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In all that time, it barely went beyond its two line synopsis, and I would be very hard pressed to try to figure out any kind of coherent plot out of all the mess of
strands
that went nowhere.
And what is even worse is that there is also a puppet with
strands
of felt hair(looks like a lonely kid at summer camp made it) named George that is like a personal servant/confidant to Jessica(the leading "actress").
What few interesting
strands
the film seems to promise initially turn out to be little more than red herrings.
But when you use it as a plot point you can only get so far, case in point, Ethan has an Angela doll composed of her individual
strands
of hair of which he does god knows what with it.
The tales he weaves are gossemar, silken
strands
of words and expressions that are not easily translated into a world of Marilyn Manson or Jerry Bruckheimer explosions.
Despite a tight narrative, Johnnie To's Election feels at times like it was once a longer picture, with many characters and plot
strands
abandoned or ultimately unresolved.
The story-line of "The Thief of Bagdad" is complex, owing to its being told in flashbacks and having three separate and equally important
strands
woven together.
Its plot
strands
can be likened to a chain link fence, a netting of steel wire.
Two
strands
apply - the direct-to-Ozon's mind, and the indirect, via Rampling.
The mix-and-match mode - as strand crosses strand, weaving a rich texture of reality versus illusion, fiction versus fact, and dream versus daylight - the enjoyment being in the management (in each viewer's mind) of the strands, understanding when the author's fiction is being played-out across the screen; and when we are back again inside the movie-director's mind (as opposed to one of his character's i.e the novelist).
His versatile and grown-up performance glues the ensemble and the story
strands
together.
Orlando, written and directed by Sally Potter, explores this theme, but then also weaves another few
strands
along the way.
The many
strands
to these themes are woven together in a complex pattern that defies complete analysis.
Setting the scene is great, and time taken to achieve this is well spent, but for me the film started to drag, with expectation and patience well run out by the time the plot
strands
began coming together.
Whatever the reason, when you name your leading character "Meaney", portray virtually all the characters in a realistic style and then have the main character turn into a tree, then you've got a melange that sinks under the woven
strands
of too many stylistic ideas.
A thunderstorm
strands
the Evers family in the old mansion with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, Ramsley, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen.
Combining these
strands
of conservative criticism, the real problem with Piketty’s book becomes clear: its author is a mentally unstable foreign communist.
As was true of European fascism in the 1920s and 1930s, it is not easy to find much ideological coherence in these various political strands, let alone in Bannon’s Movement.
Its regular reports to the G-20 pull together the diverse
strands
of regulation in a clear and comprehensible way.
From my window, I watched the Rubbish Gangster: shaven head, bull neck, and swollen nose, from which dangled mucus-incrusted
strands
of hair, his short arms bursting with criminal power.
This suggested an active role for government, which dovetailed with important
strands
of left-wing thought.
A thickly woven cord is needed to keep Europe reliably anchored as it points eastward, whereas separate
strands
would withstand only a limited degree of strain in the turbulent years ahead.
There is no final denouement that brings all the
strands
of a narrative into an impressive final conclusion.
He responded to PAS’s challenge by building up Islamic universities, banking systems, and bureaucracy, but he opposed the expansion of Sharia law, drawing a line between modernist and conservative
strands
of Islam.
One of the most important roles of an education investment bank lies in transforming the scattered
strands
of research and ideas related to financing global education into actual transactions.
In any case, the simplest bacteria are marvelously complex, with
strands
of DNA carrying complete instructions for metabolism and reproduction.
It is the direct result of a structurally flawed system that
strands
the needs of schoolchildren between humanitarian aid budgets (98% of which go to food, shelter, and health care) and development aid (which is necessarily long term).
He linked the various
strands
of popular myth with historically frightful characters to cement the association of Eastern Europe with obscurantism and darkness in the popular imagination of the West.
The Nuclear Security Summit plays an essential role in linking both
strands
of Obama’s nuclear policies.
Sharp contradictions between different
strands
of Chinese policy are becoming ever more obvious.
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