Sentences with phrase «than a feature film»

Often times a television show can focus on a larger universe than a feature film.

The surprise isn't that, of the three, the film falls somewhere between good and bad; it's that Chase has made a film that is so loudly and clearly screaming to be a television series rather than a feature film.

This thin premise is better suited to a half - hour sitcom than a feature film (in fact, there's an episode of Frasier with a very similar setup), but it's strong enough to support some fun performances from a group of TV stars, along with a lot of weightless filler.

Indeed, Justice often feels more like some do - gooding TV series than a feature film.

The Marvel series are smaller scale than a feature film and Shade VFX is the sole vendor.

Instead, I see a dozen young men gazing at monitors, some pushing their computer mice, others drawing tethered pens across digital tablets to manipulate 3 - D images, each packed with more megabytes than a feature film on a Blu - ray Disc.

The characters were good, but it reminded me more of an episode of Hustle than a feature film.

Unfortunately, Susanna White's direction is so stale and unengaging that their performances are squandered on a final product more befitting of a TV movie than a feature film.

Beginning in medias res and trailing off without a real cliffhanger climax, «Mockingjay: Part 1» may be essential to series fans, but it feels more like a TV series arc episode than a feature film.

All we can do is go with what we've got, and while acknowledging and saluting and admiring these men and what they did on that train, the story as told here feels more suited for a hourlong documentary than a feature film.

Sadly, these are the only highlights in «The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,» a slow, humdrum comedy that would have worked better as a 10 - minute sketch than a feature film.

You could argue that Ezra Edelman's eight - hour documentary, using the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson to examine race in America, is more a TV miniseries than a feature film.

While the three - act, dialogue - heavy structure may initially seem more appropriate for the theatre than a feature film, director Danny Boyle smartly uses careful framing and editing to portray a man gradually drifting apart from his peers.

Regardless of the exhibition dimensions, Roving Mars feels more like a report justifying NASA spending or promoting the government agency's latest efforts than a feature film.

Unfortunately, these don't come off with quite as much pizzazz as they could thanks to a direction and editing style that is more consistent with MTV than feature films.

Nicolas Winding Refn again places style well above substance, making you question the apparent brilliance of his breakout film Drive and whether he is better suited to a different artistic expression than feature films.

Gregory J. Read's feature begins somewhat modestly, in fact feeling a little more like a BBC murder - mystery telemovie than a feature film.

With choppy editing, and odd camera movements, this feels more like a hyperkinetic Music Video rather than a feature film.

Though it's not a slam dunk like the filmmaker's 2010 effort, To the Wonder is a fascinating portrait of love, infidelity, and mistakes that plays more like a tone poem rather than a feature film.