Sentences with phrase «screen gimmickry»

In addition, the evolving interaction between Tara and her alters as she becomes «co-conscious» with them feels like little more than split - screen gimmickry.

Not exact matches

For all the cinematic dreck currently peddling disorienting editing as «action,» no one in good conscience could deride Tarantino for his indulgence in split screens or extreme close ups or smash zooms or any other mode of cinematic gimmickry, when it affords us hauntingly sparse centerpieces such as The Bride's live burial, an aural choir of oppressive dirt, panting whimpers, and futile struggling set to the visual accompaniment of pitch black confinement that stretches on well past any spectator's comfort level.

So who the hell was supposed to want the weak gaming spec of the Wii U coupled with the complex gimmickry of the screen - on - a-giant-controller?