Sentences with phrase «as the comic relief of»

Evan Peters does great as the comic relief of the whole movie.

You also have an AI companion called Simon whom works on several levels as the comic relief of the game as well as an enjoyable and evolving character.

Not exact matches

Also great in the necessary role of comic relief is Jake Johnson as Lowery, who seems to be taking Samuel L. Jackson's old job.

Or the skulls in the Paths of the Dead, which pour out onto Aragorn, Legolas and Gimil.There are also instances that I think are more justified, such as Gimli as the comic relief dwarf (imagine watching 12 hours of film without a laugh.

Comic Relief Pitcher On April 16, doctors diagnosed the painful back condition of the Padres» Larry Andersen as two bulging disks in his neck, but he decided not to have surgery.

Maybe that doesn't seem that amazing, but at the time, I was overwhelmed at how blessed I was: one son winning his battle against cancer, the other healthy as can be and providing lots of distraction and comic relief (what cancer families call a SuperSib), and then twins on the way.

But Ajele's show of concern was not without a strand of comic relief as he exchanged banter with those he spoke with on phone asking if they have sauntered into the «Ark of Noah» which is currently in their vicinity to rescue them.

Comic Relief, better known as Red Nose Day, has raised more than # 1bn for charities in 30 years but one MP said it has «tattooed images of poverty in Africa» onto people's minds.

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There's plenty of Marvel comic relief as well, which often seems out of place against the film's the dour atmosphere.

The film's apparent comic relief is Ruth's equally lonely and wacky neighbor, Tony (Elijah Wood), whose displays of self - taught martial artistry are meant to be funny but come off as a lazy attempt to add personality to an otherwise dull and one - dimensional character.

Unfortunately, here, with only a couple of colorful scenes, Amin's outsize personality almost comes across as comic relief, especially in comparison to the uniformly dour hijackers (make the most of the Daniel Brühl's joke, it's the only one you'll get.)

The action beats and set - ups operate on horror movie rhythms, utterly at odds with the «Every Which Way But Loose» comic relief (George flipping off The Rock, grinning) and the ever - gyrating deployment of George as gentle giant, then killer monster, then monster - killer, then sweetie pie again.

He's the fish - out - of - water character here who provides both a little comic relief and our entrance as outsiders into the story.

Mary - Louise Parker's inebriated character, used as comic relief, is wildly out of place when it comes to tone.

Josh Brolin and Daniel Kaluuya also are strong supporting actors, both providing the film with a heightened sense of urgency as well as a balanced level of comic relief which doesn't take away from the films overarching narrative.

Of course, as a shared theatrical experience, some of the sillier moments (and there are several) actually serve a purpose, offering bits of comic relief — intended or otherwise — to offset the tension associated with skulking around in the shadows and flinging open doorOf course, as a shared theatrical experience, some of the sillier moments (and there are several) actually serve a purpose, offering bits of comic relief — intended or otherwise — to offset the tension associated with skulking around in the shadows and flinging open doorof the sillier moments (and there are several) actually serve a purpose, offering bits of comic relief — intended or otherwise — to offset the tension associated with skulking around in the shadows and flinging open doorof comic relief — intended or otherwise — to offset the tension associated with skulking around in the shadows and flinging open doors.

The villan, a cyber-spook called the «Trickster» is supposed to be sinister, despite outbursts of comic relief behaviour, such as dancing around the boys bedroom to Primus» «Welcome to this world».

Comic Relief is a uniquely American dynamic, created by comedy writer / producer Bob Zmuda as a way of using laughter to elicit generosity.

Cohen and Carter ham it up as the brassy, much - needed comic relief, and their «Master of the House» is a fun production number.

Avranas attempts to make use of casting Jim Carrey against type by allowing nearly all of the morbid comic relief to be generated by a lewd and lascivious Marton Csokas, here in prime over-the-top form as a bitchy, pretentious pulp author who churns out perverse novels which would be loosely defined as torture porn.

The «Three Stooge» - like partners in crime of Pena (Fury), T.I. (Get Hard) and Dastmalchian (Prisoners) are there mostly for comic relief, but their dumb - as - rocks characters are so cartoonish (something the supporting players in the Thor series share), one couldn't see them existing beyond that limited role.

Horror comedy is becoming one of those sub-genres that is beginning to annoy me, as too often it is becoming the norm with cinema that every horror needs a comic relief angle that negates from the dread of the picture.

For Kojima, this sort of comic relief is important to balance the emotion, as he explained in an earlier interview with Edge.

