Sentences with phrase «at humour»

Seriously, apologies if my heavy handed attempts at humour cause offense.

At the end of the day, there are also far too many desperate attempts at humour and jokes that die onscreen.

De Niro is still riding Stiller over not being worthy of his daughter whilst meeting any attempt at humour with a frown and spying on him in the rare instances when he isn't staring him down.

The attempts at humour just drift around without any pay - offs, the interaction between Will Smith and his co-star Kevin Kline just doesn't sparkle, the effects look murky towards the end, the action sequences lack urgency.

Not knowing what the Italian league is called is NOT a typo and your attempt at humour convinces no one.

Quentin Letts reviewed the Liberal Democrat conference and attempts at humour from leading figures, but generally the man from the Daily Mail found them all a little docile.

In a tweet posted a couple of hours after his appearance on the programme, Gove said: «Apologies for my clumsy attempt at humour on R4 Today this morning — it wasn't appropriate.

15 % for Acting: it's terrible and even bad attempt at humour which just isn't funny at all, our leads are good but overall it's just terrible.

The attempts at humour make me cringe and the whole vacation part of the film just seems like an excuse for the actors and crew to go on vacation.

Cue the international espionage - driven carnage that earned the earlier movie its action credentials, as well as the ample attempts at humour at the underlying idea's expense that endeavour to increase the levity of the situation, with both wrapped up in an overly, unnecessarily convoluted plot.

On that note, many of the film's most desperate attempts at humour revolve around the late Queen Mother's continued pronunciation of hotdog as if it were two words.

Most other attempts at humour amount to unwieldy extended skits that may appeal to juvenile intellects and those familiar with the source material.

Enthusiastic faces nodding, smiling and laughing at humour... these are all forms of feedback that real authors never get.

The attempts at humour permeate the game, and they vary in quality and effectiveness — some of them are really good, while others will definitely make you cringe.

@Feist Your attempt at humour failed miserably though.

You are guided through the puzzles by a floating robot, who at first appears quite funny but then after a while his quotes and attempts at humour seem a bit repetitive and tiresome, but other than a few minor shortcomings, this is a solid, fun but unremarkable game which won't set your VR headset alight but will give you a good amount of entertainment, satisfaction and achievement.

Titles hint at humour and mystery but are impenetrable.

There are so many things wrong with this film (the cringe - worthy attempts at humour, the inconsequential involvement of John Malkovich's character and Sam's parents) and the fact that the battle, while visually spectacular, is arduous and far from fun.

Numerous outlets characterized the audience's response as «tepid,» highlighting the dead hush that followed her attempts at humour.

While validating your contention that 3 is not the right number (you do appear to be correct), I came across an article for nativity scene costumes — «Jesus, Mary and 3 Wise Men available at Tesco» — even if this is not a serious story (I actually hope it's an attempt at humour — that religious folks don't actually buy this «stuff»), will you be asking them for a correction?

Forgive my attempt at humour with Granny, as I in turn do NOT forgive Wengers attempt at humour in picking Xhaka.

Excruciatingly for the First Minister, she was forced to insist that her predecessor was «not sexist», although she did say that his attempt at humour «belonged more in the Benny Hill era than in the modern era».

The attempt at humour was then used by Mr Cameron to attack labour's economic record, brandishing it during speeches and debates before last year's General election.

The game is honestly quite boring, despite its bizarre premise, and the attempts at humour are ham - fisted at best and excruciating at worst.

With the usual attempts at humour that utilise the usual societal outcasts (fat guys, old guys, clumsy guys and so on), this is just another usual one - gag movie.

Next is «It's Bugsy» (4 mins., HD), another one of those infuriating docs wherein the cast and crew fawn over some animal / fictional character (in this case, the bug - eyed gerbil that accounts for a good 40 % of Bedtime Stories» attempts at humour) as a big star who was great to work with.

Okay, the acting, special effects and costumes are all bad, and some of the attempts at humour will make you groan, but the movie clips along at a brisk pace to clock in less than 90 minutes.

This was to watch a film that, while I admit there was an attempt at humour, was not funny.

After the stunning success of the first Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark, the follow up (and strangely, prequel) is far less impressive, blighted by pacing problems and clumsy attempts at humour.

, and some half hearted attempts at humour, but none of it really gets us anywhere interesting.

Sci - fi fans in particular should have a lot of fun uncovering the many references to popular TV shows, films and video games that litter the landscape even if many of them are rather cringe - worthy in their attempts at humour.

Anyway, I call this incompetence and though my latest example was an attempt at humour the fact remains that animals are living things that require common sense and consideration.

Ok, so I admit that calling it a lead character is a bit of a stretch, but considering you'll spend the entire game guiding it around the levels I stand by my utterly terrible attempt at humour.

Worse, it made me groan to think that somebody, somewhere thought it was hilarious It was meant to be a parody of what guys are like in high - school now, but really it just felt like a cheap - ass attempt at humour, like it was trying too hard to stand out from the crowd.

Some other attempts at humour aren't as successful and are either cringe worthy or in bad taste, but I'd still much rather play as Duke than a generic space marine.

Yet his «just a joke» for those who weren't in on it, his bringing his colleagues into this by suggesting they were Hillary supporters, his ultimate acknowledgment that it was all «totally inappropriate» and that «what I did was wrong, a misguided attempt at humour...» felt like minimizations.

During a break in the proceeding, the lawyer made a flippant comment related to the client's background in an ill - conceived attempt at humour.

The course facilitators introduced themselves with a mix of well - placed intention, a poor attempt at humour and a hint of naivety with regards to the magnitude of the issues being faced by each of the attendees.

That attempt at humour, in my opinion, failed miserably and worse — was sexist.

Generally speaking, regarding our occasional attempt at humour (successful or not), the aim is always to create a column that will be interesting and hold readers» attention.

HWR, Good job, I enjoyed your attempt at humour — thank you.