Sentences with phrase «by pompous»

As I noted within an earlier post, the appraisal «profession» is an over blown B S pseudo-profession populated often by pompous self - styled experts (those sons - of - bitches from outa town) who regularly call their Realtor buddies for guidance re values.

Through some expert dramatic irony, the audience is left to witness how the two unwittingly insult each other — Celica by questioning Alm's capability to lead based on his birthright (the same question hurled at him by the pompous, antagonistic aristocracy), and Alm by retorting that the royalty of Zofia is dead, gone, and unable to lead the nation (unaware that he is speaking to a lost princess).

Sound is most typified by the pompous speech of the hero — funny at first, but ultimately proving a little repetitive.

Following the escapades of art dealer / rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Depp), this film adventure sees him recruited by a pompous MI5 agent (McGregor) to chase down a priceless painting.

There's barely a laugh to be found in this story of a law student (Scott Eastwood) who signs up for acting classes taught by a pompous blowhard (Malcolm McDowell) as a clumsy attempt to cozy up to one of the students (Laura Ashley Samuels) after becoming smitten during a chance encounter.

Not exact matches

We see this monster in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale, where a theocratic patriarchy forbids women to read books, and we see him in the movie Kinsey, in which the future sexologist's pompous, teetotaling, Bible - wielding father (played by the massive - browed John Lithgow) cows his wife at the dinner table and disowns his son for daring to attend a different college from the one where dad teaches.

That's why Jesus always ridiculed the self - righteous pompous people like Fox news and the rich, but chose to be with the sick, the Gentiles and those who were put away by society.

By the time such women have completed their «analytical odyssey,» to use Stephanie Moussalli's pompous term («Abortion on Second Thought,» December 1991), they are often beyond the normal years of childbearing.

I was surprised and confronted by my friends reaction when we did talk about how we felt, she said, (without thinking or sounding pompous..»

Pedistals or pedastals or pedestals are ever upon pompous humanistic allegations ever bewailing to be knocked and mocked by the many who enmass upon their ownliness adornments to be positioned in such a mannerism so not to be fallen from one's perch!

, and rush out of the house with four minutes to spare for a five - minute sprint to church, and then... then I would simply turn north, through the small woods between our house and Mass, and head to the village bakery, perhaps, or just stroll unconcernedly along the railroad tracks, a free man, subject to no ancient religion and its pompous authority, bound by no rules and regulations — an independent spirit, a young man choosing his road for himself.

Let me quote Jose, yes that pompous ass Jose, «Wenger is building a team piece by piece» Mo recognizes that.

And he's a little too pompous to listen to talk on and on by himself for an hour, hour an a half.

Malkovich plays Osbourne Cox, a pompous CIA analyst who is let go by the agency and decides to write his memoirs.

Once they are persuaded by the evidence of their eyes, they will not follow those disturbing their ears with tell - tales and pompous self - projection as Ghana's saviours.

«The government had been made aware of the boastful and pompous claims of Senator Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi, that he will change the leadership of Kaduna State in 2019 by installing himself as governor.

2 pm Maria Borelius on Comment: «The European Commission: endless speeches with verbose legalities, people babbling, talking to no one in particular, autocratic rants from various pompous eurocrats — all translated by some 10 - 15 interpreters.

Describing Amidu as a «pompous» personality with an «over-bloated ego» Valerie did not understand why Amidu disregarded her directive stopping all appointees from granting press interviews after a presidential press conference held by the then John Mills.

We will not allow US - UK relations to be endangered by some puffed up pompous popinjay in City Hall.»

The rift allegedly began when Saffran publicly switched his support mid-primary from John Catsimatidis, who was supported by the Queens GOP, to Joe Lhota and thus aligning himself with whom many insiders call one of the biggest pompous and delusional politicos in Queens county, none other than power - hungry boy wonder Eric Ulrich.

Adults call each other by their first names unless they're pompous.

A recent radio ad sponsored by New York State United Teachers features a pompous - sounding character called «Mr. Moneybags» falsely asserting that the Education Tax Credit is designed to allow the «super rich» to divert money to «elite» private schools.

You see, I know that Monckton is a pompous ass and frequently seems to be antagonistic purely for the sake of a charged debate, but I would say that he too has suffered from a similar amount of vitriol to that experienced by Kevin Trenberth and often for no good reason.

I looked each video (very well made) and also realize they use broader simpler but still concise enough terminology, that»S really great to increase reach and be more «approachable» because sometimes regular everyday people on the street don't know all or have heard the mumbo jumbo jargon in biogerontology (they will think you are a pompous alien nerd - stuck up who thinks he knows more because he was like a lab rat in his lab books studying aging; on top of that they will more Resentful towards you for Daring to Question their Life beliefs on Life and Death by your» 2 - cents worth knowledge (couldn't give a f...)»

The film is by turns comic and profound, hysterical and pompous, fully complex enough to deserve more than a simple yea or nay.

Having risen from a lowly orphan to a respected seaman, Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth) finds himself as First Mate on the Essex, a whaling ship captained by the rather pompous George Pollard (Benjamin Walker).

This is «Levity,» at least by the 10 - ton, gravely pompous standards of the Inarritu who gave us «Babel» and «Biutiful.»

