Sentences with phrase «than their film counterparts»

Our favourite bald - headed assassin has amassed a devoted following in the fifteen years since the release of the original Hitman: Codename 47 and has certainly enjoyed much more success than his film counterparts.

Not exact matches

After the discussion, volunteers who had been treated to the great film reported feeling far lousier than their counterparts, who'd had a subpar viewing but were able to commiserate with one another after the fact.

He decided to try by filming hummingbirds in the wild, which are less inhibited about flying than their captive counterparts.

Galifianakis» thoroughly nonsensical character is the film's weak counterpart to Ferrell's slightly larger - than - life caricature.

Coming just a few short months after the release of Paul Greengrass» 9/11 film United 93, World Trade Center immediately establishes itself as a completely different animal than its counterpart - as director Oliver Stone eschews the jittery authenticity of United 93 in favor of a far more traditional, thoroughly cinematic sort of vibe.

While the quirky and meta Secret Service was certainly better than its fellow spy film counterparts, Kingsman: The Golden Circle fails to be superior to its former self.

I know that may be stating the obvious with a Blu - ray release, but keep in mind that commonly some blu - ray releases can look worse than their dvd counterpart due to over saturation or abuse of DNR or just lack of a quality transfer or original quality film to work with.

Aside from a few vile moments, the film is far more entertaining than its American domination counterpart Fifty Shades.

Survivors (8:09)-- A short film that takes place in The Darkest Hour's universe and works much better than its feature length counterpart.

While a pretty thin premise for a film, the movie succeeds thanks largely to the charm of the cast and the clear effort made to create characters more complex than most of their comedy film counterparts.

Somehow meatier and more ramshackle than its counterpart, the film follows Eleanor as she makes an apparent suicide attempt, walks out on her husband, decamps to her family home, and begins taking college courses while she figures out next steps.

Biggest opening for a non-team-up superhero movie: Superhero movies with more than one hero like «The Avengers» tend to make more money than their single - hero counterparts, but «Black Panther» has not only beaten a five - year record held by «Iron Man 3,» but is also posting a higher opening than films like «Avengers: Age of Ultron» and «Captain America: Civil War,» films that have showcased all of Marvel's biggest heroes and, in the case of «Civil War,» featured Black Panther in his big screen debut.

The dynamic between the more proper intelligence agents and their booze - namesaked counterparts play for some good laughs, but more than anything it's a plot device for the film to raise the stakes for Eggsy and the Kingsman while still being able to provide the team with countless weapons and gadgets, all of which are by far the most creative things in the movie.

The latter is the lone basis of this review, which is preferable to a pan & scan source, but the inaccessibility of the original version of the film for those wanting it in its original aspect ratio is frustrating, especially given that the unrated edition runs two minutes shorter than its theatrical counterpart for reasons I can't be sure of without screener copies of both to compare.

The scene when Oscar meets and glues together China Girl's broken legs (a reference to his inability to heal a wheelchair - bound girl at one of his shows, played by the actress who voices this animated counterpart) is one of the best in the film, precisely because it is one of few where Raimi takes his time to let a scene unfold naturally, rather than try to outdo what came before both visually and energetically.

The comedy legends behind everything from «In Living Color» to «Scary Movie» surely could not make a film that's only marginally better than its recent counterparts, right?

This is one of those rare «family films» that an older audience will understand and appreciate more than their younger counterparts, and isn't that all that matters?

The other main issue, although more of a problem with actual film more than the Blu - ray video transfer, was the softening of detail and texture between the full - size mechanical dinosaurs and their CGI counterparts.

Will Smith is decent enough as Deadshot (and certainly better than his «Arrow» counterpart) whilst Joel Kinnaman puts in a solid performance as Rick Flagg, the closest the film has to a «good guy».

More than half of the Best Actress nominees in that 25 - year span have either been their film's sole nominee or one of two, double the rate of their Best Actor counterparts.

Toby Jones (The Painted Veil, Mrs. Henderson Presents) as Karl Rove and Jeffrey Wright (The Invasion, Casino Royale) as Colin Powell also look much smaller than their real - life counterparts, and more mannered, seeming like they would be more at home in an «SNL» skit than in a serious film about these public figures.

Benedict Cumberbatch has urged the film industry to reject projects in which female actors are paid less than their male counterparts.

The films in this category tend to be artier than their English - language counterparts, and considerably darker.

Black Panther may be Coogler's first superhero movie, but in truth, the heroes at the center of his films, including Oscar Grant, have always felt bigger than their real - life counterparts, if only because of Coogler's willingness to lean into treating them like the heroes of a movie.

The fact that you're battling aliens rather than humans adds little to the game as they behave just like, well, humans, and don't seem to possess any of the extreme strength and endurance of their film based counterpart.