Sentences with phrase «plot point in»

Buying life insurance on someone else and naming yourself as beneficiary might sound like a plot point in a film noir mystery.

And when they wake up, they may develop amnesia, which makes for a plot point in the show's storyline.

A recent decision of the BC Court of Appeal in Donell v. GJB Enterprises Inc., 2012 BCCA 135 has given me an opportunity to do what annoying lawyers do best - pick apart a minor, inconsequential plot point in a tv show.

He doesn't remember who he is or why he is there... Yes, amnesia is used as a plot point in Galerians, and yes this is an overused plot device... In fact, bar a few specific games that use it brilliantly (like Amnesia: The Dark Descent), I usually hate it being used to set up a story.

I did not like this part of the story, since I personally felt like this shouldn't have been a plot point in the game since this kind of plot point had been used twice now in the franchise.

There's also a plot point in Inquisition where you can take your chosen character class to the next level — for example, a Rogue can choose to specialise in stealth (Assassin class), traps (Artificer) or spells (Tempest).

There's even a plot point in the game where one of the other heroes is randomly chosen to find a Rune and use it to conquer a small kingdom.

Additionally, to prevent grinding, until you pass a certain plot point in the story, you're capped at level 15, no matter how much experience you gain.

While optional, their quest seemed like a major plot point in Gravity Rush, as it was even linked to a separate trphy.

choices, I know it's a plot point in a story veteran designer Tetsuya Takahashi is telling me as I play the game he and his team have made for me.

Buying life insurance on someone else and naming yourself as beneficiary might sound like a plot point in a film noir mystery.

The telegraph was a new technology and still a bit mysterious when Dumas made it a small but crucial plot point in the story.

Illustrate a significant plot point in a unique way.

SPOILER WARNING: The following contains a major plot point in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

If this piece of movie news was the plot point in a Hollywood satire, we would start waiting for the scene where father and son have angry confrontation about legacies and what - not.

Her instantly identifiable ink — she has giant roses on her chest, too — ended up being a plot point in The Florida Project.

Of course this leaves the messy issue of what to do with the original bodies, a major plot point in previous versions namely Don Siegel's in 1956, Philip Kaufman's in 1978 and Abel Ferrara's 1994 Body Snatchers.

The explosion of violence at the end of the film recalls the iconic final sequence from Bonnie and Clyde: violence and death suddenly become much more than a plot point in the narrative of their lives.

O'Shea Jackson Jr.'s character is a huge Batman fan, so not only are there plenty of jokes making fun of Batman, but it becomes a quirky plot point in a few key scenes.

It's the «billionaire» thriller that becomes very intense after a big plot point in the middle, and the way the script unravels from there is fascinating.

A big plot point in Spider - Man: Homecoming included Peter taking down Adrian Toomes, the Vulture, in hopes of impressing Stark and being initiated into the Avengers.

Each plot point in The Glass House becomes increasingly ludicrous, using logic defying twists and turns that can only be present in movies like this.

That connection between Isaac and Portman's characters is a crucial plot point in the film, but in practice, it's half - compelling and half - restraining, simply because marital problems are so much more familiar and banal than everything else going on.

The second wave of Cosbaby figures from Hot Toys has been unveiled and seemingly confirm a plot point in Avengers: Infinity War.

With plenty of dumb puns, the straight - line story barely ever hits a plot point in a movie that coasts on its primary conceit of watching dogs talk and interact as if they had a frontal lobe.

Muller is particularly illuminating when discussing Otto Preminger's formal inventiveness — his long, subtle takes, his ability to create compositions that essentially edit the film within the camera — and the various noir «types» that inhabit the narrative, such as the «bad cop» or the sickly neighbor who, in Muller's words, is often «waiting around to be a plot point in a crime story.»

This idea became a key plot point in the motion picture «Chain Reaction,» starring Keanu Reeves.

The idea of matter escaping the alleged point - of - no - return was surprising (it's a central plot point in that other recent movie about black holes, the biographical The Theory of Everything), but the fate of information that falls into the black hole was what really troubled Hawking's colleagues.

Stop here for a second and reflect on that, because it's a MAJOR plot point in this whole thing — one that might ultimately do more to break up the Belichick - Brady - Kraft triumvirate than anything else.

The mega-chain's creation myth does have some plot points in common with The Social Network: while McDonald's retains the names of its founders, the McDonald's brothers, it was Kroc who realized the potential of fast food and spread the chain from coast - to - coast, eventually buying out the brothers.

Editor's Note: The following interview with Noah screenwriter Ari Handel contains some minor spoilers and discussions of items that deal with major plot points in the film.

«If plotting points in two dimensions using X and Y axes, you might see clusters of points and that would tell you something or provide a clue that the materials might share some attributes,» he explains.

The acting is mostly fine or average from the entire cast but the plot points in the script and direction are executed in an unmotivated and abrupt nature.

The result is a stylistic and colorful film (using modern music set to the old time theme, and a frustrating jump in time that often skips over major plot points in favor of lining up the next musical number.

«Now that doesn't mean what happens in the film won't have ripples in the MCU, but the film itself isn't relying on other plot points in the MCU.»

Savvy horror - thriller viewers should stay away from Gothika, as it telegraphs its plot points in such a way that you're always a few steps ahead of the game.

The stones — six rocks of inexplicable power which when combined will create even more incredible power — have become huge plot points in many of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, with each discovery taking us closer to the conclusion which we know will come in 2019 with Avengers 4.

However, Kloves had another challenge much different than just cutting material: He had to adapt the books while Rowling was still writing, so he had to always worry about making plot points in the films that would conflict with what the author had planned for future books.

Again, those scenes being vital plot points in this film.

Often obscured by poetic names, these rocks have become pivotal plot points in Captain America, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more — each time winking at some climactic event yet to come.

Consider this a spoiler warning because Sonny, who's a real [redacted], is going to discuss plot points in this review, including in the [redacted] ing first paragraph.

One of the central plot points in «Bingo: The King of the Mornings» sees our protagonist pleading to change the script for the American TV franchise in which he stars.

One of the central plot points in «Bingo: The King of the Mornings» sees our protagonist pleading to change the script for the American...

What has been sold as the first of a very large franchise, Fantastic Beasts delivers a terrific story, not overly - dependent on the Harry Potter series, but that will most likely set up some major plot points in the Potter tales that we aren't aware of yet.

Six page workbook takes students from plotting points in quadrant 1 of a coordinate plane, to using the plane to solve simple word problems.

Topics covered: Finding fractions of a number Adding and subtracting fractions Fractions on a number line 9 x table Relationship between multiplication and division 2 digit x 1 digit multiplication Plotting points in one quadrant Angles Time Word problems

It helps students gather the most important details about the setting and characters as well as summarize the plot points in an outline.

I still get a kick out of seeing writers on TV, especially when Castle starts referring to plot points in their novels in order to get them to let him know where a «tattooed Russian mobster» is most likely to hang out.

When asked to read a story and arrange 14 plot points in the correct order, Kindle readers performed twice as poorly as those who had sat down with a paperback.

When asked to read a story and arrange 14 plot points in the correct order, Kindle readers performed