Sentences with phrase «short running time»

That could be owed to the fairly short running time of the game though, with a skilled player probably able to the beat the game in around an hour — everything is over before you've resorted to swearing or throwing any controllers out of your window.

It's not perfect, but even with its short running time 400 Days crams in more well - rounded stories in the space of an hour than most triple - A developers could hope to achieve in eight.

I do wonder if the catch would be a short running time or Adventure Time style of character designs or The Fairy Oddparents.

The pacing is fairly good when considering the short running time, yet the product as a whole feels like a rush job that people just wanted to unload.

Whether or not you catch every reference or understand every choice in the video, however, it has a greater symbolic meaning than even the messages it's packed into that short running time: black artists are gaining - creating for themselves - increasing freedom to explore and articulate controversial (read: threatening to white America) themes in their work.

With such a short running time, this obviously doesn't go into any depth on the making of the film.

The endless vistas covered with SUVs and the immense, almost - unimaginable wealth make this almost a dizzy fantasy that, for its short running time at least, is certainly diverting and revealing, though you do wish we'd learned more about the falcon keepers / trainers.

The Way Way Back spent most of its short running time developing the extensive supporting cast in clever scenes.

Despite its short running time (12 minutes after ads, in traditional Adult Swim fashion) it moves at a stately and measured clip, befitting Pera's slow and steady approach.

For much of its short running time it's not very exciting and has little to recommend it, but there are some nice little touches, and the last 20 minutes or so are tense, powerful, and amusing.

Its short running time is appreciated, however, and as a subtle yet uncompromising film it only disappoints in the last few moments.

Still, something about this sounds pretty entertaining and with such a short running time it shouldn't be that hard to watch.

Schwarzenegger gets a few fun opportunities to trot out his trademark comic timing and his natural charisma remains a rippling force, instantly lending the movie the exaggerated tone it otherwise hopelessly aims for throughout its mercifully short running time of 92 minutes.

Not for even a second of its remarkably short running time does this strange concoction come even close to being scary, and you'll have a tough time working out where the bad acting stops and the tongue - in - cheek stuff begins.

In any other film, I'd probably feel cheated, but the short running time is perhaps the only thing worth commending the makers of this film for, even if they weren't doing it as a favor.

SPIFFING features a script that tackles more or less every ethnic stereotype associated with the English and the French throughout its short running time, and it does so reasonably «well».

A good introduction to a segment of vampire lore with which viewers may be unfamiliar, Vampire Cleanup Department starts well but ultimately ends up in overly familiar territory that meanders through a short running time.

Part of the reason is that Paul Kaye is extremely unlikable in the lead role, looking a bit like a cross between Marilyn Manson and Gary Oldman, without much charisma or romantic appeal, which is especially critical to make the romance, which constitutes a great deal of the film's short running time, fly.

The film is a brisk 98 minutes, but it's dense and packs in a lot in its short running time.

The short running time and frequent gags make the film enjoyable.

Seimetz takes her time playing out the multiple twists whereby her protagonists spiral toward their respective fates, maintaining a strikingly placid mood that is nevertheless almost unbearably foreboding — a marvel of plotting and affect, considering the film's relatively short running time.

The movie is far from perfect though as the story's overall plot is fairly predictable, some of the jokes are too childish and it has a fairly short running time of less than 90 minutes.

Annoying supporting characters, glib dialogue, a problematically short running time, and constant, contrived solutions to inescapable predicaments prevent this final outing from being memorable or even as enjoyable as «The Lost World» — which couldn't match up to the perfection of the original.

Despite its relatively short running time, I found myself bored throughout Pathfinder.

It is a one trick pony, and even with its short running time, starts to tire too quickly.

Despite the trailer's simplicity and short running time, there is no shortage of suspense and creepiness to be had.

What's interesting about Carnage is how that confrontation becomes so meaningless during the course of this film's short running time — eighty - nine minutes.

The final wonky moments might make you wonder if the short running time (109 minutes) and jarring tonal shift could be blamed on skittish studio notes.

It's to the credit of Lincoln's filmmakers that in the relatively short running time of a feature film, we genuinely get a similar sense of the ways in which history is actually written.

With a short running time and an R rating, this indie film offers a satisfying, yet different brand of entertainment than you might be used to from standard blockbusters.

Having to cover such an epic story in the surprisingly short running time of 96 minutes means that a lot of shortcuts and liberties are taken.

Madame, with a short running time of 90 swift minutes and peculiar alternating point of views, fail to become anything outside of a gag with good intentions.

It feels much longer than its mercifully short running time to the point where I feared I'd be stuck watching the tedious one - upmanship for eternity.

And then there are those movies that have a short running time but are still worth watching.

Though it's as slim and poorly balanced as a cheap knife, «The Strangers: Prey at Night» is a stylish 1980s throwback that packs plenty of terror into its short running time.

Despite agreeably short running time and committed performances, Edmond is rendered inert by its stagy atmosphere and failure to fully mine the depths of its protagonist's complex psyche.

The steady cavalcade of cameo appearances, coupled with the inclusion of a few genuinely funny comedic set - pieces, prevents the movie from becoming an all - out bore, admittedly, yet it's worth noting that both Carell and Fey's small - screen work is, by and large, far more entertaining than anything within Date Night's appreciatively short running time.

It twists and turns multiple times throughout its short running time, borrowing heavily from a variety of films in the horror genre (and other genres as well), but under the sure direction and

This diffuser has a shorter run time than some, but a greater number of timer settings.

Its core loop of shooting, looting, upgrading and strategizing is genuinely fun, and its short run time makes it easy to keep coming back for more.

What they give you during its short run time is good enough to do that.

Tighter editing and a shorter running time would make this a more satisfactory experience.

It has a convoluted plot whose knottier details are unsatisfyingly truncated by the shorter run time.

There are even scenes where you see the litter of a battle that has been snipped in favour of a shorter running time.

The original version of Blood Bath is much better because of its shorter running time, but there are still fans of this version from when it originally aired on television.

With a higher body count, quicker pace, and slightly shorter running time than Die Hard, the entire exercise smacks of shorthand, resulting in a breezier, if less substantial and sophisticated, experience.

This is a flat, chaotic and pointless story and the only real thing it has going for it is the cast and a mercifully short run time.

With such a short run time they manage to stuff in a covered up work accident that results in a death, a man that owes the mafia, an unsatisfied and unfaithful wife, a man that isn't local because that matters to these people, a beloved writer with a drinking problem, and a neighborhood filled with caring people one minute, hateful violent ones the next.

The Frozen Wilds, however, benefits from its narrower scope and shorter run time.

Best of Enemies, like most documentaries, generally feels as though it'd be more at home within a much shorter running time, and yet there's no denying that the movie provides an eye - opening look at two intensely compelling (and competitive) figures.