Sentences with phrase «as hacky»

Where movies like The Fast and the Furious don't take themselves too seriously, and much of the entertainment value comes from the sheer ridiculousness of it all, Payback takes itself far too serious to be enjoyable and the moments that it doesn't come off as hacky attempts at humor and pot shots at popular culture.

Another newly - finished and considerably more demented bit, «A Happy Feet Moment» (27s), finds Memphis — at least I think it's Memphis — using Mumbles as a hacky sack; it cries out for contextualization of some sort, but none is provided.

Not exact matches

Many gifts of yesteryear become popular again and again, such as Frisbees, Hacky Saks, Shrinky Dinks, and Yo - Yos.

Like Gleeson and Byrne, Gluck seems to recognize his film's inherent frivolousness, frequently calling attention to some of the screenplay's plot mechanics and hacky tropes — at one point even hanging a lampshade on Peter's famous blue jacket, in acknowledgement of the object's trite value as an emotional symbold.

The acting and decisions happen silently, not, as is so often the case in the genre, blurted out in hacky text by characters who aren't allowed to have subtext.

But while Creevy struggles with the basics of suspense — often indulging in the same hacky, buzz - killing slow motion shots as he did in Welcome To The Punch — his direction of the film's modestly conceived action sequences is serviceable: a relentless foot chase through the winding streets and picturesque houses of a medieval town; an escape from a Hagen - owned warehouse that's directed in part as a Children Of Men - style long take; and the centerpiece, a head - spinning, car - wrecking pursuit down the Autobahn.

When Marlin tries to entertain, the result is a calamity that plays like Brooks» early years as a stand - up deconstructionist, producing comedy by utterly dismantling hacky gags.

While Javascript extensions to TalentLMS can be very powerful and evolved, they do feel a little «hacky», as you're basically monkey - patching the system to do something it was not designed for.

As a general sentiment, wallet developers seemed to agree that the Segregated Witness solution is somewhat «hacky» — but worth it.

For you new folks, a custom recovery is an indispensable way to back up your device as well as install new custom ROMs and updates, among other little hacky things.