Sentences with phrase «plot machinations»

That the twisty plot machinations of the backstretch actually facilitate the drama, rather than nullifying it, is a testament to what the director has accomplished.

A film of obvious characterizations and even more obvious plot machinations that render its moment - to - moment charms moot.

Managed properly, they can yield the most exquisite results; make the series too short, and those well - meaning characters get lost in plot machinations.

Archetypal characters heave archetypal themes across rural terrain, seemingly as bewildered by the convoluted plot machinations as any audience might be.

Even with a lengthy 160 - minute run time, the sheer number of superheroes and sidekicks who appeared in Infinity War meant that some characters who typically command the spotlight were shortchanged by plot machinations and screen - time restrictions.

Amidst the CGI environments and constant plot machinations, the story veers between interesting, boring and borderline incomprehensible.

Plus there's this whole thing about Selene's long - lost daughter's blood that's not really all that important, as well as a bunch of florid blather about bloodlines and legacies, but really it's all just the same ol' Underworld plot machinations that exist primarily to fill in space between all the action scenes.

«We don't play it for plot machinations or tropes.

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.»

What that has to do with a film obsessed with heavy metal and Jessica Biel's topography (the fact that the waterfall / bikini scene from Cocktail is in the middle of Stealth is at once up for conjecture and not surprising in the least) is not so much a mystery as it is one of any number of plot machinations remarkable only for their broad strokes and clunkiness.

We received the former for review, which contains a 2.35:1 transfer of the film in anamorphic video; the image is quirky in accordance with John Seale's cinematography: grain is overemphasized in several climactic shots, as if to ground the ludicrous plot machinations in some kind of hard - edged reality, while blacks are chalky throughout and detail has a filtered quality — a Lawrence Kasdan trademark.

Note: some writers are better at plot machinations.

Much has been written on Robert Eggers» exemplary period piece, so I'll keep it brief: The Witch is a quiet horror film of subtle plot machinations and subtler characterization.

Garlin and Zahn execute multiple pratfalls with aplomb, but the familiarly inorganic plot machinations blunt the film's attempts at scoring the big laughs.

The Saturday Night Live star's bouts of physical comedy — as well as pleasantly distracting cameos by the likes of Andy Richter, Kyle Gass, and The Station Agent's Peter Dinklage as a star children's author — spackle over the bland plot enough to keep Elf moving, until the film succumbs to overwrought third - act plot machinations.

With a tone that never settles into a defined groove, It Could Happen to You doesn't come together, offering only a handful of nice moments amid a framework of hard - to - swallow plot machinations.

Beautifully accented and paced, his pitch - perfect narration deftly navigates the large and diverse cast and the intricate plot machinations to create a stunning glimpse into a dangerous time when Henry VIII ruled and Thomas Cromwell served as his «fixer.»

So much so that today, most readers of Crais go to him for the internal battles he explores as much for his external plot machinations.

Given that many have spent the past two years intensely speculating, theorizing, and predicting the character and plot machinations of the film, it's hard not to think some expectations were set going in that, as it turns out, The Last Jedi filmmakers had no intention (and had made no promise) of meeting.

The simultaneous maturity and vulnerability present here is otherwise absent in Magic in the Moonlight, a film of obvious characterizations and even more obvious plot machinations that render its moment - to - moment charms moot.

Others will dismiss Haneke's plot machinations as needlessly macabre.

... Episode by episode it's been thrilling, and there have been some excellent arcs... But it's sometimes hard not to notice the plot machinations that are going on to make sure that problems are set up for the future and that its core conflicts are not resolved too soon.

She appears as annoyed and disgusted with the plot machinations and supporting characters as we are.»

The details of this plot machination are best left to the experts.

What gets most lost in the film's endless stream of references and plot machinations is Spielberg's voice.

Once they get on the road, however, the plot machinations relax, and we can start to figure out who these characters are.

Perhaps on stage, this sort of comedy of errors works better, with lots of plot machinations, false identities, and slapstick galore.

The mayor (Viola Davis) randomly appears, yells at Nick, tells him to stop the madman, but the eventual shift from uncertain ethics to basic good and evil is admittedly less insulting than the way the movie amps up the plot machinations to justify the turnaround.

The plot machinations of the early going do feel like just that as so many things seem to magically fall into place for DJay's transformation — the keyboard; a spontaneous run - in with Key (Anthony Anderson), an old acquaintance and sound engineer who then takes him to a soul - stirring church choir performance — in an almost implausibly pat manner.

Some of the plot machinations of «The Shape of Water,» such as the Cold War intrigue and Shannon's cartoonish villain, don't live up to the magic Hawkins and Jones conjure in their scenes together.

gets weighed down by its plot machinations and... decent acting.

Sure, it's much the same recipe as before... But under director Christopher McQuarrie's keen eye and casual aplomb, which adds enormous likeability to the seamless events no matter how outlandish, Rogue Nation keeps the pulse pounding and the plot machinations breakneck without sacrificing laughs or nonstop excitement.»

However, «Atomic Blonde» is a slave to its plot machinations, so Broughton has to meet Person A to get Object X before bringing Object X to Person B, where she learns about Object Y, which actually belongs to Person A... and so on.

Plot machinations — a rogue journalism student, government conspiracies, equally threatening new friends — drive Frank back through Willamette at a fast clip.

The lighter moments are necessary to offset the more upsetting corners of the story, as some of the plot machinations will hit certain viewers pretty hard.