Sentences with phrase «by inane»

reviewer bias revealed by this inane comment» «The left analog stick and the ABXY buttons are difficult to reach because they sit too far toward the center, and the ABXY buttons are tiny and clustered too close together.

Even that element, also full of potential, is wasted by inane, obvious jokes that try to be edgy and unpredictable.

The tenth chapter reveals a few interesting notes on editing (the virtues of the Moviola are debated), but the track is indicated more by inane anecdotes, musings about a Newsie reunion, a bizarre dolphin story (chapter 15, if you're curious), and loads of repetition.

There's an intriguing premise to this snappy action thriller, but it's never properly developed by the inane script and bland direction.

Ultimately, there are some really strong pop moments on here, but they're overshadowed by inane, inert, insignificant drama - queening of the highest degree.

Some Brexiters suggest throwing the problem to the courts - indeed that was the solution proposed by the inane report published by the Centre for Social Justice yesterday.

Every comment from positive fans (it can be seen on this article) is greeted by some inane, childish retort slagging the blogger, the team etc..

1991 Cheers Celtics star Kevin McHale is driven to distraction by an inane bar conversation about how many bolts are in the Boston Garden's parquet floor.

You may have to sacrifice some goats to save the palilla.10 Or you may have to jeopardize a few jobs in the already declining timber industry of the Northwest (already devastated by our inane trading policy with Japan) to save an old - growth forest.

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Most analysts expect a 25 basis cut as Mario Draghi undoes the second inane rate increase promoted by Trichet.

Matilda goes by many names, among them Adelina, Fredrika, Justina, Beatrice and some names that sound like descriptions of landscapes so inane that they are hard to remember.

And you lorraine are a perfect example of a religious zealot — bound by blind faith into believing you are right and that all others will persh according to some inane ramblings in an ancient book.

I wonder if Harold Camping will be ready for the possible deluge of lawsuits that might be (maybe should be) filed against him by people that truly believed him and divested themselves of all their worldy possesions or did other inane actions.

If not, you must split the word to defeat the inane word / fragment filter used by the moderators:

By responding to his inane and longwinded comments, you only encourage him.

You don't see anything deeply inane about basing 21st Century health care policy on the perceived $ exual wishes of some hokey Bronze Age sky - god invented by ignorant Palestinian farmers 2,000 years ago?

When we fill these churches with poorly prepared liturgies and shallow, inane preaching, we add to the urban poor's sense of being surrounded by a noncaring, nonvaluing world.

Our fantasies are fueled by «friends» who make inane comments like, «Dave, you're a pepper expert!»

do you really think you're helping the club by slurping up Wenger following 16 minutes of good play... think logically just for a second, never has Monreal contributed so much in the final third (then he went out injured again), we scored two goals based on set pieces, which certainly hasn't happened in quite some time and the other two goal scorers have scored a handful of goals in the past 3 seasons... this is why this club is in the predicament they're in because you lack any sense of perspective or foresight, much like the manager you cuddle up to regardless of whatever inane things he does that negatively impact our club... it's like finding an unopened chocolate bar in the garbage can

The general public is already skeptical of him based on his background: he's a numbers guy, which some folks still see as being in opposition to the scout guys (which is inane by the way).

He is a s ** te pundit, inane and monotonous — he probably has self - worth issues when he sees how it should be done by his old mucker Neville over on SS.

much rubbish (Ramsey as a sub!!!!) and inane...... do agree AW past his sell - by date as a coach, tired, lacks imagination, no ideas on defence, nor how to use Walcott, consistently out - thought by other managers,

So how do you know whose advice to take — if any — when you're bombarded by articles declaring This Marriage Advice Should Be Required Reading For Newlyweds or articles about couples who've been married 50 or 60 years offering the «secret» to their marital longevity (which is usually some inane thing like «we laugh a lot» or «we have a weekly date.»)?

Hence the inane claim by MANA executive Jeannette McCulloch, in a recent post on the blog of the Midwives Alliance of North America, that «no one knows» how to tell the difference between low risk and high risk.

Even by the standards of modern legislation, the psychoactive substances bill is startlingly inane.

It is not the same as the inane reports compiled by a desperate administration to create an excuse for war on the military capacity of a state they had not visited.

