Not exact matches
** Author's Note ** The 1983
film «Doctor Detroit «
really marked the beginning of Dan Akroyd's
slow decline as an actor.
It
really works the momentum of this
film moves quick and only mildly
slow when it needs to explain science to the people who don't understand much about it.
Con it can be
slow some times If you like coming age
films, click flicks or
really moving
films, you should give this a try.
The
film is further harmed by all the interviews and investigation which
really slow the pace down.
Now this
film does start off very
slow, but the
film does now how to mix the Action and dialogue in
really well.
As I just mentioned, you
really do need to pay attention to this
film, even with the
slow pace, or you will get lost.
Could be because I had super low expectations but as a sci - fi action
film and a retread it moves
really well, doesn't
slow down, and keeps the action escalating.
Paterson is a typical Jim Jarmusch
film:
slow paced, quirky, filled with a diverse cast of interesting characters (with place serving as a character in and of itself), capturing the beauty and mystery of day to day living while telling a story that doesn't
really have a beginning or an ending.
You can't blame the
film for the special effects of its time, but the pace is so
slow and the timing so awkward that it's
really hard to watch the
film for the first time today.
I kind of like
slow paced
films, especial when they are psychological thrillers... that's when a movie
really gets under your skin.
The girls in the
film really take control of the action and what they do at the end of the movie is worth all the
slow tension building.
One of the cool things about the movie (though not necessarily original) is that after he does something
really cool, the
film will instant replay it in
slow motion and from various camera angles.
Similar to «13 Assassins», the
film is a
slow burn that
really nails its finale.
The
film didn't
really even build the sisters» relationship with the grandmother which definitely could've made her
slow descent into death more heartbreaking (it also could've helped explain why neither of their parents were there).
The biggest issue with the
film is that everything happens under the surface and it makes it difficult to sit through a
film that has
really unique elements but such
slow pacing.
Like the book, the
film is overlong (at a
slow 135 minutes) and only
really engages during its prologue, providing maddening glimpses of promising storylines and character moments tossed aside in favour of being a cut - rate adaptation of a cut - rate King novel.
The enormous cast
really aids the
slow moving
film with life.
A.O. Scott at The New York Times slammed the
film's «pretense that this fantasia of misogyny is
really a feminist fable of empowerment,» while Sady Doyle at The Atlantic declared that director «Zack Snyder's gooey mix of fetish gear, rape fantasies, and girls - with - guns action sequences represents the nadir of a long,
slow, steady decline in action
films starring women.»
But I
really quite liked the
slow, oblique approach in this
film about a wanna - be skateboarder kid who relishes hanging out with the bigger skateboarders at the titular skate park — but there's a death not far from there, and it takes the rest of the movie to slowly reveal what exactly happened that one night near Paranoid Park.
Edgerton directs the
film with a
slow but deliberate pace to the point where you're not sure if Gordo
really is up to something or if it's just Simon and Robyn's paranoia getting the better of them.
Coming to Cannes with such a
film the year after «Blue is the Warmest Color» made such an unprecedented splash with its lesbian love story was perhaps part of the reason the
film was
slow to be embraced, but it's a comparison that isn't
really fair: Laurent's
film is darker and more unsettling, a tone she conveys masterfully without ever compromising the authenticity of the performances (both of which, from Josephine Japy and Lou de Laage, are superb).
Exacerbating matters is an incredibly
slow, almost dull opening hour that doesn't
really go anywhere; it's not until around halfway through that the
film finally starts to build up some momentum, particularly as LaMotta begins his downward spiral into obscurity.
There are moments that roll on a
really slow burner, but then that's how the
film was designed.
Filmmaker Miller imbues the movie with a
slow - paced, expectedly talky sort of vibe, which admittedly suits the material but prevents the
film from ever
really taking off.
The only candidate everyone feels pretty safe writing off without a qualm is Jacki Weaver, whose performance as Animal Kingdom's quasi-incestuous Ma Barker picked up a citation from the Los Angeles
Film Critics Association, but whose
slow - burning presence in the
film doesn't
really start to accrue merit points until long after some voters could be expected to hit eject.
The
film's cinematography
really makes it stand out in its bold camerawork, from an escape in a wheelchair the focuses solely on the face of the victim without much idea of what's pursuing them to a shot that pans 540 degrees and ends with a
slow zoom.
It's an homage to «
slow - burning» horror found in
films such as the first Alien movie, where the scary stuff «doesn't
really happen on screen,» he said.
The strong start builds enough goodwill to keep things buoyant even when things
slow a little around the
film's midway point (does any Muppets fan ever think «this part could
really use a
slow Miss Piggy song here»?!).