Sentences with phrase «character than my relationship»

Or does what I read about you better better inform me about your character than my relationship with you?

Not exact matches

When paired onscreen with actors living fully in the present — playing characters who are defined by their relationship with the lead rather than by their own complicated backstories — DiCaprio is again made to suffer.

Even if someone named Jesus with some sort of causal connection to the Jesus in the gospels existed, if you just blandly say that Jesus really existed, you sound like you are confirming the largely fictional being of the gospels rather than someone who stands oin some real but in many ways indirect, even tenuous relationship to this fictional character.

As the poetic parallelism makes clear, the character of Yahweh's compassion is the hesed character — the steady, enduring strength of fidelity, devotion, and commitment which partakes of the quality of grace precisely because it is more than the convention of covenant can appropriately command, because it is greater than the relationship which first produced it, and because it is able, in breaking out of the relationship, to recreate the very relationship in transformed dimensions.

In a study of his earlier pictures, Kolker notes that «Scorsese is interested in the psychological manifestations of individuals who are representative either of a class or of a certain ideological grouping; he is concerned with their relationship to each other or to an antagonistic environment... [and finally] there is no triumph for his characters» (A Cinema of Loneliness [Oxford University Press, 19881, p. 162) The Jesus of the Last Temptation fits this pattern (as do Travis Bickel in Taxi Driver, Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and Paul Hackett in After Hours) By eschewing any reference to a resurrection — and, in an interesting theological note, allowing Paul to suggest that his preaching of the risen Christ is more important than the Jesus of history — Scorsese presents the crucifixion as the final willful act of a man driven by a God who makes strange demands on his followers.

Such a view might help interpret the «smeared - out» character of atomic and subatomic events and explain some supraluminal relationships even better than suggestions made here that the)» may result from God's mediation.

But if they are under the delusion that cheating is anything other than poor relationships skills, poor character and ABUSE, i would advise to not even date them.

The focus on character rather than information transfer, the need for high expectations and encouragement, and the emphasis on personal relationships and mentoring are integral for raising up the next generation.

Moore took on Batman with the seminal A Killing Joke, a Joker story whose vague and haunting ending had more to say about the character, and his relationship with Batman, than the decades of material leading up to it.

«It is a highly evolved social skill essential for interpersonal relationships, rather than a flaw of character.»

Be specific about the concerns at hand, rather than generalizing about your whole life, your relationship history, your character, the world, and so on.

For those of you who don't know, Valent Chamber is a pretty cool site that features fan fiction and original fiction with black women as the main characters and more often than not in interracial relationships.

The story of the movie is echoed in the way the dances are put together, from the makeup of the town (which is more diverse and real - looking than in the original Footloose) to the relationship between characters.

That being said, all the characters are generic enough, and the relationships simple enough, that you can pick up the tracks in less than a couple of minutes.

Unfortunately, Davis has roughly the same relationship with George before he hulks out, and the truth is the movie is a whole lot more interested in its CGI characters than its flesh - and - blood ones, not unlike the currently - in - release «Pacific Rim Uprising.»

Both the truths and the dares are tailored to the players, designed to ruin their relationships or to kill them trying, and delivered by familiar faces that contort into evil smiles, looking, as one character puts it, «like a messed up Snapchat filter» (much less scary than it sounds).

The film does a great job setting up the familial relationships between it's two main characters and in fact this is more of the focus than their romance.

Much of the film's emotional punch comes from the ever - optimistic Dug and his relationships with three key supporting characters: caveman tribe chief Chief (Timothy Spall), who admits he's old for... 32, Goona, a female football phenom who Dug digs (she's voiced by Maisie Williams of «Game of Thrones») and Hognob, Dug's pig pal, who's much more than a pet (he's got a little Gromit in him).

Because it has the confidence to know that it's about more than the relationship between two specific characters.

«And rather than focus on the script and the scenes directly, we fleshed out the relationship the characters had prior to this momentary snapshot that you get of them in the movie: what they experienced together, how they kind of grew apart.»

As the gang meet up with female characters, their lives as strippers actually help them make honest relationships, rather than the last film, which argued that it was harder to form a meaningful bond with anyone, when your day job was taking your clothes off for money.

Little Accidents is very low - key, focusing more on character relationships than the more high - energy «WE HAVE TO BRING THE GUILTY PARTIES TO JUSTICE!!!!!!» tone that another movie might have gone with.

Rather than try to unpack the pair's icy relationship, the series treats the unorthodox first couple like characters in a Seth MacFarlane joint.

While this lesser number almost seems like a step back, the depth of the characters and their relationships more than make up for the quantity.

His shared history and complicated relationship with U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) eventually became the lifeblood of the Kentucky - set western, and the many reinventions of Boyd, each one revealing a new layer of the man who would do anything to escape the viselike grip of Harlan, made him a fan - favorite character and Goggins more than just an actor whose face was recognizable but name wasn't.