Mr Miliband's contributions were swamped by a mixture of inane, insulting and — occasionally — serious questions.

He started by mocking the inane tabloid attacks he's been subjected to, from Chairman Mao bicycles to his supposed support for a meteorite to destroy the earth.

❤ Who it's for: «Witty and intelligent singles» who are irritated by dates that involve «inane blather,... blank stares or humorless hominids with hubris.»

Even by modern day standards in which slapstick comedies aren't vogue, Chaplin manages to sell the most inane gags.

Under the clunky direction of Peter Chelsom, while forced to mouth inane dialogue by Audrey Wells... a swell bunch of troupers get mangled in a monsoon of clichés.

Rather than playing up the gratuitous pointlessness of cash - in sequels like itself, however, Craven's latest merely adheres to the very convoluted whodunit formula (and mounds of inane exposition) that it outwardly addresses via a from - the - grave video recording by Jamie Kennedy's genre know - it - all.

Best in Show, their second movie and probably their funniest from a sheer laugh - measuring point of view, sacrificed some of this gravitas for easier forms of humor: it's no mistake that it was dominated by Fred Willard's jovial, inane announcer.

Like the film's songs, these operas mixes classical instrumentals with inane «comic» lyrics, which are provided by colorful subtitles for you to sing along.

The whole tiresome affair is accompanied for the duration by quite possibly the most inane narration in cinematic history, with Freddy interrupting the tedium every few minutes or so with gems like «every note has a voice, every tune has a story», or some guff about setting rats» tails on fire.

From the moment you're bombarded by the booming, inane voiceover that acts as the voice in James» (James Franco) fractured head, it's a struggle to get it out of your own.

In my This Week column, I used the word «inane» to describe Vince Vaughn's latest comedy, and I stand by that language.

I'm being generous by assuming there was a screenplay — the risible dialogue sounds like the writing committee merely passed around a Magic 8 - Ball and scribbled down inane non-sequiturs as they floated up.

But there's only so much a charismatic giant can do when he's up against a blend of lazy gross - out humor and inane male wish fulfillment weighed down by terrible editing and lame action.

-- but the worst ransom will be paid by the bilked popcorn munchers who have to sit through this inane bungle of a budding cinematic franchise.

This scene speaks to the fortunate ability of art to bypass the inane sorts of censorship imposed by stodgy institutions like the MPAA (which gave this one an NC - 17, enraging such critics as Roger Ebert).

by Walter Chaw The one good thing about Christophe Barratier's unbelievably inane, saccharine, and derivative The Chorus (Les Choristes) is that it offers the much put - upon American public a little comfort in the knowledge that the French mainstream (which made this film its top - grossing title of last year) has just as unquenchable a sweet tooth for pap.

By comparison, Jennifer Dworkin's Love and Diane — an intimate, unruly portrait of a mother / daughter relationship and of three generations of a black Brooklyn family struggling with drug addiction; HIV; poverty; a byzantine, contradictory, often inane welfare system; and the self - destructive impulses that result from anger, shame, and abandonment — seems even more admirable and involving than it did in its New York Film Festival screening last year.

Picture being surrounded by a gaggle of sour strangers jostling one another for a chance to ask a celebrity some inane question in the midst of coveting the swag, the proximity to stardom, and the attention of publicity half your age and twice your weight in imaginary power.

It's also a strong contender for another dubious distinction: it may end up being the most inane flick by an Oscar - nominated screenwriter / director released this decade or century, and if film remains a viable entity that far into the future, the entire millennium.

We ask plenty of insane and inane questions, but we never once mused what a Porsche Panamera would look like if customized by a custom motorcycle builder.

But he is pushed into it by his mother and, well, the result is this «horrifyingly inane,» «unstoppable barf-fest» of a book.

Instead, they created a program Target Stuff Scholarships via a Facebook app (to connect directly to those young people), that challenged college - agers to engage with Target by responding (via a YouTube video) to some interesting and inane questions posed by a silly panelist of «judges,» though the real judges would be Facebook users voting for their favorite.

When one of them asked what the first present was, he posed for her, struck a malemodel pout, and pirouetted three times, arms extended, enchanted by his own inane performance.

By now I'm sure you're familiar with all the inane blather being spewed about the iPad.