Sentences with phrase «times predictable story»

Despite the at - times predictable story elements of the crime action comedy, Catherine Marie Thomas, the costume designer for «The Heat,» effortlessly outfitted Bullock and McCarthy to perfectly represent their characters visually.

Not exact matches

We have some quick stories about Abraham traveling around with sarah every where, occasionally screwing stuff in the name of good, almost killing his son in the name of god, selling his wife up the river a couple of times in the name of god, sounds awfully predictable and robot like to me, and yet you have odysessus, a constant lost hero trying to make his way back to his wife penelope and struggling with his own morality, journeys, trials and ultimate success.

It is the same predictable story all the time and yet ex-players can't mention the plain obvious truth that Wenger cares about 4th and pretends to want 1st.

So predictable, here's the story lines, which I'll save every sports writer and TV producer the time and effort...

Timed to the predictable seasons, they are regular supplements to the unpredictable story of what clothes do for sports and what sports do for clothes — a story which SPORTS ILLUSTRATED of course will continue to report as it happens.

What's not so hot about Flushed Away is the fairly predictable, by - the - books story at its center, and the same goes for the lessons that Roddy and Rita learn, which moviegoers have been spoon - fed a gazillion times before.

which led to enjoyable (if at times predictable) story lines.

Perhaps it's nostalgia, if not for the simpler thrills of childhood viewings (this was my first time seeing the film) than for the off - the - wall, predictable, and good - natured stories that the Disney studio has long dabbled in.

The story is honest and insightful, if not somewhat predictable at times.

As entertaining as I found it, I cant quite go that «extra yard», as it is too uneven at times, with a very predictable story that often gets too juvenile and cheap to take seriously as social commentary.

I'm of two minds about the film, liking the energy and ingenuity behind many of the characters and their peculiar little world, but the story itself, during the few times it sticks to trying to tell it, is predictable and barely cohesive.

At first glance, this tragicomic Alzheimer's story by first - time director Elizabeth Chomko may seem simple, almost predictable; but as you penetrate the layers, you find finely rendered sensitivity.

Hence the plot is at time quite predictable and logically so obvious move the story ahead.

The movie is far from perfect though as the story's overall plot is fairly predictable, some of the jokes are too childish and it has a fairly short running time of less than 90 minutes.

If one can ignore the over the top performance from Emma Thompson, the predictable and formulaic story, and annoying Christian characters present throughout, then this is a decent time at the movies.

As a story, Crimson Peak's first two acts are predictable — at times, enthusiastically cliché — and lean heavily on that expectation of familiarity to reveal things to us much sooner than for its characters.

The biggest problem with the story is how trite and generic it all plays out, with all of the expected story beats and Sci - Fi tropes present and accounted for; the game thinks it's being clever at times but, in all honesty, it's so predictable that it essentially became background noise for me after an hour or two as I feigned surprise at all the tired plot revelations.

What you don't see in the trailer is what constitutes the other 75 % of the film, namely, the highly predictable brother - helping - brother side stories of families and strangers coming together in their time of great need, and all of the usual wafer - thin archetypical characters you expect in an ensemble film such as this.

Some will no doubt struggle with its massively dark, deeply uncomfortable content (particularly during its climactic scenes), and indeed its huge run - time, but A Cure For Wellness manages to keep the viewer engrossed throughout its compelling, if sometimes predictable and familiar story arcs.

Director Pollack (Tootsie, The Firm) gets the story, but at the same time, big name stars and corny comedy do impede the overall message, and whatever sense of weight the film might have had is mostly lost behind predictable romance and silly car chases.

Also, the story has to follow a predictable path, I fully understand that, which means it's important for the hero to lose everything at the end of the second act, but I have a feeling that most of the audience will be a little confused as well as depressed since the science - heavy talk abounds at the same time the hero is at his lowest.

The story is incredibly predictable (and once again, unrealistic) and with 14 main characters, there is little time for character development beyond the usual stereotypes.

Enjoys listening to predictable, familiar books and joins in when it is time to say a repeated phrase in the story

a genre I graduated from years ago.I credit her with being one of the better writers in this category and Mrs. Hockaday proves that her skills as a story teller have not diminished.Having said that I also feel that the discriminatory practices of the mid to late 19th century in America dictate the motivations of each character in a relatively predictable way... so while the entertainment value is indisputable the «mystery» is no more than the reality of life at the time... nothing memorable or instructive here for me... simply a reminder that the mores of the past rarely survive the scrutiny of the present without some readjustment.

At the same time, I see many professionally designed covers that have such a cliched look to them I can't but wonder if the writing / story / characters aren't tediously predictable as well.

Unfortunately, the folks over at DICE have somehow managed to turn a golden opportunity for a new, unique and exciting Star Wars story into one of the most boring, predictable and uninspiring tales seen in some time.

As mentioned previously the visuals are certainly impressive, and for anyone hoping to walk around some of the finest worlds and moons of the one of the best sci - fi universes, Star Wars Battlefront II is a great recreation, but from the very first mission to the very last, mission pacing is excessively slow, the set pieces — whilst stunning — are predictable and the story is nothing more than the typical revenge plot we've seen so many times before.

This certainly took the wind out of the narrative as it seems quite happy to paint by the numbers most of the time, producing a predictable story.

The only thing keeping it from a perfect score is the games simplistic and, at times, predictable story.

The story is pretty interesting, albeit a little predictable at times, and if narrative development is something you desire in a game's focus then you won't be disappointed.

We hear stories all the time about an employee or vendor who goes off the rails in some predictable way, with tragic consequences.

In what is getting to be the most predictable housing story of the year, home prices ascended once again, this time in a 6.7 percent year - over-year increase during October, according to new data from CoreLogic.