Sentences with phrase «become anything more»

I simply don't have the time to dedicate to one game to become anything more than a middle - of - the - leaderboard style player.

Monda has a hyperactive girl who follows him around and who speaks in a high - pitched squeal for most of the time which is sure to grate on the nerves of many people, but she never manages to become anything more than an irritation, and somehow fails to feel like an integral part of the storyline, despite the role she serves within it.

Her snapping hadn't ever become anything more (surprisingly, no dog had yet taken umbrage to it), so they left her in, thinking she'd «loosen up.»

While it offers a competent action film, it never threatens to become anything more dynamic; it's watchable but forgettable.

However, the movie runs way too long and suffers from a few too many flaws to become anything more than only sporadically satisfying.

All of the pieces seem to be in place to tell the story, including exquisite period detail and a talented cast of supporting players, but Mann never allows Smith to become anything more than a caricature of the man.

They are never allowed to become anything more than one - dimensional figures (Odette Yustman goes for broke though and her energy keeps the first half of the movie going).

Though well made and well acted, The Mighty Macs is never quite able to become anything more than a sporadically passable yet mostly tedious drama - with the pervasively familiar storyline ranking high on the movie's list of deficiencies.

With all its outrageous adventures, it managed to score the occasional laugh, but it didn't threaten to become anything more than sporadically entertaining.

Should personal air vehicles ever become anything more than a rich person's toy (25 October, p 19), which I very...

Pasta and Pelf were never going to become anything more than minimally successful.

You are a sad, small - minded, individual and right now my sole consolation is that the content of your comment assures me that you yourself will never hold a «key position» and become anything more than the irrelevant hatemonger you are today.

Despite pouring billions into acquisitions, Yahoo never became anything more than also - ran in search.

Dennis Bergkamp has ruled out any intention to manage at Arsenal in the future, claiming he has no thoughts on becoming anything more than a coach.

But the problem is the story's just not that interesting and even if it were, the incredibly over-the-top atmosphere prevents the movie from becoming anything more than a relentless funhouse of images and sounds.

And while this adaptation - written by Akiva Goldsman - contains many of the same beats and plot twists as Brown's book, the film never quite becomes anything more than a sporadically engaging but mostly dull murder mystery.

The almost excessively subdued atmosphere prevents Nebraska from becoming anything more than a passable endeavor, and yet it's just as clear that the movie benefits substantially from its pervasively easy - going atmosphere and smattering of Oscar - worthy performances - with, of course, Dern's masterful turn as the central character remaining a consistent highlight.

He is getting by but there's no sign of his life ever becoming anything more than... fine.

Her stocks have risen substantially with Date Night, however, and it is her pairing with Steve Carell that means the film becomes anything more than the throwaway comedy it continues to threaten.

The Neon Demon, for all its electric color hues, electronic music and wide eyes from Fanning, never becomes anything more than a failed experiment.

Guerilla Games have promised free downloadable content such as extra maps and plan to add features like voice chat and clan support later, but we are sceptical as to how far these additions will go in ensuring that Killzone: Shadow Fall becomes anything more than what is now, a rather hollow, run of the mill shooter.

But the overlong running time and a feeling of familiarity prevents Just a Little Harmless Sex from becoming anything more than a pleasant time - killer.

Though the movie's essentially entertaining all the way through, Crazy People never becomes anything more than an inoffensive time - waster mostly due to the pedestrian and sitcom - ish approach to the material (example: most punchlines are followed by a short pause, presumably to accommodate laughter).

never becomes anything more than a remnant of its era.

But the movie never really becomes anything more than a stagy showcase for some fine acting - but on that level, it works.

And unlike a movie like We Were Soldiers - which never became anything more than an old - school, John Wayne-esque «let's rally around our troops» type of war film - Harrison's Flowers feels brutally realistic.

But despite several fantastic performances - Chernick is certainly leading - man material, while established costars such as Callum Keith Rennie and Lindy Booth are expectedly effective - Lucid never quite becomes anything more than a visually - intriguing experiment, one that'll likely hit certain viewers as a stunningly original piece of work (which it is, in a way).

What becomes most annoying is that it strings together a bunch of clichés from just about every sci - fi film and the melodrama never becomes anything more than a silly exercise in acting silly.

Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock has peppered Foreign Correspondent with several expectedly impressive set pieces - including a famous sequence in which an assassin works his way through a crowd toting black umbrellas - and yet the film never quite becomes anything more than a sporadically intriguing curiosity.

As a consequence of this total ineptitude, Microsoft doesn't have a snowball's chance in Hades of becoming anything more than a niche player in consumer mobile, while at the same time totally alienating their bread and butter enterprise and SMB customers.

Guerilla Games have promised free downloadable content such as extra maps and plan to add features like voice chat and clan support later, but we are sceptical as to how far these additions will go in ensuring that Killzone: Shadow Fall becomes anything more than what is now, a rather hollow, run of the mill shooter.

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Polished or not, the VR we are seeing today is better than anything we've seen in the past, and the promise of what VR could become in a few more years is tantalizing.

«Now that I am commenting more on Facebook and not clicking Like on anything at all, my feed has relaxed and become more conversational.

You can't force customers to really do anything, but if just a handful of them leave positive reviews on the Internet about your business, those will become valuable testimonials that will encourage more potential customers to pay your business a visit.

More than anything else, the device itself dictates what the experience becomes.»

Over time, it became less of a joke and more of a reason why I moved (more so to live my values than to «solve» anything, though).»

If anything, they are going to become even more important to solve as devices like Google Home and the Echo — and even more futuristic smart assistants — become the default way in which many people get information.

«The not - so - gentle nudge is becoming more common over professional email, and looks anything but,» says Jon Brodsky, Country Manager for Finder.com.

After half a century, it has become far more than just another sporting contest — it's a social and cultural event that eclipses almost anything else, at least for a few hours.

If you suspect that your boss will agree to just about anything, you'll need to motivate yourself to work harder and become more discerning in your decision - making.

I know people at Nike's ad agencies who are witnessing firsthand how much of their budget is going toward social and away from traditional media, because it's more measurable, controllable, and has a better chance to become viral than anything in a print ad.

Though it may have appeared that he was simply disrupting more industries, his real subversive move was to create a new world altogether, where Amazon would simply become the first place anyone would ever go for anything.

I don't know how it became everyone's goal in life to squeeze every second of every minute of every day and become some sort of productivity ninja robot, but I really can't think of anything more inhuman and, ironically, more unproductive.

It could be anything from sharing legal advice, informing businesses on how to become more eco-friendly, or assisting startups on how to get off the ground.

But America has become resistant to doing anything about this issue, in large part due to a decades - long public campaign by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms and that more guns will actually make people safer, contrary to what the research says.

In terms of the [market] I've used in the beginning of the year, if anything we are continuing to become even more bullish on the mobile market opportunity.

A venture is anything that you buy with the hope that it will become more valuable over time.

Any time you start thinking about what your life could become if you did anything risky — physically, socially, business, etc — just find a show more funny, dramatic, or otherwise gripping to stop you from those thoughts.

The fact that Steve Wynn is out entirely may be unnerving to long - term Wynn Resorts shareholders, but he had likely become more of a liability than anything for the company.

Most financial institutions advise that, unless you are set on training to become one specific kind of loan officer, you should try to get certified in everything lender business banking, financial management, and anything else to diversify your skill set in order to make yourself more attractive to employers.