Sentences with phrase «shake audience expectations»

John Michael McDonagh's much - anticipated follow - up to first feature The Guard, Calvary certainly aims to shake audience expectations, evidenced scarcely five seconds into the opening scene when our faceless parishioner delivers his ultimatum.

Not exact matches

Psycho is pulpy and sordid and perverse, shot in black and white on a low budget to give it the tawdry feel of a B movie, and directed with the impeccable craft of a master who knew how to shock the sensibilities and shake up the expectations of an audience.

The addition of Sharlto Copley as a mercenary turned advocate of progression for third world countries gives the proceedings good opportunities to toy with expectations of the audience (keep in mind that none of the swerves are anything mind - blowing, but logically reasonable shifts that propel momentum forward and shake the plot up), but again, his arc (along with everyone else's including Harold's) could have been better realized).