Sentences with phrase «story than a romance»

I think think this is one of the best books about unrequited love that I've ever read, though it's more of a coming of age story than a romance.

Not exact matches

It is more creative than science fiction, the love stories are more intense than romance novels, and the Bible, when rightly understood, is more colorful than a comic book.

To be fair, director Kate Barker - Froyland has more than romance on her mind, and she crafts a nuanced ending to the story that feels right.

Meanwhile, most of the film's best moments come from the supporting players, who turn out to be more important to the story than Potente (whose character seems to be an addition simply so that the film can have some form of romance) or Damon.

More than 70 characters (not to mention like a billion nameless soldiers) will fight across 40 new stages of city and countryside in the Three - Kingdoms - romancing story mode.

A budding romance, however, is only one story line in this satire that also investigates the social concerns of a growing (in more ways than one) population.

For a film mainly guided, stylistically, by feeling more than by thought, Wong Kar - wai's In the Mood for Love opens rather pragmatically: A simple exchange in an apartment hallway between a landlord and her two prospective tenants, Mrs. Chan (Maggie Cheung) and Mr. Chow (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), introduces the principal elements of what is, in essence, a straightforward story of star - crossed lovers and their unconsummated relationship — a romance thwarted as much by tragic circumstance as by the story's central cinematic contrivance.

This year, he covers the story of director Jean Luc Godard and his romance with a 17 - year - old actress, many years younger than he, in «Redoubtable.»

Writer - director Wong Kar - wai spent more than a year collecting the shots for this Hong Kong near - romance; his meticulous attention to detail resulted in a movie that's closer to a spell than a story.

Such production design - heavy haunted house features as The Shining, The Haunting, and The Innocents have also been cited as a heavy influence on Crimson Peak by del Toro; of late, though, the filmmaker seems to have begun playing down the idea that he's making a haunted house genre throwback, and more than Crimson Peak is a Gothic romance first, set piece - oriented ghost story second.

Still, «Pixels» stumbles heavily with a weak story and a forced in romance — evidently, Sandler can't go through an entire movie without kissing a pretty girl, this time played by Michelle Monaghan, in a surprisingly more intelligent role than most female fodder in Sandler's movies as a military weapons specialist.

1 - You're Next (for more originality than the others & acceptable story) 2 - Maniac (for incredible Atmosphere and for really being schizophrenic horror) 3 - Conjuring (for Mastery Atmosphere & Shocking Moments) 4 - Evil Dead (GOOD GORE) 5 - We Are What We Are (Special Theme, Excellent Directing) 6 - V / H / S 2 (Surprising, Intense & Bloody moments) 7 - Insidious 2 (Just OK for being high class horror) I like this either: Sleep Tight / Hatchet III / No One Lives / Mama / Carrie / I spit on your grave 2 (i don't know what call warm bodies «horror or romance» but i like it anyway)

Yes, it's a love story but it's in the details of their lives that make this something more than a silly romance film to take your significant other to.

It's a clever gimmick and the acting's good, but other than that, «Unfriended» tells a same - old same - old story about the secrets and betrayals of teen friendships and romance.

Yet, Stories We Tell often feels more like a dramatic suspense saga, or even a gothic romance, more than a movie about Sarah Polley because even though she sits at the very centre of the frame, this is really a biographical portrait of a ghost.

At its heart, the story might be called an amalgam of style more so than something one could make a compelling tale out of, but the richness of the characterizations and environs bring the narrative to life, with a good sense of wit, romance, and satire.

It's an entertaining story about ambition, romance and predatory trading practices, but it seems more fascinated than angry.

I'm sure we'll be finding out sooner rather than later as del Toro prepares to start production on the gothic romance ghost story early next year.

The romances are secondary — only an easy way to show that there is more to the brothers (well, two of them, at least) than their illegal trade and dispositions toward agression — and, as such, they feel forced and rushed (Maggie's feelings for Jack are relegated to quick glances, and Bertha exists in the story primarily to give Jack a reason to unintentionally put their business in danger).

As I said, the less - than - perfect non-Hollywood ending is refreshing, and the story focuses as much on Bruce's return to his passion as his hopeful romance with Julia.

The magic of their relationship carries over to the film as a whole, making it easy to accept the more unlikely love stories that linger in the background: one between an English teacher (Wong Kar - Wai cinematographer Christopher Doyle, taking a turn in front of the camera) and a prostitute; and Xiaojun's aunt's fond remembrance of a romance with none other than William Holden.

The story of the mistreated girl and her budding romance with a young prince is well - known and Branagh has maintained much of its structure (this is much more traditional than the 2014 hit Maleficent) while adding a unique but subtle spin on it.

The stories, which are less than twenty pages, are generally based on romance, though other topics include business, cinema, crime, poetr, and more.

The story, I think, is more about love than romance.

I'll be writing Christian fiction novels, the stories will have an aura of romance but they'll be more «falling & being in love» stories than typical romances.

But developing a romance story is more complex than most recognize.

But things that will make me stop include a large romantic element in a thriller, because if I purchased a thriller, I'm expecting one, not a romance; too much misspelled dialect because it makes the story really hard to follow; too much profanity because it often signals a taste level in the story that I'm not going to like (honestly, I shouldn't read 5 pages and have more profanity than pages).

The idea is that real - life couples can share a «sexy, steamy, bigger - than - life, or just plain worthwhile love story» and romance authors will write a novel based on the truth.

From Romance Writers of America 2017 Golden Heart winner comes a story of passion that is much more than meets the eye.

Are you more interested in a romance novel that's Based Upon a True Story — is truth stranger (or rather, steamier) than fiction?

To take an extreme example: if the main character of your romance is afraid of snakes, it will only interrupt the story if you then drop that character into a pit of snakes every few chapters for no other purpose than to invoke some tension (except, maybe, if the love interest is a snake charmer).

If it's a romance for ladies loving Harlequines the cover should be different than when you wrote a thriller containing a love story, but the target audience includes also men.

After getting feedback from friends and family, she sent queries to more than 100 agents, but since it was a cross genre story (with elements of romance, suspense and mystery), it didn't fit neatly on retail book shelves and got rejected as a «tough sell.»

But this story was more about a faith journey than a romance.

When I first started writing, my stories were more urban fantasy with romantic elements than my current paranormal romance series.

As a result, both their individual stories and their slow - building romance read as genuinely unfinished rather than typically sparse.

Despite an overall reluctance among contemporary artists to deal with issues of the heart, more than a few tell great stories of romance and heartbreak Read More