Sentences with phrase «war film of this nature»

Will Mackenzie be able to match the epic nature demanded of a war film of this nature and will Chris Pine be up for the accent?

Not exact matches

While it suffers from the obviously propagandist nature of World War 2 films, it's better than most when it comes to the human non-political nature of this kind of warfare.

At its heart, Black Panther has a fairly standard comic book sort of story: baddie Ulysses Klaue (a rare live - action Andy Serkis: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, War for the Planet of the Apes), one of the few outsiders who knows the secrets of Wakanda, and who had stolen a small quantity of vibranium decades ago, is up to no good again, with a scary dude nicknamed Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan: Fantastic Four, and both of Coogler's previous films) at his side; they must be stopped by T'Challa, Nakia, and the absolute force of nature General Okoye (Danai Gurira), with an assist from CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Sherlock).

Obviously, the film leans in the direction of peace, but it's as subjective as a documentary could possibly be on this subject, and it definitely makes one think of the true consequences of war, the nature of American imperialism, and how it all relates to our current situation in Iraq and the rest of the world.

The brilliant new film by Steven Spielberg talks universally about the nature of war and diplomacy.

Positively giddy in its nihilistic misanthropy, the film watches a good man's sundering from his better nature by the ravages of war.

It's a directorial choice that some critics have questioned, but Attah never feels less than honest in those moments, even when high on drugs and hallucinating while part of a marauding band laying waste to a village; or when the exact nature of his and The Commandant's (Idris Elba) relationship is sickeningly revealed; or even in the quiet, tiny moments at the film's end when by the merest flicker across his face we understand how much the war outside has been internalized.

Despite the lightweight nature of the short, it is instrumental in creating a link between Civil War and the upcoming Marvel films Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War.

MCU films have always favored the fun, colorful nature of comic books which has taken me off guard in the past but have grown to accept this, another thing that took me off guard was how Infinity War could keep that light - hearted tone but also take its own story seriously.

The effect World War II had on Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston, George Stevens and William Wyler was profound, changing the nature of the films they made, and this three - part, three - hour Netflix presentation is intimately in tune with its subjects and the work they did.

Writer / director Gary Ross» film is an overtly political treatise on the cyclical nature of systematic prejudice and oppression that's primarily set during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

by Walter Chaw Stop on any single frame of Alfonso Cuarón's remarkable war idyll Children of Men — a film that's rarely in repose, sometimes seeming composed of one long, frantic shot — and I suspect the sharp - eyed, educated viewer would be able to cull a reference to modern art, most likely one about men reduced to their base animal nature.

As a true blend of sci - fi and horror, the Alien series takes the aesthetic of films like Star Wars and marries it to the serial nature of horror franchises like A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Then again, could be these are all red herring titles designed to obfuscate the true nature of the film, a cruel trick perpetrated on the endlessly - speculative Star Wars fanbase by noted trickster John Powell (note: John Powell does not have a reputation as a trickster), but we won't know for sure until Solo: A Star Wars Story opens on May 25th.

It's a film thick with messaging about the nature of man, and of war.

However it has to be said that the simple shooting style works with the nature of the film, again reminding us that there's nothing pretty about war.

Through this edition's theme, «Oxygen», the festival aims to strengthen already existing public awareness on environmental issues through photography and film — exploring concepts of ecological collapse, perishing nature, industrial waste, human helplessness at facing wars, and destruction caused by immigration and urbanisation.