Sentences with phrase «with predictable story»

Through focusing and revamping the engine and gameplay it left the game with a predictable story that was very cliché.

«My Little Pony: The Movie» creates a rainbow - hued sparkle - encrusted equine world, then surrounds it with a predictable story and low production values.

#SoloAStarWarsStory was a mostly fun adventure and solid performances but with a predictable story.

This is an amusing diversion, despite being overlong and overloaded with predictable story lines.

This could easily have turned out to be one of those formula feel good films with their predictable story book endings but, In the capable hands of director Mara Nair («Amelia»), she brings warmth, emotion and an understanding of the Ugandan culture into this lovely and heart warming film.

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And hardly a story passes without an equally predictable quote from Notre Dame's McBrien, asserting that the bishops and the Vatican are lamentably out of touch with reality.

The by - now predictable story lines have to do with the bishops» alleged interference in public policy (usually related to abortion) or with the Vatican's alleged suppression of deviant theologians.

We have some quick stories about Abraham traveling around with sarah every where, occasionally screwing stuff in the name of good, almost killing his son in the name of god, selling his wife up the river a couple of times in the name of god, sounds awfully predictable and robot like to me, and yet you have odysessus, a constant lost hero trying to make his way back to his wife penelope and struggling with his own morality, journeys, trials and ultimate success.

This is less predictable than it may seem, since the prayers aren't from a celebrity evangelical preacher, but from a morbid, quirky Catholic who spent her short life with pet peacocks and wooden - leg - stealing Bible salesman stories.

Feelings of empathy may seem subtle and personal, but this study, which used stories of human hardship to inspire feelings of empathic care and distress, found that the brain patterns associated with these feelings are consistent and predictable across individuals.

I would say this is a very generic First Person Shooter with very predictable story.

The story mode might be predictable, and there might still be issues with the online play, but NBA 2K16 is one of the best sports simulations out there.

It may be predictable, but Bleed For This still grabs with its astonishing against - all - odds true story, and its belter of a central performance from Miles Teller.

Having never read the book I'm rating it as just a film and it's really a film that starts well then gets predictable then got silly and confusing, The story was not new but it had a different take on it, It wasn't acted very well but it had some good intense scenes that were done well, With a good cast the story should of been told more deeper and we never really know how it all started which was quite annoying, I did like the ending but the scenes before that completely ruined the film as they didn't make sense or were done that well, It's not a bad film it's just poor for what was on offer.

«Slumdog Millionaire» is a somewhat predictable but lovely film, combining a honest look at poverty in India with one of the best love stories of recent years.

The film is not without it's flaws, but with a well played role by Harry Treadaway an up and coming young Actor, low budget Independant film which has it's predictable moments but that makes the film seem natural as if a true story.

While «Rebel Without a Cause» has a very familiar story, with predictable climax's and obvious character arcs, this James Dean film is not one to miss.

The story is a simple tale of reclaiming your honor through revenge with some predictable twists here and there, but the story is great and regardless of bringing the city to the brink of destruction or keeping it and yourself under control, every ending is

Proof positive of just how mediocre 70s mediocrity could be — any quasicompetent Hollywood hack of the 40s could have gone to town with this story, but under Yates's direction it merely lurches along, from one predictable danger to another.

Fans of light puzzles and predictable stories with damsels in distress that turn into the champion by the end will find what they're looking for here.

Stewart plays out the film as if it were a traditional «haunted house» film, but because we already know it is about alien life, we merely watch the characters go through predictable motions until the story catches up with what we already surmise, and the only things keeping viewers reeled in are basic questions such as, «why are they doing this?»

Like the first film, the story comes in predictable parts, only faster, since — like Katniss — we are already familiar with the process.

Sleeping with Other People has some appeal as an adult - oriented alternative to formula romantic comedies, but the movie never fully wins you over with its iffy characters and ultimately predictable story.

There are some issues I had with the film such as some of the cinematography not looking as good as it could've been due to the poor lighting, some of the quick cuts in the action scenes were distracting, the movie can drag a little at points and I do think cutting off 15 minutes could've made the pacing move a little more faster (some scenes felt a little rushed too), where the film decides to take its story can be predictable, and some of the green screen was REALLY noticeable.

