Sentences with phrase «production values their stories»

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Likewise, CCT has always believed children should be treated as the sophisticated audiences that they are, showcasing high - profile and award - winning talent, inventive production values and compelling stories that challenge, educate and entertain.

In a series of high production value TV adverts, senior Republicans highlighted scare stories from the NHS, angering British officials and healthcare staff.

Good lead performances and high production values but the story feels truncated and that many of the aspects of the source material are missing.

By the end, I was impressed with the epic scale of the story, the expensive special effects and the high production values, but I also had a distinct feeling of «is that all there is?»

Good production values for a low budget film and good acting from the main characters and most of the cast and good pace but the story feels empty, cliché, flaw and lack of depth.

They've perfected the elusive art of combining memorable characters (Wallace and Gromit, a dotty British inventor and his trusty and far smarter dog, in «Curse of the Were - Rabbit»; Rocky and Ginger, the leading rooster and hen, respectively, of «Chicken Run») with fast - moving, subtly cheeky stories, resulting in family entertainments made all the more appealing by their primitive production values.

When it comes to aesthetic and production value, this film is a triumph, almost a masterpiece, at least for its time, remaining, to this day, a marvel whose style and technical proficiency compliment entertainment value and immerse you into a distinguished world and story.

The story progresses nicely and the action and production values are terrific.

It's rather dull, actually, and inexplicably, given the talent, production value, and story involved.

First rate production value, interesting characters and an intriguing story make for a world well worth escaping to.

In conclusion, there are melodramatic spells, as well as some focal unevenness, spawned from hurrying past certain plot aspects that really aren't all that needed in the first place, being not much more than supplements to the rather repetitious bloating that makes this overambitious effort too overblown for its own good, though not to the point of completely dismissing its engagement value, as there is enough sharpness to the production designs, cinematography and score work to provide striking style, as well as enough story value, brought to life by inspired writing, direction and acting, - particularly by leading lady Halle Berry - to make «Alex Haley's Queen» a rewarding near - epic study on the struggles faced by the mulattoes who struggled to fit into a post-slavery society that was rich with racial tension and plenty of other life challenges.

I suppose its quirkiness is a little formulaic (an American outlaw and his girlfriend run from the Iceland police) and its production value is pretty low, but the scenery is great, [and] the story isn't something you'll see every day.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an open world, action - adventure, role - playing game featuring blockbuster production values, a nonlinear story and revolutionary, first - person melee combat.

Whilst The Fall Part 2: Unbound has been put together with super high production values, a stunning story and some great visuals, it is the overall length and drawn out nature of the tale that ultimately holds it back.

The first out of three single - player mission DLCs for Starcraft 2 provides a promising story which may be an improvement on Blizzard's recent stale storytelling.The duration of this pack is somewhat short for its price, but the production values are still top notch.

Sure, there are plenty of loose ends and logic loopholes to have to contend with, but with fine performances, a nifty plot, and solid production values all around, Deja Vu overcomes familiar story elements to deliver a lively and interesting thriller for those who enjoy mysteries mixed with fantasy and science fiction elements.

Boasting top - notch production values and a bargain - basement story, the resulting film is way less entertaining than the ride and a whole lot longer.

I love Ridley Scott's production values, they're always incredible, and this is no exception, but the story and script just felt a bit rough and everything got a little «goofy» in the middle once they got to Nottingham.

The acting is bad / funny, the story is bad / funny and even the production values are bad / funny — quite an achievement.

Excellent production values, a superb cast and an entertaining story make eCupid a great movie that LGBT audiences have been waiting for.

Even an award - winning documentary is only seen by a relatively small number of people, so there's an argument to be made for dramatizing the story with expensive production values and well - known actors portraying the characters.

It's a sweeping, tear - jerking love story starring Keira Knightley as the upper - class Cecilia Tallis and James McAvoy as Robbie, a housemaid's son who grew up on the Tallis estate, and it has «Gosford Park» - like production values: cars, gowns, sultry Shropshire countryside.

But while «On Chesil Beach» offers the conventional pleasures of an engaging story and handsome production values and actors, this debut feature from Dominic Cooke falls short of its potential.

Like last year's subpar «The Conjuring» spinoff «Annabelle,» this direly routine ghost story marks a huge comedown in production values and performance quality from the series» previous entries (which earned a combined $ 258 million worldwide), despite the presence of longtime Wan collaborator Leigh Whannell behind the camera and always game - faced elder scream queen Lin Shaye in front of it.

