worldbuilding in Final Fantasy XII is unrivaled within the series: the plot hinges on detailed histories of several countries, political bureaucracy, military hierarchies, and several different types of magical MacGuffins.

But from the perspective of saving species, it's a MacGuffin: a plot device that may impel the tired conservation narrative forward but is hardly a pragmatic strategy for preserving biodiversity.