Sentences with phrase «than movies because»

But while that works fine for a serialized drama (Six benefits greatly from TV storytelling rather than a movie because it can dig into some of these deeper character moments, even if it doesn't always take full advantage of that), the most compelling moments remain with Rip, as he struggles to survive and lead his fellow captives.

Not exact matches

Feltheimer says the drop occurred in part because the company released fewer films than usual into what it believed would be a poor economic climate for movies — not because of the quality of the films.
That's fine, though, because what the movie does so well is zero in on its core group of characters while also highlighting that there is a larger world than just them.
So earnings are strong to very strong just as Seth Davis described his portfolio in the movie Boiler Room (2000): «Investors are selling stocks because earnings were better than expected.»
That made it better because I think this movie and its stunts are a better action movie than what's out there now.
And yes I did go through once for me to take out my endowments after that it has been a learning experience because, like reading a book over and over or seeing a movie more than once, you learn different things depending on what's happening in your life at the time.
Some of these are bound to work better than others (The Book of Exodus doesn't really lend itself to the sort of story Scott clearly wanted to tell), but the lesson to audiences is clear: Just because a movie is about the Bible doesn't mean you can know what to expect when you sit down to watch it.
Because of feminism, women make more money than man in the same jobs Because of feminism, it's hard to find a movie with a heroic male lead anymore.
But the do - it - yourself enthusiasm of Brigsby Bear is far more original than it deserves to be, mostly because it's really a movie about where our creativity comes from.
The day before we actually have plans with friends to marathon watch the extended versions of Lord of the Rings, but first we are starting with the original animated Hobbit movie (because it's just better than the newer ones).
I hate reading books or watching movies more than once (exception: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation) because the list of things I want to read / watch is too long.
Green tomatoes end up in the compost or the trash more often than not, and that sucks, because there are tons of things you can do with them — oven - fry them, pickle them, watch movies about them... or if you're like me, make cocktails with them.
Here you will meet such varied and complex personalities as Marvin Barnes, who some experts say is one of the best natural talents ever to come into the NBA and who destroyed his career with drugs and passionate insouciance — «the last innocent,» Walton called him; Kermit Washington, who fled from a posh Hollywood party because the movie people were sniffing cocaine; Abdul Qadir Jeelani (born Gary Cole), a shy young man who liked Rome better than Portland but yearned for the kind of recognition you can not find as «the king of spaghetti basketball»; Maurice Lucas, educated, intelligent, married to a Harvard graduate, yet tormented by the belief that his $ 300,000 salary was somehow demeaning.
i have tried so hard to leave this club and support another but just can't, this isn't the arsenal i grew up to love so much, how can some idi * otic fans still want this man to continue with this long unending movie of embarrassment after embarrassment, when people ask me which club i support i feel so so intimidated to tell em i support arsenal they would just laugh and look at me with pity 20 years of useless champs league football with nothing to show for it and yet some deluded fans wants this continuity just because they love their messiah more than they loe Arsenal
Moreso than that, I love this time of year because it means all the really great movies come out.
At night we had a pizza and watched a horror movie, because... Halloween is in less than a week!
I also have all the Harry Potters recorded because I like watching movies as I go to bed, and what's better than... View Post
I'd like to see you recreate this dress, and I think it would be fun to wear during the Promenade because it is so much fancier than most of the day dresses you see on those movies (for instance, compare it to the dress Emma's wearing in those pictures!).
Sex paries to wobble than is women dating plus size singles interested in movies because investigators now see what shes contributing.
Steve Buscemi's awesome in a small role; he really has fun, maybe more than anyone else, just because he's not pretending about what kind of movie he's making.
The eventual showdown between the police and the now - notorious Tsarnaev siblings is visceral and exciting, to be sure, but Berg diminishes the impact of this stretch by following it with an astonishingly anti-climactic finale (which is capped off with interminable interview footage with real - life participants in the attack)- with the end result a passable endeavor that probably would've fared better had it been helmed by almost anyone else (ie the movie is decent in spite of Berg's involvement rather than because of it).
But more than any other film — with the possible exception of The Last Temptation of Christ and that example doesn't count because it's a far more precise moment — the last five or ten minutes of Batman make the movie.
Although we joked about «Warrior» above, we actually really enjoyed Gavin O'Connor's MMA film, perhaps even because of (rather than in spite of) its commitment to exploiting every underdog sports movie convention in cinema history.
The movie approaches the subject of homosexuality without the usual gay - bashing, in a scene where the guys trade one - liners beginning «I know you're gay because» and their reasons show more insight than prejudice.
Because Altman himself effortlessly swims in a sea of friends and associates, he finds it easy to make movies that do the same thing, and what's amazing is not how many characters there are in «Nashville» (more than 25 significant speaking roles) but how many major characters.
The movie could have done with more of him and Alison Brie (as Violet's little sister, who becomes romantically involved with Tom), because they're much more entertaining than Segel and Blunt.
