Sentences with phrase «about any of the characters involved»

The film's inability to give us a reason to care about any of the characters involved is its major downfall, since if we don't care whatsoever about any of these four miserable individuals, why would we want to learn about them?

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If Jesus existed (and that is not a given since his name means «salvation,» he's probably an allegorical character), and if the stories about his visit to Jerusalem early in the reign of Pontius Pilate are true, he died because he was an anti-Roman insurgent, probably involved in a Zealot uprising over the use of the Temple treasury to finance the construction of an aqueduct.

Am I the only one noticing that even the half - apologies and criticisms of Julie or of this forum generally are tending to prove the point and provide additional evidence about what was going on and the character of those involved?

We then have a major section on Ayesha, who is later impersonated by one of the prostitutes, the whores of «The Curtain,» and from that impersonation the reader is given full details of Ayesha's strong - willed character, and the scandal involving her and an apparently innocent young man, Safwan, who rescues her on a desert trail only for idle tongues to wag about their alleged secret conduct.

This reprobate character is known not only through an individual's own experience with himself as he struggles with impulses too strong for his own strength to overcome, but also through his observation of the world about him, a world in which evil and its works are so terribly apparent, and in whose operations he is so inextricably involved.

What is deeply troubling about tragedy is that it involves more than our individual will to action, or our intellects; it involves character flaws so grave that they permeate the actions of complete families and whole communities.

This is Greek historical writing at its concise best, elaborating the facts simply whilst working in a wealth of information about all the characters involved.

In that volume, given the character of the Principia, one may assume that projective geometry would have been developed first, and then geometry as most people know it, involving propositions about comparative lengths and about congruence of various figures, would have been deduced.

And yes your faith is just as assailible as any other facet of character you want to involve in ruling the nation, if you do nt want to talk about it then stop bringing it up.

My earliest memories of Tosca Cafe involve clouds of cigarette smoke, too much Fernet, and the kind of characters Tom Waits writes songs about.

Tuchel will be welcomed all day, he ticks almost all boxes for us passionate, tactical, attractive football most of all we need amanager who is actively involved with game shouting and demanding from by line.we need a manager who will instill character and spine who reads the game and make changes not waiting till the 70th min like we used to.players will have to prove them selves give 100 % and not be judged by a name tag either you perform or NOT.I'd like to see all our players given achance to prove them selves equally have afeeling about one lucas perez given a chance he'll flourish do nt understand why he has been isolated.but what do we know??

Granit Xhaka was only involved in two of those comebacks as he did not feature in the Carabao cup win over Norwich City, but he was one of the Arsenal stars who spoke after the Swansea game about the character of the Gunners, Sky Sports reports.

Surely you must have family, or friends or been involved in activities or events that have captured the essence of who you are — in that moment, among family or friends or colleagues... For me, a picture tells me a lot about you — your personality, your character and who you are when you're around others.

The problem I have with so much writing about screenwriting is that it is often only about structure (Syd Field's plot points; the Hero's Journey, etc) without a lot of understanding of the nuances of character, tone, et al involved.

We hear about creator Bob Kane's work and that of others who followed him, facets of the character and others involved in the series, Batman in other media like movies, radio and TV, and changes and evolution in all these areas over the years.

Much of the second act involves a character having to leave the cage to grab something and worrying about the shark appearing out of nowhere.

It feels timely, given what we know and don't know (but reasonably suspect) about real - world Russian interference in American politics and democratic institutions, but even those occasional diversions are always presented in the pursuit of examining how these characters wield power — through sex or, in a couple of tough and extended scenes involving torture, violence.

Weir employs a great deal of character touches and at least half of the film is about the men and their dealing with each other, putting the plot involving the French warship aside.

The bit in question involved about six of the film's young cast members, and I imagined each of their characters as I spotted them — the voluptuous, dark - haired Slut; the porcelain Ingénue; the hunky Boyfriend.

I'm kind of a curmudgeonly sort of fellow who runs a bookstore and involves myself in her growing relationship with Jason Sudeikis» character, a journalist who's looking into writing a biography about Rebecca's husband, a very talented musician.

(Consider also the film that would yet nobble it of a Jury Award, João Pedro Rodrigues» Morrer Como Um Homem [To Die Like a Man]: early on in that overesteemed, if beautifully lensed, potboiler, a discussion about the merits of sex reassignment surgery occurs while one of the two trans - characters involved deliberates over whether to buy some orchids... Always with the fucking orchids!)

These one - on - ones all follow the same pattern: Garlin arrives at a character's house or workplace, stands around awkwardly while they do weekday improv workshop material, and then learns some kind of secret about the character; more often than not, the secret involves a controlling woman.

What did they tell Stephen Root about his character when getting involved and was he a fan of the show?

As per usual, not much is known about the Euro - set movie, except that it will involve a supporting character who is a psychic of some kind... and also, a concierge.

While in the final cut this scene was drastically reduced to mere seconds as part of a montage (which just worked in benefit of Ferrell's character), it was a great way of realizing about the amount of improvisation that was going on in the set, as the cast and the director changed lines, added jokes (there was one involving Steve Irwin) and even visual gags (i.e. Ferrell imitating the manta rays).

The morning after the movie's TIFF premiere, RT sat down with Stan to talk about his Five Favorite Films and love of complex characters, along with the challenges involved in playing Harding's infamous ex-husband and doing this stranger - than - fiction true story justice.

