Sentences with phrase «plot points in favor»

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.

Not exact matches

U-571's plot moves like a rocket, never pausing for breath, and this works to a point, but certain events (what happens to Keith's Major Coonan, for example) are glossed over in favor of more (exceptionally well - done) shots of exploding depth charges and topside battles.

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.

When the plot switches back to New York — Allen's once - favored stomping grounds before he moved things abroad for a while, starting with Match Point, in 2005 — we get a different setting and a different woman (Blake Lively, The Age of Adaline) with some passable moments and others that recall better scenes in earlier films.