Sentences with phrase «plot point in a movie»

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.

Not exact matches

I pointed out to the beleaguered - sounding commander who phoned me after I raised the phone hacking issue at prime minister's questions that plots to conduct covert surveillance on sitting prime ministers were the sort of thing you'd see in movies, and that most people would think a «rigorous assessment process» wasn't really required when deciding to investigate.

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.

The movie portrayed her personality and as a legend of a woman posed as a man to enter the monastery and become Pope.German actress Johanna Wokalek was pretty good for that role and the other performances were decent as well.The portrayal of the time, crowds and the cities was below average, but very effective, since it was a low - budget movie, the image and lighting quality was not always good.The weak point of the movie was in the rhythm, which at times was uneven, and went from fast to very slow, but still it was never boring because of the strong plot.

While the novel of «Fifty Shades Freed» offered a more satisfying and complete arc that showcases how married life has changed the protagonists, for both better and worse, the movie adaptation cut some of the most important plot points, in an effort to create a shorter and more cohesive plotline.

*** SPOILER - ALERT *** It's not a big spoiler and doesn't give away any plot points, but if you don't want to know ANYTHING about the movie in any way, don't read any further.

Which tells me American viewers are pretty stupid as I just watched «John Wick» which averages a 7.8 and this movie gets a 5.4... which is laughable because «John Wick» was one of the dumbest movies I ever saw in my life, directed by Keanu Reeves stunt double, with 0 plot, 0 point, and near 0 near 0 enjoyment value.

First the dagger only turns back time for a few minutes so you really never get a sense of what the point is — until the big plot reveals itself in the last part of the movie.

Instead of showing us action and letting the audience figure things out for ourselves, he stops the movie to explain every major plot point had in long monologues.

Various comments from directors of Marvel movies, characters rumors, and plot points set up in more than a few films, all seem to point to the MCU being totally different after Infinity War.

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.

Significant plot points whiz by in this movie equivalent of speed - dating.

The movie felt longer than needed and at one point, I started to feel the plot was moving in circles.

Here's the long version, which won't contain any spoilers for moments exclusive to the movie but will mention a few plot points from the book and events in parts one and two.

All the teasers and Easter eggs in the Marvel movies point toward an overarching plot in which Thanos is collecting the Infinity Stones for some mysterious purpose, and that closely mirrors the events leading up to Infinity Gauntlet.

However, their storyline goes where literally every single plot point goes in this movie: half an hour of watching the group run from room to room, like Scooby and Shaggy evading a ghost, and hiding in various cupboards from the lions.

I guess the «should have more substance» comment could be directed toward the movie as a whole, as important plot points feel glossed over in favor of the sexier material.

Young Sofia's ideas are all over the place: Zoe walks in on a random robbery of the hotel's safety boxes, she interviews a Middle Eastern sheik's nephew (a plot point reminiscent of Disney's Eloise at the Plaza TV movie), and attends a costume party.

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.

The secondhand plot and daft visuals are not, in any case, the movie's main selling points.

The most exciting post-game content is a handful of special story missions that expand upon plot points either untouched or merely mentioned in the movie proper.

When a movie about the African - American experience in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s bypasses the assassination of Medgar Evers to move on to a plot point about a pie made of human feces, though, one has to question the story's priorities.

As is the way of these movies, from The Big Sleep on down, the plot overcomplicates a simple story to the point where things can be outright confusing — especially so when many of the characters are high in the process.

These random acts of strangeness are literred throughout the extremely dark narrative which eventually takes a turn for the even darker plot - point 50 minutes in which steers the movie into a completely different direction, very much for the better.

Movies with important sequences set in Austin, and in which Twitter is a vital plot point: Chef, Frank

From the opening sequence of young Mowgli (Neel Sethi) racing through the jungle in the company of his adoptive wolf family and his feline guardian, the black panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley), through its comic setpieces with the layabout Baloo the Bear (Bill Murray) and its sinister interludes with the python Kaa (Scarlett Johansson), the despot orangutan King Louie (Christopher Walken), and the scarred Bengal tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba), the movie bears you along on a current of enchantment, climaxing in a thunderous extended action sequence that dazzles while tying off every lingering plot point, and gathering up all the bits of folklore, iconography, and Jungian dream symbols that have been strewn throughout the story like Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumbs.

Yet nothing is obvious in a Johnson picture, even in a story throws the time - honored plot points from such diverse movies as «The Terminator,» «High Noon,» «The Fury» and «Le Samourai» into a mind - bending blender.