But what initially seems to be just a literary framing device, tying the film we're about to see to A.A. Milne's original tales, turns out to be a much more involved conceit, as Pooh and the other characters talk back to the narrator and the actual words on the page of the book often become part of the story.

The biggest problems with the film involve the way it sometimes feels «tacky», almost as if he doesn't care that we know these sets are fake, because at the end of the day it's about knowing these characters, not believing that they really recreated old New York.

With Avengers: Infinity War ending the way it did, it's no surprise why Marvel Studios has been keeping virtually everything about Avengers 4 under wraps, from the mysterious title to the plot to the roles of the characters involved.

One is that Infernal Affairs made the bad mole (represented by Damon's character) more conflicted about what he was doing, leading to a level of complexity involved as to whether or not he was really helping or hurting his crime boss during each scene.

Not surprisingly, several key moments (a major conflict involving a surveillance camera, another concerning a prospective boat buyer, and so on) are swiftly left in the wake of mounting improbabilities — in the hope, I guess, that you'll forget about them as completely as the characters do.

There's the arrest of a contact that Rusty and incognito Danny are about to meet, a foretelling covert encounter between Benedict and a shrouded driver, Eddie Izzard's character's assistance of Livingston, and a disposable joke involving Turk's employment at the Asian restaurant.

It's rare that a game teases as many mysteries as HDZ and actually has satisfying answers at the end, both to the wide questions about the world of the game and at a personal level for the characters involved.

Third, at least one of the actors involved gets plenty of screen time — Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the character this movie is all about.

Perhaps all would be forgiven if M: i: III were competently - directed (while M: I - 2 is one of the stupidest films ever made, as John Woo is one of the best action directors of the past twenty - five years, damn if it's not beautiful, coherent, auteurist stupidity), but it's a glassy - eyed, dead thing complete with superfluous flashbacks to events we don't care about involving characters we don't recognize, an interminable party sequence in which Cruise trots out his smile like it was a weathered, beaten - down trophy wife, and a smug, self - congratulatory conclusion full of high - fives, victory arms, and shit - eating grins.

In it we see the animatronics involved with some of the new creatures, we see glimpses of Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro's mysterious characters, and at the end the late Carrie Fisher says: «It's about family.

Chris Pine may be the second oldest actor to play the role of Tom Clancy's semi-iconic character, but he's definitely the most youthful in spirit, playing Ryan as a happily eager upstart who has qualms about getting involved in the field.

Always at his best as a character involved in the process of defining his place in a broken family dynamic (a plight closest to his own peculiar family experience), Nicholson's turn as Schmidt is as affecting an everyman for the aging new millennium as his disaffected Robert Dupea was for roughly the same generation about thirty - two years ago.

A pivotal sequence involving a wounded soldier left inconsolable after discovering that his girlfriend has married another man, speaks volumes about the judgmental attitudes that misrepresent Veronika's character in the eyes of society.

In the interview, Pete talks about some of his favorite movies he recommends to friends, the evolution of the project over the years, how he got involved as a director, his vision behind the stark contrast between the beautiful, almost photo realistic backgrounds and the cartoony characters, a scene from the film that I felt was a homage to Jaws, the 1400 kid search for the main star of this film, how directing the voice actors for the English version of Miyazaki's Ponyo helped him in making this film, and find out who directs Peter Sohn when he performs in his own film.

In the recently completed Sleeping Beauty, her most controversial film to date (which polarized audiences at this year's Cannes Film Festival), her character works in a kind of high - end prostitution that involves no sex but requires her to be fondled by strangers while in a sedated state — until curiosity about what happens to her while she is «sleeping» gets the better of her.

While so much is being made about the gruesome scene involving the main character and a mother grizzly bear, the images I can't get out of my mind are landscapes, frozen waterfalls, and the ambitious decision only using natural light to provide an even further authentic experience.

It follows this learning journey: - Inferring key information about the character of Lady Macbeth from picture clues; - Identifying and ordering the key events in the text in which Lady Macbeth is involved; - Understanding her role in the rise and downfall of Macbeth; - Comparing and contrasting between her character and the expected role of women at the time the play was written; - Analysing Shakespeare's development of Lady Macbeth as a key character throughout the text; - Evaluating the learning in the lesson.

It involves making sense of the text, knowing the meaning of words and how they fit together in a sentence, remembering the sequence of events and main ideas, knowing about typical characters and their traits.

The student who forgets to do her book report or math problems as homework may get absorbed in a learning project that involves interviewing a grandparent for social studies (interpersonal), taking pictures of animals in the neighborhood for an ecology unit (spatial - naturalist), or writing a song on an electronic keyboard about a character in a short story (musical).

I've been a Clive Barker fan since middle school and when I saw that this book involved two of my favorite Barker characters, I decided to see what other readers were saying about it.

«Somewhat anemic characters, a silly subplot involving the autobiography of a yeti, and a lack of trenchant observations about human nature may disappoint those expecting the high quality of Smith's No. 1 Ladies» Detective Agency series.»

Without a lot of action, the novel is driven by complex and convincing relationships, and reading about the characters» cares and perceptions is quite involving.

This involves your editor advising you on what is and isn't working with your storyline, your characters, the structure of your narrative — just about anything and everything, really.

X-Ray lets you see more about the characters involved in the part of the book you're in.