The purpose of Kristen Wiig as the publicity manager for NASA is never evident, besides some clunky asides of humor with a pompous Jeff Daniels and Danny Glover as one of those zany genius types defined by weird character tics between jumbles of scientific jargon.

Whishaw's voice is still perfect for Paddington, while new characters this time round include a pompous judge (Tom Conti), prison cook Nuckles (that's how he spells it and he's played by Brendan Gleeson) and, best of all, Hugh Grant as the villainous has - been actor Phoenix Buchanan.

Each is seen by Mr. Vernon, their pompous teacher (Paul Gleason), and initially by one another, as simply a stereotype: Johnson, the Brain (Hall); Clark, the Athlete (Estevez); Allison, the Basket Case (Ally Sheedy); Claire, the Princess (Ringwald); and Bender, the Criminal (Nelson).

The trailer, which released today by HanWay Films, promises the movie will spice up the otherwise drab (perhaps pompous is a better word) world of psychoanalysis with a kinky performance by Keira Knightley.

He gets help from a ragtag band of strangers including a bad - ass Goth chick who goes by the name Wyldstyle (an adorable Elizabeth Banks); Batman (Will Arnett, doing a Batman version of his pompous «Arrested Development» character, Gob); a makeshift pirate captain called Metal Beard (Nick Offerman); and the unflappably happy Unikitty (Alison Brie) which is — you guessed it — half unicorn and half kitty.

Sudeikis still thinks with his dick (he's hired an office full of unqualified hotties to leer at, which makes him their horrible boss) and is more a pompous ass than ever before, and Day, well he's still the frantic wimp who can't be forgiven for having not slept with his overly - sexualized, sex - kitten of a boss played by Jennifer Aniston («Wanderlust»).

This sort of comic vehicle isn't designed to improve the world or change the way Hollywood does business; it's simply meant to hand you a few laughs and throw in a little heart by way of its pompous, dislikable main character's redemption.

Those legendary roles have endured with legions of filmgoers while new fans have been won over by his tyrannical Soran (the destroyer of Capt. Kirk) in Star Trek: Generations; his Machiavellian Mr. Roarke in «Fantasy Island» and his comically - pompous professor Steve Pynchon in the critically - hailed CBS television series, «Pearl,» starring opposite Rhea Perlman.

The Last Face's hilariously pompous opening text, which appears on - screen a few words at a time, claims that we can only know of these tragic conflicts «through the brutality of an impossible love... shared by a man... [wait for it, wait for it — the movie makes you wait endlessly, for some reason]... and a woman.»

His apt name is Nick Bottom (Kevin Kline), a pompous ham of an actor who is transformed into a half - man / half - donkey monstrosity by a playful Puck.

To do so, the pompous Phoenix Buchanan — played to the hilt by Hugh Grant, fresh from having his own career re-energised by Florence Foster Jenkins — needs a hidden fortune that can only be located with the help of a dusty old pop - up book from Mr Gruber's antique shop.

Jake's older brother is slick, pompous public relations exec Ben (Don Johnson), who is dutifully served by staff underling Peggy Blaine (Mary - Louise Parker).

His pompous attitude — exacerbated by the unfiltered honesty caused by his autism — often gets him in trouble however.

It's got the same talking appliances, performed here by an all - star cast: Ewan McGregor is Lumiere the candlestick; Ian McKellen is pompous clock Cogsworth; Emma Thompson does her best cockney accent as Mrs. Potts.

Across the street is GloboGym, a fascist mega-gym run by White Goodman (Ben Stiller), a pompous dork with ridiculous hair who wants to take Average Joe's and turn it into a parking structure.

An injokey dig at Warner Bros. and Disney, numerous lame verbal gags involving Niko's Greek surname, Harry Shearer's pompous news anchor (who is not too far from one of his Simpsons roles, newsman Kent Brockman), and some comic stoicism by Jean Reno (playing — what else?

Their pompous, greedy leader, Lord Nooth, is voiced by Tom Hiddleston in the broadest French accent this side of» Allo» Allo: «You» ave no» ome!»

To the other end, Charles Laughton's Captain Bligh is equally affected by his sometimes pompous indulgences; and while over the top, Laughton formalized cinema's first Bligh into a memorable monster, with ridiculously humorous pouting, posturing, and an undeniable zeal for sticking to the rulebook.

It is hard to warm to Malvolio with his pompous behaviour and dismissive treatment of Cesario, but it is also hard not to feel disturbed by what happens to him at the hands of the drunken Sir Toby Belch and his partners in crime.

On the Western Front, the Battle of Passchendaele has begun, and among the many fatalities from Joseph's regiment is the trusted commanding officer, who is replaced by a young major whose pompous incompetence virtually guarantees that many good soldiers will die needlessly.

Voiced by Patrick Warburton (Family Guy, The Venture Bros.), he gives off an immediate feel of being really arrogant and pompous, basically everything you'd expect those higher up at Hyperion to be.

Though theatrical, the pompous grandeur often associated with velvet - curtained, old - fashioned theaters is counterbalanced by the paintings» presentation.

Kabakov is renowned as a pioneer of Russian Conceptualism, characterized by its caustic reimagining of the Soviet reality with its absurd red tape and pompous slogans.