Sentences with phrase «character of places like»

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She has a keen understanding of her place in Hollywood, right now — as one of the breakout stars of a beloved sitcom; as the most fascinating character on Legion, one of current TV's most fascinating shows; as a high - profile woman in an industry currently under an enormous amount of scrutiny for how it treats women; and as an actress building a singularly astonishing resume of excellent, low - flying indie oddball films like Ingrid Goes West and Safety Not Guaranteed.

Like Sir Walter Scott's historical novels, it takes place amidst events events that changed the course of human affairs, in this case, World War I, but remains vividly focused on one character's fate.

What is life like for our brothers and sisters in that place, what facets of God's character are reflected (however dimly) in that culture, what does God dream for that country?

Imagine if Santa didn't leave actual, physical gifts, but was credited for the feelings of goodwill and generosity that people feel during the holidays, and what if he wasn't supposed to be living in a «real» place like the North Pole, but was just an invisible spirit, like some other characters we know?

Even though we may not always like the Church's consensus, we must admit that when the Church exercises this function, it continues the communal character of the Bible which emerged as a community product in the first place.

But time and place are strong medicine for many in our world, where, to quote Flannery O'Connor, many people «ain't frum anywhere,» and where a contemporary writer like Warren's fellow Kentuckian Bobbie Ann Mason finds a sobering story in the lives of many of her characters who can't think of anything to do with themselves.

It seems that whatever tack you are taking, if part of the argument is that Jesus defines God's character with respect to using force against some, you have to consider the things he said in places like Matthew 24 are part of who Jesus is.

And like Anvil who calls for extermination, that character trait is a Godly one, used for good against evil, and for the protection of a place called Holy.

... I can tell the very place where the blessed Polycarp used to sit [note the posture of the bishop as teacher or preacher upon his cathedra] as he discoursed, his goings out and his comings in, the character of his life,... the discourses he would address to the multitude, how we would tell of his conversations with John and with the others who had seen the Lord, how he would relate their words from memory... and I can testify before God that if that blessed and apostolic presbyter had heard the like [the Gnostic vagaries], he would have cried aloud and stopped his ears and said, as was his custom: «O good God, for what sort of times hast thou kept me, that I should endure these things?»

The hosts have been formidable at home all season, the sort of side who always give travelling opponents a vigorous encounter in Lancashire, and so the Spurs chief desperately needs to see some character, some fighting spirit from his team much like when his side went to places like Stoke and Fulham earlier in the season and grounded out priceless away wins, as this morale - battering sequence of results is threatening to ruin what had been, up until the end of 2010, a fantastic campaign which promised endless possibilities.

The partnership of Pantone, Illumination and Universal has been a meeting of like - minded design focused entities, all of whom appreciate the Minions» place in pop culture and wanted to come together to give these iconic characters their own iconic color.»

First and foremost, I liked that Strike was a regular bloke rather than a textbook «hero» with various special attributes that placed him head and above the other characters; plus, all of his interactions and reactions felt very realistic to me.

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You can find hot women and men, and thus able to speak with the date of room for instant messages, and if you like their character and way of talking can go a day, one place.

I'm an italian gentleman... romantic and serious.At first place in my life there's a word: respect.I'm still alone because i don't like italian women for a lot of reasons.I hate low culture and superficial and fake character.

There's no place for mawkishness in a film like this; such elements might have worked had the movie claimed to be a realistic portrayal of young adults, but when you have a character as outrageous as Stifler, that's clearly not the case.

There's a brief respite that takes place in something like an afterlife (one vastly less infuriating than The Tree of Life's, incidentally), in which a character urges that «words are our most inexhaustible source of magic.»

Every time a character opens their mouth for some tin - eared quip that wouldn't be out of place on a soapy drama like Gossip Girl, it knee - caps the rest of the storytelling.

Taking place almost entirely in a single flat, with only a handful of characters, it feels like a play that exists only in dreams.

In The Last Airbender the characters sounded like they were from California, in After Earth they have some kind of British accent, it's odd and I can't quite place it, but mostly I don't care.

However, the trailers for Robin Hood really exploit the fact by saying «By the Same director of Gladiator» and showcases several sword fights between Crowe and other characters all taking place to rock like back ground music.

Though Unrelated and Archipelago took place on family holidays and Exhibition is confined to the house, the sense of place feels like an additional character in her stories.

It has to balance the idea of being slightly quirky with the begninning showing how low a place Giamatti «s character is and then switch into an inspirational sports film like Hoosiers or something and that's my biggest problem with this trailer.

I love the aesthetics and the characters were fun, but it took me awhile to realize that I was Trumping on everyone instead of just talking to them or trying to shake their hands, and the fact that the actual battle sequences were based entirely on guessing where the invisible monsters were going to go and took place on the same piece of graph paper that you did your planning on made it feel like a cheap game of Marco Polo rather than the Japanese high school equivalent of the Ghostbusters...

While sequels like Iron Man 3 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier have overcome feeling like prequels to a different story audiences haven't seen yet, other entries into this super-powered universe, efforts like Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War, struggled to come across as anything other than vehicles conceived and designed to get all of these characters into one place at the right time for this May's massive Avengers: Infinity War, none of them working outside of the larger story being told and as such aren't very entertaining or worth watching more than once.

Cameron Crowe «s We Bought a Zoo unfolds in the kind of universe where characters say things like «If you do something for the right reasons, nothing can stop you,» and indeed, it turns out that if your heart is in the right place, Mother Nature herself will stop and part the clouds to make your dreams come true.

Though best known for her arch dialogue, Cody has a knack for location, setting stories in sharply sketched places and clearly defined moments in characters» lives — qualities that sometimes make Ricki And The Flash feel like a throwback to the minor - key American filmmaking of the 1970s, when Demme first arrived on the scene.

