Sentences with phrase «selling point of this movie»

Now the selling point of this movie is really its ridiculousness.

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But others point to an overreliance on movie tie - ins and a lack of novelty: Star Wars toys didn't sell as well as expected, perhaps because kids see them as a tired formula.

While social - justice drama isn't enough to sell a movie — ««Selma» had many of the same themes, and underperformed,» Pandya points out — «Straight Outta Compton» seemed to spark a discussion.

According to the LA Times, one of the sticking points in the discussions between Dauman and the Redstones is whether Viacom will decide to sell a stake in its Paramount movie studio.

He does have a point, but then, what are movies, TV, pro sports, best selling books, etc, etc, but a support and applauding of some of the worst vices talked about in Scripture?

And if we can't help sell tickets for movies that we love, then what is the point of all this writing?

One of the movie's selling points is that it's the first feature film to employ an all - female crew; that we had to wait until 2017 for this milestone fairly boggles the mind, but now that this ceiling has been shattered, long may this practice continue.

(The ad campaign turned that into a selling point, with the tag line: «Can you believe they made a movie of Lolita?»)

And the movie never effectively sells the story point that made the earlier films so compelling: why a bunch of outlaws and mercenaries would put their lives on the line for a town that finds itself in the grip of a bad, bad guy.

That approach includes focusing the spotlight on Evans» character (who leads a rebellion aboard a futuristic train that houses much of humanity in the film's wintery dystopian setting), in order to better utilize his star power as a selling point - in addition to emphasizing the movie's action beats, as accompanied by the expected dramatic musical cues in the post-Inception age of trailers.

I'm not sure if they ever intended it to be a movie about nothing more than Chimps, but once they discovered a male leader adopting and caring for an orphan, a beautiful story evolved that became the selling point of the film.

The first three are clearly a product of a time when showing endless clips from a movie was considered promotion and when you could actually hear the phrase «three homeless Cockney waifs» as a selling point.

The selling point seems to be that staying at home will never match the experience of being at a theatre and the joy of watching a movie event all together.

Like the first movie, one of the highest selling points of this franchise is the nostalgic factor seeing some of the biggest action names back onto the big screen.

Some stemmed from a cynical viewpoint that the movie's sentimentality was used as a selling point for self - improvement merchandise (read: Jim Stovall's book and that wonderful «Ultimate Gift Experience Kit»), and others focused more on the shortcomings of the movie in the conventional storytelling sense.

Marvel's new superhero movie Deadpool stars Ryan Reynolds, a fact that, up to now, would likely not have been considered much of a selling point.

When: November 20th Why: Tom Hardy is one of the most exciting actors working today, but while the prospect of seeing him play dual roles in Brian Helgeland's «Legend» is undoubtedly its biggest selling point, none of that would matter if the movie wasn't any good.

One of the movie's primary selling points is its mystery component, the perpetual element of surprise that comes from the leading characters» post-blackout amnesia, spawned by a poisonous cocktail of drugs and alcohol.

There's only one bonus feature here, but for my money, it's as much (if not more) of a selling point than the movie itself.

I do find it deeply ironic that the books, whose biggest selling point appears to have been erotic stuff for women, have been adapted into a movie so full of the male gaze and with a lot more female than male nudity.

It's hard to say, but I think it's fair to say at this point that it's hard to sell a vision to the studio when the studio doesn't have a clear idea of what its vision for its movies should be.

That movie was pretty funny but he followed that up with «Your Highness,» a fantasy spoof that is one of the biggest botches made by a recognizably great filmmaker of recent times, and «The Sitter,» another misfired comedy whose main selling point is that it wasn't quite as unwatchable as its predecessor.

We're at a point with «The Avengers» with the bombardment of promotional material that it's time to see the damn movie, we're sold.

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).

And even selling points, like the bullet - time gimmick of «Max Payne» for instance, might feel fresh in a game, but in that case, and many others, it was something inspired by a movie («The Matrix «-RRB-, and when taken back to the big screen, it felt like just another violent cop actioner.

A third disc offers a digital copy of the movie (a big selling point for some).

And here's where Boyhood becomes a special case: More than almost any movie I can think of, the emotional and fascinating story of how it was made is practically part of its plot; it doesn't need to be sold as a campaign talking point because it's manifest in every frame.

Rockwell's character and the question of his redemption in Martin McDonagh's film have been the centerpiece of the controversy that surrounds the movie, but his performance has been one of its strongest selling points.

At one point Redbox got tired of movie publishers refusing to sell them DVDs for up to 30 days after retail release and bought them directly from retail wholesalers but found that the extra rentals didn't make up for the markup from the distributors so now they're back to the delayed availability.

One of the handset's many party piece selling points, the Google Nexus 4 screen is a large, expansive, vibrant offering that makes movie absorption on the move a joy and daily tasks an eye appeasing breeze.

Although 10 - inch tablets in general aren't recommended as ereaders, one of the key selling points for them is movie playback, and you'll need to keep two firm hands on the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 if you're going to make it through a feature length film.

The Fire's selling points are all about ease of use, and software - which conveniently directs the user to Amazon books, movies, music, and app stores.

The 10HD's other unique selling point, we're told, is its use of an Nvidia Tegra 4 processor running its four main cores at up to 1.8 GHz when you need some wellie for gaming and high - def movie playback.

I think the apex of their popularity was the brief appearance of one in the first Terminator movie, but since those days, the general public have come to their senses and, at this point, we do well to sell a dozen baby iguanas in a month's time.

There's no incentive to purchase this unless you want to somehow be involved with either the movie or its actors and be willing to compromise in gameplay, which, call me crazy, should be the biggest selling point of any game.

- Cross-play support for VR & Non-VR platforms on PS4, Steam, and the Oculus Store - 50 + hours of single player campaign gameplay - Fully customizable skills and tech trees - Crafting system that allows the creation of unique weapons and items - A Companion system where you raise and customize your own pets to fight along your side - Co-op multiplayer raids that allow 3 fellow hunters to fight against EPIC bosses - Co-op campaigns to challenge the most impossible campaigns together with a friend - An auction house system to sell, buy, and trade your items in real - time - Multiple point of views - Interactive movies for each character

Sites like IMDB as well as Rotten Tomatoes and countless other websites or mobile applications (such as flixter, etc.) all use movie posters and images from movies as part of their content which is more or less the selling point of their business (or maybe more accurately how they convince users to keep using).

But given the dearth of available 4K HDR titles, the shortage of interest in digital movie purchases, and the strong preference among consumers for lower - cost streaming devices, selling discounted 4K HDR movies through iTunes isn't a huge selling point overall.