Like Jordan, «Green Lantern» can't quite decide
what type of film it wants to be.
With Endless Love setting its stall out early about
what type of film it was going to be, it was always going to be an uphill battle to win me over.
«SKULL ISLAND knows exactly
what type of film it wants to be, and never loses steam or tries to be something more than what it is.»
The film opens and closes with a film reel filter and flickering, showing us exactly
what type of film it is.
However, both these creative artists have made films that aren't the Academy's cup of tea, so it will be difficult to forecast just
what type of film Ricki and the Flash is until we see it.
Glass Chin seems to be a bit confused as to
what type of film writer / director Buschel wants it to be.
Since spectacle is
what these types of films are all about, from Buster Keaton to Jacques Tati to Jackie Chan, it's cool to see these stunts treated as the athletic feats they truly are.
Vigorous, self - assured, and innovative, Chazelle is a brilliant auteur filmmaker that knows exactly
what type of films he wants to make.
Not exact matches
The algorithm is part
of what's known as electronic image stabilization, a
type of video processing that can help smooth the jerkiness in videos even when
filmed in an unsteady environment, like from a dirt bike cruising down a bumpy trail.
I wonder
what type of «proper funeral» those in the towers got... OBL should have been cut into little piggy treats and fed to a pen full
of piggies,
film the whole process and post it on Utube.
That's definitely
what the
film was saying... As much as I might like to laugh at alarmist -
types, a cover
of this very magazine from 1999 suggests that we were equally worried about... well, presumably, Darth Maul's makeup?
When the old Legion
of Decency held a boycott -
type club over the
film - maker, and the Protestants through more subtle but no less paternalistic devices promised a docile and bland audience, the industry knew
what to expect.
We used a new
type of MBE system to observe
what happens during the growth
of oxide thin
films.
It's possible to do both, it just depends
what type of programme it is — whether it's a radio interview, a week or two
of filming, or a trip up a mountain for six months.
One has to question just how formulaic this epic Roman drama is, because the formula was still fresh by the time this
film came along, establishing certain tropes that would be shamelessly slammed into by future epics
of this
type time and again, and yet, outside
of what would go on to become conventions, this
film does most
of what you'd expect, with a predictable narrative, storytelling style, dialogue, and, for that matter, portrayal
of Ancient Rome.
I'm not sure
what type of movie this is supposed to be or who its audience is, but it's a low down dirty shame that Wayans» talent is wasted on this
film.
I thought the message for children especially, those with disabilities, who can find some
type of encouragement and hope through this
film was amazing and that's
what won me over in a family - friendly
film that typically wouldn't catch my mind or time.
«The Virgin Suicides» is that
type of film that you need to know
what to expect or you could be on the verge
of tears the whole way through.
Cause right now, these «New Geek Cinema» makers are attempting to tell «clever»
films, but if you take a look at
what Tarantino is doing, you'll see he's already moving away from the
type of film he allegedly birthed.
What's most stunning about the anecdotes recounted by Dick's interviewees is how alike they are, and if his
film doesn't delve quite deeply enough into the
type of culture that breeds such conduct (specifically, the way in which the army projects strength as a masculine trait, thereby subconsciously disparaging female victimhood as an undesirable weakness), its spartan use
of graphics and statistics conveys arguments with little grandstanding.
From that, the rest
of the
film follows, for there is no broadly, easily villainous
type present in the
film at all, whether student, faculty, administrator, or even parent; thus the focus more clearly and cleanly zeroes in on the central idea at hand: that the two are their own worst enemies, and they need to get over themselves to be awakened to
what's truly worthwhile in their lives and in life as a whole.
The performances in this
film are incredible, and considering the
type of film it is, I'm even more amazed by
what these actors were capable
of achieving.
Pettyfer is pretty and easygoing but lacks the sort
of charisma that comes with a more focused sense
of interior purpose, and the
film basically feels, at its core, like a mash - up
of carefully cross-tabbed teen movie trends, which is probably
what happens when you set out in pre-production with the chief intent
of manufacturing the next big «Twilight» -
type cinematic franchise.
For him, it seems that genre movies have the potential to show the
type of extreme moments that other, tamer
films can not offer, making people amazed by
what they are seeing, but also question
what it is they are watching and how exactly it came into being.
Even if you don't particularly see people from your own family in them, you can certainly relate to some
of what they're going through and with this
type of potentially manipulative and unconvincing
film that's certainly nothing to be sniffed at.
The writing - directing team
of Eshom and Ian Nelms gets
what makes this
type of film work and deliver something that punches you in the face while still leaving a smile behind.
