Sentences with phrase «violent movies seem»

Not exact matches

Movies and computer games seem to be competing to who can be the most violent and graphic.

And while the movie is extremely violent (without much blood), he does find clever ways to show violence, and even seems to be commenting on the cinematic pleasure of seeing well - orchestrated, creative, gleefully over-the-top fights in films as a kind of catharsis.

It's the sort of set - up that would seem to lend itself naturally to a briskly - paced, unapologetically violent B movie, and while there are certainly a number of enthralling sequences peppered throughout, Outlander's oppressively bloated sensibilities play an instrumental role in diminishing its overall impact (ie the film should've topped out at 80 minutes, max).

While the movie initially seems to see the Autodefensas as heroic, that perspective grows knottier with each new violent episode.

There doesn't seem to be any limit to the type of movie he'll make, with or without credit: a Paul Thomas Anderson movie, an Adam Sandler comedy, a family film, a violent one.

Anyone who's read those interviews in which Jody Hill gives props to «Taxi Driver» knows that he thinks he was trying to challenge heroic - vigilante movie stereotypes, and anyone who's actually seen the thing knows that either Hill's execution wasn't up to his concept or that he chickened out in the key violent scenes, where the movie seems to be implicit in the celebration of Rogan's homicidal viciousness.

As for the CGI animals, Peyton gives them plenty of opportunities to wreak havoc, although at least one or two of those sequences feels better in conception than execution: though the large - scale destruction is all masterfully rendered — and it must be noted, brutally violent for a PG - 13 movie — he like many other modern filmmakers gets too close to the action, mistaking incomprehensibility for claustrophobia, and seems either unaware of or uninterested in even the basic physics of gravity, falling objects, and so on.

Unfortunately, the guns seem ever present, as this mix of cute kids movie and very violent cop thriller doesn't quite mesh, making it too intense for most kids, while too scattershot in its approach for most adults.

That concept is summarized early on, in those descriptions of how violent the movie should be, how real it should feel, and how anti-mythic it should seem, even as the idea of an aging, crumbling, but still badass Logan is itself an irresistible bit of myth.

Takashi Miike's 100th film, in which an immortal warrior kills what seems like 10,000 swarming swordsmen, could very well be the most violent samurai movie ever made.

While the running thread of the mismatched black and white partners forced to work together has been a staple since 1958's «The Defiant Ones,» this movie can not seem to decide if it wants to be a cleverly - bantered buddy flick in that vein, a serious crime drama, a fast - paced tale of worldwide illegal drug operations or a violent action adventure (although there is certainly enough of that latter element to go around).

Casting Johnny Depp in any movie is always a little risky, particularly from a financial perspective, but with abusers and harassers in Hollywood currently facing a reckoning, it seems like a matter of time before people start talking about the rumors of Depp's physically violent behavior once again.

There are a handful of violent scenes, sprinkled throughout the movie, but the pace seems to always build towards these lackluster killings (who is next).

Well, there's at least one pair of ghostly creatures who seem to have a lot of downtime — Kayako and Toshio, the creepy, violent mother - son pair from Japanese horror movie Ju - On.