Sentences with phrase «screenplay for reasons»

Smith and Robbie have been split up by the screenplay for reasons that don't make much sense, and suddenly, Nicky's working a long con on a decadent Formula One honcho (Rodrigo Santoro) trying to steal the guy's secret race engine MacGuffin.

Note that most other awards organizations treated Damien Chazelle's Whiplash script as an original screenplay, but the Academy considered it to be an adapted screenplay for reasons known only to the Academy (Chazelle has previously released a single Whiplash scene as a short film to raise funds to complete the full movie, which is apparently the source of the problem).

Not exact matches

In a more literal, spelled - out screenplay, their specific reasons for anguish might play out in obviously appropriate ways, and lead to their specific ends.

The screenplay is sometimes very rough around the edges... but it is real as it can be... Joel Schumacher did well in that part, but the directing was too formulaic, and that is the reason for the lower rating!

Each member of the Cooper family has a designated foil assigned by the screenplay (with the exception of newborn baby Trevor, for obvious reasons).

And while I am primarily concerned with who wins best picture or best screenplay, for some reason, I always paid attention to costume design (which is ironic, as anyone who knows me will tell you my fashion sense consists primarily of jeans, converse and out of date band t - shirts).

The screenplay (by Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and Krasinski) supplies the couple with an extremely tacky reason for wanting another kid, one that made me immediately begin to despise these characters for their selfishness.

Even the most resourceful, imaginative filmmaker would be hard - pressed to redeem the screenplay, specifically the lengths to which Cody goes to disguise the true nature of the story, and also the underlying reasons for the charade, which are unconvincing and in bad faith.

Even the most resourceful, imaginative filmmaker would be hard - pressed to redeem Diablo Cody's screenplay, specifically the lengths to which the writer goes to disguise her story's true nature, and also the underlying reasons for the charade, which are unconvincing and in bad faith.

Yet here he is, adapting Michael Lewis» nonfiction book on the reasons behind the financial collapse and coming away with a hit movie, five Academy Award nominations, and an Oscar win for Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with Charles Randolph).

As for what these WGA nominations mean for Oscar, the WGA is a less solid gauge for Oscar glory than the other guild awards given that each year, many of the frontrunner screenplays are deemed ineligible for the WGA awards for one reason or another.

The screenplay, credited to Geneva Robertson - Dworet and Alastair Siddons, devises a series of puzzles for Lara to solve, though as the action intensifies, it's difficult to follow her reasoning, and the puzzles remain rather puzzling, if they were ever intended as anything more than plot devices.

One of the reasons for my high hopes was because wonder twins, Judd Apatow (production) and Seth Rogen (screenplay), activated once more to put together this movie that combines the premise of My Bodyguard with the updated attitude of Superbad.

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But his latest feature, «Suburbicon,» provides reason for hope: for one thing, it's based on an»80s Coen brothers screenplay (rewritten by Clooney and his long - time writing and producing partner Grant Heslov) and it's a dark James Cain «Double Indemnity» story starring Clooney's «Oceans» co-star Matt Damon as a hapless miscreant — no one plays dumb and funny better — and an adept cast of smart comedy actors, including Julianne Moore as his wife and Oscar Isaac as the suspicious insurance man hounding them.

What makes the familiar feel fresh is the screenplay, which provides strong reasoning and motivation for the actions of the lead characters, not only Judah Ben - Hur and Messala but also Esther (Nazanin Boniadi), who becomes Judah's wife.

The screenplay by Gideon Defoe (based on the first two books in his series about these characters) gets far more mileage out of these characters when they are simply mucking about — getting into arguments about the best part of a pirate's life, sailing while leaving behind red dots in the water so that their progress can be seen on a map, and otherwise doing very silly things for no reason more than that they must.

Mayhem, and occasional hilarity, ensue, too often undercut by unnecessary sloppiness in the screenplay, which subverts its own tired premises for no particular reason.

The primary reason that it seems to be out of the running is that it has absolutely no chance of winning Best Original Screenplay (it's in fourth place at best), and as I've already explained, the Academy believes writing to be the single most important thing for a Best Picture winner to have.

Next, the screenplay concocts a manipulative scenario that relies on the stupidity of its main character, the drunkenly suicidal insanity of its antagonist, and a random happenstance from a background event for the sole purpose of putting a child in mortal danger for no reason other than the tawdry thrill of it.

The reasoning is sound (Milly feels unloved by Kit, who doesn't know how to react to his wife's illness, and Jess doesn't want to sound like she's gloating), but it feels as if the screenplay is sacrificing the heart of these relationships for conflicts that must be overcome.

Directed by Doug Liman (Edge Of Tomorrow) from a script off of Hollywood's famous Black List of un-produced screenplays, The Wall presents America's protracted war in Iraq in primally simple terms: two U.S. soldiers fighting (and maybe dying) for reasons they can't articulate, pinned down by an enemy they can't see or...

In the latter category, there are Pam (Jason Mantzoukas), a gun - toting shopkeeper who sells drugs to kids out of an ice cream truck, and Jason's cousin Nick (Adam Pally), a younger version of Dick who shows up on crutches during the movie's climax for no apparent reason (It might seem like a useless point to raise, but the screenplay somehow lacks logical consistency, such as when Jason scolds Dick for smoking the «gateway drug» of marijuana after the grandson smoked crack earlier).

More importantly, while Villeneuve isn't directing, the immensely talented Taylor Sheridan is back for screenplay duties — reason enough to anticipate something rather special.

One of the reasons for the movie's uncertainty regarding its central figure is because Shepard's screenplay wants us to see and understand these characters — as much as they're willing to be seen and understood.

For some reason, that's when Ayer's screenplay decides to play coy with us.

Is it because the Academy for some reason considered the «one film» aspect of the «trilogy» and decided that it's not three separate screenplays?

The director previously penned a script with writer Matthew Robbins, but decided to scrap the screenplay for unknown reasons.

But there's no real reason for Wheatley, who wrote the barbed screenplay with his frequent collaborator (and spouse) Amy Jump, to have gone to the trouble of setting this thing 45 years in the past.

Part of the reason to hope is that Hill reunites with David Giler for the screenplay, and together they produced and partially wrote the first three Alien movies — a successful collaboration by all accounts.

At the Boomer & Echo blog, financial planner Marie Engen mentions my own preferred term Findependence and offers her take on it: «Financial independence means you have sufficient resources to give you the freedom of choice, to sustain a lifestyle that allows you to pursue whatever truly makes you happy — to leave a high stress job for a lower paying one that's more satisfying, take some time off for whatever reason, go back to school, or write a screenplay.»