Sentences with phrase «admirable attempt»

We've been witness to several admirable attempts at creating truly immerse VR experiences, but few have yet blurred the line between this bold VR driven future and traditional gaming — and then came along Farpoint.

His not seeing this hampered Charles Peirce in his life - long and in some ways admirable attempt to achieve success in metaphysics, a success he predicted for our century.

Pretty admirable attempts, wouldn't you agree?

Elizabeth Bennet is a complex character, a contradiction between youth, femininity, wisdom and sass, and Knightley's admirable attempt does Austen's character only infrequent justice.

Mulholland Falls is a very admirable attempt that doesn't deserve to have become a forgotten addition to L.A. themed noir.

Now, it's no perfect, but it's an incredibly admirable attempt and cramming down a full console game and having it at the palm of your hands.

Launching these Hubs is an admirable attempt to improve the quality of education for Coursera students.

Mark Graves» book is an admirable attempt to answer these two questions, which he does largely by drawing upon his professional acquaintance with systems theory.

She sees the Pope's letter as «unusually humble and shockingly up - to - date», and even though she may not agree with the theological content or context of the Pope's words, she does appreciate them as an admirable attempt at inclusion.

In its admirable attempt to «create a «religiously informed public philosophy»» (as George Weigel's interlocutor posited), First Things should explicitly incorporate in its social mission the teaching of Pope John Paul II in Reconciliation and Penance: The radical cause of division between persons and within societies, institutions, and structures is sin.

The scheduled 15 minutes is an admirable attempt to cut in half the pesky 30 - minute blackout period.

Though an admirable attempt to allow the characters to tell their own story in their own voices, docu may be a bit too freely associative, as it becomes difficult at times to identify individual characters... Picture's second half, which proceeds in a more linear fashion, is resolutely gripping.

A Matter of Family is an admirable attempt to bring a playable version of Batgirl into the Arkham fold but noticeable technical issues, severe narrative inconsistencies, and a main story that literally goes nowhere drag it down from the lofty heights of greatness.

It's an admirable attempt, though a less than completely successful one.

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse, Part 2 is another admirable attempt at recapturing everything that was great about the adventure series, complete with more improved puzzles and new exotic locations to visit.

In truth, the film, centered around an elaborate butter - carving competition, is an admirable attempt at parody, but while it offers a lot by way of...

Despite cinematographer Shelly Johnson's admirable attempts to ape Janusz Kaminski's lighting style — covered up by the color grading, which A.V. Club contributor Adam Nayman likened to camouflage meant to hide the fact that anyone had put any effort into this movie — this basically looks and moves like an over-heated fan film, and Montiel's tin - eared use of country music doesn't make it seem any less amateurish.

It was an admirable attempt.

Angelina Jolie's first directorial attempt is an admirable attempt at subject matter, but one that falls flat.

Birdman struck me as an admirable attempt to step inside the mind of an actor.

While it is an admirable attempt and I am sure it will have its champions, especially amongst fans of experimental cinema, I never felt the various elements really connected together.

While a fun distraction and an admirable attempt at resurrecting a once - popular subgenre, overall it's nothing special.

The combined effect of all of these deliberately distancing techniques is a powerful viewing experience and what feels like an authentic interpretation of grief, or rather an admirable attempt to abstract such a deeply personal experience into something more broadly emotionally relatable.

Cinéma Militant is academic and film historian Paul Douglas Grant's admirable attempt to recover and reconsider the long - overlooked cadre of...

The intrigue is not so intriguing, and the drama, whilst an admirable attempt, doesn't quite fit within the structure of the Mission: Impossible storylines.

AFTER SPRING is an admirable attempt to address the public narrative around the Syrian refugee crisis, yet falls short in its editing and presentation.

Though «Maleficent» is an admirable attempt at breathing new life into a classic tale, there are so many problems with the story and supporting characters that it would have made more sense to go the direct route and make a live - action «Sleeping Beauty» movie instead.

It is an admirable attempt to equip young people with the skills they need to be tech professionals and computer scientists, but the new qualification faces serious challenges in its current form.

As others have said it's another 4C - an admirable attempt to be different and distinctive but hamstrung by a cost - base (low volume, unique parts, big brand development costs) that makes it unaffordable to a large part of its target market and not as competent as its key competitors.

The Sync system makes an admirable attempt at understanding you, and puts prompts on screen as well as offering spoken guidance when it can't.

Again, I think this is an admirable attempt to do something to avoid students taking out massive amounts of student loan debt.

The 2D platformer still hasn't been bested more than two decades later, despite some admirable attempts from Nintendo's own New Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi's Island.

Great though that debut 3D Mario outing was, even its staunchest defenders would surely agree that its camera was a complete pain in the backside — it made an admirable attempt at handing some camera control over to the player, but it was often skittish and unwieldy at the same time.

METAL SLUG 3 is an admirable attempt at bringing SNK's (at the time) swan - song title for the series back to life; the controls don't quite live up to the original Arcade sticks, but it's a small price to pay if you love the series.

Jaqueline Cedar's new paintings manifest an admirable attempt to synthesize and reinvigorate figurative abstraction and to reconnect with themes and formal issues that have mostly been retired into art history books.

Much is made in the book of DeLap's longstanding interest in magic, and indeed, there is an illusory quality to his three - dimensional work that does not always translate well to page, though the book's many sumptuous photographs make an admirable attempt.

It's an admirable attempt: the app is beautiful and easy to use, and the plug itself is a work of art.

With a modular design, top - shelf hardware, and LG's custom UI, the G5 makes an admirable attempt at competing with the big boys in the Android flagship space.