Not exact matches
The
film,
Scene's from a Marriage,
leaves unexamined the questions
of how to redeem community in the larger society; it seems to have gone irrevocably to the devil as it has become technically more nearly perfect.
The
film did a good job
of tying up the loose ends
left in the
film series and although some
scenes require your complete attention to be understood, even a non-book reader can understand all the things that have led up to this conclusion.
There are rumors circulating about an extended director's cut, an R - rated cut, all sorts
of cuts
of this
film that will «restore» all the sequences and
scenes left on the cutting room floor and make the choppy, helter - skelter nature
of the
film flow better and make more sense.
One
of the
film's key
scenes shows the village assembly in Hirut's area carefully debating her case, and when Meaza attempts to
leave a meeting with Hirut's parents without staying for a meal, she is brought up short by a mother who insists, «you must not forget our culture.»
As directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the action
scenes are often incomprehensible, which means that far too much
of the
film is spent waiting for the action to die down so we can see who is
left standing.
Whatever the cause, the
scene takes on the laughable air
of someone pretending to be out
of breath, and instead
of instilling a sense
of dread or menace, it
leaves one suspect that the rest
of the
film will be able to pull anything off.
Anyone who pays even the faintest bit
of attention to the behind - the -
scenes goings - on in Hollywood must be aware that its original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller — the guys behind The LEGO Movie and 21 Jump Street — had a creative disagreement with Lucasfilm,
leaving the
film in the safe - as - cotton - wool - padded - houses hands
of Ron Howard (a close chum
of one George Lucas).
Once Ricky and Hector, or Hec (Sam Neill)-- the latter an older bushman Bella cares for before she suddenly dies — go on the run in the wilds
of New Zealand after child protective services seeks to return Ricky to a care home following Bella's passing, Paula reveals herself as more
of a fanatical zealot than she let on in that first
scene («no child
left behind» is her frequent motto, which she utters in the
film with seemingly unthinking reflexivity).
Then again, you'd figure the
film could have demonstrated that in ways that would feel more historically authentic, as in the
scene at the start
of the
film in which, with her husband off at war, Marion is
left to try to defend the barn from raiders.
The first
scene in the
film kind
of gives the ending away and
leaves you expecting it, but in a way that is a good thing considering what this
film has in store.
Both characters have been conspicuously
left out
of Infinity War's first part, but the final moment
of the
film's post-credit
scene suggests Brie Larson's Captain Marvel will be a key part in resurrecting this flurry
of «dead» Avengers, and bringing down Thanos in the process.
Cast members
of the 1986 movie, «Stand By Me,» from
left, Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O'Connell (pointing) and Corey Feldman appear in a
scene from the
film.
His even more complicated relationship with Patsey (Lupita Nyong» o proving herself to be the
film's
scene stealer in her feature
film debut), the «Queen
of his field» demonstrates how McQueen doesn't
leave a single character one - dimensional, and their respective demons and qualities are equally fascinating.
The
film makes light use
of a fairly heavyweight cast: Michael Douglas and Antonio Banderas in particular come and go, act in a couple fo
scenes and then
leave without making much
of an impression.
But in keeping with revived franchise's goals
of shedding the old to make way for the new, he meets his apparent end during the final act
of the
film in a
scene that will undoubtedly
leave audiences asking a lot
of questions.
Aside from the well - noted fact that more superior long - form drama (and comedy) can be found on television than in cinemas, the two most interesting motion picture experiences I had in 2012 were in galleries: The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010), a staggering and hypnotic achievement
of which I still have some
of its 24 hours to catch up with, and two multi-screen installations by Candice Breitz: «Him» and «Her» in which many
scenes from the
films of Jack Nicholson (in Him) and Meryl Streep (in Her), isolate the actors from their filmic background
leaving the actors to speak to and interrogate each other across space and time on many themes
of character, identity, success, failure, anger and disappointment.
