Sentences with phrase «romantic subplot»

Then there are the fan - vexing elements of his supposed half - human heritage and a strong romantic subplot with his companion Grace (a doctor who performs heart surgery right after going to the opera).

-- There's a minor romantic subplot between Star - Lord and Gamora following the seeds planted in the first movie

Steve Carell remains the not - so - secret weapon of the franchise, casually spinning off another inspired, scene - stealing performance as the mentally challenged by adorably polite Brick Tamlin, and his role is bolstered by a silly romantic subplot involving a similarly touched coworker played by Kristen Wiig.

The main family / military husband plot was completely by - the - numbers and pretty pointless, (though it was better than a hastily thrown in romantic subplot) but I guess when you're spending $ 200 million on a movie you need to have a thematically simple side story.

Previous film versions of Moby Dick insisted upon including such imbecilities as romantic subplots and happy endings.

But really, the silly romantic subplot featuring Daryl Hannah and the predictability of the storyline prevents the movie from ever being the biting satire it clearly wants to be.

As with A Night at the Opera you do have to put up with the silly romantic subplot, but it's not too big a strain.

The same can be said for a minor romantic subplot involving Greg and his girlfriend Amber (Alison Brie), which is very much underdeveloped and doesn't add much to the final product other than a somewhat clichéd angle where Tommy becomes jealous of Greg's new relationship.

for SF / F fans there is Baen's free library of ebooks and I love Catherine Asaro whose work usually has a strong romantic subplot in them.

For production duties — and obligatory romantic subplot — the movie looks to a lanky, taciturn loner (Mamoudou Athie) who performs spastic «political» noise - rap tantrums under the moniker Basterd The Antichrist.

Also not convincing is a forced romantic subplot between Bourne and Marie (Franka Potente), the young German woman who gets caught up in Bourne's search for himself.

The problem is exacerbated by the fact that he keeps dropping out of the story completely for long periods of time, only to be awkwardly shunted back into the plot while the film nervously assures us that he really is relevant to this story, and on top of that, there's also an incredibly forced and out - of - place romantic subplot which the film really would have been much better without.

There's a contrived romantic subplot between Timberlake and Arterton's characters.

Cooper and Watts aren't given quite as much to work with, but they're both solid in their roles, especially the latter, who thankfully isn't saddled with some lame romantic subplot involving Gyllenhaal.

Refn can't keep from romanticizing his hero's descent — especially in a poorly conceived romantic subplot involving a prostitute — but he has a sophisticated understanding of how the profession rewards luck more than honor.

There's enough talent on display, from a promising filmmaker to a breakout cast, to make Little Accidents a modest watch, but its paper - thin characters, awkward romantic subplot, and predictable conclusion reduce the overall effectiveness of the film — a shame, because it's the type of small independent film you want to root for.

She might be good - looking, but her role as a strong female figure is never weakened by it, even when romantic subplots begin rising from the woodwork.

There is also a major romantic subplot that almost feels like it wandered in from another movie, featuring singer Nicki Minaj, who steals every scene as Draya, a buxom stylist trying to tempt Calvin's friend Rashad (Common) away from his hard - working wife, Terri (the singularly named Eve).

Jokes about Nic Cage and Bruce Willis are all present and correct, not to mention a predictable romantic subplot involving Kat Foster's rival agent (his agent, played by Phylicia Rashad is the real female star of the show).

So while the story involves the odd romantic subplot, there's no doubt that it's about themes of friendship, family, bravery and redemption.

Even the Luke / Han / Leia romantic subplot in Star Wars was more intriguing).

The film is definitely over-plotted, and there are several creeping Hollywoodisms, such as the introduction of an implausible romantic subplot.

The movie, which marks the feature debut of writer - director Kate Barker - Froyland, has the low - key appeal of «Once,» with its extended scenes of music and drama - free romantic subplot.

All of this, plus a soundtrack of»80s pop hits, a John Hughes-esque romantic subplot, and a «kids these days» attitude toward technology, combines to give the impression that the script sat on a shelf for a while before actually getting made.

Despite being a regurgitated romantic subplot, Kwanten and punky Pinto look playfully steamy on screen together.

