Sentences with phrase «serious character piece»

This is a serious character piece, never even considering lowering itself in order to make a cheap joke.

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Ender's Game - November 1 Asa Butterfield, Abigail Breslin, Harrison Ford, and Hailee Steinfeld star in Gavin Hood's sci - fi thriller that looks more like a Starship Trooper knock - off than it does a serious theme - heavy character piece it wants to be.

Despite an over-long, scene - setting opening and serious, set - piece conclusion, the film revels in the characters» enjoyable experimentation with their powers, with a sense of fun immediately apparent.

While it allows Bronson to be a little less serious than the brooding characters he's better known for, the plot is an utter mess and the rescue attempts (there are several) are nothing more than a string of haplessly assembled action pieces that only serve to illustrate what a terrible rescuer Colton is (as is his sidekick of sorts, played by Randy Quaid).

While a bare plot summary — the Doctor meets Vincent Van Gogh and helps him defeat a giant chicken from outer space — might suggest a less than serious episode, «Vincent and the Doctor» is in fact a deeply felt piece of work, with a wonderfully complex portrayal of its central character and plenty to say about topics that Doctor Who doesn't normally touch.

Lest you think we'll be looking at a surreal, indie character piece à la Violet & Daisy or a serious drama - actioner like Hanna, know that Barely Lethal is being directed by Kyle Newman (Fanboys) and co-executive produced by none other than Brett Ratner.

Now if you combine this piece of information with the story we covered awhile back that featured Zach Galifianakis discussing the third film possibly involving the rest of the cast breaking his character out of a mental institution then it looks like they might actually be serious when they said the third film will end the series with a bang.

Markedly different from a lot of their films in that it's a much more intimate, character - driven piece, «Inside Llewyn Davis» most closely resembles «A Serious Man» in both tone and execution.

Combine the dozens of characters and hundreds of costume pieces, gear items, and skins with the daily Multiverse challenges and online matches, and this is a game with serious legs.