Page's story manages to camouflage the glaring flaws in the film's production value.

With better production value and more talented actors, Alex & Emma would have had a chance to be much better, as the high - concept story lends well to intriguing developments in both stories (reportedly based on the creation of Dostoyevsky's «The Gambler»), the fictionalized and the «real - life.»

Like last year's subpar «The Conjuring» spinoff «Annabelle,» this direly routine ghost story marks a huge comedown in production values and performance quality -LSB-...]

This updated version follows the formula of other Romero remakes by upgrading the visuals and production value while at the same time gutting the story of any satirical or sociological aspects leaving a competent but rather generic horror film that barely explores its underlying concepts, instead relying on by the number horror film «scares» and gore.

Creepy lighting, haunting cinematography, and sparse music all add to the goose bump raising aesthetics, and if a better story could have been written here, the solid cast and production values would have easily made this a solid entry in the passive neo-horror genre.

Inspired by a true story and executive produced by underwater - film fanatic James Cameron, this cave - diving thriller has a lot going for it, thanks to a strong cast and high production values.

With striking photography, sumptuous production values and strong acting, this Danish epic tells a remarkable true story about a tumultuous moment in European history.

War Horse is far from greatness and the least deserving of last year's Best Picture nominees, but this sweet drama remains enjoyable to some degree with its handsome production values and a story that is essentially impossible to dislike.

Starring Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring 2), Eddie Marsan (The World's End), Jessica Biel (Hitchcock), Haley Bennett (The Magnificent Seven) and Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), the movie features fine performances, high production value, and a production design that plunges us effectively both into the late»50s era of the story and the murky world of the characters» fragile psyches.

Thanks to some superlative performances and good production values, however, Conviction is a worthy rendering of an incredible story.

Stirring writing and acting helps overcome bland TV - movie production values to bring this true story to life.

While the production values are certainly commendable given the meager resources, this story would have produced a stinker at any budget.

If the story telling matched the production values, then this would be a fantastic feature indeed.

Sure it has its problems, but the story is interesting, the acting by most of the cast is solid and the production values are terrific.

«My Little Pony: The Movie» creates a rainbow - hued sparkle - encrusted equine world, then surrounds it with a predictable story and low production values.

Is it simply to modernize the production values, add some contemporary faces to the story, and try to catch our society's doom's day zeitgeist (images of 9/11 and the Asian Tsunami are thrown in to add a perverse relevance to the end - time theory)?

Bojan Bazelli's cinematography amid the gorgeous German Alps, Benjamin Wallfisch's striking contemporary music, and Eve Stewart's busy production values can not make up for the weak screenplay of Justin Haythe from a story by the screenwriter.

No child, or adult, for that matter, will be able to resist the considerable charm of «The Little Prince,» a starry - eyed animated adaptation of Antoine de Saint - Exupéry's timeless story of an aviator whose life is transformed when he meets a little prince in the Sahara Desert... «The Little Prince» is a masterpiece of remembrance told with exceptional production values at every level.

Shot by Oliver Wood («The Bourne Identity,» «Face / Off»), «Child 44» is attractive to look at and full of impressive production values, but the scenes and settings never coalesce into one through - line of a story as Hardy and Rapace go from Moscow to the hinterlands and back, repeatedly.

Right from the opening until your introduction to the story mode, it feels like a completely different game with top notch production values.

In terms of aesthetics and production value «Morgan» is fine, but if you can't get the story right, nothing else matters.

It featured a highly cinematic story that set new bars for production values in gaming, memorable boss fights that are still incredibly fun to play today, and some of the best graphics seen on the PS1.

The Ferrari «Crystal Ball of Future Values» is out of order again (it caught fire while sitting unused, but that's a different story), but if it were working, it would likely say the Superamerica is one of the few late - model production cars to bet on.

When WWE was competing against WCW, you saw a dramatic step - up in production values, story, characters and crazyness.

In addition to genre, the audios share common threads of compelling stories, excellent readers, and stellar production values.

It seems disingenuous to give a game which has equal if not better game play, more story (outside Persona), better graphics, better execution overall, and has some of the highest production value and direction of any game to date a 7.5, it comes across as no actual standards.