Sentences with phrase «scenes fall flat»

Some of the visuals are stunning but other scenes fall flat.

When is a movie fall - down funny even when some scenes fall flat on their fat ones?

The writing is the biggest problem, mostly because it tries to inject some emotional melancholy into the proceedings when its not directly aping the first movie; since the show's wit is dulled and these actors are no Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone or Abigail Breslin, these scenes fall flat and are completely unearned.

A completely nonsensical film.There is fine art house film making and there is just empty meaningless monotony.The film has very little going for it as most scenes fall flat and towards the end the drivel increases further still

I could care less about Durst, so as much as I love Fred Armisen, those scenes fell flat.

You can tell that these actors are giving it their all even when a scene falls flat.

The narrative patness of the final scenes falls flat precisely because in a house where grief is a maze, you can never exit as easily as you've entered.

Characterization issues, scenes falling flat, that kind of thing.

Not exact matches

e. Have a mobile, mirror or brightly colored crib scene (a flat «toy» designed specifically to attach to the side of a crib or bassinet) for baby to look at as she falls asleep.

Too meandering to stir the brain and too dour to engage the heart, the moving storyline too often falls flat in stodgy scenes.

Darabont and his cast excel at conjuring up a taut social study, but let the horror scenes fall oddly flat.

As the movie plods on, the jokes start to fall flat... Worst of all is a centerpiece scene, when Ben has to pretend to be a mafioso (but sounds more like a cross between Martin and Lewis), when Crystal is so unfunny that you almost feel sorry for him.

It feels like a slapdash collection of scenes rather than a balloon sent smoothly aloft, with jokes often falling as flat as Cena's buzz cut (a running gag centers on his tough - guy character's propensity for crying, a go - to bit that ages fast).

And Naomie Harris» eventual sidekick Kate has an emotional back story that's designed to make her more accessible but really just falls flat — a scene between the two when they share their pasts, including when Davis found George and saved him from poachers, is embarrassingly mishandled.

With virtually the same blend of wit and idiocy as the 2001 original, this fashion - scene comedy is funny enough to spark some solid laughter in between the gags that fall flat.

Directed by Shawn Levy and written by Vince Vaughn and Jared Stern, «The Internship» stuffs some creaky gear - shifts and boring exposition in its first 15 minutes; even Will Ferrell's one scene falls a little flat.

There isn't much to recommend here other than in seeing all of the missed opportunities fall flat in scene after scene.

Scenes often go on too long, the film's tone varies wildly and most of the humor falls flat.

Despite some brief erotic scenes, the romance, therefore, falls flat, as the film is essentially a one - man show for Garrel.

Each set - piece falls utterly flat, starting with the movie's opening scene in which the gang is chased around afield by a supposedly angry bull.

There's one great scene (at a restaurant) but aside from that, the jokes fall flat and the story is muddled.

You might expect some decent action scenes, even if the story falls flat.

But then nothing works: the constant plastic surgery jokes fall flat, the romance is painfully predictable, and the script is pathologically lazy, skipping over any scenes that might have made things more interesting.

Meanwhile Mara, the unquestionable driving force of the piece, falls flatter than ever before: tonally offbeat and inconsistent throughout every scene.

From daft gags like the dog poop walking itself to the toilets to seen - a-millions-times-before scenes like asking for a bigger penis the minute you realise you have powers, every attempt to save the movie with yet another joke falls flat.

Unfortunately, however, the final scenes fall a tad flat compared to the monumental build up that pleases so well.

The love scenes meant to cement their connection feel forced and fall flat.

Certainly there are things to love; Bilbo's character progression and his untimely addiction to one precious ring is welcome (although not nearly as prominent as it ought to be), the set design and telescopic vistas are almost as epic as ever, seeing the majesty of gold - diggin» dragon Smaug realized in impressive CG tantalizes the little boy in me (the one who listened to The Hobbit audiobook until it wore out), and one particularly fun scene involving dwarves in a barrel is a blatant film highlight; but other elements that ought to stand out fall flat on their face and never recover.

It's meant to be a dramatic moment, and Liev Schreiber and Eddie Marsan do a good job selling the emotional weight of the scene, but for me, it falls a bit flat.

Even the score by the always exotic Mychael Danna (The Sweet Hereafter) falls flat, particularly in conventional action scenes.

The filmmakers» most obvious attempt at satirical bite is the inclusion of Samuel L. Jackson as right - wing TV host Pat Novak (of, ahem, «The Novak Element»), but his exposition - heavy scenes drag and fall comedically flat.

In fact, most scenes of intended comedy tend either to come across as excessively awkward or to simply fall flat.

The only real problem is Josh Peck, who isn't terribly convincing as the impulsive star quarterback and falls flat in many of the film's more emotional scenes.

That continues here; there are a handful of scenes that go too long, and at least one significant «intervention» sequence involving a number of celebrity cameos that falls flat.

The cast is a true embarrassment of riches, and the actors apply themselves wholeheartedly to the material — even a number of scenes that fall truly flat.

A few things fall a bit flat («oh, right, well, unfriend me») but I get the sense that some of them are meant to, in the context of their actual scenes.

Fans of Freaks and Geeks and Silicon Valley will already be aware of Martin Starr's talents as a comedic actor and here he is perfectly cast, wringing every last drop of humor from scenes which might have fallen flat in a lesser actor's hands.

Some of the gags stall — the scenes of the movie within the movie are so uncomfortably, purposely bad that the joke falls flat early on — but most of this is very funny stuff.

But many of the gags fall flat — Deanna's flop - sweat - and - fainting oral presentation in archaeology class; her trashing of her remarrying ex-husband's wedding reception; a painfully telegraphed celebrity cameo — and there's virtually no flow from one scene to the next.