It is its own unique, unclassifiable creature: discomfiting and difficult, not least because it depicts a kind of love that may be even more unattainable for most of us than the usual movie kind of love.
I went in this movie expecting a cheap slasher horror film, but I was having high expectations, because it has been announced in development since 2009, what I got was way too more in depth than I was barging for, this movie can't be reviewed without spoiling it, what I have to say is... SEE THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, it is different dark comedy with mystery and great visuals (hint) SEE THIS Mmovie expecting a cheap slasher horror film, but I was having high expectations, because it has been announced in development since 2009, what I got was way too more in depth than I was barging for, this movie can't be reviewed without spoiling it, what I have to say is... SEE THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, it is different dark comedy with mystery and great visuals (hint) SEE THIS Mmovie can't be reviewed without spoiling it, what I have to say is... SEE THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, it is different dark comedy with mystery and great visuals (hint) SEE THIS MOVIEMOVIE.
I'm not saying it's the best comedy you will ever see, because it is not that, but I definitely think this movie has more clever dialogue than many people give it credit for.
I just realized recently that my second gen ipod is damn near perfect because it holds waaaaaay more than newer models, a newer model I bought because I thought I would need to see movies, or surf the web... And I don't.
I also think it's possible — and probably likely — that the film didn't gain more than the one nomination simply because it's not a great movie.
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.
The reception of this movie is a perfect example of how less - than - bright, thin - skinned, lily - livered critics destroy perfectly enjoyable movies because they don't like people being «mean» or because the characters aren't «likable.»
It is best to go into this movie as blind as possible because it is better to experience the film rather than read about it later, but the story focuses on biologist Lena (Natalie Portman) and a team of scientists who venture into a strange force - field - like area that mysteriously appears on Earth.
Something like the 2014 phase two movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier is interested in the idea that S.H.I.E.L.D. has caused more problems globally than it has solved, but it then contorts itself to suggest that this is because the organization has been infiltrated by literal Nazis.
Far from Heaven is indeed a great movie because it has such high aspirations - a movie from 2002 that dares to style itself after a 50's drama and to do so via (gasp) a subtle script rather than relying on special effects and things blowing up etc..
no, not at all because this movie is indeed better than said videogame shite, unfortunately Landis Jr. could not control himself too well and let rip out of sheer frustration, which is understandable I guess.
But that goes without saying, because most things — not just most movies but most things — are better than «Revenge of the Fallen.»
If I describe the superior craftsmanship of «Unbroken» — the stunning cinematography is by the great Roger Deakins, Alexandre Desplat composed the soaring score — in a way that makes the end results seem more like a convertible than a movie, it's because the film boasts both sheen and efficiency without always delivering an equivalent emotional impact.
Walking into the role like he was born for it (probably because he was), Jackman is more tuned - in and expressive than he's maybe ever been in the movies.
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her, like its counterpart is not essentially a bad movie, but it does has more serious mistakes than Him, and a main one is the script, because you practically go blind if this turns out to be your first approach to her story, Here the feeling that
But at the same time, I guess it doesn't, because I'd be more than willing to give a Bay movie a shot if a persuasive argument could be made for it, and a «collapsing - office - tower sequence that appears in either the film's fifth or sixth hour» ain't it.
Ultimately it's a better horror movie than a documentary, because it really doesn't
Because let's face it: Davis is the reason this movie stands to be something more than a straight - to - oblivion telepic.
They are faced with more trouble than any child can be expected to bear, and the fragile but resourceful Mister nevertheless finds strength in an idea from a movie, that he can be an unstoppable force against seemingly unmovable obstacles if he believes in the success... There are plenty of sad and disturbing moments in this movie, but all of them managed to become inspirational and uplifting, because the director offered a glimpse of hope in the continuously degrading American society, especially for the poor.
Like Tom Hanks in Big (cowritten by Gary Ross, who wrote this movie solo), he's a sweet - souled imposter who, because of his guileless nature, turns out to be far better at his job than the calculating adult he's impersonating.
There's not much going on here other than bloodlust, which is fine, because she's pretty much just in the movie to blow things up while the main players have fun elsewhere.
As far as sitcom - cinema goes (and the movie does truly look terrible), you could probably do worse than this — probably because most sitcom - cinema casts don't allow Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline to share the screen.
The original sci - fi, horror, macho action bonanza PREDATOR is one of my top films of all time, its gory as f*ck sequel PREDATOR 2 has grown on me with age (maybe because today's movies are more often than none sub par and castrated hence it glows in comparison).
But even those coming in cold will know what's going to happen one step ahead, because the movie has been constructed from a dull calculus based on commodities exchange (Star X + Star Y = Project Z) rather than a freewheeling script based on wit.
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