Sentences with phrase «taking established characters»

Enough with taking established characters and switching genders.

Thor: Ragnarok, however, delivers an eclectic and electrically charged breath of fresh air by injecting a quirky energy that takes established characters and concepts to strange new places.

Not exact matches

The film also has some great random casting with established stars like Paul Rudd, William Baldwin and Jonah Hill taking small cameo roles and making their characters so quirky that they're not the stock supporting cast members you'd typically expect.

But Bucky actually borrowed the moniker from a long - established comic character who T'Chaka took into his family when Hunter's parents died.

It's sensitively handled, and takes its time in establishing each character's problem and how they attempt to deal with it.

But it's a different collaborative thing for the studio to listen to the requests of its long - established actors as to new directions to take their characters.

By the time a necrotic viral pandemic spread cross-country to small town America and infected the film's titular character, 16 - year - old MAGGIE (ABIGAIL BRESLIN), authorities had established a protocol for patients infected with the deadly virus: they are removed from society and taken to special iso... Read On

Continuing with the formula they've established of taking typically male - dominated genres (raunch comedy, buddy action movie) and inserting a dominance of women into the primary characters, this one sees McCarthy take on the role of Susan Cooper, a well - trained CIA agent who has spent her time in the agency as the desk - bound partner in the earpiece of well - groomed field agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law).

Not that the characters look realistic, but within their established cartoon world, their movements are completely fluid, their environs intricately presented, and even the physics of their action carry the proportions necessary to avoid taking us out of the moment, as so many other recent animated films tend to do.

Taking the time to establish the characters rather than jumping straight into the chills and thrills, West's fifth feature (with Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever also on his resume) combines horror with humour in an offering purposefully full of contrasts.

While all of the other movies were trying to cram tons of high - energy action sequences and cool one - liners into just 30 seconds, the first trailer for Matthew Vaughn's X-Men prequel takes its time establishing a tone and a time period, putting drama and characters above flashy visual effects.

Five minutes is about all it takes for Swiss Army Man to establish its premise, its characters, its single setting.

That's really taking the back door to establishing a character - based cinema, isn't it?

Aiyaary movie review: Even though the movie puts together an impressive ensemble cast comprising some of our best actors, it takes a lot of time to establish their characters.

It takes nearly an hour before the first attack occurs, but Bay uses that time to establish the characters, provide an overview of the geopolitical landscape and build tension, because once it kicks into action mode, Bay rarely lets his foot off the gas, pummeling the audience with one explosive firefight after the next.

We've already become accustomed to the characters we already know, and screenwriters Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber (working off the characters from the comic book series by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner) offer nothing new for these characters to do (Only Sarah's obsession with taking part in the action — and inevitably kissing men instead of hurting or killing them — is close to a distinct trait from any of the established characters).

Unfortunately for us, studios rarely see anything besides dollar signs, so until they realize that they can't try to set up an entire universe in one movie which took Marvel a decade to accomplish, they will continue to fall short on some great stories and characters that are so much more deserving than what we have gotten, and Marvel will continue to add great content to an already impressively established world.

This goofy take on NASCAR and southern culture also established John C. Reilly as a comedic force of nature, back in the era when he was known primarily as a dramatic character actor.

The story does take quite a while to get going, but once the characters get established, the story speeds up and we get to the action.

It did its best to take the most important — and probably available — characters from the established franchise and bring a slew of new characters to replace a lot of the fringe roles that push along another ad lib adventure story that melds history and fantasy together in such a way that when you try to figure out how much of it is historically true you're immediately distracted by how fun it all is.

The movie takes its time in allowing these characters to establish themselves and the movie itself to set up the decided shift in comic tone from the original.

While the character falls inside the actor's established wheelhouse, that doesn't mean he still doesn't approach the role with the same sort of tenacity and gusto he brought to previous performances in films as diverse as Nocturnal Animals, 99 Homes, Take Shelter, Premium Rush and Revolutionary Road.

Mr. Serra's previous credits include Blood Diamond and Unbreakable which, while the first of many M. Night Shyamalan failures, utilized long takes and grey - green hues to establish the isolation felt by the principal characters.

Poems are intense: A novel may take chapters and hours to establish an emotional connection through the characters and plot — poetry can do so in seconds.

He told me that he wanted me to take the controls at CEP and steer it in a bold direction that would greatly broaden its impact and firmly establish it as a clearinghouse for best practices in promoting good character and cultivating a school culture of excellence and a social climate of respect.

Other strategies include: (1) establishing and using a time - out or cooling - off place (even an informal time - out activity like having a child take a message, book, or box of chalk to another teacher could give the student the space and time he or she needs to maintain or regain composure); (2) applying role plays, simulations (for example, Barnga, Living in a Global Age, Rafa - Rafa, and Broken Squares) and moral dilemmas to teach students how to resolve conflicts, make collective decisions, appreciate different perspectives, weigh consequences, identify right from wrong, and check impulsive behavior; and (3) suggesting or assigning literature with characters who face similar challenges to that of the disabled student.

The unprecedented vehicle concept takes the acknowledged strengths of established vehicle categories, such as sporty Saloon, Estate, MPV and SUV, and fuses them to create a new car with a character all of its own, a car that is all about the three Ds: Design, Dynamism and Dimensions.

Here, J.V. Jones takes advantage of the already established setting to focus more on character and story development.

I thought the author failed to take advantage of the culturally established traits of the golem and jinni, changing their natures to fit her narrative rather than sculpting the story to fit the characters.

Whether the ambition is increased like the move Metal Gear made from linear to open - world, or dialed back like Lara Croft and Agent 47's mobile escapades, I love to see fresh takes on established franchises and characters.

Taking place in a newly established world with memorable characters and a more personal story compared to its contemporaries, Trails of the Sky received rave reviews once it hit western shores on the PSP.

Since Squaresoft developed Super Mario RPG 20 years ago, other developers have established both the handheld Mario & Luigi games and the primarily console - based Paper Mario games as ongoing series, offering simplified takes on conventional turn - based RPG combat with a lot of creative and funny stories, characters, and locations that go beyond the Mushroom Kingdom gamers already know.

All in all, the first episode of Telltale's Batman series is a solid start that establishes several intriguing plot lines and offers some new takes on familiar characters.

For a series reboot, it's interesting to see the new takes on established characters, but sadly Simon is fairly generic.

Taking a cue from Kingdom Hearts» Hollow Bastion, these characters grew up in Grymoire and have no connection to their original worlds, which leads to some pretty interesting match - ups and changes to their established characters.

Last month Disney announced Infinity their upcoming platform where players take real world toys of established Disney characters and bring them together into one game.

This may mean that the game takes a bit of time establishing Clementine as a character that might not be necessary for players who already know her, but I think having her as the playable character makes the experience of learning about her different enough that series veterans won't mind.

Thus, just as portrait painters attempt to establish a likeness through the features or a look in the eyes (where character is revealed), taking far fewer pains with the rest, I must be allowed to devote myself mainly to the signs of the psyche.»

As I mentioned above, the requisite mens rea will be established at trial if it is shown that the accused willingly took control of the object with full knowledge of its character.

With respect to the third issue raised by Wood, the Court found that in finding that the period of reasonable notice was nine months, the motion judge took into account the well - established factors: the character of Wood's employment, her length of service, her age, and the availability of similar employment in the light of her experience, training, and qualifications.

But the story does have one issue: It sometimes jumps away from Versio to focus on other, more established characters, taking players away from a new story they haven't seen before.