Sentences with phrase «unnecessary subplot»

What, the end of human civilization isn't enough, they have to throw in a wildly unnecessary subplot about a sad child?

However, the film is poorly written and is full of unnecessary subplots that don't go anywhere.

The biggest problem with Gringo is that there are far too many unnecessary subplots, which the weak narrative can't support.

Movie starts out well, with good mistery and situations but unfortunently looses a bit of his focus midway with unnecessary subplots and doesn't have a bagging end as it probably should've.

Overly complex in almost every way, the movie takes nearly 40 minutes just to get to the meat of the story due to a number of unnecessary subplots.

There are a few pacing problems in the third act that retread similar themes and add unnecessary subplots that only serve in slowing the momentum of the main narrative.

King's direction is bright, crisp, and cheerful, never getting bogged down in unnecessary subplots and never succumbing to shaky - cam or fast cuts, not even during chase scenes.

Their romance is disrupted by unnecessary subplots of supporting characters, particularly Strickland's home life with his son, daughter and wife cut out of a Coca - Cola advertisement from 1961.

After a strong start though, it loses its way with unnecessary subplots.

Later Resident Evil games would add more viruses and unnecessary subplots, but the original allows that menacing mansion to do most of the talking.»

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The main plot was great, I enjoyed the gore and thrill but various subplots were completely unnecessary.

A major subplot in which Darrel pressures his daughter into a series of underground cage fights feels glaringly contrived (and wildly unnecessary) in the context of a no - holds - barred coming - of - age drama that doesn't really need to cheat.

Then there's several superfluous subplots involving countless unnecessary characters, all adding up to a punishing two and a half hours.

As with Tony and Pepper, a romance subplot seems pretty unnecessary.

The romantic subplot, which has a lot of prominence in the movie, feels forced and unnecessary at times, which is a shame since Gordon - Levitt and Woodley have great chemistry together.

Ted is hobbled by a labored third act and a subplot involving a demented loner played by Giovanni Ribisi that is so ragingly gratuitous, it almost feels like an homage to the famously unnecessary diamond - smuggling subplots of the»80s, but Ted is so consistently, even explosively funny and oddly good - natured throughout that it really doesn't need a plot at all, let alone an even - less - welcome chase scene.

The only real missteps are some scenes that would have helped develop Malkovich's character further and an unnecessary filler subplot involving Edna's sister, Margaret (Lindsay Crouse) and her philandering husband Wayne (a wasted Ed Harris).

Too much CGI; possible minor plot holes; unnecessary and rather unlikely love story subplot that barely had no time to develop... That aside, the acting was great and the film was very entertaining.

The only time the film fumbles is the unnecessary romance with Shane and head cheerleader Annabelle Farrell (Brooke Langton), which feels cheaply tacked on just for the sake of having a romantic subplot.

This subplot takes - up too much unnecessary time and pushes the narrative, as a whole, way off - balance.

However, they also inject standard movie clichés, including a mostly unnecessary, and unconvincing, romance subplot.

Perhaps a bit of trimming may have been in order, as a story this devoid of substance doesn't require a nearly two - hour run time, especially when there are at least two unnecessary and largely unfunny subplots (anything having to do with the skip tracer and the hitmen brings the comic momentum to a screeching halt) that continue to rear their ugly heads just when the comedy begins to hit something close to a stride.

There are flaws such as the Finn / Rose subplot being not that interesting, runtime can drag a bit, Laura Dern's character not making much sense, Luke Skywalker not really being the trainer to Rey I was hoping he would be, certain characters that felt wasted, and an unnecessary and cheesy scene towards the end of the film that ruins, what could've been, one of the most impactful moments in Star Wars history.

Throw in an unnecessary romantic subplot between the chemistry - free Tatum, and Kunis, the story suffers greatly from thin characters.

The key twist — whose revelation is saved until the last minute and discovery by the characters is only by forced happenstance — is obvious about halfway through, and those new job / romance subplots are unnecessary reiteration.

Additionally, the romance subplot between Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman never really goes anywhere; it's an unnecessary distraction that doesn't further the main storyline or add much to the development of their characters.

One of them — a subplot about money owned to a bookie (Terrence Howard) that literally goes nowhere — is unnecessary.

An unnecessary and lengthy subplot involving Billy's relationship with his girlfriend, Natalie (played by Cuban / American model turned actress Natalie Martinez) eats up some of the time that the film should have focused on ironing out key plot twists.

Director Jaume Collet - Serra (Non-Stop, Run All Night) has long struck me as one of the more creative and entertaining genre directors working on the lower end of the Hollywood budget, but his take on the survival thriller is hamstrung by unnecessary backstories and underdeveloped subplots.