Sentences with phrase «with dull action»

i saw this movie 2 days ago in streaming and that's really so boring with the dull action and acted, except harrison ford

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The international break is usually met with a chorus of sighs and jeers from Premier League fans, as the frantic action tends to be replaced with dull affairs devoid of any intrigue.

Herman Hesse said that the lives of men of action are interesting to relate, but dull to live, while the lives of wasters, idlers and dreamers make terribly drab reading, but for their owners are brimming with unparalleled experiences of inspiration, hope and beauty.

The Vichy Double Glow Peel Mask is formulated to brighten dull skin through a double - peel action: a chemical action with AHA to remove dead cells and a mechanical action with rock of volcanic origin to gently exfoliate.

Even though I love the visuals I must admit to finding the plot a tiny bit dull with more hints of action rather than actual action.

Another forgettable prequel to The Avengers that doesn't seem to be something of its own, with a plot that is mostly dull, action scenes that are unimpressive for a superhero movie, and a poorly developed villain with uninspired plans of destroying the world.

Davis and Modine are almost transcendentally unappealing, as they weather dull sword fights, ship - to - ship exchanges (with treasure - seeking rival Frank Langella) and other action - movie banalities.

There's tension in the action sequences, but it's all robbed of any impact when the dull talkie moments with equally - dull camerawork pulls the pacing to the side of the road.

The result is some huge laughs that are few, far between, and buffered with action that is not just dull, it is palpably embarrassing to watch as the flick doggedly fails to find the funny bone.

Parts of F6 are fun, but a convoluted plot, with terrible, frenetically chopped up action set pieces, and an overextended run time, make this film cumbersome and dull by the end.

But what it lacks in substance, it makes up for with poorly rendered CGI graphics and dull action sequences.

But for me the dullest and most timid aspect of this year's Oscar list is its almost ignoring Tom Ford's brilliant, ruthlessly provocative thriller Nocturnal Animals, a double - narrative about an unhappy art dealer (Amy Adams) who gets the manuscript of an unpublished novel through the post from her estranged first husband (Jake Gyllenhaal), and the action of this explicit crime thriller is dramatised as she imagines it, with this very ex-husband pictured in the lead.

When put together (as here), they are overextended and too long by half, with many a dull stretch before the famous wirework action sequences finally kick in — although perhaps this will not prove too much of a challenge for the modern viewer who is a fan of, say, 2015's The Hateful Eight (with its similarly protracted pace and duration).

And the actors playing the Avengers (as well as some of their non-super helpmates, including Gwyneth Paltrow as Iron Man's lady friend Pepper Potts and Clark Gregg as the loyal Agent Coulson) are such charismatic company that it comes as something of a disappointment each time the kibitzing gives way to crime - fighting, with long breaks for spectacular (and often spectacularly dull) CGI - enhanced action set pieces, including the climactic invasion of New York City by semi-organic robot reptiles.

It all plays out like a twisted mix between John Carpenter's «Escape from New York» and George A. Romero's «Day of the Dead,» with so much action taking place throughout that there's never a dull moment.

But Stuart Baird's atonal direction makes for a dull action slog stained with the psychic rape of Deanna Troi — a scene which becomes merely setup for a battle maneuver.

The key to making a decent film when the plot is dull is to bolster it with good humor (a la Rush Hour) or some unbelievable action pieces (a la Who am I?).

Even the visual effects look less polished than past installments, and if you're going to surround your action with dull human drama, the least Bay could have done is make it look good.

While the final action scene through the Vegas Strip may work for action fans, to me it was confusing, unnecessary and dull, and must surely have only existed because they had heaps of budget left that they didn't know what to do with, and didn't want to hand it back.

Nolan is an ambitious filmmaker and his movies are always interesting to watch, but his strengths (intriguing subject matter, narrative structure) are always at odds with his weaknesses (dull characters and diolouge scenes, choppy action).

But the middle of the film is long and dull with hardly any action.

Epic battles that are hard to invest in coupled with dull exposition, action set pieces that have already been seen in other films and characters that are difficult to get behind all add up to one of the more dreary screen events in recent years.

This high - budget (supposedly $ 135 million) summer - blockbuster escapist film is dull formulaic fare that has a questionable history premise, a star who does not light up the screen with charisma (Matthew McConaughey), a foreign - born female lead (Penélope Cruz) as eye candy who struggles with the English language to a point where it's an unwelcome distraction, and a tiresome and silly plot line to fill in the gaps while the adventurers are involved in their all too familiar set action pieces.

It takes a genuinely dull blade not to find allegory in an action scene involving kids taking a dip into a murky lake teeming with merfolk and the drowned bodies of friends.

Director Boaz Yakin's first foray into the action genre may look eerily similar to every other film to come out of the Jason Statham Factory of Ass - Kicking, but Statham's movies are rarely dull, and that has a lot to do with the actor's seemingly endless supply of charisma.

After the debacle that was the dull Diesel dud A Man Apart, Gray reasserts his chops as a crack action director with the film's showcase bookends: a thrilling speedboat chase in the canals of Venice and a breathless third act involving helicopters, traffic jams, subway tunnels, safecracking, and Mini Coopers.

In the past few years, Toyota has undertaken a series of large - scale recalls, but the company's swift action appears to have been rewarded with excellent customer feedback — dull driving experience notwithstanding.

Summary: Knack II is a fun beat»em up platformer best suited for kids and families and shines best with its seamless co-op and more varied action - combat - the story and hero is still dull as ever, though.

With beautiful, detailed locations and a variety of action - packed moments, there is never really a dull moment in the game.

If you still want a little more Tintin action there's the challenge mode to dig your teeth into, but it simply tasks you with playing through more of those dull sections where you fly planes or drive bikes, and doesn't really add anything to the overall quality of the game, apart from an hour or two extra playtime if you like to try to score the highest medals for each challenge.

The once tight and focused room - clearing action has become a dull slog through much larger open levels, with a cripplingly short field of vision.

This style of writing can better engage readers and involves beginning each sentence with an impactful action verb to replace passive writing and dull language.