This is the
type of film that could have been really bad if the script tried too hard but instead it knows exactly
what it is going for and never tries to do too much with it.
Working with Sundance Institute on casting also provided some insight to
what casting for the actual feature will be like, and made it more clear exactly
what types of personality traits each actor should have to really make each
of the
film's characters complete.
It's the
type of film best seen fresh, as its main pleasures come from that increasingly rare feeling
of genuinely not knowing
what's going to happen.
It can be a joke, but it plays into
what I was saying before: these filmmakers go to festivals, and those are the
types of films that are bought and that you see at the major festivals.
But in the mid-credits scene
of the
film, we saw that Thanos was about to board the Asgardian ship, making everyone wonder
what type of carnage would follow.
The Death Cure should not work as well as it does, but thanks to a good amount
of focus and a few subversions
of what we tend to see in these
types of films, there is a lot to appreciate.
The joy
of seeing such the rare complicated and successful female character is only deliciously complicated by Sloane not being
what we would expect from this
type of film.
Guillermo Del Toro is notorious for trying different
types of films, but I always get the overall presence
of his work no matter
what genre it is.
It's the
type of half - assed, sketch - style comedy that only those who are already inclined to get a few laughs out
of the
film based solely on its premise — and aren't terribly demanding
of films that don't demand terribly
of themselves — are likely to truly enjoy it for
what it is.
I mean here everyone expected an action
film and
what we got was a completely different
type of movie.
Scoffing at gross - out comedies just because they aren't in accord with
what has traditionally been construed as quality cinema doesn't mean that this
type of film should forever be banished from award ceremonies.
Film reviews don't provoke the
type of responses you received, but then
what you did was anything but a «
film review»
At the
film's recent press day, Costner talked about the appeal
of playing Coach White, Niki Caro's directing style, the bond that developed between all the actors during
filming, the pivotal role a coach can play in a young person's life, the Jim White -
type coaches who influenced Costner's life in a positive way,
what he learned about Latino culture growing up in Visalia, why he waits for projects to come along that he can really respond to irrespective
of genre, the biggest cultural gap he experienced on this
film, and how sports movies allow us to address other issues within the wider society.
Along with its satiric Gilliam-esque atmosphere, High - Rise is incredibly British, but despite my lamentations
of what a recent conventional British
film tends to be, this is the
type of film we deserve.
Even now, as I
type this blurb to proclaim The Force Awakens as one
of the ten best
films of 2015, I'm still not sure
what I should or shouldn't mention.
He also talked about
what he gets out
of test screenings, why he doesn't want to make sequels for any
of his previous movies, the 12 - part streaming TV series that he hopes to do, and why he finds it so hard to get financing for the
types of films he wants to make.
Another involves the marital happiness
of one
of its characters, Simple Simon (O'Dowd, «the IT Crowd») whose relationship and nuptials are barely set up before we have feel - good scenes
of partying and marriage, only to follow it up with seeing the young man's heart crushed in a wholly manufactured and not terribly funny gag that his bride (January Jones, We Are Marshall) only is using him to get closer to the object
of her obsession, the flamboyantly popular DJ Gavin Cavanagh (Ifans, Garfield 2), is, like many scenes in
what is a lengthy
film for its
type, not only a needless and long side distraction, but there's no payoff in either laughs or carrying forth the themes.
It is unclear
what type of role Jordan will play in the standalone
film.
Whilst aspects
of the
film are a little predictable (within the first ten minutes I'd worked out exactly
what type of characters Whannell and Angus Sampson were going to play, even though they didn't appear until much later), this
film sees the Melbourne boys back at the top
of their game.
With his newest
film, While We're Young, Baumbach returns to this character
type again, twenty years after the release
of Kicking and Streaming, looking at
what happens when those intellectual bohemians reach middle age.
I believe Vader did some pretty bad things in his time within the Star Wars
films, so
what type of «things» are we exactly looking at for Thanos?
What Edgar Wright doesn't appear to be is the
type of Sidney Lumet / Walter Hill, gritty 1970s action -
film auteur he'd probably like to be.
In fact, it makes the
film overall slower, weighing the audience down with a fancy way
of discussing womanhood, which is essentially the steps that Lena is set to go through as she chooses
what type of person she wants to be for the rest
of her life.
For
what it's worth, James Spader does nice work playing against
type as an intellectual nebbish, and Russell incorporates
what could've been an albatross — the death
of his character's young son — into his every delayed gesture without seeming merely thrown by the
film's premise, whose machinations are so befuddling as to deter one from inspecting Stargate for political and allegorical angles.