Perez's most spellbinding moment takes place in the middle of a crowded shopping mall, when her character, Carla, spots a mother holding a baby about the same age as her dead son and hovers over the child like a ghost, apparently unseen despite being inches away; the look on Perez's face communicates both intense longing and boundless wonder, as if she's simultaneously working through the reality of death and suddenly comprehending the miracle of life.

«He's really difficult to write for,» said Whedon, who suggested the initial Avengers cameo almost as a lark, though the character has become pivotal to most Marvel movies since then, as Thanos (played by Josh Brolin) pursues six Infinity Stones that have now popped up in places like Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor: The Dark World.

The entire draw of the movie is the fact that we'll be seeing characters like Thor, Spider - Man, and Rocket Raccoon all in the same place for the first time ever.

The whole film looks like it takes place during a fog storm and carries a heavy atmosphere of melancholy that suits the plot and characters.

Taking place long before the likes of Jonathan Harker or Abraham Van Helsing would ever come into Dracula's life and transforming the guy into a selfless do - gooder whose chief concern is protecting those he loves, Dracula Untold certainly represents a more sensitive, less gothic response to the character.

It's easy to guess why Burton decided to collaborate with Green again for his film take on Riggs» novel (a literary work inspired by vintage photos of strange people and places that the author had collected), seeing as the Penny Dreadful star reads as a perfect fit for a character whom Burton describes as being a Mary Poppins - like magical caretaker... a stranger Mary Poppins, that is.

Other things you can do with Camp is attend the Training Grounds, which isn't anything like what it sounds like, as no training actually happens there, but it is the place to go to level up your weaker Heroes with all the gold you've accumulated from your battles and it comes complete with Level up windows, but they can be seen any time your character levels up, unless of course you opt to take it off in the settings.

The film plays like Jabba the Hutt's palace set in Middle Earth, except in place of Jabba we have Candyman (Tony Todd, whose actual character name is Deucalion, but he'll always be Candyman to us).

Her early descent down the Times Square stairs in Mistress America, the second film she co-wrote with Baumbach, felt like more than just the perfect introduction to her self - mythologizing character — it was also the coronation of indie royalty, like the star taking her place as the quick - witted queen of millennial New York neurosis.

I felt really strongly that what we have here is so beautiful and the way that the character develops, the way it's paid off, and not only that, the horror of trying to manufacture something that — I don't even know what it would have been, but something for the end of this movie that leaves it in a place where the transition is easier, the idea of, «Oh God, how would you fake something like that, and how would it not be terrible?»

People usually bemoan the lack of a strong human element in big blockbusters like this, but while «Godzilla» aims to remedy that by placing the focus more on them than the giant monsters doing battle, the characters are so bland and thinly written (with the exception of Bryan Cranston's scientist, who has a smaller role than is hinted at in the trailers) that it only makes things worse.

Taking place over familiar and commonly utilized Los Angeles terrain, this sun dappled rhinestone ultimately feels like another mean spirited, empty headed bauble, one whose ultimate moments of entertainment are dictated by the quality of the character in focus at any given moment.

Much like other horror and thriller films, A Quiet Place has a dominating, droning score that, while fairly good in terms of melodic interest, somewhat undermines the feeling that everything should be utterly silent as our characters hide desperately from the monsters.

Regardless that this is a prequel so we know that Leatherface is going to survive and therefore lacks any suspense at all, as a movie Leatherface is all over the place with references to what comes later shoehorned in — like the blink - and - you'll - miss - it appearance of Grandpa in the opening scenes and the character of Hartman (the unscrupulous Mayor in Texas Chainsaw 3D was called Hartman, in case you'd forgotten)-- and details that just don't make sense, such as Drayton being portrayed as a psychopathic killer but yet in Tobe Hooper's original movie he «takes no pleasure in killing», and three people climbing into a cow's carcass to hide from the police which looks as dumb as it sounds.

At the film's recent press day, Carrey and Daniels talked about reprising their roles in the sequel, how it was driven by fan demand, what it was like getting back into character and finding their chemistry again, the love between the characters, which one is Dumb and which one is Dumber, how the characters hold a special place in their lives as they do for the fans, the return of the Mutt Cutts van and other callbacks from the original film, working with Kathleen Turner, their favorite scene, and where they see their characters in another 20 years.

Also, much of the action takes place in an old lodge, which does give the audience a sense of feeling trapped like the characters, but also slows the pace further.

We are also introduced to an abundance of cool characters including Robbie Coltrane's Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky and Famke Janssen's sexy assassin and revamped classic characters like Judi Dench, masterfully put in place as M. There's also the disturbingly fitting Tina Turner soundtrack and a Bond who is suave and believable.

Hendricks seems to be the only one trying and does give an admirable performance, but the writing placed on her and the rest of the characters make them feel like cardboard cut - outs of every other cliché horror teenager.

Place the blame for «Dead Like Me» squarely in the back pocket of creator Bryan Fuller, so fond of his own cleverness that his characters are forced in thrall of his ventriloquism.

It is a cyclical film (beginning and ending with the founding of a town) with archetypal characters (father / son aggressions, mother / daughter deceptions), and it is told like Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, through image and an almost instinctual understanding of the stories inherently related by a time and a place.

(If you're wondering whether or not you should attach a kind of symbolism to names like «Kingdom Come» and «Hope,» recall that Hardy believed character to be tied to archetype, and archetype attached to place.)

The plot has Constantine taking Kermit's place, sending the beloved frog to a gulag in Siberia — run by Nadya (Tina Fey)-- to serve out Constantine's sentence with prisoners the likes of Ray Liotta as Big Papa, Jemaine Clement as the Prison King, and Danny Trejo (The identity of his character is one of the movie's best throwaway jokes).