Sentences with phrase «story beats without»

It also doesn't help that Karey Dornetto's screenplay seems inclined to pick up and throw away character or story beats without any sense of purpose or resolution.

Coxon and Hooper struggle to to find multiple points of entry into the subject, as the whole middle section is structured of scenes repeating the same story beats without elevating the conflict or raising the stakes.

Not exact matches

There's little doubt that Due Date gets off to an almost disastrously underwhelming start, as director Todd Phillips, working from a script cowritten with Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, and Adam Sztykiel, offers up a series of eye - rollingly broad comedic set pieces that are both unfunny and without any basis in reality (ie Peter receives a beating from a wheelchair - bound redneck, Ethan laughs hysterically after Peter tells him a sad story about his father, etc).

One of the most breathtaking films of the year, this ambitious story shifts from a slacker romance to a heist thriller without skipping a beat.

There are some wonderfully tense scenes early on, and it does a good job of hitting all the usual beats without feeling too familiar, but «The Infiltrator» would be a lot more engaging if it was afforded the time to explore its story, as well as the players involved, in greater detail.

As mentioned, even though there are plenty of smaller cameos, none of the iconic franchise faces distract from the primary story beats — serving to add additional humor and immersion without taking anything away from the main plot.

It's a bit disappointing watching enemies appear from nowhere, when the filmmakers could have easily created the climax without them, hitting the same crucial story beats.

The cinematography is gorgeous as always, and the performances are pretty good across the board (particularly newcomer Ni Ni and Christian Bale as the Westerner caught in the middle of the conflict), but the real star is the story itself, which earns its emotional beats without feeling like it's pandering to the audience.

Not a huge negative, just what one expects out of an origin story by hitting all of the beats without excelling in any area.

There are other stories, though, particularly in the latter half of the book, such as «The River Warta,» that read like workshops for writers, teaching them the mechanics of short stories without the distraction of feeling anything for the characters: You introduce the character this way, hit this beat, give the reader something to chew on right here, and soon you have a workable short story.

Adopted dog surprised his owner by rescuing two people caught in a riptide The Bermese mountain dog, named Nico, bounded into the water without hesitation to save a couple who were struggling in the water This dog playing the drums to White Stripes» Seven Nation Army will blow you away The cute canine lies next to its bass - playing owner as she taps out the iconic beat on the percussion instrument A dog playing the bass drum to Seven Nation Army is the best thing you'll see today This Vine is everything it promises to be, a beautiful golden retriever pup takes the role of Meg White, going thud thud thud on a bass drum whilst her owner plays one of the most famous guitar riffs in rock history Watch feisty feline take on pack of wild dogs in epic turf war battle - the winner might surprise you This is one cat that wasn't about to let five canines get the better of him - no matter how loud they barked Labrador has tumour the size of a human baby removed from his stomach WARNING: This story contains graphic images.

No visit to Jordan is complete without enjoying the incredible Bedouin hospitality as they enchant all of your senses with stories of their ancestors and take you off - the - beaten - path to discover the best hidden wonders that their country has to offer.

If for you, beating the game means defeating the final STORY boss and just following the STORY without fighting any UMs, then you really don't need to get too far into the combat system.

Unfortunately, once you beat a level, you can't go back to it without restarting the story, which felt just a little unfair.

Without going into further detail, Seasons «story is enough to move from one beat to the next.

Record of Agarest War Zero is shorter than the original, but if you connect this game to the first one's save file, or beat the game once, you get access to a digest mode of Record of Agarest War, where you can replay the major plot points of the game plus «Extra mode» which ups the battle difficulty without changing the story.

Mechanically it's a complete package, with the difficulty pacing being kind, although displaying the BPM (Beats Per Minute) of the songs would've been nice in the story mode rather than just free play mode, since the difficulty rating is hard to gauge without knowing how fast the notes will come.

After beating Final Fantasy XIII I went right back to Grand Pulse to grind and defeat many of the bonus bosses and even the Titan trails, simply because it provided a nice way to enjoy the battle system and leveling without the pressure of progressing through a story.

A goal - oriented player could beat any of the games you listed without deviating from the main story one inch, so the fact that there's stuff in the game that it's possible to never see makes those secrets all the more precious.

Even the enemy officers took beatings without putting up too much of a fight, though perhaps a lot of this could be owed to the fact that I cleared so many side missions before taking on the game's story missions (more on that later).

Furthermore, by this point, it should go without saying that the more time invested in previous Yakuza titles, the more rewarding some of the story beats and cameo appearances are going to be.

Off on her first ever adventure in 2013 - thanks to the time dilation granted by the current fad for origin stories and reboots - she was shipwrecked, beat up, brutalised and left without any real tombs to raid or endangered creatures to massacre.

However, due to its non-linear structure, it will be possible to beat the game without seeing the entire story.