Sentences with phrase «superior film»

But try watching the two films individually and it's obvious that «Death Proof» is the far superior film.

A Lot Like Love may echo several superior films in its genre, but it's always unique enough to be able to be both thoughtful and sensual.

A committed central performance from Jasmine Hyde can't quite save this half - baked thriller that matches jarring tonal leaps and narrative ineptitude with unfortunate echoes of superior films.

I still think both are worth watching, but The Untouchables remains the vastly superior film.

It's surprising that this is the work of Michael Mann who produced much superior film, Collateral, more than a decade

How much enjoyment you'll get from «The Eagle» probably has a lot to do with how you feel about the sight of Channing Tatum in Roman soldier garb, but director Kevin Macdonald earned our trust with superior films like «The King of Scotland» and «State of Play,» so we're willing to give him the benefit of the doubt — even if it means sitting through a PG - 13 period epic involving swords, spears, Scottish mud, and a lost emblem.

In the early 1968's, the National Council of Churches radically revised its approach to the film industry, moving from a self - serving pietism to a support for artistically superior films that deal honestly with the human condition.

Those who want superior film presentation with extensive supplements will be more than satisfied by Trimark's Natural Born Killers package.

«Angels & Demons» followed in 2009 and despite its muddled plot, it was a much more superior film.

The years leading up to 1987 included a string of more accomplished work from Allen, and there were several superior films still to come.

Material from superior films from the annals of this dark and curiously entertaining genre.

The EVO is a lightweight model that pairs with your smartphone, camera, or GoPro to help you beat shakiness and make superior films.

While Fox should fare better than they did on their last big budget Christmas Day release, Gulliver's Travels, I am doubtful they have a hit on their hands in this, not when bigger laughs, more thrilling fantasy, and simply superior films are playing at the same multiplex.

But that's an altogether superior film.

No adult should consent to watching this before the infinitely superior film, Vertigo, or really, consent to watching it at all.

26 January — 5 February 2007 The 30th Göteborg International Film Festival proved why it is Scandinavia's superior film festival.

For a similar yet superior film released around the same time, check out John Schlesinger's 1987 sleeper The Believers.

Whilst it's a perfectly serviceable addition to the genre, George says it fails to offer anything new and instead references far superior films, like Rosemary's Baby, throughout.

Such inadequacies would be acceptable, if not expected, in any of Affleck's prior disposable action flicks, but as a newly minted director of superior films (Gone Baby Gone), and being that The Town vaguely aims for something higher, the result is a disappointment.

Each of his friends — Norton, Winslet and Peña — have personal tragedies or struggles that makes their own lives as convoluted and disturbed as Howard's, and a vastly superior film would have been to watch these sometimes - great, but generally pretty good, actors hash out real emotion onscreen.

Much like the love potion in this film you will quickly ignore this lovefest in favor of other more superior films.

If you're a feminist, you'll appreciate how strong Van Devere's character is I suppose, but if you want a superior film, watch The Sentinel instead.

Tommy was a superior film to this, but not by much.

I did enjoy the new version of The Great Gatsby, but I felt that this one was of course a superior film, a film that boasted some terrific performances and brilliant direction with wonderful storytelling.

If these sections could have been bridged in a better way than this could have been a far superior film than it turned out to be.

Good documentary with some great moments of emotional power, but it doesn't say all that much new about the current state of the USA that hasn't already been discussed in superior films.

The metafiction in «Stranger than Fiction» might not be as clever as «Adaptation» (or even Neil LaBute's underappreciated «Nurse Betty»), but this imitative screenplay of a superior film is better than, say, «EdTV», which was a byproduct of «The Truman Show».

2» was able to, and yet I still felt like it was the superior film given the thematic content and more personal nature of its narrative.

Winslet herself got a well - deserved prize, though I can't help wishing that she had been awarded it for her performance in Revolutionary Road: a better performance in a far superior film.

Yes, I've seen some happy films this year, some of which were incredible, but films like Toy Story 2 was ground into a form that could be accessible to all ages (for the record, I actually do think that Toy Story 2 is the superior film), and The Straight Story was too serene to ever be thought of as having much zeal.

Blade Runner 2049 won't leave anyone arguing over whether it or the ’82 movie is the superior film, but it's still a fantastic example of moviemaking.

On all counts Avengers is a superior film.

The similarities should end there, as there's no question that The Descent is the superior film, working mainly due to the investment in building up the characters for the first half, while also putting in a cast of solid actresses in each role.

(By the way, 127 Hours is my personal favorite of the nominees, but objectively, TSN is the superior film and definitely going to be remembered better over time.)

A superior film in every which way possible, Catching Fire is up there with some of 2013's finest.

But for a select few, «The Monster Squad» not only represented a more mature version of the treasure - hunting adventure flick, but was also a far superior film that never got its due.

The AMPAS allowed for an embracing of the New American cinema with their awards for Best Picture and Best Director for «Midnight Cowboy» in 1969, and only they had the courage (and the smarts) to recognize that «The Godfather Part II» was a superior film to the first in handing it the same two trophies.

And, though far from outstanding, August is a superior film to that muddled prime minister biopic.

Zulu (Twilight Time, Blu - Ray) is far and away the superior film.

Donnie Brasco is a superior film and to live up to that was always a hard sell.

If this sounds like it could have been the comedy version of TRAINING DAY, then it could have been, but the lazy writing would rather acknowledge that outright with constant references to the superior film, including word for word recreations of dialogue.

Jack O'Connell will finally reach a wide audience in Angelina Jolie «s Unbroken, but he gives a much better performance in David Mackenzie «s far superior film, Starred Up.

The first time could have been an accident, the second time a coincidence, but now Lisa Cholodenko has made three superior films — «High Art,» «Laurel Canyon» and the brand new «The Kids Are All Right» — so it's time to acknowledge her as a major filmmaker.

After discussing it with others that saw it I came to this conclusion - this would have been a far superior film had it been told from the point of view of the «greenhorn» who makes his first voyage with seasoned whalers as they venture out into the vast oceans in search of whales and their gold - like oil.

Arrival, with its handwringing worthiness and easy answers, certainly meets these criteria as escapist balm for the masses, but this analysis ignores the fact that M Night Shyamalan's 2002 film Signs is not just a superior film about alien invasion (funnier, darker, more cinematic), but also a stronger allegory for the apocalyptic fever that has gripped America and, by extension, the world.

However, there is a fervent following for this sequel, and it has its own fans who champion it as the superior film, for its smart satire and tongue - in - cheek sassiness.

It is a superior film, however, mainly thanks to an excellent first half and powerful performances from its leads.