Sentences with phrase «scenes establish his character»

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In commentary, Whedon says the scene was meant to show that the two are good - natured and to establish their characters.

Characters now established, onto the opening scene.

By the time Stiller's character engages in a slapping fight with a pair of monkeys, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian has incontrovertibly established itself as an endeavor designed to appeal solely to small children - which is undoubtedly a shame, given the strength of the cast and the promise of the movie's early scenes.

The film opens with the obligatory but mercifully brief happy family scenes where Pitt's character, Gerry Lane, is established as a stay - at - home Philadelphia dad who doesn't seem to do anything more strenuous than make pancakes for breakfast.

But this disassociation from established Star Wars scene - setters - rousing theme music, any recognisable characters, the unmistakeable sounds of a lightsaber or Vader's heavy breathing - makes Star Wars 1313 a much more intriguing prospect.

As for that key moment that sets up the final act, I thought the film established the character motivation adequately with the earlier scenes showing us Schultz's reaction to some of the violence against slaves.

Amour suffers from some pacing issues, although these are largely the result of Haneke using «dead space» (such as a sequence in which his camera spends an inordinate amount of time focused on paintings or an interminable scene in which Georges attempts to capture a pigeon that has entered his home) to establish a tone or develop a character.

It seems as characters were introduced and established, it would be off to the next scene.

The early scenes in the film establish the characters very clearly.

To be fair, the film - makers do establish a certain depth to his character towards the end in an emotional scene involving his father, which is heartfelt and well - played.

His character comes to fruition in the second act and apart from being present during pivotal battle scenes, his character is not given enough time to establish, and so comes off rather bland and underwhelming.

He is a master conductor who plays scenes like symphonies of feelings, continuing long past the narrative point has been established to express the emotional intensity of the characters and situations, and to add moments of pure grace to the mighty drama.

New scenes do a better job of establishing the characters — not only of Dreyfuss, but also of Francois Truffaut, as the French scientist.

James Rhodes / War Machine (Don Cheadle) has a smaller, but meaningful role to play in the proceedings here by comparison, while Clint Barton / Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Scott Lang / Ant - Man (Paul Rudd) are the established MCU players who get the least onscreen development - but Civil War makes up for that by giving these characters some of the best action scenes in the movie.

This mass of premise established, the film begins a zippy and entertaining first act, introducing us to eccentric characters like Cliff Curtis» scene - stealing «Shifter» (he can shapeshift objects) and Djimon Hounsou's sinister Pusher Carver, while Cassie and Nick band together and start seeking out allies.

What I really liked about that scene was how it establishes why your character is where he is at this point.

Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana clearly clicked, their scenes together were on point, and fans new and established really responded to the idea of a relationship between the two characters.

Every action scene functions as a choreographed dance number, with gunshots and screeching wheels marking perfect time with the music, and Elgort turns in some winning lip - sync - and - dance moments that help establish Baby's character beyond his signature quirk.

After Avengers: Age of Ultron, which allowed too much bloat to get in the way of some socko individual scenes, this one establishes a beautiful balance between quieter character - driven sequences and splashy action set - pieces.

McNairy is slowly but surely establishing himself as one of contemporary film's most watchable character actors (he'll soon be seen in Steve McQueen «s buzzed - about «12 Years a Slave»), and the surprise scene - stealer here is Pais, one of those journeyman That - Guy actors whose face you know and name you probably don't.

He is completely overwrought and unconvincing as the tough John (an early scene that's designed to establish the character's mean side is especially embarrassing), and while he fares better as the nice Jeremiah, White isn't able to convey what should be the conflicted anguish of that character.

The meat and potatoes are the film's many scenes of the various hauntings inflicted on the characters, which establish an eerie sense of dread with many a creaking door, creepy clapping and shattering glass coming from unpredictable corners.

We could mention the heap of establishing shots of San Francisco that make no sense to the story, the out of place football throwing scene, the rooftop set with such painfully atrocious green screen work that words escape us, or the character of Peter — whose role is replaced midway after the actor left production due to other commitments, but like many things, the monstrosity that is The Room needs to be seen to be believed.

A single moonlit scene — in which she wades into the Trevi Fountain in a strapless evening gown, turns her face ecstatically to the fountain's waterfall and seductively calls Marcello Mastroianni's character to join her — established her place in cinema history.

The player's new cadet has also enabled never - before - seen scenes that deepen the established characters.

Despite this, Rise of the Tombraider still provides enough character driven scenes to establish them as more interesting elements.

Constructed from media reports at the time and Johnson's speeches, and using an elaboration of Warhol's of split - screen technique, the film does not change the vantage point of the camera and it is not presented in continuous time, but features multiple moments and modalities of the scene that are established strictly through dialogue and character.