Sentences with phrase «scenes for suspense»

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Nonetheless it is remarkable to find these ancient authors employing all the modern devices of the literary craftsman, surprise and suspense, rapidity and delay, humor and solemnity, vividness, realism, untempered callousness, dramatic shift of scene — all permeated with their feeling for what is intrinsically interesting, what makes a good story.

Thanks to a layered performance by Franco and director Rupert Goold's willingness to let him play silent moments for maximum tension, «True Story» continually surprises you with scenes in which suspense creeps into casual scenes and makes them something else.

There are some creepy scenes of the movie but there really isn't anywhere near enough suspense and terror for this to be a horror movie.

[*** SPOILERS ***] movie would be better if they left out the first scene revealing that cruise would be captured by the bad guy at the end therefor reaveling that no matter what he did durring the movie you knew for a fact that the bad guy would not die untill that scene was compleate and so in all the scenes there was no suspense, you also already knew he would not get to his wife in time and she would be eventualy captured just like hoffman claimed he would do.

I was pretty much right — his homely lullaby for Eleanor (Lily Taylor) was appropriately innocent, and his creepy theme (with full strings) for «the house» provided just the right amount of ominous suspense and foreboding in the scene that it was used.

But there's not a lot of suspense about where the movie might go, even for the uninitiated, because the out - of - order opening scene blatantly establishes that Wimbledon will come down to these two contenders (lest one fear they have to pay any attention to any of the matches leading up to the finals).

A rape scene with Hill (although uncomfortably played for laughs) provides a wonderful Rosemary's Baby reference, and the scenes where they must contend with demonic monsters still work as moments of suspense.

For instance, De Palma's prom scene, which features tense, split - screen moments of suspense, is replaced with cheap snafus that culminate in the climactic moment being replayed from different angles no less than three separate times, in case we missed its significance.

Yet, the film plays out with little sense of requisite suspense that made the first Psycho such a great film, and many of the scenes, including the murders, play out as if they were made for a psychological drama, rather than in a scary horror flick or tense, nail - biting thriller.

Director David F. Sandberg milks each scene for maximum suspense, creatively framing the film's scares to devastating effect.

If there's no suspense in whether or not Cash and June will get together, a measure of discomfort in the beating Cash's first wife Vivian (Ginnifer Goodwin) takes for reacting reasonably to her husband's philandering and pill - popping, and some disdain for the coy trainspotting of songs, George Lucas In Love - style, throughout (June cries «burns, burns, burns» at one point and accuses Johnny of being unable to «walk the line» at another), at least there are a couple of moments like that 5 & Dime scene that let the cast out of a certain straitjacket.

One thing that Wan is notorious for is always bringing in plucky comedic characters during points where the suspense is building, but only ruin the scene.

That said, Denise Di Nova manages to deliver some suspense in some of the scenes, but the film can't quite manage to work out whether it is playing for laughs in terms of black comedy, or completely straight.

A really great musical score composed for any given movie can elevate the story by bringing out the suspense and tension in any given scene.

Director Roar Uthaug («The Wave») piles on the flashy CG set pieces, from a rickety plane dangling over the top of a waterfall to the various tricks and traps of the tomb, but they feel more like elements for a snazzy trailer than scenes that actually create suspense or adrenaline.

This, all talk and barely any suspense, drama has scene after scene of action star Neeson talking sternly and forcefully to members of the FBI as smoke suffices for atmosphere in the 70's time - frame.

It should be warned that the graphic autopsy scenes are probably not for the weak of heart, though there is also some effective suspense, and plenty of jump scares, in the latter half of the film.

Director Francis Lawrence, who made the decidedly mediocre Constantine, shows a true knack for suspense here, as there are several scenes which offers edge - of - your - seat tension.

He frequently works to make many early scenes seem creepy or scary although it's too soon for such suspense.

There is a near fight scene in the parking lot of a liquor store and a skinhead march gone wrong, other than that the film fails the suspense it aims for.

Each scene creates an entirely new pocket of suspense that, when combined with the film's unpredictable violent streak, holds the viewer's undivided attention for the film's entire 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Kidnap (R for violence and scenes of peril) Suspense thriller about a single - mom (Halle Berry) who turns vigilante after her young son (Sage Correa) is abducted by kidnappers.

Story elements and craft are evaluated for strengths and weaknesses: character, setting, sensory and specific details, strength of opening scene, tension and suspense, point - of - view, scene development, and pacing.

The historical narrative includes supernatural scenes and creatures whose presence adds suspense — even terror — and vividly deepens and enriches the novel's themes about the vital need for storytelling, the strength of memories, the strong pull of family connections, and the catastrophic personal and social costs of war.

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So I went through each scene, specifically looking for a way I could increase the tension and suspense, raise the stakes and bring in the antagonists more.

1) Vertigo (1958) Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, set one of the key scenes of his masterpiece — on the short list of films up for discussion as the Greatest of All - Time — at Fort Point, now a National Historic Site in the heart of the Golden Gate National Parks.