Sentences with phrase «suspense levels»

The original film turned suspense levels to 11 by playing with dramatic irony, showing the audience the location of the three strangers far more often than the characters are aware of it.

There's not a lot of action in the movie, mostly plotting the escape and what not, but the suspense level couldn't be higher throughout the whole film.

So the suspense level in «Days of Future Past» is pretty low.

The picture is well made, with intriguing shot choices and incredible use of the camera to keep the suspense level high.

Going in knowing the events of «Cloverfield» surround and shape this story does lower the suspense level a bit.

On the suspense level, the movie doesn't cut it, but surprisingly, it doesn't matter.

Suspense level = 10/10.

Not exact matches

The researchers tested the participants» levels of enjoyment, suspense, perceived competence and performance concerns when they duelled against a weak or a tough opponent.

These binary oppositions elevate the level of suspense considerably.

This series, about an underground British antiterror team that has joined forces with U.S. Special Forces veteran Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton), does succeed in wresting plenty of high - level suspense out of these low - aiming scripts — no small miracle.

Although the film is quite slow at times, Hitchcock manages to keep a sustained level of suspense throughout the film, with the character Rupert Cadell being increasingly suspicious of the boy's activities as the film progresses.

On an almost admirably perverse level, «Lucy» isn't really much of a thriller — it's virtually an anti-thriller, devoid of suspense or any real sense of danger due to the fact that its heroine is more or less invincible.

I'm anxious to see if Chandor and his cast can sustain that level of suspense.

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Affleck certainly did this story justice, trusting the audience with a significant amount of detail and developing suspense on a more cerebral level, leaving you with a deeper respect and understanding of the situation.

There's very little action, and yet, a high level of suspense throughout.

With an attention to documentary detail that makes everything viscerally realistic, this film grabs hold and never lets go, cranking the suspense to nearly unbearable levels and then tightening its grip even further.

I'm an avid fan of prison drama's, with their high level of suspense and on edge atmosphere and sense of danger.

While co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Ruby Sparks, Little Miss Sunshine) wring tension and suspense from the same - day build - up to the match, the match itself — captured by grainy, fuzzy TV cameras with the occasional, ground - level insert — and the immediate aftermath (symbolic and figurative, more than real or long - lasting), it's in the months - long lead - up to the match, following Billie Jean King (Emma Stone, never better) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) where Battle of the Sexes steps up its game to offer a sympathetic, insightful, poignant, behind - the - scenes look at the private lives of the public personas who stepped onto the tennis court of the Houston Astrodome on September 20th, 1973, as Americans on both sides of the political divide watched in rapt attention.

Though this ridiculously in - depth account of the CIA's search for the al - Qaeda leader could have been an extremely dull affair in someone else's hands, director Kathryn Bigelow injects the film with the same level of intensity and suspense that made «The Hurt Locker» so riveting.

While the film doesn't always maintain its intensity level, The Village is still an entertaining choice for older teens who might enjoy a little spooky suspense without unnecessary content.

Building on the idea of frustration through separation, Jones keeps the sci - fi and ventures into Hitchcockian thriller territory with Source Code, a stunningly crafted suspense tale of alarming surprise and resonance, elevating the young helmer to a level of accomplishment few filmmakers are able to achieve.

The movie explores the lack of empathy for one another, while at the same time operates on many levels including as a suspense thriller, a character - driven piece, a musical (there's a even great dance number) and finally a story of love, grief and loss.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is written at a level so low, even 8 - year - olds will find it lacking, and because another sequel is already in pre-production, there's not much suspense as to how this one is going to end.

However, he never quite manages to maintain the necessary levels of suspense, and, by the time the excitement should be peaking in the final act, the film feels like it is treading water.

The ambiguity of resident boogeyman Michael Myers is part of what makes the original Halloween so damn creepy, and it's Carpenter's nerve - jangling musical score that amplifies the suspense to almost unbearable levels.

Directed and co-written by Phil Alden Robinson, the man responsible for the equally entertaining, Field of Dreams, the film works on many levels, mixing comedy, action, suspense, drama, and even a little romance.

Though only occasionally outright scary, the arresting film (pun unintended) takes suspense to a new level.

While it successfully continues to tap into fears and maintain high levels of suspense, the film begins to stray.

The final third of the film is breathless in its pacing and excruciating in its level of suspense.

There is a certain level of suspense in Event Horizon as the story is being set up, but the follow through is nothing like the tension that Ridley Scott and James Cameron created in the first two films in the Alien series.

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, is a nail - biting masterpiece of suspense, operating on a philosophical level that is as sophisticated as it is compelling.

Though constricting these characters» personalities into differing ideologies can be considered limiting towards their development, it makes for fantastic rapport as each member of this understated cast offer a string of remarkably quotable lines as an almost Hitchcockian level of suspense lingers through this carefully woven mystery.

By the time the film reaches its climax, you feel your pulse in the pit of your stomach, brought to a level of suspense made even more impressive by the fact that there are no adrenaline - inducing chases or villains who break through doors toting machine guns.

Tom Stoppard (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, BRAZIL) provides the very smart screenplay, which is remarkable considering the level of detail required, while having to create suspense with what might be a dry subject otherwise.

You can only hope this film brings a level of suspense and weirdness as the trailer was cut to do.

There are some interesting levels that come into play in how the suspense is carried out.

The acting — led by Krasinski himself and Blunt — is excellent, the pared - down story - telling really impressive, and, as for the brilliantly built and excruciatingly maintained levels of suspense and threat... well, all I can say is that Sigourney Weaver and her tension - ratcheting alien would feel thoroughly at home here.

At least 8 lessons worth of resources to support the teaching of creative writing (narrative and descriptive) and take stimulus from the following texts / events: - Castaway - The London riots - The Edge These resources provide opportunities to: - Describe using the senses - watch clips from Castaway and use as a stimulus for own writing - up level vocabulary - identify figurative and use in own writing - develop characterisation - develop narrative structure - assess against GCSE criteria - create tension and suspense

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Think particularly about its role in creating suspense and highlighting the impact of history on the present on both a personal and political level.

Romantic suspense fans often list the tough, take - no - prisoners heroines of the genre as one of its biggest selling points, but Diana Muñoz Stewart takes things to an entirely new level.

About the Romance: Pinkerton stories by Fanny West are romantic suspense with a sweet heat level: a kiss and some sexual tension may be included, but these are clean and wholesome stories.

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