Sentences with phrase «comically inept»

He follows the rise and fall of the comically inept Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles («He was two years into running the world's largest bitcoin exchange, but had still not attended a single bitcoin event abroad - a fact that he blamed on the sickness of his cat, Tibane, who needed daily shots that Mark believed only he could administer») and the rise (and fall) of Silk Road (the customer review of anonymous merchants fed a «feedback loop [that] created a remarkably engaged online community in which pot and heroin highs were discussed with the same level of analytical detail that Consumer Reports brought to its toaster reviews»).

The optional safety kit is well worth avoiding, though - the lane departure and blind spot systems suffer from lots of false positives and the automatic high beam is almost comically inept at working out when to dip the lights.

He writes «The Room,» a comically inept drama about a doomed relationship that acts as a thin metaphor for Wiseau's feelings about the world (Tommy is the hero, everyone else is the villain), finances it himself and casts himself as the lead.

The principal reference in the New York episode (10:07 PM) is Spike Lee, though the presence of Armin Mueller - Stahl as the comically inept driver, a former East German circus clown, may also summon up the late Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

And yet, though saddled with an almost comically inept performance from Simpson, Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous» undeniably agreeable vibe does ensure that it remains mildly watchable from start to finish - with the unusually strong supporting cast certainly playing an instrumental role in the movie's mild success.

In the 1955 version, the robbery is quick and straightforward and the bulk of the film is concerned with the criminals» comically inept efforts to kill an old lady.

Green Room continues the vein of comically inept people in violent situations, but it's too crowded and lacks the subversiveness that made Blue Ruin so riveting.

Was there any trepidation about taking on the role of this somewhat unsavory character, one who is not only a comically inept criminal but is also part of a mutually abusive relationship that the film portrays unflinchingly?

Accompanied by his faithful dog Dante as he crosses the circles of a realm too happy to be hellish, Miguel searches for the sombrero - wearing Ernesto (Benjamin Bratt) with the help of the comically inept dead man Hector (Gael García Bernal).

Example: its comically inept use of musical cues.

The Italian striker, so often the butt of social media jokes since his comically inept attempt to take a penalty at Euro 2016, helped Valencia inflict a major blow to Zinedine Zidane's side's title charge with a balletic volley on the turn, as graceful as it was devastating.

Like Berkshire's comically inept website, the bare - bones home office is in part a philosophical statement.