Sentences with phrase «plot elements out»

Director Rian Johnson kept a lot of ideas and plot elements out of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, including Luke Skywalker's reported third lesson for Rey, Supreme Leader Snoke's origins, and that time a porg sliced its head open with a lightsaber.

Not exact matches

Maybe that shouldn't be surprising, given that the computers which fired out the initial ideas had first been fed reams of data on the plot elements, time periods, settings and character types which go into the creation of a successful musical.
Without hashing out the original film's plot, it's safe to assume we can expect to see many of the elements from there enhanced in its sequel «Prey at Night».
Forster and Helm also drop the ball on the narration itself, which is more of a gimmick than a well thought - out element of the plot.
Unfortunately the game does not leave its comfort zone and does not introduce any new elements that could make it stand out among its peers, with the aggravating factor that its plot is simply not compelling enough to command any interest among the players.
It runs out of steam; the various plot elements never resonate.
Perhaps he is bored by it all by now, or perhaps he just realizes that all people want is to be creeped out, because, outside of the ominous atmospheric elements and moments of booga - booga, there is barely an effort made to string together a legitimate story or some workable plot to keep us interested.
In terms of creating a whole cinematic universe with kinetic elements like the Infinity Stone, with so many directors and writers and different people making the movies, how do you plot that out?
Here's the idiotic plot: a former car thief is called out of retirement to save his brother's life, because it seems the knucklehead has gotten into debt with the criminal element.
Killer Elite frequently jumps timeframes and locales - and as a result of various unfolding plot elements in the final act push out one anti-climax after another.
But the horror elements are relatively fresh to the genre, with director Axelsson teasing them out in intriguingly subtle fashion until the ending in which the various plot strands are satisfyingly tied together.
Though it's refreshing to see Langdon out of his element for once (even if the idea that he can remember obscure facts and not the word for «coffee» is as ridiculous as some of the film's major plot turns), it also defeats the purpose of going to see a Robert Langdon adventure.
Those later elements are really the only thing that sets this apart from the countless other cop - tracks - down - a-killer movies out there, because for all its clichéd plot points and stock characters, it's obvious screenwriters Robert Fyvolent, Mark R. Brinker, and Allison Burnett are more concerned about coming up with graphic death scenes than anything else.
Typically, the action horror genre is not my thing, especially one that borrows elements from better movies and throughout its installments has turned out quite a convoluted plot.
The plot elements that come to frutition in the last half - hour do weaken the film, and seem out of place.
With all the usual elements of an under - age slasher flick, The Uninvited, rolls out a seemingly predictable plot.
However, a couple key plot elements — that I think the «Black Swan» director intended to be mysterious and suspenseful, don't work because they're thin in substance yet very drawn - out.
It turns out though that this plot element of Wade being desperately suicidal was originally supposed to get a greater showcase than it ended up receiving in the final film.
This look at the film doesn't do a great job laying out the plot — apparently there are multiple timelines and a dystopian element — but it does...
Before getting into how spectacular the action sequences truly are (and trust me, they save the blockbuster from plundering to the bottom of the ocean), it must be said that Oscar - nominated Kon - Tiki directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg have no idea whose story the movie should actually belong to, starting out as Henry Turner's (Brenton Thwaites) quest to free his cursed father at sea Will Turner (Orlando Bloom in a glorified cameo along with Keira Knightley as his partner Elizabeth Swann) to locate the Trident of Poseidon subsequently lifting that curse, and while the ultimate goal of the movie for all characters is finding said artifact for different reasons, by the end it's hard to fault the audience if they have forgotten all about that plot element and are just living in the moment of Jack Sparrow and company battling an army of decomposing, undead ghost pirates led by Captain Salazar.
Monster House is by no means as slow as that, but does deliberately lay out the crucial plot elements bit by bit until reaching a gloriously outrageous (yet at the same time satisfying) climax.
Part of the film's charm is its self - effacing nature and willingness to point out the absurdity of certain plot elements.
For me, Prisoners is part an engrossing family drama and part a chintzy, lurid thriller, jammed together in a way that lacks conciseness, focus, or ability to avoid collapsing under the sheer weight of the many cheap and cheesy plot contrivances that are far too out of their element to cap off a drama that builds up so well.
The ridiculous plot blighted the book and, despite Levinson's efforts to phase out some of the novel's excesses, he still struggles whenever he incorporates some of the the screwball elements into the plot.
Those who wish to see Here On Earth without having previous knowledge of certain plot elements would do well to bail out now and return after they have seen the film.
Yes, that's right, The Cave is yet another derivative movie that becomes so boring by its generic nature, the only way one can stay entertained is to figure out what movie that each plot element rips off.
I think the major hubris in this working out of the plot is that you try to combine way too many elements, while leaving out the very best ones.
As for the plot, it's another year at Hogwarts for Harry, and another one filled with danger as escaped prisoner, Sirius Black (Oldman, The Fifth Element), may be out on a mission to take Potter's life.
But Nicholas isn't so sure — and as he digs further, he uncovers a hooded murderer carrying out a plot, led by the NWA, to keep Sandford great and rid the town of undesirable elements.
A genetic - dispersal of the elements of plant strategies is carried out, elements are plotted on combined objective axis, showing a Pareto distribution which may be extrapolated to alternate scales.
Plotting (if approached advantageously) is about planning out the story path you'd like to pursue, by identifying or pin - pointing (and securing), a selection of pivotal story elements (or major plot points), in advance of starting the writing journey.
Find out everything a writer needs to know about this popular genre as Lynn analyzes elements including cover, protagonist, audience, setting, and plot.
Her developmental edits quickly picked out the weak elements of my plot
Once the betareader has read your work, they can provide helpful insight on how to improve your important elements of your story: characters, setting, and plot (point out plot holes and continuity issues).
A good copy - editor also fact - checks where necessary, ensures that elements of plot and character are internally consistent, and points out problems in story logic.
Bright's light, droll tone ably skips over melodramatic pitfalls (and glosses over a few plot elements that strain belief), but when Nick and Adelaide's secrets come out, her sparkling prose becomes unrelentingly sharp.
In a series filled with finely - crafted, carefully - tuned installments chock - full of plot, action, and fanservice, Re: coded is an anomaly, a wildly uneven mix of gameplay elements that feels like it was rushed out to keep the series in the spotlight.
Overall, this is a game that does exactly what it sets out to do: Be an oldschool manshoot, but with modern elements in the mix that make it more enjoyable, and a suitably bonkers Cyberpunk plot (albeit without any real hacking... ah, well, can't have everything).
The over-expository story told to you by floating heads via radio, the confusing (for my age) plot, the meta nature of the game where you have to look at the back of game's case to find a Codec frequency or, similarly, look at a girl's ass to figure out her disguise, the eerie existence of Psycho Mantis, his goddamn ominous theme, plus all the ambient sounds within the game itself — it was just so full of moments that all seemed like isolated but big events, like remembering scenes and elements from a film.
It adds a slight survival element to the game which is not pronounced enough to become annoying but encourages you to move forward with the plot and be mindful of your supplies when venturing out in to the wilderness.
While fans of the previous games in the Monkey Island series may get the biggest laughs out of the twisted plot connections across the trilogy while reminiscing elements that are oddly familiar, no previous knowledge of the Monkey Island series is needed to enjoy this game wholeheartedly.
It was very compelling putting all of the pieces of the puzzle together in this story and figuring out what all of the scattered plot elements lead up to.
Hwang's process involves organically plotting out each element to make sure that every mark relates to both the previous and the next.
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