Sentences with phrase «spectacle of movies like»

There's something about the spectacle of movies like «King Kong» and «Godzilla» that's singularly cinematic — it's not something that other forms like theatre, TV, or fiction can do in quite the same way.

Not exact matches

The way a movie like this often goes is that the audience is invited to revel in the spectacle of sexual violence and also in the violent punishment that follows.

In a sense, a movie like «Thor: Ragnarok» represents the apex of Marvel's strategy — a giant spectacle that in many respects plays like a comic book come to life, while being liberated enough to experiment with light - hearted quirks and idiosyncrasies.

Once the Furious movies slipped the realism leash, they went from being pulpy B movies to something like blockbuster superstores — a one - stop - shopping center where you can sample Mission: Impossible - style assignments, MMA bouts (see Furious 7's Michelle Rodriguez and Ronda Rousey's formalwear tussle for a combo of both), A-list action heroes, gunfights, analog stunts, CGI spectacle, capeless superhero movies and a bit of broad comedy on the side.

Once upon a time, noted the doom - mongers, before the likes of it got squeezed by low - cost, high profit fare like horror movies and mega-budget, T.V trumping spectacle, like your average $ 200m blockbuster, a film like Annihilation — mannered and mysterious — that 30 years ago might have shared a double bill with John Carpenter's Starman, would have done very well.

This is a so - so idea for a movie, like Moses» tale in «Exodus» without the spectacle, that is only elevated into something more due to the professionalism of all involved.

But while an arms race for spectacle has engorged Hollywood action pictures to often grotesque proportions, «little» movies like this one become almost their own kind of unintentional criticism.

And it's weird to think of a $ 200 million sci - fi spectacle like «Edge of Tomorrow» flying below the radar, but with all the hype and hoopla about this summer's superhero movies and animated sequels, that's exactly what's happened.

It struck me almost as an attempt to achieve, in book form, the sweep, propulsion and visual spectacle of a movie — like a mad mixture of Holly Golightly, Bond, and Private Ryan.