Sentences with phrase «than plot»

Usually, they're reduced to little more than plot devices, but here, each character has his own isolated storyline and character arc that helps keep the story fresh.

[The Kings of Summer] is much more interested in the laughs that can be mined from character rather than plot.

Now that's not to say there aren't certain characters that are anything more than plot devices but this small issue is exactly that, small (pun?).

They keep things plausible and make the film a character - driven one more than a plot driven tale.

There the fucking felt like more than a plot point, but something inside the film, a part of it.

Honestly, do the male leaders of catholic church do anything other than plot, talk and limit rights for others?

Even more so than its plot, the film is notable for its very stark, sharp black - and - white look; each shot almost feels like a paper cut.

This was more of a character based mystery than a plot based one, so I felt the story moved slowly.

LOL I think I was much more into words than plots.

You should be more concerned with having your opinion (as other have pointed out) spoiled than the plot.

Even when the movie focuses on its imagery rather than its plot mechanics, it seems intent on covering its bases rather than committing to a particular look or mood.

Yes, it's a «thriller,» but one where the ending seems determined by character and upbringing rather than plot requirements.

Sometimes, atmosphere can be more effective than plot, and this film is the perfect example.

They make us care more than the plot really requires.

The stories are more emotional than plot - driven and have given me food for thought on more than one occasion.

But any author who thinks his secondary characters are more interesting than his plot probably needs to take a long, hard look at his manuscript!

Moreover, the characters are even worse than the plot.

One can think of the work as about paint more than design, like a novel that one reads more for the characters and the prose than the plot.

Some reviewers have been critical about the movie, but my view of Bond movies is that they are more about entertainment than plot and character development.

Nonetheless I try to be conscientious about not telling people too much, and discussing the film rather than the plot.

He's at the center of the story, but his character is really little more than a plot device.

Too often the movie reviews only generate the analysis of the movie plot but a movie is more than the plot and also more than the technical aspects.

Don Jon is more of a character study than a plot driven film and none of the characters are that interesting.

For anyone who has played either of the other two games in the Assassin's Creed Chronicles trilogy, you'll find that very little has changed or improved and that like the others, the game is more about the levels than the plot of characters.

Fourteen teenage students will never get to go to prom or attend college, but somehow this tragedy feels like just another chapter rather than a plot twist in America's tortured narrative about guns.

There's quite a bit more to Sky High than my plot description shows, but most of these are of the teenage angst variety, where kids struggle with being hip and cool, and who to take to the homecoming dance.

Incident tends to hold more interest to the filmmaker than plot, and The Florida Project pushes his...

Of course, Super Troopers was never an untouchable comedy classic, but it was a fun comedy where the jokes were far more important than the plot, like a good «80s comedy made in 2001.

I happen to be one of the viewers on board, as action fantasy confections this entertaining don't come around very often, and while I will admit that the bells and whistles are more satisfying than the plot at hand, they are so sumptuously presented and prodigiously conceived, they breathe much needed freshness into what could have been a stale and mechanical adventure.

It's still a show defined more by emotion than plot, but structuring it this way — and moving most of the action to Jarden, which has many mysteries of its own — creates a sense of more momentum, rather than a bunch of characters wandering around in a daze.

That focus on the media and the romanticization of fictional stories is one of the major themes in a story that often speaks to greater themes than its plot suggests.

While this gives moviegoers much to look forward to, it makes betting on the Academy Awards more complicated than the plot of any David Lynch film.

Labour MPs can plot and moan, but they're better at moaning than plotting.

Rather than plotting how the agency would be weakened, the NBA leadership should explore areas of collaboration with the agency, so that it (the EFCC) could gain from its expertise.

The actors aren't much more crucial than the plot, dwarfed as they are by the camerawork.

It's beatufilly crafted plots with unbelievable background storyline and characters, but no farther off than the

The film's world - building is more engaging than its plotting, which skews toward the generic as the embattled good guys set out on their last - ditch effort to save what remains of humanity; there's a sense, while watching Blame!

In fact, director Michael Mann — an epochal»80s cultural figure as the creator of «Miami Vice,» who has been almost invisible in this decade — is after something much richer and stranger than the plot of «The Insider» would suggest.

He's funny and clearly having fun playing at being off his rocker, but his character ends up being little more than a plot fulcrum.

At times, the film feels like its veering too close to fan service with call backs to other films in the saga that seem more catered to Easter Egg hunters than plot advancement.

More observational than plot - driven, its real strengths lie in performances that vividly draw out everyday...

Delivering spectacle, silliness and star power, director Jon M. Chu's madcap sequel is more about style and swagger than plot.

Call Me Mrs. Miracle is a tad bit cheesy, sentimental, and overdramatic, but much less so than its plot particulars and Hallmark origins suggest.

There is something a little pretentious about the possessive directorial credit: «A Joe Blow Film,» but in many cases it is deserved and some it's more descriptive than a plot synopsis.

Featuring Oscar royalty Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem, it's a terrifying and intelligent film that runs deeper than its plot line suggests.

It's an extraordinary film, beautifully and expertly delivered, but it's theory heavy rather than plot busy and over its nearly three hour running time might test some audiences» faith too.

The film's greatest influence came through the screenplay, by Rafelson and Carole Eastman; it allowed detours and digressions, cared more about behavior than plot, ended in a way and tone that could not have been guessed from its beginning.