In the movie's early
scenes, the queasy feeling that these two don't even like each other is so palpable it
leaves a residue
of sourness that extends through the rest
of the
film.
While The Discovery plays in many ways like a more effective version
of the concept - choked Brit Marling / Zal Batmanglij movies, the cult
scenes feel underdeveloped next to their
film The Sound
of My Voice, an intriguing but ragged thread
left dangling as The Discovery turns towards more concrete, backstory - driven explanations for its characters» obsessions.
This image released by Fox Searchlight Pictures shows Sally Hawkins,
left, and Doug Jones in a
scene from the
film «The Shape
of Water.»
Most
of the features that make Lewis» directorial work such a remarkable exception to the dominance
of a realist aesthetic in Hollywood filmmaking are brilliantly apparent in The Errand Boy, including the foregrounding
of sound manipulation (most blatant in the sequence involving the post-synchronisation
of the song «Lover» for a musical
film, and in the tape manipulation
of Kathleen Freeman's reaction to having been
left by her driver in the back seat
of a convertible receiving a car wash) and the placement
of actors in a shot so as to highlight the presence
of the camera (as when Morty, an undirected and oblivious extra in a
film - within - the -
film cocktail - party
scene, keeps looking at the camera from the background
of a shot in which other extras, in their roles as party guests, intermittently block him from the camera).
Going for seriousness only makes the
film all the more funnier, albeit unintentionally, because the only entertainment that's
left for us is to laugh at all
of the amazing coincidences and guess what predictably boneheaded turn the story takes from
scene to
scene.
And despite one or two richly lit interior
scenes and one sequence inside the Basilica
of Santa Croce in Florence, the
film leaves the spectator with an overwhelming impression
of being entirely suffused with heart - lifting, open - air sunlight — not unlike, in this respect, some
of the masterworks
of Renoir or Rohmer.
One
of the most breathtaking
scenes in the
film occurs after a karaoke night in a bar with the characters
leaving together.
Although he did receive credit for the
film, as he did direct about 70 %
of the
scenes released in the theatrical release
of Payback, writer - director Brian Helgeland (A Knight's Tale)
left the project before production wrapped.
Pictures
left off in the eleventh hour run the gamut from the revolutionary Inuit banning fable Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner to the birth
of the»80s Manchester
scene 24 Hour Party People —
films tied by a use
of digital video that marks the beginning
of a new viability for the format.
Chain - smoking and woozy but utterly committed to her actions, Larrain's mise - en -
scene barely
leaves the tiny shoulders
of Portman for the
film's running time.
The truth is, we have yet to watch the extended version
of the
film (it's eight minutes longer, and if we knew where those eight minutes were, we'd go straight to them), but if the deleted
scenes in the Special Features section on the Blu - ray are any indication, the makers
of «Horrible Bosses»
left nothing in the bag, as it were.
The
film opens with a
scene in which Machete (Danny Trejo) and his partner, Sartana (Jessica Alba) are fighting off some baddies and seem to have been successful, when suddenly a masked man appears around the side
of a vehicle and guns down Sartana, and then bails,
leaving Machete alone and now even more morbid - looking than he previously had been.
The DVD features deleted
scenes, about 18 minutes worth
of footage, much
of with the gods intoning their lines and most
of it just as stilted as what's
left in the
film.
Directed with the equal energy by British director John Hough, whose lean, high - powered action
scenes are energized by the dynamic, almost child - like performances
of his thrill - addicted characters, it's a classic
of seventies speed cinema, where car chase and stunt
films were really about rubber hitting — and
leaving — the road.
Left largely undiscussed here is the fact that the
film is based on a series
of graphic novels and, thus, employs panel - like transitions between
scenes as well.
The opening
scene at a drive - in is so brutal, so senseless, it creates an undercurrent
of tension and dread that never
leaves the
film.
What especially resonated was the way the
film's central quarry
scene leaves you disoriented, untethered, in a kind
of free fall.
