Sentences with phrase «as preachy»

The end result was a presentation that did not come across as preachy or egotistical.

«Posting about climate change and a green conscience may strike some as preachy, and we at the Gopher have to confess a great deal of pickiness when it comes to reading up on it... Franke James is the opposite of preachy.

If Peele had presented this idea directly, it could have come off as preachy, but he masterfully wraps it inside the horror genre and uses it to maximum effect.

Greenfingers is so entrenched in provincialism that it encourages American audiences to chuckle knowingly at the staid peculiarities of the English — and so dedicated to soft - pedalling dangerous criminals that it reveals itself as preachy and pernicious.

It might have come across as preachy.

At a certain point, we have to come up for air after drowning in information, and Andrew Stern's screenplay, which starts as a preachy look at the dangers of being inundated with technology, ultimately is focuses on those moments — the ones in which people do come up for air and quickly realize that their lungs are straining from lack of use.

Interpreted variously as a preachy liberal fable, an allegory of the McCarthy era and as a commentary on U.S. involvement in both Korea and WWII, it stands first and foremost as a fine, classic western movie.

This time out I thought bay did a better job with giving the Autobots a bit more of a personality and I still think Optimus comes across as a preachy douchebag.

The fact that he can combine so much politically - driven storytelling into this human drama without ever coming across as preachy is just brilliant.

Inarrittu's narrative isn't quite as preachy, but either way, it's hard not to criticize the director for attempting to cash in on the award craze of both features, and star Brad Pitt seems to be following suit.

Films that deal with moral issues in a direct way are often tagged, rightly or not, as preachy and didactic.

Plenty of Lego spoofs get thrown around, and the film's message of creativity and independent thought — though omnipresent — never comes off as preachy or overbearing.

I feel misunderstood that you've interpreted what I have written as preachy and judgmental.

Not exact matches

To the author; not to sound «preachy» but, your answer - as a Christian — is in the Bible.

As a Christian, I don't mean to sound «preachy» but the truth will always prevail, regardless of how we feel or think.

I don't get too preachy; but as people, we can do better.

you are becoming preachy instead of having a back and forth conversation... you didn't answer any of my questions nor did you provide anything to be used as an argument for my @ssertion that satan is a creation of the middle ages and its need for a reason why such horrors have befallen them and they didn't want it to be god that did these things so...

The mantra that it affects us all and our children is very worthy but repeated ad nauseum becomes preachy and promotes apathy as recent evidence shows.

We are much better as a country now than in those snobbish, racist, preachy, homophobic years.

Never preachy, THE VEGETARIAN FAMILY COOKBOOK is a down - to - earth, straightforward guide to making healthier choices, including a slew of great reasons to go vegetarian (for both personal and planetary well - being), as well as reasons why choosing organic products is always best.

I also like that you come across as very down to Earth about your life and not too preachy.

Having preachy friends who tell you to «just give up sugar,» as if that's a thing that's remotely possible.

Addicted is supposed to be erotica, so perhaps thinking about it too much is unfair, but the film is so uneven (it's both hot and preachy), as well as way too long, that thinking becomes inevitable.

While it's quite clear what Spielberg is saying, he deserves credit for tastefully handling it in a way so that it never comes across as too preachy.

As with «American History X,» Kaye's stance is obvious and moment to moment scenes are a bit preachy, but none of this detracts from the established tone and eventual takeaway of this socially conscience, effortlessly powerful movie.

In literature, melodrama can come off as overblown, preachy.

It makes for tiresome viewing, particularly as the message being put across is both questionable and preachy.

It has also shown that the genre can tackle tougher issues without being too preachy and still being entertaining, as you touched on.

It's a genre piece, and it's uneven (for once the juvenile actors in a movie aren't as good as the grownups) but it's not didactic or overly preachy and it makes some trenchant points about despair.

My only hope is that it isnt too preachy, but is rather a good movie that «happens» to be about black pilots who did nt get a fair shake VS being force - fed the fact that they're black pilots, so for PC's sake we must think its a good movie... < — As a minority, I cant STAND that.

Naturally the effects look outstanding, but story wise it still looks as trite, cliched, melodramatic, heavy - handed, anachronistic, and preachy as it came across in the script treatment.

In his first directorial duty since «Into the Wild» (2007), Penn, recognized as a human - rights activist in Haiti, relies on Erin Dignam's shallow, preachy script, filled with whispered, often incoherent dialogue.

While the narrative format and lack of a truly compelling story development are liabilities that make this a very flawed and overly preachy way to spend 88 minutes, the acting is still superb all around, as is Carnahan's dialogue between people of depth.

He's a thin character that stands out in the otherwise no - nonsense fast - cutting action of the film's investigative thread, and he's saddled with the majority of the preachy life - lesson monologues as the film nears its conclusion.

The enduring and healing power of love, the strength of the human will, living for the moment — these are a few of the themes Cameron covers, but instead of coming off as blatantly preachy (which, in some of his previous films, he comes dangerously close to), he addresses these issues with careful subtlety, expressing them mostly through the characters and their actions rather than explicitly written dialogue (with the exception of a few words of wisdom dispensed by Jack).

Skillfully made, but preachy as all get - out, the film crosses four stories.

Best of all, the film manages to feel both timely and timeless, without ever going so far as to be preachy.

Don't worry, Sausage Party never gets overtly preachy because this thematic element is just used as the driving force for the story.

The action is at its strongest when employing the humorous elements, however the pace starts to drag around the midpoint due to the repetitive and preachy nature of the good vs. evil theme, as the action loses sight of its comedic roots.

Much like the novel, the film takes a matter - of - fact yet thought - provoking perspective on the central underlying fact that governs the character's lives — never didactic nor preachy, but encouraging you to construct the rest of society (which exists as a sort of negative space against which our characters appear in sharp relief) and the ethical concerns that the film brings up but doesn't answer.

Follow up each scene with contrivance after contrivance to further give voice to the movie's underlying preachy nature, and if you're going to preach, you might as well go the distance and wrap John and his family up as God - fearing folk who go to church every Sunday and take time out to pray for a miracle in every scene.

Documentary images of the aftermath of the bombing — some just as agonising to behold as those in Night & Fog — accompany this introduction, not to force the film in a preachy direction, but to set a background to the film that its protagonists can not escape.

Those quibbles aside, «Juno» is mostly just plain fun as it spins a sweet story and avoids being overly preachy about anything.

While still visceral in nature, 2049 isn't preachy and it isn't as on the nose as you think it is.

The film's creators have sought to create a distinct and illuminating order to the world of wildlife, a mood that worked in The Lion King as supporting the story, but never felt forced or preachy.

As Hughes did repeatedly, Gluck and «Easy A» manage to teach those lessons without getting preachy and without getting hokey.

How you approach the subject is important as many learners feel that employee development trainings are somewhat «preachy» and often deal with serious subjects — therefore serious reads.

The debate is usually balanced, always intelligent, and yes, sometimes the characters get a bit preachy, as people do on any controversial issue about which they are passionate.

(Let's just say that writing for kids without being condescending, preachy or boring is not as easy it looks.)

Although didacticism was historically intentional in genres such as the spiritual allegory or moral treatise, the term is used today to describe writing that is «ostentatiously dull and erudite,» or in other words, overly preachy or pedantic.