Sentences with phrase «soap opera antics»

As much as I wanted to like this film it's ruined by soap opera antics with an unforgivable, poorly written death scene, that serves as the nail in the coffin.

With Steve Kloves (Wonder Boys, The Fabulous Baker Boys) returning as the screenwriter after skipping the last film, the more serious tone is interspersed with the lighter moments of teen romance, though these soap opera antics may seem tedious to those who don't care much about the dalliances of the Hogwarts students, particularly in how much screen time is given to it in place of the larger storyline that could have used a greater sense of build up.

However, that doesn't keep Hollywood moments from creeping in now and then, with lots of soap opera antics and fisticuffs that would seem injected in order to make the tale of these boys more cohesive in terms of story development, resulting in a forced climax and epilogue that probably comes more out of fantasyland than out of the recollections of a documentarian.

If we want soap opera antics, we'll stay home and watch the soaps.