Take away the love it or hate it score (it's jarring, but in its own way, it almost feels like it's a character itself) and the long stretches
of dialogue - free footage (again, the praise for these
scenes reeks
of movie snobbery to me — five minutes is good, twenty minutes is puffed - up filler), and what you're
left with is a
film that showcases the downward descent
of one man.
I really wish this
scene was
left in the
film, it's so eerie and gives a real sense
of fear.
Yet whereas the movie is most impressive during its final
scene, its random conclusion
leaves us feeling like there's a whole half
of the
film missing.
While the practical locations (largely shot in the area
of Jodhpur in Rajasthan) are stunning, and the use
of extras over computer - generated enhancements welcomed, the
film is slightly let down by
scenes where its actors are imposed into old Movietone reels, which you can't help but feel were best
left out altogether.
The best
scene of the
film, by far, involves a tracking long take from a horizontal viewpoint as Marina walks screen
left.
At first I assumed that this was going to be one
of Clooney's
films in which he pushes his moral and political views to the fore (think Good Night, and Good Luck, Michael Clayton or Up in the Air) and whilst Governor Morris» policies are clearly
left wing wet dreams, the
film's portrayal
of what goes on behind the
scenes is so negative that it practically negates all the good work Morris hopes to do when in office.
Woody's younger son David (Will Forte, in an understated performance that serves as the
film's sympathetic core) arrives at his parents» house to hear from his mother Kate (June Squibb, stealing
scenes left and right with her brash commentary) how miserable it is to live with Woody, who maybe has a year or two tops, she suspects, before he succumbs to some form
of dementia.
The tediously forestalled twists suck away time from what should be the
film's focus — its action — and
leaves only two
scenes worthy
of celebration.
Though this is Aniston's movie, Adriana Barraza, so wonderful as Amelia in Alejandro Gonzaléz Iñárritu's «Babel,» in my view the best
film of 2006, knocks out the movie's most comic
scene as a woman who, like others in her boss's life, wonders why she didn't
leave her rich employer months earlier.
The
film's sudden shift to a spoof
of Leave it to Beaver is jarring, but the home - based
scenes do yield some amusing moments.
Jake Gyllenhaal is the hero and narrator, but is surprisingly subdued for much
of the
film (several individual
scenes excluded),
leaving the attention to focus predominantly on Jamie Foxx as his superior officer.
For example, Katniss» kinship with a young tribute named Rue is underplayed in the
film leaving viewers a bit chilled by some
of the emotional
scenes that later take place.
That's followed by a 12 - minute making -
of featurette, five deleted
scenes (each presented with the optional accompaniment
of the commentary crew), a fun and brief piece called «The B Team» that spends some time with three cast members (Juliette Lewis, David Koechner, and Kick Gurry) who felt
left out after they joined the
filming a few days late, a blooper reel, and a music video for «Put Your Head on My Shoulder» by Blue Mother Tupelo.
In its first few minutes, the
film speeds into its inciting incident: In the blink
of an eye, a barely introduced Watney is gone, and his crew mates (Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie and «Ant - Man»
scene - stealer Michael Peña) must make the traumatizing decision to
leave without him.
Though she isn't in the
film long, McAdams
leaves such an indelible impression through her performance that it gives Southpaw the needed emotional resonance to give all
of the rest
of the
scenes that play out a good deal
of weight, as we root for Billy, not because we see him as sympathetic, but because she believed he was a good man underneath his thuggish tendencies.
This last minute axe first started making the gossip rounds a few weeks ago, when the Daily Mail reported Sienna's
scenes were
left out
of the final
film.
Picking up exactly where The Force Awakens
left off — with a recreation
of that
film's final
scene and the proper funeral for a fallen hero — Episode VIII sees Rey (Daisy Ridley) continue her journey alongside Finn (John Boyega), Poe (Oscar Isaacs) and Uncle Luke (Mark Hamill).