Sentences with phrase «plot scene sets»

The opening plot scene sets the stage for the rest of the game and is presented like an old 8 - bit videogame, complete with pixel - based animations and 8 - bit sound.

Not exact matches

In contrast, the ancient Hebrew author seldom finds it necessary to set a scene with details or to describe what a character looks like unless these facts advance the plot.

It advanced the plot and set the table for thrilling scenes in the coming weeks.

The plot — mostly new, with a few scenes or set pieces borrowed from the source material — sees star Brad Pitt play Gerry Lane, a former UN investigator now retired, a seemingly happy stay - at - home dad with wife Karen (Mireille Enos) and daughters Rachel and Constance (Abigail Hargrove and Sterling Jerins).

Deliberately paced, excellent acting, fine plot and, the inevitable twist... I lived in GB through the cold war - the scene / setting is brilliantly reconstructed - hats of to the BBC for another fine production.

Deliberately paced, excellent acting, fine plot and, the inevitable twist... I lived in GB through the cold war - the scene / setting is

That scene sets the stage for the plot of the film, which surprisingly, takes place over a very concentrated point in time — only a month, really — when the Civil War was limping to an end, and Lincoln was rushing to pass the 13th Amendment to ban slavery.

Shane Black has denied this plot point and a recent production rumor gives the impression it's more of a rural setting as scenes have been shot on a local private farm, supporting Black's denial.

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.

Daniel Mecca, The Film Stage Too often the filmmakers rely on lowest - common - denominator prison rape jokes and lazy plotting to allow for action - comedy set pieces, resulting in a poorly - constructed scene at a White Supremacist stronghold and a sloppy third act that feels like an afterthought.

Tony is pretty much an everyman character going about his daily business when he happens to see what he sees, which leads to one of Argento's more memorable set pieces as Tony is trapped between the two glass doors of the art gallery, unable to help the victim inside who is bleeding on the floor and unable to escape outside to fetch help, and his and Julia's situation and relationship is played out in a very natural way, the scenes in their apartment with just the two of them interacting being as integral to the plot as the more violent scenes.

After setting the scene with vivid characters and some insightful interaction, the plot of this teen comedy - drama feels like a let down.

The cinematography in this movie really sets the scene for the plot.

As we can already guess the ultimate guy for Mo, the rest is merely a plot that idles in its own set paces, with a plethora of scenes of Montana running maniacally, waving her arms around as she stomps forward in high heels through airports, trying to stop airline personnel from closing gates, or trying to hail cabs just in the nick of time.

Loosely based on (or «inspired by,» per the credits) Sarah Waters» 2002 novel Fingersmith, which was set in Victorian England, The Handmaiden gets progressively trashier and more overheated as it goes along, serving up multiple plot twists and replaying earlier scenes from a radically different perspective.

In celebration of The Disaster Artist movie release and The Room's 15 year anniversary, Co-star, line producer and former Wiseau roommate Greg Sestero is coming to town to present an exclusive behind the scenes documentary about the making of The Room, a live reading of this first edition of Tommy's screenplay, which features settings, dialogue and plot devices that never made it on screen!

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.

M.V.P.: Among a wondrous cast, including J. Smith Cameron as Lisa's mother, John Gallagher Jr. as her hapless prospective beau, Kieran Culkin as a manipulative, callous rival, Rosemarie De Witt as the prickly, paranoid wife of Mark Ruffalo's character, Stephen Adly Guirgis as a long - suffering cop, Michael Ealy as a smart - as - a-whip attorney and Lonergan himself as Lisa's hen - pecked absentee father, it's the great Allison Janney (also the best thing in «The Help «-RRB- who lingers in a one - scene cameo as the victim of the bus accident which sets the plot in motion.

Sadly, these often strong scenes of the family's interactions with one another are undone by the film's constant need to cut away and remind us of the larger plot involving the hitmen and thus sacrificing where its strength lies in order to set up and build toward its damp squib of a finale.

Malkovich easily has the most hysterical role, stealing scenes left and right, which helps to divert attention from the dreadful cover - up plot, the afterthought romance involving Victoria, Parker's inability to convey any sort of believable reaction, and questions of probability — such as how a monstrous cannon on a tripod can be set up in the parking garage where the Vice President is campaigning, without attracting any attention by the hundreds of security team members scurrying about.

Jordan has fun with set design and costumes in recreating 1910s and 20s Ireland, and he clearly jumps at the opportunity to construct scenes around intense violence and underground plotting, but he never engages the complications at the heart of Irish identity and patriotism.

Giallo - like in its plot convolutions as well as its stark, shadowy visual style, this rare foray into strict horror by dark crime thriller master J. Lee Thompson is perhaps best known for its infamous shish - kebab murder scene, but the underappreciated slasher film has much more to offer, with a whole slew of show - stopping death set pieces and a stellar supporting cast, including Glenn Ford as Virginia's doctor.

During the chase scenes, he fires up John Powell «s score and goes to work keeping the momentum firing, although a bit of fatigue sets in during the Tangiers chase since it runs a little on the long side and doesn't push the plot forward.

The scene, which took six hours to film, sets up the plot of the film.

Too many plot elements, too many characters, too many overlong action scenes, a rushed pace and too much set up for Phase 3 that all gets in the way of the drama.

The first set of women are so fun to spend time with, just bantering and setting up the scene, that we can happily just watch them chew up Tarantino's cleverly crafted dialogue and inch forward with the plot.

In the second scene, Dick sets up the plot: He wants his grandson Jason (Zac Efron) to drive him from Georgia to his summer home in Florida, where he and his wife spent so many years together.

Because it derives its style from documenting what actors do — the action takes place in and around a glass house, designed by Richard Neutra, and a pool, an archetypal Hollywood setting that puts everyone on display — this isn't a movie where the mise en scene can easily be separated from the plot.

DVD Review: As Pixar sets go, this is pretty bare - bones, a single - disc set with the obligatory short film opening act («One Man Band»), an unfunny longer film starring tow truck Mater («Mater and the Ghostlight»), and a smattering of «deleted scenes,» which are in fact a series of rough sketches that actually take the plot in completely different directions.

They can reconstruct various settings from a text, and even re-create scenes and plot events.

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Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

The short story elements such as plot, dialogues, characterization, narrative, atmosphere, scene setting are also present in flash fiction; having said that flash fiction may not include every elements of short story (character development, plot, atmosphere, clear beginning, middle, ending etc..)

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You approach one battlefield at a time, after each one, you have a minute or two's grace where you can collect any weapon drops or upgrades and sometimes will have set conversations / cut scenes to help progress the game's plot or explain where you are in the space station, or your next objective.

Before we get into the review proper, however, why not check out The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's epic launch trailer, as it not only manages to set the scene and give a basic introduction to the game's plot and characters, but also shows off one of the game's key strengths, its massive and beautifully realised open world.