Sentences with phrase «surprisingly emotional turns»

For regular RPG fans, the game wins by virtue of great balance in marrying conventional tropes with humour, loveable characters and a story that though not unique in a synoptical sense (evil being overthrown by band of merry civilians) delivers a well executed and extremely satisfying experience with surprisingly emotional turns that are not too cheesy.

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Maybe my expectations were duly lowered but director Francis Lawrence, who took over the series from filmmaker Gary Ross and raised the bar, and screenwriters Peter Craig and Danny Strong turn out a surprisingly engaging film about rebellion, propaganda, media, and the emotional and psychological scars of war, all seen from the point of view of a young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) who becomes a symbol of resistance simply by surviving with courage, dignity, and compassion.

It turns out they were a series of very mediocre jokes about things that had happened so far, like Harris mispronouncing Chiwetel Ejiofor's name, Terrence Howard getting surprisingly emotional, and Pawel Pawlikowski getting played off by the music as he accepted the award for best foreign film.