From the trailers, I was expecting the movie to be a dramatic action / adventure flick, but I found the movie to be filled with odd moments of comedy, mostly at the hands of Samuel L. Jackson as the film's main source of comic relief.

The Phelps brothers, James and Oliver, resume their comic relief roles as Fred and George, the mischievous Weasley twins, who bravely join the Order of the Phoenix and come away much holier than thou for their troubles.

A nice spark of comic relief comes from Jeff Daniels as a crime boss from the future who advises young Joe to give up on his French lessons and move to China.

In keeping with the lighthearted adventure formula, comic relief enters the third act in the form of Alfred Molina as Sheikh Amar.

Her turn as Irina is decidedly part of the comic relief, but Irina is also a woman who achingly refuses to acknowledge her age.

The portrayal of Tamils is the film is extremely stereotypical, and is obviously used as a comic relief.

Plus, as Cars showed, Mater is perfectly fine for comic relief, but he is grating when given such a large role, with Pixar proving that sometimes there's such a concept as too much of a good thing.

It did have touches of humor here and there, such as Herbert Moon being primarily comic relief, but satire and jokes weren't as common as in GTA, where every billboard, every radio commercial, every line of dialogue is supposed to be a quip of some sort.

And Cannavale provides a cool spark of comic relief as well as an ironic counterpoint to the central plot.

Though the goat is mostly used as a form of comic relief in that episode, Turo is quick to point out that the critter is a necessary inhabitant of his barn because the horses like him.

But as Steve Kloves returned to write the screenplay (he wrote all of the scripts for the series except Order of the Phoenix) Ron's role was yet again relegated to comic relief and no more.

However, with what's there, they do get good use out of the stars, with Harrison Ford (Ender's Game) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Sabotage) recurring throughout the movie just enough to keep their effort above a cameo, and Antonio Banderas gets some good laughs in a comic relief role as the fighter who is always passed over, but really wants to be back in the fold.

He's also traded in the likes of Dean Jones, Buddy Hackett and Michele Lee for the more contemporary co-star slate of Lindsay Lohan and Justin Long, who act as driver, mechanic, and comic relief.

Such seemingly comic - relief scenes as seeing her using Reiner's car windshield as a sexual device, or try to force through a confession in a church on a priest that wants none of it, play out as if they are evocative of an oddity or perverse aberration from a normally cool, calm, collected, scheming partner who is always in control.

Bong stalwart Song Kang - ho effortlessly keeps up with his English - speaking co-stars, strutting and shuffling about, providing comic relief and a dash of cool as the train's incarcerated former chief of security.

he meets up with some exvillagers who help things out by functioning as comic relief and bystanders for Jaa to rescue, he takes on an increasingly large segment of the Thai underworld, and performs some spectacular stunts.

Aunty serves as comic relief and the voice of the audience rooting on her niece.

As dull a hero as Lightning was, his qualities are no comparison to the promotion of the third - rate comic relief to the role of the sequel's protagonisAs dull a hero as Lightning was, his qualities are no comparison to the promotion of the third - rate comic relief to the role of the sequel's protagonisas Lightning was, his qualities are no comparison to the promotion of the third - rate comic relief to the role of the sequel's protagonist.

The characters have never been better or more well - rounded, going where they have never gone before in some cases, with lovers Spock and Uhura (Zoe Saldana) experiencing thier first spat, and with Pegg popping up as the irascible Jiminy Cricket of the piece, but being allowed to be more than just comic relief, though Pegg excels there.

They're accompanied by a pair of male and female dwarves (who serve as awful comic relief).

It seems a simple enough task, and the trailer provides us with some light comic relief as Firth talks newcomer Taron Egerton through the ins and outs of a grenade.

Jenkins helps pass the time as comic relief, but many of his jokes fall flat.

In fact, most of the laughs are of the nervous, comic relief variety, used to temper the heavy doses of sometimes bloody confrontations that occur with increasing frequency as the movie draws to its conclusion.

All the while, Jiro and his best friend Honjo (voice of John Krasinski) are struggling both to succeed as engineers and to please their cranky, diminutive boss (voice of Martin Short), one of the few characters in this sometimes dour epic who occasionally serves up some comic relief.

Every group needs a joker, and it is wise of actor Ty Burrell to portray his joker as a guy who genuinely uses sarcasm and arrogance to face down life's problems instead of just comic relief for the audience's benefit.

Much of the comic relief comes from Tommy Lee Jones, who as the aggressively liberal congressman Thaddeus Stevens gets off searing insults of the opposition.