Anderson has a lot going on in this movie and while plot points can go from one thing to another and back again, it is all pretty easy to keep up with.

Essentially, in the case of the movie, they exist more as plot points than anything else — and Javier Bardem practically snoozes through the last act as Liz's new love [and threat to her newfound balance], Felipe.

So it is a fairly long plot description for what is essentially a road movie with the inevitable chainsaw getting revved up by the end but that is what this franchise has become — tenuous and contrived plot points to try and tie in to something that already exists.

The trailer reveals the plot point that she must recover five mystical items in order to escape, which feels more like a video game than a movie (not the first time one of Snyder's films has invited that comparison).

I think Joss Whedon already did a magnificent job compressing all those plot points into 142 minutes, but I think the movie would have been a lot better fleshed - out if it were 3 and a half hours long (impossible for the sake of profit - maximisation, though it'd make a lot of sense if extra scenes were put in DVD / Blu - ray for an extended, complete version).

A summer movie event that has literally been a decade in the making, Avengers: Infinity War is the new capstone of Marvel Studios» ambitious master plan to bring the majority of their comic book heroes to cinematic life — not in separate, stand - alone films, but rather in an intricate web of interlocking narratives, each of which features various plot points and isolated moments (some buried within or after the closing credits) that have laid the groundwork for the events depicted here.

I usually type out a short summary or try to set - up the plot at some point early on in my reviews, but I feel like it's a moot talking point because if you've kept up with the Marvel movies or have a good idea of what's going on in them, you don't need me to paint a picture about the Infinity Stones, the Infinity Gauntlet or the fight to save the universe.

Alas, the film goes down all the wrong roads, with a snooze - inducing major plot point involving Mark's shady money dealings that feels like it belongs in another movie.

Harking back to past Bond scripts and including snippets of plot points from Craig's legacy to the franchise, the screenplay has the defiant covert operative resorting to his infamous tricks of seducing beautiful women (passionate kissing and undressing implies further sexual activity), engaging in car chases with decked out vehicles (in this case a Aston Martin DB10 designed especially for the movie) and fighting a crime empire with an infinitely wealthy, villainous kingpin who commands an army of minions.

Yes, Waititi allowed, Marvel had the movie's major plot points set in stone and exerted a lot of control over the action sequences and visual effects.

I don't know if I've ever lamented my disdain when movies overly rely on narration to fill in plot points and unnecessarily describe exposition details.

Even though this is a sequel, there are a lot of plot points from the beginning of the trilogy that this movie either glossed over or, in some cases, completely ignores.

And then comes an invitation for the dance class — who become viral video stars in a dubious plot development the movie barely bothers to dramatize — to perform in Rome, at which point Finding Your Feet truly comes into its own as a third - rate Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Black Panther will apparently make his first appearance in Captain America: Civil War, and rumor has it Wakanda will be a plot point as early as next year's Avengers movie.

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.

The stakes are small compared to what tends to happen in American movies now; the story is rather slight; the filmmakers pay closer attention to the small details of character interaction than to the fine points of plot.

This is the point at which the movie really kicks into gear, so I will leave further plot points for you to see for yourself in the movie.

And here's where Boyhood becomes a special case: More than almost any movie I can think of, the emotional and fascinating story of how it was made is practically part of its plot; it doesn't need to be sold as a campaign talking point because it's manifest in every frame.

Rocky's lack of boxing - movie plot and false drama actually serves it well as a first movie; it establishes a lot of characters, from Adrian to Apollo Creed to Rocky's trainer Mickey (Burgess Meredith) and louse of a best friend (and prospective brother - in - law) Paulie (Burt Young), who will return to the series for years to come — characters who are so beloved by Stallone that even their absences from later sequels must be marked as plot points.

And putting Venom in a Spider - Man movie would make venom an MCU character (Spider - Man can exist in Venom, just not the Spider - Man from the current movies or any plot points or elements from these new MCU based Spider - Man movies - think parallel universes, similar but different)

Anyway, what kind of deep story did you expect from a movie based on a game whose only real plot point is, «Your princess is in another castle»?

I was so excited to see locations, items and what appeared to be plot points from Silent Hill 3 that I was able to look past the cheesy in your face «Hey the movie is in 3D ya'll!»

But then I started reading that Tom Cruise was not amused after watching it and I read some of the juicy plot points, like dissenters being called «squirrels» in both the film and by L. Ron Hubbard, and that Sea Orgs signing 1 - billion - year contracts like cult members in the movie who sign 3 - billion year contracts.