Although this film falls into the ever - bulging genre of inspirational stories of courage and hope against all odds, director David Gordon Green has given Bauman's story a grittier, less predictable edge with Gyllenhaal never going for cheap sentiment or movie cliches.

The problem with this approach is that not one of the film's observations is new, and its technique — in which artificial suspense is created by cross-cutting multiple story arcs in an attempt to disguise that each one is predictable as a metronome — undermines the quality of its performances.

As entertaining as I found it, I cant quite go that «extra yard», as it is too uneven at times, with a very predictable story that often gets too juvenile and cheap to take seriously as social commentary.

With a straightforward story and predictable plot points The Magnificent Seven has every reason to fail.

With a straightforward story and predictable plot points The Magnificent Seven has every reason...

The game tries to play with having story twists but everything is predictable enough that it just seems boring.

There are stories that can be uplifting and also sad, and there are stories that can be told with a less condescending «oh, they're just young» tone and ones that can end on a note that isn't predictable.

Its twists and turns toy with your emotions and despite its largely familiar story conventions, it never comes across as predictable.

«Criminal» does have some ridiculous elements and few surprises in the story department, but I have to admit I was never bored, instead going with the premise and staying in the zone through the predictable ending.

This one takes a promising comic leading man and makes him act a fool for the sake of acting a fool and rehashes the story of Noah and the ark with lame, predictable jokes — usually of the scatological variety.

I spent somewhere between six and seven hours working my way through the game's story mode, slogging through chaotic battles, fighting predictable bosses (wait until they're vulnerable, hit, repeat) and fretting over puzzles that couldn't be solved until I came back through with different characters in Free Play mode.

The cooperative mode shares the predictable progression system, but compensates with a character - driven side - story campaign focusing on entertaining moments rather than depth.

I think we could probably forgive the predictable story riddled with clichés if there were some impressive special effects but it doesn't even offer us this and ultimately falls flat.

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The feel - good nature of the story means that it's a fairly predictable journey for Carl, but Favreau takes a timely approach to the material with the whole food truck angle and the incorporation of social media.

The story is predictable, with a teenage boy named Tripp (Till) taunted by a rude classmate; ignored by his irresponsible father; disdained by his mother's boyfriend, Sheriff Rick (Pepper); thwarted by evil corporation Terravex headed by Reece Tenneson (Lowe); and pursued by a pretty tutor named Meredith (Levy), a science geek.

While Liam Neeson does a solid job with the flawed script, the film feels cheap and the story is beyond predictable.

The worst edited action movie I've ever seen, with dumb villains and a predictable story.

While I wouldn't say that May in the Summer is a film that is ground - breaking by any means, it is definitely a quiet little indie flick with good acting, a decent although predictable story, and some beautiful direction from the film's star, writer, and director Cherien Dabis.

John Krasinski peruses ideas and occasionally melodramatic happenings to have the story come to a certain ending, and with the exception of one point of the story, it's all fairly predictable.

Tuck Everlasting is probably a film worth watching with the family, although a well - read adult might not find enough to keep the interest level high in a story that's this predictable.

The biggest problem with the story is how trite and generic it all plays out, with all of the expected story beats and Sci - Fi tropes present and accounted for; the game thinks it's being clever at times but, in all honesty, it's so predictable that it essentially became background noise for me after an hour or two as I feigned surprise at all the tired plot revelations.

The story starts out with a painfully predictable first few hours.

Sure, it is somewhat predictable, but you have to remember that this kind of story is based on decades old and highly influential writing combined with standard action flick elements, so the chance of a wholly innovative work might be too much to hope for.

The vast majority of movies feature pretty predictable plots, so I think it's much more important to see what the director does with the material; I worry less about the originality of the story itself.

Basically, it's pure hokum, nearly ranking right up there with Eragon in terms of cliché - ridden story developments, cardboard characterizations, snicker - inducing costumes and weapons, and predictable confrontations that have no business being in anything but a straight - forward family adventure.