Sentences with phrase «predictable story»

I'm going to dive right into the most ridiculous and yet completely predictable story of the week.

I will just take it for what it is... an action movie and predictable story line, but regardless there looks like to be some cool action scenes.

There are some unnecessary scenes and an unfortunately predictable story arc that creates part of the film's dramatic tension.

Considering how predictable the story was, Flash of Genius was a fairly good film to watch.

A fairly predictable story, made interesting by a great cast and solid performances.

What's astonishing about the film is how awake it is, how it doesn't fall into predictable story routines.

It's a thoroughly predictable story inhabited by sympathetic characters.

This is an amusing diversion, despite being overlong and overloaded with predictable story lines.

Gamers often loudly complain about derivative, predictable stories in video games, and rightly so.

Where I was enjoying the experience of being in these characters» company, I suddenly felt distracted by the machinations of the script and started anticipating predictable story beats.

I would say this is a very generic First Person Shooter with very predictable story.

It's yet another interesting angle overshadowed by the director's predilection for predictable story structure.

Not a heck of a lot since, this being the fourth installment of the successful franchise, it follows the same predictable story arc as it predecessors, ending up basically in the same place — ready for another sequel.

Sleeping with Other People has some appeal as an adult - oriented alternative to formula romantic comedies, but the movie never fully wins you over with its iffy characters and ultimately predictable story.

A kid from Elmira, Ont., doesn't become a Goliath of the publishing world by writing predictable stories about learning disabled kids who struggle through life, orphans who end up in jail, and skilled basketball teams that defeat the scrubs.

It is the same predictable story all the time and yet ex-players can't mention the plain obvious truth that Wenger cares about 4th and pretends to want 1st.

There are some unnecessary scenes and an unfortunately predictable story arc that creates part of the

«The Social Network» could have been an extremely predictable story of a misfit creating something great - another «little engine that could.»

As Mohammed's predictable story plays out, it's hard not to consider the expectations associated with the director himself.

Despite the at - times predictable story elements of the crime action comedy, Catherine Marie Thomas, the costume designer for «The Heat,» effortlessly outfitted Bullock and McCarthy to perfectly represent their characters visually.

Predictable story from start until the end, having low budget & bad acting.

The final product of A Vigilante may have left me feeling indifferent, but I commend the places Daggar - Nickson took the typically predictable story to deliver a fresh take on the revenge thriller that leans more into the emotional aftermath of the everyday violence that thousands of women suffer through on a daily basis, while also letting Wilde be a complete badass.

While I wouldn't say that May in the Summer is a film that is ground - breaking by any means, it is definitely a quiet little indie flick with good acting, a decent although predictable story, and some beautiful direction from the film's star, writer, and director Cherien Dabis.

Add to that a cavalcade of clichés from the local color that reads like a Chamber of Commerce video (jazz bands, an overdose of zydeco flavoring in the score by Ry Cooder wannabe Steve Mazzaro, Bobo's swamp house that's apparently just down the bayou from Jason Statham's in «The Mechanic») to the utterly predictable story beats, and you've got a thoroughly generic movie that can only sporadically provide even gut - level thrills.

This especially disappointing from director Zach Braff («Garden State») and screenwriter Theodore Melfi, who seem to think that their only choice here is to make a thinly imagined, tiresomely formulaic, numbingly predictable story.

Although it features a strong female protagonist wielding a kickass energy rifle with a crew of robots and moderate levels of platforming, ReCore is held back by a threadbare, somewhat predictable story; repetitive gameplay; and shameless padding.

Another thing that the game's developers have assured us is that you should not expect a linear and / or predictable story in the Xbox One exclusive title.

Very predictable story.

Anyone who's seen the trailer for this film will know exactly what's going to happen and the exact order it's going to happen in, and that's either really bad marketing or a damning indictment of just how predictable the story is.

I don't think they could fit any more cliches or predictable story lines than they did in Dexter's final season.

It has everything you need in a Hollywood blockbuster - creepy bad guy (Jemaine Clement was awesomely creepy), a funny and charismatic lead and an entertaining, but ultimately predictable story.

This could easily have turned out to be one of those formula feel good films with their predictable story book endings but, In the capable hands of director Mara Nair («Amelia»), she brings warmth, emotion and an understanding of the Ugandan culture into this lovely and heart warming film.

This is more than just the predictable story of who Ginsburg was and who she has become.

Tries mightily to have the charm of «Bull Durham,» but instead fields raunchy sex jokes, predictable story line, dumb dialogue and a lackluster love affair.

A highly entertaining romantic comedy, The Wedding Singer overcomes its predictable story.

The director, Peter Berg («Very Bad Things»), keeps the predictable story line on course without developing a truly compelling momentum in the action sequences or finding anything fresh in the interaction of the stock characters.

Fans of light puzzles and predictable stories with damsels in distress that turn into the champion by the end will find what they're looking for here.

But rather than just deliver a predictable story of egos and backstabbing, «American Dreamz» takes the concept to the next level with a plot that involves a Middle Eastern contestant (Sam Golzari) who is part of a terrorist cell and a dimwitted U.S. president (played by Texan Dennis Quaid) who becomes a guest judge on the show.

However, the songs ring hollow, which leaves only the familiar and predictable story.

Radcliffe told the San Francisco Chronicle that it was the creative take of «What If» on what seems like a predictable story that attracted him to the film.

Predictable story and not even satire, adult humour.

As entertaining as I found it, I cant quite go that «extra yard», as it is too uneven at times, with a very predictable story that often gets too juvenile and cheap to take seriously as social commentary.

The pacing is relaxed, the jokes are hidden, and the predictable story tends to float.

The film's heartfelt intentions, solid acting, and moody presentation are not enough to overcome its watered - down characters and predictable story.

MacFarlane opts for a predictable story in which the adult John (Mark Wahlberg) is under pressure from his girlfriend (Mila Kunis) to get his shit together.

I think we could probably forgive the predictable story riddled with clichés if there were some impressive special effects but it doesn't even offer us this and ultimately falls flat.

Thing is, we all know where this is going to lead, so unfortunately Rise of the Planet of the Apes is one of those films that has to work hard to entertain in the face of a predictable story.

The worst edited action movie I've ever seen, with dumb villains and a predictable story.