Sentences with phrase «rather than a film»

All the more action - based scenes, like the quidditch match, the broomstick lessons or the wizard's chess scene near the end, feel like set - pieces which have wandered into what otherwise resembles a recital rather than a film.

However, this all works better as a headline rather than a film.

When it comes to his latest directorial effort, an adaptation of cartoonist John Callahan «s memoir Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, the movie is undoubtedly remarkable, but it's due to the performances Van Sant pulls from his actors rather than the film as a whole.

I love the Hunger Games series — both the books and the films — but even I kinda gave Mockingjay, Part 1 some side - eye, because it really felt like the first part of a story, rather than a film in and of itself.

Those who remain, however, will discover a satisfyingly convoluted revenge thriller in which the dynamically staged, blood - drenched action sequences are a highlight rather than the film's sole raison d'être.

A fittingly poetic tribute, rather than a film primarily concerned with historical accuracy.

However, because the movie never reveals a true point, it feels like this is little more than observational comedy, rather than a film dissecting cinema.

O.J.: Made In America likely would have made the cut if not for a (totally defensible) editorial decision to classify it as television rather than film, but I voted for three other docs this year: Tower (addressed in the «outlier» section of my ballot), Author: The JT LeRoy Story (which correctly recognizes that letting Laura Albert expand on her own «myth» makes for better cinema than any objective investigative alternative), and Weiner... which ranked lowest on my personal list, but is the one I'm most surprised not to see on the collective list.

(Not that I think it's not worth talking about, but that talking about it tells more about ourselves and our reactions rather than the film itself.)

are hers rather than the film's as a whole.

Miller prefers to capture discrete moments rather than film a master shot.

Maybe his statement that he hates poetry comes from this early singsong, and I realize as I write this that I'm beginning to engage in theatre critique rather than film criticism.

But unlike «Sin City», it's disastrous: a barely comprehensible folly that's probably more palatable if you view it as an art installation rather than a film.

And if the reports out of Toronto are correct, The Current War was looking primarily at nominations for technical work rather than the film's writing, performances, or direction, if anything at all.

As I said many times towards the latter part of the year in conversation with fellow buffs, I was ultimately won over by films I could actually remember rather than films of vocal, yet failed, ambition.

A Wrinkle in Time sets its sights on being more of a coming - of - age film folded into a sci - fi / fantasy adventure rather than a film hellbent on exploring more of the world and darkness beyond its own singular mission.

It is, by design, an audience festival rather than a film critic destination.

sets its sights on being more of a coming - of - age film folded into a sci - fi / fantasy adventure rather than a film hellbent on exploring more of the world and darkness beyond its own singular mission.

The production, which is based on the play rather than the film, also stars «True Bloods»» Stephen Moyer as Maria's boss and love interest, the strict Capt. Georg Von Trapp; Laura Benanti as the Captain's fiancée, Elsa Schrader; multiple Tony Award - winner and «Private Practice» star Audra McDonald as Mother Abbess and «Smash» alum Christian Borle as family friend Max Detweiler.

When filming test items that require movement such as loose leash walking, try to film moving from side to side in front of the camera, rather than filming walking to and from it.

Unlike many of his works, Woman in E features real people, rather than films.

Not exact matches

The list is sorted by the film's release date rather than the number of rentals in a year.

The video confirms Fishburne's earlier hint that the final ad would be a silly parody of the classic 1999 sci - fi film rather than a serious homage.

«It may be that film or technology products are aiming for more breakthrough products or are offering more complicated rewards (a completed movie or gadget, rather than a band t - shirt), and are thus at a higher risk of failure,» says Mollick.

Before creating the first Stars Wars movie in the 1970's, George Lucas planned for at least six films and started at episode four, rather than episode one.

And that's making the film, rather than writing a piece of literature on paper.»

This meant that the film would have to be R rated, rather than PG - 13, since Deadpool is a notoriously twisted wise ass with almost no sense of boundaries.

In fact, The Information said that the clip was created by film studio special effects rather than being the result of internally developed optical breakthroughs.

On Thursday, Trump confirmed that Cohen had paid $ 130,000 to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her allegations of an affair with Trump, although the president stressed that the payment was from his personal funds, rather than from the campaign's coffers.

Thin - film plant rather than crystalline silicone.

When BP rebranded, it created a film for employees that broke the conventions of the form by having rank - and - file employees, rather than managers, explain the brand vision.

Even when the Muslim council sharply disagrees with a television show or film, it often calls for consultation, rather than cancellation.

The rabid interest around his film arose from his commitment to descriptive rather than prescriptive truth.

Tradition Eleven — Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.

Another AA tradition that you didn't mention is AA's 11th Tradition, which is «Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.»

Rather than boring us with exposition, the film uses each character to drive the story and explain the world of Wakanda.

AA Tradition # 11 - «Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.»

Rather than hitting all the major plot points of Jobs» life, the film presents fictionalized versions of behind - the - scenes looks at three product releases from 1984 to 1998.

The Court later expanded this holding to include public «figures,» like film celebrities rather than limiting the holding merely to government officials.

The overall style of Sleeping Beauty is also more modern than that of the older Disney fairy tales; both figures and backgrounds are somewhat sharp edged and angular, in the manner of 1950s commercial art, rather than softly rounded as in the earlier films.

In seminaries as in churches, breaking the silence has a powerful impact on the community itself: student organizations sponsor films and speakers on the topic; campus incidents are addressed rather than denied; field - education placements in shelters are developed, or a session on sexual harassment is provided for field - education supervisors; resources on these issues are added to the library, and continuing - education programs are developed.

Though the books and film adaptations continue remain popular in certain circles, other evangelicals criticize the rapture mindset for fostering an escapist mentality toward the world rather than a desire for its redemption.

How then, does his recent DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, a rather stranger film and one made more than a decade after the others, work with the earlier films?

Tradition Ten: Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; WE NEED ALWAYS MAINTAIN PERSONAL ANONYMITY AT THE LEVEL OF PRESS, RADIO AND FILMS.

Tradition 11 reads «Our public relations policy is based on attraction, rather than promotion; we need ALWAYS maintain personal anonymity at the level of PRESS, radio and films.

Indeed, Shirer's viewpoint lives on at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington (where visitors are shown a film that accuses Luther of being the progenitor of Germany's National Socialism) and in the remarks of an Alan Dershowitz: «It is shocking that Luther's ignoble name is still honored rather than forever cursed by mainstream Protestant churches.»

Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.

the program would afford an unparalleled opportunity to dramatize the interest of the Christian Church in the creative process in the arts, would encourage the production of films and programs of the highest standards, would give public support to those individuals in the film and broadcast industries who are striving to lift the general level of production, would present the Church in a positive rather than a negative stance in relation to these media, and would provide the opportunity for the Church in general and the B.F.C. and its members in particular to enter into significant conversations with the entertainment industry on standards, values, and goals.

But action flicks typically end on a note of triumph or at least gritty perseverance, rather than the humiliated acceptance with which even relatively hopeful horror films often close.

These are the questions raised by the film, but rather than answering them for us, Storkel and Junge skillfully tell the story and then seem to ask: What do you think?