Sentences with phrase «than genre tropes»

But the U.K. - Jordanian - Qatari coproduction, directed by Iranian - born Babak Anvari, has more than genre tropes on its mind.

Not exact matches

The story itself is hard to recall, in large part because it was one of the least impressive aspects of a production that was more interested in offering a Mad Magazine - type superhero movie than meekly regurgitating the genre's tropes.

Rather than be choosy, the movie mines from both the best (Klute, Play Misty for Me) AND worst (Fear, No Good Deed) of the bunch, piling the tired tropes of the genre at the feet of moviegoers like a cat does dead mice.

Penned by Max Landis and directed by Josh Trank, while «reinvention» would be too strong a word, «Chronicle» does a nice job of twisting the standard genre tropes into a pleasantly refreshing, highly entertaining story that features no costumes, no villains, no score, and even at less than 90 minutes, a fair amount of substance.

Suffice to say, Burgundy turns out to be a much funnier and more humanistic picture than it initially appears, applying the tropes of its chosen genre — including some heavy fetish fuel — to a richer study of desire and relationships.

But the filmmakers adhere too prominently to the tropes of the sports genre, all leading up to the big, dramatic encounter at the end, whereas tonally it felt the film may have benefited from avoiding such an approach — for while a necessity Billie Jean King took place in the match, the entire endeavour was more about putting Bobby Riggs in his place rather than to prove herself as an athlete.

The genre tropes Pineapple Express skewers are utterly hysterical and perfectly handled, but there's so much dull, scattershot stuff to wade through between them that it becomes more of a chore than a joy to watch Rogen, Franco, Gary Cole, Bill Hader et al. having fun.

A quick summation: yes, there is a difference between genre fiction and literary fiction; no, genre fiction is not necessarily «lower» than literary fiction or mere escapism; yes, literary fiction has just as many cliches and tropes as genre fiction; and yes, there are many examples of top quality work and utter crap in both categories, and people shouldn't pigeon - hole their reading habits to solely one or the other.

There's nothing worse than getting a genre wrong, especially since most of these readers are dedicated to the tropes and boundaries of these stories.

It's a «low fantasy» setting with elements of magic but a generally more realistic mood than most similar games, avoiding the usual tropes of the genre where possible.

Experimenting on a genre is heavily reliant on knowing what made the genre special to begin with, and let that core idea drive everything else, rather than imitate tropes that might not be necessary any more.