He's always aware of spatial relationships between characters and their environment, and his camerawork always enhances this rather than obscuring it.

Rudd and Hirsch are up to the challenge, creating believable characters composed of personalities rather than just quirks, and taking us through the stages of their gradually deepening relationship.

He told EW: «[We were] trying to create a crime movie where our character was entering a crime world where there were already dramas in place and relationships and complications, and we have to see him negotiate a lot more rivalries than he is expecting at the beginning of the story.

Though it can technically be labeled as a time travel film, «Safety Not Guaranteed» is more about its characters» relationships than the veracity of the sci - fi premise, and that's thanks to Derek Connolly's excellent script and the fantastic cast.

Though he once again directs himself in front of the camera, this is an ensemble film more than one focused on a specific character — the web of relationships itself seems to be the protagonist.

The relationship between her character and Bob becomes more complicated as the story unfolds and she gets to show more than a few layers to her character along the way.

Rather than allow doubt that the father / son relationship will heal, he believes that his characters are destined to heal; with Signs, he's shed all pretence at being interested in his narratives and become tedious, plodding, and proselytizing, less a storyteller than a messiah.

But in creating the shared history of the characters, Bardem said, his own decade - long relationship with Cruz was in fact an impediment rather than an aid.

But their relationship and that between all the characters is still a lot more substantial and clearly drawn than most action films, and hence offers uncommon heft with its thrills.

Maybe you can take this as minor commentary about how the «normal» characters» excessively - masculinized relationships are no less screwed - up than the Farmer's efforts to play house with his victims (the appearance of the latter forcing the two brothers to mend old wounds), but you have no choice except to abandon such thoughts the moment Tracey's curse - laden diatribes are cut short by a shovel crammed into her mouth — which really has nothing on its mind besides «that oughta shut the bitch up.»

Ralph Fiennes» The Invisible Woman — a much darker, glummer film than this one, about Dickens» relationship with his mistress, the actress Nelly Ternan — at least made the writer a more human character than Stevens» luxuriantly locked instrument of over-reaction.

I like the idea of being able to help other townspeople with relationships, but more than that, seeing how a developer will incorporate an entirely new character into the game.

If the plot doesn't matter, the relationship between the leads is fairly typical, and the main characters» flaws make them more complementary than contradictory, what, then, is the reason the film works?

No, this isn't an early Easter - themed post celebrating the most egg - cellent moments on screen, but a look at how more than half of this year's Best Picture Oscar nominees utilise eggs to further the story, define character motivation or expand relationship dynamics.

But it was more than just a change of pace; «San Junipero» took a clever concept and let the technology take a back seat to the incredibly beautiful relationship between characters played with such great humanity by Mackenzie Davis and Gugu Mbatha - Raw.

Screenwriter Kelley Sane generally does an effective job of balancing the various characters and their respective storylines, though there's certainly no denying that some of these subplots are far more interesting than others (ie there's a seemingly pointless digression concerning an illicit relationship between two young Arabs, the relevance of which isn't made clear until the film's final moments).

Janty was really the first person other than Ridley that I got to share ideas about the character with and so that was such an important relationship throughout.

Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson («Boogie Nights,» «There Will Be Blood»), «Phantom Thread» is a romantic drama with an almost obsessive focus on its two main characters and their relationship, one that dips more than a toe into psychological warfare.

During a recent appearance at Walker Stalker Con, Chandler Riggs — the actor who played Carl for more than seven seasons before his death at the start of 2018 — talked about the relationship between his character and the monstrous murderer played by Watchmen and Supernatural actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Even more - so than with previous efforts, Infinity War benefits those who come prepared, the rich network of characters and relationships a well - lain cornerstone that the Russos repeatedly return to.

The relationship between Doug and Eva in particular provides some of the film's best «quieter» moments, and while much of Goon 2 is little more than a well - crafted sitcom of a movie, there's always something to be said for a sitcom that treats its characters, however broad and silly, as actual human beings.

Their film features perhaps the first action scene we've ever seen where we cared more about what was happening in a character's relationship than how many kills he was about to rack up — and then, once it was done, felt simultaneously exhilarated by the visceral power of what was happening immediately, and the emotional stakes of what that set piece took him (and us) away from.

What I found added a bit to the film other than the bog standard Godzilla / King Kong etc etc, same story different character was the relationship between the Rock and the gorilla using sign language and there was a lot of humour between them.

There's little doubt, however, that Kotch takes a turn for the better as Matthau's character befriends Erica, with the unconventional relationship that ensues paving the way for a handful of better - than - expected sequences (eg Kotch must help deliver Erica's baby within the confines of a gas - station restroom).

After all, she did a terrific job as his wife, Jane, in service of a character - tale turn which focused more on the unfortunate arc of the couple's ill - fated relationship than on the wheelchair - bound genius» contributions to the field of theoretical physics.