Part of the movie focuses on abuse and the cycles of violence it can create, but it's treated with the same clunkiness as the supposedly - comic romantic subplot that sees sidekick characters, played by Whannell and Angus Sampson, hitting on a couple of much younger women.

Moynihan has a semi-sweet romantic subplot with Simone, but it devolves into typical «her dad is trying to kill me» shtick that is just never gels.

And yet, somehow, Gordon stretches the movie's running time to two hours, beefing it up with a fatuous romantic subplot and not one, but two heinously long - winded penile gags ripped straight from the Farrelly brothers» textbook of gross - out comedy.

Without all those moronic flashbacks, an obnoxious teenage girl, a passionless romantic subplot and all those half - witted villains, Elektra could have been a terrific lone, stoic assassin, quietly searching — like Alain Delon — for meaning in an empty universe.

Originally meant to be a murder mystery with a minor romantic subplot called Anhedonia, Allen and editor Ralph Rosenblum reworked the film into the meditation on relationships and life that we all know and love.

And soon enough we're back to the explosions, chases, battle sequences, kickin» - ass montages, and pointless romantic subplots that we've come to expect from these movies, the latter of which comes in the form of Phillips's right - hand woman, Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell).

Hanna and her even younger looking friend share the only romantic subplot of the film with a couple of Spaniards in their twenties — just a tad paedophilic.

The beauty of this story is that it focuses on character and instead of wasting time on annoying and irrelevant romantic subplots, focuses right on the core point of the movie.

There is also the customary Mann romantic subplot underlying the high stakes.

Yes, there are missteps, specifically a fishy romantic subplot involving Sam Claflin's wet missionary and (in the words of Monty Python) watery tart Astrid Berges - Frisbey, but Pirates 4 does well to steer the franchise (just) out of those old crappy waters.

VanCamp touched on things like whose camp Carter falls under (which you should already know), fighting another Marvel hero, and the possible romantic subplot between Carter and Cap.

In a sweetly romantic subplot, Sammo walks all over the island looking for a birthday cake for Cheng Pei - pei, a fellow teacher he's sweet on.

One of the biggest problems with its story is its strange romantic subplot.

There are numerous elements here that could have used further unpacking: the plight of the wretched children enlisted into the Second Salemers by the group's fanatical leader (a sorely underutilized Samantha Morton); a wafer - thin storyline involving a newspaper magnate (Jon Voight) and his two sons; and a charming but slight romantic subplot between Kowalski and Queenie.

Together, they add a small but potent romantic subplot to the film, as well as a lot of emotion.

Rebecca Pidgeon and Jeremy Northam have a lovely, gentle romantic subplot.

The perpetually underused Hahn also gets the movie's sole romantic subplot, a surprisingly sweet relationship with a male stripper she meets during a waxing appointment at her spa job.

Even though he's the only one actually committing here, Michael B. Jordan might as well have been phased in from another brand of C - grade rom - com as his super-sized cheesy, level 11 cliché romantic subplot butts heads with the should - be elbow nudging plot line going on with the other fellas.

Unfortunately, what they came up with is stock characters, a feeble teen - angst melodrama, and a token romantic subplot.

Steenburgen flirts and sings with the sparky, spiky realism of Catherine Keener, taking Last Vegas» second half out of the seedy casinos and into an unexpectedly cute romantic subplot.

Pratt is also stuck in a half - baked romantic subplot with Bryce Dallas Howard, who co-stars as Claire, an all - business operations executive.

The worst parts: Bruce Willis attempting a southern drawl (which he thankfully ditches after a couple of lines), some truly awful screenwriting in a few scenes, Liv Tyler's shallow and unconvincing attempts to show anger, a needless and lackluster romantic subplot, Michael Bay's (The Rock, Bad Boys) attempts for cinematic virtuosity in many scenes, and a sagging hour of boredom in the middle when they are attempting to get to the asteroid's surface.

The unwarranted romantic subplot and the cross-cutting of the dance sequence during the adrenalin raising scenes add to the breaking of the momentum of the scenes, making the entire screenplay a clumsy and lethargic display.

He stages a grand disaster in a nuclear power plant, drags us around the world to offer up exotic locales and inserts a ridiculous romantic subplot to give us all the quivering lip close - ups a thriller needs.