Sentences with phrase «damned if»

I'll be damned if I am going to let them tell me whether or not my books will get published.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't, I guess — and I would call the ’15 Sonata a handsome car in any case.

Damned if I don't.

But I'll be damned if I'm going to pay nearly $ 50,000 for the privilege.

There's a bit of a bark at throttle tip - in, a growl as you fly through the mid-range, and damned if it doesn't sound a little NASCAR - like when you get close to its 7,000 - rpm redline.

But damned if we can tell you what among the coolest batch of coming cars will most float your boat.

This cast is filled with comedy pros, from Shandling and Steve Carell (whose hyperactive squirrel Hammy steals the movie) to the dynamic duo of Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara (think Frances McDormand and her three - cent stamp husband from «Fargo»), and damned if they're given anything to work with.

I went tonight to see a cheapie show and Ill be damned if this isnt a genuine good movie.

I don't know what made someone come up with a Wii U coat, but I'll be damned if I don't want one.

I refuse to watch the trailer because of spoilers, but damned if I can't highly recommend you catching up on the previous seasons on Netflix Instant.

The boat is out there in the ocean, in the middle of a storm, which means they'll be damned if they aren't going to go and get it.

I'm getting Dissidia for sure, but damned if the Batman isn't going home with me at the same time, lol.

And though Kendrick has given this performance before — terse, high - strung, emotionally brittle — damned if it isn't affecting again.

Aside from changing the gender of the Ancient One (which was a damned if you do, damned if you don't character) and Mordo's race, it's pretty much the comic book origin complete with the psychedelic Steve Ditko visuals realized in live action.

Essentially it follows along the lines of your average «man in deep cover» thrillers (Walker has made quite a few now (The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Running Scared), with the protagonist always in mortal jeopardy, dammed if he gets caught, yet damned if he strays away.

There's only one short romantic speech in the film and damned if it isn't a more genuine expression of love than anything to have come from a Nicholas Sparks adaptation.

Neither guilty pleasure nor bodice - ripper, it's a wallow, a traipse through high heather that only hides the wet suck of the moors, and damned if it doesn't, when all's said and done, project something like a masculine gaze in its positioning of brooding, demonic Heathcliff at its centre.

But, I'll be damned if I didn't feel a distinctive shiver down my spine watching The Last Jedi.

Lastly, the way everything comes together is, well, absurd — all of the day's events are put into motion using the most awesome cell phone you've ever seen — but damned if the filmmakers don't go balls out anyway.

I am not a fan of Ferrell and wasnt sure how hed do here but Ill be damned if he isnt terrific in the film.

We're damned if we do and damned if we don't.

But that's Batman: he loves to work in black, and he'll be damned if there's a trace of color on his suit.

But I'll be damned if Dunkirk is not exactly why film cinema and the act of going to the movies will never die.

But damned if this premise doesn't bring out a surprising discipline and rigor in the veteran filmmaker, as well as some offbeat moments (and in one hallucinogenic sequence, a literal flight of fancy) that expand on his lifelong thematic, spirit - versus - flesh preoccupations.

There are a myriad of paths the story could have taken, but damned if they didn't take the simplest option available.

None of the names really mean anything, or stand for anything, and if there is a higher theme we're supposed to derive from the cavalcade of classical and modern cultural references, we're damned if we can find it.

Damned if I know — but I'm sure I feel it.

This is the «substantial» addition, with a music sampler CD of the more memorable songs from the soundtrack spliced with audio clips from the film (but I'll be damned if that has ever been a worthwhile extra) constituting the other new bonus.

Now, 15 months later, that's exactly what we have, and I'll be damned if it isn't Smith's best movie since Dogma.

And with Cage and Travolta embodying the extremities of human nature, damned if we don't too.

The LEGO movies so far aren't exactly PIXAR, but I'll be damned if they aren't succeeding in getting that same respect.

This is hardly the most promising premise for a romantic comedy, but damned if Warm Bodies — directed by Jonathan Levine and adapted from the novel by Isaac Marion — doesn't somehow bring it to life.

Previous 06.03.13 story with updated synopsis and final writing credits: The wacky, theater - based, somewhat - meta comedy is tough trick to pull off, but we'll be damned if Alejandro González Iñárritu isn't pulling together a helluva cast together to try and make his upcoming «Birdman» work.

And damned if it doesn't pull it off.

It's a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't, but at least this means the extra cash you have to fork out isn't a total waste.

Damned if we do, damned if we don't, I guess: Give prizes to thoroughly deserving performers like Bridges and Waltz and the LAFCA is just trying to be an Oscar bellwether; award the equally deserving Moreau and we're a bunch of calculated boat rockers.

Investors love big numbers, and we'll be damned if a Superbowl trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 wouldn't produce some big - ass numbers.

Damned if it didn't look good, though.

1.5, «Damned If you Don't») Character: a nun who looks like she's suffering from stigmata but is later discovered to be suffering an allergic reaction to a copper cross IUD left over from her, uh, wilder days.

Think of it as «Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind» with chase sequences; the heart wants what it wants, and it'll be damned if anyone is going to get in its way, no matter the cost.

Guy I just watched Julia, and I'll be damned if that's not one of the best performances i've seen in years.

It may sound like a gimmick to have Ice Cube's son playing Ice Cube — and damned if he doesn't look exactly like a younger, thinner version of his dad — but he's also got the glare and the swagger down cold, and he more than rises to this formidable challenge in both the dramatic moments and the stage performances.

None of it is without intention, I'm sure, but damned if I could figure out that intention.

Anderson dares to compete with the likes of Citizen Kane and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and damned if he doesn't back up that ambition by coming up with a masterpiece of his own.

Here, he seems to be trying to say something broader about contemporary voyeurism, though damned if I can figure out what.

Is it BS, maybe, but I'll be damned if I haven't seen it happen many times.

This is no genius comedy but I'll be damned if I don't admit it made me laugh, a lot!

I'll be damned if that didn't catch my attention.

The instinct is to recoil, but damned if it isn't the first De Niro performance in his self - parodic period that's both spot - on in its auto - satire and funny to boot.

You don't expect a movie like this to be particularly amusing, but damned if there aren't some really funny lines.