Sentences with phrase «takes simple premises»

The former takes simple premises to thoughtful, emotional and absurd places that I rarely even imagine, whereas Ex Machina essentially sets up a story with a few possible outcomes, and then delivers one of them.

Wim Wenders has made a career out of taking a simple premise or idea and drenching it in substance - just look at Kings of the Road or Wings of Desire.

Set in 2002, Greta Gerwig's semi-autobiographical coming - of - age drama takes a simple premise — a daughter's (Ronan) tumultuous relationship with her mother (Laurie Metcalf)-- and makes it universal with rapid - fire witticisms and poignant characterisations.

It takes a simple premise and twists...

Move or Die takes the simple premise its name serves up and allows players to add a huge list of modifiers that act as unique game modes to make this game fresh and frantic as hell.

Karyn Kusama's fifth film takes a simple premise to extreme heights when Will (Logan Marshall - Green) is invited by his ex-girlfriend Eden (Tammy Blanchard) to a dinner party.

The story of a father trying to reconcile with his daughter set against the backdrop of austerity Europe, writer - director Maren Ade takes a simple premise and turns it on its head.

There isn't a game I've played in recent memory that took a simple premise and made it into such an enjoyable couch multiplayer, facilitating arguments, partnerships and co-operation galore.

It takes the simple premise of a rolling platformer and adds a few interesting twists to it while not making it too difficult.

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The premise here is simple; take a concept and turn it into a numbered list.

Though the premise of the meetings is simple, the scheduling and coordination can feel like a lot to take on as one person.

The premise is simple; citizens are willing to take up the task of citizenship within the appropriate settings, Deliberation Day creates these settings.

The premise is deceptively simple: the heavier the rocket or its payload, the more fuel it takes to reach orbit.

The premise is simple: two longish - time friends decide to launch a «dating experiment» where they give it a go romantically for 40 days (the time it takes to form a new habit.

The 98 minute drama takes good advantage of the premise, however, to provide some simple intelligent lessons about tolerance.

WHY: By far one of the most unique moviegoing experiences of the year, Steven Knight's «Locke» takes a relatively simple premise and squeezes every last drop from its pulpy body, to the point that it's actually quite incredible just how much the director was able to do with so little.

As for being a remake of Blood Simple, I think it's clear the Zhang has just taken the premise and ran with it in another direction.

Modesty would seem to be a trait of fledgling filmmakers and lifelong friends Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair, who take a simple revenge premise and expertly build from there.

A thematic companion piece to Jones» directorial debut «Moon» in that they're both morality tales about technology, «Source Code» succeeds in taking a high - concept premise and spinning it into a captivating thriller that's simple in execution yet brain - teasingly complex the more you pick it apart.

The premise is simple, Kang is trying to overthrow all of space and time and the Marvel Super Heroes have to join forces to take him down.

Yes, the premise is simple — aggressive Zeds have somehow taken over a nameless part of Europe due to a biotech mishap, and a mostly - silent protagonist shoulders the burden of solving this problem with a flurry of ammunition.

To some extent a companion piece to «Moon» in that they're both morality tales about technology, Jones has succeeded in taking yet another high - concept premise and spinning it into a captivating thriller that's both incredibly simple in execution and yet brain - teasingly complex the more you pick it apart.

Despite its clunky name, the premise for the 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek is a fairly simple one: Subaru takes the basic Impreza five - door formula, injects it with a bit more go - anywhere ability, juices up its appearance with some kicky colors, cool wheels and rugged body cladding, and calls the whole thing a compact crossover.

There are many ways to approach a hybrid publishing strategy, but the premise is simple: take the elements from the traditional and self - publishing models that best suit your situation.

The premise of the game is simple — the annual Moon Feast takes place and the moon (which always rises every feast) does not rise.

Resogun's premise is so simple, like many similar arcade shooters but Housemarque really hammered the pacing and overall madness that takes place on - screen so well.

It's a simple premise, yes, and one that even takes a poke at retro platformer classics, yet the way Drinkbox handled both the core gameplay and art direction of Guacamelee!

The premise is simple, as each group is weighed down by mistrust of the other, each hoping to one day take full control of the Island itself; where Far Harbor shines is in its management of this conflict, and just how any crucial decisions made on the part of one group by the Lone Wanderer make ripples in the opposing camps.

Its premise is simple, you take control of Naughty, a disgruntled Teddy bear on Paradise Island.

The basic premise begins with taking control of a variety of characters from the Star Wars universe and navigating them through simple platforming levels, while combating foes and solving basic puzzles.

For the uninitiated, the premise behind Pokken Tournament DX is quite simple from the forefront — pick a Pokemon character, and battle through a one - on - one, fight «til you faint to take victory.

Westerado: Double Barrelled uses a simple premise — find the gunman who murdered your family — to take the player on a romp through the genre's tropes: bandits, six - shooters, a crooked tycoon, a cowardly sheriff, horseback chases, blue - coated soldiers, and a protagonist who looks awfully like the Man with No Name.

The premise is simple: Four teams have a little under six months to create a game from scratch, with the final six days taking place in front of the public at the Gadget Show Live (April 2nd).

The premise is simple enough, but as always the fun is in interacting Shantae's friends and taking part in all of her various misadventures.

The premise itself is elegantly simple: take what everybody loves about Grand Theft Auto and open it up to more than a single player at a time.

Ironcast is fun simple premise that will take time to truly master.

Bullet Boy's premise is simple — you take control of a hero who's constantly searching for and collecting ancient statue artifacts.

Neko Atsume took the world by storm in 2014 with its simple adorable premise including plush toys, events and a forthcoming movi...

Everything in that list was conceived under a really simple premise: take something familiar and update it.

The premise is a fairly simple tower defense style gameplay where up to four players take on wave after wave of zombies trying to break through boarded up windows and doors.

The game's premise is so simple, but a few tweaks take it way beyond what H1Z1 has to offer right now.

The premise couldn't be simpler — you take control of a female goat, and you are tasked with exploring an open - world and causing as much chaos as you possibly can.

In the piece, now preserved in a simple black - and - white video format of the artist sitting at a desk, Wilson begins with the premise «Art making sucks identity from individuals who are close to it but not participating themselves and the only way to recover identity is to make art yourself» proceeding to ingest a photograph she took of her partner, a male artist, in attempt to recover her own identity becoming his equal in power and, in doing so, creating her own art.

Summer Show 2010 at Fourteen30 Contemporary takes the ubiquitous August group exhibition and gives it a raison d'etre by actually being about summer, proving once again that the simplest premise is often the best.

That would be missing the point, however — Cheddar takes the premise of Simple Bank and expands on it in a few key ways that make it a more complete product.

From the get - go, the story easily hooked in players with its simple premise: take control of a socially deviant high schooler as he brings corrupt adults to justice.