Sentences with phrase «where lack of character»

With a tight runtime, it's not that much of a chore to sit through, but The Lazarus Effect is one of those horror films where lack of character logic makes it hard to root for the bodies that are inevitably going to pile on the floor.

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Biggest offenders include those where the author's lack of imagination or energy just scream out «I can't be bothered», or «I'm lame» which of course, all reveal clues about character, intelligence, or confidence.

Mildred's teenage daughter, Angela (Kathryn Newton, in flashback), died less than a year before, raped and then set on fire; the scorched place where her body burned is still visible; Mildred is seething at the lack of progress in the case and is laying the blame squarely at the feet of the local police chief, Bill Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), who, while understandably unhappy with the 40 - foot - high attacks on his character, is not unsympathetic to Mildred's pain.

The second season wasn't as strong as the first, most likely due to the lack of nuance, but with these great performances, strange story lines and unusual characters, I can't wait to see where they bring us in season three.

This is really Tom Tykwer's (Perfume, Paris I Love You) showcase, and what the film lacks in terms of exciting and novel plotlines, it makes up for with the director's more realistic approach to the action, where the hero can get hurt, characters aren't always living or dying on cue, and one bullet isn't enough to kill every nameless henchman instantly.

While the battle scenes can only be viewed as impressive from a visual standpoint, where the film finally shows its fatal flaw is in the utter lack of emotional grip, as characters live, love and die, and yet no tears are shed among a viewing audience despite following these hearty heroes for over eight total hours of film time.

Welcome to the Punch sets itself up as a rather conventional genre film, but where the writing may lack a depth of character or thematic weight it's more than made up for in terms of sensory - appealing thrills and a hyped up rhythm that keeps things moving along at an appropriately rapid pace.

The narrative trips itself up somewhat with a messy third act that falls into predictable realms of police corruption and overly convoluted, poorly explained schemes to benefit the hierarchy while threatening the lives of our main characters (for some reason) but the lack of coherency can't get in the way of Creevy's skill for adrenaline - fueled action filmmaking and that is where Punch really delivers.

McAvoy and Strong are the ones who truly impress though, and where the script may lack the time to bring more layers to their characters they are able to make up for it with their emotional understanding of these men and their internal struggles.

Sidekick Jamie Bell also performs well, especially in convincingly having to speak Gaelic, though, as with the lack of contrast in the atmosphere of the film, the duplicitous nature of his character isn't called into question nearly enough for the scenes in the middle of the film where he must pretend to be the master to Tatum's slave to be as effective as is warranted in the script.

Where Monkeybone fails is at a fundamental storytelling level, as there is never a vested interest in the characters and a lack of focus all around that makes what should be an engrossing fantasy quite distant and weird, instead of captivating and endearing.

Where many superhero films, specifically the sequels, have failed is the inclusion of too many characters with zero purpose for even being present let alone a lack of explanation for why they do the things they do.

Although the cliched handheld, whipsaw - crazy action still lacks beauty and personality (a problem throughout Marvel's filmography, which has an assembly line quality) it's clean and exact, it makes clever use of the various heroes» powers, it's more comedic than vicious (Buster Keaton and Steven Spielberg are clear influences), and it leaves no doubt about the characters» angles and methods of attack, where they are in relation to one another, and what's at stake.

Where this film lacks in comparison to his other earlier films of a similar ilk is it is missing that gut punch moment, that moment that forces you to make a judgment on the character (a really good example of this is Jason Patric «s nausea - inducing takedown of Catherine Keener «s character in Your Friends and Neighbors).

The addition of two turbochargers has imbued the DB11 with serious overtaking pace and while it lacks some of the character of the old V12, it offers far more real - world performance and there are few scenarios where this car does not feel indecently rapid.

Real quotes and apostrophes Here is another place where typewriters are limited by the lack of characters.

C. S. Lakin presents Check Your Underwriting: 10 Key Questions to Ask of Your Story posted at Live Write Thrive, saying, «Because of lack of adequate writing experience, helpful critical feedback, and sufficient skill development and training, writers don't realize they aren't showing enough — and especially in a scene's opening paragraphs — to help readers picture where a character is and when the scene is taking place in the story.

This and their lack of character renders any moments where a member of the family is in jeopardy as completely hollow.

Sadly this lack of any intelligence shows up in the boss battles too; epic fights against Wolverine or Gambit should be a deadly dance of death, but in reality both characters have just a few simple moves at their disposal and have a rather peculiar tendency to attack absolutely nothing, leaving the locked in an attack animation where you can happily batter them black and blue.

Paired with a lack of any nods or fan - service to some of the Marvel characters we see (where are the other Guardians of the Galaxy?)

I complained before about the lack of multiplayer — that is where the majority of effort has gone: you can now take your characters into battle with or against others, which is a great way to open up the experience.

What players are left with are a quick pre-story mode for each character, online battling and a Survivor Mode that is neat but doesn't make up for the lack of a proper Versus mode where you can fight a CPU.

Other far - flung locations in this Talent in Texas show reflect art - making's increasingly migratory character, such as rural Maine — see Keliy Anderson - Staley's fascinating Off the Grid series depicting the homes of families living without plumbing or electricity — and Venezuela, where Miguel Amat shot his hauntingly ambiguous large - format photographs of dams used not just to generate electricity to «contain» the leisure activities of low - and middle - income local tourists who lack international travel options.

See, for example, the September 28, 2012 Report of an Article 27 Panel under TILMA (concerning a measure by the B.C. College of Social Workers), where a B.C. College rejected an Alberta applicant for bad character, and a majority of a panel held that the burden lay on the College to show evidence of lack of good character.